Year 10 Assessment Schedule Spring Term 2016
GCSE
Business
Spring 1
Spring 1
Unit 1 Introduction to Small Business
Unit 1 Topic 1.1 Spotting a Business Opportunity (Mrs Khela)
and 1.2 Showing Enterprise (Mrs Hamps) full topic tests.
Unit 1 Introduction to small business
Unit 1.3 Putting a Business into Practice (Mrs Khela) and topic
1.4 Making a Start up Effective (Mrs Hamps) topic tests.
A453 – Controlled assessment - Linux
Spring 2
Practise A451 – Exam paper on computing theory.
Spring 1
Spring 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Spring 1
Unit 4 Dance Skills
Unit 4 Dance Skills
Unit 3 Acting Skills - Performance
Unit 3 Acting Skills - Performance
Students will be assessed on the quality of their project work so
far including: design, use of materials, joining techniques,
quality of finish as well as how well they have evaluated and
improved their design compared to their prototype.
Spring 2
Computer
Studies
Dance
Drama
Engineering
w/b 4th
January
w/b 11th
April
w/b 8th
Feb
w/b 14th
Mar
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
w/b 4 Jan
Additionally, students will be set a 1 hour test based on past
exam questions, covering 50% of unit 1.
Spring 2
English
Spring 1
Assessment will be based upon the AQA GCSE Engineering
Criteria and students will receive a grade for ROP2, based on a
60/40 weighting of project work/examinable content.
As above, but 65% of unit 1 will be examined in the test.
Friday 12th February 1.30pm (55 mins) – English Literature
Paper 1: Section A
Students will be tested on their analysis of Shakespeare’s
‘Romeo and Juliet’ and will be required to use an extract as a
starting point, but use their understanding of the whole of the
play to support their points.
Use of class notes for revision. Use of
www.businessed.co.uk for theory notes, games and
activities.
w/b 22
Feb
12th Feb
Students to use their revision packs and information found
on Frog.
GCSE Bitesize
Teach ICT
Period 7 attendance
Period 7 attendance
Useful links:
Explanation of the design process:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zybc87h
AQA GCSE Engineering:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/engineering/gcse/engineerin
g-4850
Students can purchase text revision guides for all texts for
£1.50 from the business office, alongside revision material
on spelling, punctuation and grammar.
They should also use Spark Notes to consolidate their
knowledge of the texts alongside BBC bitesize for methods
to answer the questions.
Note: There will be no examinations this term for BTEC Health and Social Care and GCSE Art as these classes are
covering coursework units in Spring Term.
Year 10 Assessment Schedule Spring Term 2016
Spring 2
Tuesday 22nd March 8.45am (1 hour 45 mins) – English
Language Paper 1
22nd
March
Further to this, all students have their own copies of the
texts which they can annotate in, in pencil, including
‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Students will be tested on their analysis of fictional extracts,
followed by a fictional writing task, whereby students will need
to produce a narrative based on a stimulus.
Food
Technology
Spring 1
Students will be assessed on the quality of their project work so
far.
w/b 4 Jan
GCSE Bitesize.
Period 7 support available on Mondays, CT4.
Additionally, students will be set a 1 hour test based on past
exam questions, covering 50% of unit 1.
Spring 2
Students will receive a grade for ROP2, based on a 60/40
weighting of project work/examinable content.
Students will be assessed on the quality of their project work so
far.
w/b 22
Feb
Additionally, students will be set a 1 hour test based on past
exam questions, covering 65% of unit 1.
Geography
History
Mathematics
Students will receive a grade for ROP2, based on a 60/40
weighting of project work/examinable content.
Assessment 3: SDME on economic activities.
Spring 2
Assessment 4: Key Geographical Themes paper on economic
activities and natural hazards.
w/b 8th
Feb
w/b 14th
Mar
Spring 1
Paper One Mock examination (Section B only)
Germany 1918-1945.
w/b 8th
Feb
Spring 2
Paper One Mock examination
Germany 1918-1945 and the Cold War.
w/b 20th
Mar
Spring 1
GCSE Mathematics topic examination
Friday
12th Feb
Spring 2
GCSE Mathematics – Paper 1 (Friday 18 March) (Full Paper)
GCSE Mathematics – Paper 2 (Monday 21 March) (Full Paper)
Spring 1
See T drive, under geography & FROG page for revision
materials & past papers.
Folders of revision sheets, materials & case study cards
Green OCR revision guide and workbooks.
Students will have a summary sheet which will also be put
on showmyhomework to revise from. All year 10 pupils
have a blue Revision Guide.
Visit aldersleymaths.co.uk for:
 Topic revision videos
 Topic revision questions with worked solutions
Note: There will be no examinations this term for BTEC Health and Social Care and GCSE Art as these classes are
covering coursework units in Spring Term.
Year 10 Assessment Schedule Spring Term 2016
MFL (French
& Spanish)
Music
Spring 1
GCSE Mathematics – Paper 3 (Friday 25 March) (Full Paper)
Speaking Controlled Assessment (15% of final grade) – My area
Spring 2
Reading and Listening Mock Paper
Spring 1
Composition1: Arrangement of modern song, into Western
Classical Tradition (String Quartet)
Listening Test: Theory: West Classical Tradition, studying set
works by Handel, Chopin & Mozart.
Composition 2: Composition related to AOS (TBC)
Listening Test: Western Music in Context, studying set works by
Davis, Buckley & Moby
Exam Paper (60 marks) Skeletal and Muscular systems
Spring 2
PE
Spring 1
Spring 2
RS
Spring 1
Spring 2
Science
Exam Paper (80 marks) Skeletal, Muscular, Cardiovascular and
respiratory Systems
Exam paper (10 questions worth 36 marks) on Drug Abuse and
Crime and Punishment.
Exam paper (10 questions worth 36 marks) on Crime and
Punishment and Attitudes to poverty.
Spring 1
Biology, Chemistry, Physics Paper 1 (1 hour)
Spring 2
Biology, Chemistry, Physics Paper 1 (1 hour)
Biology, Chemistry, Physics Paper 2 (1 hour)
w/b 22nd
Feb
w/b 13th
March
8th Feb
21st Mar
 Key topic tutorials
Class notes and preparation time. Students are allowed a 40
work Task Planning Sheet in the exam. Period 7s available.
BBC Bitesize, Linguascope, Languages Online, AQA key
vocabulary list.
 BBC Bitesize
 Music P7 for support from teachers
 Notes & Revision Materials from lessons.
 Topic specific booklets
w/b 4th
Jan
w/b 11th
April
w/b 8th
Feb
w/b 11th
April
Work booklets will be sent home a week in advance for
revision or alternatively pupils can access GCSE Bitesize.
w/b 4th
Jan
w/b 11th
April
Revision guides have been given to pupils. GCSE Bitesize.
Revision booklet, exercise books, textbook, GCSE Bitesize.
Note: There will be no examinations this term for BTEC Health and Social Care and GCSE Art as these classes are
covering coursework units in Spring Term.