Autumn Assessment Year 8 Revision Material

Topic List / Subject Area for

Cumulative Knowledge To Revise Useful Links for students , Parents
students to revise:
Year 8:

Students have been given knowledge organisers which outline essential areas for revision. In Year 8,
these include:

-A list of genre conven ons that students should be able to name and explain clearly.
-Useful Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary – literary devices, relevant terms and key concepts that will support
writing focused and sophisticated answers. Resources provided on MS teams
-A list of literary devices. Students will need to find relevant examples from the texts as part of their
revision.
-A list of hinge ques ons that students should be able to provide detailed answers for.

All of this content will also be found in exercise books, and students are encouraged to use these as
their other main revision resource. In particular, they should review the structure of PETAL
English paragraphs before the exam.
Students can use MyMaths to effectively revise (login details in planners)
Their mathematics exercise books will remind them of the topics they have covered so far in year 9,
alternatively they can use their topic test tracker sheets.
Assessments are cumulative so any taught maths concepts from KS2 & Y7 can also naturally occur
within questions.
Students also have access to their online textbooks through Kerboodle (MyMaths textbooks 1a,1b &
1c) all applicable to year 7 content and 2a,2b & 2c which are applicable to year 8 content - login
Maths details have been recorded in their planners for Kerboodle too
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zng4d2p
Year 7: Year 8: https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/blog/free-key-
Structure and function of body systems Health and Lifestyle stage-3-science-revision/
Reproduction The Periodic Table https://www.edplace.com/ks3-science-worksheets
Particles and their behaviour https://www.chestnutgrove.org.uk/ckfinder/userfile
Elements, atoms, and compounds s/files/Revision/Science/Autumn%20Assessment%2
Science 0Revision%20Activities.pdf
Reactions
https://www.chestnutgrove.org.uk/ckfinder/userfile
Greenhouse and albedo effects. Industrial Revolution and climate change. Natural causes of climate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx38q6f/arti
change (orbital changes, solar energy and volcanic eruptions). Human causes of climate change
cles/z773ydm
Geography (deforestation and burning fossil fuels)
Physical benefits of a cool down.
Impact of lactic acid during exercise.
Names and locations of the major muscles and bones learnt in Y7 (Hamstrings, quadriceps, bicep, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/ztrcg82
and triceps, Femur, fibula, tibia,and patella) plus, bones -Radius, ulna, humerus and phalanges. plus learning mats given to students
Muscles – Deltoid, gluteal and trapezius.
PE Hinge joint and movement in from Y7 plus ball and socket
Art Tone, sketching, direction of line when shading, highlights and shadows within chosen mediums.
The Design process
Design brief and client needs https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zby2bd
Investigation techniques m
https://www.technologystudent.com/
Design and technology Design strategies
Tools and equipment
-Free time/sport- hobbies/ sports
- All about me- name/age/birthday/where I live/numbers

Mandrin
What is meant by empire and colonalism. Religion in England before the Tudors. Growing criticisms
of the Catholic Church. The threat of the Pope and the Catholic Church to Henry's power. Henry's https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwcsp4j/arti
desire for a male heir. The wealth of the Ctholic Church. Growing numbers of Proetants in England. cles/zgkcr2p
History Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn.
Algorithms and programming Python

•Explain what an algorithm is and it various forms

•To name flow chart symbols and explain what they do
•To explain what a variable is and how it is assigned All resources are on MS Teams
•To explain what the basic constructs of programming are
•To give examples of selec on and itera on
•Explain what data types can be used in a given scenario
Computing