CHS Year 10 Exams
Chorlton High School
Summer Term Year 10 Exams Information for Students
For Year 10 Exams students will be assessed on their learning from within the curriculum. Below is a list of some of the key focusses for students to use to structure their revision and study at home. Their class teachers will be able to guide them through specific aspects of the Year 10 Exams taking place.
Subject What I need to know
Poetry: Rigorously revise your FAVOURITE 7 POEMS by revising quotes, effects of language and structural choices and context/wider themes.
English
You need to know how to COMPARE two poems. In the exam, one of the poems will be printed and you will have to choose one from memory to compare it to.
Planning is key, so part of your revision can be planning out responsesintimedconditions.
Key words I need to know Subject What I need to know Key words I need to know
• Enjambment
• Caesura
• Imagery
• Rhyme scheme
• Stanza
• Similarly
• Whereas
• Semantic field
• Theme
• Relationship
French
• Being able to respond to an ask questions on the topic of Year 9 topics (family, tech, free-time activities, celebrations)
• Being able to respond to an ask questions on the topic of year 10 topics (town and region, charity, environment, and holidays.
• Describing a photo
• Responding to a role play.
Vocab from key topics:
• Family
• Technology
• Free-time activities
• Customs and festivals
• Town and region
• Charity
• Environment
• Holidays.
Year 10
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
Foundation 10Ma8 - 11
• Angles in parallel lines
• Expanding and factorising
• Scatter graphs
• Recipes
• Tree diagrams
• Venn diagrams
• Rounding
• Error Intervals
• Drawing quadratic graphs
Maths
Higher 10Ma1 – 7
• Fractions
• Ratio
• Indices
• Circle theorems
• Surds
• Algebraic fractions
• Simultaneous Equations
• Angles in polygons
• Density
• Trigonometry (right angled)
• Box Plots
• Compound Interest
Chemistry Paper 1
Science
• Atomic structure and the periodic table
Key Terms are throughout your exercise books and should be used alongside the revision of these topics.
You will be completing a FULL Unit 1
GCSE Paper so you need to know:
• Global Hazards – including case studies on Nepal, Australian Drought and Boscastle flash flooding
• Changing Climates – including global and UK threats and opportunities of climate change
• Distinctive Landscapes –including case studies on River Eden and Swanage Bay
Geography
• Sustaining Ecosystems –including case studies on Samasati Nature Retreat, Svalbard in the Arctic and the Antarctic Treaty and Environmental Protocols.
See MS Teams for Glossary of GCSE Terms
• Atoms
• Elements
• Compounds
• Mixtures
Superpower Relations and the Cold War
Seeyourknowledge organisersinyourbook.
History
Key Topic 1: Origins of the Cold War
• Cold War Conferences
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
• Bonding, structure and the properties of matter
• Quantitative Chemistry
• Chemical Changes
• Energy changes
Physics Paper 1
• Energy
• Electricity
• Particle model of matter
• Atomic structure
• Relative atomic mass
• Electronic structure
• Energy stores
• Energy transfers
• Energy efficiency
• Power
• Non-renewable energy
• Renewable energy
• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance
• Density
• Specific heat capacity
• Latent heat
• War of Words (inc. Iron Curtain and Secret Telegrams)
• Soviet Expansion
• Containment
• Berlin Blockade
• NATO & Warsaw Pact
• Hungarian Uprising
Key Topic 2: Cold War Crises
• Brain Drain
• 4 Summits
• Berlin Wall
• Cuban Revolution
• Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Czechoslovakia – Prague Spring
• Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
• Détente in 1960s
How to answer:
• Consequences Q
• Narrative Q
• Importance Q
Photography
• Photography:
• How to take an abstract photograph
• How to isolate and crop
• How to change contrast and tone on Photoshop
• Aperture
• Isolate
• Contrast
• Crop
• Hue
Media Studies
CSP:
• Film Industry.
• Online, participatory social media.
• Music videos.
• Advertising.
• Magazines.
• Media Language.
• Audience.
• Representation.
• Industry.
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
• How to use the polygonal marque tool
• How to change the Aperture on your camera
• How to troubleshoot camera settings.
• How to make an observational drawing
• How to apply tone
• How to draw on challenging surfaces
• Understanding quality of line
Art
• Tone
• Shape
• From
• Three dimensional
• Pressure
•
Music
• Newspapers.
Students will be assessed on their ability to hand in their second draft of their Free Composition or Logic, Sibelius or i=on live instruments.
In order to prepare students should use the following resources:
• Music Technology club
• Rehearsal rooms
• Chord sequences and development techniques
• A developing bass line
• A strong melody and melodic development techniques
• Structure
• Texture
• Playing techniques
• Dynamics
• Harmony
• Tonality & modulation
• Articulation
Business
• Types of Business ownership
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
• Procurement and Production
• Contracts of Employment
• The marketing Mix and Promotional Mix
• Sources of Finance
• Stakeholders
• E-commerce
• M-commerce
• Sustainability
• Economy
• Overdraft
• Globalisation
• Multinational
Music Technology
Students will be assessed on their ability to create a short composition of their choice on Logic.
In order to prepare students should use the following resources:
• Music Technology club
• Chords
• Bass line
• Melody
• Structure
• Effects
• Panning
• Automation
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
• You should learn Key Business Formulas
• Investment
• Legislation
• Recession
• Diversification
• Data Representation: Binary & Arithmetic
• Impact of Digital Technology
• Components and performance of the CPU
Computer Science
• Storage
• Networks (LAN/WAN/TOPOLOGIES)
• Programming Languages
• Logic Errors
• Variables
• Logic Gates
• SQL
Students will be demonstrating their understanding of performance skills, choreography, training, nutrition and the AQA anthology works: ‘Shadows’ and ‘Infra’.
Dance
This assessment is in the form of a written paper.
Students will also complete their Set Phrase NEA assessment on 13th
• Operating System
• Logical Operators AND, OR, NOT)
• Logical Expressions
• Truth Tables
• Logic Gates
• Logic Circuits
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Lifestyle Choices
• Diet & Nutrition
• Skills & Practices
• Feedback & Guidance
• SMART targets & Mental Preparation
• Commercialisation
• Factors affecting participation on sport & physical activity.
• Sporting Behaviours
• Sedentary
• Macronutrient
• Micronutrient
• Distributed practice
• Variable practice
• Concurrent feedback
• Terminal feedback
• Manual guidance
• Extrinsic
• Intrinsic
• Deviance
• Socio-economic
• Stimulus
• Choreographic intention
• Action Content
• Spatial Content
• Dynamic Content
• Relationship Content
• Choreographic devices
• Climax
• Mood
• Production features
Performing Arts
PE
Design and Technology
CHS Year 10 Exams
June. This is a practical exam that will go towards their final grade.
• Performance skills
• Materials and their Properties (wood, metal, plastic, textiles, paper card and boards)
• Systems Design (Electronics)
• Industry and Automation
• Production techniques
• Sustainability
• User centred design
• CAD/CAM
• The work of others
• Design Principles
• Modification
• Component
• Properties
• Quality control
• Tolerance
• Wasting
• Abrading
• Absorbency
• Density
• Electrical conductivity
• Thermal conductivity
• Strength, Hardness, Toughness, Malleability, Ductility, Elasticity
Year 10
RE
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
• User access restriction
• Cloud Storage/Cloud Computing
• Social Media
• External Security Threats – Open networks
Digital Information Technology
• Data subject rights & Copyright
• Data protection
• Information Flow Diagrams
• Cookies
• Ethical hacking
• Impact on Environment
• Characteristics
• Context
• Structure
• Data
• Table, Graphs/Charts
• Sparkline
• Infographic
• Validation
• Verification
• Primary Data
• Secondary Data
• Sample
• Privacy & Fraud
Sport Studies
Students have recently completed externally assessed work and coursework for this course. This information will contribute towards student’s summer grading reports.
Drama
Students will be assessed on their understanding and application of Drama through their performance of their Devised Thematic piece of theatre and completion of devising logs 1 and 2. This is coursework. The performance will be assessed under exam conditions as an evening performance.
• Alienation Effect
• Juxtaposition
• Epic Theatre
• Didactic
• Development of theatre
• Analysis and evaluation
• Alienation Effect
• Juxtaposition
• Epic Theatre
• Didactic
• Development of theatre
• Analysis and evaluation
Spanish
• Being able to respond to an ask questions on the topic of Year 9 topics (family, tech, free-time activities, celebrations)
• Being able to respond to an ask questions on the topic of year 10 topics (town and region, charity, environment and holidays.
• Describing a photo
• Responding to a role play.
Vocab from key topics:
• Family
• Technology
• Free-time activities
• Customs and festivals
• Town and region
• Charity
• Environment
• Holidays.
N/A
Year 10
CHS Year 10 Exams
• Characteristics, risk, and reward for enterprise
Enterprise and Marketing
• Market research to target a specific customer.
• What makes a product financially viable?
• Creating a marketing mix to support a product.
• Factors to consider when starting up and running an enterprise
• Food Nutrition and Health
• Diet and Lifestyles
• Dietary related diseases
• Micro and Macro Nutrients
• Sources of Food (Provenance)
Food Preparation and Nutrition
• Environmental impact of food
• Food Hygiene and Safety
• Innovation
• Risk-taking
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Determination
• Financial/Commerce
• Profit
• Retention
• Franchise
• Organic
• Genetically Modified
• Hydroponics
• Intensive farming
• Crop rotation
• Fairtrade
• Homogenised
• Primary and
• Secondary processing
• Pasteurised
• Sterilised
• Evaporated
• Food Miles
• Carbon Footprint
• Food Waste
Travel and Tourism
