Year 11
art
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Introduce and start Set Task research and development. |
Continual assessment and at specific dated point based on exam board assessment objectives. |
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Continue Set Task research, development and final piece preparation. Be prepared to complete the 10hr piece in exam conditions before Easter. |
Continual assessment and at specific dated point based on exam board assessment objectives. |
BELIEFS AND ETHICS
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Religion Crime and Punishment
Religion and Human Rights
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Themes topic test – Relationships and Peace and Conflict |
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Themes Topic test – Crime and Human Rights |
Btec Tech Award Sport
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Unit 1 – exam (planned to be sat towards the end of January) Unit 3 – training for exercise and fitness (started post exam being completed) |
Exam paper Coursework based assignment – designing a training plan |
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Unit 3 – training for exercise and fitness (started post exam being completed) |
Coursework based assignment – designing a training plan 3 assignments – anatomy and physiology, training plan design, reviewing training plan. |
Business
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GCSE. Theme 2 : Edexcel Business GCSE Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions – students will explore the tools a business has to support financial decision making, including ratio analysis and the use and limitation of a range of financial information.
BTEC: Component 3: Edexcel Finance. Students will be studying their finance and accounting unit. This is the examination element of the course. Which will include: ● Types of financial documents: purchase orders, delivery notes, goods received notes, invoices, credit notes, statements of account, remittance advice slips, receipts. ● Importance of accuracy when these documents are being used. ● Importance of accurate financial documents and record-keeping to business accounting. |
Past Paper theme 1 and book assessment.
Past Paper and book assessments. |
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GCSE. Theme 2 : Edexcel Business GCSE Topic 2.5 - Students will finish theme 2 with the final topic area. This includes:
BTEC Component 3: Marketing and Finance for Enterprise. Students will continue with the component 3 examination elements of the course. This will include: ● Profit and loss account (statement of comprehensive income): shows the profit or loss of an enterprise over time:
● Balance sheet (statement of financial position): shows the financial performance of an enterprise at a point in time:
● Stakeholders: owner(s), managers, employees, lenders, government, customers and suppliers. |
End of unit test.
Mock paper for component 3.
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Computer Science
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Programming The best way to prepare for paper 2 is to practice your programming. So we are going to use this time to practice programming again and look at how to answer programming exam questions. IT Vocational Controlled Assessment This controlled assessment is worth 66% of your final grade. All of your skills work will be tested here. You will have 40 hours of lesson time to complete this. |
Homework End of Topic Tests |
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Revision In this term we will go over all of the topics to prepare you for your Paper 1 and 2 Exams. Controlled Assessment This controlled assessment is worth 66% of your final grade. All of your skills work will be tested here. You will have 40 hours of lesson time to complete this. |
Homework End of Topic Tests |
Drama
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Metamorphosis: Preparations for official practical exam
PRACTICAL EXAM |
This unit is externally marked by the AQA exam board. A visiting examiner will grade performances of key extracts of the play. |
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Curriculum Information Year 11 Exam Revision: Written Paper 1hr 45 mins
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DT Electronic Products
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Students have been working on the modelling of their design ideas. Exploring materials, methods of construction and finishes. In Term 3 they will be making final decisions and then making their final pieces. The final testing and evaluation will take place towards the end of Term 3 with a final deadline of Feburary half-term. One lesson in five will be a theory lesson to support revision for their final exam. |
Student can receive general feedback on their projects in line with the examboard rules. We assess written work at least every 6 lessons and they receive feedback verbally in most lessons. If a student is behind or struggling to be committed to their coursework, each subject is holding intervention sessions which they will be invited to attend afterschool and in their lunchtimes. Parents will be contacted if the teacher has concerns for the quality or quantity of work from a student. |
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In term 4 students will be focussed on preparation for their GCSE exam. They will revisit their PPE papers from November and February and address misconceptions or areas where they need to improve their knowledge. Revision exercises will be both written and practical in nature. |
Teacher will use peer, self and teacher assessment this term to improve students understanding of the mark schemes for exam questions. Every question they complete will have some form of marking. |
DT Food
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Students started their second piece of non examined assessment (coursework) at the end of November. This years briefs are:
Students will start their technical cooks for these briefs in January, closely followed by a practice 3 hour exam cook and then their final cook hopefully in the week before the Easter holidays. Students will be finished with their evaluation of this coursework at the start of Term 4. |
Students will receive feedback on sections of their coursework twice in this term. Exam board rules stipulate that we cannot give specific points of improvement for each individual student, however we can give general feedback and exemplar materials for all grades area on the student’s TEAMS area. |
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Students will be focussed on preparation for their summer exam. Each of the topic areas on the specification will be reviewed and students will focus on exam technique for short and long answer questions for each topic area. |
Marked exam questions and quizzes every 6 lessons. Students will sit at least one further full paper. |
DT Product Design
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Students have been working on the modelling of their design ideas. Exploring materials, methods of construction and finishes. In Term 3 they will be making final decisions and then making their final pieces. The final testing and evaluation will take place towards the end of Term 3 with a final deadline of Feburary half-term. One lesson in five will be a theory lesson to support revision for their final exam.
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Student can receive general feedback on their projects in line with the examboard rules. We assess written work at least every 6 lessons and they receive feedback verbally in most lessons. If a student is behind or struggling to be committed to their coursework, each subject is holding intervention sessions which they will be invited to attend afterschool and in their lunchtimes. Parents will be contacted if the teacher has concerns for the quality or quantity of work from a student. |
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In term 4 students will be focussed on preparation for their GCSE exam. They will revisit their PPE papers from November and February and address misconceptions or areas where they need to improve their knowledge. Revision exercises will be both written and practical in nature. |
Teacher will use peer, self and teacher assessment this term to improve students understanding of the mark schemes for exam questions. Every question they complete will have some form of marking. |
DT Textiles
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Students will be moving onto the preparation for their 10-hour exam that will take place towards the start of Term 5. This is Component 2: Externally Set Assignment. Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives. From AQA: AQA will provide a separate externally set assignment for each title, each with seven different starting points. Students must select and respond to one starting point from their chosen title. The externally set assignment provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate, through an extended creative response, their ability to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding in response to their selected starting point. The extended creative response must explicitly evidence students’ ability to draw together different areas of knowledge, skill and/or understanding from initial engagement with their selected starting point through to their realisation of intentions in the 10 hours of supervised time. Students must ensure that the total submission for Component 2 evidence coverage of all four assessment objectives and evidence of drawing activity and written annotation. Students must identify and acknowledge sources which are not their own. |
Students will receive feedback through WWW/EBI on each section of work. They will be told the band of mark scheme that their work currently reflects. Please note that teachers are prohibited from allocating a grade for coursework / external exam piece to students when the work is in progress.
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Students will be moving onto the preparation for their 10-hour exam that will take place towards the start of Term 5. This is Component 2: Externally Set Assignment. Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives. From AQA: AQA will provide a separate externally set assignment for each title, each with seven different starting points. Students must select and respond to one starting point from their chosen title. The externally set assignment provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate, through an extended creative response, their ability to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding in response to their selected starting point. The extended creative response must explicitly evidence students’ ability to draw together different areas of knowledge, skill and/or understanding from initial engagement with their selected starting point through to their realisation of intentions in the 10 hours of supervised time. Students must ensure that the total submission for Component 2 evidence coverage of all four assessment objectives and evidence of drawing activity and written annotation. Students must identify and acknowledge sources which are not their own. |
Students will receive feedback through WWW/EBI on each section of work. They will be told the band of mark scheme that their work currently reflects. Please note that teachers are prohibited from allocating a grade for coursework / external exam piece to students when the work is in progress.
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English
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Reading Unseen Fiction: Preparing for Language Paper 1, Section A
Creating conflict: Building skills for creative writing (Language Paper 1, Section B) Macbeth (completing the play in Week 1) Revision work for Literature set as Home Learning on Teams (the focus of lesson in Term 4 is Language Paper 1). |
Exam practice from sample Language Paper 1
Descriptive writing piece PPEs end of February, focussing on:
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Curriculum Information Term 4 |
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Reading Unseen Fiction: Preparing for Language Paper 1, Section A
Creating conflict: Building skills for creative writing (Language Paper 1, Section B) Revision work for Literature set as Home Learning on Teams (the focus of lesson in Term 4 is Language Paper 1). |
February PPES:
PPEs end of February, focussing on:
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Geography
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Climate Change Economic geography of the UK |
End of unit assessment for Hazards Geography Paper 1 PPE Regular exam questions in class and set for homework. |
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Issue Evaluation Fieldwork |
Practice Paper 3- issue evaluation.
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German
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Speaking PPE |
Speaking teacher assessed |
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Internal |
Mock papers in class |
H&SC BTEC
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History
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Church of England and the Middle way Catholic threat to Elizabeth’s life Puritan Challenge to her Church Mary Queen of Scots Spanish Armada and Golden Age Local History Study |
Local History Study – assessment work completed as a mock and then timed assessment |
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Revision – Covering Germany topic and Conflict topic of Paper 1 |
Timed closed book PPE |
Maths
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Higher – revision Foundation – Non-linear graphs, including quadratic, reciprocal, cubics, speed-distance time graphs |
Paper 2 – calculator paper on all GCSE content |
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Higher and Foundation - revision |
Paper 1 (non-calculator) and Paper 3 (calculator) on all GCSE content |
Music
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AoS2: Chamber Music AoS3: Film Music – the essay question Final Performance Portfolio Recording Continued completion of Component 2: Composition Coursework (Free Composition) |
End of Unit test Written essay question Final teacher assessment of Component 1 performing portfolio. Feedback on progress on coursework |
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AoS2: Revise jazz and blues, and musical theatre. Revision AoS1-4 and musical elements revision Final Coursework Completion Performing and Composing Completion of Composing Log |
Listening tests Listening tests Final teacher assessment of Component 1 and Component 2 coursework |
PE GCSE
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Commercialisation Trends in sport Sponsorship Factors affecting participation Finalising practical sports |
Practical ‘in house’ moderation End of unit test participation factors and commercialisation |
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Strategies to promote participation Ethics in Sport Drugs in Sport Health – benefits of physical activity Diet and Nutrition |
PPE – Paper 1 and Paper 2 |
Science
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BIOLOGY REVISION B5 Homeostasis and response B6 Inheritance, Variation and evolution B7 Ecology CHEMISTRY REVISION C1 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table C2 Bonding, structure and the properties of matter C3 Quantitative Chemistry (taught throughout as an integrated section) C4 Chemical changes
PHYSICS REVISION P5 Force P6 Waves P& Elect6romagnetism |
ASSESSMENT on Required practicals and science skills (data analysis, graphs, extended response, investigation skills etc)
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BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS REVISION – programme will be individually tailored for group, tier and students. |
PPE On Full Unseen Papers in full exam conditions. Biology paper 2 Chemistry Paper 1 Physics Paper 2 |
spanish
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This term we will be polishing off the last few elements of the ‘trabajos’ topic and moving on to structured revision and exam practice for the upcoming GCSE examinations.
This term give students a chance to take a look at their progress as well as gaps in learning to be able to ascertain how to direct their GCSE revision. |
Assessment 1 – GCSE PPE Speaking examinations Bi-weekly spot-testing to be conducted throughout the term. |
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This term we will focus on structured revision and exam practice for the upcoming GCSE examinations. This term give students a chance to take a look at their progress as well as gaps in learning to be able to ascertain how to direct their GCSE revision. |
Assessment 1 – GCSE style writing task Bi-weekly spot-testing to be conducted throughout the term. |