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Curriculum Plan: Biology – Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
What factors affect health?
Topic 1
Circulatory System
Cardiac cycle
The effect of caffeine on the heart
Atherosclerosis
Blood clotting
Cardiovascular disease
Evaluation of studies that determine health risk factors
Factors that increase cardiovascular diseases
Monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides
Investigate vitamin C content in food
Analyse data on energy budgets and diet
Synthesis of triglycerides
Saturated and unsaturated lipids.
Blood cholesterol levels
Treatments for cardiovascular disease
1. EA Exam 1
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 1: p.2-55
Term 1b
2. Test on Topic 1
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 1: p.2-55
Topic 2: p.56-103
How are genes and health linked?
Topic 2
Gas exchange surfaces in organisms
Diffusion
Amino acids
Proteins
Cell membranes
Osmosis
Enzymes
Mononucleotides
DNA
Genetic code
Mutations
Genetic screening
Term 2a
3. EA Exam 2
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 2: p.56-103
Topic 3: p.104-149
How can we explain our characteristics?
Topic 3
Eukaryotic cells
Prokaryotic cells
Gametes and fertilisation
Mitosis
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 2b
Meiosis
Stem cells
Epigenetic changes
4. Test on Topic 2
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 3: p.104-149
Term 3a
What is biodiversity? What are our natural resources?
Topic 4
Biodiversity
Measuring biodiversity
Comparing biodiversity
Understanding niche
Natural selection
Classification
Plant cells
Structures of starch and cellulose
Sclerenchyma fibres, xylem vessels and phloem
Water and inorganic ions
Drug testing
Bacterial growth
Uses of plant fibres and starch
Conservation
5. EA EXAM 3
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 4: p.450-205
Term 3b
6. Test on Topic 3 and 4
Reading List: Salters-Nuffield AS/ A level Biology 1 – Pearson (ISBN: 978-1447991007)
Topic 4: p.450-205
Recommended Further Activities:
Read science news at www.popsci.com
Download the free app ‘Flipboard’ (available on Android, Windows and iOS) and subscribe to the science news feed
Curriculum Plan: Chemistry – Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
How are particles in an atom arranged? What are the patterns of a periodic table?
Topic 1
Structure of an atom
Relative masses
Evidence for electronic structure
Periodic properties
7. EA Exam 1
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 1: p.12-37
Topic 5: p.119-149
What can calculations tell us about the amount of substances?
Topic 5
Chemical quantities
Finding formulae
Amounts of gases
Calculations from equations
Solutions
Titrations
Term 1b
What are the different structures of substances?
Topic 2
Structures and bonding
Ionic structures
Covalent structures
Shapes of molecules
Polarity
Giant covalent structures
Metallic bonding
8. Test on Topic 2 and 3
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 2: p.38-80
Topic 3: p.81-93
What is a redox reaction?
Topic 3
Oxidation and reduction
Equations to explain redox
Oxidation numbers
Term 2a
What are the properties of the different groups of the periodic table?
Topic 4
Groups of the periodic table
Thermal stability of carbonates and nitrates
9. EA Exam 2
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 4: p.94-118
Topic 6.1: p.150-170
What is organic chemistry?
Topic 6.1
Functional groups
Naming Organic Compounds
Isomerism
Types of organic compounds
Reaction mechanisms
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 2b
What are alkanes and alkenes?
Topic 6.2
Alkanes
Reactions of alkanes
Fuels from crude oil
Alkenes
E/Z isomerism
Reactions of alkenes
10. Test on Organic
Chemistry
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 6.2: p.171-201
Topic 5: p.202-224
What are halogenoalkanes and alcohols?
Topic 6.3
Halogenoalkanes
Alcohols
Term 3a
How can we analyse a compound?
Topic 7
Mass spectra of organic compounds
Infrared Spectra
11. EA EXAM 3
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 7: p.225-236
Topic 8: p.237-261 How can we
apply energetics to chemical reactions?
Topic 8
Energy changes
Enthalpy changes
Standard enthalpy changes
Hess’s law
Term 3b
How can we measure a chemical reaction?
Topic 9
Reaction rates
Collision theory
12. Test on Topics 9 and 10
Reading List: Edexcel A-Level Chemistry book 1 - Hodder (ISBN: 978-1471807466)
Topic 9: p.262-273
Topic 8: p.273-285
How can we affect a reversible reaction?
Topic 10
Reversible changes
Reaching equilibrium
Dynamic Equilibrium
Equilibrium constants
Recommended Further Activities:
Revise with these great resources:
o www.chemguide.co.uk
Read science news at www.popsci.com
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Curriculum plan: Year 12 – IB English A: Language & Literature
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
Term 1a Language part II (Language and Mass Communication) How can a broad range of different texts be examined critically and evaluatively?
Language part II (Language and Mass Communication) SPEECHES/CAMPAIGNS/POLITICS
Examine different forms of communication within the media
Show an awareness of the potential for educational, political or ideological influence of the media
Show the way mass media use language and image to inform, persuade or entertain.
FOA (Further Oral Examination) 1 written task Paper 1 (May)
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion
Term 1b
Term 1b Language Part I (cultural context) How does language use differ according to genre, audience, purpose and other established conventions?
Language Part I (Cultural Context) LANGUAGE AND GENDER LANGUAGE AND POWER
Analyse how audience and purpose affect the structure and content of texts.
Analyse impact of language changes.
Demonstrate an awareness of how language and meaning are shaped by culture.
FOA 1 written task Paper 1 (May)
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion
Term 2a
Term 2a Lit Part III Literature texts and contexts How do the cultures and contexts in which texts are produced affect their production and reception?
Lit Part III Camus’ The Outsider, Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Consider the changing historical, cultural and social contexts in which particular texts are written and received.
Demonstrate how formal elements of the text, genre, and structure can influence meaning and be influenced by context.
Understand attitudes and values expressed by literary texts and their impact on readers
1 written task Paper 2
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion Set texts
Term 2b
Term 2b Lit Part III Literature texts and contexts How do the cultures and contexts in which texts are produced affect their production and reception?
Lit Part III Camus’ The Outsider, Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Consider the changing historical, cultural and social contexts in which particular texts are written and received.
Demonstrate how formal elements of the text, genre, and structure can influence meaning and be influenced by context.
Understand attitudes and values
1 written Task Paper 2
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion Set texts
expressed by literary texts and their impact on readers
Term 3a
Term 3a Lit Part IV Literature critical study How can close analysis skills be applied, maintaining a critical perspective which takes into account the ethical or moral stance of a text?
Lit Part IV Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Maya Angelou poetry
Explore literary works in detail.
Analyse elements such as theme and ethical stance or moral values of literary texts
Individual Oral Commentary 1 written task
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion Set texts
Term 3b
Term 3b Lit Part IV Literature critical study How can close analysis skills be applied, maintaining a critical perspective which takes into account the ethical or moral stance of a text?
Lit Part IV Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Explore literary works in detail.
Analyse elements such as theme and ethical stance or moral values of literary texts
Individual Oral Commentary 1 written task
Oxford English A Lang & Lit Companion Set texts
Curriculum Plan: History – Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
How did people struggle for rights and freedoms in the mid-20th century?
Civil rights movement in the United States (1954-1965)
Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964)
1. EA Exam 1 – IB Paper 1 questions
Reading List
Rights and Protest: IB History Course Book by Peter Clinton and Mark Rogers
Term 1b
How did authoritarian states emerge?
Emergence of authoritarian states
Consolidation and maintenance of power
Aims and results of policies
2. IB Paper 2 questions
Reading List
Authoritarian States: IB History Course Book by Gray, Habibi, Perera, Aylward
Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw
Mao: A Biography by Ross Terrill
Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service
Fidel Castro: A Biography by Volker Skierka
Term 2a
How did authoritarian states emerge?
Hitler and Mao
Stalin and Castro
3. EA Exam 2 – IB Paper 2 questions
Reading List
Authoritarian States: IB History Course Book by Gray, Habibi, Perera, Aylward
Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw
Mao: A Biography by Ross Terrill
Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service
Fidel Castro: A Biography by Volker Skierka
Term 2b
How did tensions and rivalries emerge in the Cold War?
Rivalry, mistrust and accord
Leaders and nations
Cold War crises
4. IB Paper 2 questions
Reading List
The Cold War – Superpower Tensions and Rivalries: IB History Course Book by Alexis Mamaux
International Relations since 1945: A global History by John W. Young
The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
Term 3a
How did tensions and rivalries emerge in the Cold War?
Mao and Castro
China and Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
5. IB Paper 2 questions
Reading List
The Cold War – Superpower Tensions and Rivalries: IB History Course Book by Alexis Mamaux
International Relations since 1945: A global History by John W. Young
The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
Term 3b
How did slavery emerge in the USA? How did the Americas experience the Cold War?
Origins of slavery
Expansion and economic/social impact
The Middle Passage
Plantations
Resistance/rebellion/opposition
Truman
Korean War and the US
Eisenhower/Dulles
Vietnam
Foreign policy
Canada/Latin America
6. IB Paper 3 questions
Reading List
The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
International Relations since 1945: A global History by John W. Young
The Slave Trade: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870 by Hugh Thomas
The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings
Curriculum Plan: ITGS – Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
What is ITGS? What is the ITGS Triangle?
The three strands of the ITGS
3.1 Hardware
3.2 Software
3.3 Networks
3.5 Personal and public communications
1. Past paper exam questions
ITGSopedia http://itgsopedia. wikispaces.com Diigo: https://groups.diigo.com/group/itgsopedia ITGS for the IB Diploma Stuart Gray
Term 1b
How does strand 1 apply to specific IT scenarios?
2.1 Business and Employment
2.4 Health
2.5 Home and Leisure
3.4 Internet
2. Past paper exam questions
Term 2a
What is the ITGS project and how can I prepare for it?
2.6 Government and Politics
ITGS Project introduction
3.6 Multimedia / digital media
3. Past paper exam questions
Term 2b
How can I identify the need for my project?
2.3 Environment
ITGS Project
3.7 databases
3.8 spreadsheets, data modelling and simulation
3.9 introduction to project management
4. Past paper exam questions
Term 3a
How does strand 1 influence the world of education and training?
2.2 Education and training
ITGS Project
5. Past paper exam questions
Term 3b
How do I organise my project for submission?
ITGS Project - completed 6. ITGS Mock exam
Curriculum Plan: Mathematics Year 12
Syllabus Key Content Key Assessments
Prerequisites
Term
1a
Pure (AS)
Stats (AS)
Stats (AS)
Mech (AS)
Mech (AS)
Unit 1: Algebra and functions
Unit 1: Statistical sampling
Unit 2a: Data presentation and interpretation
Unit 6: Quantities and units in mechanics
Unit 7a: Kinematics 1 (constant acceleration)
Test on Term
1 topics
Term
1b
Pure (AS)
Pure (AS)
Stats (AS)
Mech (AS)
Unit 2: Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane
Unit 3: Further algebra
Unit 2b: Data presentation and interpretation
Unit 7b: Kinematics 1 (constant acceleration)
Test on Term
2 topics
Pure (AS) Unit 1
Pure (AS) Unit 1
Term
2a
Pure (AS)
Pure (AS)
Stats (AS)
Stats (AS)
Mech (AS)
Unit 4: Trigonometry
Unit 5: Vectors (2D)
Unit 3: Probability
Unit 4: Statistical distributions
Unit 8a: Forces & Newton’s laws
Test on Term
3 topics
Pure (AS) Unit 1
Stats (AS) Unit 3
Mech (AS) Unit 6
Term
2b
Pure (AS)
Pure (AS)
Stats (AS)
Mech (AS)
Unit 6: Differentiation
Unit 7: Integration
Unit 5a: Statistical hypothesis testing
Unit 8b: Forces & Newton’s laws
Test on Term
4 topics
Mech (AS) Unit 6
Term
3a
Pure (AS)
Stats (AS)
Mech (AS)
Unit 8: Exponentials and logarithms
Unit 5b: Statistical hypothesis testing
Unit 9: Kinematics 2 (variable acceleration)
Revision (AS level)
Test on Term
5 topics
Pure (AS) Unit 1
Term
3b
Pure (AS)
Pure (AS)
Unit 1: Proof
Unit 2: Algebraic and partial fractions
Formal examination (AS level)
Test on Term
6 topics
Unit 3: Further
algebra
Curriculum Plan: IB Psychology – Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 1a
What is psychology?
Introduction to Psychology
Key events and classic studies
Existing understanding of psychology
13. EA Exam 1
Reading List:
How do we research about psychology?
Introduction to Research Approaches
Qualitative vs. Quantitative
Critical thinking
Review terminology
Reductionist vs holistic approaches
What factors affect behaviour?
Biological Level of Analysis
Brain and behaviour
Hormones and behaviour
Genetics and behaviour
Animal research
Term 1b
14. Assessment 2
Reading List:
How can we research on a biological level?
Research Approaches Within Biological Level
Imaging techniques and inherent limitations
Ethics related to biological explanations
Term 2a
What affects cognitive processing?
Cognitive Level of Analysis
Cognitive processing
Reliability of cognitive processing
Emotion and cognition
Cognitive processing in the digital world
15. EA Exam 2
Reading List:
Term 2b
16. Assessment 4
Reading List:
What methods could we use to research within a cognitive level?
Research Approaches Within Cognitive Level
Experiments, focusing on variable manipulation
Naturalistic Observations
Enquiry Question(s)
Key Content Key Assessments*
Further Learning at Home
Term 3a
What can influence an individual?
Sociocultural Level of Analysis
The individual and the group
Cultural origins of behaviour
Cultural influences on individual attitudes, identity and behaviours
Influences of globalisation on individual attitudes, identities and behaviours
17. EA EXAM 3
Reading List:
Term 3b
What methods could we use to research within a sociocultural level?
Research Approaches Within Sociocultural Level of Analysis
Quasi experiment
Correlations research
18. Internal Assessment
Reading List:
n/a Internal Assessment
Curriculum Plan: Btec National Sport Year 12
Enquiry Question(s)
Topic Key Assessments Actual formal exam
Further Learning at Home
Term1a
What are the three factors that affect sports provision? How could these impact employments? How do particular skills give you an advantage in a chosen career? What are the different interview techniques?
Unit 3 – professional development in the sports industry
- Factors that affect sport provision
- Careers and jobs in the sports industry
- Professional training routes
Unit 3 – professional development in the sports industry
- Personal skills - Personal
development - Job applications - Interviews
Assignment 1 – unit 3
Assignment 1 and 2 (internal assessment)
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book
Careers in Sport book
Visit the UK sport website
Term 1b
What are the different types of bones? What movement do the different joints allow?
Unit 1 – Anatomy and physiology
- Structure of the skeletal system
- Joints - Responses to the
skeletal system - Adaptions of the
skeletal system
End of unit test on bones and joints
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book
Anatomy and physiology for dummies
Term 2a
How could age affect muscle mass? Could you explain the different fibre types?
Unit 1 – Anatomy and physiology
- The muscular system - Antagonistic pairs - Muscle contractions - Responses to the
muscular system - Adaptions of the
muscular system
End of unit test on muscles and antagonistic pairs
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book
Anatomy and physiology for dummies
Term 2b
What are the effects of altitude on the respiratory system? Could you describe vital capacity?
Unit 1 – Anatomy and physiology
- Structure of the respiratory system
- Control of breathing - Responses to the
respiratory system - Adaptions of the
respiratory system
End of unit test on the structure of the respiratory system
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book
Human anatomy
Term 3a
What is cardiac hypertrophy? Could you describe the nervous control of the cardiac cycle?
Unit 1 – Anatomy and physiology
- Structure of the cardiovascular system
- Functions of the cardiovascular system
- Responses to the cardiovascular system
- Adaptions of the cardiovascular system
End of unit test on the structure and function of the cardiovascular system
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book
Human anatomy
Term 3b
What are the different revision techniques? How are you going to revise?
Unit 1 – energy systems - The role of ATP - Lactate system
Unit 1 – revision - The skeletal system - The muscular system - The respiratory system
- The cardiovascular system
Unit 1 mock exam
(June) Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology external exam 1st May 2018
BTEC Nationals Sport Student Book