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HUTCHESONS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL
S6 Book List – 2011 - 2012
Books can be supplied by most reputable suppliers including
JOHN SMITH BOOKSHOP, Jordanhill Campus, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP
Email : gloria.miller@johnsmith.co.uk
Tel: 0141 954 3533
KELVIN BOOKS LTD, Chapel Street Industrial Estate, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 9BD
Email : kelvin.books@btopenworld.com
Tel: 0141 945 5006
Website: www.kelvinbooks.co.uk
WATERSTONE’S
174-6 Argyll Street, Glasgow G2 8AH
Tel: 0141 248 4814
153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW
Tel: 0141 332 9105
(There is a Paperchase selling stationery in the Sauchiehall St branch)
34 Princes Square, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 1LJ
Tel: 01355 271835
38 The Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77
Tel: 0141 616 3933
Website : www.waterstones.com
Stationery can also be acquired locally adjacent to the School from :
News Etc. 12 Kildrostan Street, Glasgow G41
Tel: 0141 423 0420
Given the pressure on suppliers during the summer months, it is important that
orders are placed with suppliers as accurately and promptly as possible to ensure the
likelihood of supply for the start of the new session at the end of August.
ACCOUNTING & FINANCE
No text book required.
One A4 ring binder and paper
BIOLOGY
Advanced Higher Biology
Advanced Higher Biology – D. Lloyd and G Morgan ( Bright red publishing)
ISBN 978-1-906736-21-7
Advanced Higher Student monographs
(a) Cell and molecular Biology - Desmond Nicholl. ISBN 1 85955 865 8
(b) Environmental Biology - Allan Jones. ISBN 1- 85955-852-6
(c) Physiology, Health and Exercise - Fiona Anderson.1SBN 1 85955 853 4
The above monographs can also be downloaded free of charge from the Learning and
Teaching Scotland website
Past papers ( Bright Red Publishing)
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Crash Higher
Higher and Intermediate 2 Business Management (2nd Edition) – Hagan & Wylie – (Hodder
Gibson) ISBN 0340 913 69X
Intermediate 2 and Higher Business Management Course Notes – MillerLeckie & Leckie ISBN 1 84372 076 0
A Level Business Studies
A subscription for Business Review which will be organised within the Department.
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CHEMISTRY
An A-Level textbook such as Chemistry in Context - Hill/Holman (fifth edition) – may be
helpful but not compulsory.
Advanced Higher Past Papers in Chemistry (SQA) – Bright Red Publishing.
Revision notes are available and are a good study aid. Previous years have used those
published by Bright Red.
Chemistry - NQ Higher and Advanced Higher Chemistry Data Booklet SQA published
January 2007. (available from website : http://www.sqa.org.uk or a hard copy can be
ordered from the Chemistry Department in August.)
Two A5 hardback notebooks are a compulsory requirement.
Safety Spectacles - Arco Walker Glasgow, 210 Edminston Drive, Ibrox, Glasgow
CLASSICS
Classical Studies (Higher)
Sophocles: Three Theban Plays trans R Fagles (Penguin) ISBN 0140444254
Euripides: Medea and Other Plays: trans. J Davie J (Penguin) ISBN 0140449299
Aristophanes: Lysistrata and Other Plays trans. A. Somerstein (Penguin) ISBN 0140448144
Ancient Greece, Using Evidence P Bradley (Hodder Education) ISBN 0521796466
Other texts will be supplied by the Department
Classical Civilization (A-level)
Pupils should consult the Classics department NOW in June to select topics. Editions of
texts will then be suggested or offered on loan to the Department.
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking for Students Roy van den Brink-Budgen
ISBN: 9781845283865
Material to be distributed in class.
Latin
Hyde: Latin Unseen Translations, ISBN 185399560-6
Electronic Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary – Available on line from www.cambridgescp.com
Set texts will be available through the Department
Pupils should consult the Classics Department in June for recommended background
reading lists.
COMPUTING
Advanced Higher Computing
NB before purchasing any books for AH Computing, speak to Ms Housley – depending on
numbers, some of the books may be borrowed from the department.
DRAMA
Higher
Lovers – Brian Friel – Gallery Books (ISBN O-904011-64-X)
Men Should Weep – Ena Lamont Stewart (ISBN 0-573-01838-3)
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn – Chris Hannan (ISBN 1-85459-921-6)
One other Scottish theatre text to be decided in August
Three A4 ring binders, A4 lined and plain paper
A4 punched plastic pockets
Advanced Higher
Stanislavski – An Introduction - Jean Benedetti. Methuen. (ISBN 97814088106839)
Brecht On Theatre – The Development of an Aesthetic – edited and translated by John
Willett. Methuen. (ISBN 0 413 38800 X)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The Arden Shakespeare ed. Harold F. Brooks (ISBN 1903436-60-5)
Three A4 ring binders, A4 lined and plain paper
A4 punched plastic pockets
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National Certificate in Acting
One play text to be decided
One A4 ring binder, A4 lined and plain paper
ECONOMICS
Crash Higher
No text book required.
A level
A subscription for Business Review which will be organised within the Department.
ENGLISH
Higher
Macbeth - Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare)
Language Skills for Higher English - M Firth & A G Ralston (Hodder Gibson)
Essay Skills for Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher - M Firth & A G Ralston
(Hodder Gibson)
All titles retained from S5
Official SQA Past Papers to 2010 Higher (Leckie & Leckie) –available from September
One A4 ring binder. A4 paper, lined and with margins.
Advanced Higher
Specialist Study
Pupils make their own choice of texts (2 or 3) to be studied in connection with the Specialist
Study. Pupils should have made their choice of texts for the Specialist Study by the
beginning of session, and have read the required books by that time. These books must be
of recognised literary merit.
Textual Analysis
Cambridge Critical Workshop – Jeffrey Wood & Lynn Wood (C.U.P.)
AS/A2 English Literature: Unseen Examination Questions – Michael Fynes-Clinton (Philip
Allan Updates, Hodder Education).
GEOGRAPHY
Higher Grade
Revised Higher Geography Past Papers - Leckie & Leckie
Pupils should retain:
Higher Geography: Physical & Human Environments
Higher Geography: Environmental Interactions
and all S4 notes
One new A4 lined jotter
Advanced Higher (10 pupils)
Pupils should retain all Higher notes
HISTORY
Crash Higher
All books as S5:
Appeasement and the Road to War D Armstrong and E Trueland
ISBN 978 0340 906 989
Britain & Scotland and Germany John A Kerr and James McGonigle (Hodder Gibson)
ISBN 978 0340 987 544
Scotland and the Impact of the Great War, 1914-1928
ISBN978 0340 987 551
One A4 ring binder and A4 lined paper
John A Kerr (Hodder Gibson)
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A Level
Poverty and Welfare, 1830-1914 second edition, Peter Murray (Hodder & Stoughton)
ISBN 978 0340 889 008
The Unification of Italy third edition, Robert Pearce and Andrina Stiles (Hodder & Stoughton)
ISBN 978 0340 907 016
Edexcel GCE HISTORY. The United States 1917-54: Boom Bust and Recovery L Barker, G
Stewart etc (Edexcel - distributed by Heinemann)
ISBN 978 846905 08 7
Votes for Women third edition Paula Bartley (Hodder Education)
ISBN 9780340926857
From Second Reich to Third Reich: Germany 1918-1945 Geoff Layton (Hodder Education)
ISBN 9780340965818
One A4 ring binder and A4 lined paper
MATHEMATICS
Pupils who wish to study Higher Mathematics should consult the Form 5 booklist
A Level Mathematics - all books are the new edition
Pure Maths C1, C2, C3, C4
Oxford A level Mathematics for Edexcel C3 Oxford University Press
Oxford A level Mathematics for Edexcel C4 Oxford University Press
Mechanics option M1 M2
Edexcel AS and A Level Modular Mathematics M1 Heinemann Publishers
Edexcel AS and A Level Modular Mathematics M2 Heinemann Publishers
Statistics option
Oxford A level Mathematics for Edexcel S1 Oxford University Press
Oxford A level Mathematics for Edexcel S2 Oxford University Press
Further Mathematics D1, FP1, FP2, FP3
Books will be supplied by the school
MODERN LANGUAGES
French
Advanced Higher
Au point - nouvelle édition – Nelson
Collins French Dictionary plus Grammar - retained
Literature Texts: “Le silence de la mer” [Vercors] and “Le château de ma mère” [Pagnol]:to
be purchased through the department
Schaum’s Outlines of French Grammar [Fifth Edition] to be purchased through the
department or retained from S5
1 lined jotter
1 A5 notebook
1 A4 ring binder with lined paper
Repeat Higher - as for S5
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S6 GERMAN
Brennpunkt (Neue Ausgabe)-Nelson Thornes
Schaum’s Outline of German Grammar (Third Edition) [retained from S5]
Literature texts: to be borrowed from the department
Collins German Dictionary plus Grammar [retained]
1 lined jotter
1A5 notebook
1 A4 ring binder with lined paper
Repeat Higher German - as for S5
Spanish
Ponte al día – Hodder Education
Spanish Grammar Shaum’s Outlines 5th Edition: Conrad J Schmitt [McGraw Hill] – retained
from S5
Collins Spanish Dictionary plus Grammar [retained]
1 lined jotter or lined paper, 1 A5 hardback notebook
1 A4 ring binder with lined paper
Literature texts to be ordered through the Department
MODERN STUDIES
Crash Higher Modern Studies
Modern UK Social Issues - John McTaggart – Modernity Scotland Publications
This book can be bought online at www.modernityscotland.co.uk
One A4 ring binder and looseleaf lined paper
A Level Government and Political Studies (30 Copies)
UK Government & Politics (3rd Edition) - M. Garnet and P. Lynch (Phillip Allan Updates)
A2 US Government and Politics (3rd Edition) – A J Bennet (Phillip Allan Updates)
One A4 ring binder and looseleaf lined paper.
MUSIC
Advanced Higher
Spiral Bound Manuscript Book
Music Technology Higher Grade
Music Technology from Scratch Rhinegold Education ISBN 978-1-906178-86-4
PHYSICS
Higher
Consult S5 Booklist
Advanced Higher
BrightRED Revision: Advanced Higher Physics, Andrew McGuigan (Bright Red Publishing)
SQA Past Papers: Advanced Higher Physics (Bright Red Publishing) - latest edition
available September 2011
One plastic folder
Two lined A4 jotters
Two plain jotters
PHILOSOPHY
Material to be distributed in Class
PSYCHOLOGY
Higher
Higher Psychology by M Williamson, M Cardwell & C Flanagan 2007 (Nelson Thornes)
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Higher Grade Religious Studies
As for S5
'A' Level Religious Studies
Advanced Religious Studies – S K Tyler & G Reid – Philip Allan
Four Gospels, One Jesus? - R A Burridge - SPCK
John’s Gospel – M W G Stibbe – Routledge
Is There A God? – R Swinburne – Oxford University Press
Teach Yourself: The Philosophy of Religion – M Thompson – Hodder & Stoughton
A4 loose leaf folder
TECHNOLOGY
Technological Studies
Higher
Course notes, homework exercises and solutions, and other resources will be made
available to pupils via the school intranet.
Advanced Higher
Course notes, homework exercises and solutions, and other resources will be made
available to pupils via the school intranet.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
Higher
Higher Graphic Communication Course Notes - Peter Linton, Richard Smith and Scott
Urquhart - Leckie & Leckie (ISBN: 9781843724742)
Pupils will need their own drawing instruments - lead pencils, coloured pencils, ruler,
compasses and set squares – and an A3 folder. However, these should not be purchased
before the beginning of the course when the required specification will be given.
A drawing board will need to be purchased from the department at the beginning of the
course, at a cost of around £50. This sum will be refundable, less 20%, providing the board
is returned in good condition.
* A Homework Diary will be provided by the school at the start of the new session.