YEAR 11 PARENTS WELCOME We hope you find the information given throughout the evening as well as the advice found within this booklet to be useful in ing your child through their examinations this year Year 11 Pastoral Team REVISION EVENING Thursday 2 November 2017
Pre-Public Examinations Advice from Departments BIOLOGY Use Tassomai for 10-15 minutes each day Highlight words and learn their definitions Past Papers PPE will Paper 1 Topics, specifically: Cell biology (B1 Cell Structure & B2 Cell Division) Organisation (B3 Organisation and the Digestive System & B4 Organising Animals and Plants) Infection and response (B5 Communicable Disease, B6 Preventing and Treating Disease & B7 Non Communicable Disease) Bioenergetics (B8 Photosynthesis & B9 Respiration) Triple: 1 x 1 hour 45 minute papers Combined: 1 x 1 hour 15 minute paper Lists of Terms are available on the SharePoint, and the online Kerboodle textbook has a glossary of terms at the back of the book CGP - GCSE Biology or GCSE Trilogy Combined. Kerboodle Textbook Exam Board: AQA The Student SharePoint contains posters, PowerPoints, links to Kerboodle activities, videos etc Use Tassomai for 10-15 minutes each day. Kerboodle Textbook and Quizzes. BBC Bitesize Clinics run after school, every Wednesday in S4 from 3.10pm - 4.10pm CHEMISTRY Use Tassomai for 5 minutes each day Highlight words and learn their definitions Complete the Kerboodle end of chapter Summary Questions and Practice Questions and the AQA Specimen Papers. 1. Atomic structure, 2. Bonding, structure and properties, 3. Chemical Calculations, 4. Chemical Changes, 5. Energy Changes, 6. Rates of Change, 7. Chemical Analysis Combined science: 1 hour 15 minute paper on chemistry Triple science: 1 hour 45 minute paper on chemistry All students have been sent the glossaries of keywords from each chapter of the textbook to help them learn the keywords. For triple chemistry: New Grade 9-1 GCSE Chemistry: AQA Guide with online edition ( 5.77 on Amazon) For higher combined: New Grade 9-1 GCSE Combined Science: AQA Guide with Edition - Higher ( 9.15 on Amazon s all 3 sciences) For foundation combined: New Grade 9-1 GCSE Combined Science: AQA Guide with Edition - Foundation ( 9.48 on Amazon s all 3 sciences) All students have been sent PowerPoint presentations of most of the required practicals that contain links to videos of the practicals. Charters chemistry website: http://chemistrygcse.edublogs.org/ (contains videos, quizlet quizzes - password: charters)kerboodle.com online textbook (chapters 1-8 and chapter 10). Science clinics are being held every Wednesday on the required practicals. Chemistry clinics will be on Rates (1/11), Temperature changes in reactions (8/11), Electrolysis (15/11) and on 22/11 it will be Apparatus & Equipment (for combined students) or Titration (triple students) (22/11)
PHYSICS Tassomai for 15 minutes every day. Specimen papers available from AQA website Kerboodle checklists 1. Energy 2.Electricity 3.Particle model of matter 4. Atomic structure 5. Forces 6. Waves 7. Magnetism and Electromagnetism 8. Space (Triple only) 2 Papers both 1hr 15 Paper 1 Covers topics 1-4 Paper2 Covers Topics 5-7 CGP Kerboodle Tassomai Currently running based on the required practicals, Focused Topic will follow PHYSICAL EDUCATION Make it active where possible. Chunk information together. Experiment with different ways to find the way that suits you best. Explain concepts to someone else. Use notes made in class and re-write into concept maps. Revisit past exam identify questions that you did not score so well on as well as questions that you scored very well on and compare the difference. Students will be issued with their updated PLCs and all content that will be included in the PPE will be identified in there 2 papers - Paper 1-1 hour 45 mins - main focus on musculoskeletal system and physical training. Paper 2-1 hour 15 mins with the main focus on all content ed in that paper Identify, Explain, Analyse are the main command words. Topic words will be Physical, Mental, Social, Antagonistic muscle pairs, basic/closed/complex skills, Health, exercise, fitness, performance, names of bones, names of muscles, names of joints, types of movement, components of fitness, methods and principles of training Guide - https://www.amazon.co.uk/revise-edexcel-physical-education- /dp/1292135123 Exam question book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/edexcel-physical-education-- Workbook/dp/1292135085/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WGPGXV0Z745 JX1FA1VG7 Text books - can be borrowed from the PE department My PE Exam - website that requires a subscription GCSE Clinic on a Thursday - 3:15pm to 4:15pm in M11. FRENCH Learn vocab little and often. Past papers for Listening and Reading - go to Edexcel.com. Go through after marking, write down and learn unknown vocab. Redo sections of Active Learn previously ed and any you have missed or are not confident with.
Listening: lots of practice past papers, Active Learn Speaking: MODULES 1-6, module by module; make a plan of what to when. For each module, you should: make sure you have d vocabulary linked to that module from the vocabulary pages at the end of each module in the online textbook. practise role-plays and picture cards linked to that module, using the pages below to find the material to. practise the general conversation questions for Modules 1 to 6. Use the end of module pages for Contrôle oral to help you with both the role play and picture based discussion. Reading: lots of practice past papers, Active Learn Writing: use the Contrôle écrit sections at the end of modules 1-6 to help you prepare. Ensure that you know synonyms and families of words. Mind/concept mapping: try breaking down a topic into a web of linked ideas/vocabulary. e.g. holidays; transport, accommodation, activities, weather. Learn your negatives so that you don t get caught out. Remind yourself of different time phrases and tenses so that you are able to identify different sections of a text/recording easily when asked. Listening Paper (25%): HT - 40 mins + 5 mins preparation, FT 30 mins + 5 mins preparation Speaking (25%): HT 10-12 mins + 12 mins preparation Reading Paper (25%): HT 60 mins, FT 45 mins Writing Paper (25%): HT 1h20 mins, FT 1h10 mins Studio GCSE French Edxecel text book and grammar work book Pearson ActiveLearn (online resource) Vocab Express (online resource) SPANISH Learn vocab little and often. Past papers for Listening and Reading - go to Edexcel.com. Go through after marking, write down and learn unknown vocab. Redo sections of Active Learn previously ed and any you have missed or are not confident with. Listening: lots of practice past papers, Active LearnSpeaking: MODULES 1-6, module by module; make a plan of what to when.for each module, you should: make sure you have d vocabulary linked to that module from the vocabulary pages at the end of each module in the online textbook. practise role-plays and picture cards linked to that module, using the pages below to find the material to. practise the general conversation questions for Modules 1 to 6.Use the end of module pages for Prueba oral to help you with both the role play and picture based discussion.reading: lots of practice past papers, Active LearnWriting: use the Prueba Escrita sections at the end of modules 1-6 to help you prepare.ensure that you know synonyms and families of words.mind/concept mapping: try breaking down a topic into a web of linked ideas/vocabulary. e.g. holidays; transport, accommodation, activities, weather.learn your negatives so that you don t get caught out.remind yourself of different time phrases and tenses so that you are able to identify different sections of a text/recording easily when asked. Listening Paper (25%): HT 40 mins + 5 mins preparation, FT 30 mins + 5 mins preparation Speaking (25%): HT 10-12 mins + 12 mins preparation Reading Paper (25%): HT 60 mins, FT 45 mins Writing Paper (25%): HT 1h20 mins, FT 1h10 mins on SharePoint. Use Vocab Express in short bursts, often. Active Learn. Electronic Viva textbook. GEOGRAPHY This depends on your preferred learning style. Make short and regular. Question and answer cards, mind maps, working through student workbooks, bullet point lists all work well. Look through your exercise book and see which topics were your weakest and which were you best. Start with the worst! Make some case study cads. Write information on one side and the answers on the other.
Component One: Global Geographical Issues. Section A - Hazardous Earth; Section B - Development Dynamics; Section C - Challenges of an Urbanising World. Component Two: UK Geographical Issues. Section A - UK Physical Landscape; Section B - UK Human Landscape; Section C - Fieldwork questions. Two papers (components), Both 1hr 30 min long. Component One is Global Geographical Issues, Component Two is UK Geographical Issues. Every topic has a glossary that students fill in as they study each unit. These glossaries can be found in the students exercise books. Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography B Guide by Rob Bircher ISBN: 978-1292133782 5.99. Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography B Cards: with free online by Rob Bircher. ISBN 978-1292182414 9.61 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography B Workbook by Andrea Wood. ISBN 978-1292133768 5.99 BBC Bitesize. PiXL Geography App (available later in November) Three second break clinics, ing exam skills will run during the three weeks preceding the PPEs. clinics will run in the spring term through to the final exams. HISTORY Make it active don t just read through a book Keep to 30 minute slots Use checklist in books to chunk up sections Make flash cards for key words/terms and use them by getting someone to test you. Use webcast and CGP. Also make sure that you start with the topics that you feel less confident with. Unit 1 - Wider World Study this will be the paper examined in the PPE Section A - USA Opportunity and Inequality - 1918-1973 Section B - Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 Unit 2 - British paper Section A - Britain: Health and the People c1000-2000 Section B - Elizabethan England 1568-1603 The PPE will Unit 1 ONLY as not enough of Unit 2 will be ed for this to be part of the examination. This is a 1hr 45min paper and represents 50% of their overall GCSE. Every student has in their exercise book a glossary of key words that they are expected to know and apply. are available to purchase CGP in particular offer good content age of the units and new Oxford books are to be published in December at 5.99 Complete sample papers all on AQA website Refer to Webcasts where SL goes through exam technique for all questions and model answers in 20-30 min videos clinics will run in the spring term, although lessons will be focused on in lead up to PPE Select group of students invited to additional clinics VIth Form history students to provide as part of their community service RELIGIOUS STUDIES Be active don t just read through a book. Use a variety of methods. Keep to 20-30 minute slots. Read text book/exercise book and create detailed mind maps on large paper (A3). Attach to Bedroom wall/ceiling etc so you keep seeing them. Rewrite your notes. Make extra notes. Record and play back keywords/ important information so you hear as well as see the material. Use checklist in books to chunk up sections Make flash cards for key words/terms and use them by getting someone to test you. Sources Textbooks/Class notes/past Papers, Mind-maps
Beliefs and practices Paper: 1/ Christian Beliefs 2/ Christian Practices 3/ Muslim Beliefs 4/ muslim practices Themes Paper: 1/ Religion and life 2/ The existence of God and revelation 3/ Peace and conflict 4/ Crime and Punishment AQA Religious Studies Specification APaper 1 Beliefs and practices (as above)paper 2 Religious Themes (as above) words are in textbooks/online. AQA GCSE (9-1) religious Studies Specification A New Grade 9-1 GCSE Religious Studies: AQA A Guide My Notes AQA GCSE (9-1) Religious Studies Specification A Share point has an extensive range of course material made available online. BBC Bitesize/Learning Zone YouTube clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz4rhymhzny https://www.youtube.com/user/mrmcmillanrevis https://www.youtube.com/user/06clared#p/u/41/qhfj1vhx8ns Show My Homework - all content has been placed on one drive These are offered from now: Tuesday and Wednesday After School Sessions 3pm-4pm in H6 Wednesday 2nd Break Sessions. RS Dept. has a list of A level students offering tutoring to students on request. ART Once the PPE paper has been issued, start work on the preparation. Use the colour coded sheet as an audit to see what needs doing, when it will be set and how it relates to the assessment objectives This is a themed paper and s the current project. By completing each task on the PPE paper, you will be ing all elements of development/research, experimentation, and recording. The timed piece will be the final piece for your coursework There is one paper and this s the coursework which is worth 60% of the final mark Use art-based vocabulary to boost marks. This can be accessed on the Shared Area and is called A Glossary of terms. Use this when you analyse and describe your actions. The How to Analyse and How to write about other artists are at the back of the sketchbook Information such as exemplar materials, how to present and past students work on the Shared Area All can be found on the Shared Area under Art KS4 Resources -2017-18 Visit the following websites: https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/art-and-design-2016.html https://www.studentartguide.com http://www.juliastubbs.co.uk/gcse-2016/ GCSE Bitesize Art and Design Monday and Wednesday after school DRAMA Practice writing examples to past question papers. Always use our department's writing framework = WWW.HI (What, when, why, how, impact) as this works for every question that requires description and/or analysis. Re-read 'DNA' (the set text) numerous times, and ensure the character sheets are done in as much detail as possible. Read and learn the technical glossary so that all key terms are memorised. All are in the drama SharePoint - look over them all. Practice understanding what the questions want you to do. Practice writing plans for answers.
DNA' is Section A and will require the students to answer about one small section of the play, selected in the exam paper by the Exam Board.There will be a combination of rehearsal, performance and technical questions about the section and the relevant characters.therefore, knowing 'DNA' inside out, is paramount. Come up with creative ideas to access the top band marks.section B is a theatre review of a professional piece of performance. There will be two questions offered to choose just one to answer.this will be either acting or technical. Use WWW.HI to answer and be very precise about the technical language used. In the PPE, students are only ing Section A - 7 questions, each building in marks each time. This is about 'DNA' (the set text) only. See glossaries provided in the SharePoint. http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/drama-and-theatre/gcse BBC Bitesize MUSIC Listen to the set works regularly and gain familiarity with them. Condense the notes into mind maps and bullet points. Use the wheel diagrams created in class to help with this. Listen also to music related to the set works and practice describing the musical features and elements relating to unfamiliar music. 8 set works, plus related listening, in four Areas of Study: Instrumental Music 1700 1820, Vocal Music, Music for Stage and Screen, Fusions One 1 hr 45 minute paper, which consists of 6 listening questions on the set works, two further listening questions, one on an unfamiliar piece of music and one dictation question, and a final essay question based on one set work and one unfamiliar piece. Terminology relating to the elements of music: Instrumentation; tonality; harmony; melody; rhythm and metre; texture; structure; dynamics Edexcel guide (Rhinegold publication), available from amazon. Class notes, elements tables and wheel diagrams BBC Bitesize and YouTube videos Series of 5, where students sit and mark past papers. These always see a significant rise in marks and can help pupils secure a higher grade. PHOTOGRAPHY Produce at least two mock ups one week in advance of the PPE and discuss your ideas with the teacher. Use the department website to check what should be submitted for the PPE. http://chartersschoolphotographydept.weebly.com/year-11-ppe-details.html Students should prepare all their materials, photographic prints and framing presentation needs before the exam date and bring them into the exam. Photography students are required to produce a final piece for their coursework that shows 10 hours worth of work. The Photography PPE will be 5 hours long during which time students will work on their final piece for their coursework. The remaining 5 hours will be completed in class time and for homework. Final submission deadline will be the 27th November. There is one exam which is 5 hours long and is a practical making exam where students produce their final piece for their coursework. Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of the visual language. Present - To give a response to an idea, theme or starting point that shows a personal, meaningful and organised fulfilment of intentions. Realise - To achieve, attain and/or accomplish your intentions. Select - To make an informed choice of content and techniques for the final piece based on research carried out by you. Show - To indicate, explain, present and display your own thoughts and findings.
The department website contains information about the PPE and to help prepare you for the exam. http://chartersschoolphotographydept.weebly.com/ http://chartersschoolphotographydept.weebly.com/year-11-ppe-details.html Pinterest for final ideas based on the chosen theme. You tube for examples of coursework sketchbooks - type in A grade photography sketchbooks to see a range of sketchbook presentations which students can use to compare with their work. The department website contains information about the PPE and to help prepare you for the exam. http://chartersschoolphotographydept.weebly.com/ http://chartersschoolphotographydept.weebly.com/year-11-ppe-details.html FOOD PREPARATION & NUTRITION Use the material we are preparing in lessons to your. Make your own materials linked to the topics that works for you, including mind maps, tables and notes that summarise the information. Students have all been issued with a list of specific topics linked to the PPE 1 paper of 1.5 hours Have a clear understanding of the key subject that has been ed in lessons. Food Preparation & Nutrition 'My Notes' guide, which contains sample questions for this new specification. will be available leading up to PPEs - Most of the lessons on the run up to PPEs will have a focus. TEXTILES Short periods of on specific topics. Use the specification to identify priority areas for and start with these topics first. Practice papers! The specification. Fibres and Fabrics, Smart and Modern Materials, Manufacturing Methods, Wider Issues, ICT/CAD/CAM. The Design Question: India (approx. 25% of exam). 1 paper. Section A is the design question, section B is the theory content. CGP AQA Specification and student workbook. AQA GCSE Textiles Textbook ISBN-10: 1408502755 GCSE Bitesize CHILD DEVELOENT Use the information we are going through in lessons to your. Make your own materials relating to the subject areas and complete mind maps and notes to aid your. Refer to the list that you have been given. One paper that is 1.5 hours. Make sure you learn the command words and thoroughly the key subject. Use the Collins GCSE Child Development Essentials Guide to help your. Past mark schemes can be accessed online - http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/downloadpast-papers/
will be available leading up to PPEs - Most of the lessons on the run up to PPEs will have a focus. LATIN For vocabulary use Quizlet or your own preferred method to regularly. Taylor has examination type language work. For the non- language papers it is best to use the booklets and the notes you have made in class. Vocabulary learning is vital. Use the OCR vocabulary list and Quizlet. Grammar is well ed in Taylor. Verse Literature: Virgil Aeneid 4 lines 279-319. Literature and Sources: Myths and Beliefs. Language: 1h 30m - 50% Verse Literature: 30m - 25% Literature and Sources 30m - 25% Cambridge Latin Course for Myths and Beliefs. Book 1 Stage 7, Book 2 Stage 15, and Book 3 Stage 22, 23. Cambridge Latin Course website for Myths and Beliefs. See above.
*Provisional* GCSE Examination Dates Summer 2018 DATE SUBJECT SESSION 14 May 2018 Computer Science AM Latin Language AM Religious Studies A Paper 1A 15 May 2018 French Listening & Reading AM Biology Paper 1 16 May 2018 Physical Education Paper 1 AM Religious Studies A Paper 2A 17 May 2018 Chemistry Paper 1 AM Computer Science Latin Prose Literature A or B 18 May 2018 French Writing AM Drama Physical Education Paper 2 21 May 2018 Latin Verse Literature A or B AM 22 May 2018 English Literature Paper 1 AM Geography B Paper 1 23 May 2018 Physics Paper 1 24 May 2018 Mathematics Paper 1 Non-Calculator AM 25 May 2018 English Literature Paper 2 AM Design and Technology: Textiles Technology HALF TERM 04 June 2018 History Paper 1 AM 05 June 2018 English Language Paper 1 AM Geography B Paper 2 06 June 2018 Spanish Listening & Reading AM Music 07 June 2018 Mathematics Paper 2 Calculator AM 08 June 2018 English Language Paper 2 AM History Paper 2 11 June 2018 Biology Paper 2 AM Geography B Paper 3 12 June 2018 Mathematics Paper 3 Calculator AM 13 June 2018 Chemistry Paper 2 AM 14 June 2018 Home Economics: Child Development AM Spanish Writing AM Design and Technology: Resistant Materials Food Preparation and Nutrition 15 June 2018 Physics Paper 2 AM 19 June 2018 Design and Technology: Graphic Products AM Dance