Success and Revision in Year 11 Continued

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition

Course overview

AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition 8585

Written exam – One paper, 1 hour 45 minutes, 100 marks, and 50% of GCSE. Theoretical knowledge of food preparation and nutrition.

Non-exam assessment;

Task 1: Food investigation (30 marks)

Electronic report (1,500 – 2,000 words) including photographic evidence of the practical investigation demonstrating their understanding of the working characteristics, functional and chemical properties of ingredients.

Task 2: Food preparation assessment (70 marks)

Students will prepare, cook and present a final menu of three dishes within a single period of no more than 3 hours, students have planning in advance. Students must produce an electronic portfolio including photographic evidence of their dishes.

Useful revision resources

Link to Specification :

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/food/specifications/AQA-8585-SP-2016.PDF

Useful websites:

https://www.nutrition.org.uk/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z48jmp3

Activities you can do with your son/daughter

· Follow the revision strategies highlighted at the front of the handbook.

· Watch documentaries on cooking. For example ,You are what you eat,.

· Help with the weekly shop to increase knowledge of ingredients, product provenance and ingredients and dishes for specific dietary needs.

· Visit a farmers market.

· Support your child in preparing ingredients ready for practical lessons.

· Encourage your child to prepare and cook dishes at home.

Key Contact for Faculty

Jess Fleming - jessica.fleming@cset.co.uk

Subject: AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition

The students can use the online AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition resource for revision

Log on to www.illuminate.digital/aqafood

Student user name:SCAST3 Student password: STUDENT3

Week beginning	Topic / Key Question
21/1	Micronutrients
28/1	Micronutrients
4/2	Nutritional needs and health
11/2	Nutritional needs and health
18/2 (Half Term)	Cooking of food and heat transfer
25/2	Cooking of food and heat transfer
4/3	PPE Week
11/3	Functional and chemical properties of food
18/3	Functional and chemical properties of food
25/3	Food spoilage and contamination
1/4	Food spoilage and contamination
8/4 (Easter)	Principles of food safety
15/4 (Easter)	Food choice
22/4	British and international cuisine
29/4	Sensory evaluation
6/5	Environmental impact and sustainability of food
13/5	Food processing and production

Geography

Course overview: Syllabus : AQA Geography GCSE syllabus (9-1)

Students sit 3 papers which cover the full range of units that they have been taught at GCSE.

Paper 1 is called ‘Living with the Physical Environment’. This paper covers three physical geography units, namely The challenge of natural hazards, The living world, and Physical landscapes in the UK. This paper is 1 ½ hours in length and makes up 35% of the Geography GCSE. The units are taught across years 10 and 11. The examination paper combines multiple choices, short answer, data response, and extended writing questions.

Paper 2 is called ’Challenges in the Human Environment’. This paper covers three human geography units, namely Urban issues and challenges, The changing economic world, and The challenge of resource management. This paper is 1 ½ hours in length and makes up 35% of the Geography GCSE. The units are taught across years 10 and 11. The examination paper combines multiple choice, short answer, data response, and extended writing questions.

Paper 3 is called Geographical Applications. This paper covers an Issue evaluation (based on a seen resource paper but on any component of the course), and Fieldwork (based on two off-site field studies: one human and one physical). This paper is 1 ¼ hours in length and makes up 30% of the Geography GCSE. The questions in this paper are synoptic. This means that questions will cover a number of different aspects of the issue , so there will be some links to other parts of the core specification

In all three exam papers, students receive extra marks for correct spelling, punctuation, grammar , and the use of specialist terminology (SPaG)

Useful revision resources

We provide students with revision guides for their units. Students are also directed to a very useful website called coolgeography.co.uk. This website contains revision guides for the full course content. It is free to use for the revision guides and is at least as good as any of the revision guides for sale in stores or online.

We also recommend the purchase of the revision guide published for all of our units by Hodder Education – ‘’My Revision Notes’’; AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography, ISBN: 9781471887314.

Another useful revision guide is published by CGP books and is called ‘’GCSE Geography - For the grade 9-1 course’’

There are also a range of other websites covering the topics studied:

- BBC Bitesize

- TES Revision guides

- Studywise

- AQA GCSE Geography – the student room

Activities you can do with your son/daughter

· Making flash cards and testing them - particularly for key words and definitions. Bullet point essential information on a particular topic within a particular unit

· Memory maps for case studies should be in an easily accessible place and reviewed weekly

· Ensure your son/daughter make corrections and revisions to their mock exams and assessment

· Downloading past papers from AQA’s website and work through them.

· Use the tasks in the ‘’My Revision Notes’’ – these are tailored to the types of exam question that will appear in the final exams.

· Check that you son/daughter is revising in small concentrated periods but is revising frequently throughout the whole course and not just before tests and exams. This is particularly important to help them remember their case studies.

· Create glossaries for each of the units studied using the various revision guides / websites.

· Encourage your son / daughter to keep abreast of current affairs news stories in the global world of both a physical and human geography nature. Reading around the subject as much as possible is always highly beneficial.

Key Contact for Faculty

Mr Nicholas Llewellyn – Head of Department - nicholas.llewellyn@CSET.co.uk

Subject: Geography

Week beginning	Topic / Key Question	Reference points
21/1	The global pattern of urban change Urban trends in difference parts of the world including HICs and LICs	CGP Revision Guide Case Study Booklets
28/1	Factors affecting the rate of urbanisation – migration (push-pull theory), natural increase and mega cities
4/2	A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE
11/2	A case study of a major city in the UK
18/2 (Half Term)	Case Studies – all topics
25/2	Features of sustainable urban living: How transport strategies are used to reduce traffic congestion
4/3	PPE Week	PPE Week
11/3	Plate tectonics theory. Global distribution of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and their relationship to plate margins	CGP Revision Guide Case Study Booklets
18/3	Primary and secondary effects of tectonic events. Immediate and long term responses. Why we live in hazard zones
25/3	How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the risks from a tectonic hazard
1/4	Rivers – processes and landforms
8/4 (Easter)	Case studies and examples – all topics
15/4 (Easter)	Case studies and examples – all topics
22/4	Rivers – management
29/4	Coasts – processes and landforms
6/5	Coasts – management
13/5	Fieldwork and skills

GCSE German

Course overview

Exam Board: Eduqas

Exam Structure: 4 exams

Exam Dates: Speaking exam – between 23^rd April and 3^rd May

Listening and Reading exams – Wednesday 12^th June

Writing exam – Monday 17^th June

Exam requirements

Listening exam: Foundation tier 35 mins, Higher tier 45 mins. You will listen to passages of German and answers questions on what you have heard. Some questions will be in German requiring answers in German, some questions will be in English requiring answers in English.

Speaking Exam: Foundation tier 7-9 mins, Higher tier 10-12 mins. At both Foundation and Higher tier you will have to complete a photo card task (worth 15 marks), a role play (worth 15 marks) and conversation on 2 themes (worth 30 marks). The conversation lasts 3-5 minutes at Foundation tier, and 5-7 minutes at Higher tier. You will be able to nominate one theme for the conversation.

Reading exam: Foundation tier 1 hour, Higher tier 1 hour 15 mins. You will read passages of German and answers questions on them. Some questions will be in German requiring answers in German, some questions will be in English requiring answers in English. The final task is a translation of a short passage of German into English.

Writing exam: Foundation tier 1 hour 15 mins, Higher tier 1 hour 30 mins.

The Foundation paper has 4 tasks. For question 1 you will have to write 6 sentences. This is worth 12 marks. For question 2 you will have to write 60 words on a given theme addressing 3 areas. This is worth 16 marks. For question 3 you will have to write 90-120 words on a theme addressing 3 areas and be able to show that you can use past and future tenses. This is worth 20 marks. For question 4 you will have to translate 5 sentences into German. This is worth 12 marks.

The Higher writing paper has 3 tasks. For question 1 you will have to write 90-120 words on a theme addressing 3 areas and be able to show that you can use past and future tenses. This is worth 20 marks. For question 2 you will have the choice of two tasks and will need to write 150-180 words on the task you choose showing the range of linguistic competence you are capable of. This is worth 28 marks. For question 3 you will have to translate a passage of English into German. This is worth 12 marks.

Useful revision resources

The Eduqas website has all the details of the exams as well as a list of vocabulary for the whole specification: www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/german/gcse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/

Recently updated and provides very useful Reading and Listening revision and mini exam-style tests at Foundation and Higher level.

www.languagesonline.org.uk

Try the Games link on the left for topic vocabulary revision.

Click on German from the Quick Links, then choose topic vocabulary to revise. There are some useful revision exercises in the main Deutsch section – scroll down to the Topics link for some useful reading exercises.

http://www.language-gym.com Use the Game Room and the Boxing Game to practise a range of vocabulary.

http://germanrevision.org.uk/KS4 Work through the Key Vocab section. Make a note of new words and learn them.

https://quizlet.com/ Sign up for this site and you can use pre-prepared revision cards and games as well as create your own revision vocabulary cards to play and learn with.

Google “German vocab revision” and follow the first link. There are useful vocabulary revision links as well as lists. Here’s the link:

http://germanvocabrevision.pbworks.com/w/page/14423248/FrontPage

www.linguascope.com username: thecastle password: schloss

Choose the Intermediate Section and click on the German flag for Deutsch, then select the topic area you want to revise. The best activities for Listening and Reading practice are: Einleitung – Rollenspiel – you can listen to a dialogue and toggle between German or English text using the arrows on the bottom right of the screen. These are also good:

Wähle die richtige Antwort – Simple sentences to match with pictures.

Vokabeln zum Ausdrucken – print off a topic vocab list to revise.

http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk Click on the Language College tab, then select the MFL resources, then the German Video quizzes. These are excellent for Listening practice and testing. Here’s the link:

http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/MFL-resources/german/ge-video-index.shtml

If you need to use an online dictionary you can try:

www.leo.org or www.dict.cc

Apps – get them on your phone or tablet

cRamiT

Memrise

Duolingo

Activities you can do with your son/daughter

For practising for the speaking and writing components

Examples of effective learning activities are:

· Students record themselves speaking the material prepared onto a phone or mp3 player. Listen to the recording frequently to learn the material.

· Practise with a friend or family member.

· Prepare revision cards: questions on one side, answers on the other.

· Write out the prepared answers on mini white boards (available at school from the languages department).

· Highlight key answers or difficult sections.

· Get a friend or family member to test them.

The most effective use of revision time is to do little, but often. For example, three 15-20 minute focused sessions will probably be more beneficial than a 1 hour revision sitting.

For practising for the listening and reading components

Examples of effective learning activities are:

· Revise vocabulary as you would for a test

· Prepare vocabulary revision cards: German on one side, English on the other.

· Choose any texts from the textbook and complete the comprehension questions.

· Use the suggested websites to practise listening comprehension.

Key Contact for Faculty

Nick Sansom (Head of Faculty) - Nicholas.Sansom@CSET.co.uk

Subject German

Week beginning	Topic / Key Question	Reference points
21/1	Learn the work vocab and key phrases	Self-study resource booklets, online resources, revision booklets and textbooks
28/1	Learn the school vocab and key phrases
4/2	Learn the home & local area vocab and key phrases
11/2	Learn the health & fitness and freetime vocab and key phrases
18/2 (Half Term)	Learn the self & relationships and technology vocab and key phrases
25/2	Learn the holidays and tourism vocab and key phrases
4/3	PPE Week	PPE Week
11/3	Preparation for PPE oral exam	Self-study resource booklets, online resources, revision booklets and textbooks
18/3	Either preparation for PPE oral exam OR revise food & drink vocabulary
25/3	Learn the environment and social issues vocab and key phrases
1/4	Learn future plans in terms of study and work vocab and key phrases
8/4 (Easter)	Final revision for oral exam – RP, photocard, conversation
15/4 (Easter)	Final revision for oral exam – RP, photocard, conversation
22/4	Exam practice, listening and reading tasks and general vocab revision
29/4	Exam practice, listening and reading tasks and general vocab revision
6/5	Exam practice, listening and reading tasks and general vocab revision
13/5	Exam practice, listening and reading tasks and general vocab revision

BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care

BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care

Course overview

Component 1 – 30% (finished in Year 10)

Aim: understand how we grow and develop throughout our lives.

Assessment: internally assessed assignments

Component 2 – 30% (Deadline 1st April 2021)

Aim: get to know how the Health and Social Care sector works and the care values that underpin it.

Assessment: internally assessed assignments

Component 3 – 40% (Exam date 5th Feb 2021)

Aim: help improve someone’s health and wellbeing.

Assessment: Externally assessed task, in which students create a health and wellbeing improvement plan for someone based on a brief. (i.e. synoptic exam based on a pre-released case study)

Role Play to take place on one day – date to be confirmed, activity will last approx.15 mins

Useful revision resources

· Specification:

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/health-and-social-care.html

· BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Student Book

Publisher: Pearson

Author: Brenda Baker,Colette Burgess,Elizabeth Haworth

ISBN: 9781292200927

· Revision guide https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/health-and-social-care.resources.html

Activities you can do with your son/daughter

Suggest activities parents could do to support their child. Examples include:

· Making flash cards and testing them

· Marking revision workbooks with their child from the Revision Guide

· Create glossary for coursework notes

· Weekly revision

· Watch news and documentaries regularly e.g. BBC & Channel 4 news, Old Peoples Home for 4 Year Olds, Secret Life of ? …, Panorama Investigates

Key Contact for Faculty

Name and email: clare.bowden@cset.co.uk or sally.clarke@cset.co.uk

GCSE History

Course overview Syllabus : OCR History SHP GCSE B Students will sit *3 papers* in total which cover the *5 units* that they have been taught at GCSE. Paper One will cover the 2 British units studied, namely *Crime and Punishment through Time* and the *Norman Conquest 1066 – 1087.This paper is 1 ¾ hours in length and makes up 40% of the History GCSE. Both of these units were taught in Year 10; in preparing for the final exams, students should use classwork completed in their files / exercise books as well as the revision guides provided. Paper Two will cover the local study which was on Thornbury Castle. This paper is one hour in length and makes up 20% of the History GCSE. This unit was studied in Year 10; students should consult their files / exercise books and their revision guides. Paper Three will cover the 2 non – British units studied, namely Living under Nazi Rule (1939 – 1945) and The Making of America (1789 – 1900).* This paper is 1 ¾ hours in length and makes up 40% of the History GCSE. Both of these units are taught in Year 11; in preparing for the final exams, students should use classwork completed in their files / exercise books as well as the revision guides provided.
Useful revision resources We recommend the purchase of the revision guide published for our units by Hodder Education – “My Revision Notes” ; OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project) ISBN: 9781510404069 (2018). This revision guides covers all of the units aside from “Thornbury Castle” ; students are provided with a revision guide for this unit by the department SHP Official textbooks (published by Hodder Education): - Crime and Punishment - The Norman Conquest - Living under Nazi Rule - The Making of America - There is no textbook for Thornbury Castle however we recommend Tony Cherry’s “History of Thornbury Castle” (available form Thornbury Museum.) The SHP official textbooks are also available in an electronic format as a Student eTextbook Websites: there are a multitude of websites covering the topic studied : - “BBC bitesize” - “TES revision guides” - “Spartacus Educational “ - “Studywise” - “Mr Allsop History” Students have also received school – produced revision guides for each of the 5 units listed above
Activities you can do with your son/daughter · Use the tasks in the “My Revision Notes” revision guides; these are tailored to the types of exam questions that will appear in the final exams · Making flash cards and testing them; use the revision guide to bullet – point essential information on a particular topic within a particular unit · Making revision workbooks with your child · Downloading past papers from OCR’s website: OCR GCSE History B SHP · Create glossaries for each of the units studies using the various revision guide · Discuss the content of the different units ; ask your child to produce a short summary / presentation on each unit studied · Weekly revision - timetable a slot for revision of a particular History unit ; go on – line and use one of the revision web sites ( listed above) · Visit galleries and museums
Key Contact for Faculty Mr E Friel – Head of Humanities – Eamonn.Friel@CSET.co.uk CHUNKED REVISION: HISTORY GCSE
Week beginning	Topic / Key Question	References Revision guide
21/1	Crime: Medieval period 1250 – 1500: Crimes / criminals ; enforcers ; punishments	“My revision notes”:2.1 – 2.3
28/1	Crime: Early modern period 1500 - 1750: Crimes / criminals ; enforcers ; punishments	“My revision notes”:2.4 -2.6
4/2	Crime: Industrial period 1750 - 1900: Crimes / criminals ; enforcers ; punishments	“My revision notes”:2.7 – 2.9
11/2	Crime: Modern period 1900 - today: Crimes / criminals ; enforcers ; punishments	“My revision notes”:2.10 – 2.12
18/2 (Half Term)	Crime: Factors affecting the development of crime: Attitudes ; urbanisation ; technology ; rich / poor divide ; religion	Revision booklet : “Factors affecting crime and punishment 1250 – present day”
25/2	The Norman Conquest 1066 – 87: Anglo – Saxon England before the Conquest	My revision notes”:3.1 – 3.4
4/3	PPE Week	PPE Week
11/3	The Norman Conquest 1066 – 87: The Battle of Hastings 1066 – causes and outcomes	“My revision notes”:3.5 – 3.6
18/3	The Norman Conquest 1066 – 87: Rebellions against Norman rule 1067 - 1071	“My revision notes”:3.7 – 3.9
25/3	The Norman Conquest 1066 – 87: Norman Castles – reasons for building , location, purposes	“My revision notes”:3.10 – 3.12
1/4	The Norman Conquest 1066 – 87: The impact of the Norman conquest on England	“My revision notes”: 3.13 – 3.15
8/4 (Easter)	Living under Nazi Rule: The Establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship 1933 – 34	“My revision notes”: 6.1 – 6.3
15/4 (Easter)	Living under Nazi Rule: The Use of Terror and Propaganda	“My revision notes”:6.4 – 6.5
22/4	Living under Nazi Rule: Opposition to Nazi rule during peace time	“My revision notes”: 6.6
29/4	Living under Nazi Rule: The impact of Nazi rule on different people – Youth ; workers ; women ; Jews	“My revision notes”: 6.7 – 6.9
6/5	Living under Nazi Rule: The Impact of war on the people of Germany and opposition	“My revision notes”: 6.10 – 6.12
13/5	Living under Nazi Rule: The impact of people living in Nazi occupied Europe – Poland and the Netherlands	“My revision notes”: 6.13 – 6.15

Cambridge National ICT (J800 series).

Course overview

The course is split into two components. The theoretical component of the course, taught in Year 10, is worth 50% and is externally examined. Students first attempted this examination in June and, where appropriate, have been given an opportunity to improve their grades by re-sitting the examination in January of Year 11. The paper will examine students’ understanding of the tools and techniques that can be used to initiate and plan solutions, how data can be collected, stored and used, the factors to be considered when collecting, processing, and storing data/information and the different methods that can be used when processing/presenting data and information.

The coursework element of the course is worth 50% and will be completed between January and June of Year 11. Students will be expected to independently plan and develop a solution to meet an identified need by applying the skills they have been taught this year regarding the project lifecycle and its various stages. This work is internally assessed and externally moderated. All students will complete the same task but the work must be their own.

Useful revision resources

OCR Cambridge National Textbook. (Level 1/2) Sonia Stuart, Brian Gillinder

Revision workbook: Cambridge National Level 1/2 by Sonia Stuart. Available from Hodder Education:

https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/subjects/ict/products/general/my-revision-notes-cambridge-national-level-1-2-ce

Past exam papers available online: http://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals-ict-level-1-2-j800-j810-j820/

SAM Learning

BBC Bitesize.

Activities you can do with your son/daughter

· Making flash cards and testing their understanding across all topics listed above.

· Downloading past papers and encouraging them to complete them and review their answers.

· Create a list of topics covered so far with a traffic light system to guide revision.

· Create glossary of key terms and definitions to review regularly.

· Weekly revision (SAM Learning/bitesize) sessions.

· Checking the student is up to date with coursework deadlines.

Key Contact for Faculty

Chris Pegler - Head of Computing and ICT - chris.pegler@CSET.co.uk

Mathematics

Course overview

This is a three year course which follows the Edexcel specification. Students cover a range of topics from Number, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Geometry and Measures, and Probability and Statistics.

Mathematics will be assessed in three equally weighted written papers at the end of Year 11.

Paper 1 is a non-calculator assessment and a calculator is essential for Paper 2 and Paper 3.

Each paper is 1 hour and 30 minutes long.

Each paper has 80 marks.

Equipment essential for all Mathematics lessons are: scientific calculator, pen, pencil, ruler, eraser, protractor, and compasses.

Useful revision resources

Amazon Revision guides...

Higher Guide - https://www.amazon.co.uk/REVISE-Edexcel-Mathematics-Higher-Revision/dp/1447988094/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=pearson+maths+revision+guide&qid=1605635169&sr=8-4

Higher Workbook - https://www.amazon.co.uk/REVISE-Edexcel-Mathematics-Revision-Workbook/dp/1292213701/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pearson+maths+revision+guide&qid=1605635169&sr=8-1

Foundation Guide - https://www.amazon.co.uk/REVISE-Edexcel-Mathematics-Foundation-Revision/dp/1447988043/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pearson+edexcel+maths+revision+guide+foundation&qid=1605635382&sr=8-1

Foundation Workbook - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edexcel-Mathematics-Foundation-Revision-Workbook/dp/129221371X/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=pearson+maths+revision+guide&qid=1605635169&sr=8-5

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revision Guide (available from Student Centre @£2.50)

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revision Workbook (available from Student Centre @£2.50)

Hegarty Maths hegartymaths.com login with school name, student name and date of birth. Videos and quizzes on all GCSE topics. Revision tools such as MemRi and Fix Up 5

MyMaths www.mymaths.co.uk username:castlesch password:volume Use ‘my portal’ login to track and save progress. Interactive lessons and homework tasks providing instant feedback.

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GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition

Geography

GCSE German

BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care

GCSE History

Cambridge National ICT (J800 series).

Mathematics

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