Year 8 EESAT Preparation Booklet EESAT exam requirements

Year 8 EESAT Preparation Booklet

EESAT exam requirements • All your EESAT exams will be sat in the hall. • You will have an EESAT that lasts 50 minutes in each subject • You must line up on the playground in your classes before your exam • You will enter the exam hall in silence • You must leave your bags outside the exam hall • You are only allowed to take into the hall your pencil case and a clear water bottle In the exam • You must sit in silence at all times whilst in the hall • You must not turned out • You must not communicate in any way with another else in the hall • If you need help you put your hand up but remain silent until a teacher helps you • If these rules are broken you will have to resit the paper in your own time

English Subject English Key topics Gothic Fiction: you will get a choice of two questions. you will either write a description based on a gothic image or you will write part of a gothic story. Revise conventions of gothic literature: gothic settings (graveyard, woods, abandoned building) gothic themes (fear, the supernatural, romance, narratives/story-telling, the unexpected) gothic characters (monsters, the unfamiliar/grotesque/doubles) Language techniques: sensory language noun phrases mystery/obscurity suspense pathos ACOASTMAP techniques: alliteration, colour, onomatopoeia, adjectives, similes, triplets, metaphors, adverbs and personification Maths Subject Maths Y 8 Key topics Algebraic manipulation Solving linear equations Sequences Pythagoras and trigonometry Straight line graphs Quadratic graphs Transformations Similarity and congruence Inequalities Perimeter and area and volume Measure Functions and formula Constructions Science Subject Science Key topics Biology – Respiration Chemistry - Atoms and molecules Physics – Forces and motion

Geography Subject Year 8 Key topics Globalisation Coasts Ecosystems History Subject History Key topics Terrorism MFL Subject French Key topics Sports and Free Time activities Technology School Subjects Opinions and reasons Subject German Key topics Introducing yourself (name, age, birthday) Family Physical description Sport and Free Time activities Opinions and reasons Subject Spanish Key topics Introducing yourself (name, age, birthday) Colours Pets Opinions and School subjects School facilities Family Physical description

Philosophy and Ethics Subject RS Key topics Environmental Ethics: What are the human impacts, how do we contribute to the issue and how do we stop it? How does recycling support the world? What about the bees? Should we act morally or immorally? Journeys: Refugees – What are they? How are they different to ‘immigrants’, what obligations do we have towards refuges? Philosophy & Ethics: Responding to moral dilemmas, can you fully support and justify arguments to a random moral dilemma? Can you write using full PEE paragraphs and then evaluate them? What is real: What is plato’s cave? What things might trick your brain into thinking they are real? What are the impacts of this? Computer Science Subject Computer Science Key topics E-safety Computing theory (hardware & software, memory, CPU, storage) Microbit programming Cyber Security (password security, metadata, encrypted apps) Performing Arts Subject Performing Arts Key topics Dance Content: Actions, space, dynamics, and relationships and using key words to describe movement Dance styles Physical skills, choreographic devices and health & safety Drama Content: Genre Drama techniques and devices Vocal and physical skills (key words) Revision Materials: Word bank and in class materials

Art Subject Y 8 Art Key topics Stitch types: running, back, chain and applique Technology Subject Food Tech Key topics Use of different equipment e. g. coloured chopping boards Hygiene and safety Beef & Chicken UK Street Food Subject Y 8 Technology Key topics Will be completing a practical assessment, no revision needed PE Subject PE Key topics Physical, Emotional and Social well-being Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle