Computing
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Binary to denary (decimal)/denary to binary conversion – you need to be able to do
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Binary logic – you need to be able to do this
Open source software/proprietary software
Standards and protocols in computing HTTP, HTTPs, POP,
IMAP, VoIP
Virus types
Data security including phishing and SPAM
Encryption
The system life cycle
Ethical/legal/environmental impacts of computing on society
Privacy policies and acceptable use policies
E-safety (various)
Networks
Wireless vs. wired data transfer
Input/output devices
Parts of a computer
Data types (text, number etc.)
The Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act, Copyright Law
English
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What inference means
SHAAMPPOOS
AFORREST
How to use short quotations to support the points they
make
Geography
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Population
Development
Mapskills and data interpretation
History
(To get a high level, it will help to know about all these topics, but you will not be asked a
question which is specifically about the topics in italics.)
• Hitler’s aims in foreign policy
• German Rearmament
• Pact with Poland 1934 and Anglo German Naval Agreement 1935
• The return of the Saarland 1935
• Re-militarisation of the Rhineland, March 1936
• Chamberlain’s Appeasement policy
• Anschluss – Austria, March 1938
• The Sudetenland Crisis and the Munich Agreement, September 1938
• The invasion of Czechoslovakia, March 1939
• The Nazi Soviet Pact, August 1939
• The invasion of Poland and the outbreak of war, September 1939
Maths
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All Pupils
Writing numbers in words,
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Rounding numbers.
Multiply and divide by powers of 10, 100 and 1000
BODMAS
Number sequences from diagrams, and number patterns
Understand and converting metric units, appropriate use of units.
Area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, circles and compound shapes
Types of Data
Design and create data collection sheets and store data in tables.
Averages from a list and a table
Types of number, factor, multiple, primes, odd/even.
Number lines and scales.
Decimal calculations
Directed numbers (positive and negative) calculations
Word formulae and rules
Collecting Terms
Simple substitution
Properties of shapes including congruency and tessellations
Symmetry
Pictograms and Bar Charts, Stem and Leaf diagrams
Constructing Stem and Leaf diagrams
Convert between decimals and fractions
Fraction shading, equivalent, fractions of amounts
Solving equations
Form and solve an equation
Reflections, Rotations, Translations, Enlargement
Probability
Experimental probability
Value for money - best buy
Ratio
Co-ordinates
Function machines
Cuboids, prisms, Faces, Edges and Vertices, 3D Solids and views
Percentages of amounts, increase and decrease.
HCF and LCM
Substitution
Multiplying out brackets
Angle properties of triangles, straight lines and about a point
Maps and directions
Constructions / loci
Scatter Diagrams and fitting a line of best fit, correlation
Pie Charts
Conversion graphs
Direct proportion
Recipe style problems
Quadrilaterals, lines of symmetry and right angles
Bearings
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Significant figures. Rounding whole numbers to a given number of significant figures
Complex calculations using a calculator
Using Index notation. Zero index. Multiplication and Division of numbers in index
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Finding gradients, y= mx + c
Volume of prisms
Surface area
Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Add and subtract fractions
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All of the above plus these Topics for Higher
Using Index notation including zero index and fractional indices.
Sequences including nth term
Investigate quadratic sequences
Conversion between different metric units of measurement.
Converting between commonly used imperial and metric units using approximations.
Finding upper and lower bounds
Sampling Methods, stratifed sampling
Averages including grouped frequency
Indices including reciprocals and roots
prime factorisations
Standard Form conversion
Factorising non-quadratic expressions
Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals
Stem and Leaf diagrams incl. back to back (find the range and median)
Trial and improvement
Quadratic bracket expansion
Similarity
Probability - independent events and tree diagrams
Relative frequency
Currency conversions
Solving equations with fractions
Pythagoras' Theorem
Cumulative frequency table and graphs
Box plots - comparing the distribution of data
Stem and leaf diagrams - finding the IQR
Percentage increase and decrease (using multipliers)
Compound Interest, Reverse Percentages
Deriving formulae
Factorising quadratics
Angle calculations including parallel lines
Interior and exterior angles in polygons
Two way tables
Conversion graphs
Trigonometry
MFL
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French
Social life of a teenager:
What do you use facebook for
Giving opinions about people
Arranging to go out
Describing a past date
Describing a music event
Sport and fitness:
Parts of the body
Healthy eating and drinking
Resolutions for the future
Describing level of fitness
On my horizon (set one only)
Describing jobs
The world as a global village (modal verbs)
What you used to do when you were younger
Discussing plans for the future
Spanish
Means of communication:
My computer
Television programmes
Films
Music
School:
Describing your school
Subjects and opinions
Giving opinions about teachers
Talking about school rules
Talking about after school clubs
Music
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Moby ‘Why does my Heart feel so bad’
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in g minor
PE
Muscular & Skeletal system
• Major muscles and bones in the body
• How the skeletal and muscular skeletal system produce movement
• Functions of the skeleton
• Different types of joints on the body (ball & socket and hinge)
• Movements that occur at the two joints above and the muscles are involved in the
movement
Components of fitness
• Health and skill related definitions - including the 3 different types of strength
• Examples of the above in sport
Methods of Training
• Definitions and advantages/disadvantages
• Principles of training (SPORT)
• Training zones
• Aerobic & Anaerobic respiration
Short/Long term effect of exercise on the body
• The benefits of taking part in sport and physical activities both short term and long
term in relation to physical, mental and social reasons
Healthy active lifestyles
• The importance of a fit and healthy lifestyle linking to exercise and diet
Diet
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Balanced diet
Major food groups and their importance in diet
Warm-up/cool down
• Different phases of the warm-up and reasons for doing them
• What is lactic acid?
• Reasons for performing a cool down
RE
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Religion and life
Religion, peace and conflict
Science - Biology:
Cell Structure
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Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
Plant and Animal Cells
Cell Specialisation
Cell Differentiation
Microscopy
Cell Division
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Chromosomes
Mitosis and the Cell Cycle
Stem Cells
Transport in Cells
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Diffusion
Osmosis
Active Transport
Science - Chemistry:
Elements, compunds and mixtures:
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Definition of an element, compound and mixture
Methods for separating mixtures (chromatography, recrystallization, distillation,
filtration)
Atoms
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Atoms, elements and the periodic table.
Symbols of elements.
Structure of atoms.
Atomic number and mass number.
Electronic structure.
Isotopes
The Periodic Table
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History and development of the modern
table
The properties of elements in the same group.
The structure and properties of group 1 and 7 elements
The structure and properties of Group O
Transition metals (uses and properties)
periodic
Chemical Reactions
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Compounds are formed when atoms join together (ionic and covalent compounds).
Forming ions and ionic bonding
Word and symbol equations.
Conservation of mass.
Science - Physics:
Appliance transferring Energy
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Compare efficiency
Be able to describe energy transfer & spot ‘wasted’ energy (particularly with common
electrical appliances)
Interpret & draw a Sankey Diagram
Energy Transfer & Efficiency
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Know that Energy Cannot be created or destroyed – it is only transferred usefully,
stored or dissipated
Understand that when energy is not usefully transferred it is ‘wasted’
Know that wasted energy is transferred to the surroundings (environment) and
becomes spread out & therefore less useful
Be able to calculate the efficiency of an energy transformation (as a % or decimal)
Reducing Heat Loss
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Know how insulation works (to reduce heat transfer) and be able to explain this
Be able to explain what steps to take to insulate a house
National and global energy resource
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Know the types of renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
Know the difference between renewable and non-renewable
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Be able to identify different ethical and environmental factors to do with each
resource and compare these.
Current, potential difference and resistance
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Be able to draw and interpret circuit diagrams using correct circuit symbols.
Be able to use circuit diagrams to construct series and parallel circuits that include a
variety of common circuit components.
Technology
Research
• Why research is important
• Types of research
• How to analyse research
Design ideas
• How to draw design ideas
• How to develop an idea to create a final design
• How to annotate
• How to link designs to a given design brief or criteria
Specifications
• What is a specification
• How to write concise specification criteria
Materials and Equipment
• Basic equipment used in Technology
• Choosing materials suitable for the product
• Awareness of environmental issues when choosing materials
Health and Safety
• Choosing the correct equipment
• Using equipment safely
• Health and safety checks during the making process
Planning
• How to plan work in the correct sequence
• Control checks
Evaluation
• Why evaluation is important
• How to evaluate
• Making decisions from evaluation