READING LIST ACCOUNTING YouTube Videos: This channel is produced by a university accounting student and explains many of the key topics of accounts in a simple to follow way (The A-­‐Level Accounting Tutor), worth a watch and good for revision: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3wJZo1reS7E_9URzATTGqA/feed This channel is produced by “profaccounting” and explains many of the key topics of accounts, worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCh2Ikn3K1s4kU2NAfhqy_A Text Books AS Resources (ACCN1 and ACCN2) http://www.osbornebooksshop.co.uk/p/as_accounting_for_aqa_rrp_20_00_/category/1069 ISBN: 978 1905777 143 http://www.osbornebooksshop.co.uk/p/as_accounting_for_aqa_question_bank ISBN: 978 1905777 938 AS syllabus textbook and separate question bank book. A2 Resources (ACCN3 and ACCN4) http://www.osbornebooksshop.co.uk/p/a2_accounting_for_aqa_rrp_20_00_ ISBN: 978 1905777 174 A2 syllabus textbook. Articles/News Items: Accounting Today: http://www.accountingtoday.com/ BIOLOGY Text book: AQA Biology AS: Authors: Glenn Toole, Susan Toole Publisher: Oxford University Press (including Nelson Thornes) ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐0-­‐19-­‐835176-­‐4 Authors: Pauline Lowrie, Mark Smith Publisher: Hodder Education ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐1-­‐4718-­‐0761-­‐9 Digital version available: available on Beauchamp VLE Syllabus relevant, extra-­‐curricular reading: •
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%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.sfEhfOxo5EKbgUM9psq%252b2A%26pid%3D15.1%26h% FRENCH Edexcel Revision Guide and Workbook: Look at and redo the grammar section exercises in the Revision Workbook by first revising the grammar points in the Revision Guide. Other interactive links which are suitable for the PC or Smart, at home or on the beach. http://www.languageguide.org/french/ For vocab, verb conjugations and other http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm To revise vocab from the most simple to the more advanced. http://francophilia.com/gazette/ Lots of things to read, explore for all tastes. http://www.memrise.com/home/ Sign up and use this site for a range of topic and generic vocab learning. For example you could go here once you’re signed in: http://www.memrise.com/course/2086/the-­‐450-­‐most-­‐common-­‐french-­‐verbs/ Bonnes vacances et amusez-­‐vous bien. A la prochaine! Département de français. GEOGRAPHY A-­‐LEVEL (Yr12) We study the Edexcel A-­‐level Geography course Is this course right for me? You need to ask yourself the following questions: • Did you enjoy Geography GCSE? • Are you good at extended writing and producing detailed and fluent answers? • Are you interested in environmental issues and current affairs? • Are you able to cope with a content heavy course? Geography Department A-­‐level reading • Edexcel AS Geography published by Philip Allan • AS Geography for Edexcel published by Oxford • Any broadsheet national newspaper • Have a look at the AS and A2 Geography resources on BOLL Recommended Websites • http://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Geography/2013
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Bill McGuire (1999) 0-304-35209-8
Evolutionary Catastrophes – The science of mass extinction
Vincent Courtillot (1999) 0-521-58392-6
The End of the Dinosaurs – Chicxulub Crater and Mass Extinction
Charles Frankel (1999) 0-521-47447-7
A Guide to the End of the World: Everything you never wanted to know
Bill McGuire (2002) 0-19-280297-6
Trilobite! – Eyewitness to Evolution
Richard Fortey (2001) 0-00-257012-2
Snowball Earth
Gabrielle Walker (2003) 0-74756051X
The Earth: An Intimate History
Richard Fortey (2004) 0002570114
Supercontinent: 10 Billion Years in the Life of our Planet
Ted Nield (2008) 1847080413
Heaven and Earth – Global warming: the missing science
Ian Plimer (2009) 0704371669
The Real Global Warming Disaster
Christopher Booker (2009) 1441110526
The Lie of the Land: An under-the-field guide to the British Isles
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Useful Websites: British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ Geological Society of London: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ United States Geological Survey (USGS): http://www.usgs.gov/ Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): http://www.nerc.ac.uk/ (scroll down the page for the online magazine: Planet Earth) HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE Fisher, Blackmore, McKie, Riley, Seamons, Tyler: Health and Social Care (2006) Dunstable; Folens ; Edtion 1 P41-­‐ 46 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/200146/C
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Published by Peters
This is essential and students must have a copy. It contains all the set works that
will be studied at AS and A2 level. Students will write their analysis on the scores
alongside the music itself.
http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/Music/16plus/EdexcelALe
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Published by ABRSM
Traditional musical notation is part of A-level music and students need to be able to
read it or be willing to learn it rapidly. These books will help to support this aspect of
the course. In particular, students should try to make sure that they know their key
signatures up to four sharps and four flats in major and minor keys.
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/011274/details.html
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/011275/details.html
Literacy Workbook by Rebecca Berkley
Published by Rhinegold
This is an alternative to the ABRSM books. It offers some starting points for reading
music with exercises, is tailored for A-level students, and is less detailed.
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/0703924/details.html
History of Music by Roy Bennett
Published by Cambridge University Press
This book is great because it is so concise. It offers a potted history the various
musical eras and includes information on composers and dates, musical fingerprints
of historical periods and a comprehensive summary of relevant musical forms and
structures and how to identify them.
AS Music Revision Guides by Alistair Wightman
Published by Rhinegold
These guides can be a useful supplement to work covered in class and Edexcel
analyses. Care should be taken if purchasing, as set works change each year. Also
these guides are not written by examiners, so work best to support learning rather
than as a first port of call. This is a more useful text than Rhinegold study guides.
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/01094730/details.html
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Career Opportunities in the Music Industry, 6th Edition By Shelly Field
Published by Info base
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PHYSICS READING LIST http://www.physics.org/article-­‐study.asp?contentid=484 If students look at the Forces and Momentum and Electricity links and read some of them it will be a good grounding for the initial subjects on the course. It is also recommend they become student members of the Institute of Physics. This will give learners free access to a quarterly magazine, Physics Review, which will include useful background reading. A link to the IOP registration form is here http://members.iop.org/16-­‐19.asp POLITICS Course studied: AQA Government and Politics Unit One: People, Politics and Participation Unit Two: Governing Modern Britain Core Textbook: AS UK Government and Politics (4th Edition) by Paul Fairclough and Philip Lynch We strongly advise that students watch and read quality news publications to familiarise themselves with current political issues: BBC News website – the politics section has links to other useful sites and clear explanations of political institutions, personnel and key terms Publications: New Statesman The Economist Programmes: Question Time Newsnight Dispatches and Panorama (if they are about Britain) Quality news programmes such as BBC or Channel 4 Books: History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr (also a television documentary series) PSYCHOLOGY (AS) http://psychology.beauchamp.org.uk The department’s own website with links to work provided by teachers for current students. http://www.spring.org.uk/2015/05/the-­‐most-­‐common-­‐mental-­‐health-­‐problem-­‐is-­‐
contagious.php Sign up to the blog to receive regular updates of Psychology in the news. This article links to anxiety disorders and one of the subjects you will study at AS is OCD. http://www.badscience.net/ Remember, Psychology is a Science and one of the most important modules of the course is about understanding this process (Research Methods). http://heroicimagination.org/ Philip Zimbardo’s work on conformity and obedience is some of the most famous in Psychology and part of the AS specification; you can find links to his original prison study here. http://www.childdevelopmentmedia.com/articles/mary-­‐ainsworth-­‐and-­‐attachment-­‐theory/ A video link to a study of infant and mother attachment types; Mary Ainsworth believed that a mother’s behaviour determined how the infant responded RS/PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS (A-­‐LEVEL) http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/intro_1.shtml A very good introduction to A level Ethics. http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/singer/Default.aspx A selection of ‘thought’ experiments that will test the coherence of your philosophical and ethical views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q34MHpBu0Oo The first episode of ‘Three Minute Philosophy’, a bite size series of clips that introduce key philosophers and their ideas. This clip explores a very small fraction of the work of Plato, the Greek philosopher who basically invented Western Philosophy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilO5AJjkvw The first of 4 short clips discussing the problem of Evil (often seen as 1 of the biggest challenges to belief in God). This clip gives an introduction to the Problem of Evil designed for people studying Philosophy of Religion at AS/A2 Level. The other 3 parts of the series examine the Augustinian Theodicy, the Irenaean Theodicy and the Free Will defence. SOCIOLOGY The Course: Details of the new AQA specification are here. http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-­‐and-­‐a-­‐level/sociology-­‐7191-­‐
7192/specification-­‐at-­‐a-­‐glance .You can also view the new specimen papers to give you a flavour of the way Sociology is assessed. http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-­‐and-­‐
a-­‐level/sociology-­‐7191-­‐7192/assessment-­‐resources . Key Reading: You can subscribe to the Sociology Review Magazine here: https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Sociology?pid=2#&pid=2&limit=true&type=0. There are also a range of textbooks here: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-­‐and-­‐a-­‐
level-­‐sociology-­‐textbooks2 and also the ultimate textbook: http://www.collins.co.uk/product/9780007498826/Haralambos+and+Holborn+-­‐
+Sociology+Themes+and+Perspectives+%5BEighth+edition%5D Studying Sociology and Careers Advice: Find out the ‘best universities’ to study Sociology: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-­‐rankings/university-­‐subject-­‐
rankings/2014/sociology#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search= Find out about careers in Sociology here: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_sociology.htm Key Thinking in Sociology: You should search for the following videos in YouTube in order to gain an insight into the work of some key sociologists: •
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Textbooks (Oxford), Past Papers, course booklets and other resources http://boll.beauchamp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=207 AS and A2 Topics & grammar: http://www.languagesresources.co.uk www.practicaespañol.es: Excellent website designed for students of Spanish around the world. The latest pieces of news are analyzed and include a video-­‐clip, transcript and comprehension exercises. www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news Some good websites to practise your grammar: http://www.studyspanish.com, www.conjuguemos.com; www.rocketlanguages.com.