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Bobby Moore Academy

We celebrate the diversity of our community through our aspirational learning culture so that each individual can fulfil their potential.

Curriculum

Bobby Moore Academy Curriculum Principles

At Bobby Moore Academy our curriculum aims to:

Empower pupils as effective learners who can fulfil their potential and provide ‘cultural capital’ experiences to help overcome socio-economic barriers.
Provide a formal academic curriculum, and the co-curricular and enrichment opportunities which broaden and deepen their learning opportunities.
Enable pupils to build their motivation and commitment to long-term learning, to engage fully in the social and political dialogues.
Support pupils to think independently and critically about what truly represents ‘the best which has been thought and said’.

KS3 & KS4 Curriculum Offer

We offer a full and wide range of subjects at Bobby Moore Academy in KS3:

Maths
English
Science
Geography
History
Religious Education
Computer Science
Physical Education
Music
Art & Design and Design Technology
Drama
MFL
PSHE and RSE

We build on the foundations of our KS3 programme through our KS4 GCSE subjects:

GCSE Maths
GCSE English
GCSE Science (Combined and Triple)
GCSE Geography
GCSE History
GCSE Religious Education
GCSE Computer Science
GCSE PE and BTEC PE
GCSE Music
GCSE Art & Design
GCSE Design Technology
GCSE Textiles
GCSE Drama
GCSE Spanish

KS5

For information regarding the Bobby Moore Sixth Form, please see the sixth form section of our website for academic and pastoral information. We look forward to receiving your enquiry. Please direct enquiries to: sixthform@bobbymooreacademy.co.uk

PSHE and RSE and RE at BMA

Regular year group, key stage drop-down days and whole school assemblies are used to address significant topical issues and place prominence on our school values. This is further embedded through our tutor programme. Religious Education (RE) is covered as a discrete subject at Key Stage 3 and as part of the broader PSHE and assembly programme for Key Stage 4 and 5. Religious Education remains an optional GCSE and A-level subject for all students in Key Stage 4 and 5 and this ensures all pupils continue to receive a broad curriculum in these areas. Relationships, Sex and Health (RSE) education is also covered within tutor time and drop-down days across the academic year. This curriculum covers all recommended content for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE).

If you have further questions for enquiries regarding the KS3 or KS4 curriculum, please contact Mr Riley using the BMA contact us email.

Our approach to the curriculum complies with our equality objectives and pays due regard to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. We work to the best of our ability to ensure that all barriers are lifted for all students, so that they can achieve their potential and access to the curriculum. We encourage all to not only take a full and active part in lessons but also ensure all students have equal opportunity to participate in our enrichment opportunities.

Subjects

HISTORY

Y7	Term 1
HT1	History Basics How far did England change c1000 to c1100? Pupils will learn about how Anglo-Saxon society was structured and how the country was governed. They will also investigate the reasons for the success of the Norman Conquest and how far the existing Anglo-Saxon state and society were affected by the Conquest.
2	What shaped Medieval Europe? 1 Pupils will study the factors which shaped the way the world developed and saw itself by c1000 CE. They will consider the emergence and legacy of the Roman Empire. They will also examine how climate and migration influenced the development of Europe in particular, including the development of early states in Europe and the emergence of the feudal system.
3	What shaped Medieval Europe? 2 Pupils will study the ways in which the world was connected by trade and trade routes, particularly the Silk Roads from West Africa to China through Europe and Central Asia. They will also consider the importance of religious belief in the history of this period, as a driver of events and change. This understanding will provide a firm foundation to investigate the fluid and changing relationships between Medieval Christendom and the Islamic World, including the Crusades.
4	What worried medieval people? · Overview of key concerns of rulers and ordinary people in the medieval period Option A Rulers · Case Study 1: Eleanor of Aquitaine Option B Ordinary people · Case Study 5: What was the impact of the Black Death? Pupils will tackle a range of case studies about the lives of people in medieval England and the world beyond England. They will consider the significance of individuals, and they will also consider the methods used by historians to reconstruct the lives of these individuals or groups. ·
5	The Emergence of Europe c1400-c1600: The Renaissance Pupils will study how and why there was a Renaissance in the period c1400 to c1600 and what exactly characterised this Renaissance, including art, architecture, scientific and technological developments. They will also consider the underpinning factors of the Renaissance, particularly trade and wealth and the ways in which historians have written about the Renaissance, including up to date scholarship on the extent to which it was a uniquely European phenomenon.
6	The Emergence of Europe c1400-c1600: European expansion and empire-building Pupils will learn about the motives and methods by which European powers promoted voyages of exploration to West Africa and Asia and ultimately to the Americas. They will consider the impact of these voyages on Europe, Africa and the Americas, including the development of Spanish and Portuguese empires and the emergence of the Transatlantic slave trade.