Senior School Winter Assessment Information
Subject
BIOLOGY 1 Hour
30 minutes
BUSINESS STUDIES 1 hr 30 mins
CHEMISTRY 1 Hour
30 minutes
COMPUTER SCIENCE 2 hours
(2 papers - 1 hour each); programming examination during class time
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 1 hour 30 minutes
(2 papers –45 minutes each)
DRAMA 1 hour
Topics 1.1 – 1.5. Includes an essay question.
Booklet 1A
Booklet 1B*
Booklet 1C (part 1)
Booklet 1C (part 2)*
*Staff will confirm closer to the examination how much of this booklet will be assessed.
Topics: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.9
Mr Wright (1 hour theory paper in examination session plus a programming examination during class time):
4.1 Fundamentals of programming
• 4.1.1 Programming (all except 4.1.1.15 Role of stack frames and 4.1.1.16 Recursive techniques)
4.4 Theory of computation
• 4.4.1 Abstraction and automation (all)
Miss Richmond (1 hour paper):
Fundamentals of data representation
Miss Richmond (45 minute paper): AS 1 - Reasons for systems development; Analysis; Design, development and testing
Mr Wright (45 minute paper): AS 2 - Data representation; Data and information; Hardware and software (Architecture, user interface and data compression)
Pupils should revise the play text Machinal. They should answer both questions on the paper.
ECONOMICS 1 hour 30 minutes
Booklet 1A
Booklet 1BC
Booklet 1D
Booklet 1E *Staff will confirm closer to the examination how much of this booklet will be assessed.
ENGLISH 1 hour
English Literature: one paper, Wuthering Heights.
E-TECH 1 hour Wind
Counting on the Reliance of Fossil Fuels
Global Action on Energy
Solar
FOOD and NUTRITION
1 hour 15 minutes
Pupils should revise the material in the first four topics:
• Eating patterns
• Energy
• Obesity
• CVD
FRENCH 1 hour 20 minutes
FURTHER MATHS 1 hour 30 minutes
All Pure content covered will be examined. Staff will tell students of all topics to be included.
An Applied test will take place in class in late November covering all content.
The overall score will be made up of 40% from the Applied test and 60% from Pure examination.
GEOGRAPHY 1 hour Physical – Global Biomes and Small-Scale Ecosystems Booklet Human – Population Booklet
GERMAN 1 hour 20 minutes
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 hour 45 minutes
Students should revise materials relating to vocabulary from the following topics on Google Classroom and in Relationships booklet:
• Different family structures
• Roles, responsibilities and relationships within families
• Challenges for families
• Intergenerational issues
• Influences on young people, for example peers, family and friends
The Use of Language paper will cover: Nouns, Cases, Prepositions, Pronouns, Common regular and irregular verb forms in all tenses, Short translation into German.
Students will complete a Listening and Speaking examination prior to the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact dates.
Students will complete a Literature essay either prior to or post the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
• Pressure Groups
• Functions of MPs: representative, legislative, scrutiny
• Effectiveness of MPs in carrying out these functions
• House of Lords
HISTORY 1 hour 30 minutes
Germany – revise technique for 10 mark & 20 mark question. Content of course up to 1933.
Russia – exam will be an 8 mark & 22 mark question. Content of course to include February & October Revolution, Civil War and Economic Policies.
MATHEMATICS 1 hour 30 minutes
All Pure content covered will be examined. Staff will tell students of all topics to be included.
An Applied test will take place in class in late November covering all Mechanics content.
The overall score will be made up of 30% from the Applied test and 70% from Pure examination.
MOVING IMAGE ARTS 1 hour 30 minutes
Section A: Classical Hollywood style: realism in Hollywood (one 10 mark fact file question and one scene analysis)
Section B: Formalism: (one 10 mark question and one scene analysis)
MUSIC 2 hours
Students should revise the following:
• Information on musical periods from Miss Houghton
• Vivaldi, Mozart
• Ol’ Man River, Soliloquy
• This is the Record of John, Zadok the Priest
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
1 hour 30 minutes
All of Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology. The detailed list is on the L6th BTEC Google Classroom.
PHYSICS 1 hour 30 minutes
80% Winter exam (1.1 & 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 & 1.5 and all of electricity)
20% mock practical inc 3b
PSYCHOLOGY 1 Hour 30 minutes
Students should revise all material in the first three booklets:
• Research Methods
• Memory
• Social Influence
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
1 Hour 20 minutes
RUSSIAN 2 hours
Revise all material completed on the following topics from both areas of the course
Acts of the Apostles: Context of Acts and Beginnings of the Church
Ethics: Biblical Ethics, Natural Moral Law, Utilitarianism
Students should revise all material in the following booklets:
• Student’s Essay guide: essay titles and indicative content
• Student’s Winter examinations Support material
• Support vocabulary
SPANISH
1 hour 20 minutes
Students should revise all vocabulary and grammar from the following topics:
• Different family structures
• Roles, responsibilities and relationships within families
• Challenges for families
• Intergenerational issues
• Influences on young people, for example peers, family and friends
• Film and TV
• Social media and new technology
Students will complete a Listening examination prior to the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
Students will complete a Speaking examination during the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
Students will complete a Literature essay either prior to or post the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN 1 hour
Design and Materials Design Question
TRAVEL AND TOURISM 1 hour
Everything covered so far in Unit 1: The World of Travel and Tourism
