Year 11 Assessment Information Autumn Assessment Period Why am I being assessed? The results of these assessments will be used to inform your teacher of your progress so far. These will also be used to help your teacher to predict a grade for your final exams which will be the grade which goes on the CAP (college application) form. This grade will also be entered on your first progress check and will be used by your teacher to inform the report which they will write on you. This report is used directly as part of your school reference for the CAP form. These exams are also designed to give you a flavour of the real exams in the summer. They are designed to help you revise thoroughly in order to ease the burden of revision before the summer exams. Students who revise their course thoroughly for their mock exams tend to do a lot better in the ‘real’ exams in the summer. Y11 English CIE iGCSE English and English Literature WHEN? Coursework: English Language Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 completed by 25th November. Mock English Language Paper during the mock period. The exams officer will issue a separate timetable for all your mock exams and these should start from the 12th of November. Mock English Literature Paper (Fasting, Feasting and The Tempest only) during the mock period. WHAT? This should give you an indication of some of the topic areas covered in the different papers. iGCSE English Language Mock Exam – Extended or Core This exam covers both reading and writing skills. Please see the recent ‘Destruction’ assessment for the format and targets given by your teacher. The skills assessed include: using the details from a text in another format; analysing the language that a writer uses; and summarising texts. iGCSE English Literature Mock Exam This exam requires students to answer 2 questions from a selection. One on The Tempest by William Shakespeare and one on Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai. (Students will sit a practice exam on the poetry later in the year) HOW? English Language Mock Exam To prepare for the English language mock, use your feedback from your recent ‘Destruction’ assessment to focus your areas of revision. Remember, you will need to: respond to a text in another format; identify and comment on the language that the writer has used; and summarise the texts according to a specific purpose. For further resources, there is both a Cambridge IGCSE First Language English workbook by Marian Cox that is available to buy. Further information about the exam is available on the CIE website (syllabus 0522.) Coursework You will be preparing for your coursework in lessons and will be able to draft and redraft this at home. You will be given a piece of general feedback from your teacher for your first draft. Teachers are not allowed to correct your work, but will tell you areas you could improve on. It is important that you spend a reasonable amount of time crafting your coursework to ensure that it is of high quality. This counts towards your final grade. English Literature Mock Exam To prepare for the mock on the novel and play sections of your English Literature papers you should: Reread both the novel and The Tempest Read through your notes from class or you could purchase a study guide. Look at your targets from the assessment you sat at the end of year 10 and revise these areas. You may find the following website useful for revising The Tempest: http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/ Y11 Maths WHEN? WHAT? Year 11: See Mock Timetable Students are working towards one of the following exams: Edexcel GCSE Mathematics (1MAO) Foundation Edexcel GCSE Mathematics (1MAO) Higher HOW? Assessment Two 1hr 45 min tests covering all GCSE topics. The first paper is non-calculator and the second is a calculator test. The test is two-tier GCSE style covering a range of levels; Foundation (G-C) and Higher (D-A*). Pupils will be informed by their teacher which tier they are taking. HOW CAN I REVISE? Revision The following are some suggested ways and resources you could use to help you prepare for your assessment. You should use the revision topic list as a checklist of what content you need to revise as well as: Your books: Go back through your notes and classwork. Where you have errors, try to now correct them. Work through past home learning tasks to make corrections or check you can still remember how to answer the questions. Previous Assessments: Go back through over past paper and attempt the questions again, especially the ones you found difficult. Use the feedback sheets from previous assessment to target your revision. My Maths: You can re-attempt past home learning tasks set or alternatively try and challenge yourself with new tasks. Use the “lessons” on My Maths if you are unsure on a topic. www.mymaths.co.uk BBC Bitesize: Key Stage 4 (Year 10-11): http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/ WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING? Manga High: Try the challenges or games on this, focussing on the topics listed on your revision sheet. If you have forgotten any of your log in details for My Maths or Manga High go and see your Maths teacher Equipment will NOT be loaned to students for this assessment. Use this list to make sure you have everything you need: Pen and pencil – remember diagrams should be drawn in pencil Ruler Eraser Protractor Pair of compasses Calculator We will provide tracing paper if needed. Y11 Biology (Edexcel) WHAT? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: Classification Cells and cell structure Enzymes Diffusion and osmosis Plants and photosynthesis Leaf structure Plant mineral requirements Transpiration Kidney and homeostasis Plant tropisms Hormonal and nervous control The eye Mitosis and meiosis Plant and human reproduction DNA and genetics Respiration Heart and circulatory system The respiratory system and smoking. HOW? Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks if you have them. Go through the experiments you have done in class and the notes you have made. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning Make use of exam papers put upon Edmodo by your teachers Good websites include: http://www.skoool.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ Y11 Biology (OCR) WHAT? HOW? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: B1 – You and your genes B2 – Keeping Healthy B3 – Life on Earth B4 – The processes of life B6 – Brain and Mind Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks if you have them. Go through the experiments you have done in class and the notes you have made. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning Make use of exam papers put upon Edmodo by your teachers Good websites include: http://www.skoool.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ Y11 Chemistry (Edexcel) WHAT? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: The Particulate Nature of Matter The Periodic Table The Atom HOW? Chemical formulae Empirical formulae and Equations Abundance of isotopes Relative Formula Mass and Molar volumes Oxygen and Oxides Carbon Dioxide and carbonates Hydrogen and water Acids, Alkalis and Salts Tests for ions Reactivity Series Electrolysis Metal extraction Rates of Reaction Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks Go through the experiments you have done in class. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning Make use of exam papers put upon Edmodo by your teachers Good websites include: http://www.docbrown.info/page10/page10.htm http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry http://chemistryatdulwich.wikispaces.com/IGCSE+Chemistry http://www.gcsescience.com/gcse-chemistry-revision.htm http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/gcse/revision/ Y11 Chemistry (OCR) WHAT? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: C1 Air quality Apart from content: e.g. evolution and composition of atmosphere, pollutants and improving air quality Data analysis skills: accuracy, reliability, fair test, real difference, cause and correlation, causal link C2 Material Choices Apart from content: e.g. properties and structure of polymers, designer polymers, nanotechnology Data analysis skills as above C3: Chemicals in our lives: Risks and benefits Apart from content: e.g. risks and benefits of salt in diet, extracting and purifying salt, extracting sodium hydroxide from brine, rock cycle Weighing out risk and benefits Life cycle assessments C4: Periodic Table Apart from content: e.g., atomic structure, group 1 and group7 elements (chemical and physical properties), ion formation trends in the periodic table Risk assessment Hazards and risks, haz symbols Providing scientific explanations C6: Chemical synthesis Apart from content: e.g., patterns in chemical reactions of acids with alkalis, neutralisation, titration, ionic equations of neutralisation, theoretical and percentage yield, rates of reaction Sequencing and describing steps how to carry out a procedure to make a soluble or insoluble salt Risk assessment Calculations of relative formula mass, volumes, concentrations, reacting masses, theoretical yields, percentage yields HOW? Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks Go through the experiments you have done in class. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning Make use past papers on the OCR website Good websites include: http://www.docbrown.info/page10/page10.htm http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_ocr_21c/ http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-twenty-first-century-science-suite-chemistry-a-j244-from2012/ http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-twenty-first-century-science-suite-chemistry-a-j634-from2006/ http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/gcse/revision/ Y11 Physics (Edexcel) WHAT? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: Force and Motion Electricity Waves Solids, Liquids and Gases Energy Transfer and Energy Resources Magnetism and Electromagnetism THERE WILL NOT BE ANY: Radioactivity HOW? Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks Go through the experiments you have done in class. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning exam questions Make use of exam papers put upon Edmodo by your teachers Good websites include: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/physics http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/Welcome/student.htm http://www.gcsescience.com/gcse-physics-revision.htm http://physicsnet.co.uk/gcse-physics/ Please note that the topic structure may appear different, so check them against your syllabus or notes. Y11 Physics (OCR) WHAT? The Mock Exam A single One Hour paper to include all the topics taught so far: P1 - Earth and the Universe P2 - Radiation and Life P3 - Sustainable Energy P4 - Explaining Motion P5 - Electric Circuits P6 - Radioactive Materials THERE WILL NOT BE ANY: P7 - Further Physics HOW? Use your Revision Guides and Workbooks Go through the experiments you have done in class. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning exam questions Make use of exam papers put upon Edmodo by your teachers Good websites include: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/physics http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/Welcome/student.htm http://www.gcsescience.com/gcse-physics-revision.htm http://physicsnet.co.uk/gcse-physics/ Please note that the topic structure may appear different, so check them against the BBC Bitesize information for exact details of your OCR course. Y11 BTEC Science WHAT? HOW? The November assessment A single One Hour paper to include20 minutes of Biology, Physics and Chemistry on all the topics taught so far: Biology B1 – You and your genes Chemistry C1 – Air Quality Physics P1 - Earth and the Universe – Earthquakes, waves and stars Go through the experiments you have done in class and the notes you have made. Go through corrected tests and Home Learning Good Biology websites include: http://www.skoool.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ Good Chemistry websites include: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ Good Physics websites include: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/physics http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/Welcome/student.htm http://www.gcsescience.com/gcse-physics-revision.htm http://physicsnet.co.uk/gcse-physics/ Y11 French WHEN? Listening paper (45 minutes) during the mock period. Reading/Writing paper (1 hour 30 minutes) during the mock period. The exams officer will issue a separate timetable for all your mock exams and these should start from the 12th of November. Speaking exam (7-10 minutes) – individual teachers to advise students but most of these will be start from the 3rd week of November. WHAT? This should give you an indication of some of the topic areas covered in the different papers. Listening: school, food, weather, personal descriptions, future plans, hobbies, TV, house, school trips, environment Reading and writing: Types of film, places in town, family internet, work experience, healthy lifestyles and eating Speaking: A, B, C (see the “Speaking exam” PPT for further information). HOW? Listening practice, use the following sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/MFL-resources/french/fr-video-index.shtml http://www.frenchexams.org/ (intermediate section) http://linguascope.com/ (parksidecc/elmtree: intermediate section) http://www.rfi.fr/ (more advanced) Reading practice, use the following sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french http://www.frenchexams.org/ (intermediate section) http://www.rfi.fr/ (more advanced) http://zut.languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html *Ask the librarians for any past examination papers in order to help you tackle the vocabulary required at GCSE level. They should be able to direct you to listening and reading papers. **We recommend the CGP revision guides: a letter was distributed to all students offering a discounted rate on these. Writing practice, important to know how to form the key tenses, use the following to develop your understanding of grammar: http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ http://zut.languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html Speaking practice, you will have been preparing this in lessons. Use the following sites to help you practice your pronunciation and to practise some of your notes using an online prompt: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html http://www.voki.com/ http://www.cueprompter.com/ For general vocabulary revision, use the booklets provided (see Edmodo folder) and the suggestions on how to learn vocabulary as well as the following sites: http://quizlet.com/subject/gcse-french-vocabulary/ http://www.memrise.com/course/52220/aqa-gcse-french-vocabulary/ Y11 Spanish WHEN? Listening paper (45 minutes) during the mock period. Reading/Writing paper (1 hour 30 minutes) during the mock period. The exams officer will issue a separate timetable for all your mock exams and these should start from the 12th of November. Speaking exam (7-10 minutes) – individual teachers to advise students but most of these will be start from the 3rd week of November. WHAT? This should give you an indication of some of the topic areas covered in the different papers. Listening: shopping, future plans, house, family school, fashion, town, environment, fast food Reading and writing: holidays, aches and pains, work, relationships, school, environment Speaking: A, B, C (see the “Speaking exam” PPT for further information found in your Edmodo folder). HOW? Listening practice, use the following sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/spanish/ http://linguascope.com/ (parksidecc/elmtree: intermediate section) http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/MFL-resources/spanish/sp-video-index.shtml http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/gcse/gcse_index.htm Reading practice, use the following sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/spanish/ http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/gcse/gcse_index.htm http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/lecturas/ (more advanced) *Ask the librarians for any past examination papers in order to help you tackle the vocabulary required at GCSE level. They should be able to direct you to listening and reading papers. **We recommend the CGP revision guides: a letter was distributed to all students offering a discounted rate on these. Writing practice, important to know how to form the key tenses, use the following to develop your understanding of grammar: http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/gcse/gcse_index.htm Speaking practice, you will have been preparing this in lessons. Use the following sites to help you practice your pronunciation and to practise some of your notes using an online prompt: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html http://www.voki.com/ http://www.cueprompter.com/ For general vocabulary revision, use the booklets provided (see Edmodo folder) and the suggestions on how to learn vocabulary as well as the following sites: http://quizlet.com/subject/gcse-spanish-vocabulary/ http://www.memrise.com/course/70206/gcse-spanish-edexcel-vocab/ Y11 Latin WHEN? WHAT? There will be one examination paper which you will sit in class time. It will last for one hour. Language Paper: unseen translation and comprehension You will sit an adapted GCSE paper which will involve comprehension and translation of an unseen passage. All words in the passage will come directly from the set vocabulary list or will be glossed for you. HOW? Make sure that you know your GCSE vocabulary list, paying particular attention to military vocabulary and any irregular principal parts. Use the grammar handouts and powerpoints available on Edmodo to help. Language games and GCSE vocabulary testers are available on quia: http://www.quia.com/shared/latin/ Y11 Hospitality WHEN? Coursework Assessment Assessment of your written portfolio work so far, will take place in the week beginning 21st Oct You will be given feedback on how to improve your work to help you work towards your potential grade in the week beginning 4th Nov WHAT? You will have completed: The brief and analysis Examples of Christmas menus Research ideas for décor. A survey to find out customers preferences Evaluation of 5 dishes that you have tested for the event Evaluation of various venues within school The dietary requirements of you target group HOW? You will be given a GCSE grade eg. A*-G You will have completed work in class and also that set on Edmodo as home learning. You will have stayed to catch up after the lesson on Wednesday where you need one to one support from your teacher. You should also revisit the targets given by your teacher when he or she has marked your work to ensure that you are working towards these. Y11 BTEC Sport WHEN? WHAT? Week commencing 4th November in your BTEC lessons As the BTEC Sport course is continuous coursework based, there is no formal assessment session. You will continue to work in your normal rotation of Diploma and Certificate course units. At this stage you will have been expected to have completed: Leadership Unit Practical Sport Fitness Testing and Training Development of Personal Fitness HOW? Continue with current lessons and rotation Y11 ICT WHEN? Unit 1 paper, “Living in Digital World” (1 hour 30 minutes) during the mock exams period. The exams officer will issue a separate timetable for all your mock exams and these should start from the 12th of November. N.B. We have started the CAB (Controlled Assessment Brief) which is worth 60% of your final mark. The Unit 1 paper is worth 40%. WHAT? This should give you an indication of some of the topic areas covered in the paper: digital devices and their suitability to different needs, social networking, password security, IT security in general, online shopping and services, software applications, digital divide HOW? Use the following sites to help you: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/ http://www.reviseict.co.uk/revision/ http://revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision/ict http://quizlet.com/subject/gcse-ict/ Here is a link to some past papers: http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse10/ict/Unit_1/Pages/default.aspx Y11 Geography WHEN? WHAT? The assessment will take place during the mock examination period, beginning the week of November 11th 2013. Students will be undertaking a ‘Decision Making Paper’ (Exam Paper Two). This exam requires little HOW? preparation, as the students will be presented with a range of source material that they then use to answer exam style questions This exam is very difficult to revise in terms of content, as the exam board often select an area that students will not have studied. However, students should use their books and notes from lessons to reflect on how you answer exam questions worth different marks, remembering that facts, figures and statistics from the sources will help them achieve the highest of grades. Y11 Religious Studies WHEN? WHAT? HOW? Mon 11th Nov – Paper 3 Wed 13th Nov – Paper 4 Paper 3: Matters of Life; Drug Abuse; Crime & Punishment; Rich and Poor in Society Paper 4: Existence of God; Problem of Evil and Suffering; Science and Religion 2 x exam papers. Each paper is 1 hr 10 min (extra time 1 hr 30 min). Answer 3 questions from each paper (a “question” totals 18 marks and is made up of part-questions ranging from 1-6 marks). In Paper 3 you will be given some choice as we have covered 4 topics, but in Paper 4 you will be required to answer all three questions on the topics we have covered. Y11 History WHEN? WHAT? HOW? Paper 1: 2 hours: Tuesday 12th November (pm) Paper 2: 1 ½ hours: Wednesday 20th November (pm) Paper 1: This paper is 50% Medicine through time and 50% Germany. Each section comprises of several questions based around historical sources plus a section of ‘extended answer’ questions. Paper 2: This paper comprises of 6 questions based around a set of historical sources. The topic for this paper is the Black Death in the Middle Ages. Students need to revise the whole of their Medicine Through Time course and the whole of their Germany course for Paper 1. Students need to revise the Black Death for Paper 2 as well as making sure they have a clear overview of how this period of medicine fits into the overall course. How is medical practise better or worse than what went before and after? Students also need to ensure they are fully familiar with how to answer each ‘type’ of question on this paper as there are ‘rules’ to follow in order to ensure the highest marks are achieved. In addition to your notes in your exercise books and folders students could benefit from purchasing one or more copies of the key text books which are: Medicine Through Time: 1. “The Development of Medicine for OCR GCSE”; Colin Shephard; ISBN 0 340 7876 2. ”Essential Medicine and Health Through Time: an SHP development study”; Ann Moore and Ian Dawson; ISBN 0 7195 8537 6 3. “Medicine through Time”; Aaron Wilkes; ISBN 978 1 85008 461 7 Germany: 1. “Germany 1918-1945”; Josh Brooman; ISBN 0 582 47384 5 2. ”Essential Germany 1918-1945: a depth study”; Dale Banham and Christopher Culpin; ISBN 0 7195 7753 5 3. “Germany 1918 – 1945: a depth study”; Hodder Education; ISBN 978 0 7195 7059 9 These text books are also available in the Learning Centre and in the History Department for students to use during their free lessons and after school but they must not be taken home as we are currently using them with Year 10 students in lessons. Useful websites: http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/ http://www.historygcse.org/ http://johndclare.net/ If students need any advice on navigating their way around these sites to find the relevant information please see your History teacher. Y11 Ancient History WHEN? WHAT? The assessment will take place during the mock examination period, beginning the week of November 11th 2013. Students will be undertaking two papers. All Papers 1hr 15 min – 80 marks All units have a translations book and textbook which are available from me in hard copy or on Edmodo for electronic copies. Paper 1… Unit A031: The Greeks at war Option 1: The Greeks defend themselves, 499–479 BC HOW? Paper 2… Unit A032: The rise of Rome Option 1: The origins of Rome: The kings, 753–508 BC All units have a translations book and textbook which are available from me in hard copy or on Edmodo for electronic copies. Student will face the same range of questions in each topic. Short 4 and 5 mark ones to start. A 14 mark question directly answering from a source provided and an 18 mark part using the same source and supported from the students own knowledge. An essay from two offered for 30 marks equally split between AO1 Knowledge, AO2 Understanding and AO3 Evaluation. Use of the materials and notes used in class and for your homework will form the main elements of your revision. On Edmodo there are already support materials. The text book is a good revision aid for notes. Translations books form the basis for the evidence we have to show our understanding of. All students should have full notes / their own copies of the Translations and Textbooks (or access through Edmodo to them) / a full draft of an ideal essay on the topic. Students should think carefully about how you use these: Try making notes on your notes – condense the material down to learn it rather than simply reading it again and again. Make use of the translations book and text book as live documents to add and develop for your current and future revision. Produce illustrated mind maps of the main themes and ideas. Use different colour ‘post it’ notes to highlight significant areas. Select the points which you think best help you to prove your ability to show your knowledge, understanding, analysis and evaluation. Re-draft essays and other style questions from Y10 to improve quality and test on timing. There are documentaries we have looked at – consider what they say to develop your understanding of the topic. Remember that the views on the documentaries are based upon more reading and sources beyond what we have read but you can certainly use them to present a different view from the source we are looking at. A full revision proforma is on Edmodo covering syllabus details books websites and revision times. Y11 Create WHEN? Compositional, creative, choreographic and devising skills are assessed throughout the unit In the two weeks which lead up to the end of each unit students will take part in a final piece assessment Autumn 1 – two weeks leading up to 25th October WHAT? Students in the Performing Arts (Music, Dance and Drama) take part in final performance pieces which are an accumulation of the skills learned during that specific unit. In visual art students complete a final piece which displays the artistic skills which they have learned during this unit. In addition students will complete a written assessment sheet which records their learning during the unit. HOW? Students will not need to revise as this is an assessment of practical ability rather than an examination testing retained knowledge. However if students or parents would like to remind themselves of the skills learned all teachers have recorded homework for students on Edmodo and these contain links to useful sites