England Key Stage 3 · controlled beta

Years 7–9 lesson library

Every current DASKEREL Key Stage 3 unit and authored pack has a study record here. Use the focus and vocabulary to prepare, open the original lesson to practise, and consult its official subject programme for wider context. Where a lesson studies a whole text, its reading link is listed too.

These records do not supply a complete three-year curriculum or a school-specific reading list. The DfE programme link describes the stage; it is not approval of an individual DASKEREL lesson. Check external access and editions before use. Practical and performance work still requires suitable supervision.

1147 lesson records across 12 national-curriculum subjects and 2 separate school-provision areas.

English

177 lesson records

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Compare language versions across time without treating them as identical witnesses

Study focus: Compare an Old English form with a later English rendering

Key words: version · register · syntax · lexis · continuity

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceOld English prayer transcriptionOak: corresponding source-sequence lessonParallel Old English and later English renderings with source notesOpen University: periods of EnglishOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Deliver, listen and respond to a word proposal

Study focus: Present an original word proposal with a measurable request

Key words: delivery · active listening · summary · response · reflection

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceOak: corresponding source-sequence lessonDfE: presentation, debate and responsive listening at KS3Oxford University Press: new-word usage evidenceOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Read a short Old English witness with contextual clues

Study focus: Use a source's title and context to infer a small part of meaning

Key words: manuscript · translation · cognate · Old English · transcription

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceWikisource: Old English Fæder ūre transcriptionOak: corresponding source-sequence lessonSource notes and parallel rendering of an Old English prayerOpen University: Old English introductionOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Trace English as a changing language

Study focus: Explain three broad periods without treating them as abrupt switches

Key words: Old English · Middle English · Modern English · loanword · dialect

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceOak: corresponding source-sequence lessonOpen University: from Old English to Modern EnglishLancaster University: evidence behind Shakespeare word claimsOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Analyse natural sound and the call to action in In Flanders Fields

Study focus: Explain how sound and structural change shape a reading

Key words: contrast · sound pattern · structure · call to action

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceCanadian War Museum: complete In Flanders Fields transcriptOak: source unit lesson sequenceCanadian War Museum: complete In Flanders Fields transcriptOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Analyse the imagery and structure of Naidu's demand for remembrance

Study focus: Explain how linked images humanise the dead

Key words: simile · fragility · lament · appeal

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceWikisource: complete The Gift of IndiaOak: source unit lesson sequenceWikisource: complete The Gift of IndiaLehigh University: 1917 collection transcriptionPoetry Society: reading Naidu's war poemOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Compare three poetic perspectives on death and duty

Study focus: Build an evidence-led comparison across poems

Key words: comparison · perspective · similarity · difference

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceWikisource: Brooke's complete The SoldierOak: source unit lesson sequenceWikisource: Brooke's complete The SoldierCanadian War Museum: McCrae's poemWikisource: Naidu's complete The Gift of IndiaOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Place a First World War poem in context without reducing it to context

Study focus: Distinguish a poem's speaker from a historical person

Key words: speaker · context · perspective · inference

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceNational Army Museum: Empire and Commonwealth contributionsOak: source unit lesson sequenceNational Army Museum: Empire and Commonwealth contributionsBrooke: complete The Soldier, validated 1915 editionCanadian War Museum: complete McCrae poemNaidu: complete The Gift of India, 1917 collectionOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Read Naidu's The Gift of India within Empire and war

Study focus: Explain the poem's personified speaker

Key words: personification · Empire · colonial · recognition

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceWikisource: complete The Gift of IndiaOak: source unit lesson sequenceWikisource: complete The Gift of IndiaLehigh University: 1917 collection transcriptionIndia Ministry of External Affairs: memorial publication with the poemPoetry Society: Naidu, the poem and colonial contributionOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Understand remembrance and address in In Flanders Fields

Study focus: Track the poem's shift in speaking voice

Key words: remembrance · address · speaker · imperative

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceCanadian War Museum: complete In Flanders Fields transcriptOak: source unit lesson sequenceCanadian War Museum: complete In Flanders Fields transcriptParks Canada: John McCrae historical profileOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Write and revise a comparison of war and sacrifice

Study focus: Sustain a comparative thesis across two poems

Key words: comparative thesis · woven comparison · evaluation · revision

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceWikisource: Naidu's complete The Gift of IndiaOak: source unit lesson sequenceWikisource: Naidu's complete The Gift of IndiaWikisource: Brooke's complete poemCanadian War Museum: McCrae's poemOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Mathematics

162 lesson records

Science

142 lesson records

History

24 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

1066: distinguish a claim to the throne from proof of it

Study focus: Sequence the 1066 succession and competing claims

Key words: succession · claimant · Witan · chronicle · patronage · corroboration

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceUCL research on William of Poitiers and historical rhetoricEnglish Heritage: Norman claim and invasion contextOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Assess Norman Conquest impact across evidence types and timescales

Study focus: Combine textual, material and administrative evidence

Key words: impact · continuity · change · corroboration · timescale · interpretation

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceThe National Archives: Domesday and landholdingEnglish Heritage: Church change after 1066English Heritage: Norman castles and phasesOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Castles: use landscape remains without guessing every purpose

Study focus: Describe how castle sites can show Norman control

Key words: motte · bailey · earthwork · ringwork · stratigraphy · defence

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceEnglish Heritage: how castle designs changedEnglish Heritage: Castle Acre and Norman landscapeOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Church change: compare office, worship and surviving buildings

Study focus: Describe two post-Conquest Church changes

Key words: archbishop · abbot · Romanesque · fabric · continuity · patronage

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceEnglish Heritage: medieval religion and Norman reformCanterbury Cathedral: Lanfranc and rebuildingEnglish Heritage: St Augustine's Abbey historyOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Civil war and the reissues: explain survival through political choice

Study focus: Sequence annulment, war and the 1216–17 reissues

Key words: annulment · civil war · regency · reissue · compromise · Charter of the Forest

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak source-sequence lessonThe National Archives: 1215–1225 timeline and chartersOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Domesday: infer landholding change without calling it a census

Study focus: Read a before-and-after landholding record cautiously

Key words: Domesday Book · tenant-in-chief · manor · survey · landholder · valuation

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceThe National Archives: Domesday education resource and coverageOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Hastings: reconstruct a battle without treating embroidery as a camera

Study focus: Sequence the battle in its 1066 context

Key words: Hastings · embroidery · provenance · caption · inference · battlefield

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak: live lesson in this Year 7 source sequenceEnglish Heritage: Hastings and Battle Abbey historyEnglish Heritage: Bayeux embroidery and debated provenanceEnglish Heritage: disputed details of Harold's deathOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Henry III: the 1225 charter and the road to reform

Study focus: Explain why the 1225 version became influential

Key words: confirmation · grant · taxation · definitive · Provisions of Oxford · baronial reform

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 history programmeOak source-sequence lessonThe National Archives: Henry III's 1225 charter and Sicilian debtUK Parliament: Provisions of OxfordUK Parliament: rejection of reform and 1264 conflictThe National Archives: baronial objections to foreign kinOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Distinguish the end of Britain's slave trade from emancipation

Study focus: Separate the 1807 trade ban from the 1833 Act and later apprenticeship

Key words: enslavement · transatlantic trade · abolition · emancipation · apprenticeship · resistance

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceThe National Archives: slavery and the British transatlantic slave tradeThe National Archives: Bussa's rebellion and Governor Leith's 1816 letterExplore GCSE progression

Geography

208 lesson records

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Climate change and Nigeria

Study focus: Separate climate hazard, exposure and vulnerability

Key words: warming · adaptation · mitigation · flood risk · NDC

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceEngland KS3 geography programmeOak lesson sequence referenceUNFCCC Nigeria NDC 3.0, September 2025Nigeria third national communication, 2020World Bank Nigeria flood and drought riskOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Colonial history and legacy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study focus: Place key political periods in chronology

Key words: colonialism · Congo Free State · Belgian Congo · independence · legacy

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceEngland KS3 geography programmeOak sequence referenceRoyal Museum for Central Africa colonial historyUS Office of the Historian: DRC independenceWorld Bank DRC country contextOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

The impact of resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study focus: Assess economic, social and environmental effects separately

Key words: extraction · tailings · labour conditions · revenue · remediation

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceEngland KS3 geography programmeOak sequence referenceWorld Bank DRC resource contextILO multinational-enterprise guidanceOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Modern foreign languages

70 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Address one person or a group with tu and vous

Study focus: Choose tu or vous for the stated audience

Key words: tu joues = you play (one familiar person) · vous jouez = you play (plural or formal) · tu regardes = you watch · vous regardez = you watch

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceOpen Government Licence v3.0DfE Key Stage 3 languages programmeOak source sequence and lessonOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask about another pupil with il and elle inversion

Study focus: Use a third-person singular form

Key words: il parle = he speaks · parle-t-il ? = does he speak? · elle aime = she likes · aime-t-elle ? = does she like? · vient-elle ? = does she come?

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask about coming and going with venir and sortir

Study focus: Use singular present forms of venir and sortir

Key words: je viens / tu viens / il vient = I / you / he come · je sors / tu sors / elle sort = I / you / she go out · venir = to come · sortir = to go out · aimer = to like

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask for information using question words and inversion

Study focus: Choose où, quand or pourquoi for the information wanted

Key words: où = where · quand = when · pourquoi = why · Où vas-tu ? = Where are you going? · Quand viens-tu ? = When are you coming?

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask one person or a group about activities

Study focus: Use tu -es or vous -ez for the intended audience

Key words: tu joues ? = do you play? · vous jouez ? = do you play? · tu regardes ? = do you watch? · vous regardez ? = do you watch? · oui, je joue = yes, I play

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask what someone does: faire and quoi

Study focus: Recognise je fais and il/elle fait in statements about activities

Key words: faire = to do / to make · je fais = I do / I make · il fait = he does / he makes · elle fait = she does / she makes · quoi = what · le sport = sport · la danse = dance · les devoirs = homework

Open this lessonOfficial curriculum or provision guidanceDfE Key Stage 3 modern foreign languages programmeOak live source-sequence lessonBescherelle: present forms of faireOak curriculum source (OGL)Written unit or strand checkExplore GCSE progression

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Ask when and where groups will go

Study focus: Place a question word before an inversion question

Key words: quand = when · où = where · vont-ils = are they going · vont-elles = are they going · allez-vous = are you going · aller + infinitive = going to do

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Build school conversations with prendre and dire

Study focus: Choose singular forms of prendre and dire

Key words: je prends = I take · tu prends = you take · il prend = he takes · je dis = I say · tu dis = you say · elle dit = she says

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Choose à l' and aux for destinations

Study focus: Use à l' before a singular vowel-initial destination

Key words: à l'école = to school · à l'hôpital = to the hospital · aux magasins = to the shops · aux jardins = to the gardens · souvent = often · rarement = rarely

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Choose possessive adjectives from the owned noun

Study focus: Choose mon/ma/mes or ton/ta/tes by owner and noun

Key words: mon livre = my book · ma sœur = my sister · mes livres = my books · ton livre = your book · ta sœur = your sister · tes livres = your books

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Compare three ways to ask school questions

Study focus: Recognise intonation, est-ce que and inversion questions

Key words: Tu viens ? = Are you coming? · Est-ce que tu viens ? = Are you coming? · Viens-tu ? = Are you coming? · Où viens-tu ? = Where are you coming?

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Contrast il fait with ils font in everyday activities

Study focus: Choose third-person singular or plural faire

Key words: il/elle fait = he/she does · ils/elles font = they do · faire du sport = do sport · faire les courses = go shopping · aller au marché = go to the market

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Contrast il or elle a with ils or elles ont

Study focus: Select a or ont according to the number of owners

Key words: il a = he has · elle a = she has · ils ont = they have (male or mixed group) · elles ont = they have (female group) · un livre = a book · des livres = books

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Count from one to twelve with il y a

Study focus: Place a number before a noun after il y a

Key words: il y a = there is/are · un, deux, trois, quatre = 1–4 · cinq, six, sept, huit = 5–8 · neuf, dix, onze, douze = 9–12 · livre/livres = book/books

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Describe a town with adjective agreement and position

Study focus: Place selected size and beauty adjectives before nouns

Key words: un beau parc = a beautiful park · une belle place = a beautiful square · un grand musée = a large museum · une petite rue = a small street · français = French

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Describe an imagined town with adjective position

Study focus: Put a common size adjective before the noun and an ordinary descriptive adjective after it

Key words: une petite ville = a small town · un grand parc = a large park · une ville moderne = a modern town · un parc calme = a quiet park · un musée intéressant = an interesting museum

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Describe and spell belongings

Study focus: Place simple colour adjectives after familiar nouns

Key words: un sac noir = a black bag · une trousse noire = a black pencil case · un cahier vert = a green exercise book · une règle verte = a green ruler · l’alphabet = the alphabet

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Describe shared activities and favourite things

Study focus: Use je and nous with regular -er verbs

Key words: je joue = I play · nous jouons = we play · je regarde = I watch · nous regardons = we watch · Quel est ton jeu préféré ? = What is your favourite game?

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Describe supplied groups with ils sont and elles sont

Study focus: Use the third-person plural of être

Key words: ils sont = they are (male or mixed group) · elles sont = they are (female group) · contents = happy, masculine or mixed plural · contentes = happy, feminine plural · prêts/prêtes = ready

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Describe what named people and groups do

Study focus: Use a name or noun as the subject without doubling a pronoun

Key words: Lina joue = Lina plays · les élèves jouent = the pupils play · il/elle joue = he/she plays · ils/elles jouent = they play · ensemble = together

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Distinguish possibility from learned skill

Study focus: Use singular pouvoir and savoir forms with an infinitive

Key words: je peux / tu peux / il peut = can / be able or allowed · je sais / tu sais / elle sait = know how · nager = to swim · jouer = to play · je ne peux pas = I cannot · je ne sais pas = I do not know how

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Integrate family, possession and activity language

Study focus: Combine être, avoir, faire and a regular -er verb accurately

Key words: nous sommes = we are · nous avons = we have · nous faisons = we do · ma famille = my family · mes livres = my books · elle regarde = she watches

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Make group plans with nous allons and vous allez

Study focus: Use nous allons and vous allez with an infinitive to express a future plan

Key words: nous allons = we are going · vous allez = you are going (plural or formal) · visiter = to visit · manger = to eat · jouer = to play · demain = tomorrow

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Name a belonging: c’est, un and une

Study focus: Identify familiar belongings in short French statements

Key words: c’est = it is / that is · un livre = a book · une trousse = a pencil case · un stylo = a pen · une règle = a ruler · un cahier = an exercise book

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Negate avoir, faire and être before nouns

Study focus: Place ne or n’ and pas around a present-tense verb

Key words: ne … pas = not · n’ai pas = do not have · pas de = no / not any · je ne fais pas de sport = I do not do sport · ce n’est pas un livre = it is not a book

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Prepare a trip using familiar French structures

Study focus: Retrieve subject-dependent present-tense verbs

Key words: je prends = I take · nous allons = we go / are going · une petite valise = a small suitcase · un billet = a ticket · Quand pars-tu ? = When are you leaving? · je n’ai pas de billet = I do not have a ticket

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Read about advocacy using penser à and penser que

Study focus: Distinguish thinking about a person from stating an opinion

Key words: penser à = to think about · penser que = to think that · je pense = I think · tu penses = you think · elle pense = she thinks · l'éducation = education

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Read an original family poem and notice adjective agreement

Study focus: Explain who goes where in a short original poem

Key words: je vais = I go · au parc = to the park · ma sœur = my sister · mon frère = my brother · content/contente = happy · nous regardons = we look at

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Recognise singular and plural third-person -er forms

Study focus: Use subject and written ending to identify one person or a group

Key words: il chante = he sings · elle chante = she sings · ils chantent = they sing · elles chantent = they sing · regarder = to watch

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Say what I, he or she has

Study focus: Use j’ai, il a and elle a with singular belongings

Key words: avoir = to have · j’ai = I have · il a = he has · elle a = she has · un sac = a bag · une gomme = an eraser

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Say what people are not going to do

Study focus: Negate conjugated aller in a two-verb plan

Key words: je ne vais pas visiter = I am not going to visit · tu ne vas pas lire = you are not going to read · elle ne va pas sortir = she is not going to go out · mais = but

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Say what someone likes doing with aimer and an infinitive

Study focus: Conjugate aimer for a singular subject

Key words: j’aime = I like · tu aimes = you like · elle aime = she likes · dessiner = to draw · jouer = to play · danser = to dance

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Say what someone wants or has to do

Study focus: Select je veux / il veut and je dois / elle doit

Key words: je veux = I want · il/elle veut = he/she wants · je dois = I must / have to · il/elle doit = he/she must / has to · visiter = to visit · préparer = to prepare

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State a near-future plan with aller and an infinitive

Study focus: Choose singular present forms of aller

Key words: je vais = I am going · tu vas = you are going · il/elle va = he/she is going · je vais visiter = I am going to visit · demain = tomorrow

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Translate an original postcard set in Paris

Study focus: Identify adjective position before translating

Key words: un grand musée = a large museum · une petite rue = a small street · intéressant = interesting · je visite = I visit · aujourd’hui = today

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Turn school statements into inversion questions

Study focus: Move a conjugated verb before a subject pronoun

Key words: tu parles = you speak · parles-tu ? = do you speak? · tu regardes = you watch · regardes-tu ? = do you watch?

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Use a checked reference to extend destination questions

Study focus: Use a dictionary to verify one new place noun and its article

Key words: tu vas où ? = where are you going? · au = to the, masculine singular · à la = to the, feminine singular · à l' = to the, singular before a vowel · aux = to the, plural

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Use je fais, tu fais and il or elle fait

Study focus: Select the correct present singular form of faire for first, second and third person

Key words: je fais = I do / make · tu fais = you do / make (one familiar person) · il fait = he does / makes · elle fait = she does / makes · c’est qui ? = who is it? · c’est quoi ? = what is it? · du sport = sport · de la danse = dance

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Use je vais and elle va with au or à la

Study focus: Choose singular forms of aller for I and she/he

Key words: je vais = I go · il/elle va = he/she goes · au parc = to the park · au musée = to the museum · à la piscine = to the swimming pool · à la gare = to the station

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Use nous faisons and vous faites in daily activities

Study focus: Use first- and second-person plural faire accurately

Key words: nous faisons = we do/make · vous faites = you do/make · faire du sport = do sport · faire les courses = go shopping · faire un gâteau = make a cake

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Use one French present form for English simple and continuous senses

Study focus: Read a singular -er present form in context

Key words: je regarde = I watch / I am watching · tu dessines = you draw / you are drawing · elle joue = she plays / she is playing · maintenant = now · souvent = often

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Design and technology

55 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Aloo gobi: analyse a vegetable and potato dish

Study focus: Explain the roles of potato, cauliflower and flavourings

Key words: starchy carbohydrate · vegetable · spice · adaptation

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Deforming: change shape without removing material

Study focus: Distinguish bending or folding from cutting and joining

Key words: deforming · bend · fold · elastic · plastic deformation · springback

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Fabrication: join parts for a stated load and repair plan

Study focus: Recognise fabrication as joining separate parts

Key words: fabrication · joint · mechanical fixing · adhesive · removable · load

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Jollof rice: respect variation and plan a rice dish

Study focus: Explain a rice dish's ingredient roles and cultural variation

Key words: rice · seasoning · regional variation · cross-contamination

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Material sustainability: trace a product's whole life

Study focus: Trace sources, production, use, repair and disposal in a material choice

Key words: resource · renewable · recycled content · durability · repair · life cycle

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Materials in design: classify before choosing

Study focus: Classify common material families without assuming all members have identical properties

Key words: timber · metal · polymer · textile · paper and board · property

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Plan the layout before cutting to prevent avoidable waste

Study focus: Calculate a simple ideal material-use fraction

Key words: nesting · offcut · yield · cut width · reuse · prevention

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Reforming: change material state, then set a new form

Study focus: Distinguish reforming from bending, cutting and joining

Key words: reforming · mould · molten · solidify · thermoplastic · process control

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Select a material using a weighted, testable specification

Study focus: Compare candidate materials against a stated user specification

Key words: specification · criterion · weighting · trade-off · sample · evidence

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Wasting processes: remove material deliberately

Study focus: Identify cutting and drilling as material-removal processes

Key words: wasting · blank · cutting · drilling · kerf · tolerance

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Jerk-spiced vegetable and bean curry: timeplan and respect

Study focus: Describe a Jamaican culinary reference and classroom adaptation

Key words: jerk · adaptation · timeplan · rice and peas

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Art and design

122 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Animal relief: form, character and evidence

Study focus: Explain how relief differs from a flat drawing and a free-standing sculpture

Key words: relief · projection · silhouette · texture

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Art, empire and museums: ask who owns an object

Study focus: Separate object provenance from legal and ethical questions

Key words: provenance · acquisition · custody · restitution · community · due diligence

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Communicating ideas through graphic design: a clear message

Study focus: Plan a poster around audience, purpose and message

Key words: graphic design · audience · layout · hierarchy · contrast · caption · thumbnail

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Compose a visual route through a page

Study focus: Identify how placement directs attention

Key words: composition · focal point · balance · negative space · hierarchy

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Connect disciplines without flattening their differences

Study focus: Distinguish painting, print and spatial design purposes

Key words: discipline · medium · scale · site · translation

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Exploring printed textiles: plan a repeat pattern

Study focus: Distinguish a motif from a repeat pattern and a printed textile

Key words: textile · printing · motif · repeat · tile · registration · rotation · negative space

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Question the scope of a Western art timeline

Study focus: Locate named movements in a supported historical context

Key words: movement · period · context · canon · Impressionism · Cubism

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Trace how print processes shape an image

Study focus: Explain a block-print transfer in ordered steps

Key words: woodblock · matrix · impression · registration · edition

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Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Architecture across time: purpose, place and structure

Study focus: Compare buildings using dated context and observable form

Key words: dome · façade · renovation · context · brief

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Belief and art: study context, then make a respectful response

Study focus: Analyse a religious artwork through its documented use and material

Key words: belief · practice · context · niche · respect

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Family in art: show relationships without a single family template

Study focus: Compare visual evidence and assumptions in family images

Key words: relationship · gesture · proximity · composition · assumption

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Food narratives: collaborate through original still-life motifs

Study focus: Analyse a sourced food-and-community art example without stereotyping

Key words: still life · food culture · motif · collaboration · attribution

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

From one story to shared questions: art as connection

Study focus: Identify a specific story and a wider question it may raise

Key words: specific · shared question · context · audience · interpretation

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Identity in art: choose what a fictional portrait reveals

Study focus: Distinguish chosen self-presentation from viewer inference

Key words: identity · self-presentation · portrait · context · consent

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Local stories and migration: make a clay crest without claiming to speak for all

Study focus: Research a documented place-based artwork with attribution

Key words: crest · relief · migration · context · symbol

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Making sense through art: choose a process and respect its limits

Study focus: Compare two visual processes for a chosen expressive aim

Key words: process · expression · choice · reflection · wellbeing

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Migration stories in art: listen, attribute and avoid invention

Study focus: Interpret an artist's documented migration-related work with context

Key words: displacement · testimony · attribution · installation · ethics

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Roots and connections: turn chosen place details into visual form

Study focus: Analyse a documented maker's use of place and migration in an object

Key words: roots · narrative · motif · direct carving · connection

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Music

13 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Find middle C and play an original four-bar study

Study focus: Locate middle C from the pattern of two black keys

Key words: middle C · pitch · stave · treble clef · crotchet · minim

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Perform the full sixteen-bar Ode to Joy theme expressively

Study focus: Perform all four four-bar phrases of the C-major-transposed Beethoven theme

Key words: theme · dynamics · phrasing · legato · contrast · tempo

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Perform the opening eight bars of Beethoven's Ode to Joy

Study focus: Perform the first eight bars of Beethoven's theme in an independently transposed C-major single-line version

Key words: phrase · bar · repeat · crotchet · quaver · dotted crotchet · minim

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Support Beethoven's melody with a simple low-C pulse

Study focus: Add a deliberately simple four-beat bass to all sixteen bars of the Beethoven melody

Key words: accompaniment · bass · semibreve · ensemble · balance · texture

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Physical education

9 lesson records

Citizenship

40 lesson records

Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Budget and report: account for a community proposal honestly

Study focus: Prepare a balanced fictional project budget with a contingency

Key words: budget · income · expenditure · contingency · receipt · variance

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Community change: find common ground without erasing differences

Study focus: Explain how shared action can include different community priorities

Key words: community · cohesion · shared goal · stakeholder · evidence · compromise

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Community organisations: check purpose, role and evidence

Study focus: Compare a charity, a non-governmental organisation and an informal group without assuming identical legal status

Key words: charity · NGO · voluntary group · trustee · registered purpose · beneficiary

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

From concern to proposal: test an inclusive action plan

Study focus: Turn a broad concern into a limited action with an accountable decision maker

Key words: action plan · baseline · decision maker · alternative · indicator · evaluation

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Local and central government: choose the right decision maker

Study focus: Distinguish local service decisions from national policy

Key words: central government · local authority · county council · district council · unitary authority · responsibility

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Participation routes: match the action to age, access and safety

Study focus: Compare ways to contribute beyond donating or voting

Key words: volunteering · consultation · petition · participation · supervision · accessibility

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Registering to vote: separate eligibility, registration and choice

Study focus: Explain why registration is a separate step from casting a vote

Key words: electoral register · eligibility · registration · voting age · open register · anonymous registration

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The local councillor: representation and accountability

Study focus: Describe representation, casework and council decision making

Key words: ward · constituent · representation · casework · officer · conflict of interest

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Year 7 · Authored lesson pack

Young people's local voice: plan a safe, evidence-led proposal

Study focus: Identify participation routes available before voting age

Key words: consultation · youth council · representation · campaign · feedback · safeguarding

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Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

What is the media's role in democracy? Connect evidence to choice

Study focus: Explain how reporting can inform public discussion and democratic decisions

Key words: democracy · public information · scrutiny · opinion · evidence · informed choice

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Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

What responsibilities does the media have? Test a correction

Study focus: Distinguish responsible verification from an unsupported accusation

Key words: accuracy · correction · privacy · public interest · regulator · editorial standard

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Computing

119 lesson records

Year 8 · Authored lesson pack

Combine sequence, selection and iteration in one program

Study focus: Decompose a small brief into input, decision and repeat stages

Key words: control structure · sequence · selection · iteration · compound condition · testing

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Hacking and brute force attacks

Study focus: Distinguish authorised testing from unauthorised access

Key words: authorisation · brute force · denial of service · account · two-step verification

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Preventing cyber attacks

Study focus: Trace a cyber incident's effects on different people

Key words: incident · prevention · detection · response · recovery

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Year 9 · Authored lesson pack

Protecting networks from security threats

Study focus: Compare likelihood and impact without pretending to know exact probabilities

Key words: threat · likelihood · impact · access control · defence in depth

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Religious education

3 lesson records

Relationships, sex and health education

3 lesson records