Year 10 Revision
English
The English language exam for year 10 is unseen but they can revise the features of different
styles of writing (writing to inform, persuade, argue and describe)
Sets 1-3 will need to revise Journey’s End.
Mathematics
Pupils should have been given 2010 GCSE Papers (Non Calculator and Calculator) to
complete using the Collins revision guides. Specific guidelines have been sent through e-mail
suggesting specific topics for revision during the Easter holiday season. Pupils are expected
to follow updated of revision guidelines by accessing their school e-mail account during the
week beginning Monday 31st March 2014. They are required to highlight the topics in the
contents section of Collins revision guide as they practice through these past GCSE papers.
These papers were sent attached in the e-mail and pupils are required to print them out at
home. Inquiries are welcome anytime during the holiday period and every effort will be done
to respond within reasonable time.
Science
Biology module 1
B1.1.1 Diet and exercise
B1.1.2 How our bodies defend themselves against infectious diseases
B1.2.1 The nervous system
B1.2.2 Control in the human body
B1.2.3 Control in plants
B1.3.1 Drugs
B1.4.1 Adaptations
B1.4.2 Environmental change
B1.5.1 Energy in biomass
B1.6.1 Decay processes
B1.6.2 The carbon cycle
B1.7.1 Why organisms are different
B1.7.2 Reproduction
B1.8.1 Evolution
Chemistry module 1
C1.1.1 Atoms
C1.1.2 The periodic table
C1.1.3 Chemical reactions
C1.2.1 Calcium carbonate
C1.3.1 Extracting metals
C1.3.2 Alloys
C1.3.3 Properties and uses of metals
C1.4.1 Crude oil
C1.4.2 Hydrocarbons
C1.4.3 Hydrocarbon fuels
C1.5.1 Obtaining useful substances from crude oil
C1.5.2 Polymers
C1.5.3 Ethanol
C1.6.1 Vegetable oils
C1.6.2 Emulsions
C1.6.3 Saturated and unsaturated oils
C1.7.1 The Earth’s crust
C1.7.2 The Earth’s atmosphere
Physics module 1
P1.1.1 Infrared radiation
P1.1.2 Kinetic theory
P1.1.3 Energy transfer by heating
P1.1.4 Heating and insulating buildings
P1.2.1 Energy transfers and efficiency
P1.3.1 Transferring electrical energy
P1.4.1 Generating electricity
P1.4.2 The National Grid
RE
AQA Syllabus B Unit 2 – Revise all topics.
TOPIC ONE – Animal Rights
 Uses of animals e.g. sport – guide dogs etc.
 Animal experiments
 Eating meat Vs. Vegetarianism
 Blood sports
 Should animals have rights?
 Zoos and Safari parks
 Religious attitudes to animals
 Quotes and keywords
TOPIC TWO – Prejudice
 What is prejudice/ discrimination?
 What causes prejudice?
 Law on prejudice
 Sexual/ Racial/ Disability/ sexuality/ age prejudice and discrimination
 Religious attitudes to prejudice
 Responses to prejudice – Gandhi/ Martin Luther King
 Quotes and Key words
TOPIC THREE –Environment
 When did the universe begin – Big bang vs. Creationism
 Modern lifestyles and damage to planet
 Ways to care for the planet
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Destruction of natural habitats
Climate change/ greenhouse effect
Religious attitudes to looking after the planet
Quotes and keywords
TOPIC FOUR – Early Life
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The miracle/gift of life - When does life begin?
Quality of life
What is abortion? What is the law on abortion?
Arguments for and against abortion
Fathers’ rights
Alternatives to abortion
Religious attitudes to when life begins
Religious attitudes to abortion
Quotes and keywords
GCSE PE
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Key concepts and key processes in physical education.
Fundamental movement skills.
Decision making.
Components of fitness.
The importance of a warm-up and cool-down.
The characteristics of skilful movement.
Performance and outcome goals.
Assessing the body’s readiness for exercise and training.
Balanced, healthy lifestyle including the components of diet.
Reasons for participation in sport.
Pathways into sport.
This comprises all of unit B451.
French
Writing
Learn and practise key vocabulary on ‘Là où j’habite’.(10B-LH Group)
Complete preparation work on writing controlled assessment on ‘le sport’ (10C-BDH group)
Reading
Reading practice from the AQA Expo textbook.
Reading and Listening practice from Doddle website.
Revising vocabulary from past papers
Please learn off by heart:
Vocabulary for each unit studied from your Expo TB
Module 1: Moi, pp 26/27
Module 2: Mon temps libre, pp46/47
Module 3: Là où j’habite, pp64/65
Useful Websites:
BBC GCSE Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/
Linguascope
http://www.linguastars.com/
Username: mflpriory, Password: paris
Zut
http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html
Click on Year 10/11 and choose a topic you want to revise.
Spanish
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Learn all Units 1, 5 and 6, vocabulary from your Mira textbook book. Focusing on Unit
7 “Viva Mi Barrio” for our second controlled assessment/.
Reading practice from your Mira textbookpages:182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,
Thorough revision of verb table, pages: 232 & 233(present, past, future and imperfect
tenses).
Prepare unit 9 as independent learning “Nuestro Planeta”
Reading and Listening past papers X2
Reading and listening practice from doddle website
To thoroughly learn your speaking controlled assessment “ Family & Relationships”
Learn your negatives page 220/221
http://www.linguastars.com/
Username: mflpriory, Password: paris
Drama
Revise for the written examination using past exam papers provided.
Revise specific drama terminology from exercise books, as well as update and revise log
book notes for the devised piece and scripted piece ‘Two’. Be 100 percent clear as to the
rehearsal process as well as the success of final performances.
Geography
Changing urban environments
 What is urbanisation?
 How and when did it happen in poor and rich countries?
 The 5 key issues in British cities (traffic/multicultural mix/Inner city/CBD/Housing)
 How can urban living be more sustainable? (with examples)
 A case study for sustainable urban living
 Features of a shanty town and why they exist
 How a shanty town can change and improve over time (with key words and case
study)
 Examples of land, air and water pollution in poor world cities and the solutions to them
The restless earth
 The structure of the Earth
 What happens at plate margins (constructive, destructive, conservative)
 How are fold mountains formed – What are the advantages and disadvantages of fold
mountains?
 How are volcanoes formed (composite and shield)
 The causes and effects of one volcanic eruption (e.g. Nevado del Ruiz / Mt St Helens)
What can be done to reduce the impacts of an eruption?
 What is a supervolcano – what are the potential impacts.
 What causes earthquakes and how can they be managed? Case study Haiti and
Kobe.
 What causes tsunamis? What are their impacts? What can be done to reduce the
impacts?
Water on the land
 The hydrological cycle
 The features of a drainage basin
 Processes of erosion and transportation
 Changes in long and cross profiles downstream
 Landforms resulting from erosion: waterfalls and gorges
 Landforms resulting from erosion and deposition: meanders and ox bow lakes.
 Landforms resulting from deposition: levees.
 Causes and effects of flooding in an MEDC and an LEDC (Boscastle and Bangladesh)
 Management strategies to cope with flooding. (hard and soft engineering)
The Coastal Zone
 The processes of erosion and transportation
 Mass movement and weathering
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All the features of erosion and deposition (beaches, spits, wave cut platforms, stacks,
headlands and bays)
Reasons for cliff collapse
Coastal defence: hard/soft/managed retreat
Holderness case study
Causes and consequences of sea level rise (Thames estuary and London case study)
The sustainable use of a coastal habitat (salt marshes)
History
Topics are:
 Hippocrates and the Four Humours
 Asclepius & what happened at an Asclepion
 Beliefs about illness in the Middle Ages
 Beliefs about illness and treatment in the 19th Century
 Egyptians and public health
 Greeks & Romans – what did they do, and which is more important?
 Galen- Theory of Opposites and overall importance
 The role of religion in the Middle Ages
 Pare, Vesalius, Harvey – what did they do, and who is more important?
 Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
 Solving the problem of bleeding, infection and pain
 Lister and Simpson – what did they do, and who is more important?
Food Technology
Please see topic list at the front of your folder for more detail on each section:
 Design Process
 Product Development
 Product Planning
 Nutrients
 Diet
 Modifying recipes
 Food choice
 Special dietary needs
 Food commodities
 Function of ingredients
 Processes and skills
 Health and Safety
 Product analysis
 Sustainable design
Product Design
 Designing a product influenced by a flowered pattern.
 Renewable and non-renewable materials.
 Smart materials
 Branding
 Manufacturing processes
 Environmental issues and sustainability
 Product development
 Ergonomics and anthropometrics
 Design Movements
 Quality assurance and quality control
Business and Communications Systems
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Motives for starting a business
Main legal structures of a business
Organisational structures
Factors which could affect the success and failure of a business
Uncertainty in business
Customer service
Competition
Legislation; employment law, health and safety at work, consumer protection, data
protection and access to information, copyright and computer misuse and
environmental protection.
Ethics and social responsibility
Procedure for checking internal and external communication
Manual and computer based systems
Input devices
Output devices
Computing devices
Storage devices
Back-up systems
Data security
Systems to support e-commerce