Junior School Winter Assessment Information 1
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2026-2027
Contents Form 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Form 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Form 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Form 1 Subject
Art & Design
English
Drama
French
Geography
History
Percentage towards your final grade
Description of Assessment
O’Keeffe Literacy Task
10
Drawing Skills
10
Drawing Coursework
40
Paint or Ceramics Coursework
40
Total
100%
Literacy Exercise Book
20
Autobiography Coursework
40
Winter Examination Comprehension
40
Total
100%
Written Evaluation
10
Preparation and Process
40
Practical Performance
50
Total
100%
Listening Test
50
Reading and Writing Test
50
Total
100%
Back to Basics 1
10
Ireland Choropleth Map
10
GIS Homework Task
10
Winter Examination
70
Total
100%
Formal Homework’s - Notebooks
10
Source work
10
Winter Examination
80
Total
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Food and Nutrition
Latin
Mathematics
Music
Religious Education
Science
4
Spelling Assessment – Spellings of key words
10
Class Recall Assessment
25
Winter Examination – Booklet 1
65
Total
100%
Vocabulary Test Average Mark – Stages 1-3
10
Stage 2 Translation
30
Winter Examination Translation/Comprehension
60
Total
100%
Test 1 – Directed numbers and area
10
Test 2 – Fractions/area/volume
10
Winter Examination - Non-calculator paper
80
Total
100%
School Song Poster
10
Listening Homework
10
Solo Performance
20
Written Task - “Music and Celebration”
20
Final Examination (Written/Listening)
40
Total
100%
‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ Project
20
Winter Examination
80
Total
100%
Safety Homework
2.5
How To Become a Good Scientist Test
10
Atoms Homework
2.5
Atoms Test
10
Winter Examination
75
Total
100%
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Technology
Design Sheet – Safety Poster
10
Safety Socrative Test
10
Key Ring Practical
10
Design Sheet – Existing Products Research
20
Winter Examination
50
Total
100%
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Form 2 Subject
Art & Design
English
French
German
Spanish
Geography
6
Description of Assessment
Percentage towards your final grade
Literacy Task
10
Drawing Skills
10
Coursework Unit 1 (will vary by class)
40
Coursework Unit 2 (will vary by class)
40
OR Animation Coursework with Literacy Task
[100]
Total
100%
Literacy Exercise Book
20
Creative Response to Literature Coursework
40
Winter Examination Personal/Creative Writing
40
Total
100%
Listening
50
Reading/Writing
50
Total
100%
Reading/Writing
50
Listening
50
Total
100%
Reading
33⅓
Writing
33⅓
Listening
33⅓
Total
100%
Asia Back to Basics
10
Asia Country Profile
10
Japan Back to Basics
10
Japan Newspaper
10
Winter Examination
60
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History
Food and Nutrition
Latin
Mathematics
Music
Religious Education
Science
Total
100%
Class Test
20
Winter Examination
80
Total
100%
Spelling Assessment – Spellings of key works
10
Class Recall Assessment
20
Winter Examination – Booklet 1
70
Total
100%
Vocabulary Test Average - Stages 7 - 10
10
Stage 8 Translation
20
Stage 9 Comprehension
20
Winter Examination Translation/Comprehension
50
Total
100%
Test 1 – Indices/Standard Form
10
Test 2 – Probability/Number work
10
Winter Examination - Non-calculator paper
80
Total
100%
Composition
10
Formal Homework – Elements of a Musical
10
Solo Performance
20
Written/Listening Exam
60
Total
100%
Making A Difference Project
20
Winter Examination
80
Total
100%
Physics Investigations Poster
5
Food, Glorious Food Test
10
Physics Investigations Test
10
Winter Examination
75
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Technology
8
Total
100%
Design Sheet – Research Task Existing Products
10
Design Sheet – Design Ideas
10
Moodlight - soldering
10
Socrative Test
20
Winter Examination
50
Total
100%
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Form 3 Subject
Art &Design
Biology
Chemistry
Percentage towards your final grade
Description of Assessment
Design Project – Contextual Research
20
Design Project - Ideas
20
Design Project - Case Study
20
Design Project - Drawings
40
Total
100%
Winter Examination Topics : Breath of Life/Life under Pressure /Love Matters 1 hour paper with short and long answers, calculations, graph skills etc.
100%
An Introduction to Equations Formal Homework
5
An Introduction to Equations End of Topic Test
15
Winter Examination: An Introduction to Equations and Acids & Alkalis
English
French
80
Total
100%
Shakespeare Coursework
50
Winter Examination Functional Writing
50
Total
100%
Listening
25
Winter Examination – Reading/Writing
75
Total
100%
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German
Spanish
Geography
History
IT
Food and Nutrition
Latin
10
Listening
25
Reading/Writing/Grammar
75
Total
100%
Reading
25
Writing
25
Listening
25
Speaking
25
Total
100%
Brazil Back to Basics
10
Amazon Back to Basics
10
Tribe Poster
10
Winter Examination
70
Total
100%
Source work on Suffragettes
20
Winter Examination
80
Total
100%
Digital Proficiency Class Test
50
Safer Schools NI Review Class Test
50
Total
100%
Spelling Assessment – Spellings of Key Words
10
Practical Assessment
25
Winter Examination – Booklet 1
65
Total
100%
Vocabulary Test Average - Stages 15-16
10
Stage 15 Comprehension
20
Stage 16 Translation
20
Winter Examination Translation/Comprehension
50
Total
100%
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Mathematics
Music
Physics
Religious Education
Technology
Test 1 - Statistics
10
Test 2 – Percentages/Equations
10
Winter Examination - Calculator paper)
80
Total
100%
Classical Composer Fact Sheet or Own Choice Performance
20
Spellings
20
Minuet Composition
20
Written Assessment
40
Total
100%
Formal Homework – Forces
5
End of Topic Test - Forces
15
Winter Examination (45 minutes)
80
Total
100%
World Religions Coursework
20
Winter Examination
80
Total
100%
Design Sheet - Product Analysis & Electronic Components Research
10
Practical Skills – Soldering
15
Socrative Test
25
Winter Examination
50
Total
100%
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