Year 10 Exam Revision Guide

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CONTENTS
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Subject
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Maths
English Language
English Literature
Computer Science
GCSE ICT
Additional Science
Triple Science
Drama
Music
Geography
Dance
Food Technology
Languages
History
PE
Religious Studies
Media
Product Design
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Maths
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You will have 2 mathematics exams; the first will be non-calculator and
second a calculator paper.
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Both of these will be 1 hour 45 minutes long.
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To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen, a pencil, a
ruler, a rubber, a compass, a protractor and obviously a calculator for the
second paper.
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Below are some broad topics you should be revising; your teachers will be
giving you more specific revision topics aimed at your personal target
grade before half term.
You will be asked questions on…..
 Numeracy topics including fractions, percentages and ratio
(Foundation) and surds (Higher)
 Algebra topics including simplifying, solving, expanding and factorising
 Shapes topics including areas, volumes, circles and triangle rules
(Pythagoras – Foundation and trigonometry - Higher)
 Data Topics including graphs, charts and probability
 Ask your set teacher for more specific revision topics at your target
level
To help you prepare for this…
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Ask your teacher for past papers
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Read back through your lesson notes and previous assessments
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Use mymaths.co.uk to revise topics which you struggle with
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English
In the summer term, all year 10 students will be focusing on completing three coursework
assignments for the iGCSE English First Language, and the controlled assessment for GCSE
English Literature.
When students receive their mock exam results in other subjects, they will also receive a grade
for their coursework folder and their controlled assessment.
iGCSE English Language – Cambridge (0522) English First Language
Coursework is worth 40% of the overall iGCSE. A completed coursework folder must be
submitted before Friday, 19 June 2015. First drafts must be submitted for marking, after
which a final draft can be submitted. First drafts must be attached to the final draft. All
assignments must clearly state first or final draft, candidate name and number, assignment
number, assignment title and a word count.
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Writing to argue/inform
Tasks include: ‘Don’t get me started on…’, ‘Arguing for or against a
cause you believe strongly in…’
Writing to describe/narrate
Tasks include: re-creation of a poem you have studied, opening to
a gothic novel
Responding to an article with your opinion
Tasks include: response to the article ‘Cult of celebrity is affecting
young people’ or ‘Should panda bears be left to face extinction?’
40 marks
(writing)
40 marks
(writing)
40 marks
(writing)
10 marks
(reading)
The overall coursework folder is marked out of 50, with an average mark for writing and a
potential 10 marks awarded for reading.
Grade Boundaries June 2014*
G
8
F
14
E
20
D
26
C
32
3
B
38
A
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GCSE English Literature – AQA (9715)
Students are completing a Controlled Assessment comparing William Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet and William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience. This assessment is worth 25% of
GCSE English Literature. It is completed under exam conditions over 4 hours. There are 40
marks available in this assessment.
Grade Boundaries June 2014*
G
3
F
7
E
11
D
16
C
21
4
B
26
A
31
A*
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GCSE Computer Science
Exam Board: Edexcel
• Techniques to answer exam questions
What to revise
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Course Outline
Skills to problem solve
Key concepts and terminologies
The written paper, ‘principles of Computer Science’, has an examination with a weighing of 75%
that requires a high level of computational thinking.
Students are expected to develop a set of computational thinking skills that enable them to
understand how computer systems work, and design, implement and analyse algorithms for
solving problems.
Practical programming skills are assessed in the controlled assessment, which has a weighting of
25%. Students are given repeated opportunities to tackle computational problems of various sorts,
including some substantial problem‐solving tasks.
Learning to program is a core component of a computer science course. Students should be
competent at reading and writing programs and be able to reason about code. They must be able
to apply their skills to solve real problems and produce robust programs.
Revision
Resources
Unit 1 Paper‐based assessment: Course Code: 1CPO
Principles of Computer Science July 2015
‐ Understanding of what algorithms are, what they are used for and how they work; ability to
interpret, amend and create algorithms.
‐ Understanding of binary representation, data representation, data storage and compression,
encryption and databases; ability to use SQL to insert, amend and extract data stored in a
structured database.
‐ Understanding of components of computer systems; ability to construct truth tables, produce
logic statements and read and interpret fragments of assembly code.
‐ Understanding of computer networks, the internet and the world wide web; ability to use
HTML and CSS to construct web pages.
‐ Awareness of emerging trends in computing technologies, the impact of computing on
individuals, society and the environment, including ethical, legal and ownership issues.
Unit 2 Controlled assessment: Course Code: 1CPO_2A(Python)
Practical Programming
This is a practical ‘making task’ that enables students to demonstrate their computational
techniques using a programming language. Students will:
‐ decompose problems into sub‐problems
‐ create original algorithms or work with algorithms produced by others
‐ design, write, test, and evaluate programs.
Revision Guide
Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Student Book – ISBN 9781471837357
Computational Fairy Tales - ISBN: 9781477550298
Revision
Website
Code Academy - Online resource to support the learning of a number of programming
languages including Python and JavaScript.
Using Python - Online resources to support using the Python programming
Language
MySQL - Open source database.
SQLZoo - Open source database.
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Exam Board and
Course
Course Outline
Link to Specification
Revision Topic List
GCSE ICT
Edexcel ICT (Single Award - Unit 1 and Unit 2)
Written paper has a weighting of 40% and the control assessment has a
weighting of 60%. Control assessment includes the different modules
completed by the student which include creation of digital poster, website,
advert video, etc.
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse10/ict/Pages/default.aspx
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Personal Digital Devices (Mobile phones, PCs, Tablets, Cameras,
Camcorders, Media players, Games consoles, Home entertainment
systems, Satellite navigation)
Connectivity (Network, Network security, Bandwidth, Latency, WiFi, Mobile broadband, Peer-to-peer networks, Communication
protocols, Security risks)
Operating online (The internet, Internet use, Personal spaces,
Information misuse, Legislation, Copyright)
Online good and services (Online shopping, Online auctions, Online
education, Online news, Online banking, Gaming and
entertainment, Internet advertising, Payment systems, Consumer
protection, Applications software, SaaS, Storage, Search engines)
Online Communities (Workspaces and VLEs, Social networks, Usergenerated reference sites, Social bookmarking sites, Socialising and
responsible use)
Issues (Security, Privacy, Monitoring of movement and
communications, Health and safety, Legislation relating to the use
of ICT, Unequal access to ICT, Safe and responsible access)
Recommended
revision books
Edexcel GCSE ICT Student Book (Pearson)
Recommended
revision websites
www.teach-ict.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/
Revise Edexcel GCSE Revision Guide (Pearson)
Revise Edexcel GCSE Revision Workbook (Pearson)
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ADDITIONAL SCIENCE
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You will have three Science exams at the end of June –
Biology (B1), Chemistry (C1) and Physics (P1).
Each exam will be 1 hour long.
To be prepared to do the exam you must have two black
pens, a pencil, ruler and calculator.
It is important to prepare for this exam and be able to do
your best. To help you to do this there are some
websites below. In addition lists of all the topics that you
need to revise are on the next page.
1. Most importantly: The specifications (Edexcel examboard)
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/GCSE-science-2011/Pages/specifications.aspx
•click on Specifications
•the one relevant to you for these exams is Science
•the specification tells you everything that the exam board expects you to know
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Below are some topics you should be revising.
2. Missed a class/missing notes? Use these resources to learn content.
http://www.learningschoolstrust.org
•click on Steps > Science > GCSE Double
•relevant steps are steps 21, 22 and 23
•For every goal of each step you complete, there is a PowerPoint in the grey box
titled Resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/
•the link contains resources for B1, C1 and P1
3. To help revise, use your revision guide
•We recommend the CGP Science revision guides
•They are available on the CGP website as well as in most book stores – choose ONE
of the following:
ISBN: 978 1 84146 719 1 (suitable for higher tier)
ISBN: 978 1 84146 716 0 (suitable for foundation tier)
ISBN: 978 1 84762 713 1 (suitable for foundation tier – target grade D or below)
4. Want to check your understanding?
•complete the Get More Practice tasks
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/GCSE-science-2011/Pages/The-exams.aspx
•scroll down and click on Question Paper
•after you have attempted a paper, click on Mark Scheme
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TRIPLE SCIENCE
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You will have five Science exams at the end of June – Biology (B1), Chemistry (C1),
and Physics (P1) as well as Biology (B2) Chemistry (C2) and Physics (P2).
Each exam will be 1 hour long.
To be prepared to do the exam you must have two black pens, a pencil, ruler and
calculator.
It is important to prepare for this exam and be able to do your best. To help you to
do this there are some websites below. In addition lists of all the topics that you
need to revise are on the next pages.
1. Most importantly: The specifications (Edexcel examboard)
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/GCSE-science-2011/Pages/specifications.aspx
•click on Specifications
•the ones relevant to you are Biology, Chemistry and Physics
•the specification tells you everything that the exam board expects you to know
2. Missed a class/missing notes? Use these resources to learn content.
•relevant steps are steps 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28
•for every goal of each step you complete, there is a PowerPoint in the grey box
titled Resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_edexcel/
•the first link contains resources for B1, C1 and P1
•the second link contains resources for B2, C2 and P2
3. To help revise, use your revision guide
•We recommend the CGP Science revision guides
•They are available on the CGP website as well as in most book stores
ISBN: 978 1 84762 606 6 (Biology)
ISBN: 978 1 84762 618 9 (Chemistry)
ISBN: 978 1 84762 630 1 (Physics)
4. Want to check your understanding?
•complete the Get More Practice tasks
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/GCSE-science-2011/Pages/The-exams.aspx
•scroll down and click on Question Paper
•after you have attempted a paper, click on Mark Scheme
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GCSE Drama
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You will have a GCSE Drama exam at the end of June.
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This will be a whole day in which you will complete your coursework for
Unit 2.
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To be prepared to do the exam you must have completed your booklet and
draft of your Unit 2 Theatre Review on ‘The 39 Steps’ and have your
marked draft from your teacher with you in the exam.
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It is important to prepare for this exam and be able to do your best.
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Below are some tips to help you achieve more than you thought possible.
A successful Unit 2 Theatre Review will…..
 Go into detail on all areas set out in your work booklet
 Use the teachers marking and feedback to direct you to making
changes and improvements to your draft essay
 Stick to the 2000 word limit
 Add the word count onto the bottom of the essay and print this word
count off with the final completed essay
 Use good written English e.g. clear paragraphs, well-formed sentences
 Use your own ideas about the play and it’s communication to the
audience
 Back up every point you are making by using an example from the
play
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Music
You will have ONE Music exam in June.
You will be answering a LISTENING PAPER which will be 1 1/2 hours long.
The Listening Paper will include short answers and ONE ESSAY(10 marks).
You will be required to answer questions based on the following setworks:
Setwork 1 > Area of Study One : Handel ‘And the Glory of the Lord’
Setwork 2 > Area of Study Two : Reich ‘Electric Counterpoint’
Setwork 3 > Area of Study Three : Moby ‘Why does my heart…’
: Buckley ‘ Grace’
Setwork 4 > Area of Study Four
What Do I Need To Know?
For each set work, you need to know the:
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Composer
Name of Piece
Tempo
Time Signature/ Rhythm
Instruments/ Timbre
Structure
Melody
Tonality
Harmony
Dynamics
Type of Piece
Texture
Date it was composed
Electronic devices
Electronic processes
: Koko ‘Yiri’
You will also need to be able to:
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Give opinions as to why you like/ dislike each piece
Know both the century and date of when the piece was composed
Provide reasons as to why each set work reflects the style it was written in e.g.
Romantic
Give examples of other composers of that style e.g. Bach is Baroque
State features of the style of music
Know what section of the music is being played in the extract e.g. Mozart
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nd
they could play either the 1 or 2 subject (so make sure you know the
difference)
Write basic notations for some parts of the extracts. This could be for any
extract, you need to be able to hear the shape of the melody for each piece
of music
Work out the type of rhythm being played by a certain instrument in an
extract
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Geography
The paper you will sit is Paper 1 – Physical Geography. The paper will be 1 hour
30 minutes long. You will answer questions from the 3 physical units you have
studied.
To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen, a pencil, a rubber and
a ruler.
Below is a reminder of the key sections of each unit.
The Restless Earth
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Structure of the Earth
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Types of plate margins and the land forms found at each of them
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Use of landforms by people (fold mountains)
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Volcanic eruptions
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Supervolcanoes
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Earthquakes
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Tsunamis
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For each of the events above you need to know:
o Causes
o Effects (short and long term)
o Responses (short and long term)
The Living World
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Ecosystems (plants, animals, climate and soil interrelating and in balance)
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Detailed knowledge of 3 different ecosystems:
o Temperate Deciduous Woodland
o Tropical Rainforest
o Hot Deserts
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For each of the above you need to know:
o Location
o Specific case studies
o How plants are adopted to the climate and soil
o Human uses and impacts
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o Sustainable management
The Coastal Zone
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Processes affecting the coast
o Weathering
o Erosion
o Transportation
o Deposition
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Landforms found on the coast
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Rising sea levels and the impacts
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Impacts of erosion on people and the environment
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Coastal management (methods of hard and soft engineering and
advantages and disadvantages for both)
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The coast as a habitat
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DANCE
You will have a Dance exam at the end of June.
This will be 1 hour long.
To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen.
Below are some topics you should be revising:
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Performance Skills (Technical and Expressive)
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe (General facts and key names)
Action, Space, Dynamics, Relationships, including Motif Description (Still
Life)
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Costume (Still Life)
Set Design and Lighting (Still Life)
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The 10 mark question (Still Life)
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Food Tech
You will have a food tech exam at the end of June.
This will be 1 hour 20 mins long. [The length of the full exam next summer is 2
hours].
To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen, a pencil and coloured
pencils.
*Different ways to research to collect information.
*Packaging and labelling, the information on a packet and why it is important.
*Quality control checks when making, storing, cooking and coating biscuits.
*How to melt chocolate properly
*Personal safety when using equipment
*Sensory testing [star profiles etc]
*You will be asked to design 2 cake/muffins for a café or coffee shop. There
will be 4 specification points to guide you. You will have to draw out your idea
and colour it. You will then have to label all the parts of your cake/muffin and
refer to the 4 specification points, showing how you have included them in
the drawings.
*Make sure you know how to make cakes so you can explain the process as a
step by step plan.
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LANGUAGES
You will be completing a Listening and Reading Edexcel Paper, either at Foundation (CG) or Higher level (A*-D). Your teacher will tell you shortly which tier you will be doing
(you may be entered at different tiers in each paper)
Foundation Listening: 30 minutes
Higher Listening: 40 minutes
Foundation Reading: 35 minutes
Higher Reading: 50 minutes
Below are the topics that you should be revising. Use your vocabulary booklet and the listening
and reading papers used in your end of step assessments so far. Your exercise book is also a
good resource to revise the topics that you have covered this year together with your
workbook. Because it is a GCSE paper, be aware that there may be topics that you have not
covered yet this year. However, you certainly have covered them at KS3, although not in depth.
LANGUAGE
FRENCH
LISTENING PAPER - F & H
Family, myself ad relationships
Places in town
Lost property
Free time activities
Hotel facilities
School (subjects, opinions, rules)
Food
Holidays (places, weather, transport,
READING PAPER - F & H
Future careers
Holidays (places, weather, transport,
opinions)
Food and drinks
Shops
Chat rooms
Places in town
Hobbies
opinions)
TV programmes
Shopping (differences between local
shops and supermarkets)
GERMAN
FRENCH &
GERMAN
Excellent
websites for
vocabulary
learning
Places in town
Job adverts
Work experience (routine, opinions)
Hobbies and Sports
Food and Drinks
Directions and Transport
Shopping problems
Weather
Family, Myself and Relationships
Hobbies and Sports
Weather
Shops
Places in town
Transport
Jobs and job applications
Use of the Internet
Holiday accommodation
Numbers to understand prices and times; days of the week; months; time
words; awareness of present, past and future tense (i.e. being able to
recognise all 3 tenses when you read or hear them in a listening task)
www.quizlet.com
http://legacy.language-gym.com/ - French only
http://www.memrise.com/
www.linguascope.com click on Intermediate
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History
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You will have a History exam at the end of June.
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This will be 1 hour 20 mins long and will be on Life in Germany 1918-45
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To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen
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To help with your revision, you should look at the course outline at the beginning of
your exercise books. You may be tested on any of the topics up to and including week 11.
How to revise:
 You should make full use of your exercise books as these should have
all of the information you need for this exam
 If you have missed lessons, it is important you use the course outline
to find out what you need to catch up on. You either purchase a text
book (a good idea as you will be able to use it all the way through to
the end of year 11), come and get work from your teacher or use web
resources.
 Doing practice papers from the edexcel web site is always a good
option for finding out what you do and don’t understand and for
practicing your technique and timing. If you google “Edexcel history B”
and click on the past papers link, you can find past papers from the
“Life in Germany” course. They are also available in the central
resources library in the History folder
 Please check your emails – I will be sending out presentations that
you can use to support your own resources
 The Life in Germany course is a depth study so you need to know facts
in detail. To revise this, I would recommend revision cards where you
put key words and events on one side and the details on the other.
You can then test your memory and understanding of each key detail
 Whilst we will not be telling you what is on the exam, subjects that
often cause confusion include the following: Constitutional weakness
of the Weimar government, Spartacist uprising, Kapp Putsch, Dawes
and Young Plan, Weimar Government responses to the Wall Street
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GCSE PE
You will have a GCSE Physical Education exam at the end of June
The exam will be 1hour 30 mins long and be out of 66 marks. (The full exam next
summer is marked out of 80)
To be prepared to do the exam you will require a pen and a ruler
It is important to prepare for the exam as it contains all of the topic which have been
taught in year 10.
Many of you have the gcse pe revision guide I have also created an app called planet pe
which is available on the app store and google play.
Your exam will contain……..
6 multiple choice questions
2 extended questions which require careful planning and are both marked out of 6
Several short response questions where you may need to identify, state or explain your
answer using specific key terminology.
The areas of revision required for the exam are:
Reasons and Benefits for participating in physical activity
Influences of taking part in physical activity
Sports participation pyramid
Components of health related and skill related fitness
Goal setting
Methods of training and principle of training
Diet
A healthy, active lifestyle and your cardiovascular system
Assessing readiness for exercise
Somatotypes
Weight related conditions
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Religious Studies
You will have two RS exams at the end of June.
Paper 1 (Religion and Citizenship) will be 1 hour 30 minutes long, the same length as the
exam at the end of year 11.
Paper 2 (Religion and Morality) will be 1 hour 15 minutes long. The actual exam in year 11
will be 1 hour 30 minutes, but we have yet to cover the last unit for this paper.
To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen. Below are some topics you
should be revising.
Topics to revise
Religion and Citizenship
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Relationships
Sport and Leisure
Human Rights
Identity
Religion and Morality
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Crime and punishment
Attitudes to drugs and drug abuse
Matters of death and elderly
Suggested textbooks
AQA Religious Studies B, Religion and Morality, Nelson Thornes
AQA Religious Studies B, Religion and Citizenship, Nelson Thornes.
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Revision Techniques
Most of you will have set techniques for revision. In terms of linking content mind mapping
is good. An alternatively technique is; 1) summary notes from revision materials 2)
Summary notes from summary notes reduced down onto card 3) Underline keywords on
cards. For each topic, good revision sub headings are 1) Christian/Muslim quotes and
teachings 2) Keywords 3) Possible exam questions 4) Arguments.
Advice from AQA Chief Examiner
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Spelling and Grammar important this year
It is fine to use the same quote several times during the exam as long as it is
relevant. You must put why this quote is relevant.
A brief answer means just that.
Give real life examples
If not asked for your opinion, don’t give it. Do what the question asks.
Command words are very important – for example ‘Give’ does not need a full
sentence description or explanation. Explain means give some detail about it, why
asks for justification of a viewpoint
Focus on the statements. In the past pupils put in all the arguments for and against.
So focus on the statement. Answer the question directly
If you give just your opinion you get 0 marks. You must develop your ideas.
More religion the higher the level.
Exam Tips and Technique
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Timing wise, you have 22 mins (ish) for 18 mark question. A mark a minute plus
planning and reading time
How much you write should depend on the amount of marks available
So, so important to ensure you are ensuring the question directly
Using recent case studies/new stories is a good way to increase depth in answers
Atheist is NOT a religious viewpoint. But most atheist argument can be called a
‘Humanist’ argument, which IS considered a religious argument. If in doubt, go
Humanist.
Underline the key words in the question so you know at a glance, what the question
is asking you to do.
Avoid writing everything you know about a topic, consider how to actually answer
the question.
Always mention a religion, never say ‘religious believer would…’. But give yourself
wiggle room ‘Some Buddhists might…’ ‘A Christian could…’
Don’t contradict yourself from one answer to the next.
To find past exam papers, search on google ‘aqa religious studies b’.
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Media Studies
Year 10:
Due to the high percentage of coursework throughout Year 10 (worth 60%), you
will not have to sit an exam this year.
The final deadline for all coursework is Friday 10th of July 2015.
You will need to submit:
Assignment One – Comic Book
Assignment Two – Marketing and Advertisement
Assignment Three – Magazine Production
Year 11:
We will then spend Year 11 focusing on your exam. The topic for this
is Science Fiction Films. We will complete a number of mocks
throughout the year to ensure you are prepared. On top of this, you
will also make any necessary improvements to your coursework
portfolio to ensure you have achieved the best grade possible!
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Product Design Year 10 Exam
You will have a Product Design exam at the end of June.
This will be 1 hour 20 mins long. [The length of the full exam next summer is 2
hours].
To be prepared to do the exam you must have a black pen, a pencil, coloured
pencils and ruler.
*You will be asked on CAD, CAM and CNC and list the advantages on
disadvantages of each.
*Label three ways that ICT can be used in designing and manufacturing.
*Name the different tools used in the workshop along with what they are used
for.
*You will be asked to design a product related to a specific theme.
*You will be asked on Hardwoods and Manufactured boards (different types for
each).
*Knowing different types of finishes and knowing the reason why we apply them.
*Explain the term Stock Form.
* To explain what is Manufactured Boards and be able to list different types of
them.
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Year 10 Exam Revision Guide

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