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REVISION GUIDE YEAR 9 Summer 2018
EXAMINATION TIMETABLE 2018 YEAR 9
Time Friday
May 25th
Monday
June 4th
Tuesday
June 5th
Wednesday
June 6th
Thursday
June 7th
Session 1
9.00 – 10.25
BIOLOGY
1 ¼ Hours
SINGLE SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY
1 ¼ Hours
MATHS
1 Hour
PHYSICS
1 ¼ Hours
DT
or
PE Activity
Session 2
10.50 – 12.00
SPANISH
1 ½ Hours
Revision
HISTORY
1 ¼ Hours COMPUTING PE Activity
FRENCH
1 ½ Hours
Session 3
12.05 – 1.15
Revision
MATHS
1 Hour HE
PE written Exam
or
Revision
MUSIC
or
Revision
Session 4
2.10 – 4.05
GEOGRAPHY
1 ½ Hours
Revision OR
PE Activity
GAMES
HE
GERMAN
1 ½ Hours
RS
1 ¼ Hours
ENGLISH
1 ½ Hours
It is expected that pupils will sit examinations in, Maths, English, 3 Sciences unless they are taking single science or a large number
of other exams, History or Geography and at least one Language
Art exams will take place in the Art lessons preceding the exam week.
Pupils should sit examinations in their chosen GCSE Options, no exams exist for Dance and Drama
Pupils wishing to be considered for academic excellence must sit 9 subjects and must average 75% across their exams.
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ART
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MS DINMORE
Exam Length: 1 hour
Exam Structure: Practical exam on A3 paper
Exam content: Contemporary Icarus
Many artists and designers have created images of Icarus. Create your own with a human
figure with wings. Visually tell a part of the story, therefore you could include human flight,
the burning sun, falling, a dramatic sky and/or sea. You could interpret Icarus as a sculpture,
graphic drawing or painting.
Revision tips:
o Collect photos of different wings.
o Practice drawing the human figure in different positions.
o Plan a composition that tells part of the story of Icarus.
o Think about the Sun’s roll in your composition.
o Consider your use of tone, texture, pattern and 3-D form.
o Please bring your sketchbook to the exam.
Artwork we will refer to:
Antony Gormley Durer’s bird wing study. Nicola Godden
Herbert Draper:The Lament for Icarus
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BIOLOGY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: DR A SCOTT ________________________________________________________________________________
Internal Exam
Exam Length 1 ¼ hour during exam week
Exam Structure Structured written questions
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Exam content:
This is based on the topics covered this year but you will be expected to remember the
basic work learnt in Years 7 and 8.
The exam will only be on the topics from below that we have covered in class before the
exam.
The below page references refer to your textbook, but do remember you will have
objective sheets, previous tests and worksheets in your exercise book.
Topic 1a Cell Structure and Cell Division: Pages 23-49
1. Cell Structure.
2. Microscopy.
3. Cell Differentiation and specialization.
4. Chromosomes.
5. Mitosis.
8. Stem Cells.
Required Practical – Using a light Microscope to observe cells.
Exam Style Questions: From page 49.
Topic 1b Transport in Cells: Pages 51-70
1. Diffusion.
2. Osmosis.
3. Active Transport.
4. Exchange Surfaces.
5. Exchanging substances.
Required Practical – Investigate the effect of a range of sugar or salt concentration on the
mass of plant tissue (osmosis).
Exam Style Questions: From page 70.
Topic 2a Tissues, Organs and Organ Systems Pages 72-79
1. Cell Organisation.
2. The Lungs.
3. Circulatory System – The Heart.
Exam Style Questions: From page 99.
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Topic 2c Enzymes and Digestion Pages 115-124
1. Enzymes.
2. Investigating Enzymatic Reactions.
3. Enzymes and Digestion.
4. Food Tests.
Required Practical – Use a qualitative agent to test for a variety of food substances.
Required Practical – Investigate the effect of pH on the rate of amylase activity.
Exam Style Questions: From page 128.
Revision tips:
o Read through your notes and the relevant sections of your text book.
o Remember to use the Practical Skills (pg 368-372), Maths Skills (pg 368-381) and
Exam Help (pg 384-387) sections in the textbook to provide you with further support.
o Use resources posted up on to Show My Homework, by your teacher, to help you.
o Use the check lists that you have been given for each unit to ensure that you have
covered everything.
o Learn keywords and any definitions in the required sections.
o Practise answering questions. Use the questions in your text book. You can also use
worksheets and questions from previous test sheets that you already have and/or
make up your own questions. Use your notes to check your answers. Ask someone in
the family to test you.
o In the examination, make sure that you read the question carefully and include all
the relevant facts.
o When answering questions based on a given text, graph or results table make sure
you refer to these and include information or figures from them in your answer.
Unit Checklists
Detailed checklists for each unit will have been given to you in lessons prior to each test.
These will also be available on Show My Homework and a copy will also be provided to you
in class if required.
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CHEMISTRY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MRS C LOWDEN
Exam Length: 1 hour 15mins
Exam Structure: The questions will mainly cover the topics that we have studied this
year but will also give you a chance to show how well you know your
basic chemistry from Year 7 & 8.
The Exam will only be on the topics from below that we have covered
in class before the exam:
Exam content:
Your studies this year have been based on the GCSE chemistry course including:
Atoms, elements, and isotopes (pages 22 - 28)
Diagrams to show elements, compounds and mixtures (from yr 8 )
History of the atom and electronic structure (pages 42 – 45)
Ionic bonding (pages 72 – 76) and covalent bonding (pages 80 – 85)
Compounds, formulae and equations (pages 29 -33) and mixtures (pages 34 -41)
Periodic table (pages 52 – 55 )
Chemistry of Group 1 (Alkali metals), Group 7 (Halogens) and Transition metals
(pages 56 – 67) and Noble Gases.
Amounts of substances – simple chemical calculations, law of conservation of mass,
the mole – there is a chapter in the text book but be guided by your own exercise
book)
Metal extraction, reactivity series and use of earth’s resources (pages 158 -163)
Revision tips:
Read through your notes and the relevant sections of your text book and revision
guides.
Use the check lists at the end of each chapter to ensure that you have covered
everything.
Learn the keywords and any definitions.
Practise answering questions. Use the questions in your text book. You can also use
worksheets and test sheets that you already have and/or make up your own
questions. Use your notes to check your answers. Ask someone in the family to test
you.
In the examination, make sure that you read the question carefully and include all
the relevant facts.
When answering questions based on a given text, graph or results table make sure
you refer to these and include information or figures from them in your answer.
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Atoms and electronic structures
All substances are made of atoms. A substance that is made of only one sort of atom is
called an element. There are about 100 different elements. Elements are show in the
periodic table. The groups contain elements with similar properties.
Atoms of each element are represented by a chemical symbol, e.g. O represents an
atom of oxygen and Na represents at atom of sodium.
Atoms have a small central nucleus, which is made up of protons and neutrons and
around which there are electrons.
The relative electrical charges are as shown:
Name of particle Charge
Proton +1
Neutron 0
Electron -1
In an atom, the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons. Atoms have
no overall electrical charge.
All Atoms of a particular element have the same number of protons. Atoms of
different elements have different numbers of protons.
The number of protons in an atom of an element is its atomic number. The sum of
the protons and neutrons in an atom is its mass number.
Electrons occupy particular energy levels. Each electron in an atom is at a particular
energy level (in a particular shell). The electrons in an atom occupy the lowest
available energy levels (innermost available shells).
The Periodic Table
Elements in the same group in the periodic table have the same number of
electrons in their highest energy level (outer electrons) and this gives them similar
chemical properties.
The elements in Group 0 of the periodic table are called the noble gases. They are
unreactive because their atoms all have full electron shells including the outermost
shell.
Elements in Group 1 are called Alkali metals because when they react with water
they form a metal hydroxide which is soluble and the solution formed in alkaline pH
greater than 7. They get more reactive as their atoms get bigger down the group.
Their melting and boiling points decrease as their atoms get bigger. Thy form ions
with +1 charge and their compounds are colourless.
Elements in Group 7 are called halogens. They are reactive Non-Metals. Their
reactivity decreases down the group. They go round in pairs of atoms (simple
molecules) They join with other non-metals using covalent bonds. Bonds with metals
are ionic. A more reactive halogen can push a less reactive halogen from a solution
of one of its salts
Transition metals are strong and useful with high melting points and less reactive than
Group 1 metals. They form coloured compounds and act as catalysts. The number
of electrons they use for bonding can change so that ions with different charges
can form from the same atom.
Noble gases make no compounds because they have no unpaired electrons and
all their shells are full.
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Bonding
When elements react, their atoms join with other atoms and form compounds. This
involves giving, taking or sharing electrons to form ions or molecules. Compounds
formed from metals and non-metals consist of ions and join ionically. Compounds
formed from non-metals consist of molecules. In molecules the atoms are held
together by covalent bonds. You need to be able to draw diagrams for ionic and
covalent bonds .
Simple calculations in chemistry
Chemical reactions can be represented by word equations or by symbol equations.
No atoms are lost or made during a chemical reaction so the mass of the products
equals the mass of the reactants.
Chemical reactions can be represented by word equations or by symbol equations.
Formula masses can be calculated and used in calculations such as % composition,
% atom economy, % yield and reacting masses
Metal extraction and use of earth resources
A more reactive metal will displace a less reactive metal from its compound. This is a
redox reaction
Carbon can be used to displace metals from their compounds
Environmental issues associated with use and extraction of metals.
Metal extraction and reactivity series
A more reactive metal will displace a less reactive metal from its compound. This is a
redox reaction.
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CRAFT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR N ASHFORD
Exam Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam Structure: Section A – Tools, materials and techniques.
Section B – Design problem solving and drawing skills.
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Exam content:
Names, uses and techniques for tools used (this year).
Names and properties of materials used.
Construction techniques, including safety and use of flow diagrams.
Sketching and technical drawing.
Imaginative problem solving.
Revision tips:
o Practise sketching and drawing techniques.
o Sketch and label tools you have used.
o Drawing tools helps you remember their names and how you use them.
Exam tips:
o Present information clearly.
o Design solutions need to be imaginative, but logical.
o Explain ideas clearly and include plenty of details.
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COMPUTING
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR K ROGERS
Exam Length: 1 hour
Exam Structure: Section A – Data representation
Section B - Python Programming
Section C – Networks
Section D – HTML, CSS & Javascript
This is a paper exam. Some of the questions require one-word answers
but other questions will require longer answers in which writing code
may be required. There will be diagrams to label and code to
complete.
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Exam content:
Binary, hexadecimal, ASCII, text, bitmaps, pixel, bit depth, sound, ADC, DAC, sample
rate & sampling resolution.
Data types, if statements, for loops, input & print statements.
LAN, WAN, PAN, benefits of networking, parity & ASCII, cables, hub/switch,
client/server, packets & topologies.
HTML & CSS formatting rules.
Javascript data types, if statements, for loops, input & print statements.
Revision tips
o Review Python programs and check understanding of code
o Revise Python programming sheets
o Draw diagrams of network set up and revise components
o Review Javascript programs and complete coding tasks
o Download Python at home and use there
o Attend coding club for extra practice & help
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Exam tips
o Attempt all questions – there may be some marks for incorrect code.
o Check the marks per question and answer accordingly.
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DANCE
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MRS J LLOYD
Exam Length: 1 hour 15 minutes – split into 3 sections
Section A: Safe studio practice and basic anatomy and physiology.
Section B: Basic body actions and choreographic devices.
Section C: Questions based on two professional works and choreographers they have
studied this term:
1) Infra by Wayne McGregor
2) Emancipation of Expressionism by Kendrick Sandy / Boy Blue Entertainment
Tips for Revision:
The students have a workbook they have been completing this term which they can revise
from as well as further handouts and class worksheets they will be given between now and
the exam.
The following resources may be used:
• Student textbook
• Student folders, class notes and revision notes
• Internet – e.g. youtube.com to view professional dance works online
• Dance Anthology (online access with dance teacher only)
Use practical classes to recap information about safe studio practice, choreographic
devices and technical/performance skills.
Revise notes from the professional works listed above, focusing on each of the
choreographers, their movement style, lighting and costume design, and the aural and
physical setting of each work.
Revise your understanding of the relationship between choreography, performance and
dance production.
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ENGLISH
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Dr A MASTERSON
Exam Length: 1 hours.
Exam Structure: One paper comprising two sections: testing reading and writing.
Exam content:
Section A. Reading and Understanding
You will be asked to read a short extract from a novel that you will not have encountered in
class. You will be asked to write about how the author presents atmosphere and mood in
the extract. You will be reminded to analyse how the writer’s use of words and phrases;
language and literary techniques; structure, and narrative perspective shapes our
impression of the extract’s mood and atmosphere.
Section B. Writing
You will be given an image and asked to use it as the basis for a creative description that
establishes a particular mood and atmosphere.
This task will test your
ability to use language and literary devices for effect;
ability to structure a piece of writing for effect;
spelling, sentence structure and grammar.
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Exam tips:
o Always read the extract and the questions very carefully, at least twice.
o Be sure that you know how to recognise (and how to use your own) similes,
metaphors, personification, alliteration and other literary devices.
o Remember that you should not merely feature spot. Always link an author’s use of
devices to the meaning and effect you think s/he wishes to create.
o Revise elements of technical accuracy (such as punctuation, paragraphing and
spelling).
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FRENCH
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MISS VALÉRIE ROSIN
Exam length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam structure: At the end of the academic year, the reading, writing and grammar skills
will be tested in one exam. This will take place during exam week. We have already
assessed the listening and speaking skills formally at the end of the Autumn and Spring
Terms. Each exam is worth 25% of the total. After all exams are taken, an average of all 4
skills will give your son / daughter their final mark and grade.
Book used: Expo 3 (Rouge)
Exam content:
Topics Grammar
Discussing what is on television and an
outing to the cinema.
Daily routine
Direct object pronouns (le, la, les,
l’)
Expressions of frequency
School subjects, opinons and reasons
why you like/ don’t like subjects
Timetable of the school day
Describing your school day
Opinions and justifications
Connectives and intensifiers
Extending your writing and
speaking
Translation
Future plans, jobs and plans for the
weekend
Quand + future
Health, parts of the body
Describing injuries
Healthy,eating,living,including,
sport, how to stay healthy
Imperative
Negative
Il faut…
Expressing opinions à mon avis
Revisio of reflexive verbs
Expressions with AVOIR ( avoir
mal, avoir froid, avoir chaud…)
Making travel arrangements
Arranging hotel accommodation
Visiting a tourist attraction
Pronoun “y” in the idiom I am
going THERE
Je voudrais/ j’aimerais
Verbs followed by à such as
commencer à, décider de,
essayer d
Verbs and tenses
Present, perfect, near future, simple future, imperfect of all regular verbs
including reflexives
Modal verbs POUVOIR, VOULOIR, DEVOIR
Translation
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All the vocabulary learnt can be found in your son/daughter’s exercise books. They will also
be given a revision booklet containing all the vocabulary and grammar learnt.
Revision tips:
o Start early
o Practise verb endings, spellings with your friends and family
o Make flashcards with vocabulary and grammar rules
o Play “ I spy” with your friends with French words
o Practise your spelling by writing words you find difficult, reading them over and over.
o If you prefer to learn aurally, record vocabulary onto your phone and play it back.
o Use “Linguascope” to revise vocabulary the username is logs the password is bravo!
Exam tips:
o Do not panic. There is nothing new in the exam paper. It only contains things we
have studied. Revision lessons will be held the week before the exam.
o Always read the questions carefully and allow 10 minutes at the end to re-read the
answers you wrote to check for spelling and grammatical mistakes.
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GEOGRAPHY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR W ELLIS
Exam Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam Structure: The examination will test material covered in the lessons, and also
students’ abilities to apply their knowledge to new situations and
demonstrate geographical skills. It will be test understanding of the
GCSE “decision-making” topics covered this year.
Year 9 pupils should be familiar by now with the format and demands
of an exam in this subject, having done tests and assessments
throughout the year.
Exam content:
The topics covered in Year 9 are outlined below, together with the appropriate
geographical skills:
People and the biosphere
Skills- Comparing climate graphs for different biomes, using world maps to
show the location of different biomes and using/interpreting various graphs.
Specification content:
Global (climate) and local (eg altitude, soils) factors affecting biomes
Why biomes are valuable (goods and services) to people
Why biomes are vital for maintaining a healthy planet (carbon, nutrient and
hydrological cycles)
The increasing demand for resources (reasons and implications)
Contrasting views of the future (the theories of Malthus and Boserup)
Forests under threat
Skills- Using and interpreting nutrient cycle diagrams and interpreting GIS
(satellite images, eg for forest loss)
Specification content:
The characteristics of both tropical rain forest and taiga biomes (climate, flora
and fauna/adaptations)
Nutrient cycling, biodiversity and food webs in tropical rain forests and taiga
Direct and indirect threats to forest biomes (why these biomes are under
threat)
How the two biomes can be managed and protected (including sustainable
management)
Conflicting views about the taiga’s future
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Consuming energy resources
Skills- Using world maps showing the distribution of energy resources, using
data to graph trends over time, calculating carbon and ecological footprints.
Specification content:
Classifying energy resources (renewable, non-renewable, recyclable, fossil
fuels)
How energy production affects the environment
The different factors that affect access to energy resources (accessibility and
technology)
The global pattern of energy use, and why it varies
The global supply of oil, and why oil consumption is increasing
The costs of developing fossil fuels
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels (cutting the demand for, and extending
the life of fossil fuels)
The alternatives to fossil fuels (what are the costs and benefits of HEP, solar
power etc?)
What does the world’s energy future look like?
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Exam tips:
o Revision, especially concentrating on the case studies (detailed examples, as
summarised above) and the skills
o Read through the “How to be successful in exams” chapter in your textbook
o If you want to give yourself some practice, work through some of the questions in
your textbook (P242-308)
o It is important that you read questions carefully, and make sure you answer the
questions (and write in enough depth – look at the marks awarded for different
questions.)
o Plan your time in the exam room, studying the resources carefully and leaving at
least 5 minutes to check your answers.
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YEAR 9 GERMAN
TEACHER: MISS ALPERS
Exam Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam Structures: At the end of the academic year the skills of reading/writing and
grammar will be tested. We have already assessed the listening and
speaking skills formally in the end of the autumn and spring terms. The
result of every exam is worth 25% of the total. After the completion of the
reading and writing and grammar assessments an average of the four
results will be calculated; which will be the students’ final grade.
Book used: Echo 3
Exam content:
Topics Grammar
The media
Computer
Music
TV
Films
What technology you use, how often and
your opinion
School life
Subjects and how you find them
Comparing school in Germany and in UK
School day
Teachers / Teacher description
School rules
The Future
Plans for your future
Importance of languages
Job descriptions
Workplaces and opinions
My world
What is important / not important to you
When you do things
Daily routine / chores
What you are, or are not, allowed to do in
The present tense
Subordinate clauses
(Ich finde, dass)
The past tense
(Perfect) and “war”
(es war gut etc)
Question words
Sequencers
Comparative and
superlative
Possessive adjectives
(seine Stunden sind…)
Adjectives
Modal verbs : dürfen ,
nicht dürfen , müssen
subordinate clauses
(„weil“)
The future tense
Modal verb: können
Word order
Question words
Gern, lieber, am
liebsten
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Revision tips:
o Start early.
o Practise verb endings and spellings with your family and friends; ask them to test you.
o Make flashcards with vocabulary and grammar rules (German on one side and
English on the other).
o Use Linguascope.com to revise key vocabulary.
o Practise writing about the topics in each chapter.
Exam tips:
o Do not panic. There is nothing new in the exam paper. It only contains things we
have studied. Revision sessions will take place the week before the exams.
o Always read the questions carefully and allow ten minutes to re-read the answers
you wrote to check for spelling and grammatical mistakes.
Germany at a certain age
The environment and what you and your
family do to protect it
People today
You and your family
Famous people
A date
Wenn sentences
Separable verbs
(present and past)
Reflexive verbs
Modal verbs
Infinitive construction
(um… zu)
Possessive pronouns
The cases
Adjective endings
Conditional Tense
Formal and informal
language
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HISTORY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR P WALTON
Exam Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Exam Structure: Questions requiring short answers
Questions requiring long answers
Essay style questions
Source analysis
Exam content:
As well as the key words for each unit make sure you revise the topics we have covered:
Unit 1: Why should I bother to vote?
How and why do people protest?
Problems with the political system in the 1800’s
What was it like to live in the 1800s?
The importance of Chartism
Unit 2: Why were some women prepared to die for the vote?
Life for women in the 1900s
What was the difference between the Suffragettes and Suffragists?
Why were people opposed to women’s suffrage?
What role did women play during WW1?
How had women’s roles changed by the end of WW1?
Unit 3: Why should we remember World War One?
Longer term causes of the war
The events that led to a World War
Trench warfare and human experiences
Recruitment and propaganda
How do we remember?
Unit 4: The Holocaust
The Jews in Nazi Germany
The judenfrage and the final solution
Different types of camps
Case study: Babi Yar
The Nuremberg Trials
Revision tips
Read through your work to make sure you understand the topic covered
If you have missed work through absence – see your teacher for help.
Don’t leave your revising to the last minute!
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HOME ECONOMICS
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MRS D TICEHURST
Exam Length: 1 hour
Exam Structure: Students will be asked to prepare and cook a dish using the techniques
and cooking methods they have learnt this year. Students may select
any recipe but we would really like to see the use of seasonal
ingredients if appropriate. Students may choose to cook one or
more dishes in the time given. Dishes with higher level skills will
score more highly than those with fewer processes. ANY RECIPE
MUST BE NUT FREE as we have students with severe nut allergies who use
the HE Room
They will be assessed on:
Their choice of dish
Their organisation with regards to bringing all the necessary ingredients
Their health, food hygiene and safety
Their organisation of equipment
Their preparation and cooking of the dish
Their presentation of the dish
Their diligence in clearing, washing, drying and putting away items they have used.
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MATHEMATICS
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR D BIOLETTI
Exam Structure Students will sit two exams. The first is a non-calculator paper
and the second a calculator paper. Each exam is I hour long.
Mathematics Equipment: Black pen or biro
HB or preferably B pencil
Ruler
Protractor
Pair of compasses
Scientific calculator (paper 2)
Exam content
Foundation Tier
Integers and place value
Decimals
Indices, powers and roots
Factors, multiples and primes
Algebra: the basics
Expressions and substitution into formulae
Tables, charts and graphs
Pie charts
Scatter graphs
Fractions, decimals and percentages
Percentages
Equations and inequalities
Sequences
Properties of shapes, parallel lines and angle facts
Interior and exterior angles of polygons
Statistics, sampling and the averages
Perimeter, area and volume
Higher Tier
Calculations, checking and rounding
Indices, roots, reciprocals and hierarchy of operations
Factors, multiples, primes, standard form and surds
Algebra: the basics, setting up, rearranging and solving equations
Sequences
Averages and range
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Representing and interpreting data and scatter graphs
Fractions and percentages
Ratio and proportion
Polygons, angles and parallel lines
Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometry
Graphs: the basics and real-life graphs
Linear graphs and coordinate geometry
Quadratic, cubic and other graphs
Perimeter, area and circles
3D forms and volume, cylinders, cones and spheres
Accuracy and bounds
Transformations
Constructions, loci and bearings
Exam and Revision tips
All topic areas listed above are also on the activelearn website under ‘Exercises’ and
‘Student Resources’. Make a list of areas where you need to invest more time and use the
videos and questions to target these areas.
Remember to:
complete as many questions from your revision packs as you can
learn all the formulae that you need
write “flash cards” for key points and formulae
show all of your working and be clear
round your answer where necessary
write in the appropriate units
read a question two or three times if you are unsure what it is asking
just take that first step if struggling to access a tough question
Good luck and remember that we are here to help you.
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MUSIC
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MISS A ABIS
Exam Length: A solo instrumental or vocal performance of 2- 5 minutes duration.
Exam Structure: 30 minutes during one lunchtime, to be arranged in advance with your
teacher. You will perform to your teacher and the others in your group.
You will also listen to other pupils’ performances.
Exam content:
You should prepare an instrumental or vocal solo performance at the highest difficulty level
at which you are able to perform well. This can be a graded piece from an examination
board (such as ABRSM, Trinity or Rockschool) or another piece that you have recently
learnt.
The performance should be at least 2 minutes duration and no longer than 5 minutes,
although you will not lose marks for going over time. You can perform a couple of pieces to
make it up to 2 minutes if that is easiest for you.
Your teacher will arrange a time with you to come to the Music Department. This will be a
lunchtime before half term (most likely in weeks 4 and 5). You will do the exam in small
groups of no more than three, arriving at 1.40pm and performing in front of the teacher and
the others in your group. You will listen to the performances given by the other pupils.
You do not need to have an accompaniment, you can perform the piece solo.
This exam will be assessed in a similar way to GCSE performances, using the following
assessment criteria:
1: Technical control
2: Tempo/ Dynamics/ Phrasing and Articulation
3: Pitch and Rhythm/ Fluency and Accuracy
Each one is marked out of ten and you will receive a final mark out of 30, a percentage
and a grade.
Exam tips
o Choose the piece which you can perform most confidently and without mistakes. It is
far better perform an easier piece well than to perform a more difficult piece with
lots of mistakes.
o As well as ensuring that you play all the notes correctly, pay careful attention to
dynamics, phrasing and articulation as it is important to give an expressive and
musical performance.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR HEYWOOD
Exam Length: 1 hour (component 1 only)
Exam content: Year 9
The questions will be selected from the following topics:
Location of major bones
Functions of the skeleton
Types of synovial joint
Types of movement at hinge joints and ball and socket joints
Location of major muscle groups
The roles of muscle in movement
Aerobic and Anaerobic exercise
Components of fitness
Principles of training
Prevention of injury
Revision Tips
o Use mind maps/keywords/highlighters/bullet points/self-testing questions.
o Revise in small chunks, revise little and often.
o Start revising as early as possible – take the subject seriously.
Exam tips:
o Before you write anything down, spend a few minutes reading every question.
o Highlight key words e.g. “describe”.
o Read questions carefully and do what the question tells you to do.
o Give obvious practical examples
e.g. Q. Name a sport which requires sprinting.
A. 100m sprint –NOT football.
o Give a specific practical example
e.g. Q. Give an example of a game where excellent reactions are needed.
A. Football – goalkeeper needs excellent reactions to dive quickly.
– NOT just “Football”
o Write clearly and do not waffle – remember that the answer has to make sense to
the person marking your work, not just to you. If it isn’t clear then you may not get
the mark.
o Never leave a question unanswered
o At the end, re-read every word to check for errors.
o USE acronyms to revise and write them down during the exam – this will give you a
focus on what you must cover in the question.
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PHYSICS
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR W TABARY-PETERSSEN ________________________________________________________________________________
Internal Exam:
Exam Length: 1 hour 15 mins during exam week
Exam Structure: Structured written questions
Equipment required : Black Pens, Pencils, Ruler, Eraser, Calculator, and Protractor
________________________________________________________________________________
Exam content:
This is based on the topics covered this year but you will be expected to remember the
basic work learnt in Years 7 and 8.
This year we studied:
Heat transfer
Wave Properties
Light
Sound
Using Waves
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Revision tips:
o Read through your notes and the relevant sections of your text book.
o Use the check lists that you have been given for each unit to ensure that you have
covered everything.
o Learn the formulae, units and correct scientific words.
o Practise answering questions. Use the questions in your text book. You can also use
worksheets and test sheets that you already have and/or make up your own
questions. Use your notes to check your answers. Ask someone in the family to test
you.
o In the examination, make sure that you read the question carefully and include all
the relevant facts. In calculations you must:
Write down the formula
Put the numbers from the question into the formula
Give the answer with the correct units.
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Unit Check lists
Heat Transfer
All objects emit and absorb infrared radiation.
Dark, matt surfaces are good absorbers and good emitters of infrared radiation.
Light, shiny surfaces are poor absorbers and poor emitters of
infrared radiation.
Energy can be transferred by conduction and this involves
particles.
Metals are good conductors because they have free electrons.
Materials with air trapped in them are good insulators.
The transfer of energy by convection, involves particles.
Convection occurs as particles move apart, making a fluid less dense.
The rate at which an object transfers energy by heating depends on:
- surface area and volume
- the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings
Some devices are designed with energy transfer in mind, for example, cooling fins.
Some animals have adaptations related to energy transfer.
Understand the design of a vacuum flask to minimise conduction,
convection and radiation.
Wave Properties
Waves transfer energy.
Waves may be either transverse or longitudinal.
The terms frequency, wavelength and amplitude.
Longitudinal waves show areas of compression and rarefaction.
Waves can be reflected, refracted and diffracted.
Diffraction effects depend on the size if the gap compared to the size of the
wavelength
Sound can diffract through doorway, light cannot.
All waves obey the wave equation
Speed = frequency x wavelength v = f λ
Frequency = 1 / time period
Use of prefixes kilo, mega, milli
Light
A luminous object emits light, a non-luminous object does not.
We see objects because light rays are reflected into our eyes.
Light travels in straight lines.
Light travels at approximately 300 000 km/s
Ray diagrams show the path of light rays.
The normal is a construction line perpendicular to the reflecting
surface at the point of incidence.
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The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The image produced in a
plane mirror is virtual and upright.
Waves can be absorbed or transmitted at the boundary between two different
materials.
Light travels at different speeds in different materials.
When light travels from air to water or glass at an angle to the normal, it refracts
towards the normal.
When light travels from glass (or water) to air at an angle to the normal it refracts
away from the normal.
Refraction causes interesting effects such a puddles appearing shallower than they
are.
A prism can be used to separate white light into the visible spectrum.
White objects reflect all colours of light, black objects reflect no light, other coloured
objects reflect one or more colours of light.
Coloured light can be produced using a filter in front of a white light source.
Red, green and blue light together can produce white light.
Sound
Sounds travels as a longitudinal wave.
Sounds cannot travel through a vacuum.
Sounds travels at different speeds in different materials – in air it travels at 330m/s.
The pitch of a sound is determined by its frequency and loudness by its amplitude.
Sounds waves can be studied using a microphone connected to a cathode ray
oscilloscope.
Humans can hear sounds in the frequency range 20Hz – 20 kHz.
Using Waves
Echolocation uses the reflection of sound waves to calculate distances.
Ultrasound, that it is too high for us to hear, is used in scanning.
Ultrasound waves are partially reflected when they meet a boundary between two
different media. The time taken for the reflections to reach a detector can be used
to determine how far away such a boundary is.
The electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic radiations
travel as waves and move
energy from one place to
another.
All types of electromagnetic
waves travel at the same speed
through a vacuum (space).
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Electromagnetic waves form a continuous spectrum The uses and hazards of the
radiations in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum depend on their
wavelength and frequency.
The order of electromagnetic waves within the spectrum, in terms of energy,
frequency and wavelength needs to be learnt.
Electromagnetic waves have wavelengths within the range of 10-15 to 104 m.
Different wavelengths of electromagnetic waves are reflected, refracted, absorbed
or transmitted differently by different substances and types of surface.
Electromagnetic waves have many practical applications. For example:
- radio waves – television and radio (including Bluetooth)
- microwaves – satellite communications, cooking food
- infrared – electrical heaters, cooking food, infra-red cameras
- visible light – fibre optic communications
- ultraviolet – energy efficient lamps, sun tanning
- X-rays – medical imaging and treatments.
Ultra-violet waves, X-rays and gamma rays can have hazardous effects on human
body tissue. The effects depend on the type of radiation and the size of the dose.
Ultra-violet waves can cause skin to age prematurely and increase the risk of skin
cancer. X-rays and gamma rays are ionising radiation that can cause mutation of
genes and cancer.
Motion Graphs
Distance = speed x time (s = v x t).
Distance and speed are scalar quantities, speed and velocity are vector quantities.
Motion can be represented on a distance time graph, speed can be found from the
gradient of the graph.
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object.
Deceleration is a negative acceleration.
The acceleration of an object can be calculated from the gradient of a velocity –
time graph.
The distance travelled by an object can be calculated from the area under a
velocity – time graph.
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MR MOORE ____________________________________________________________________
Exam Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Exam Structure: A mixture of short answer questions and GCSE style questions
________________________________________________________________________________
Exam content:
Religion, peace and conflict
Introduction – peace, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation
Reasons for war
The Just War theory
Terrorism
Pacifism and peace making
Religion and Life
Origins of the universe – Genesis and the Big Bang
Stewardship and dominion
Evolution
Animal rights
Abortion
Euthanasia
Death and the afterlife
Introduction to ethics
What is ethics?
Utilitarianism
Kantian ethics
Situation ethics
Virtue ethics
Natural Law
Useful Websites to be used alongside class revision & hand-outs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/
http://www.request.org.uk/
Revision tips:
o Learn subject vocabulary using keywords in your exercise books
o Use Religious Studies websites for practice questions and additional information
o Re-read your exercise book!
o Use class revision hand-outs. All students will receive a hand-out in class which
breaks down the main aspects of the exam. They will also be given 2 lessons
minimum to recap the unit and be clear about the demands of the exam.
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SINGLE SCIENCE
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT MRS C LOWDEN ________________________________________________________________________________
Exam Length 1 hour 15 minutes during exam week
Exam Structure Structured written questions - answer them all
____________________________________________________________________________
Exam content:
This is based on the topics covered this year in Biology, Chemistry and Physics but you will
be expected to remember the basic work learnt in Years 7 and 8.
The Exam will only be on the topics from below that we have covered in class before the
exam:
The page references refer to your textbooks for Biology, Chemistry and Physics but do
remember you will have objective sheets, previous tests and worksheets in your exercise
book.
Biology
Cells and Organisation p4-22
Summary and Practice Questions p24-25
Organisation and the digestive system p36-48
Summary and Practice Questions p50-51
Chemistry
Atoms, elements, and isotopes (p 22 - 28)
Diagrams to show elements, compounds and mixtures (from yr 8 )
History of the atom and electronic structure (p 42 – 45)
Ionic bonding (pages 72 – 76) and covalent bonding (p 80 – 85)
Compounds, formulae and equations (p 29 -33) and mixtures (p 34 -41)
Periodic table (p 52 – 55 )
Metal extraction, reactivity series and use of earth’s resources (p158 -163)
Physics
Heat transfer
Wave Properties
Light
Sound
Electromagnetic spectrum
Revision tips:
Read through your notes and the relevant sections of your text book.
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Use the check lists that you have been given for each unit to ensure that you have
covered everything.
Learn the keywords and any definitions.
Practise answering questions. Use the questions in your text book. You can also use
worksheets and test sheets that you already have and/or make up your own questions.
Use your notes to check your answers. Ask someone in the family to test you.
In the examination, make sure that you read the question carefully and include all the
relevant facts.
When answering questions based on a given text, graph or results table make sure you
refer to these and include information or figures from them in your answer.
Biology
Chemistry
Atoms and electronic structures
All substances are made of atoms. A substance that is made of only one sort of atom is
called an element. There are about 100 different elements. Elements are show in the
periodic table. The groups contain elements with similar properties.
Atoms of each element are represented by a chemical symbol, e.g. O represents an
atom of oxygen and Na represents at atom of sodium.
Atoms have a small central nucleus, which is made up of protons and neutrons and
around which there are electrons.
The relative electrical charges are as shown:
Name of particle Charge
Proton +1
Neutron 0
Electron -1
In an atom, the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons. Atoms have no
overall electrical charge.
All Atoms of a particular element have the same number of protons. Atoms of different
elements have different numbers of protons.
The number of protons in an atom of an element is its atomic number. The sum of the
protons and neutrons in an atom is its mass number.
The Periodic Table
Elements in the same group in the periodic table have the same number of electrons in
their highest energy level (outer electrons) and this gives them similar chemical
properties.
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The elements in Group 0 of the periodic table are called the noble gases. They are
unreactive because their atoms all have full electron shells including the outermost
shell.
Elements in Group 1 are called Alkali metals because when they react with water they
form a metal hydroxide which is soluble and the solution formed in alkaline pH greater
than 7. They get more reactive as their atoms get bigger down the group. Their melting
and boiling points decrease as their atoms get bigger. Thy form ions with +1 charge and
their compounds are colourless.
Elements in Group 7 are called halogens. They are reactive Non-Metals. Their reactivity
decreases down the group. They go round in pairs of atoms (simple molecules) They
join with other non-metals using covalent bonds. Bonds with metals are ionic. A more
reactive halogen can push a less reactive halogen from a solution of one of its salts
Transition metals are strong and useful with high melting points.
Bonding
When elements react, their atoms join with other atoms and form compounds. This
involves giving, taking or sharing electrons to form ions or molecules. Compounds
formed from metals and non-metals consist of ions and join ionically. Compounds
formed from non-metals consist of molecules. In molecules the atoms are held together
by covalent bonds. You need to be able to draw diagrams for ionic and covalent
bonds .
Metal extraction and use of earth resources
A more reactive metal will displace a less reactive metal from its compound. This is a
redox reaction
Carbon can be used to displace metals from their compounds
Environmental issues associated with use and extraction of metals.
Physics
Heat Transfer
All objects emit and absorb infrared radiation.
Dark, matt surfaces are good absorbers and good emitters of infrared radiation.
Light, shiny surfaces are poor absorbers and poor emitters of infrared
radiation.
Energy can be transferred by conduction and this involves
particles.
Metals are good conductors because they have free electrons.
Materials with air trapped in them are good insulators.
The transfer of energy by convection, involves particles.
Convection occurs as particles move apart, making a fluid less dense.
The rate at which an object transfers energy by heating depends on:
- surface area and volume
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- the temperature difference between an object and its surroundings
Some devices are designed with energy transfer in mind, for example, cooling fins.
Wave Properties
Waves transfer energy.
Waves may be either transverse or longitudinal.
The terms frequency, wavelength and amplitude.
Waves can be reflected, refracted and diffracted.
Light
A luminous object emits light, a non-luminous object does not.
We see objects because light rays are reflected into our eyes.
Light travels in straight lines.
Light travels at approximately 300 000 km/s
Ray diagrams show the path of light rays.
The normal is a construction line perpendicular to the reflecting
surface at the point of incidence.
The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
Waves can be absorbed or transmitted at the boundary between two different
materials.
Light travels at different speeds in different materials.
When light travels from air to water or glass at an angle to the normal, it refracts
towards the normal.
When light travels from glass (or water) to air at an angle to the normal it refracts
away from the normal.
Refraction causes interesting effects such a puddles appearing shallower than they
are.
Sound
Sounds travels as a longitudinal wave.
Sounds cannot travel through a vacuum.
Sounds travels at different speeds in different materials – in air it travels at 330m/s.
The pitch of a sound is determined by its frequency and loudness by its amplitude.
Sounds waves can be studied using a microphone connected to a cathode ray
oscilloscope.
Humans can hear sounds in the frequency range 20Hz – 20 kHz.
The electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic radiations
travel as waves and move
energy from one place to
another.
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All types of electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed through a vacuum
(space).
Electromagnetic waves form a continuous spectrum The uses and hazards of the
radiations in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum depend on their
wavelength and frequency.
Electromagnetic waves have many practical applications. For example:
- radio waves – television and radio (including Bluetooth)
- microwaves – satellite communications, cooking food
- infrared – electrical heaters, cooking food, infra-red cameras
- visible light – fibre optic communications
- ultraviolet – energy efficient lamps, sun tanning
- X-rays – medical imaging and treatments.
Ultra-violet waves, X-rays and gamma rays can have hazardous effects on human
body tissue. The effects depend on the type of radiation and the size of the dose.
Ultra-violet waves can cause skin to age prematurely and increase the risk of skin
cancer. X-rays and gamma rays are ionising radiation that can cause mutation of
genes and cancer.
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SPANISH
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: MRS. PRADA-GARCÍA
Exam Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam Structures: At the end of the academic year the skills of reading/writing and
grammar will be tested. We have already assessed the listening and
speaking skills formally in the end of the autumn and spring terms. The
result of every exam is worth 25% of the total. After the completion of the
reading and writing and grammar assessments an average of the four
results will be calculated; which will be the students’ final grade.
Textbook used: Mira 3
Exam Content
Topics Grammar
LA ROPA
Clothes and description of clothes
Accessories and styles
The school uniform
Choosing an item of clothing
Describing what you wear in different
occasions
Verb llevar
Caro/barato
Adverbs of frequency (nunca, de vez
en cuando… etc)
Este, esta, estos, estas
Comparatives
superlatives
Using present, preterite and
immediate future to say what you
wear/wore/going to wear
DE COMPRAS
Shops and items you can buy in
them
Shops in Spain
Shopping for clothes. Sizes
Shopping for souvenirs and
presents for people
Asking for directions
Verbs comprar and vender
Comparatives and superlatives.
Se puede and se pueden
Adjectives to describe personalities
Using the indirect object le with the
verb comprar. (le compro una
camiseta)
Ser/ir in the preterite
Time expressions and time markers
Preterite of regular verbs
Ser vs estar
Near future
LA RUTINA DIARIA
Daily routine activities
Reflexive verbs
Adverbs of frequency: normalmente,
primero, luego
LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
Computers and technology
Adverbs of frequency
Stem changing verbs in the present
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Types of TV programmes
Music
Types of films
Spanish speaking actors/actresses, tv
presenters, singers and groups.
tense
Opinions and justifications
Different ways of expressing opinions
using en mi opinion, para mí, a mi
modo de ver…
Verb poner meaning “to show on TV”
Remembering comparatives
Verb soler
The verbs hacer and ver in preterite.
Porque and por eso
Que as a relative pronoun (es una
película que trata de…)
CUESTIONES DE DINERO Y TRABAJOS
Home chores
Pocket money
Job prospects
Personalities and skills
Professions, places of work and
activities related to them
The importance of languages in the
world of work
Me gustaría/ te gustaría/le gustaría
Feminines of adjectives/nouns ending
in consonants
Using the verb ser with professions
without the article
Revision tips
► Start early
► Practice verb endings, spelling with your family and friends
► Make flashcards with vocabulary and grammar rules
► Play "I spy" with your friends with Spanish words
Exam tips
Do not panic. There is nothing new in the exam paper. It only contains things we have
studied. Revision sessions will be held the week before the exams. Always read the
questions carefully, allow 10 minutes to proof read your answers and check your spelling
and grammatical errors.