YEAR 11 MOCK EXAM
INFORMATION
DECEMBER 2014
SUBJECT
BIOLOGY
MOCK EXAM
LENGTH
B731 1 × 75
min
CONTENT TO BE EXAMINED
Module B1 Understanding
Organisms
Module B2 Understanding Our
Environment
Module B3 Living and Growing
SUGGESTED REVISION RESOURCES
Exercise books (from years 9 and
10)
Revision Guides either Collins or
CGP
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Biology’
CGP ‘ GCSE Biology OCR Gateway’
Text book( available from the
library)
Websites:
OCR past paper example
http://tinyurl.com/k6wj
h2q
OTHER ADVICE/INFORMATION
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
the examinations.
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcs
ebitesize/
BUSINESS
STUDIES
CHEMISTRY
Paper 1 - Unit
1 M/Choice 45 mins
Paper 2 –
Unit3 ShortLong Written
Answers – 60
mins
All of Unit 1 – Introduction to Small
Businesses (28 chapters)
B741 1 × 75
min
Module C1 Carbon Chemistry
Module C2 Chemical Reactions
Module C3 Chemical Economics
Unit 3 – Building a Business
• 3.1-Marketing (Chapters 15)
• 3.2 Meeting Customer
Needs (Chapters 6-11)
• 3.4 Effective People
Management (Chapters 1619)
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Unit 1 & Unit 3 Textbooks
Revision Guide and Workbook
(contact teacher if not yet
purchased these for £5)
Gordano Learning Gateway: look
for the GCSE Revision section
which has everything needed to
revise the course.
Exercise books (from year 9 and 10)
Revision Guides either Collins or CGP
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Chemistry’
CGP ‘ GCSE Chemistry OCR Gateway’
Text book( available from the library)
Websites:
OCR past paper example
Learn the Key Terms and definitions.
Students should also read through the power points on
“How to answer GCSE Questions” to ensure they are
writing the information that the examiner wants. E.G.put the answer into context; always develop a point
with “which means that” and use “stepping stones”
technique in developing an answer.
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
http://tinyurl.com/nw6xl8x
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/
the examinations.
COMPUTING
1 ½ hours in
length for 1
exam
Databases
Networks
Binary
Algorithms
Hardware
Software
GCSE Textbook
GCSE Computing Revision Guide
(Amazon)
Learning Grids.
Past papers
Dynamic Learning Resources ( Allocated
to students
Students need to ensure that notes from years 9 & 10
are used to back up knowledge form year 11. Practising
drawing flowcharts or pseudocode for problems will
help in the exam
DANCE
1 hour
Resources available on the GLG
Revision booklet (provided by Miss
Lloyd)
AQA GCSE Dance booklet (Nelson
Thornes – Maggie Clunie/Liz Dale/Lyn
Paine)
Arts pool – online revision source ‘Mark
up’ available for 3 weeks leading up to
the written paper in the summer.
Students are emailed a question each
day which is submitted online and they
receive personal written feedback from
a team of examiners.
There currently isn’t a revision book available from AQA
the GCSE Dance booklet could be useful – it covers
some content of the course but it isn’t essential. The
revision booklet made by myself has been issued to
students and should they require another they need to
see me or access it on GLG.
‘Mark up’ can be purchased as a school for a discount
so a letter will go out via parent pay for this resource –
it is highly recommended
ECONOMICS
1HR 15 MINS
UNIT 1 (20%)
Analysis of 2 set works:
Nutcracker! (1992)
Ghost Dances (1981)
Constituent features of both
works:
Movement components, action
space, dynamics, relationships of
both works.
3 motifs & developments from
both works (solo & group)
Choreographers/Dates
Lighting
Set design
Costume
Technical/Expressive skills
Rehearsal process/how to improve
your own performance
Own choreography unit 4a and 4b
Unit 11
• Understanding money
• Understanding work
• National and Global
economy
School produced revision guides
(all students should have these)
PowerPoint presentations from
lessons (attached to the GLG)
Articles gathered from
Make sure that key terms are included in answers to
highlight understanding of the topic.
Ensure that ALL answers are put into the context of the
case study
Develop ALL answers in as much detail as possible by
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(These are divided up into smaller
subsections)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
2 hours
Students will sit two papers for
English Language: Unit 1, which
focuses on reading two pieces of
non-fiction material and answering
comprehension questions on them,
and Unit 2, which asks them to
craft two pieces of non-fiction
writing of their own.
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ENGLISH
LITERATURE
GEOGRAPHY
2 hours
2 hours
independent study sessions
using the ‘stepping stone’ method e.g. this means that,
as a result this will happen etc….
Exercise books
Past Paper Resources (GLG)
Unit 1 and Unit 2 revision
booklet (available from
teachers)
SAM Learning
Spelling/Punctuation resources
GCSE WJEC Reading Non-Fiction
texts study guide (H/F)
GCSE WJEC Reading Non-Fiction
texts workbook (H/F)
Spelling, Punctuation and
Grammar Complete Revision
and Practise (ISBN: 978-1-84762147-4)
The papers here very much focus on English in the real
world – therefore, any reading of articles, websites etc.
that students are undertaking helps to expose them to
the styles of non-fiction that they will be asked to write.
Similarly, the past paper resources indicate a range of
possible writing tasks that students could complete as
preparation for this mock.
For this exam, a knowledge of the plot and characters in
these texts is essential. Many students also do well by
learning lots of key quotations to support their
interpretations of the text – flashcards can provide a
useful aid for students to do this.
Students should ensure a good understanding of the
topics above that were taught in Year 9 and 10,
including case studies. Note that the case studies in the
Hodder Revision Guide are sometimes not the same as
Students will sit one of the two
Literature papers that they will be
sitting in the summer, namely Unit
2B. This paper questions them on
Lord of the Flies and their Drama
text (either View From The Bridge
or Blood Brothers). For each of the
texts, students will complete a
close analysis of a short extract
taken from the text, and then
asked to complete an essay
question on a broader topic from
their text, e.g. key characters,
themes and relationships.
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Copies of the texts themselves
Exercise books (from Year 10
and 11)
York Notes revision guides
Literature Revision workbooks
(available from teachers)
Literature Podcasts (GLG)
Past Papers (GLG/WJEC
website)
BBC Bitesize
Sparknotes Revision Website
Unit 1 topics (25 mins)
1. Restless Earth (Yr 9)
2. River Processes and
Pressures (Yr 10)
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Exercise books with class notes.
Hodder Revision Guide
Case Study Cards (on GLG)
Sample questions (on GLG)
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Unit 2 topics (30 mins)
3. Globalisation (Yr 11)
4. Challenges of an Urban
World (Yr 10)
Unit 3 topic (1 hour 05 mins)
Decision Making Question - A
series of questions on an unseen
resource booklet.
HISTORY
2 hours (2x
1hr papers)
Unit 2 – Germany 1918-39
Unit 3 – War and the
Transformation of GB society 193151.
iMEDIA
1 Year
Purpose & contents of : mood
board, script, mind map,
storyboard, visualisation diagram.
How to create a Storyboard &
moodboard
Analysis of client brief.
Strengths and weaknesses of mind
maps.
Video & audio file types
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GCSE pod (see attachment on
GLG)
Students folders.
Unit exam guides are available
on the History area of the
Learning Gateway to support
students writing exam answers
for each type of question. These
give general information about
the nature of the exam and how
to go about structuring an
answer.
• Edexcel GCSE Modern World
History Revision Guide 2nd
edition by Steve Waugh, Ben
Wals (ISBN:9781471831720)
Revision sheets (to be provided)
Tasks from controlled assessment units
with pre-production
Past paper
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those we’ve studied. If you want to see the case studies
we did, look at the case study cards on the GLG. The
Unit 3 question will test knowledge and skills that relate
to any part of the course (it is similar to the Starbucks
assessment you did in class or the Iceland bit of the
year 10 exam) and so the best way to practice for this is
to look at the example paper on the GLG.
Students studied the Unit 2 Germany depth topic in
year 10. It is the topic that is therefore needs the
largest refresh (hence the mock paper). The last topic
students studied was Unit 3 so will need exam question
preparation but less time spent on knowledge as it
should be fresh in their minds.
The exam is context based where students need to read
the scenario and make their answers specific to this
context not general
MATHEMATICS
2 x 1hour45min
papers:
1 non-calculator
and 1 calculator
paper at either
Foundation or
Higher level
Number
Algebra
Shape and Space
Handling Data
Revision Guides
Mymaths.co.uk
Hegartymaths
SAMlearning
Teachers will be setting past papers as homeworks in
the run-up to the mocks.
Students should practise doing questions with and
without a calculator.
Equipment needed: Black pen, pencil, eraser, ruler,
protractor, compass (and calculator for Paper 2)
MATHEMATICS
- ADDITIONAL
1 x 1 hour
calculator paper
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Algebra
- Linear and quadratic
equations
- Inequalities
- fractions
- surds
- factor and remainder
theorem
- binomial expansion and
distribution
Co-ordinate geometry
- straight lines
- circles
- linear programming
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Revision Guide
Mymaths.co.uk
Teacher will be setting past exam questions as
homeworks in the run-up to the mocks.
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MODERN
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
FRENCH,
GERMAN,
SPANISH.
Foundation
Tier:
35 mins
(Listening) +
30 minutes
(Reading)
Higher Tier:
45 minutes
(Listening) +
50 minutes
(Reading
Equipment needed: Black pen, pencil, eraser, ruler,
protractor, compass
Listening: candidates hear people
talking in French and hear each item
twice; there is a range of question
types, normally requiring tick-box or
‘write the letter’ answers (eg. True or
false, match phrases to pictures or to
people, who says what, fill in the
blank), or answers in English.
Suggested revision resources:
Reading: this is a comprehension test
of instructions, notices and
advertisements with some longer
extracts from brochures, guides,
letters, newspapers, magazines, books,
faxes, email and web sites.
AlfieCloud Testbank – self-marking
online practice of topic vocabulary and
of Listening and Reading exam
questions
https://my.alfiecloud.com/?do=student
-login
Topic areas:
• Leisure
Gordano Learning Gateway (Subject
pages for French, German and Spanish)
Vocab Express – each student has an
individual Username and Password for
access to interactive practice of our
exam board’s lists of topic vocabulary
https://www.vocabexpress.com/login/
Candidates will be entered for either Foundation or
Higher Tier – we will not risk entering students at
Higher Tier unless they have a proven track record of
reaching at least grade B
The Listening and Reading exams account for 20% each
of the overall scores; doing well in Controlled
Assessment (60% of the course) is of course hugely
important, but students must focus on vocabulary
learning throughout Year 11 in order to prepare for the
vital exams at the end of the course
Learn vocabulary!
MUSIC
PE
1 paper, 1
hour
90 mins
• Lifestyles
• Home and the Environment
Education and Work
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Topics:• Western Classical Music
• World Music
• Popular Music of the 20th
and 21st Centuries
Areas of Study:–
• Texture and Melody
• Harmony and Tonality
• Structure and Form
• Timbre and Dynamics
• Rhythm and Metre
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Unit 1 Bones, joints,
muscles
Unit 2 Circulation and
breathing
Unit 3 Health and fitness
Unit 4 Diet
Unit 5 Physiological and
psychological factors
Unit 6 Safety and first aid
Unit 7 Individual
differences
Unit 8 Social and cultural
factors
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PHYSICS
B751 1 × 75
min
Module P1 Energy for the Home
Module P2 Living for the Future
Module P3 Forces for Transport
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Customisable dictionary in
Microsoft Access
Printable vocabulary booklets
Exercise books
Power-point resources on the
topics (on GLG)
Revision sheets (on GLG)
Websites to practise Listening
Skills – The Philharmonia
website has a ‘Sound
Exchange’; Earmaster website
has some free links to interval
practice
Listen to plenty of different styles of music as regularly
as you can.
Use your glossary to make sure you know all the key
words and musical terms (many of these are on the
revision resources on the GLG, and are also displayed in
the music classrooms, so make sure you check that your
personal glossary is complete)
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Student workbooks
Revision guides
SAM learning
Bitesize
Resources on learning gateway
Past paper questions and mark
scheme resources
The exam will consist of multiple choice questions,
short answer questions and questions based on the prerelease material. This material will be given out prior to
the exam to allow students to prepare for these
questions.
Exercise books (from year 9 and
10)
Revision Guides either Collins or
CGP
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
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Collins ‘Revision New GCSE
Physics’
CGP ‘ GCSE Physics OCR
Gateway’
Text book ( available from the
library)
Websites:
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
the examinations.
OCR past paper example
http://tinyurl.com/oulyrxj
PSYCHOLOGY
1 hour and 30
minutes
Unit 1 – 80 marks
Topic 1: Non-verbal
communication-15 mark
Topic 2- Personality- 15 marks
Topic 3- Memory- 15 marks
Topic 4- Prejudice and
discrimination- 15 marks
Topic 5-Research Methods- 20
marks
SCIENCE (G
GROUPS)
2 × 75 min
(the two
examinations
will be for the
two science
subjects you
are studying).
Module B1 Understanding Organisms
Module B2 Understanding Our
Environment
Module B3 Living and Growing
Content to be examined: B741
Module C1 Carbon Chemistry
Module C2 Chemical Reactions
Module C3 Chemical Economics
Content to be examined: B751
Module P1 Energy for the Home
Module P2 Living for the Future
Module P3 Forces for Transport
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebite
size/
Revision booklet on gateway and
allocated to lessons.
Past papers on gateway
Exercise books (from year 9 and
10)
Revision Guides either Collins or
CGP
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE
Biology’
CGP ‘ GCSE Biology OCR
Gateway’
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE
Chemistry’
CGP ‘ GCSE Chemistry OCR
Gateway’
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE
Students need to ensure that they remember the key
studies and theories and can evaluate each one
specifically not generally and explain two clear
evaluation points. There are no revision booklets so
they need to be printed from the gateway under
revision resources. Key cards and summarising key
studies rather than remembering studies as they are
written in the book will aid memory.
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
the examinations.
SCIENCE B
AND
ADDITIONAL
SCIENCE
(L GROUPS
AND S1)
1 × 75 min & 1
× 90 min
B712 (90 min)
Module B2 Understanding Our
Environment
Module C2 Chemical Reactions
Module P2 Living for the Future
B721 (75 min)
Module B3 Living and Growing
Module C3 Chemical Economics
Module P3 Forces for Transport
Physics’
CGP ‘ GCSE Physics OCR
Gateway’
Text book( available from the
library)
Websites:
OCR past paper examples
Biology
http://tinyurl.com/k6wjh2q
Chemistry
http://tinyurl.com/nw6xl8x
Physics
http://tinyurl.com/oulyrxj
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebite
size/
Exercise books (from year 9 and
10)
Revision Guides either Collins or
CGP
Collins ‘Revision New GCSE
Science and Additional Science’
CGP ‘ GCSE Core science OCR
Gateway’
CGP ‘ GCSE Additional science
OCR Gateway’
Text book( available from the
library)
Websites:
OCR past paper examples
B712 http://tinyurl.com/n6dajjwB721
http://tinyurl.com/nkdhfw2
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcse
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
the examinations.
bitesize/
SCIENCE B
(S1 AND S2
GROUPS)
1 × 75 min & 1
× 90 min
B712 (90 min)
Module B2 Understanding Our
Environment
Module C2 Chemical Reactions
Module P2 Living for the Future
B711 (75 min)
Module B1 Understanding
Organisms
Module C1 Carbon Chemistry
Module P1 Energy for the Home
Exercise books (from year 9 and
10)
Revision Guides either Collins or
CGP
Collins ‘New GCSE Science and
Additional Science’
CGP ‘ GCSE Core science OCR
Gateway’
Text book( available from the
library)
Websites:
OCR past paper examples
B711
Students should have a good understanding of work
covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that
command words used in questions, such as suggest,
describe, explain and are understood. They should
practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the
examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in
the examinations.
http://tinyurl.com/mxhc25x
B712 http://tinyurl.com/n6dajjw
SOCIOLOGY
2 hours
Family
Education
Crime & deviance
Media
Social inequality
General revision sites
http://www.docbrown.info/
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
gcsebitesize/
Exercise books
Collins Textbook
Collins Revision GCSE Sociology
Past papers on GLG
A revision resource is available to download – this will be
placed on the GLG
Make sure you are able to practise writing 12 mark questions
Mindmap overviews are made showing links e.g. between
theories – Marx, Weber, Functionalism
AND
Where factors like ethnicity, gender, class link in a topic
Key term cards should be made using the glossary in the
Collins Textbooks
SPORTS
SCIENCE
1 hour
Extrinsic factors which can
influence the risk of injury
Coaching / supervision
Environmental factors
Equipment
Safety hazards
Intrinsic factors which can
influence the risk of injury
Physical preparation
Individual differences
Psychological factors
Posture
Injuries related to poor posture
Workbooks
Powerpoints on GLG
Exam papers and mark schemes on GLG
None