Year 11

Final Exams 2017

Date Day Session Level Board Code Title Length Main Start

15/05/2017 Monday AM GCSE AQA 40551 Religious Studies: Religion and Citizenship 90 min

15/05/2017 Monday AM BTEC Pearson 21512E Music: The Music Industry 60 min

15/05/2017 Monday PM GCSE AQA 41901 Sociology Unit 1 90 min 13:45

16/05/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE Edexcel 5FR01/3 French: Listening and Reading 90 min

16/05/2017 Tuesday PM GCSE Edexcel 5BI1H Core Science: Biology 60 min 14:00

17/05/2017 Wednes-day AM GCSE Edexcel 5IT01 ICT: Living in a Digital World 90 min

17/05/2017 Wednes-day PM GCSE AQA 40552 Religious Studies: Religion and Life issues 90 min 13:45

18/05/2017 Thursday AM GCSE Edexcel 5CH1H Core Science: Chemistry 60 min

18/05/2017 Thursday PM GCSE AQA 41902 Sociology Unit 2 90 min 13:45

19/05/2017 Friday AM GCSE Edexcel 5SP01/3 Spanish : Listening and Reading 90 min

19/05/2017 Friday PM GCSE Edexcel 5PE01 Physical Education 90 min 13:45

22/05/2017 Monday AM GCSE AQA 8702/1 English Literature: Shakespeare and the 19th century novel 105 min

22/05/2017 Monday PM GCSE OCR B561 Geography: Sustainable Decision Making 90 min 13:45

23/05/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE Edexcel 5CN01/3 Mandarin: Listening and Reading 90 min

24/05/2017 Wednes-day AM GCSE OCR A241 Business in Action 90 min

24/05/2017 Wednes-day PM GCSE Edexcel 5CH1H Core Science: Physics 60 min 14:00

25/05/2017 Thursday AM GCSE Edexcel 1MA1 Maths: Paper 1 Non-Calculator 90 min

26/05/2017 Friday AM GCSE AQA 8702/2 English Literature: Modern texts and poetry 135 min

TIMETABLE see your personalised printed timetable more detailed rooms and timings

05/06/2017 Monday AM GCSE Edexcel 5HB01/1A History: Medicine and public health in Britain 75 min

06/06/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE AQA 8700/1 English Language: Explorations in creative reading and 105 min

06/06/2017 Tuesday PM GCSE OCR B563 Geography: Key Geographical Themes 105 min 13:30

07/06/2017 Wednes- AM GCSE OCR A451 Comuting: Computer Systems and Programing 90 min

07/06/2017 Wednes- AM GCSE Edexcel 5GN01/3 German : Listening and Reading 90 min

08/06/2017 Thursday AM GCSE Edexcel 1MA2 Maths: Paper 2 Calculator 90 min

09/06/2017 Friday AM GCSE Edexcel 5BI2H Additional Science: Biology 60 min

09/06/2017 Friday PM GCSE Edexcel 5MU03 Music: Listening and Appraising 90 min 13:45

12/06/2017 Monday AM GCSE AQA 8700/2 English Language: Writer's viewpoints and perspectives 105 min

13/06/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE Edexcel 1MA3 Maths: Paper 3 Calculator 90 min

13/06/2017 Tuesday PM GCSE WJEC 473201 Hospitality and Catering Unit 2 75 min 14:00

14/06/2017 Wednes- AM GCSE Edexcel 5CH2H Additional Science: Chemistry 60 min

14/06/2017 Wednes-day PM GCSE Edexcel

5HB02/2B History: The American West 75 min 14:00

15/06/2017 Thursday AM GCSE AQA 45801 Child Development Unit 1 90 min

15/06/2017 Thursday PM GCSE AQA 46851 Polish Paper 1 50 min

16/06/2017 Friday AM GCSE Edexcel 5PH2H Additional Science: Physics 60 min

16/06/2017 Friday PM GCSE AQA 45601 Resistant Materials Unit 1 120 min 13:15

19/06/2017 Monday AM GCSE Edexcel 5BI3H Further Additional Science: Biology 60 min

20/06/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE Edexcel 5HB03/3 History: The transformation of surgery 75 min

20/06/2017 Tuesday AM GCSE AQA 46852/4 Polish Papers 2 & 4 120 min

20/06/2017 Tuesday PM GCSE AQA 45501 Graphic Products Unit 1 120 min 13:15

21/06/2017 Wednes- AM GCSE Edexcel 5CH3H Further Additional Science: Chemistry 60 min

21/06/2017 Wednes- PM GCSE AQA 42301 Dance Unit 1 60 min 14:00

23/06/2017 Friday AM GCSE Edexcel 5CH3H Further Additional Science: Physics 60 min

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.

Final Exams Revision Guidance:

These pages contain reminders of some key information that will help you to prepare for

subject exams. You will receive more detailed help and guidance in class, and if you need

further support or have questions about exam content or where to find appropriate

revision materials you should talk to your subject teacher.

Maths: Paper 1 is non-calculator, papers 2 & 3 are Calculator allowed. All exams are 3 hours duration. Please ensure you have a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compasses and a Scientific Calculator. Topics to be covered are listed in the Revision Checklist along with references to the Corbettmaths web-site. All pupils have been provided with a copy of this. These are also available on the OneDrive and ShowMyHomework. Pupils must ensure they download the correct booklet - Higher or Foundation.

Maths Revision: Personal Learning Checklists are provided after assessment. These detail which topics are your personal strengths and which require further practice, allowing you to prioritise their revision.

Corbettmaths.com website provides Video tutoring on all the topics required for the Maths

GCSE, along with Practice Questions and Answers.

PIXL Maths app: 'Design a Test' to practise specific topics; or 'Take a Challenge' to practise Graded

questions.

Diagnostic Questions App: daily Multiple Choice Questions which provide practice for the

multiple choice questions in the exam.

PIXL Maths papers: these provide graded practice questions and are available on the OneDrive

and signposted from ShowMyHomework.

Revision Guide & workbook: available from Student Reception for £5

Practice Papers: available for sale from Easter

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

English Language Paper 1: Exploration in creative reading and writing.

Section A: An unseen extract from a novel will be printed. You will then have to answer 4 questions

which develop in complexity. Aim for a mark a minute on this paper.

Question 1: find four facts - list four pieces of information from the text so that they make sense and form

sentences.

Question 2: Analyse language. Identify quotes that you can pull apart to analyse using subject terminolo-

gy. Aim for three developed paragraphs.

Question 3: Structure. Remember, for the question, you must cover the whole of the extract. This means

that you must look at the beginning, the middle and the end. You need to look at the focus of the para-

graphs, if the focus changes and why; look at where characters are introduced and why; look at patterns

of language and why the author has done this.

Question 4: Essay exploring how characters are made interesting. To make this evaluative, you need to

explain how effects have been created and how they could be improved. It is important that you include

quotes and subject terminology in the response.

It is really important to remember that you might have to use use the same quotes in one more than one

question. You will not be penalised for this.

Section B: Writing task: choice of two - one linked to an image or another linked to a life experience.

You will be assessed on your ability to use a variety of descriptive language techniques (similes, metaphor,

alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia), paragraphs used to create effect, varied sentence length and

starters, varied punctuation used accurately and varied vocabulary with accurate spellings.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REVISION:

English One Drive (log in details have been sent out). Here you will find papers which have been annotat-

ed. You also have your mocks from this year and last year.

BBC Bitesize English GCSE

Lessons have been dedicated to revision for the last few weeks.

Homework is designed to develop and test skills. It is imperative that students complete this to the best

of their ability and hand it in on time.

English Language Paper 2: Writer's viewpoints and perspectives.

Section A: Two extracts from non-fiction texts will be printed. They will be on the same subject, but be

from different centuries. One of them will be C19th.

Question 1: identify the four correct pieces of information about the text out of the eight possible an-

swers. It is important that you remember to shade the box: if you tick, you will NOT get the marks even if

you have ticked the correct responses. This only uses extract A.

Question 2: This is the first comparison question. You have to summarise the two extracts using quotes

from both and explain what the quotes tell you about the two texts. This means that you must use infer-

ence and look under the surface. Aim to identify 4 quotes from each text to discuss.

Question 3: This is an analysis question. You must identify key language and explore how effect is created

using subject terminology and single word analysis. This will only use one of the extracts: usually extract 2

Question 4: Essay comparing BOTH extracts. You must analyse language language to explore how effects

are created: the key is to link all the way through the essay. This question always has three bullet points:

compare attitudes,compare methods used, support your ideas with quotes from both texts. It is vital that

you use these signposts to help when responding.

It is also important to remember that you can use the same quotes as you used for Question 2. You will

not be penalised for doing this. You just have to develop analysis in a lot more depth.

Section B: Writing for purpose. Usually, there is a statement. You will then be asked to write in a cer-

tain way: to argue, to persuade, to inform. You also have to consider the audience you have to write for

and the form of the writing (PAFF).

You will be assessed on your ability to use a variety of persuasive language techniques (A FOREST), para-

graphs used to create effect, varied sentence length and starters, varied punctuation used accurately and

varied vocabulary with accurate spellings.

It is really important to remember that you might have to use use the same quotes in one more than one

question. You will not be penalised for this.

Section B: Writing task: choice of two - one linked to an image or another linked to a life experience.

You will be assessed on your ability to use a variety of descriptive language techniques (similes, metaphor,

alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia), paragraphs used to create effect, varied sentence length and

starters, varied punctuation used accurately and varied vocabulary with accurate spellings.

ENGLISH LITERATURE

English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the C19th novel.

Section A: Shakespeare: 'Romeo and Juliet'. An extract from the play will be printed in the exam book-

let. You must use this as the starting point to show knowledge of the wider play. You are expected to

identify key quotes and analyse language, exploring how effects are created by linking back to the ques-

tion, to use subject terminology, single word analysis, writer's intentions, reader's response and context.

Remember, you must also be able to include quotes, and analysis of these quotes, from the wider play.

Section B: The C19th Novel. Different classes have studied different texts: either 'Dr Jekyll and Mr

Hyde' or 'A Christmas Carol'. As above, there will be an extract printed in the exam booklet. You must use

this as the starting point to show knowledge of the wider novel. You are expected to identify key quotes

and analyse language, exploring how effects are created by linking back to the question, to use subject

terminology, single word analysis, writer's intentions, reader's response and context. Remember, you

must also be able to include quotes, and analysis of these quotes, from the wider play.

English Literature Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry

Section A: 'Lord of the Flies' There will be a choice of two questions. Normally, there is one character

and one theme question to choose from. There is no extract to help you; you must be able to remember

all of the quotes, subject terminology , relationships and context. You will receive marks on your ability to

weave quotes and analysis through the essay embedding as much as possible.

Section B: Anthology Poetry. You have studied 15 poems: Power and Conflict in the anthology. One

poem from the anthology will be printed; you must then remember another poem to link it to. You will

have to remember quotes, themes, structure, subject terminology and context and be able to link and

compare to the poem printed. We believe that at least ten quotes from each poem will be needed to

achieve a high grade.

Section C: Unseen Poetry. A poem that has never been studied will appear. You will have to respond

to the question by analysing language and techniques using subject terminology and looking at how

meaning is created.

ENGLISH LITERATURE REVISION:

PIXL Lit App (passwords have been sent out)

English One Drive (log in details have been sent out)

BBC Bitesize English GCSE

Quizlet (downloadable app for your phone which offers different ways to revise books)

Copy of Romeo and Juliet and the C19th novel - these will need to be read again before the exams

Lessons have been dedicated to revision for the last few weeks.

Homework is designed to develop and test skills. It is imperative that students complete this to the best

of their ability and hand it in on time.

Revision sessions after school on Tuesday will also support you.

HISTORY You still have three exams to go for History worth a total of 75%. Your focus should currently be on Medicine through Time and Public Health and The American West. You will find everything you need on Mr Lowe's website. Powerpoints, videos, past papers etc http://castleschoolhistory.weebly.com/ There is also a link to this on showmyhomework.com in case you forget it. There currently are two revision sessions running every week on Wednesday lunchtime and Thursday afternoon in T33 & T34. Reminder of exams: Medicine Through time and Public Health- 1 Hour 15 minutes 25% American West- 1hour 15minutes 25% Surgery- 1 hour 15 minutes 25% For these exams you should be using the ‘revision checklists’ available on the website and given to you by your history teacher. There is also the 'How to answer the question' sheets which break down each question individually to make sure you are targeting the key areas.

Units to revise:

B1- Influences on Life

B1.1- Classification, variation and inheritance

B2.2- Responses to a changing environment

B2.3- Problems of, and solutions to a changing

environment

B2- The Components of Life

B2.1- The building blocks of cells

B2.2- Organisms and energy

B2.3- Common systems

B3- Using Biology

B3.1- Control systems

B3.2- Behaviour

B3.3- Biotechnology

C1- Chemistry in our World

C1.1- The Earth’s sea and atmosphere

C1.2- Materials from the Earth

C1.3- Acids

C1.4- Obtaining and using metals

C1.5- Fuels

11a2 and 11b2

Taking Additional

Science only.

Exams to sit: B2, C2, P2

11a3, 11a4, 11a5, 11b3,

11b4, 11b5

Taking GCSE and

Additional Science.

Exams to sit: B1, C1, P1,

B2, C2, P2

11a1 and 11b1

Taking Additional and

Further Additional

Science.

Exams to sit: B2, C2, P2,

B3, C3, P3

SCIENCE

Routes Taken:

C2-Discovering Chemistry

C2.1- Atomic structure and the periodic table

C2.2- Ionic compounds and analysis

C2.3- Covalent compounds and separation tech-

niques

C2.4- Groups in the periodic table

C2.5- Chemical reactions

C2.6- Quantitative chemistry

C3- Chemistry in Action

C3.1- Qualitative analysis

C3.2- Quantitative analysis

C3.3- Electrolytic processes

C3.4- Gases, equilibria and ammonia

C3.5- Organic chemistry

P1- Universal Physics

P1.1- Visible light and the Solar System

P1.2- The electromagnetic spectrum

P1.3- Waves and the Universe

P1.4- Waves and the Earth

P1.5- Generation and transmission of electricity

P1.6- Energy and the future

SCIENCE Revision resources:

Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook. Make sure that the workbook is completely filled, seeking

help from your science teacher where you are stuck.

Past papers. A huge number available on the Edexcel website www.edexcel.com Mark schemes

and examiner reports are also attached.

GCSE Bitesize.

Many more resources are available on the Science Faculty One Drive.

P2- Physics for Your Future

P2.1- Static and current electricity

P2.2- Controlling and using electric current

P2.3- Motion and forces

P2.4- Momentum, energy, work and power

P2.5- Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion

P2.6- Advantages and disadvantages of using radioactive materials

P3- Applications of Physics

P3.1- Radiation in treatment and medicine

P3.2- X-rays and ECGs

P3.3- Production, uses and risks of ionising radiation from radioactive sources

P3.4- Motion of particles

P3.5- Kinetic theory and gases

Geography GCSE

OCR B Specification

Exam Dates

Sustainable Decision Making Exercise (25% of GCSE) – Monday 22th May – Popula-tion & Settlement. REMEMBER: 60 minutes paper for 40 marks. Planning is every-thing, annotate all over resource booklets, the paper only has 5 questions. 10 minutes should be on reviewing the paper resource booklet. Also, the paper has a 16 mark essay at the back, tick off each bullet point as your answer it.

Key Geographical Themes Exam (50% of GCSE) – Tuesday 6th June – Rivers & Coasts, Natural Hazards & Economic Development. THE CASE STUDY PAPER. So, most students did best at rivers and coasts, and worst was Economic Development. Make sure you're happy with all the theory for each unit and then LEARN three spe-cific bullet points for each case study. These must NEVER be left blank, even if you can't remember the case study talking about the correct general issues can see get you 6 out of 9.

Revision

Revision is already happening in lessons leading up to the exams but your revision should not be limited to this as we do not have time to cover everything.

Revision sessions take place in T14 every Monday Lunchtime and in T4 after school on Thursday - see the revision timetable for topics/skills being covered

Revision at home regularly will help – remember you must do something with the in-formation – reading is not enough – you can create mind maps, revision cards, an-swer past questions, use http://www.wordle.net/ or http://www.tagxedo.com/ to create word clouds for case studies or key word displays for each topic and use the one drive link for support too. However, before any of these methods are used make sure that you use the checklists to ensure that you have learns everything that can be tested. Work on the weakest topics and use the feedback sheets from the PPEs to help you. For most it was economic development, what was it for you? What sort of questions are you losing the marks on?

Resources to help with Revision

Your books are the most important revision tool – make sure you have your books for each topic (it will be useful to bring these to lessons).

GCSE Geography OCR B Specification – The Revision Guide (www.cgpbooks.co.uk or

MANDARIN

Listening

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

Reading

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

FRENCH

Listening

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

Reading

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

GERMAN

Listening

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

Reading

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

SPANISH

Listening

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

Reading

Out and about

Customer service and transactions

Personal information

Future plans, education and work

LANGUAGES REVISION

Edexcel revision guides and workbooks

Revision materials provided in class

Design and Technology

Resistant Materials

Key Points:

2 hour exam (worth 40% of your final GCSE grade)

Section A (approx. 30 marks): you will be assessed on the Preliminary Material which is available to students from 1st

March 2017.

Section B (approx. 90 marks): you will be assessed on all subject knowledge covered in Years 10 and 11.

Section A: Seating in public spaces for adults and small children – you will need to write a specification, design five initial de-

sign ideas, development one design (give details of materials, finish, construction, size and features) and then evaluate your

developed design against your specification (say how you met it).

Section B: subject knowledge questions covering: materials and finishes, sustainability and maintenance, adhesives and fasten-

ers, tools and equipment, manufacturing techniques for each material type, health and safety, quality control and quality as-

surance, product analysis (effectiveness, ergonomics and material sustainability), market pull and technology push, client/ de-

signer roles, CAD/ CAM, scales of production, modelling, electrical, ergonomics and anthropometrics.

Graphics

Key Points:

2 hour exam (worth 40% of your final GCSE grade)

Section A (approx. 35 marks): you will be assessed on the Preliminary Material which is available to students from 1st

March 2017.

Section B (approx. 85 marks): you will be assessed on all subject knowledge covered in Years 10 and 11.

Section A: Self-assembly decoration for a special event – you will be given a criteria and required to design a range of ideas

based on the theme. You will then need to develop all or part of one of your designs and lastly, evaluate your design against

the given Design Brief and Criteria.

Section B: subject knowledge questions covering: representation of data, design issues (social, moral, environmental, cultural),

drawing on grids, procedure/ order of work, nets/ developments, typography, development of ideas, marketing and reaction,

scale, mechanisms, materials, components and equipment, CAD/CAM, industrial practices/ production, evaluation, product

analysis, imagery, QC/QA, disassembly, British Standards, perspective/ exploded diagrams, 3D modelling, product lifecycle,

designers, pop-ups, drawing in 3D, symbols, branding, smart materials, presentation, bar codes, orthographic.

Resistant Materials and Graphics – Revision Support

Past papers will be used in lessons and for homework – the mark schemes will be added to SMHW, too.

Revision guides and workbooks – you bought these in your pack at the start of Year 10.

Revision sessions: Tuesday and Thursday 3.30-4.45pm and Monday and Friday 1.40-2.25pm

Websites: technologystudent.com, design-technology.info, projectgcse.co.uk, gcse.com, mr-dt.com, bbc.co.uk/education

(previously bitesize – the original bitesize is more useful!)

Sociology Unit 1: Studying Society, Education, Family Unit 2: Crime and Deviance, Mass Media, Social Inequality (there is a fourth unit POWER/which they do not need to know or prepare for) OneDrive https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=e71d3c3186c00ed7&id=E71D3C3186C00ED7%21106&ithint=folder,&authkey=!AENxiBgpEP4QdzU (can also be found through SMHW)

Resources Blue Booklet: Unit 1 Yellow Booklet: Unit 2 Checklists: In each booklets and on OneDrive

The above files on the OneDrive contain ways to revise, and useful booklets and PowerPoints to support that revision. All students should start with the checklists which can be found in folders 02 and 03; these list everything that they need to know across both papers. Folder 01 has revision methods, students must be skilled at recalling knowledge before they try exam pa-pers. Folder 04 contains some exam papers In most cases the sociology paper has three question types 4 mark definition questions 2 marks for definitions 1 mark for an example 1 mark for a social theory linked to the concept OR a change over time. 5 mark describe and explain questions 2 marks for describing a concept 3 marks for an explanation: they must be seen as separate questions and no blurred into one response. 12 mark 'how far to sociologists agree' questions (evaluation) Two paragraphs focusing on the stated item in the question for example: 'How far to sociologists agree that poor primary socialisation is the main cause of crime.' Students must talk about primary socialisation, but to get above 6 marks then MUST talk about another factor for example opportunity structure. For students to get 9+ they must use at least 5 key terms, social research for example Williams did research in New York on the lack of opportunity structure and how they drove people into crime.

GCSE RE RESOURCES @ The Castle School

http://bit.ly/1QkanVP Use the Onedrive, revision booklets and online resources to help with revision.

You have two exams, You only answer 4 of topics from each paper. Use your structures.

Unit 1 Religion and Citizenship Time allowed -1 hour 30 minutes -Answer four questions. Each question has five parts. Question 1 Religion and Relationships Question 2 Religion, Sport and Leisure Question 3 Religion and Work Question 4 Religion and the Multicultural Society Question 5 Religion and Identity Question 6 Religion and Human Rights Religious Studies (Specification B)

Unit 2 Religion and Life Issues Time allowed -1 hour 30 minutes -Answer four questions. Each question has five parts. Question 1 Religion and Animal Rights Question 2 Religion and Planet Earth Question 3 Religion and Prejudice Question 4 Religion and Early Life Question 5 Religion, War and Peace Question 6 Religion and Young People Web sites- not everything is relevant- use your blue and green booklet to make sure that it is something you need to know. Relationships http://www.rsrevision.com/GCSE/shortcourse/humanrelationships/index.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/relationships/ Prejudice and discrimination http://www.rsrevision.com/GCSE/shortcourse/equality/index.htm http://www.rsrevision.com/GCSE/christianity/index.htm War and peace http://www.rsrevision.com/GCSE/shortcourse/peaceandjustice/index.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/war/ Early life and animal testing http://www.rsrevision.com/GCSE/shortcourse/medicalethics/index.htm Early life http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/sanctity/ Planet earth http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/environment/

DANCE The exam is 60 minutes long and will cover the following topics: Professional works by Kev-

in Finnan (Perfect) and Christopher Bruce (Swansong), Technical and Expressive Skills, Own work and Safe

Dance Practice. There will be revision sessions with Miss Stone on Tuesday lunchtimes and Friday

after school. Revision aids will be your notes from class and your GCSE past paper books. Lessons will be

allocated for revision strategies and homework time will be given specifically for revision.

Drama

Monday 8th May 2017 8:45am - 1:30pm Important Information - All Drama students will spend the morning in the Drama Studio. - The exam requires a suitable audience so you will act as an audience for each other. - An examiner will come to the school and watch the performances and give you a mark on the day. - You will not know the result of those marks until results day in August. - This is an exam and it will be done under Drama exam conditions. Phones will be collected at the start of the exam and will be handed back at lunchtime (unless they are on airplane mode and used as props). - You will not be given prompts if you forget lines. You must rehearse strategies to deal with mistakes. - You need to conduct yourselves throughout the whole process in an exemplary manner. The examiner will watch you carefully and anything other than exemplary may impact your grade or others' grades. - You will not be able to go in and out of the Drama Studio - you can have the 20 minute break at the usual time. - Performances cannot be restarted. - You will be able to come in that morning early to rehearse before school. - On Friday 5th May 2017 we will have a rehearsal evening that starts at 3:30pm where each group per-forms ahead of the real exam. This will not last longer than 3 hours. - Costumes and props need to be sorted well in advance on these dates. - This exam is worth 40% of your final GCSE Grade!

MUSIC Area of Study 1 – western classical music 1600-1899 ••G F Handel: Chorus: And The Glory of The Lord from Messiah, HWV 56 ••W A Mozart: 1st Movement from Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 •• F Chopin: Prelude No 15 in D flat major, Op. 28 Area of Study 2 – music in the 20th century ••A Schoenberg: Peripetie from Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 •• L Bernstein: Something’s Coming from West Side Story ••S Reich: 3rd Movement (fast) from Electric Counterpoint Area of Study 3 – popular music in context ••M Davis: All Blues from the album Kind of Blue •• J Buckley: Grace from the album Grace ••Moby: Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? From the album Play Area of Study 4 – world music ••Capercaillie: Chuir M’Athair Mise Dhan Taigh Charraideach (Skye Waulking Song) from the album Nàdurra ••Rag Desh ••Koko:Yiri These are the set works. Students should have all the revision materials needed and will be doing regular listening tests in class and as homework.

Catering

Topics for exam; The Industry: Food and drink Types of service available Job roles, employment and training Health, safety and hygiene Legislation Food preparation Methods of cooking Culinary terms and presenting food Nutrition, including healthy eating and special diets Menu planning Costing and portion control Specialist equipment Communication and record keeping Environmental considerations Food packaging

Revision Materials Catering revision guide can be bought for £3.25 from Mrs McGuinness in T24 Work book handed out at parents evening and in lessons Past papers given for homework Some revision materials on student drive of school computers Lesson time is being used for revision, and ensuring all content is covered. Therefore, any outstanding coursework is to be completed in lunch time and after-school sessions.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT Planning a family

Pregnancy and parenthood

Care of the Child

Developmental areas

Community Care

REVISION

Child Development Quiz App

Baby Sparks App

CGP GCSE Child Development Revision Guide

Shared area

Revision in lessons and homeworks will develop extended writing we will practise past papers

COMPUTING

OCR GCSE Computing Revision Resources

All of the topics in the unit A451 Computer Systems and Programming

My Revision Notes OCR Computing for Computer Systems and Programming, by Sean O’Byrne

All students have been given a copy of this textbook to use in les-sons. Further copies can be bought from Amazon.

OCR Computing for GCSE book, Hodder Education, by Sean O’Byrne and George Rouse

Official textbook, available from bookshops both online and in store. Exam board specific. Not available directly through the school. If you use Amazon you may get a second hand copy much cheaper, these are usually still in good condition.

OCR GCSE Computing Text Book 3rd edition (Susan Robson)

Electronic PDF copy available from school, no charge. Stored on school network.

GCSE Computing text book and work sheets (James Franklin, Axsied)

Electronic PDF copy available from school, no charge. Stored on school network.

www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org The MOOC – everything you could possibly imagine is covered here and is specific to our exam board!

www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z34k7ty BBC bitesize for computer science. Excellent resource.

www.teach-ict.com/gcse_computing.html A good resource with a number of theory mini-webs

Revision guides and past papers Students have been given a revision guide and a number of past pa-per questions. Further revision resources can be downloaded from the school network and by using the OCR website.

BUSINESS Unit A241: Business in action 1)Business type- forms of ownership 2)Business activity- Why and how businesses start, succeed and/or fail 3)Business organisation- how businesses organise themselves 4)Framework for activity- aims, objectives and mission statements 5)Stakeholders- Their differing interests 6)Employers and Employees 7)Changing use of ICT 8)Uncertainty- risk, reward and change 9)Business ethics and sustainability 10)Use of relevant terms to understand economic behaviour. Business revision guides have been issued

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Read and Highlight – just sitting and reading

through your exercise book, a text book or a worksheet is quite

poor revision; you can make this into effective revision by going

through with a highlighter and picking out the important bits

you need to remember. Highlight key words / ideas / facts.

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 asking you,

and which key information or ideas will help you to an-

swer.

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. Organise

your post-its like a mind map on your desk or wall.

Use your display to help you pick out the key information

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 yourself saying

the key information can be more

powerful than just reading it or

hearing someone else say it.

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Explain – using any of the resources you have

created above work with a partner and explain

your theme. Talking it through is very valuable

revision because it helps you sort out your ideas

and to put them into a logical order; 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 information

and ideas are clearly included. A good mind map

uses arrows and lines to show how key infor-

mation and ideas connect.

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 colour, highlighting and underlining to make your presentation

clearer.

Make Cornell Notes Pages This method provides a format for condensing and organizing notes. Divide a page into two columns as shown. Leave five to seven lines at the bottom of the page. Use a new Cornell Notes page for each theme you want to revise.The right column is for explanations, pictures, and ideas that link with the theme on the left. Avoid long sentences – this is a condensed version of what you learned in class or of what you have in your book already. Within 24 hours of taking the notes go back and write a brief summary at the bottom of the page - this helps to increase understanding of the topic and the review is good for memory.

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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 use 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. Enter 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 pa-

per, there may be time limits, you need to listen to instructions 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 read-

ing 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 carefully, check for questions or

pages you might have accidentally missed out, and for simple errors that you can correct.

If you’re stuck – If you have a practical query, eg your paper is not clearly printed, you need more paper

or your pen has run out you can put up your hand and an invigilator will come over to you. If you’re re-

ally stuck move on and come back to the question later; it’s worth remembering that a guessed answer

is better than no answer at all.

At the end – you will be told when you have 5 minutes left. Stop writing and put down pens as soon as

you are asked to. Remember you must continue to obey exam rules until you are outside of the exam

room.