Junior School Winter Assessment Information
2025 - 2026
Form 1
Examination format: 1 hour
A series of questions based on a fiction extract.
Revision:
You will practise your comprehension skills in class during your study of the novel. Remember that your answers must be supported with evidence in the form of a quotation from the text. Provide detailed explanations where necessary.
Food and Nutrition
Spelling assessment
Examination format: 35 minutes
All of booklet 1
Recall and data response type questions Short answers and structured short paragraph
Revision:
Revise all of booklet 1 thoroughly Make revision notes on the booklet
Learn key words at front of the booklet Recipes do not need to be learnt but knowing reasons for choice of ingredients may be useful.
French
Listening completed in class w/b 20 Nov
Reading and Writing based on Unit 0-2
Revision:
Revise all sentence builders. Use extra exercises in the booklets to help and all extra revision material supplied by your teacher through Language Gym.
Geography
Examination format
1 hour
Everything from the two booklets What is Geography? and Where in the World? will be tested.
Graphical and mapping skills practiced throughout these booklets will be assessed in the examination. Pupils should bring the correct materials (e.g. pencil, rubber, ruler, colouring pencils) to ensure that they can complete these tasks. DON’T FORGET YOUR ATLAS!
History
Examination format: 1 hour
Revision:
Everything that has been taught to the end of November will be tested. These are all historical skills such as anachronisms, cause and consequence, fact and opinion. Sourcework will also be tested looking at what information a source gives us and how useful a source is.
Latin
Vocabulary (continuous assessment from Stages 1-3)
Stage 2 translation passage
Examination format:
Translation and comprehension (50 Minutes)
Revision:
Revision is only required for the examination paper. All vocabulary and grammar from Stages 1-3 of the Cambridge Latin Course.
Use www.myclc.co.uk for vocabulary testing and translation practice and look at the grammar information on Google Classroom.
Mathematics
Test 1: Directed Numbers | Area
Test 2: Volume | Fractions
Examination
Examination format:
Non-Calculator paper 1 hour
Equipment needed:
Pen, pencil and ruler.
Revision:
Directed [Negative] Numbers Perimeter and Area Volume
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
Revision Tips:
Start by learning any rules and methods. Use worked examples in your notes or workbooks to help you. Then the best way to revise Maths is to physically practise Maths! Use the exercises in your workbooks, past test papers, Corbett Maths and MyMaths.
Further demonstration of each topic can be found on mymaths.co.uk and video examples can be found at corbettmaths.com or via the Form 1 Playlist of the MCB Maths Department YouTube channel (scan the QR code below).
Religious Education
Dead Sea Scrolls Project
Exam Format:
45 minutes
Revision:
John Wesley, The Bible, OT Leaders – Abraham and Moses
Homework
To Become A Good Scientist Test
Examination Format:
45 minutes
Type of questions:
Short and longer questions, graphs and diagrams. Remember to bring a pencil and a ruler.
What topics to revise: How Do I Become a Good Scientist?
Atoms Cells (TBC)
Revision:
Use the “What I need to know or understand” guidance at the start of each booklet to learn your notes thoroughly, paying attention to detail. Try some of the exercises in the booklets to test your knowledge and understanding of the theory.
Technology
Examination Format:
Short and longer questions
Recall questions
Design Question
Booklet:
Key Fob Project
Personal/Creative Writing
Examination format:
1 hour
You will have a choice of either a personal or creative writing question.
Revision:
You will develop your writing skills in class. You are aiming for a focused, organised and engaging piece of writing. Vary your sentence structures, vocabulary and rhetorical devices, paying close attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Examination format:
40 minutes
All of booklet 1
Recall and data response type questions
Short answers and structured short paragraph
Revision:
Revise all of booklet 1 thoroughly
Make revision notes on the booklet
Learn key words at front of the booklet
Recipes do not need to be learnt but knowing reasons for choice of ingredients may be useful.
French
Listening
Reading and Writing
Revision:
Revise sentence builders units 10-12. Use extra exercises in the booklets to help and all extra revision material supplied by your teacher through Language Gym.
Geography
Asia Back to Basics
Asia Country Profile
Japan Back to Basics
Japan Newspaper
Examination format:
1 hour – Asia and Japan
Revision:
Asia
Asia Map
Asia Climate
Japan
Japan Map
Japan facts
Life in Japanese cities
Tohoku earthquake
NB: Everything in the booklets will be tested.
Other graphical and mapping skills practiced throughout these topics will also be assessed in the examination. Pupils should bring the correct materials (e.g. pencil, rubber, ruler, colouring pencils) to ensure that they can complete these tasks.
German
Listening
Reading/Writing
Examination format:
Listening: This will take place in class in November. Teachers will advise of exact date.
Reading and Writing: This will take place during the examination period and will include short answers in English and German and translation into German.
Topics:
Chapter 1 -2 (www.kerboodle.com) Get in contact with your teacher if you have forgotten your log in details.
Meine Familie und ich – talking about yourself – name/age/birthday etc; days of the week; months of the year; Numbers; family and friends; colours; countries and where you live.
History
Sourcework
Examination format:
1 hour
Revision:
Everything that has been taught to the end of November will be tested. This will include the topics of Native Americans, Mountain Men and Wagons West. Sourcework will also be tested looking at what information a source gives us and how useful a source is
Latin
Vocabulary (continuous assessment from Stages 7-9)
Stage 8 translation passage
Stage 9 comprehension passage
Examination format:
Translation and Comprehension (50 Minutes)
Revision:
Revision is only required for the examination paper. All grammar from Stages 1-9 of the Cambridge Latin Course.
Vocabulary from Stages 1-9 of the Cambridge Latin Course as given on the list supplied in advance.
Use www.myclc.co.uk for vocabulary testing and translation practice and look at the grammar information on Google Classroom.
Mathematics
Test 1: Indices | Standard Form
Test 2: Probability| Fractions & Percentages
Examination
Examination format:
Non-Calculator paper 1 hour
Equipment needed: Pen, pencil and ruler
Revision:
Indices
Standard Form
Probability
Fractions & Percentages
Scattergraphs
Ratio
Revision Tips:
Start by learning any rules and methods. Use worked examples in your notes or workbooks to help you. Then the best way to revise Maths is to physically practise Maths! Use the exercises in your workbooks, past test papers, Corbett Maths and MyMaths.
Further demonstration of each topic can be found on mymaths.co.uk and video examples can be found at corbettmaths.com or via the Form 2 Playlist of the MCB Maths Department YouTube channel (scan the QR code below).
Religious Education
Making A Difference Project
Examination Format:
45 minutes
Revision:
Pentecost, Persecution, Reformation (Martin Luther)
Science Physics Investigations Poster
Glorious Food Test
Investigations Test
Examination Format:
45 minutes
Type of questions:
Short and longer questions, graphs and diagrams. Remember to bring a pencil and a ruler.
Revision:
Physics Investigations
Food, Glorious food Physical Change (TBC)
Use the “What I need to know or understand” guidance at the start of each booklet to learn your notes thoroughly, paying attention to detail. Try some of the exercises in the booklets to test your knowledge and understanding of the theory.
Spanish
Reading 33⅓%
Writing
Listening
Examination format:
Listening: this will take place in class in November. Teachers will advise of exact date. Question style will include multiple choice and gap-fill.
Reading: this will take place during the examination period. Question style will include match-up, translation into English and gap-fill.
Writing: this will take place during the examination period. Question style will include short answers in Spanish and translation into Spanish
Revision:
Students should revise all vocabulary and grammar from the following units in their yellow booklets:
Unit 0: Saying how you are and what’s in your pencil case / classroom
Unit 1: Talking about my age
Unit 2: Talking about my birthday
Unit 3: Taking about where I live / am from
Unit 4 – School subjects, likes and dislikes
Unit 10 – Describing my teachers
Students can use any exercise on these topics in their green booklets to aid revision. They can also use Language Gym online to practice their Listening, Reading and Writing skills. Students should speak to their class teacher if they have any issues with their login.
Technology Design Sheet – Research Task
Examination format:
Short and longer questions
Recall questions
Calculations
Booklet: Night Light
Form 3
Biology
Examination format:
1 hour
Short and long answers, calculations, graph skills etc.
Revision:
Breath of life
Life under pressure
Love Matters
Learn your notes thoroughly. Make revision notes and test your understanding by re-doing old tests or homeworks. Learn all the material in your booklets - don’t forget the experiments. Make use of the extra resources that your teacher posts on Google Classroom.
Chemistry
Formal Homework – Formulae and Equations
End of Topic Test – Formulae and Equations
Examination format: 45 minutes
The examination paper will consist of several short and long structured questions. Questions may be included on practical work carried out during the term.
Revision:
Revise how to work out valences and use them to write chemical formulae.
Learn diatomic elements.
Practise balancing given chemical equations.
Practise writing and balancing equations. There may be a small section on Acids booklet but if so your teacher will advise you. English
Examination format: 1 hour
You will answer one question, which will specify the topic, audience, purpose and form. For example: Write a speech for your classmates, persuading them to agree with your views on the following topic: ‘The learning of foreign languages in school should be compulsory until the age of sixteen.’
Revision:
You will develop your writing skills in class. You are aiming for an organised and engaging piece of writing that matches form and purpose with audience. Vary your sentence structures, vocabulary and rhetorical devices, paying close attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Food and Nutrition
Examination format:
40 minutes
Booklet 1 up to and including page 25
Recall and data response type questions
Short answers and structured short paragraph
Revision:
Revise all of booklet 1 thoroughly Make revision notes on the booklet
Learn key words at front of the booklet
Recipes do not need to be learnt but knowing reasons for choice of ingredients may be useful.
French Listening
Revision:
Revise all sentence builders units 9-11. Use extra exercises in the booklets to help and all extra revision material supplied by your teacher through Language Gym.
Geography Brazil Back to Basics
Examination
Examination:
1 hour – Brazil and Amazon
Revision: Brazil
South America Map
Brazil Fact File and Key Information
Life in Brazilian Cities
Brazil Map
Brazil Regions
Amazon Climate, vegetation, and animals of the rainforest
Traditional lifestyles of the people of the rainforest
Causes and impacts of deforestation
NB: Everything in the booklet will be tested.
Other graphical and mapping skills practiced throughout these topics will also be assessed in the examination. Pupils should bring the correct materials (e.g. pencil, rubber, ruler, colouring pencils) to ensure that they can complete these tasks.
German
Listening
Reading/Writing/Grammar
Examination Format:
Listening: This will take place in class in November. Teachers will advise of exact date.
Reading and Writing: This will take place during the examination period and will include short answers in English and German, a grammar component and translation into German.
Topics:
Chapter 3 (www.kerboodle.com) Get in contact with your teacher if you have forgotten your log in details.
• Freizeit – talking about your hobbies; Saying how often you do something; Telling the time; Numbers; Days of the week and months of the year; Opinions and preferences, especially in connection with your hobbies/sports/music/film preferences.
History
Soursework on Suffragettes
Examination format: 1 hour
Revision:
Everything that has been taught to the end of November will be tested. This will include Edwardian Britain and World War One (causes of war, stalemate, life in Trenches, General Haig etc). Sourcework will also be tested looking at what information a source gives us and how useful and reliable it is.
Latin
Vocabulary (Continuous Assessment from Stages 15-16) 10%
Stage 15 Comprehension
Stage 16 Translation
Examination format:
50 Minutes
Translation and Comprehension
Revision:
Revision is only required for the examination paper. All grammar from Stages 1-16 of the Cambridge Latin Course.
Vocabulary from Stages 1-16 of the Cambridge Latin Course as given on the list supplied in advance.
Use www.myclc.co.uk for vocabulary testing and translation practice and look at the grammar information on Google Classroom.
Mathematics
Test 1: Statistics
Test 2: Percentages | Equations
Winter Examination: All Maths content to date
Examination format:
1 paper (1hr 15mins) Calculator allowed
Equipment needed: Pen, pencil, ruler and calculator.
Topics:
Cumulative frequency
Box and whisker diagrams
Stem and leaf diagrams
Calculating mean
Percentages
Equations
Constructing formulae
Substitution
Changing the subject of a formula
Revision Tips:
Start by learning any rules and methods. Use worked examples in your notes or workbooks to help you. Then the best way to revise Maths is to physically practise Maths! Use the exercises in your workbooks, past test papers, Corbett Maths and MyMaths.
Further demonstration of each topic can be found on mymaths.co.uk and video examples can be found at corbettmaths.com or via the Form 3 Playlist of the MCB Maths Department YouTube channel (scan the QR code below).
Physics
Formal Homework – Forces
End of Topic Test – Forces
Examination format:
45 minutes
The examination paper will consist of several short and long structured questions.
Questions may be included on practical work carried out during the term.
Topics:
P3.1 Forces up to and including the beginning of moments (your teacher will confirm exactly where during one of your classes).
Revision:
Make sure all definitions are learned. Try again questions which have been done in class, use your question booklets. Make sure you bring a pencil, pen, ruler and calculator to the examination.
Please bring a calculator and a ruler with you.
Religious Education
World Religions Coursework
Examination format:
45 minutes
Topics on Winter Exam
Hinduism booklet (including coursework) and Buddhism booklet
Examination format:
Speaking: this will take place either just before or after half term. Teachers have already made students aware of the exact date. Students will complete a role play (a scenario involving short answers in Spanish) in class.
Listening: this will take place in class in November. Teachers will advise of exact date.
Question style will include multiple choice and short answers in English.
Reading: this will take place in the examination period. Question style will include multiple choice and gap-fill.
Writing: this will take place in the examination period. Question style will include short answers in Spanish and an extended piece of writing in Spanish.
Revision:
Students should revise the vocabulary from the following topics in their orange booklets: Free time (including what you do on your phone)
Music
TV
What you did yesterday
Describing a past and future holiday
Students should revise the following grammar points:
Present tense of -ar/-er/-ir verbs
Present tense of ir (to go)
Giving opinions and reasons in present tense.
Past tense of regular verbs (-ar, -er and -ir verbs)
Past tense of ir (to go)
Opinions and reasons in the past
Students will also need to revise the following topics from Form 2: Unit 3: Saying where I live and where I am from Unit 8: Describing myself and another family member
Technology
Examination format:
Short and longer questions
Calculations
Recall questions
Design Question
Revision:
Form 3 Booklet – Electronic and Microelectronic Control Systems
