Year 10 GCSE Parents Information Evening
Year 10 / 11 Curriculum Core: English, English Lit, Maths, Science Foundation: 3 Options + GCSE RE Non Examination: PE + Citizenship
School Performance measures 5+ Basics Eng Lang/Lit + Maths Progress/Attainment 8 English/Maths % 5+ Ebacc %
Attainment 8 / Progress 8 English & Maths Double weighted Ebacc qualifications: Sciences, Computer Science, History, Geography, Languages Remaining qualifications: Ebacc subjects, approved GCSEs, approved vocational qualifications Attainment 8 Uses 0, 1 8 Scale Total Points divided by 10 Shown as a grade e.g. B+ Progress 8 Value-Added Calculation Difference between each pupil s Attainment 8 score and the national average for pupils with same KS2 score
Fine grading Mock exams = Pre Public Exams (PPEs) Exam Concessions
English at Key Stage 4
Overview WJEC Eduqas English Language and English Literature GCSE Assessed entirely by 100% end of course exam Numerical grading 1-9
Eduqas Language GCSE Unit 1-1 hour 45 minutes (40%) Comprehension and analysis of a 20 th century fiction extract Creative writing task. Unit 2-2 hours (60%) Comprehension and analysis of a 21 st century nonfiction text and a 19 th century non-fiction text Two functional writing tasks (letters, leaflets, reviews etc).
Eduqas Language GCSE Compulsory speaking and listening presentation - Pass/ merit/ distinction - Must be completed in order to fulfil the course - Filmed and sent to the exam board - DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO FINAL GRADE - Mark appears on certificate
Eduqas Literature GCSE Unit 1 2 hours (40%) Much Ado About Nothing extract and essay Two questions based on poems from the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology Unit 2 2 hours and 30 minutes (60%) Lord of the Flies essay A Christmas Carol essay Unseen 20 th /21 st century poetry
Revision guides English Language workbook - 2.75 Much Ado About Nothing revision guide - 6 Lord of the Flies revision guide - 2.75 A Christmas Carol revision guide - 2.75
Mathematics at the Vyne It s all about effort
Mathematics at the Vyne Exams
Mathematics at the Vyne GCSE Maths Edexcel GCSE Statistics Edexcel Level 2 Further Maths - AQA
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Science 2018/19 exams AQA Trilogy and Separate Sciences
Trilogy Assessment 2 GCSE s Six exams in total, equally weighted. Exams are 1 hour 30 minutes in duration 2 Biology exams 2 Chemistry exams 2 Physics exams
Triple Science (Separate Science) 3 GCSE s Six exams in total, equally weighted. Exams are 1 hour 45 minutes in duration 2 Biology exams 2 Chemistry exams 2 Physics exams
No coursework Assessment No exam support material apart from a Periodic table and a limited equations sheet. 28 set practicals
Biology Cell biology Paper 1 Organisation Infection and response Bioenergetics Homeostasis and response Paper 2 Inheritance, variation and evolution Ecology Key Ideas (Biology Only)
Chemistry Atomic structure and the periodic table Paper 1 Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter Quantitative chemistry Chemical changes Energy changes The rate and extent of chemical change Paper 2 Organic chemistry Chemical analysis Chemistry of the atmosphere Using resources
Physics Energy Paper 1 Electricity Particle model of matter Atomic structure Forces Paper 2 Waves Magnetism and electromagnetism Space Physics (Physics Only)