| Subject | Assessment Topics | How your son/daughter can revise. |
| English | English Language Paper 2
Non-fiction focus with emphasis on writers’ viewpoints and perspectives. 1 hour 45 minutes in the hall. |
students can prepare by reading newspaper articles and attempting to distinguish how the writer feels about the topic they are discussing i.e. is the writer for or against the topic they are discussing.
students should also revise the different forms of non-fiction writing i.e. structure and layout as they will be expected to write their own version of one of these text types. |
| Maths | Assessment will be a single non calculator paper.
1 hour and 30 minutes in the hall. |
Make use of:
● Books – some of the work completed in Y10 so far. ● Revision notes from your teacher. ● mymaths.co.uk – website (ask your teacher if you need your password). ● corbettmaths.com – good general revision site ● piximaths.co.uk – good revision materials. |
| Music | Assessment of group composition in class | ● Rehearse for final compositions of songs/pieces. |
| GCSE PE | Assessment – Paper 2 – Socio Cultural Issues – 1 Hour in hall. | ● Make use of:
● Revision notes on school website revision links page. ● OCR GCSE Bitesize ● Exercise Books from lessons. ● Revision booklet on school website. |
| Geography | Nature of assessment:
Duration – 90 minutes A full AQA paper 1 – covering natural hazards, tropical storms, ecosystems, climate change, coasts, rivers, tropical rainforests, cold environments |
● Make use of:
● Work in your books. ● Online support through BBC bitesize etc. ● Exam guides. ● Revision packs on the school website |
| Computer Science | Assessment comprises: 2 hour written assessment. Focussed on ‘Memory’, ‘Secondary storage’, ‘Wired & Wireless Networks’ and ‘Network Topologies, protocols and layers’. In Hall. | Make use of the following:
● Teacher lead PowerPoints ● Lesson activities ● Dynamic Learning ● GCSE Revision (PP) ● Q&A ● Lunch Club (R16) |
| Business Studies | Assessment Full GCSE Edexcel
Paper 1 (1.5 hrs) Paper 2 (1.5 hrs) 3 hour total in Hall. |
Make use of the following:
● Lesson activities ● Dynamic Learning ● GCSE Revision ● Q&A ● Intervention Club |
| History | FULL GCSE
AQA Paper 1 2 hours ● America Expansion and Consolidation ● Conflict and Tension 1918 – 1939 AQA Paper 2 2 hours ● Health and the People ● Elizabethan England (chapter 1 only; Elizabeth and her government) In hall |
● All revision resources can be found on the history shared Google Drive and students have access to their books and revision booklets.
● Students who have attended after school revision have been given paper copies of revision booklets. ● Revision has been set for homework on Show My Homework |
| AA Art and Design | Nature of assessment:
Duration- 1hour 30min Personal research will have been completed before the exam. |
Make use of:
● Sketchbooks ● Personal research |
| cOME Combined Science (Trilogy) | Assessment will consist of all 3 sciences (Biology, Chemistry & Physics).
Topic lists on revision packs in SMH. Assessment – 1hr 30 mins in the hall. |
Make use of:
● Revision packs posted on SMH ● Kerboodle.com ● Exercise books |
| SccCo Triple Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) | 3 assessments (1 for each separate science).
Topic lists in revision packs handed out. 3 papers, 1 hour each sat in the hall. |
Make use of:
● Revision packs handed out in class ● Kerboodle.com ● Exercise books |
| French
German |
· AQA Foundation Writing (1 hour)
· AQA Foundation Reading (45 minutes) · AQA Foundation Listening (35 minutes) AQA Higher Writing (1 hour, 15 minutes) · AQA Higher Reading ( 1 hour) · AQA Higher Listening (45 minutes) AQA Foundation Writing (1 hour) · AQA Foundation Reading (45 minutes) · AQA Foundation Listening (35 minutes) AQA Higher Writing (1 hour, 15 minutes) · AQA Higher Reading ( 1 hour) · AQA Higher Listening (45 minutes) |
● · Please use the link below to help revise for the upcoming End of Year Exams.
● · The revision link below is: ● https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/examspecs/zr8bmfr ● Also use your books and resources given out throughout the course. Please use the link below to help revise for the upcoming End of Year Exams. Focus on the topic areas we have covered since the start of year 9. We have now effectively finished the course. This means that you can expect to be tested on anything from the 12 units we have covered across three main modules. The link below is a good one as it relates and helps you to practice some of the topic areas covered: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/z8j2tfr In addition to this, please focus especially on the Grammar revision box and verb tenses:
● Also use your books and resources given out throughout the course. |
| Spanish | AQA
· Foundation Writing (1 hour) · AQA Foundation Reading (45 minutes) · AQA Foundation Listening (35 minutes) |
For your upcoming you will need to revise the topics covered so far in year 9.These are:
· Me, My family and friends · Technology in everyday life · Free-time activities · Food and eating out · Customs and Festivals · Where you live Make sure you also revise the key grammar points that we have covered so far, with a particular emphasis on tenses. (present, preterit, conditional and near future. Also focus your attention on connectives, giving and explaining opinions, as well as negatives. The tests you will take are actual exam papers from past years and therefore there might be topics that we ha not covered yet. Don’t worry about this. We hope to get a more accurate idea of your current level this way. |
| Food preparation and Nutrition | Assessment –
Exam – Mixed content – 1hr 30 |
Make use of
● Revision notes on school website revision links page. ● Eduqas ● Revision booklet on school website ● Revision notes from lessons |
| Design and Technology | Assessment –
Exam – Mixed content – 2hr |
Make use of
● Watch TV – inside the factory, One show, Youtube. ● Revision notes on school website revision links page. ● AQA ● Exercise Books from lessons. ● |