A simplified overview of the Year 7 curriculum.

Please see the half term page for a more detailed version.

Autumn 1  Addition & Subtraction

• Add and subtract negative numbers
• Use positive and negative numbers in context
• Simplify expressions by collecting like terms
• Find the perimeter of shapes
• Find equivalent fractions
• Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions
• Addition and Subtraction of fractions

AUTUMN 2  Multiplication & Division

• Compare multiplication and division methods
• Multiply and Divide Negative Numbers
• Multiplication and Division of Fractions
• Order of operations
• Find the area of a rectangle, triangle, parallelogram and trapezium
• Use divisibility rules
• Identify prime numbers
• Identify factors and HCF

COMMON ASSESSMENT 1 (Week commencing 07/12/2021)

Spring 1 Angles

• Draw and measure angles
• Find angles on a straight line, around a point, vertically opposite, in triangles and quadrilaterals
• Angles in parallel lines
• Bearings

Spring 2 Coordinate Geometry

• Plot and read Cartesian coordinates
• Understand the equations of vertical and horizontal lines
• Find simple rules connecting x and y coordinates
• Reflect, rotate, enlarge and translate shapes on a Cartesian grid

COMMON ASSESSMENT 2 (Week commencing 26/04/2021)

Summer 1 Rounding and Estimation 

• Investigate place value
• Solve problems involving large numbers.
• Solve problems that require assumptions to be made
• Rounding to decimal places
• Rounding to significant figures
• Estimation
• Limits of Accuracy
• Applying Limits of Accuracy to problems

Summer 2  Statistics & Probability 

• Solve problems using averages
• Read & interpret pie charts
• Compare frequency graphs and pie charts
• Problem Solving Mystery Tours
• Expressing probability in numbers 
• Probability of single events 

Updated August 2020