Middle School Winter Assessment Information
Subject
BIOLOGY 1 Hour
BUSINESS STUDIES 1 Hour
CHEMISTRY 1 Hour
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (Multimedia) 1 Hour
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (Programming) 1 Hour plus programming test during class time
DRAMA 45 Minutes
Booklets 1.1 to 1.4
Booklets 1A & 1B
Entrepreneurs; Business Resources; Business Ownership; Public Sector; Role of social enterprise; Business location; Business aims and objectives; Stakeholders.
Booklet 1C
Marketing; Market Research
Booklet 1D
Competition; Customer Service
Learn all work in booklets 1.1, 1.2,1.3, 1.4 to part of 1.5. Your teacher will tell you exactly how much of 1.5 will be examined.
Unit 2 – Designing solutions; Digital development considerations; Multimedia applications; Multimedia authoring; Database development
Unit 4 – Digital data; Digital design principles; Programming constructs
Programming test – to be completed in class time
Multiple choice questions on Drama and Theatre terms followed by 2 longer questions on performance of a specific role in Blood Brothers.
ECONOMICS 1 Hour
Basic Economics
Demand and Supply
Elasticity
Business Growth ENGLISH
LANGUAGE: Revise ‘Reading Non-Fiction’ and “Media Texts”.
LITERATURE: “An Inspector Calls” (open book). Revise essay planning/argument-building and good quotations for important characters and themes.
FOOD & NUTRITION 1 hour 15 Minutes
FRENCH
Reading 1 hour
Booklet 1, 2 and part of booklet 3 (teacher will inform class in November what topic to learn up to in booklet 3)
Writing 1 hour 4 elements
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing
Vocabulary list specification on the CCEA website. Family sentence builder focus.
Speaking: Test w/b 24th November
Listening: Test in class modelled on past CCEA GCSE Listening examination.
Reading & Writing: Examination modelled on past CCEA GCSE Reading & Writing papers.
FURTHER MATHS 1 Hour The paper will be based upon all the Pure Mathematics content.
GEOGRAPHY 1 Hour
Revise all material covered so far this term on Rivers and Coasts topics.
GERMAN 1 Hour 20 Minutes 4 elements
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing
Vocabulary list specification on the CCEA website, in particular Familie, Freizeit und die neuen Technologien.
Speaking: Test (role play) in exam time based on Context 1.
Listening: Test in class modelled on past CCEA GCSE Listening examination.
Reading & Writing: Examination modelled on past CCEA GCSE Reading & Writing papers.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Political Ideas and Concepts Decision Making in a Democracy Elections & Voting in a Democracy
HISTORY 50 Minutes Full USA course to date.
LATIN 1 Hour
GCSE vocabulary from Stages 1-16. Relevant GCSE grammar up to Stage 28.
LLW 1 Hour Citizenship
Booklet 1 – Diversity and Inclusion
Booklet 2 – Rights and Responsibilities
Booklet 3 - Government and Civil society (only the sections covered)
MATHEMATICS 1 Hour
30 Minutes
MOVING IMAGE ARTS 1 Hour
MUSIC
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
All work covered so far. Classes will be informed of end point.
Moving Image Arts
- 5 areas of film language
- Genre Conventions
- Film still analysis
- Roles and responsibilities in film industry
- Representation and stereotypes
- Narrative structures
60 - 75 Minutes (Due to the listening nature of the task, it will be done in class before the examination period). Revise all content from the Western Classical Music booklet related to ‘For unto us a child is born’ – from Handel’s Messiah & Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4. Revise all key terms and know the key features of the Baroque & Classical periods. Know the names and composers of all Set Works, which Area of Study they are from and what they sound like.
1 Hour ALL body systems
Health: mental, social & physical
Active leisure will not be examined.
PHYSICS
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
1 Hour
1 Hour
Booklets 1.1, 1.2a, 1.2b (up to and including P7).
Booklet 1 – Existence of God, Creation Stories
Booklet 2 – Nature of God
TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN 1 Hour Unit 1
Electronic Control Systems
Computer Control Systems
Pneumatic Control Systems
RUSSIAN 1 Hour
SPANISH
Textbook Red Square – Units 1.1 -2.4 Unit 5.1- 5.3 That cover the following topics:
1. Myself and my family/My friends
2. Free time/Hobbies with Family and friends
3. The use of Technology
4. School
5 My town
Revise all support vocabulary provided on Google Classroom
REVISE ALL 3 TENSES (PRESENT, PAST, FUTURE)
4 elements
Speaking/Listening/Reading/Writing
Vocabulary lists are on Google Classroom.
Speaking: Test in class time based on topics covered this term. (please see topics above) 5-6 minutes.
Listening: Test in class modelled on past Edexcel GCSE Foundation Listening examination.
Reading& Writing: 1 hour each (translation is included in the Writing Paper)
Module 1: Holidays
Module 3: Family, friends and technology.
Students should revise vocabulary from these topics from their CCEA vocabulary list.
This can also be found in the CCEA GCSE specification (page 54 onwards)
Students should revise key verbs and structures from their green sentence builder booklets.
Speaking: to be completed week beginning 10th November, based on Module 1 (holidays). Class teachers will confirm exact date.
Listening: class teachers will advise on exact date.
