This document provides an overview of the departments and subjects taught at Leith Academy Secondary School. It includes brief 1-3 sentence descriptions of the following subjects: Maths, English, Spanish, Geography, Modern Studies, History, RE, PE, Art, Drama, Music, Computing, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, IT, CDT, HE, SE, and the Resource Centre. The document highlights some of the key topics and activities covered in each subject area.

1. Leith Academy
Secondary School

2. All Departments
Maths Art CDT
English Drama HE
Spanish Music SE
Geography Computing Resource Centre
Modern Studies Physics
History Biology
RE Chemistry
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3. Outside
Playing Fields
RE
PE
Outside
SE
Main Building
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4. Maths
• In maths you learn about numbers,
decimals, fractions, and different
shapes like circles.
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5. English
• English is a subject that you have to
learn. In English you do essays, write
stories and read books.
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6. Spanish
• Spanish is a modern language. It is a
hard subject to learn.
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7. Geography
• In Geography you learn about the
worlds climates, looking at maps and
learning about rivers.
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8. Modern Studies
• In Modern Studies you talk about politics
and learn about different groups and
society.
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9. History
• In History you learn about Wars that have
gone on many years ago and ancient facts
about different countries.
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10. RE
• In RE you learn about different religions like
Judaism, Christianity and Muslims.
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11. PE
• In PE you do Physical activities like
swimming, tennis and basketball. PE
is very good to participate in because
it will help keep you fit and you will
enjoy it.
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12. Art
• In Art you learn how to draw pictures, paint
and make collages
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13. Drama
• In drama you learn how to act and perform
in different shows and performances.
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14. Music
• In music you can learn how to play different
instruments like guitar and piano.
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15. Computing
• In computing you do a lot of
different things on computers like
databases, making animations and
word processing.
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16. Physics
• Physics is a hard subject but it is ok
sometimes. You learn about space,
transport and electricity.
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17. Biology
• In Biology you learn about the human body
and you do work with bones. You do lots of
experiments.
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18. Chemistry
• In Chemistry you do different experiments
and learn about different chemicals.
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19. IT
• In IT you learn how to do word processing,
do spreadsheets and set out letters.
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20. CDT
• In CDT you can learn how to make models
of things using wood and different metals.
You can also draw things by hand or on the
computer.
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21. HE
• In HE you can learn how to make all
different types of food like pasta and curry.
You sometimes learn about bacteria in the
world that could make you unwell.
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22. SE
• In SE you learn about the effects of drugs,
domestic abuse and the effects of drinking
alcohol.
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23. Resource Centre
• In the resource centre you can take out a
book and you can also learn things for
school projects by reading some of the
books in the resource centre. It is quite a
useful place.
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