YEAR 10 EXAMS INFORMATION - w/c 19 th June 2016 ENGLISH - Language What is the test about? Section A – Fiction reading test Students will have to read a short story or extract from a story and then answer 5 questions on the piece. Section B – Narrative writing Students will have 45 minutes to write their own narrative. What do pupils use to revise? Pupils should revise general spelling, punctuation and grammar usage, such as correct use of where/were/we’re etc., apostrophe use, speech marks, paragraphing. They could also look at the four key elements for a narrative or plan possible plots for their narrative. They should also revise terminology and question styles for section A. ENGLISH - Literature What is the test about? Section A – Romeo and Juliet One extract question and one essay question. Section B – Poetry anthology One question on a named poem and a comparison with another poem of their choice. What do pupils use to revise? Pupils need to revise how to analyse content, language, form and structure as well as the context of each of the poems. They should also revise the plot and characters of Romeo and Juliet. Students will need to learn quotes from each of the set texts.
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YEAR10EXAMSINFORMATION
-w/c19thJune2016
ENGLISH-LanguageWhatisthetestabout?
SectionA–FictionreadingtestStudentswillhavetoreadashortstoryorextractfromastoryandthen
answer5questionsonthepiece.SectionB–Narrativewriting
Studentswillhave45minutestowritetheirownnarrative.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Pupilsshouldrevisegeneralspelling,punctuationandgrammarusage,suchascorrectuseofwhere/were/we’reetc.,apostropheuse,speechmarks,paragraphing.Theycouldalsolookatthefourkeyelementsfora
narrativeorplanpossibleplotsfortheirnarrative.TheyshouldalsoreviseterminologyandquestionstylesforsectionA.
ENGLISH-LiteratureWhatisthetestabout?
SectionA–RomeoandJulietOneextractquestionandoneessayquestion.
SectionB–PoetryanthologyOnequestiononanamedpoemandacomparisonwithanotherpoem
oftheirchoice.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Pupilsneedtorevisehowtoanalysecontent,language,formandstructureaswellasthecontextofeachofthepoems.
TheyshouldalsorevisetheplotandcharactersofRomeoandJuliet.Studentswillneedtolearnquotesfromeachofthesettexts.
MATHSWhatisthetestabout?
Demonstratingknowledgeofthevariousmathematicstopicscoveredonthetestandusingthemtosolvemathematicalproblems.Therewillbe
twocalculatorpapers.Bothpaperswilllast1hour30minutes. Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
PupilshavereceivedarevisionlistonSMHW.Sets1a,1b&2aaredoinghighertierandshouldrevisetopicsfromtherevisionlistscolumns
named'bothtiersgrades4-5'and'highertiergrades6-9'andsets2b,3a&3baredoingfoundationtierandshouldrevisetopicsfromtherevisionlistscolumns'foundationtiergrades1-3'and'bothtiersgrades4-5'.Therevisionlistalsohaslinkstousefulpracticebookletsonthosetopics
fromCorbettmaths. Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Eachpaperhasabout25questionswhichareamixtureofproblemsolvingquestionsandquestionstestingskills/knowledgeofthetopicson
therevisionlist. Whatistheformatoftheassessment?
Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?N/A
SCIENCE–AllpupilsWhatisthetestabout?
3x30minpapers–willbegiveninonesessionanditisuptopupilstomanagetheirtimeappropriately.HigherandFoundationtiers.
Basedonthecontentoflearningfromthisyear.BIOLOGY:KerboodletopicsB1-B5-B1Cellstructureandtransport,B2Celldivision,B3Organisationandthedigestivesystem,B4Organising
animalsandplantsandB5Communicabledisease.CHEMISTRY:
HIGHER:Kerboodlereference-C1.2Chemicalequations,C1.3Separatingmixtures,C1.5historyoftheatom,C1.7ions,atoms&isotopes,C3.8
fullerenes&grapheme.FOUNDATION:Kerboodlereference–C1.1atoms,C1.2Chemical
equations,C1.3Separatingmixtures,C1.7ions,atoms&isotopes,C2.2electronicstructure&theperiodictable,C3.5Covalentbonding,C5.1reactivityseries,C5.6Makingmoresalts,C5.7neutralisation&thepH
scale,C7.1exothermicandendothermicreactions.PHYSICS:KerboodletopicsP1–P5:P1ConservationanddissipationofenergyP2energytransferbyheatingP3EnergyresourcesP4Electric
CircuitsP5Electricityinthehome.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Theirnotesandexercisebooks,Kerboodleonlinetextbook,anyrevisionguidestheymayhavepurchasedthroughschool,websitessuchasBBC
BitesizeandGCSEScience.comWhatformatofquestioningisused?
Generally,structuredquestionsthatrequireanswersofnomorethanoneortwosentences.
Calculationquestionsthatrequiretheuseofequations,someofwhichcanbefoundontheattachedequationsheet.
Thereareasmallnumberofmultiplechoicequestionswhereaboxistobetickedtogivetheanswer.
FortheHighertierpaper,thereareasmallnumberofquestionsthatneedalongeranswer–perhapsaparagraph.Therequiredlengthof
answerissuggestedbytheamountofspaceprovided.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
N/A
BUSINESSSTUDIESWhatisthetestabout?
DemonstratingathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofallYear10work:Unit1–SettingupaBusiness.Beingabletoapplybusiness
knowledgeandevaluatecasestudyscenarios.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Pupilsshouldalreadyhaveasetofrevisionsheetsbutthesewillbere-publishedonSMHW.Wealsorecommendtheuseofthe“CGPGCSEBusinessStudiesRevisionGuide”,whichisavailabletobuyfromthe
financeofficeifrequired.TheBridgewaterHighSchoolVLEcontainslinkstoavarietyofclassroomandrevisionmaterial.Wealsorecommendpupilspractiseusingpastpapers,availableatschoolorontheAQA
website.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Thereare3overarchingsectionsbasedondifferentcasestudiesofsmallbusinesses.Eachsectionincludesacombinationofquestionstylesrangingfromshortanswer(2marks)toextended,evaluativestyle
questions(9Marks)Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Therearethree9markquestionswhichwillrequireextendedwrittendetail.Pupilswillbeexpectedtoapplytheirknowledgeofbusinesstothecasestudyscenarioandoffertheiropinionastothemostsuitablecourseofactionforabusiness.Thesequestionwillbemarkedon
‘Knowledge’,‘Application’and‘Analysis&Evaluation’
COMPUTERSCIENCEWhatisthetestabout?
Unit1–ComputerSystemswhichincludethefollowingtopics:1.1–SystemsArchitecture,1.2Memory,1.3Storage,1.4WiredandWirelessNetworks,1.5Networktopologies,protocolsandlayersand
1.6SystemSecurity.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Classnotes,exercisebooks,revisionfolders(issuedinclass),revisionnotesandpracticeexamquestionsthatarepostedonSMHW.
Whatformatofquestioningisused?Mostquestionsarestructuredineithershort-answerformatorslightlylongeranswerquestionwherepupilsmust‘EXPLAIN’or‘DESCRIBE’thepointstheyhavemade.Thesequestionsareworthfrom2to6marks.Thereareslightlylongerquestionsthatareworth8markseach,forwhichthequalityofwrittencommunicationisassessedaswellasthe
contentoftheanswer.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Therewillbeoneextendedwritingquestionincludedintheexampaperworth8markswhichisthesameastheactualexaminY11.TheQWCquestionwillrequirepupilstowriteinfullsentences,usekeycomputerscienceterminologyandusecorrectspelling,grammarandpunctuation.
DRAMAWhatisthetestabout?
Exploringperformanceanddesignelementsusinganextractfromthesettext‘BloodBrothers’.
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?Recaptheiroverallunderstandingoftheplayandcharacters.Studentsshouldalsohaveaclearunderstandingoftheeraandsocial/politicalissuesofthetimetheplaywasset(1960’s–1980’s).Studentsshould
alsoresearchhowtheywouldcreateasetdesignfortheplay.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Threeexamquestionswillbeanswered,alongwithachoiceofone(oftwo)highermarkquestions.
Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?Allquestionswillrequirearesponsetotheextract,withdecisionsofhowandwhyaspectswillbeshown.Thefinallargermarkedquestionwill
allowstudentstoexplainindepthfromaperformer,ordesignerpointofview.
FOODPREPARATIONANDNUTRITIONWhatisthetestabout?
Allnutrientsindetail,foodscience,foodchoiceandfoodprovenance.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?Revisealltopicslistedabove.
Whatformatofquestioningisused?Amixtureofmultiplechoice,shortanswersandmoredetailedtowards
theendofthepaper.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Thefinalquestionswillbeanextendedwritingquestionthatlooksatnutritioninmoredetail.
CHILDDEVELOPMENTWhatisthetestabout?
Thefamily,reproduction,pre-conceptualcare,ante-natalcare,labourandbirth,feeding,weaning,andhealthyeating.
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?Reviseallofthetopicslistedabove.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
ShortanswerquestionsandlongeronestowardsendofpaperWhatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Therewillbetwolongquestionattheendofthepaper.
GEOGRAPHYWhatisthetestabout?
Basedonthecontentoflearningfromthisyear-3units:*Paper1SectionC-PhysicalLandscapesintheUK*Paper2SectionA-UrbanIssuesandChallenges*Paper3SectionAandB-GeographicalSkills
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?Theirnotes,revisioncardsandexercisebooks,anyrevisionguidesthey
mayhavepurchasedthroughschool,websitessuchas:-Ø BBCBitesize,
Ø www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geographyØ www.revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/geographyØ www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/gcse/
Whatformatofquestioningisused?StudentshavecompletedsimilarquestionsinQMAs/endofunittests.Thequestionwillhaveaseriesofsubsectionsthatcanaskanyquestionfromthethreeunitscovered.Questionsaremultiplechoice,structuredclosedquestionsandlonganswersupto9marks(+3marksforSPaG)
Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?Thelastquestionineachsectionrequiresextendedwriting.Spelling,
punctuationandgrammarwillbemarkedinthissection.
GRAPHICS
Whatisthetestabout?Demonstratingathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofsymbols,
toolsandequipmentanddesigningskills.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Theyshouldalreadyhaveasetofrevisionsheetscompletedinclass.Informationcoveredinthesewillbere-publishedonSMHWinPDFform.Wealsorecommendtheuseofthe’www.technologystudent.com’and
revisionsguides[thesecanbepurchasedfromFinance]Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Theexamwillcontainquestionswithmostlyshortanswersordrawings.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
N/A
HISTORYWhatistheexamabout?
TheexamisaspecimenGCSEpaper2on‘EarlyElizabethanEngland1558-88’(Duration:55minutes)Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
StudentsneedtorevisefromtheirPaperIIexercisebook(blue).Whatformatofquestioningisused?
ItisinthestyleofaformalGCSEexaminationpaper.Therewillbe3differentquestions–a4mark,12markand16markquestion.Studentsareawareofthedifferenttechniquesusedfor
answeringeachWhatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Allquestionsrequireanextendedanswerthatusestheirownknowledge.Question4crequiresabalancedresponse.SPaGisnot
assessedonthispaper.
ICT
Whatisthetestabout?Unit1–LivingintheDigitalWorld(Topic1–PersonalDigitalDevices)
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?RevisionnotesandpracticeexamquestionsthatarepostedonSMHW.
Whatformatofquestioningisused?Mostquestionsarestructuredineithermulti-choiceformatorshort-answerformatandareworthfrom2to4marks.Thereareslightly
longerquestionthatareworth6markseach,forwhichthequalityofwrittencommunicationisassessedaswellasthecontentoftheanswer.
Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?Therewillbetwoextendedwritingquestionsincludedintheexam
papereachworth6markseachwhichisthesameastheactualexaminY11.Eachquestionwillrequirepupilstowriteinfullsentences,usekeyICTterminologyandusecorrectspelling,grammarandpunctuation.
MFL(French/German)Whatisthetestabout?
Therewillbealisteningcomprehensiontestwhichwillbetackledinclasstheweekbeforetheexamsinthehall.Thereadingcomprehension
testwillbeanhourlongtestinthehall.Therewillalsobeawrittenexamtestdetailedbelow.
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?Firstly,pupilsshouldusetheirexercisebooks–particularlylistsof
vocabulary.TherearepastpapersontheschoolVLEforlisteningandreading,andpreparationwillbedoneinclass.MostpupilsboughttherevisionguideandrevisionworkbookfromPearsonatthebeginningofyear10–thiswouldbeidealtorevisefrom.Forvocabularylearning,the
websiteandappmemrise.comisveryuseful.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Questionswillvary–somewillbemultiplechoiceandsomewillrequireshortanswersinEnglish.Therewillalsobequestionswherestudentswillhavetoidentifythespeaker’sorwriter’spositiveornegative
attitudes.Writingpaperquestionsdealtwithbelow.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Therewillbeawrittenexamtesttakenintheexamhall,witha90wordpieceofwriting,a150wordpieceofwritingandashortEnglishto
French/Germantranslation.Allthesewillbeontopicsthathavebeencoveredsofar.
MUSIC
Whatisthetestabout?DemonstratingathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofthesetworksfromAreasofStudy1(Beethoven:PianoSonatano.81st
movement)2(Purcell:MusicForaWhile,KillerQueen)and3(RebelBlockadeRunnerandDefyingGravity).Studentswillalsobetestedon
generallisteningskillssuchascadencesandnotation.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Theyshouldalreadyhaveasetofrevisionnotesbutmostofthesewillbere-publishedonSMHW.Pupilsshouldalsousewebsitessuchasto
testtheirauralskills.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
Mostlyshortanswerquestionse.g.multiplechoiceorlistinginstrumentsheard–alisteningextractisalwaysplayedbeforeeachsetofquestions.
Someanswersmayrequiremusicnotation.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
ThiswillbecoveredinY11.
PHYSICALEDUCATIONWhatisthetestabout?
DemonstratingathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofallYear10work.
Thetestwillbebasedonthecontentoflearningfromthisyear:-v Appliedanatomyandphysiology(Bones/JointsandMuscles)
v Structureandfunctionofthecardio-respiratorysystemv Aerobicandanaerobicexercise/Effectsofexercisev MovementAnalysis(Levers/Planes&Axisetc.)
v HealthandFitnessv ComponentsofFitnessandFitnessTesting
v PrinciplesofTrainingv Types/MethodsofTraining
v Trainingseasonv Warm-UpsandCooldowns
Whatdopupilsusetorevise?PupilsshouldusetheirclassnotesandtheAQAPETextbookaswellas
anyAQA(newspec)revisionguidesthathavebeenpublished.Websitesarealsousefulincluding:-
BBCBitesize:http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/znyb4wx
Whatformatofquestioningisused?
ThequestionformatwillbebroadlyinlinewithhowweexpecttheNewSpecificationpapertoappearnextSummer.
Thiswillinclude:-ü 10MultipleChoicequestionsü Shortanswerquestionswithmarksrangingfrom2-6marksü Therewillalsobequestionswherepupilswillneedtoshowan
understandingofdata.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
N/A
PRODUCTDESIGN
Whatisthetestabout?Demonstratingathoroughknowledgeandunderstandingofindustrial
processes,specialfinishesanddesigningskills.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Theyshouldalreadyhaveasetofrevisionsheetscompletedinclass.Informationcoveredinthesewillbere-publishedonSMHWinPDFform.
Wealsorecommendtheuseof‘www.technologystudent.com’andrevisionsguides[thesecanbepurchasedfromourFinancedepartment].
Whatformatofquestioningisused?SectionAwillcontainadrawing/designingquestion.SectionBwillcontainquestionswithmostlyshortanswersorlabellingdiagrams.
Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?Thefinalquestionwillbeanextendedwritingquestion.
Spelling,punctuationandgrammarwillbemarkedinthissection.
RELIGIOUSSTUDIES–(GCSE)
Whatisthetestabout?ThetestwillcovertheunitsofChristianity:BeliefsandTeachingsand
theRelationshipsandFamiliesthemethatpupilshavestudied.Whatdopupilsusetorevise?
Pupilsshouldusetheinformationintheirexercisebooksfromworkcoveredinclass.AdditionalinformationwillbefoundonSMHWandthe
VLE.Whatformatofquestioningisused?
ThequestionformatisfromtheAQAGCSEspecificationthatstudentsshouldbefamiliarwithfromQMAsandexampracticeinclass.Studentswillanswertwoquestionseachconsistingoffiveparts.
Keyword-1markSimplerecall-2marks
Knowledgeandunderstanding-4marksKnowledgeandunderstanding,withreferencetoscripture-5marks
Evaluation-12marksPupilswillneedtorefertospecificreligiousteachingsandmake
referencetoscriptureorsacredwritingsintheiranswers.Whatabouttheextendedwritingsection?
Thefinalquestionineachsectionisevaluationandanalysisandisworthupto12marks.Studentsshouldaimtowriteforapproximately12-15minutesonthisquestionaloneandanswersshouldcoveratleastonesideofA4.ItisimperativethatthebulkofstudentresponsesshouldbebasedonChristianteachingsandstudentsmustmakereferencetokeybiblicalandchurchteachingtofullysupportthepointstheymake.Upto5markswillbeaddedforSpelling,PunctuationandGrammar
(SPaG)onthe12markquestions.
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