KS3

The Department Subject Achievement Map identifies the skills and the nature of the knowledge needed to progress in the subject from year 7-11. The Subject Achievement is a document for staff and can be found in the Students' Shared area, Curriculum Subject Resources.

For each topic studied in Year 7-9, Topic Descriptor Sheets detail the knowledge and skills needed to progress in that topic. Topic Descriptor Sheets can be found in pupils books and on the walls in practical subjects. They can also be found in 365 – Curriculum –Curriculum Subject Resources.

Key Stage Three Curriculum Overview

Year 7: Classical Studies

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	The Greeks	Mythology and religion The gods, Theseus, Heracles Architecture	Research gods and monsters. Write a speech – Save Athens!
HT2		History Athenian democracy Re-enact the Battle of Marathon	Build your shield. Write a speech – How We Saved Greece!
HT3	The Romans	The Trojan Horse Romulus and Remus Pompeii
HT4		Boudicca Gladiators Smashing Up Statues	Introductory Latin exercises
HT5	Legacy	The Spartans The Olympics	Write a sports report from Olympia
HT6		The Greek alphabet Empires

Year 8 – Latin language option

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	The Olympian Gods	Vulcan, Venus and Mars Basic case endings – nominative and accusative Terminology – declensions, stems and gender	Chapter 1 test
HT2	Roman Heroes	Hercules, Aeneas and Romulus Neuter words Adjectives Prepositions taking the accusative The perfect tense	Chapter 2 test. Roman project 1.
HT3	Roman Gods	Vesta, the Lares and Janus The ablative case Terminology – conjugations and principal parts Infinitives Irregular verbs – sum, eo, possum Adverbs The imperfect tense	Chapter 3 test
HT4	Favour and Punishment	Temples, sacrifices and the Underworld Imperfect tense of sum and possum Irregular verbs – fero, volo and nolo Genitive and dative cases	Chapter 4 test. Roman project 2.
HT5	Festivals, Games and Shows	Saturnalia, chariots and gladiators Exam preparation Present tense for all verbs Present participle	End of Year Exam. Chapter 5 test.
HT6	Prophecy	Omens, augurs and the Sibyl Possessive adjectives Imperatives and commands Numbers and time phrases Future tense for all verbs	Chapter 6 test

Year 9 - Latin language option

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	The History of Rome – Kings and the Republic	Tarquin the Proud and different forms of power Simple subordinate clauses Pronouns – is, hic, ille, qui and quis	Chapter 8 test. Roman project 3.
HT2	Oratory and Cicero	Consulship and the Catilinarian Conspiracy Personal pronouns eo in compound verbs Superlatives Comparatives Pluperfect tense	Chapter 8 test. Roman project 3.
HT3 &4	The Army and Julius Caesar	Marius, the Gallic Wars and the Ides of March Terminology – the passive Perfect passive participles Perfect passive Ablatives of agent and instrument Pluperfect passive Exam preparation	Chapter 9 test as End of Year exam.
HT5 &6	Egypt and Cleopatra	The Ptolemies, Mark Antony and the Battle of Actium alius and -que necessse and primus Imperfect passive	Chapter 10 test. Roman project 4.

What can parents do to support their sons?

A wide range of online activities using the Quizlet platform has been put together for use in lessons, and to assist with any tests set. Encourage wider reading, online research and museum visits here and abroad. Treat the background topics and project ideas as just the tip of the iceberg! The ancient world is an inexhaustible treasure trove of personalities, events, cultures and thought-provoking connections with our own times.