Knowledge Organiser: April 2020

Year 7

“Wise men and women are always learning, always listening for fresh insights.” Proverbs 18:15 (The Message)

Determination – Integrity – Ambition – Humility – Compassion

Student Name:

Using Your Knowledge Organiser

Your teachers have worked hard to produce this document for you and have selected the most important knowledge that you will need to know to make good progress in their subjects. You should aim to learn all the information in your knowledge organiser off by heart.

Try out some of the strategies listed here to help you achieve this.

1. Read the knowledge organiser and ensure you understand it. Try and make links between the information on it and what you already know and do.

2. Look, Cover, Write, Check – the traditional way of learning spellings!

3. Create a Mnemonic – Using the first letters of keywords create a memorable sentence or phrase.

4. Create an acronym – using the first letters of keywords to create a word to prompt you to remember all of the information.

5. Write it out in full on a blank version of the same format.

6. Write it out in note form, reducing it to key ideas or words. Try the same format but a smaller piece of paper.

7. Recreate the knowledge organiser as a series of images and

words

8. Write a set of test questions for yourself using the organiser. • Answer these without the organiser the next day. • Swap your questions with a friend to increase

challenge. • Turn your questions in to a game by putting them

on cards and playing with friends.

9. Chunk the knowledge into smaller bitesize sections of around 5 pieces of information. Concentrate on mastering a chunk before you start on the next.

10. Try to make connections between the information and people you know. E.g. Visualise yourself trying these strategies with a specific teaching group.

11. Talk about the information on the knowledge organiser with another person. Teaching someone else about it helps us learn it.

12. Say the information out loud – rehearse it like learning lines

for a play, or sing it as if you are in a musical!

1. It doesn’t interest me how old you are.

2. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool

3. For love (1) for your dream (1) for the adventure of being alive.

4. I want to know if you can see beauty

5. Even when it is not pretty every day.

6. And (1) if you can source your own life from its presence.

7. I want to know if you can live with failure (1) yours and mine

8. And still stand on the edge of a lake

9. and shout to the silver of the full moon (1) “Yes!”

The Invitation (abridged) by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Determination – Integrity – Ambition – Humility – Compassion

The poem ‘The Invitation’ is about all of the opportunities we have in life. Life is hard. And life is wonderful. “The I nvitation” is about finding what we need-the inspiration, the determination, the courage and the commitment to live fully, every day. To not be afraid to make mistakes and to be passionate about what we do.

Key

(1) – 1 second pause

Bold – place emphasis on the word

Half-Term: Summer 1 Subject: Non-fiction reading Threshold Concept Link(s): Reading for meaning / Writer’s Craft

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Non fiction Prose writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional.

Literary Having a marked style intended to create deliberate effects.

Text type The format of a text.

Audience The person/people the text is written for.

Purpose The reason why the text is written.

Viewpoint A personal opinion.

Perspective A particular attitude towards something.

Statistic A factual piece of data.

Anecdote A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Undermine Lessen the effectiveness of something.

TYPES OF NON-FICTION TEXT

PERSUADE ACRYONYM

Half-Term 5 Subject Maths Threshold Concept Link

Year 7

NUMBER TECHNICAL VOCABULARY – Week 1 & 2 Terminating decimals Is a decimal that ends. It is a decimal with a finite number of

digits. Recurring decimals Is a decimal that continues endlessly with a group of numbers

repeating continuously.

Denominator Is the bottom part of the fraction. It represents the total number of parts created from the whole

Numerator Is the top part of the fraction. It represents how many parts of that whole are being considered.

Equivalent When two or more fractions are equal in value. The numerators and denominators are multiplied/divided by the same number.

Percentage Is a proportion that shows a number as parts per hundred.

MENSURATION- Week 3 Area of a rectangle or square A = base x height

Area of a triangle A = ½ x base x perpendicular height

Area of a parallelogram A = base x perpendicular height

Area of a trapezium

A = ½(a + b) x perpendicular height

Area of a circle A = π x radius2

Circumference of a circle C = π x diameter

Volume of a cuboid V = length x width x height

ALGEBRA TECHNICAL VOCABULARY- Week 5 Coefficient A number used to multiply a variable e.g. 4a

(the 4 is the coefficient)

Simplify Collect all like terms

Expand Multiplying by the factor outside of the bracket to remove them.

Terms A set of variables with coefficients, e.g. a term would be 6𝑥𝑥 and another term 15𝑦𝑦

Variable A letter that may take any value.

Expression A number of terms connected by operators. This will not have an equals sign.

Factorise The reverse of expand. Finding two or more factors in an expression so we can put brackets

Like terms Terms that have the same variable e.g. 5𝑥𝑥 + 7𝑥𝑥 or 19𝑣𝑣 + 3𝑣𝑣

ALGEBRA- Week 4

Multiplication is the inverse of division.

Division is the inverse of multiplication

Addition is the inverse of subtraction.

Subtraction is the inverse of addition.

Square root is the inverse of squaring.

Squaring is the inverse of square rooting.

If there is an equal symbol this shows that two expressions have equal values.

Half-Term 5 Subject: Year 7 Science Threshold Concept Link: Earth and Waves Exam Command Words

10. Describe Students may be asked to recall some facts, events or process in an accurate way.

11. State Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a description.

12. Identify Name or otherwise characterise.

13. Explain State the reasons for something happening

14. Compare describe the similarities and/or differences between the two items

15. Name Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a description. Often it can be answered with a single word, phrase or sentence.

16. Estimate Assign an approximate value.

17. Define State the precise meaning of an idea or concept

18. Predict Give a plausible outcome.

IChoose Reward Words

19. lava

Molten rock that is released from the Earth's core in a volcano or fissure. 20. sedimentary

Rocks that are formed through the deposition of sediments, eg limestone and sandstone.

21. igneous

Rocks that formed under very hot conditions within the Earth. 22. intrusive

rock is formed when hot molten magma is forced into small cracks between layers of other already existing rock types.

23.Ray diagram Diagram that represents the direction and angle of travel of light.

24. magma

Molten rock that is found within the Earth.

25. metamorphic

A type of rock formed under intense heat or pressure.

26. pressure

Force exerted over an area.

27. season One of four times of the year (winter, spring, summer or autumn).

Topic Key Words 1. Retina The light-sensitive area on the back of the eye. Light must be focused on the

retina in order to see clearly. 2. Dispersion Spreading out of the different wavelengths of light, caused by refraction of

light as it passes through a prism. 3. Wavelength is the distance between two peaks/troughs and Is measured in metres

4. Amplitude is the maximum amount of vibration measured in metres

5. Frequency is the number of waves produced in one second measured in Hertz.

6. Year The time taken for a planet to make one orbit of its star.

7. grain A small particle in a rock.

8. Northern Hemisphere

The top half (north) of the world, found anywhere above the equator.

9. porous Something that allows water to pass through it.

Half-Term 5 History Topic: The Interregnum

Key Facts

The puritans believed that God was on their side and that this was the reason for their victory in the Civil War. They believed that England should be a more religiously strict country.

Men without property were not allowed to vote in the republic.

In the Puritan period, Sunday was a very special day, a day to reflect on religion rather than indulge yourself.

As Lord protector, Cromwell was now able to choose his own successor.

The Puritans believed that if you worked hard, lived a good life and had a good soul you would go to heaven. For them, this meant refraining from any activities they saw as immoral. Charles II had fled to Europe following the defeat to Cromwell in 1651.

Charles II was nicknamed the Merry Monarch for his love of parties, wine and horse racing.

Key Dates

1649 Execution of King Charles: the monarchy is abolished and England becomes a republic.

1653 Cromwell and his army march to Parliament and close it down.

1653 Cromwell is elected as Lord Protector.

1655 Cromwell divides the country into districts and puts army Major-Generals in charge.

1655 - 57 The rule of Major-Generals is established to stop opposition towards Cromwell and to protect law and order.

1657 Cromwell is offered the crown, but refuses. He is given extra powers as Lord Protector.

1658 Cromwell dies of ill health.

1658 Cromwell’s son Richard becomes Lord Protector.

1659 Richard resigns as Lord Protector due to lack of support.

1660 Charles II returns from Holland and restores the monarchy.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Interregnum The period of British history between 1649 and 1660 in which Oliver Cromwell ruled the country as Lord Protector.

monarchy A form of government with a monarch at the head.

abolished Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution.

republic A country ruled without a king or queen.

Lord Protector A British title for heads of state.

Puritan A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

Major-General High ranking members of the army that were responsible imposing Cromwell’s strict rules.

Barebones Parliament

A new parliament Cromwell created by selected 140 Puritans to become MPs. It was named after one of the leaders – Praise-God Barebones.

restoration The return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power

Half-Term Year 7 HT5 Subject Geography Threshold Concept Link(s) A3-5 B3-5 F4 F5

How commercial fishing affects the environment How using fossil fuels affect the environment

Over fishing - More fish are being caught than are replaced naturally.

Deforestation – Huge amounts of forests are cut down to obtain fossil fuels.

By-catch – Huge fishing nets catch lots of different species, many of which are killed and thrown back.

Water shortages – Huge amount of water is used to get oil and gas out of the ground.

Bottom Trawling – Huge nets with metal weights drag along the sea bed, destroying ecosystems.

Soil pollution – Mining can cause toxic chemicals to be released into the soil, stopping plants from growing.

Poison and explosives – Cyanide is sprayed into the sea in order to stun fish. This destroys everything in the ecosystem.

Ocean pollution – there is always the risk of oil spills when obtaining off shore oil.

Air pollution – Burning fossil fuels release large amounts of greenhouse gases which contribute to global warming.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Commercial farming A type of farming to produce crops to sell for a profit, which is usually highly mechanized.

Peak oil When oil production reaches its maximum level before declining

Demand The desire to buy goods and services; the amount of a good or service people want to buy

Supply To provide something that is needed or wanted; the amount of something available for use

Subsistence farming When farmers grow crops and animals to feed their own families

Low-income developing country (LIDC)

A country that is poor, has a narrow range of jobs and few services

Emerging and developing country (EDC)

A country that is in transition from being a low-income developing country to an advanced country

Advanced country (AC) A country that is wealthy, has a wide range of jobs and many services

Food security When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life

Undernourishment The percentage of the population who don’t have enough food to be healthy

Half-Term 5 2020 Subject Spanish Y7 Holidays Threshold Concept Link(s): Recognise full opinions, questions, 100 infinitives and how to conjugate the present tense. Week 2 Week 1

CONNECTIVE

In my opinion Verb INFINITIVE

En mi opinión A mi juicio A mi modo de ver Para mí Desde mi punto de visita

Puedo - I can

Relajarme – relax porque

Leer – read Sacar fotos – take photos dado que Comprar recuerdos – buy

souvenirs puesto que Hablar el idioma – speak the

language

Hacer turismo – go sightseeing

ya que Probar tapas – try tapas Aprender sobre la cultura –

learn about the culture mandar postales – send

postcards

OPINION Infinitive Me fastidia (n) = I get annoyed Ir – to go Me fascina (n) = It fascinates me Viajar – to travel Me divierto – I have fun Alojarme – to stay Me decepciona – It disappoints me Nadar – to swim Me da igual – I’m not bothered about Esquiar– to ski Me disfruto de = I enjoy Volar – to fly Prefiero – I prefer Comprar – to buy Vale la pena – it’s worth Descansar – to rest Estoy harto de – I’m fed up of Tomar el sol – to sunbathe Estoy a favor de – I am in favour of Bailar – to dance

Time-phrase VERB NOUN

Siempre Always voy a I go to Las Islas Canarias – the Canary islands

A menudo often vuelo a I fly to Los Estados Unidos – the United States

Generalmente generally tomo el sol I sunbathe

En la playa – on the beach.

de vez en cuando sometimes

bailo I dance El flamenco A Spanish dance

Rara vez rarely compro I buy Un abanico – a fan

Casi nunca almost never esquio I ski En las montañas – in the mountains

Nunca never viajo I travel En avión – by plane

BAILAR – to dance LEER – to read VIVIR – to live

BAILO – I dance LEO – I read VIVO – I live

BAILAS – you dance LEES – you read VIVES – you live

BAILA – he / she dances LEE – he / she reads VIVE – he /she lives

BAILAMOS – we dance LEEMOS – we read VIVIMOS – we live

BAILÁIS – you (pl) dance

LEÉIS– you (pl) read VIVÍS – you (pl) live

BAILAN – they dance LEEN– they read VIVEN – they live

Week 3 Week 4

Half-Term 5 Subject; Music Y7 Threshold Concept Link(s) Area of Study; The Scale of Things 1

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Major Scale Have 8 note, can start on any note and are bright (happy) sounding

Minor Scale These also have 8 notes, can start on any note, but have a more mysterious, (Sad) sound.

Pentatonic Scale This scale has only 5 notes, (as the name suggests) Some say this has a Chinese sound.

Blues Scale This has 7 notes, and is often used in Jazz or Pop music.

Whole tone Scale

Chromatic Scale A scale that starts on any given note, and uses every single not in order to get to the sa and octave higher or lower.

Interval An interval is the Gap between Two notes

Tone A tone is a full step between any two notes. It has to have a note in between, e.g. C to D has D# in-between.

Semitone A semitone is the half step in-Between 2 notes e.g. the D# between C & D

A Sharp A sharp makes a note 1 step higher

A Flat A flat makes a note one step lower

A Natural A natural cancels a Sharp or flat.

You can use a simple rhyme to help you learn the note names of the line;

Every Good Boy Deserves Football

And for the spaces; In the space spells FACE

Scales

A scale is a set of notes going up and down in alphabetical order.

There are many different kinds of scales, each of which is given a name according to its sound and the note on which it begins.

Major Scales

These have 8 notes, and can be played on any note, and have a bright sound. C Major, (i.e. the major scale beginning on C) is the easiest to play:

Minor Scales

These also have 8 notes, but have a more mysterious (some people say sad) sound.

Half-Term: HT5 Y7 Subject: Art Threshold Concept Link(s): Draw from observation accurately and use a range of tone to create form

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Portrait A picture of a face

Genre A category in art

Proportion The relationship between things in size

Symmetry Equal on both sides

Horizontal Flat or level

Accuracy Correct

Tone How light or dark something is

Vertical Upright

Scale/size How big or small something is

Facial Features Eyes, nose, mouth and ears

Summer Sports Subject: Physical Education Threshold Concept Link(s): A, C & E

Warming Up and Cooling Down A safe warm up A warm up needs to start slow and increase over a

period of time. Starting off at a high pace will increase the risk of injury.

Psychological Getting your brain focused on the task ahead.

Injury Prevention Warming up reduces the risk of injury, allows the temperature and length of the muscles to increase.

Heart Rate Increase The number of beats per minute (BPM) increase, getting more blood to the muscles.

Recovery Cooling down will help your muscles to recover better. This also helps to prevent injury.

Range of Movement How much you are able to move your muscles and joints. This will increase as a result of an effective warm up.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Hand-eye Coordination The way that the hands and eyes work together to successfully perform a technique.

Power The force in which you run, jump or throw.

Speed How quickly you move across the ground or move your limbs to catch and throw.

Strength The ability to carry out work against a resistance.

Technique The correct way of performing a skill.

Stamina The ability to exercise for longer periods of time.

False Start Failure to start a race correctly, usually caused by the runner moving forward before the start gun.

Foul An unfair or illegal act E.g. Foul jump, foul throw.

Skill The learned ability to do something.

Half-Term 5 Subject: Year 7 Drama Threshold Concept Link- .

Develop and experiment with ideas based on and stimulus to devise a performance.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Devising Is a method of theatre-making in which the script or (if it is a

predominantly physical work) performance score originates from collaborative, often improvisatory work by a performing ensemble.

Audience An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of theatre.

Hook Used at the beginning of a play to engage an audiences curiosity

Style Indicates a specific way of performing.

Performance The act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment to an audience.

Skills The elements needed to create or achieve something.

Stylistic Qualities

The qualities of the piece that make at a certain style. E.g. Naturalism

Purposes The reason for which something is created. E.g. ‘The purpose of the play is to teach.’

Inter-relationships

The way in which two or more things are related to each other.

Tension As the audience anticipates certain outcomes in the plot, the tension builds. An obvious example of rising tension is in a mystery or whodunit.

Types of Stimulus

Photographs Music

Lyrics

Plays

Poetry

Paintings

History

Politics Issues

Words

Structure of a devised play

Divide into bite sized chunks

Make the transitions interesting.

Use Theatrical technique to punctuate it:

Freeze, repetition, gesture, characterisation, movement, slow motion, titles, thought

tracking Target audience-

What effect do you want to have?

Test out your ideas before dismissing

them.

Objects

Half-Term _Year 7 Subject – Term 3 Knowledge organiser

Energy balance

Consuming too many fats will lead to obesity as body stores excess in the body

Consuming too many carbohydrates can also lead to obesity as the body converts it into fat for storage

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

Macro-nutrient Nutrients we need in large amounts-carbohydrates, protein, fat

Micro-nutrient Nutrients we need in small amounts-vitamins and minerals

Kcal The measurement of energy in food

BMR Basal metabolic rate- energy spent at rest

RDA Recommended daily allowance- based on the traffic l ight system on packaging

Balanced diet To eat the correct portion of each of the sections

Al dente Food that grows in specific seasons of the year- Strawberries-summer

Import Products we get from abroad that we can’t grow here such as bananas

Export Foods that are grown here and exported abroad like apples, pears, potatoes

Practical Knowledge

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FOUR methods of cake making

• All in one- mix all ingredients together at once- Fairy cakes

• Melting method- butter is melted Flapjacks and muffins

• Whisking method- Electric whisk together eggs and sugar to create air- Swiss roll

• Creaming- Cream butter and sugar

together with a wooden spoon- Victoria sponge

The Eat well Guide

Carbohydrates required for energy Bread, pasta, rice, cereals - 4kcal per gram

Fruit and Vegetables required for vitamins and minerals Including fruit juices, dried fruit and tinned vegetables Dairy a source of protein Milk, cheese, cream, crème fraiche

Fats and sugars Instant energy source and salt,Crisps, chocolate, oil, sweets, - Fat 9kcal per gram Protein Required for growth and repair Eggs, meat, fish, 4kcal per gram

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Term 3

Half-Term _Year 7 -HT5 Subject – Electronics Threshold Concept Link(s) Materials and Components & Manufacturing

Computer Science Computational thinking

Half-Term 5

Components

CPU Centra l Processing Unit, Sometimes referred to s imply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take

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Graphics Card A programmable logic chip (processor) specialized for display functions. The GPU renders images, animations and video for the computer's screen

RAM Random Access Memory i s the place in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Algorithm Steps to solving a problem.

Computational thinking Using a computer to solve problems.

Abstraction Taking away unnecessary information to solve a problem.

Decomposition Breaking down a problem into smaller problems.

Hardware The physical parts of a computer an example of hardware is a keyboard, motherboard, graphics card.

Software This is programs on the computer that can be used to carry out a task. An example of software is Microsoft PowerPoint.

Pattern recognition Identifying repeating patterns and using that information to solve problems.

Half-Term 5 Subject Religious Studies

1 What is the Big Bang Theory A scientific explanation for the origin of the universe

2 How long ago does the Big Bang theory say the world began?

20 million years ago

3 What is two pieces of evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

The universe is still expanding from what is thought to be a single point, there’s also background microwave radiation.

4 Name someone connected to the development of the theory of evolution.

Charles Darwin

5 What is the name of his book? The Origin of the Species 6 Name two features of the theory of natural

selection. Things adapt to their environment and survive to breed, those that don’t adapt become extinct.

7 In which book of the Bible is the Christian version of creation?

Genesis

8 Describe two understandings of the creation story.

Fundamentalist (creationist) understanding that the Bible is to be understood literally, as a religious truth which explains God’s relationship with the world.

9 What two things does the belief that humans have been given stewardship mean?

Humans must look after the earth ad pass it on to their decedents better than they received it.

10 Give two reasons why Christians believe this.

The Bible teaches that all of creation should be respected, Jesus’ Parable of the Talents says humans should use resources wisely.

11 Why do some Christians think they can still use the planet’s resources?

The Bible says the world was created for them to use, humans are more important than animals

12 Name two forms of pollution Acid Rain, Human Waste, Radioactive pollution 13 What is the solution to acid rain? Burn less fossil fuels, use public transport more. 14 What is the solution to human waste? Recycle more, Don’t use as much. 15 What do some Christians see as the

relationship between the Bible and science? Science says how and religion says why and who

16 What is the name for the idea that all life is holy and belongs to God

Sanctity of life

17 What is the name of the Swedish environmental activist who started the school strikes

Greta Thunberg

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Creation The world that is created or the act of creating

Dominion To have authority over something

Stewardship To have responsibility for caring for something

Pollution To introduce something into the environment that damages it

Greenhouse Effect The trapping of gasses in the lower atmosphere which raises the temperature

Khalifa The Muslim name for a steward

Sanctity of life The idea that life is holy and belongs to God

Vegetarian The practise of not eating meat

Y 7 Creation and Man

Possible Scriptures:

• '...fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.' (Genesis 1:28)

• 'Everything that lives and moves will be food for you' (Genesis 9:3) • The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care

of it.' (Genesis 2:15)