GCSE Revision Information
The aim of this area is to offer subject-specific guidance for supporting you to prepare for your exams. There is a lot of useful advice on how to prepare and plan for exams, in general, such as using revision timetables and various learning techniques - go to:-
Helpful Hints and Advice for Revision
There are also various things you can do to support you with your individual subjects. The objective of this area below is to provide more information on each subject area.
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GCSEPod - new user login Need help with your login? |
General useful sites for curriculum topics BBCBitesize GCSE Past Papers |
Exam board websitesOCR www.ocr.org.uk |
BUSINESS STUDIES
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A summary of the areas to learn are detailed here revision list together with a scorecard for students to monitor their progress.
The Business Studies Department has organised revision sessions for students and the timetable and other information can be found in the following letter issued to students.
ECONOMICS
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Students have been issued with a bright green revision guide covering both exam papers. They will shortly have access to a bank of practice papers for the new spec. If students complete all of these they could also complete past papers from the older spec on the OCR website as the content is still relevant.
For revision the key points for students to remember are:
- Learn, and use the correct technical terms accurately
- Use real examples to support their answers where appropriate
- Attempt every question (both while practicing exam questions and in the GCSE exams) – leave no blanks
- Use P.E.E. structure for longer questions
Students may attend a session in H6 after school each Wednesday if they have any queries or need some extra support. One extra session will be run weekly in the lead up to exams.
Google Classroom
The ICT department uses Google Classroom and Google Drive. Students can access their notes and any relevant PowerPoints etc. through these applications from anywhere.
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Graphic Products, Systems & Control & Resistant Materials
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Revision guides:
Revision Cards - Graphic Products
Revision Cards - Resistance Materials
Catering and Hospitality
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CGP Revision Guides for WJEC Catering and Hospitality |
DRAMA
ENGLISH
Literature
The best revision your son or daughter can do is to reread the Literature texts. They will have studied two of the following: An Inspector Calls – J.B. Priestley; A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens or Blood Brothers – Willy Russell; as well as a Shakespeare text – Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth or The Tempest.
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Your child's English teacher will have given specific tips in class which will all be in his/her exercise book(s).
Language
Snap Revision Reading, Papers 1 & 2 Published by Collins, available from Amazon
Snap Revision Writing, Papers 1 & 2. Published by Collins, available from Amazon
GEOGRAPHY
Revision 2018 |
Intervention Session 1 |
Google Classroom
All resources from the course will be on Google Classroom GCSE WJEC Class – You would have been given a code to join this class. Please use Google Chrome to access GoogleClassroom (select to access).
Your login details for GoogleClassroom are your school email address and your school system password.
There are revision resources on Google Classroom for Year 11. Sign up using the code x5w176 once you have logged into your account in Google Classroom
There is also a revision section where mind maps PLC and a revision guide for each topic can be found.
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Health and Social Care External Assessments are completed in Year 10.
Sample Assessments are available on:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/
As an overview. The course content includes going over past papers and the mark scheme. We will go over the style of answering questions. Revision guides will be available from the department.
HISTORY
MATHEMATICS
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Students have a username and password for both sites - any problems students should contact their Maths teacher- Students can also access Kerboodle and complete the review and assessment sections at the end of each chapter
Other websites that students may find useful are:
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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Google Classroom
Google Classroom has substantial material from Authentik - GCSE practice listening tests and questions.
MUSIC
Exam is Unit 1: Listening to and Appraising Music - 1 hour; 80 marks; 20% of GCSE
Students will respond to questions based on short musical excerpts drawing on music from all five Areas of Study: Rhythm & Metre; Harmony & Tonality; Texture & Melody; Timbre & Dynamics; Structure & Form.
Key Revision points:
• Remember all keywords
• Read the question carefully
• Look at how many marks each question is worth and make sure you make the required number of points e.g. if it is 2 marks, make sure you make 2 points.
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www.cnx.org/content/m35163/latest/?collection=col10214/latest |
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cnx.org/content/m35164/latest/?collection=col10214/latest |
Books: CDG books (handed out in class).
PE
The AQA PE exam is assessed over 2 papers. Both papers are 1 hour and 15 minutes long and split into 3 assessment objectives:
- AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport ( multiple choice and recall questions- worth 13 marks)
- AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport ( short answer questions- worth 10 marks)
- AO3: Analyse and evaluate the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport ( long answer questions- worth 7 marks)
Practice exam papers can be found on the AQA website. When practising exam papers students should allow one minute per mark - use the time, don’t rush as that is when silly mistakes are made.
To revise students should read through the list of topics and cover ALL topics using their book and the topic on page sheets - Powerpoint - 'Topic on a page'. Practice questions should be done on each topic, using the mark schemes to help them learn. They should also use the Covey pack to help them and update it regularly to monitor their understanding. A summary of the areas to learn is detailed here AQA revision list. Make good use of acronyms to trigger key information (SPORTFIT). Students should attend all revision sessions!
PSYCHOLOGY
Specification: OCR GCSE Psychology ( from 2012)
Some useful revision websites:
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/psychology-notes
https://tuxfordgcsepsychology.wordpress.com/home/
Useful revision books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Revise-Psychology-GCSE
In addition, there will be a revision section on the GCSE Psychology Google Classroom
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zb48q6f
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Old GCSE Specification (before September 2016) Religion and Life issues - Revision Notes |
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New GCSE Specification (from September 2016) Christianity Islam
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List of D questions for Islam and Christianity Christianity Workbook
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Practice Papers Christian Beliefs- paper 1 |
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Life and Death |
Relationships |
Good and Evil |
Human Rights |
Christian Practices |
Christian Beliefs |
Islamic Beliefs |
Islamic Practices |
Personalised Learning Checklists |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES ON GCSEPodOn the GCSEPod website select browse content followed by ‘Arts, Humanities and Business Studies’. Within this category select ‘Religious Studies’’ The podcasts relevant to our GCSE studies are all those under the categories of ‘Christianity’, ‘Islam’ and ‘Belief and Morality’. Under the category of ‘Current Religious Issues’ the podcasts which are relevant are ‘Issues in Modern Society’ and ‘Matters of life and Death’. Some of the information here may be really beneficial to your revision and independent work in the subject of RE so happy listening!
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Final Examination Dates of the Summer 2018 RS examinations are below. Monday 14th May - Philosophy and Ethics (2 hour exam) Wednesday 16th May - Christian Beliefs & Practices (1 hour exam) Thursday 24th May - Islam Beliefs & Practices (1 hour exam) |
SCIENCE
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www.bbc.co.uk/education - follow links to relevant subject |
www.my-gcsescience.com - users have to subscribe and only core videos are free - a fee is charged for additional subscription packages |
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The Science department has available for purchase the revision guides for your child’s course in either Triple Science or Core/Additional Science. The guides include revision material, exam questions and answers.
Kerboodle
To help support revision at home your child has access to Kerboodle, an online platform that will have useful lessons, revision materials and worksheets (and ISA homework) for them to assess their progress at home, at lunchtime or homework club in the library. To access Kerboodle, they need to search for the application on Google and then log onto the AQA GCSE course (not the AQA GCSE 1-9 course).
Login details are as follows:
Username: First initial and surname – all lowercase i.e. Joanna Smith would be jsmith
Password: the same as username i.e. jsmith. (note: if they have logged on before they may have changed their password and will need to use this instead)
Institution code: dl3
The system will invite them to change their password to save and use this next time they log on.
If students have difficulty with their passwords they need to get their passwords reset by contacting staff in the E-Learning Office.
AQA Past Papers
The link below gives you access to past papers and the AQA exam board.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes
Spec codes for the GCSEs:
Biology - 4401
Chemistry - 4402
Physics - 4403
Science A - 4405
Additional Science - 4408
