Year 10

Welcome to Year 10

Starting Key Stage 4

All students in Year 10 will have access to an ambitious curriculum to support their aspirations in life, as well as a variety of enrichment opportunities to help build their confidence, skills and self esteem. Moving from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 is a huge step in students educational journey at Beckfoot, and we expect a lot of our young people. We want them to be successful and take responsibility for their learning and attitude.

Key Stage 4 uniform

In Year 10, students will wear a black sweatshirt and black polo shirt, both with the school logo. Other uniform and appearance expectations will remain the same and can be found here.

Your Team

Our team will be here to support Year 10 students through the first year KS4 and the beginning of their GCSE exams.

  • Mrs Powell – Head of Year 10
  • Mr Wheeler – Pastoral Manager
  • Mrs Wade – Assistant Head/Head of Key Stage 4
  • Mr Wade – Headteacher
  • Mrs Denham – Deputy Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Mr Barnes – SENDCO

Should you ever have concerns or queries, please contact the school on 01274 771444.

Wider Opportunities

Year 10 Enrichment – We are committed to providing as many enrichment activities as possible for our students.

Trips and enrichment experiences run throughout the year and can range from residential trips, subject-specific trips and reward trips.

Work Experience: In Year 10, students will have the opportunity to source a work experience placement. This will give them the opportunity to engage in a placement interesting to them, and understand the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a sector of interest to them.

Year 10

SubjectCycle 1Cycle 2Cycle 3
Art

Fine Art – Mechanical objects: Experimentation – x5 surface textures, observations – x5 drawings

Graphics – Pop culture convention: Artist research

Photography – Forces: Research, nature, chemical

Fine Art – Mechanical objects: Artist studies (Michael Lang, Nicola Tilley and Kerby Rosanes) and development 1, preliminary grid and embellishment

Graphics – Pop culture convention: Artist studies (Justin Maller, Mike Mahle)

Photography – Forces: Applied and movement – research, analysis and trip prep

Fine Art – Mechanical objects: Further developments – abstract prisma drawing, abstract acrylic transfer and ceramic sculpture and design

Graphics – Pop culture convention: Techniques, supporting research and logo development

Photography – Forces: Artist studies (Aaron Yeomen and Helder Santos)

Computer Science

Fundamentals of Algorithms: Students will learn how algorithms are used to solve problems and how they can be represented

Fundamentals of Programming: Students will learn core programming principles including data types, operations, file handling, and string processing

Fundamentals of Programming: Students will explore data structures, Boolean logic and random number generation

Data Representation: Students will learn about how data represented in computers

Computer Systems: Students will explore the different components of computer systems including hardware and software

English

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

Frankenstein (sets 1&2): Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

A Christmas Carol: Students will develop a confident overview of the plot, narrative devices, themes and characters in the play.

Language paper 2: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them.

Romeo and Juliet characters and themes: Students will develop a detailed knowledge about the development of key characters in the play and be confident in answering a character based questions.

Language paper 1: Students will become familiar with the format of questions 1-5 on the exam paper and understand how to approach them.

Literature paper 2 – Power and Conflict: Students will understand the content and context of all 15 poems and learn to write basic comparisons of them.

Spoken language: Students will research a topic of their choice in detail and deliver a 3-5 minute presentation about it to their class.

Geography

Living world: Tropical Rainforests – Understanding the economic and environmental issues of deforestation and how to manage this.

Living world: Cold Environments – How the development of cold environments creates opportunities and challenges and how they’re at risk from economic development.

The challenge of natural hazards: tectonic hazards – understanding the primary and secondary effects of a tectonic hazard, that effects and responses to them vary according to wealth, and that management can reduce the hazard.

The challenge of natural hazards: weather hazards: understanding that tropical storms develop because of particular physical conditions, their effects, and the impact of them in the UK.

Psychical landscapes in the UK: river landscapes – distinctive fluvial landforms and management strategies for flooding.

Urban issues and challenges: Understanding that urban growth creates opportunities and challenges for cities in LICs and NEEs,  how urban changes leads to social, economic and environmental challenges and how urban sustainability requires management of resources and transport. An overview of the UK population and the major UK cities.

GCSE Health and Social Care

Life Stages

Impacts of life events

Sources of support

The rights

Person-centred values

Effective communication

History

Part 1 –  American People and the ‘Boom: Students will learn about the reasons America experienced an economic boom in the 1920s and the cultural changes this caused.

Part 2 – Bust – Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal: Students will learn about America in the great depression and their recovery.

Part 3 – Post war America: Students will learn about American society after WW2, ideological tension after WW2 and racial tension and the civil rights movement.

Part 1 – The Korean War: Students will learn about the causes of the Korean War and follow the events of the war up until 1951.

Part 2 – Escalation of tension in Vietnam: Students will learn the background to the Vietnam war and the US early intervention in the war.

Part 3 – The ending of the conflict in Vietnam: Students will learn about how the Vietnam war changed after Nixon became president and opposition to the Vietnam war under Nixon. They will also learn about how peace was achieved.

Part1 – Elizabeth’s court and parliament: Students will learn about Elizabeth 1’s early life, how she ran the country and the difficulties she faced as a female ruler.

PSHCE

Living in the world: Careers – Goal setting, preparation for WEX, WEX, rights and responsibilities in work, contracts, financial risk, county lines

Health and wellbeing: Physical health – Screen time, link between sleep, diet and exercise, stem cells, eating disorders, alcohol, screening, impact of alcohol and drugs

Health and wellbeing: Mental health – Balance, sleep, responding to setbacks, depression and coping strategies, body image

Relationships: Online relationships, relationship breakdowns, pornography, hostile sexism, intimacy and pregnancy

Relationships – Drugs and alcohol, gang crime, law on sexual consent, stereotyping, sexual bullying, online vs physical work

Living in the wider world: Beckfoot, Britain and beyond – GCSE final year, democracy, power of the government, SMSC in Britain and beyond, the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world

Business

Enterprise and entrepreneurship

Spotting a business opportunity

Putting a business idea into practice

Making the business effective

Understanding external influences

Maths

Foundation 

Number – fractions and decimals, percentages

Geometry and measure – angles, area and perimeter

Algebra – working with symbols

Higher 

Number – fraction and decimals

Geometry and measure – angles and area, Pythagoras, area and volume, trigonometry

Algebra – working with symbols, equations and formulae

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – ratio

Foundation 

Algebra – equations, coordinates and graphs, formulae

Geometry and measure – constructions, loci

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity

Probability

Number – indices and standard form

Higher 

Geometry and measure – Properties of polygons, reflection, rotation and translation, properties of circles, enlargement, construction, loci

Algebra – real life graphs

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion, compound measures

Foundation 

Geometry and measure – transformations, Pythagoras, measures, properties of polygons

Algebra – quadratics, simultaneous equations

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – proportion

Higher

Algebra – quadratic equations, cubic, circular and exponential functions, transforming functions

Geometry and measures – vectors, trigonometry, area and volume

Ratio, proportion and rates of change – similarity

Statistics – scatter graphs

German

Grammar: The main aim is to ensure basics, using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns in the 4 tenses.

Free time and activities: Free time activities such as sport, live events, film and TV.

Identify relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others.

Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems, how they can stay healthy and festivals and German traditions.

Where people live: Students will talk about their town/village/neighbourhood, discussing what there is to see and do and the weather. They will also describe their ideal town and use prepositions to say where things are.

Travel and tourism: Talking about holidays in present, past and future and describing an idea holiday. Destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions.

Music

Building blocks of music: Students will review key musical concepts, focusing on DR SMITH (Dynamics, Rhythm, Structure, Melody, Instrumentation, Texture and Harmony) as they develop listening and appraising skills and learn how to structure essay responses

Forms and devices: Students will explore musical forms from Baroque, Classical and Romantic period, analysing compositional techniques used in these styles

Music for ensemble: Students will study textures and sonority in different ensemble settings including chamber music, jazz and musical theatre

Film Music: Students will explore how music enhances storytelling, studying leitmotifs, thematic development, and minimalist techniques, students will also compose film music using software like MixCraft or Sibelius

Popular music: Students will cover pop, rock, bhangra and fusion, analysing how composers combine instrumental and vocal elements with recording techniques

Engineering

Students will develop their understanding of engineering drawings and work on their practice assignment of a mobile phone holder. They will also begin their NEA, which is externally set by the exam board each year (worth 30% of their GCSE)

Students will work on a series of 12 different mini projects, each project will focus on the core principles of engineering – Engineering materials, engineering processes, and engineering requirements

Students will work on a series of 12 different mini projects, each project will focus on the core principles of engineering – Engineering materials, engineering processes, and engineering requirements. Students will also work on their use of CAD software and fusion.

French

Grammar: Ensure basics of grammar using high frequency present tense verbs and identifying patterns regarding 4 tenses.

Free time and activities: Talking about free time activities – sports, reading, film and TV

Identity and relationships with others: Family, descriptions and relationships with others are covered this half term

Environment, healthy living and festivals: Students will identify environmental problems and discuss how they help the planet, they will discuss what they do in order to stay healthy, and focus on festivals related to French traditions and customs

Where people live: Talking about your town, village or neighbourhood, discussing what you see and do and discussing plans and the weather, describe and ideal town

Travel and tourism: Talking baout holidays in the past, present and future tense and practicing the conditional tense, destinations, transport, accommodation, weather, activities and opinions

PE

Core: Striking and fielding in rounders and cricket and development of core skills in softball.

CNAT:Performance of skills and techniques, participating in activities, decision making during performance, managing and maintaining performance in individual activities, strengths and weaknesses of sports performance and methods and measures to improve performance.

Organisation of a sports activity session, safety considerations, objectives to meet the needs of the group, leading a sports activity session.

GCSE: Skeletal system – students will learn the structure and function of the skeletal system and apply it to sport.

Core: Badminton, basketball, football, netball, rugby, volleyball, table tennis, fitness and cheerleading

CNAT: 6 weeks practical (action plan – badminton), session plan and risk assessment, student lead sessions, review of leadership and sports activity session

GCSE: Muscular system, movement analysis, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and effects of exercise on the body

Core: Athletics

CNAT: Distinguish between different media sources and how they cover sport, the positive relationship between the media and sport

GCSE: Components of fitness, applying the principles of training, prevention of injury and engagement patterns of different social groups in physical activities and sports

Performing Arts

Acting styles intro: Learners will be introduced to two acting styles as they develop their understanding of the role of the actor and director by examining practitioners work and the processes used to create a performance –  Frankenstein extract, Cinderella extract, a Curious Incident of the God in the Night-Time extract, Hairspray extract

Frankenstein: Build on students knowledge of design elements and their knowledge and understanding of the stylistic qualities in Frankenstein, now adding set design

Pantomime Project: Students will have the opportunity to rehearse and prepare for a performance working in a production tole, they will have first-hand experience of the production process and performing to a live audience

Hairspray: Builds on students knowledge of design elements from previous half term, now adding costume design, students will develop their understanding of stylistic qualities of musical theatre and the processes needed to create a performance

Curious Incident: Builds on knowledge of design elements from Frankenstein, now adding lighting design and their understanding of the stylistic qualities of Curious Incident

RE

Crime and Punishment: Students should study religious teachings and religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments, relating to the death penalty, corporal punishment and forgiveness

Christian beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Christianity specified below and their basis in Christian sources of wisdom and authority

Relationships: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to homosexuality, sex outside of marriage and contraception

Muslim beliefs: Students should study the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and their basis in Islamic sources of wisdom and authority

Peace and conflict: Students should study religious teachings and religious, philosophical and ethical arguments relating to weapons of mass destruction, violence and pacifism

Science

Energy

Chemical changes

Energy changes

Electricity

Infection and response

Forces

Rate of chemical change

Homeostasis and response

Using resources

Forces

Hospitality and Catering

Introduction to dishes project – complex knife skills, upskilling meals, complex sweet and savoury garnish, professional presentation techniques.

Service providers in hospitality and catering – commercial, residential facilities, success criteria, costings, advertisement. Service operations – front and back of house, equipment, routines)

Macro and micronutrients functions and sources customer types, target ages, needs and dietary requirements

Practical work – fresh pasta, tomato reduction, carbonara roux, cinnamon swirls, own dish adaptation, focaccia,/fougasse bread adaptation, lemon posset, ginger biscuits, short crust jam tarts, quiche lorraine, lemon meringue pie, chocolate roulade

Service operations – job roles, personal attributes, customer service

Health and safety in hospitality – legislation, record keeping, risk assessments, control measures

Cooking methods – factors affecting dish/customer choices

Practical work – Deboning/jointing whole chicken, homemade garlic butter, chicken kiev, Texan BBQ sticky thighs, salt and pepper drummers, chicken noodle soup, herby bread rolls, profiteroles and chocolate ganache, mini steak bakes, meringue kisses, swiss roll, guacamole coleslaw

Upskilling, time plan (quality control), H&S, contingencies

Practical work – prior recipe adaptations, own ideas, mini chicken kievs, profiteroles, quiche, ravioli and sauce, side dishes (two vegetable and two potato)