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Key Stage 3 Masters of Recall

As part of the Key Stage 3 curriculum at All Saints Academy, students are expected to secure essential knowledge in every subject. This knowledge deepens subject understanding, lays strong foundations for GCSE study, and helps students make sense of the world around them.

In Year 7 and Year 8, students are provided with knowledge organisers each term for the following subjects:

Design Technology
English
Geography
History
IT
PSHCE
Religious Education
Science

Students also receive knowledge organisers for Drama, Art and Music. These support classroom learning and the development and application of skills, but students in these subjects do not complete Masters of Recall knowledge tests.

Students are given this booklet for regular reference. An online copy is also available below for ease of access and zooming. In addition, teachers upload copies to their class Teams pages.

Knowledge Organisers

Autumn Term

Year 7

Year 8

Homework Activities

The homework set on the knowledge organisers is based on educational research and will take the form of one of the following revision activities that has been proven to help students store knowledge into their long-term memory (the activities are on the next page and are exemplified in video form on the masters of recall page on the website). Using these revision activities will benefit Key Stage 3 students in preparation for external exams in the summer of Key Stage 4 and develop their lifelong metacognitive behaviours such as: self-awareness, planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Students must bring their revision activity as evidence of their homework for their teacher to check it is complete. The homework will be set on Microsoft Teams and can be submitted on OneNote, Teams or on paper. The homework may also be used in some low stakes formative assessment activities in class.

The Assessment of Knowledge

The knowledge learned will then be tested at the end of every half term/term in the form of a multiple-choice test (This frequency is determined by how often the students have their subject in a fortnightly period). From the results of these tests, students will be able to see which subjects they are performing well in and which subjects they need to focus on in terms of their crucial knowledge. This score will be shared as a percentage as part of the students’ assessment and recording to parents on Go4Schools at the end of each term.

Skills will also be assessed alongside the students’ knowledge termly. These skills will be assessed on the Key Stage 3 Performance Pathway which is specific to each subject area. (Maths and English remain on GCSE grades for reporting due to assessment taking place at KS2). All of the data will be reported termly via Go4Schools.

Maths approach to homework

Students will be set homework once a week in Maths using the website DrFrostMaths.com.â€¯ The homework that will be set will be either linked to the previous week’s classwork or revision in preparation for an assessment.

Each homework will also have videos attached that explain the topic, so if students don’t understand the concept, they can access this while at home and then speak to their maths teacher if they are still struggling or attend homework club.

Students can link their Dr Frost Maths account to their Office 365 account which makes logging into the website easier, this will be done during one of their first maths lessons of the year, and if they forget it then they can reset their password via the website.

Spanish approach to homework

Homework in Spanish focuses on the introduction and consolidation of vocabulary. Students will practise all four skill areas, listening, reading, writing and speaking as part of their homework. Homework is set weekly with a maximum of 10 vocabulary items and one grammar or assessment point. Homework is set using an online platform called Languagenut which students will be shown in class at the beginning of the school year.