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Year 9 Exams Monday 11 June –Friday 22 June 2018
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June
English 11:30 - 12:30
ET Finish - 12:45
Science 11:30 - 12:30
ET - 12.45
Maths 1 11:30 - 13:00
ET 13:23
RE 11:30 - 12:30
ET - 12:45
Geography 11:30 - 12:45
ET - 13:04
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June
Maths 2 11:30 - 13:00
ET—13:25
History 11:30 - 12:30
ET - 12:45
MFL 08:50 - 10:20
ET - 10:45
PE 11:30 - 12:30
ET - 12:45
Computing 11:30 - 12:30
ET 12:45
DT 08:50 - 10:20
ET - 10:45
Exam Timetable:
Timetable – Plan how you’ll fit your revision sessions into your
week.
Chunking – most people are at their best for about 30 minutes, so
split your revision into 30 minute chunks. Take a break between
sessions when you get up, walk about, have a drink, relax.
Get Organised – Set up a place at home with all of your revision
materials laid out to hand; post it notes, highlighters, pens and
pencils, revision guides at the ready.
Remember—Making a plan is not revision, it is organisation, you
need to follow through with the hard work that will prepare you
for exam success.
Key Revision Messages.
Revision is a process of going back over and reviewing the things
you have learned to help you to understand and remember them
more effectively.
Effective revision requires a plan to make sure you are making time
for all of your subjects and themes. Later in this booklet there is a
timetable you can fill in to help to plan your revision.
We are all individuals and we have different learning strengths and
styles. All students benefit from reviewing, revising and practising
their prior learning.
It’s important to balance the hard work you put into your revision
with time to relax, with a healthy diet and with adequate sleep;
looking after your wellbeing will help you to be at your best in the
exam.
ENGLISH: Monday 11 June (all students)
The exam is one hour long
Topics to be covered:
Literature Paper 1, Section A, Shakespeare: Macbeth
Macbeth will be studied by the whole year group over the next term.
Students will look at key scenes and learn quotes and analyse the effect of language and how Shakespeare’s life influenced the play’s themes.
In the end-of-year exam, there will be a choice of two questions. Students, on the whole, will be told which question to respond to, although higher sets will be given more freedom to choose.
Students will need to learn quotes from the play as they explore it in class.
Revision materials will be sent home via SMHW and in students’
exercise books.
SCIENCE: Tuesday 12 June (all students)
The exam is one hour long
Topics to be covered:
Year 9 Transition Biology
Year 9 Transition Chemistry
Year 9 Transition Physics
Students are now studying the first part of their GCSE science
course, as such there will be little class time devoted to revision for
the end-of-year exam. The emphasis is on the students to revise for
their exam independently, in homework time and more on top.
MATHS: Wednesday 13 June and Monday 18 June (all students)
You will sit two maths exams
Paper 1: Non-Calculator: one hour long
Paper 2: Calculator allowed: one hour long
To prepare for your maths exam you should:
Use the relevant revision list to find out what topics you will be as-
sessed on.
Prioritise those topics you feel less confident on. Watch the Corbett-
maths video and make revision notes in your book.
Try some of the practice questions. You can either do these in your
exercise book or print them out. Do a mixture of questions (not
just the first few) and make sure to include some problem-solving
style questions.
Mark your work. You can get the answers by pressing the ‘Click here
for answers’ tab.
HIGHER REVISION LIST (you should use this if you are in sets 1,2,3 or 4)
TOPIC CORBETT-
MATHS
Increase and decrease by a % 238, 239
% of amount without a calculator 234
Reverse % 240
Fractions of amount 137
Compare fractions, decimals and % 131
Change between fraction and % 123, 126
Change recurring decimal to fraction 96
Manipulate decimal calculations
Ratio 270, 271A
Product rule for counting 383
Estimation 215
Product of prime factors & HCF 223, 224
Convert between standard form and normal
numbers 300
Upper & lower bounds 183, 184, 280
Expand single brackets 13
Factorise expressions 117
Write expressions 16
Solve equations 110, 111, 113
Nth term of linear sequences 288
Next term & nth term of quadratic sequences 388ABC
Geometric sequences 375
Plot straight line graphs 186
Interpret equation of a straight line (y=mx+c) 191
Equation of parallel & perpendicular lines 196, 197
Measure angles 31
Angles in triangle 37
Angles in parallel lines 25
Bearings 26
Area of trapezium 48
Area of a square 45
Area of a circle 59
Convert between metric units of area 350
Scatter graphs 165-169
Interpret pie charts 164
Cumulative frequency graphs 153,154
Histograms 157,158
FOUNDATION REVISION LIST (you should use this if you are in set 5)
TOPIC CORBETT-MATHS
Multiples 220
Addition 6
Subtraction 304
Multiplication 199,200
BIDMAS 211
Negative temperature 269
Fractions of an amount 137
Add fractions 133
% of amounts without a calculator 234
Express one quantity as a % of another 237
Change between fractions & % 123, 126
Compare fractions, decimals & % 131
Rounding 269, 270, 271
Ratio 278, 279a
Estimation 215
Upper & lower bounds 280
Convert between standard form and normal numbers 300
Product of prime factors 223
Manipulate decimal calculations
Money calculations
Simplify algebraic expressions 9, 11, 18
Write expressions 16
Expand single brackets 13
Factorise expressions 117
Solve equations 110, 113
Coordinates 84
Plot straight line graphs 186
Nth term of a linear sequence 288
Next term of a quadratic sequence
Next term of a geometric sequence 375
Measure angles 31
Angles in parallel lines 25
Bearings 26
Perimeter 241
Area of a rectangle 45
Choose correct unit of measure 347
Name parts of a circle 61
Area of a circle 59
Time calculations 322
Bar charts 148
Interpret pie charts 164
HUMANITIES
RE: Thursday 14 June (all students)
The exam is one hour long.
Topics to be covered:
There is a revision booklet on Show My Homework
GEOGRAPHY: Friday 15 June (GCSE opters only)
The exam is one hour 15 minutes long.
Topics to be covered:
RE
Christian beliefs
Religion, peace and conflict
Geography
Natural hazards – Earthquakes
and Volcanos
Global fashions
Climate change
HISTORY : Tuesday 19 June (GCSE opters only)
The exam is one hour long.
Topics to be covered:
History
The causes of WW1
Mains causes
Alliance systems
The treaty of Versailles
Trench life
The causes of WW2
Key words, Nazis-Soviet Pact
Hitler
Appeasement
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Wednesday 20 June
(GCSE opters only)
The exams in all languages will be 90 minutes long.
Topics to be covered:
French
Social Networking
Arranging to go out
Careers and jobs
Health
Food
German
Holidays
Transport
Weather
Television and Films
Fashion
Where I live
Mandarin
Clothes and colours
Transport and daily
routine
My town
House and home
World of work
For all languages: Recognising and using a range of tenses and
grammatical structures studied in class.
Spanish
Holidays
Transport
School
Weather
World of work
PE: Wednesday 20 June (GCSE opters only)
The exam is one hour long.
Multiple choice, 2,3,4 mark questions and extended writing task.
Topics to be covered:
PE
3 phases of a warm up
Key muscle groups in the body
The heart and exercise—need
to know different heart rates,
training zones, short term ef-
fects on the heart and reasons
why heart rate increases
Key bones and joints in the
skeleton
The 7 food groups and their
roles
The respiratory system and
oxygen debt
Reasons for taking part in
sport—physical/mental/social
Skill related and health related
sports components of sport
PCRABS and Mrs Curno Makes
Bodies Flex
Computing: Thursday 21 June (GCSE opters only)
The exam is one hour long.
Topics to be covered:
The topics to be covered will be taken from the work carried out in
lessons in Year 8 and 9. These topics will be further looked at for GCSE
Computer Science.
Teach-ict.com username ta15au password memory5
GCSE Bitesize website
Computing
Databases
Binary
Programming
Flowcharts
Computer crimes
DT: Friday 22 June (GCSE opters only)
The exam is 90 minutes long.
Topics to be covered: (a revision booklet will be given to all students
taking the exam):
www.technologystudent.com
The exam is only for those who have opted so lesson time won’t be
used.
DT
Woods
Plastics
New Materials
Health and Safety
Tools and Equipment
Product Analysis
Design and Evaluation
Maths Content
Dimensions
Areas
Pie Charts
Percentages and fractions
Read and Highlight – just sitting and reading
through your exercise book, a text book or a work-
sheet is quite poor revision; you can make this into
effective revision by going through with a highlight-
er and picking out the important bits you need to
Get practice questions from your teacher that
are in the same format as the ones you’ll meet in
the exam.
Thinking about exactly what the question is ask-
ing you, and which key information or ideas will
help you to answer.
Try to time your answers to fit the timescale you
will have in the exam.
Post It - get a set of Post-it notes and use one for
each key fact or idea on a particular theme. Or-
ganise your post-its like a mind map on your desk
or wall.
Use your display to help you pick out the key in-
formation needed to answer a practise exam
question, or to help you talk through your
knowledge on this subject.
Speak —find a quiet place and
read your revision notes out
loud to yourself; hearing your-
self saying the key information
can be more powerful than
just reading it or hearing
someone else say it.
Explain – using any of the resources
you have created above work with a
partner and explain your theme. Talk-
ing it through is very valuable revision
because it helps you sort out your ide-
as and to put them into a logical or-
der; try this at home with parents or
friends.
Visual Mapping – create a mind map or a
poster to explain the key information. Bal-
ance an exciting visual presentation with
making sure that all of the key facts, infor-
mation and ideas are clearly included. A
good mind map uses arrows and lines to
show how key information and ideas con-
nect.
Select and summarise – Make a set of post-card sized cards and title each with
one of the themes you’re being tested on. Transfer onto the relevant card all of
the key information for that theme as bullet points or short sentences. Use col-
our, highlighting and underlining to make your presentation clearer.
On the Exam Day:
Sleep – don’t stay up late revising (or watching TV or Gaming!) a good night’s
sleep will help your brain to be at its best in the exam.
Breakfast – a good breakfast has been shown to help your brain to work more
effectively.
Be on time – and make sure you have used the toilet before the exam.
Equipment—use a clear pencil case or bag to carry the things you will need
for the exam.
Behaviour – Exams are formal and the behaviour code must be observed. En-
ter the room in silence and don’t communicate with others. Face the front
and listen to instructions carefully.
Phones / mobile devices should not be with you at your exam desk; turn
them off and leave them in your bag.
Listen carefully and follow instructions – you might not need to answer all of
the questions on the paper, there may be time limits, you need to listen to in-
structions and to start only when you’re asked to.
Read the paper carefully – it’s a good idea to spend a couple of minutes at
the start of the exam reading through so you know how much work you have
to do. Exam papers will usually tell you how many marks are awarded for each
question, some students like to start on the “big point” questions so they have
those marks “in the bag” before going back to do the smaller mark questions.
Write clearly and don’t forget grammar and punctuation – all exams require
accurate and clear written English. If the examiner can’t read your writing
they will award no marks; remember the examiner can change your grade +/-
10% for correct English, spelling and grammar.
Start—don’t panic if your mind goes blank, choose a question that you can
answer and get something jotted down, this can help you to relax.
Check—at the end of the exam take time to read your paper through careful-
ly, check for questions or pages you might have accidentally missed out, and
for simple errors that you can correct.
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