YEAR 11
REVISION SUPPORT
BOOKLET
www.tretherras.net/year-11-revision/
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GCSE ADDITIONAL SCIENCE
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit B2: Influences on life
1 hour exam
Unit C2: The components of life
1 hour exam
Unit P2: Using biology
1 hour exam
Unit SCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30 Rooms S7 and S8
Independent, supported science revision.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Collins Biology revision guide ISBN 978 1 4469 0265 3
EDEXCEL website:
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/
GCSE-science-2011/Pages/default.aspx
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/
GCSE-science-2011/Pages/The-exams.aspx
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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ART
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Coursework: 2 Units of work 60% marks. Produced in class and
homework time during year 10 and 11.
Exam: 1 unit of work 40% marks. 10 weeks of preparation, starting 1st
February in year 11concluding in a 10 hour practical exam sat over 2 days.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Studio time 3.00-4.30
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
N/A
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GCSE BIOLOGY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit B1:
Influences on life
1 hour exam
Unit B2:
The components of life
1 hour exam
Unit B3:
Using biology
1 hour exam
Unit BCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning
Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20 Unit B1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Biology revision guide
ISBN 978 1 84762 606 6
Collins Biology revision guide
and workbook:
ISBN 978 0 00752 792 2
EDEXCEL website:
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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BUSINESS STUDIES
Exam Board: EDEXCEL GCSE Business
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1:Introduction To Small Business
45 Minute multiple choice exam paper – revision notes from Year 10.
Unit 2: Controlled Assessment/Course Work
Should be complete and submitted to class teacher.
Unit 3: Building A Business
1 Hour 30 exam paper – longer word answers.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions available on Tuesdays in Y9.
One-to-ones also available by invitation.
Specific Revision
Covering all of Unit 1 and Unit 3 with students through questioning and
revision exercises. Sessions are designed to be student focused.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Revise EDEXCEL GCSE Business Revision Guide: Units 1, 3 & 5 (EDEXCEL)
CGP GCSE Business Studies: The Revision Guide
Booster/Revision booklets available from DJN in Y11.
GCSE Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82
EDEXCEL: http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/Business/
Business/Pages/default.aspx
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CATERING
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Assessment task (split into 20% and 40%).
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students to arrange with Mrs Maunder for after school session
in P9, P10 and G21.
Coursework Catch up is offered.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Revision guide already given to all students. With exemplar material.
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GCSE CHEMISTRY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit C1: Chemistry in our world
1 hour exam
Unit C2: Discovering chemistry
1 hour exam
Unit C3: Chemistry in action
1 hour exam
Unit CCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20
Unit C1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Chemistry revision guide ISBN 978 1 84762 618 9
Collins Chemistry revision guide and workbook ISBN 978 0 00752 793 9
EDEXCEL website:
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
NT Moodle: GCSE Science http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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COMPUTING / COMPUTER SCIENCE
Exam Board: OCR (J275 from 2012)
Course content/breakdown:
A451 – Computer Systems and Programming (40%, one written exam)
A452 – Practical Investigation (30%, 20 hour controlled assessment)
A453 – Programming Project (30%, 20 hour controlled assessment)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are welcome to spend time in Y16 on any day after school (by prior arrangement)
to work on either of their controlled assessments or work on past paper questions / cover
any material they feel unhappy with.
Students should be spending time revising the course material from their books/textbooks
and regularly accessing the past paper questions and mark schemes on the OCR website(s).
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Students can get all past paper material from ocr.org.uk/computing
There are revision websites available with a whole range of different
resources:
www.codeacademy.com (mostly helpful for A453)
www.mfraser.org (registration is required and tasks about 24 hours, but it’s free)
www.learningcomputing.co.uk
www.teach-ict.com
www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z34k7ty
www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org
www.cambridge.org/gcse-computing/revision-worksheets/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444193848
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/095714024X
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DANCE
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
20% written paper (50 marks)
20% Set Study (30 marks)
20% Performance in a group (30 marks)
15% Solo Composition based on a work (20)
25% Choreography (40 marks)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After School Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday (practical).
Friday Lunchtime (theory)
After school sessions will focus on practical coursework (performance in a group,
set study, solo composition and choreography).
Lunchtime sessions will focus on the written paper and exam technique.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.aqa.org.uk/
Dance/past papers and marks schemes.
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DRAMA
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 – Exploration of a theme or issue 30%
Unit 2 – Exploration of a play 30%
Unit 3 - Performance Exam – 40%
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions can be arranged with the teacher on Tues Wed Thurs
and Fri to work on the written work for unit 1 and unit 2 in The Hex.
Students can also book in to rehearse after school in the Hex.
Learning lines will become a key focus as they work on unit 3.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
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DT FOOD
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
P9 and G21 students to arrange with LMN. Mon to Thursday. Catch up is
offered.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
Shared Area for Resources in DT Folder.
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DT GRAPHICS
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are able to drop in any day after school for NAC.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Moodle revision resource for exam is on NT Moodle website. It is
fully interactive and has practice questions. Lonsdale guide is available upon
request.
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DT RESISTANT MATERIALS
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students can attend Mr Vittle practical session tutoring on
Wednesday after school.
Coursework mentoring is offered at lunchtimes in G21, P17.
Please see your RM Teacher to arrange.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Moodle revision resource for exam is on NT Moodle website. It is
fully interactive and has practice questions. Lonsdale guide is available upon
request.
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ENGINEERING
Exam Board: EDEXCEL BTEC
Course content/breakdown:
25% Exam
75% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Unit 1 Revision Thursday after school for re-take.
Unit 2 – Machining courses to run on Saturdays to be arranged
with Mr Cilia.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.edexcel.org.uk/btec
Revision on Moodle is available with practice exam questions and interactive
information.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Exam Board: OCR Lang and Lit: 11Y1; 11Y2; 11Z
Course content/breakdown:
OCR Lang: 60% written exam
40% Controlled Assessment
OCR Lit: 25% Controlled Assessment
75% written exam
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Tuesday after school: Coursework and Controlled
Assessment improvement Jan-Feb
Exam revision: Feb - May
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
OCR Lit: http://www.shmoop.com/
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ENGLISH iGCSE
Exam Board: : iGCSE: All classes except 11Y1; 11Y2; 11Z
Course content/breakdown:
40% Written coursework
20% Speaking and Listening Assessment
40% Written exam
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Tuesday after school: Coursework and Controlled
Assessment improvement Jan-Feb
Exam revision: Feb - May
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
iGCSE: http://tinyurl.com/n9wg6sk
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ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Exam Board: OCR
Course content/breakdown:
12 Topics 6 x Philosophy and 6 x Ethics. (Belief in Deity, End of Life, Spiritual
Experience, Religion and Science, Reason and Revelation, Good and Evil, Human
Relationships, Wealth and Poverty, Medical Ethics, Religion and the Media,
Religion and Equality, Peace and Justice)
Student will sit 4 exams in the summer. 2 x Philosophy (B601 and B602) 2 x
Ethics (B603 and B604) Each exam is 1 hour.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Wednesday Lunchtimes
TEF in M13 = Aim for an A*. Stretch your exam responses further.
CKB in M11 = Past Papers/ Exam Technique
Content will also be completed by February Half Term so there will be plenty of
time in lessons to revise and practise exam technique.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
www.ocr.org.uk/religiousstudies
BBC Bitesize – Religious Studies
Revision Guides are also available form CKB for £2
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GEOGRAPHY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL Geography B
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 Dynamic Planet (Physical Geography) Tuesday 19th May (AM) 1 hour 15 mins
1.1 Restless Earth
1.4 Water World
1.2 Changing Climate 1.5 Coastal Change and Conflict
1.3 Battle for the Biosphere
1.8 Extreme Environments
Unit 2 People and the Planet (Human Geography) Wednesday 3rd June (PM) 1 hour 15 mins
2.1 Population Dynamics
2.4 Development Dilemmas
2.2 Consuming Resources
2.6 Changing Settlements in the UK
2.3 Globalisation
2.7 The Challenges of an Urban World
Unit 3 Making Geographical Decisions Tuesday 9th June (AM) 1 hour 30 mins
Skills and decision making exam based on core topics 1 – 4 in Units 1 and 2. Resource booklet (previously unseen) provided in exam.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Tuesdays after school will be intervention
for focus groups.
Wednesdays after school are open to
anyone.
Students are expected to revise the topic
prior to attending the sessions and the
sessions will be based on exam technique
and questions for each topic. Saturday
sessions for revision prior to exams,
and compulsory Decision Making Exam
preparation morning for all candidates
Monday 8th June.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
My Revision Notes: Edexcel B GCSE Geography Second Edition
AVAILABLE FROM GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT FOR ONLY £6
Revise Edexcel:
Edexcel GCSE Geography B Evolving Planet Revision Workbook
Please note this is a WORKBOOK
(contains practice questions and model answers for all units of study)
AVAILABLE FROM GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT FOR ONLY £1
All the geography lesson materials, worksheets, video clips and detailed revision notes and activities are on
Moodle http://moodle.tretherras.net/moodle/
Go to GEOGRAPHY KEY STAGE 4 enrol on all units 1.1 to 2.7
BBC Bitesize is also a useful revision tool but not specific to our exam board http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
gcsebitesize/geography/
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HISTORY
Exam Board: : OCR Modern World
Course content/breakdown:
Paper 1: International Relations 1945-1975:
o
Origins of the Cold War
o
Cuban Missile Crisis
o
Vietnam 1965-1975
2 hour exam
USA Depth Study
o
The Roaring Twenties and the economic boom
o
Prohibition and intolerance
o
Wall Street Crash: Causes and Consequences
o
FDR and the New Deal
Paper 2:
Source Based exam
1½ hour exam
British Depth Study 1906-1918
o
Female Suffrage
o
Liberal reforms
o
Britain and the home front
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions available on Tuesdays in Y9.
One-to-ones also available by invitation.
Revision sessions will be topic specific on a rolling basis. Students will have the
opportunity to attend a revision session twice.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
OCR Modern World Revision book, Ben Walsh
Available from History department £5
Podcasts to become available for all students
Some relevant websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/
http://www.johndclare.net/
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GCSE ICT
Exam Board: : EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 – The Online World (External Exam 40%)
Unit 2 – Using Digital Tools (Controlled Assessment 60%)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are welcome to spend time in N3/N4 on any day after school (by prior
arrangement) to work on either of their controlled assessments or work on past paper
questions / cover any material they feel unhappy with.
Students should be spending time revising the course material from their books/textbooks
and regularly accessing the past paper questions and mark schemes on the OCR website(s).
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Revise EDEXCEL GCSE ICT – Revision Guide £3.99
(Pearson 9781446903872)
EDEXCEL GCSE ICT – Student Book £22.50
(Pearson 9781846906145)
http://getrevising.co.uk/revision-tests/edexcel_gcse_ict_revision
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/revision/
http://tinyurl.com/ltd7wn9
http://tinyurl.com/k26flx6
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LANGUAGES
Exam Board: : EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Key topic areas are: Out and about, Education work and future plans, customer
services and transactions and personal information.
30% Written coursework: Submit 2 pieces of 200+ words produced in
controlled conditions ( All students should have completed at least one to date
and will complete a 2nd around Easter)
30% Speaking assessments: Submit 2 recordings of 4minutes tested in
controlled conditions. All students should have completed at least 1 to date
and will be completing another this half term
20% Reading: Tested in the summer exams- exercises based on all the
course topics
20% Listening: Tested in the summer exams- exercises based on all the
course topics
Students will make a guided choice in their tier of entry for each of the summer
papers.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Revision sessions are held on specific Monday and Thursday evenings Higher tier Monday and Foundation tier Thursday.
Individual staff may also offer additional sessions.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Students are encouraged to purchase an EDEXCEL workbook and revision
guide through school at £2.50per book. In addition each student has an
individual username to work on vocabexpress.com which they should be
doing on a weekly basis.
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MATHEMATICS
Exam Board: OCR – Mathematics B, J567 (from 2012)
Course content/breakdown:
Students will either sit the Foundation or the Higher paper, they should know
which paper they are due to be sitting.
Foundation students are able to achieve grades from C down to a G.
Higher students are able to achieve grades from A* down to an E.
Full details of the course content can be found at:
www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82549-specification.pdf
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Wednesday afterschool is Year 11 revision time for Maths.
Sessions are run by a pupil’s class teacher.
All students are welcome.
Some students will be personally invited by their teacher to attend specific
sessions to focus on an identified weakness.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
www.ocr.org.uk – here you can download past papers and mark schemes.
www.mymaths.co.uk – here you can complete questions on specific topics
and there are lessons to support independent learning.
www.cgpbooks.co.uk – new interactive revision tool, MathsBuster, available
from school for £5.
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MUSIC
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 Listening and Appraising: 20%
Unit 2 Composing and Appraising: 20%
Unit 3 Performing 40%
Unit 4 Composing 20%
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
SPRING TERM
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Composition room V5
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Targeted intervention V5
SUMMER TERM
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Listening and Appraising in V8
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Targeted intervention V5
NB If a student cannot make Tuesdays it is expected that they will arrange another
day with their music teacher to work on their coursework.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
BBC Bitesize/music
www.musictheory.net
CGP revision book
Tretherras Areas of Study book (blue)
Tretherras Areas of Study book (pink).
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 3 – Theory Content examined through a 1 ½ hour written paper (40%
of final mark)
Unit 4 – Practical Content examined through 4 practical assessments, which
can be a variety of roles and one piece of analysis coursework (KPC) (60% of
final mark)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Monday lunchtime revision sessions run in N5.
Staff are also available to support students at other times.
Please speak to individual staff to arrange.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
AQA GCSE PE My Revision Notes – Kirk Bizley
www.aqa.org.uk – exam board website which contains past paper questions
and mark schemes and other information of the exam
www.bbc.co.uk/education - revision ideas and activities
www.s-cool.co.uk – revision ideas and activities
www.teachpe.com – revision ideas and activities
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GCSE PHYSICS
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit P1: Universal physics
1 hour exam
Unit P2: Physics for your future
1 hour exam
Unit P3: Applications of physics
1 hour exam
Unit PCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning
Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20
Unit P1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Physics revision guide ISBN 978 1 84762 630 1
Collins Physics revision guide and workbook ISBN 978 0 00752 794 6
EDEXCEL website:
EDEXCEL past papers:
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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DT TEXTILES
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students to arrange with Ms Ollerenshaw for coursework
catch up. Practical sessions help is on offer from Jan to March
by arrangement in P8.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
Lonsdale guide is recommended and the internet links to BBC website.
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REVISION TECHNIQUES
Below is a list of possible REVISION TECHNIQUES, read each one and decide if it would suit a Visual,
Auditory or Kinaesthetic Learner. Then tick if you have already tried it or of you are going to give it a try.
REVISION TECHNIQUE
INDEX CARDS: keywords can be written on index cards to
summarise a topic or process. On the other side a coloured visual or
symbol of some sort can be used to aid recall.
POST-ITS: stick post-it notes with keywords on. Order and reorder to learn sequences!
POSTERS: dramatic and colourful posters, which summarise
important content that can be placed at eye level.
REVIEW TO MUSIC: an enjoyable and easy way to memorise
essential summary information. Choose music with 60-70 beats per
minute is good for helping long-term memory.
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE: Part of text or summarise Key
points spoken aloud can help with recall, particularly if voices are
outrageous!
GET A MANAGER: get someone other than a teacher to listen,
test or question you at a pre-agreed time.
WALKABOUT: memorise new information in unusual places/
location. Revise different chapters in different rooms. Put index
cards on the floor in sequence to walk between.
RAPS, RHYTHM or RHYMNE: put something in verse or to
music and make it rhyme and it becomes easier to remember. Good
for dates/mathematical tables/formulae etc.
VISUALISATION: make it bold, colourful, moving. Attach it to a
person, place or object. Store it as a picture in the upper visual field
- should be able to ‘see’ it there when you need to.
RIDICULOUS APPLICATIONS: R.I.N.G – Relevant,
Interesting, Naughty, Giggle. Take information out of context and
give it a ridiculous application to help it stick.
HIGHLIGHTER PEN: highlight keywords and information, this
makes keywords stand out when reviewing information.
MEMORY MAPS: Memory maps can be added to, shared, built
up. Memory maps connect the left and the right brain.
FACES AND PLACES: Attach information to a familiar place
or face you know really well. In re-calling the face or place the
information accompanies it!
BUILD MAPS: Produce a summary map and place all over your
wall. Combine memory maps, flow charts, key-words.
INSIST LISTS: lists of essential information placed on pockethandy cards and kept with you at all times.
Visual
Have
Auditory
Already
Kinaesthetic Tried
Will
Try!
GCSE ADDITIONAL SCIENCE
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit B2:
Influences on life
1 hour exam
Unit C2:
The components of life
1 hour exam
Unit P2:
Using biology
1 hour exam
Unit SCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30 Rooms S7 and S8
Independent, supported science revision.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Collins Biology revision guide
ISBN 978 1 4469 0265 3
EDEXCEL website:
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/
GCSE-science-2011/Pages/default.aspx
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/
GCSE-science-2011/Pages/The-exams.aspx
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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ART
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Coursework: 2 Units of work 60% marks. Produced in class and
homework time during year 10 and 11.
Exam: 1 unit of work 40% marks. 10 weeks of preparation, starting 1st
February in year 11concluding in a 10 hour practical exam sat over 2 days.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Studio time 3.00-4.30
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
N/A
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GCSE BIOLOGY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit B1:
Influences on life
1 hour exam
Unit B2:
The components of life
1 hour exam
Unit B3:
Using biology
1 hour exam
Unit BCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning
Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20 Unit B1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Biology revision guide
ISBN 978 1 84762 606 6
Collins Biology revision guide
and workbook:
ISBN 978 0 00752 792 2
EDEXCEL website:
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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BUSINESS STUDIES
Exam Board: EDEXCEL GCSE Business
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1:Introduction To Small Business
45 Minute multiple choice exam paper – revision notes from Year 10.
Unit 2: Controlled Assessment/Course Work
Should be complete and submitted to class teacher.
Unit 3: Building A Business
1 Hour 30 exam paper – longer word answers.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions available on Tuesdays in Y9.
One-to-ones also available by invitation.
Specific Revision
Covering all of Unit 1 and Unit 3 with students through questioning and
revision exercises. Sessions are designed to be student focused.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Revise EDEXCEL GCSE Business Revision Guide: Units 1, 3 & 5 (EDEXCEL)
CGP GCSE Business Studies: The Revision Guide
Booster/Revision booklets available from DJN in Y11.
GCSE Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82
EDEXCEL:
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/Business/
Business/Pages/default.aspx
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CATERING
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Assessment task (split into 20% and 40%).
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students to arrange with Mrs Maunder for after school session
in P9, P10 and G21.
Coursework Catch up is offered.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Revision guide already given to all students. With exemplar material.
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GCSE CHEMISTRY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit C1: Chemistry in our world
1 hour exam
Unit C2: Discovering chemistry
1 hour exam
Unit C3: Chemistry in action
1 hour exam
Unit CCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20
Unit C1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Chemistry revision guide
ISBN 978 1 84762 618 9
Collins Chemistry revision guide and workbook
ISBN 978 0 00752 793 9
EDEXCEL website:
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
EDEXCEL past papers:
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
NT Moodle: GCSE Science http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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COMPUTING / COMPUTER SCIENCE
Exam Board: OCR (J275 from 2012)
Course content/breakdown:
A451 – Computer Systems and Programming (40%, one written exam)
A452 – Practical Investigation (30%, 20 hour controlled assessment)
A453 – Programming Project (30%, 20 hour controlled assessment)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are welcome to spend time in Y16 on any day after school (by prior arrangement)
to work on either of their controlled assessments or work on past paper questions / cover
any material they feel unhappy with.
Students should be spending time revising the course material from their books/textbooks
and regularly accessing the past paper questions and mark schemes on the OCR website(s).
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Students can get all past paper material from ocr.org.uk/computing
There are revision websites available with a whole range of different
resources:
www.codeacademy.com (mostly helpful for A453)
www.mfraser.org (registration is required and tasks about 24 hours, but it’s free)
www.learningcomputing.co.uk
www.teach-ict.com
www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z34k7ty
www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org
www.cambridge.org/gcse-computing/revision-worksheets/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444193848
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/095714024X
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DANCE
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
20% written paper (50 marks)
20% Set Study (30 marks)
20% Performance in a group (30 marks)
15% Solo Composition based on a work (20)
25% Choreography (40 marks)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After School Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday (practical).
Friday Lunchtime (theory)
After school sessions will focus on practical coursework (performance in a group,
set study, solo composition and choreography).
Lunchtime sessions will focus on the written paper and exam technique.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.aqa.org.uk/
Dance/past papers and marks schemes.
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DRAMA
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 – Exploration of a theme or issue 30%
Unit 2 – Exploration of a play 30%
Unit 3 - Performance Exam – 40%
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions can be arranged with the teacher on Tues Wed Thurs
and Fri to work on the written work for unit 1 and unit 2 in The Hex.
Students can also book in to rehearse after school in the Hex.
Learning lines will become a key focus as they work on unit 3.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
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DT FOOD
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
P9 and G21 students to arrange with LMN. Mon to Thursday. Catch up is
offered.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
Shared Area for Resources in DT Folder.
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DT GRAPHICS
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are able to drop in any day after school for NAC.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Moodle revision resource for exam is on NT Moodle website. It is
fully interactive and has practice questions. Lonsdale guide is available upon
request.
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DT RESISTANT MATERIALS
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students can attend Mr Vittle practical session tutoring on
Wednesday after school.
Coursework mentoring is offered at lunchtimes in G21, P17.
Please see your RM Teacher to arrange.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
WJEC Moodle revision resource for exam is on NT Moodle website. It is
fully interactive and has practice questions. Lonsdale guide is available upon
request.
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ENGINEERING
Exam Board: EDEXCEL BTEC
Course content/breakdown:
25% Exam
75% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Unit 1 Revision Thursday after school for re-take.
Unit 2 – Machining courses to run on Saturdays to be arranged
with Mr Cilia.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.edexcel.org.uk/btec
Revision on Moodle is available with practice exam questions and interactive
information.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Exam Board: OCR Lang and Lit: 11Y1; 11Y2; 11Z
Course content/breakdown:
OCR Lang:
60% written exam
40% Controlled Assessment
OCR Lit:
25% Controlled Assessment
75% written exam
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Tuesday after school: Coursework and Controlled
Assessment improvement Jan-Feb
Exam revision: Feb - May
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
OCR Lit:
http://www.shmoop.com/
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ENGLISH iGCSE
Exam Board: : iGCSE: All classes except 11Y1; 11Y2; 11Z
Course content/breakdown:
40% Written coursework
20% Speaking and Listening Assessment
40% Written exam
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Tuesday after school: Coursework and Controlled
Assessment improvement Jan-Feb
Exam revision: Feb - May
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
iGCSE: http://tinyurl.com/n9wg6sk
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ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Exam Board: OCR
Course content/breakdown:
12 Topics 6 x Philosophy and 6 x Ethics. (Belief in Deity, End of Life, Spiritual
Experience, Religion and Science, Reason and Revelation, Good and Evil, Human
Relationships, Wealth and Poverty, Medical Ethics, Religion and the Media,
Religion and Equality, Peace and Justice)
Student will sit 4 exams in the summer. 2 x Philosophy (B601 and B602) 2 x
Ethics (B603 and B604) Each exam is 1 hour.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Wednesday Lunchtimes
TEF in M13 = Aim for an A*. Stretch your exam responses further.
CKB in M11 = Past Papers/ Exam Technique
Content will also be completed by February Half Term so there will be plenty of
time in lessons to revise and practise exam technique.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
www.ocr.org.uk/religiousstudies
BBC Bitesize – Religious Studies
Revision Guides are also available form CKB for £2
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GEOGRAPHY
Exam Board: EDEXCEL Geography B
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 Dynamic Planet (Physical Geography) Tuesday 19th May (AM) 1 hour 15 mins
1.1 Restless Earth
1.4 Water World
1.2 Changing Climate
1.5 Coastal Change and Conflict
1.3 Battle for the Biosphere
1.8 Extreme Environments
Unit 2 People and the Planet (Human Geography) Wednesday 3rd June (PM) 1 hour 15 mins
2.1 Population Dynamics
2.4 Development Dilemmas
2.2 Consuming Resources
2.6 Changing Settlements in the UK
2.3 Globalisation
2.7 The Challenges of an Urban World
Unit 3 Making Geographical Decisions Tuesday 9th June (AM) 1 hour 30 mins
Skills and decision making exam based on core topics 1 – 4 in Units 1 and 2. Resource booklet (previously unseen) provided in exam.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Tuesdays after school will be intervention
for focus groups.
Wednesdays after school are open to
anyone.
Students are expected to revise the topic
prior to attending the sessions and the
sessions will be based on exam technique
and questions for each topic. Saturday
sessions for revision prior to exams,
and compulsory Decision Making Exam
preparation morning for all candidates
Monday 8th June.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
My Revision Notes: Edexcel B GCSE Geography Second Edition
AVAILABLE FROM GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT FOR ONLY £6
Revise Edexcel:
Edexcel GCSE Geography B Evolving Planet Revision Workbook
Please note this is a WORKBOOK
(contains practice questions and model answers for all units of study)
AVAILABLE FROM GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT FOR ONLY £1
All the geography lesson materials, worksheets, video clips and detailed revision notes and activities are on
Moodle http://moodle.tretherras.net/moodle/
Go to GEOGRAPHY KEY STAGE 4 enrol on all units 1.1 to 2.7
BBC Bitesize is also a useful revision tool but not specific to our exam board http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
gcsebitesize/geography/
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HISTORY
Exam Board: : OCR Modern World
Course content/breakdown:
Paper 1:
International Relations 1945-1975:
o
Origins of the Cold War
o
Cuban Missile Crisis
o
Vietnam 1965-1975
2 hour exam
USA Depth Study
o
The Roaring Twenties and the economic boom
o
Prohibition and intolerance
o
Wall Street Crash: Causes and Consequences
o
FDR and the New Deal
Paper 2:
Source Based exam
1½ hour exam
British Depth Study 1906-1918
o
Female Suffrage
o
Liberal reforms
o
Britain and the home front
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
After school sessions available on Tuesdays in Y9.
One-to-ones also available by invitation.
Revision sessions will be topic specific on a rolling basis. Students will have the
opportunity to attend a revision session twice.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
OCR Modern World Revision book, Ben Walsh
Available from History department £5
Podcasts to become available for all students
Some relevant websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/
http://www.johndclare.net/
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GCSE ICT
Exam Board: : EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 – The Online World (External Exam 40%)
Unit 2 – Using Digital Tools (Controlled Assessment 60%)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students are welcome to spend time in N3/N4 on any day after school (by prior
arrangement) to work on either of their controlled assessments or work on past paper
questions / cover any material they feel unhappy with.
Students should be spending time revising the course material from their books/textbooks
and regularly accessing the past paper questions and mark schemes on the OCR website(s).
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Revise EDEXCEL GCSE ICT – Revision Guide £3.99
(Pearson 9781446903872)
EDEXCEL GCSE ICT – Student Book £22.50
(Pearson 9781846906145)
http://getrevising.co.uk/revision-tests/edexcel_gcse_ict_revision
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/revision/
http://tinyurl.com/ltd7wn9
http://tinyurl.com/k26flx6
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LANGUAGES
Exam Board: : EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Key topic areas are: Out and about, Education work and future plans, customer
services and transactions and personal information.
30% Written coursework: Submit 2 pieces of 200+ words produced in
controlled conditions ( All students should have completed at least one to date
and will complete a 2nd around Easter)
30% Speaking assessments: Submit 2 recordings of 4minutes tested in
controlled conditions. All students should have completed at least 1 to date
and will be completing another this half term
20% Reading: Tested in the summer exams- exercises based on all the
course topics
20% Listening: Tested in the summer exams- exercises based on all the
course topics
Students will make a guided choice in their tier of entry for each of the summer
papers.
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Revision sessions are held on specific Monday and Thursday evenings Higher tier Monday and Foundation tier Thursday.
Individual staff may also offer additional sessions.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Students are encouraged to purchase an EDEXCEL workbook and revision
guide through school at £2.50per book. In addition each student has an
individual username to work on vocabexpress.com which they should be
doing on a weekly basis.
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MATHEMATICS
Exam Board: OCR – Mathematics B, J567 (from 2012)
Course content/breakdown:
Students will either sit the Foundation or the Higher paper, they should know
which paper they are due to be sitting.
Foundation students are able to achieve grades from C down to a G.
Higher students are able to achieve grades from A* down to an E.
Full details of the course content can be found at:
www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82549-specification.pdf
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Wednesday afterschool is Year 11 revision time for Maths.
Sessions are run by a pupil’s class teacher.
All students are welcome.
Some students will be personally invited by their teacher to attend specific
sessions to focus on an identified weakness.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
www.ocr.org.uk – here you can download past papers and mark schemes.
www.mymaths.co.uk – here you can complete questions on specific topics
and there are lessons to support independent learning.
www.cgpbooks.co.uk – new interactive revision tool, MathsBuster, available
from school for £5.
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MUSIC
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 1 Listening and Appraising: 20%
Unit 2 Composing and Appraising: 20%
Unit 3 Performing 40%
Unit 4 Composing 20%
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
SPRING TERM
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Composition room V5
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Targeted intervention V5
SUMMER TERM
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Listening and Appraising in V8
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.30 - Targeted intervention V5
NB If a student cannot make Tuesdays it is expected that they will arrange another
day with their music teacher to work on their coursework.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
BBC Bitesize/music
www.musictheory.net
CGP revision book
Tretherras Areas of Study book (blue)
Tretherras Areas of Study book (pink).
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Exam Board: AQA
Course content/breakdown:
Unit 3 – Theory Content examined through a 1 ½ hour written paper (40%
of final mark)
Unit 4 – Practical Content examined through 4 practical assessments, which
can be a variety of roles and one piece of analysis coursework (KPC) (60% of
final mark)
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Monday lunchtime revision sessions run in N5.
Staff are also available to support students at other times.
Please speak to individual staff to arrange.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
AQA GCSE PE My Revision Notes – Kirk Bizley
www.aqa.org.uk – exam board website which contains past paper questions
and mark schemes and other information of the exam
www.bbc.co.uk/education - revision ideas and activities
www.s-cool.co.uk – revision ideas and activities
www.teachpe.com – revision ideas and activities
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GCSE PHYSICS
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
Course content/breakdown:
Unit P1: Universal physics
1 hour exam
Unit P2: Physics for your future
1 hour exam
Unit P3: Applications of physics
1 hour exam
Unit PCA: Controlled assessment
Completed in class
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Every Thursday, 15:00 to 16:30
Independent, supported science revision
Every third Monday morning
Room S8, 08:00 to 08:20
Unit P1 revision
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
CGP Physics revision guide ISBN 978 1 84762 630 1
Collins Physics revision guide and workbook ISBN 978 0 00752 794 6
EDEXCEL website:
EDEXCEL past papers:
NT Moodle: GCSE Science
http://is.gd/edexcelgcsescience
http://is.gd/edexcelpastpapers
http://is.gd/NTgcsescience
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DT TEXTILES
Exam Board: WJEC
Course content/breakdown:
40% Exam
60% Coursework
REVISION CLASSES/TIMETABLES
Students to arrange with Ms Ollerenshaw for coursework
catch up. Practical sessions help is on offer from Jan to March
by arrangement in P8.
REVISION GUIDES/WEBSITES
Website: www.wjec.co.uk
Lonsdale guide is recommended and the internet links to BBC website.
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REVISION TECHNIQUES
Below is a list of possible REVISION TECHNIQUES, read each one and decide if it would suit a Visual,
Auditory or Kinaesthetic Learner. Then tick if you have already tried it or of you are going to give it a try.
REVISION TECHNIQUE
INDEX CARDS: keywords can be written on index cards to
summarise a topic or process. On the other side a coloured visual or
symbol of some sort can be used to aid recall.
POST-ITS: stick post-it notes with keywords on. Order and reorder to learn sequences!
POSTERS: dramatic and colourful posters, which summarise
important content that can be placed at eye level.
REVIEW TO MUSIC: an enjoyable and easy way to memorise
essential summary information. Choose music with 60-70 beats per
minute is good for helping long-term memory.
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE: Part of text or summarise Key
points spoken aloud can help with recall, particularly if voices are
outrageous!
GET A MANAGER: get someone other than a teacher to listen,
test or question you at a pre-agreed time.
WALKABOUT: memorise new information in unusual places/
location. Revise different chapters in different rooms. Put index
cards on the floor in sequence to walk between.
RAPS, RHYTHM or RHYMNE: put something in verse or to
music and make it rhyme and it becomes easier to remember. Good
for dates/mathematical tables/formulae etc.
VISUALISATION: make it bold, colourful, moving. Attach it to a
person, place or object. Store it as a picture in the upper visual field
- should be able to ‘see’ it there when you need to.
RIDICULOUS APPLICATIONS: R.I.N.G – Relevant,
Interesting, Naughty, Giggle. Take information out of context and
give it a ridiculous application to help it stick.
HIGHLIGHTER PEN: highlight keywords and information, this
makes keywords stand out when reviewing information.
MEMORY MAPS: Memory maps can be added to, shared, built
up. Memory maps connect the left and the right brain.
FACES AND PLACES: Attach information to a familiar place
or face you know really well. In re-calling the face or place the
information accompanies it!
BUILD MAPS: Produce a summary map and place all over your
wall. Combine memory maps, flow charts, key-words.
INSIST LISTS: lists of essential information placed on pockethandy cards and kept with you at all times.
Visual
Have
Auditory
Already
Kinaesthetic Tried
Will
Try!