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GCSE coursework: Twisting and Turning (Portfolio Unit 01, worth 60% of total GCSE) 

This coursework is due in at the end of this term. 

Folder review 

Individual page checks 

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GCSE coursework: Twisting and Turning (Portfolio Unit 01, worth 60% of total GCSE) 

Final piece: planning; composition design; media testing; 10hours to complete 

Final mark of Portfolios 

Final piece planning 

Final piece 

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Learning Aim B/C  

• Ability to participate in sport. 

• Understand official roles and responsibilities. 

• Demonstrate ways to improve participants sporting technique. 

Method of assessment 

Practical assessment, leading and improving practical scenarios. 

Scenario practice. 

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Learning Aim B/C  

• Ability to participate in sport. 

• Understand official roles and responsibilities. 

Demonstrate ways to improve participants sporting technique. 

External assessment 4 hours 

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Business GCSE   
 
Unit 2 : Edexcel Business GCSE  
 
Topic 2.1 Growing the business – students are introduced to methods of growth and how and why business aims and objectives change as businesses evolve. The impact of globalisation and the ethical and environmental questions facing businesses are explored.  

• Business growth  

• Changes in business aims and objectives 

• Business and globalisation  

• Ethics, the environment and business  
    

Business BTEC  

• Component 2: Planning and Presenting a Micro-Enterprise Idea  

• Choosing ideas for a micro-enterprise  

• Plan for a micro-enterprise  

End of unit test. 

Coursework internally assessed. Externally moderated  

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Business GCSE   
 
Unit 2: Edexcel Business GCSE  
 
Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions – students will explore how each element of the marketing mix is managed and used to inform and make business decisions in a competitive marketplace. 

• Product  

• Price  

• Promotion  

• Place  

• Using the marketing mix to make business decisions  

Business BTEC 

• Component 2: Planning and Presenting a Micro-Enterprise Idea  

• Present a plan for the micro-enterprise idea to meet specific requirements 

• Production of presentation  

• Delivery of presentation  

End of unit test.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Students will be assessed on a recorded presentation. Dragons den style.   

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Students will explore advanced concepts of systems architecture, including detailed study of the CPU, memory hierarchy, and performance enhancements. 

Homework 
End of Topic Tests 

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Students will explore  advanced concepts of memory and storage, focusing on performance, data integrity, and modern storage technologies. 

Homework 
End of Topic Tests 

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Students will continue to work on their GCSE NEA in Term 1. They will focus on their design and modelling sections in the next two terms. In preparation for making in January. 

 In compliance with JCQ students will receive general feedback in line with the examboard guidance. Each section will be marked at the end of it’s completion and students will be given feedback on the markband that they are working in. One to one feedback on how to improve work is prohibited by the examboard, however exemplar materials are made available to students whilst completing the NEA. 

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Students will continue to work on their GCSE NEA in Term 1. They will focus on their design and modelling sections in the next two terms. In preparation for making in January. 

 In compliance with JCQ students will receive general feedback in line with the examboard guidance. Each section will be marked at the end of it’s completion and students will be given feedback on the markband that they are working in. One to one feedback on how to improve work is prohibited by the examboard, however exemplar materials are made available to students whilst completing the NEA. 

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In term 1 Students will be completing their Controlled assessment NEA 1.  This is a scientific investigation into the properties of specific ingredients.   

They will select an area of study from examboard briefs. They are expected to  research and form a hypothesis which they then design experiments to test.  

Students are expected to collect results analyse the outcomes and write a conclusion based on the evidence they have collected.  
 

There will be 10 formal hours to complete the work under controlled conditions.  The teacher will publish dates when practical experiments will be carried out, if a student misses these lessons they will need to attend an afterschool session to get the work completed.  
 

One lesson in five,  students will be working on consolidating their theory knowledge in preparation for their Y11 exams.  
A full plan of what will be covered when will be on Go4Schools 

There will be a biweekly homework assignment.  

Students will receive feedback www and ebi on each section of work. They will be told the band of the mark scheme that their work currently reflects.  
Students will have access to exemplar materials of different grades in order to see WAGOLL.  
Please note that teachers are prohibited from allocating a grade for coursework to students when the work is in progress and they are not able to give specific tasks to improve work for individual students.  

 
Students will be set exam questions for homework every two weeks based on the work covered in their theory lesson. This will be assessed by a combination of self, peer and teacher assessment to deepen the students understanding of what is required in different types of exam questions. 

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Students will continue to work on their GCSE NEA in Term 1. They will focus on their design and modelling sections in the next two terms. In preparation for making in January. 

 In compliance with JCQ students will receive general feedback in line with the examboard guidance. Each section will be marked at the end of it’s completion and students will be given feedback on the markband that they are working in. One to one feedback on how to improve work is prohibited by the examboard, however exemplar materials are made available to students whilst completing the NEA. 

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Students will continue to work on their GCSE NEA in Term 1. They will focus on their design and modelling sections in the next two terms. In preparation for making in January. 

 In compliance with JCQ students will receive general feedback in line with the examboard guidance. Each section will be marked at the end of it’s completion and students will be given feedback on the markband that they are working in. One to one feedback on how to improve work is prohibited by the examboard, however exemplar materials are made available to students whilst completing the NEA. 

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Students are working on  their Sustained Project (coursework) that is worth 60% of their overall GCSE. The theme they are focussing on is “Animals & Insects”. 

Students will spend Term 1& 2 looking Animals specifically, creating observational drawings, experimenting with pattern and shape using a variety of mixed media. 

They will look at Ernst Haeckel, Lucy Arnold, Sophie Standing, Karen Nicol, Janine Haschl, Yumi Okita, Adam Pritchett, Rachel Grigg analysing their work and creating studies & samples in the style of their work. Students will be actively encouraged to look at other artists & designers to add to their portfolio. 

Students will also build up their printing and dyeing skills, looking at ways of using natural materials to dye fabrics.  

They will be required to create regular personal outcomes of their animals and insects’ studies throughout the project. . 

  Students are frequently assessed & monitored against the Assessment Objectives, having feedback in their Student Booklet to inform them of their progress, quality and quantity of work. 

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Students are working on  their Sustained Project (coursework) that is worth 60% of their overall GCSE. The theme they are focussing on is “Animals & Insects”.Students will spend Term 1& 2 looking Animals specifically, creating observational drawings, experimenting with pattern and shape using a variety of mixed media. 

They will look at Ernst Haeckel, Lucy Arnold, Sophie Standing, Karen Nicol, Janine Haschl, Yumi Okita, Adam Pritchett, Rachel Grigg analysing their work and creating studies & samples in the style of their work. Students will be actively encouraged to look at other artists & designers to add to their portfolio. 

Students will also build up their printing and dyeing skills, looking at ways of using natural materials to dye fabrics.  

They will be required to create regular personal outcomes of their animals and insects’ studies throughout the project. . 

  Students are frequently assessed & monitored against the Assessment Objectives, having feedback in their Student Booklet to inform them of their progress, quality and quantity of work. 

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Hazards

• Tectonic hazards- Comparison case study- Nepal and Chile
• Weather hazards- Case study- Typhoon Haiyan
• Climate change- Extreme weather event. Beast from the East.

Human geography exam paper.

• Fieldwork exam questions (Birmingham and Hunstanton)
• Knowledge based tectonics assessment.

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Natural Hazards

• Climate change- Extreme weather event. Beast from the East.

• Knowledge based short answer exam questions on earth movements and plates.
• 9 mark case study question.

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Recap of Component 2 content on Health and Social Care Services and

Values.  Using the sample PSA2 and/or the June PSA2, students will practice applying their K&U to the PSA.  When the official PSA2 is released, students will have the opportunity to discuss this and update their notes accordingly.  Students will then complete their controlled assessment for PSA2

PSA2 controlled assessment

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Students will begin learning content for Component 3 ‘Health and Wellbeing’ while their PSA2 is being marked.  They will then work on their PSA2 resubmission in controlled conditions.  Teaching of Component 3 ‘Health and Wellbeing’ will continue while the PSA2 resubmission marking is completed.  The marks and student work have to be uploaded to the exam board by the 15^th December

PSA2 controlled assessment

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Elizabethan England 

• Elizabeth I – background 

• How did Elizabeth I control England? (Government, Privy Council, Parliament and Key Ministers) 

• The succession crisis 

• Life in Elizabethan England  

• Elizabethan Theatre and Playwrights 

• Opposition to Elizabeth I 

Open book assessment – GCSE paper 

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Elizabethan England 
• Life in Elizabethan England  
• Elizabethan Theatre and Playwrights  
• Opposition to Elizabeth I 

PPE Assessments 

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Foundation  

• Geometry – Trigonometry review 

• Geometry – identifying congruent triangles, scale factor of similar shapes, finding missing lengths of similar shapes  

• Probability – sample spaces, two-way tables, Venn diagrams, tree diagrams 

Higher  

• Geometry – Non-right angled triangles – sine rule, cosine rule and area of a triangle. 

• Algebra – distance-time graphs, velocity-time graphs, acceleration using velocity-time graphs, estimating area under a curve, rates of change, equation of a circle, exponential graphs, cubic graphs, reciprocal graphs, transformations of graphs, completing the square  

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Foundation   

• Number – indices, multiplication and division rules for powers, standard form, calculations with standard form 

• Simultaneous equations and inequalities – solving linear simultaneous equations, representing inequalities on a number line, solving linear inequalities  

Higher  

• Algebra – algebraic fractions, more complex changing the subject, functions, composite functions, inverse functions, iterations,  

• Geometry – properties of vectors, addition and subtraction of vectors, vectors in geometric problems  

Year 11 PPEs  
 
Foundation and Higher  
 
1 non-calculator paper and 2 calculator papers.   
 
Each will be 1 hour and 30 minutes and cover the course content.   
 

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Component 2: Developing  

Digital Media Production Skills 

PSA 

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Component 2: Developing  

Digital Media Production Skills 

PSA 

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Performance Coursework Preparation 

AOS1: Forms and Devices revision. Variation Form, Rondo Form, extended vocabulary 

Revision of set work Badinerie. 

AoS2: Chamber Music 

First draft of free composition to be completed by end of term 1.  

Coursework monitoring for recording in November. 

Formative feedback on free composition. 

Listening tests 

AoS1 assessment test 

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Performance Coursework – final preparations for Performance Recording Day 1. 

Exam Brief compositions – researching the brief, initial ideas, developing initial ideas. 

AoS2: Blues and Jazz, Musical Theatre 

Recording of Performance Coursework Part 1. 

Formative feedback on exam brief compositions. 

Listening tests: AoS3 assessment test 

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• Continue NEA completion. 

• Recap training methods, principles, fitness components and testing. 

• Injury prevention  

Set examination assessment criteria for NEA. 

Long and short exam questions. 

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Sports psychology (Recap) 

• Feedback and Guidance – types, function and application to sport. 

• Skill – characteristics, classification continuums, and application to sport. 

• Goal setting and mental preparations – definitions, types, and application to sport. 

Method of assessment 

Exam questions – short and long answer 

PPE – Paper 1. 

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None

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BIOLOGY (3 lessons)

B7 Ecology

• Communities
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
• Adaptation
• Sampling techniques
• Organisation
• Recycling materials
• Biodiversity
• Waste management
• Land Use
• Deforestation
• Global Warming
• Maintaining Biodiversity

CHEMISTRY (4 lessons)

C4 Chemical Change

• Limiting reagents
• Concentration of solutions
• Metal oxides
• The reactivity series
• Extraction of metals and reduction
• Oxidation and reduction
• Reaction of acids with metals
• Reactions of acids to form salts
• Making salts
• pH scale and neutralisation

PHYSICS (3 lessons)

P6 Waves

• Transverse and longitudinal waves
• Properties of waves
• Investigating waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Infrared absorption/radiation
• Uses of electromagnetic waves

All students will be set THREE Educake homeworks per fortnight (www.educake.co.uk)

, one for each subject.

These are always set on a Monday of week one and will be due in on the Sunday of week 2 (or the last Sunday of a holiday if it is set on the last fortnight of term)

Every topic will have a number of assessment points (roughly 1 every 6 lessons).  These are based on exam questions and are designed to help build students exam skills as well as test their recall on the topics.

NOVEMBER PPE

Full unseen papers

BIOLOGY PAPER 1

CHEMISTRY PAPER 2

PHYSICS PAPER 1

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Recap of phonics. 

Discussing home, local area and giving opinions on global/social issues (AQA Theme 2 Units 5, 6 & 7). 

Skills focus: Vocabulary & translation. 

Cumulative scores from 3 vocabulary quizzes  

Key verbs test 

End of unit 5 mixed skill assessment 

Paper 4 writing 

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Cumulative scores from 3 vocabulary quizzes  

PPE paper 1 Listening, paper 3 Reading & paper 4 writin