UK Year 10 Courses
Based on their academic record, students choose a minimum of five courses from the list below.
- Biology
Term 1
- Cell structure and function
- Circulation
- Digestion
- Respiration
Term 2
- Homeostasis
- Nervous system
- The reflex arc
- The eye
Term 3
- Plants
- Photosynthesis
- Genetics
- Genetic engineering
- Chemistry
Term 1
- Elements, mixtures & compounds
- Atomic structure
- The periodic table
- Groups of metals
- Groups of non-metals
- Structure and bonding
- Ionic compounds
- Covalent bonding
- Metals and structure
Term 2
- Inorganic chemistry
- The Reactivity Series
- Metal extraction
Term 3
- Environmental chemistry
- Ozone hole
- Greenhouse effect
- Acids and alkalis
- Organic chemistry
- Products from oil
- Alkanes and alkenes
- Alcohols
- Economics & Business
Term 1
- The Basic Economic Problem
- How the Market Works and Market Failure
- Economic Indicators
- Trends in Production, Population, and Living Standards
Term 2
- International Aspects of Economics
- Features and Purposes of Business Organizations
- Internal Structure of Business Organizations
Term 3
- The Elements of Employment
- Influences on Business Organizations
- The Importance of Markets and Customers
- English Literature
Term 1
- "The Strange Case of Doctor" by Jeykll and Mr Hyde
- Imaginative writing
- Study of a Dramatic Text
Term 2
- Writing to inform and analyse, develop reading skills
- "Touched with Fire" Poetry collection
Term 3
- Writing a persuasive article
- First World War Poetry
- French
Term 1
- Speedlingua
- Se présenter et se décrire
- Parler de ses goûts et de ses activités
- Décrire son environnement
- Parler de sa santé
- Commander au restaurant
- Parler de son alimentation
- L'accord des adjectifs et des noms
- Le genre des pays et les prépositions de lieu
- Le présent de l'indicatif: tous les groupes et les particularités
- Approfondissement de l'impératif
- Pouvoir / vouloir / devoir
- Les articles définis, indéfinis, contractés et partitifs
- Le passé récent et le présent progressif
- La ville et les directions
- Le corps et les états d'âme
- La nourriture
- Les vêtements
- Les animaux
- Les nombres
Term 2
- Speedlingua
- Raconter des faits passés
- Parler de ses projets
- Faire des achats
- Demander, accepter et refuser une opinion
- Faire une description physique et morale d'une personne
- Décrire des objets
- Le futur proche et le futur simple
- Les adjectifs démonstratifs et possessifs
- Approfondissement du passé composé
- Les présentatifs
- Les constructions impersonnelles courantes
- Les pronoms sujets, réfléchis, toniques, COD et COI
- Vocabulaire
Term 3
- Speedlingua
- L'imparfait
- Les quantités
- Les différentes formes de négation
- Le conditionnel de politesse
- Les comparatifs
- La ville et les directions
- La maison et le mobilier
- Les adjectifs de caractère physique et moral
- Les activités quotidiennes
- History
Term 1
- The Causes of the First World War
- Stalemate on the Western Front
- Major battles and rememberance
- The causes of the Second World War
Term 2
Term 3
- Mathematics
Term 1
- Shape and Space 1
- Algebra 1
- Number 1
- Algebra 2
Term 2
- Number 2
- Number 3
- Shape and Space 2
Term 3
- Shape and Space 3
- Handling Data 1
- Probability
- Physics
Term 1
- Basic ideas
- Heat
- Mechanics I
- Density and pressure
- Pushes and pulls
- Turning forces
- Mechanics
- Work, energy, power
- Velocity and acceleration
Term 2
- Light
- Refraction
- Lenses
- Waves and sound
- Waves
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Sound waves
- Electricity
- Static electricity
- Circuits
Term 3
- Magnetism
- Electrons and atoms
- Electron beam
- Radioactivity
- Electronics
- German
Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced
- Italian
Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced
- Spanish
Can be studied at all levels – beginner, intermediate, advanced
- PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)
All students follow one period per week.
- Sports
All students follow sports classes (variety of activities).