Subject Topics to be Key Learning covered · UNIT 2 Controlled Assessment Students are expected to integrate their knowledge and understanding with making and key skills to produce

YEAR 11: CURRICULUM OVERVIEW (Jan-Feb 2014) 1

Subject Topics to be covered

Key Learning

Exploring Modern Texts

Students study a modern text (a play or novel) selected from a list prescribed by the exam board, for example, ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding, ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill. Students explore the text using a range of speaking and listening, reading and writing activities as this text is examined in their English Literature exam in the summer. They will also revisit the text that they studied in Year 10.

Pre-exposure homework

1. Read at least one other text from the GCSE reading list. 2. Research the GCSE text that you will be studying- finding out

about the historical, social, cultural and literary background. 3. Look at the notes on your text at

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

Controlled Assessment

Investigating a factor that affects the rate of enzyme activity.


1. Review your work from B3. Make sure you know what an enzyme is, how they work and why they are needed in living organisms.

2. Find out what factors affect the rate of an enzyme driven reaction and how enzyme driven reactions can be measured.

Continuation of Unit C7: Sustainable Chemistry

How do we describe the work of the chemical industry?

What innovations in green chemistry are there?

What are the physical and chemical properties of alkanes, alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters?

What are the structures and chemical properties of fats and oils?

What chemistry do we need to learn and understand in order to study energy changes in chemistry?

Why are reversible reactions important, and what do we mean

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

by the term equilibrium?

What are the stages involved in chemical analysis?

Why are chromatography techniques and titrations important and how do we carry out these procedures?


Find out the meaning of the terms ‘endothermic’ and ‘exothermic’ when applied to a chemical reaction. Give an example of one endothermic and one exothermic reaction.

OCR 21st Century Science (Physics) Unit 1 & 2 Revision P7: Studying the Universe

Revision in preparation for mock exams WB 13 January 2014

Naked eye astronomy

Light, telescopes and images


On a clear night go outside and try and locate some of the following astronomical objects in the sky; Moon, Venus, The Plough constellation, North star, Orion’s belt, Betelgeuse (Beetle Juice) Red Giant, Andromeda Galaxy, Milky way (if you don’t live in a town or city). Use the internet and/or star finding apps (e.g. SkySafari or Google Sky Map) to help you locate these objects.

OCR 21st Century Science B5: Growth and Develpoment

C5: Chemicals of the Natural Environment P5: Electric Circuits

How do organisms develop? How does an organism produce new cells? How do genes control growth and development within the cell? What types of chemicals make up the atmosphere? What reactions happen in the hydrosphere? What types of chemicals make up the Earth’s lithosphere? How can we extract useful metals from minerals?

Electric current – a flow of what? What determines the size of the current in an electric circuit and the energy it transfers? How do parallel and series circuits work? How is mains electricity produced? How are voltages and currents induced?


How do electric motors work?


B5 Search you tube for ‘Mr Ward EC video’ and watch the clip. Remind yourself of some of the material you have already covered such as asexual reproduction in B1 and Natural Selection in B3. Be prepared to use this information to answer questions about cell division during the topic. C5 Find out how one of the following chemicals is synthesised: ammonia; sulfuric acid; sodium hydroxide. Write a series of short paragraphs to summarise what happens at each stage in the chemical synthesis. P5 Visit the BBC Bitesize website and find the pages on OCR 21st Century Additional Science Physics P5. Read the revision information on electric currents and then write three sentences stating what electrical current is, how some insulators can become charged and the units for electrical current.

Portfolio improvement GCSE exam

All students will be given 3 weeks portfolio improvement time following the Christmas break to revisit and refine all aspects of their GCSE coursework prior to final hand in. Students will have 8 week exam preparation period to produce a sketchbook in response to their chosen theme; this will begin in the last week in January Further detailed information will be provided closer to this time.


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Unit 4: People in organisations

Students will complete the fourth unit during this half term. This involves project tasks on each of the following topics: - Identify the main job roles in two business organisations. Describe

what those roles involve.

- Identify and describe at least two types of organisational structure & explain how they differ from each other.

- Produce a job description - Complete a skills audit and match the skills you have identified to

two realistic job opportunities. - Choose a career path and create a plan to achieve your goal.


This is a particularly practical unit which students can relate to. Students should ask parents about how they have applied for jobs, what training they have received, what motivates them and what their manager is like/how they manage, what skills they think are important etc. Each of the topic’s covered in class will be enriched if students discuss with parents.

Controlled Assessment Completion Mock Exam Finance

Students will complete their third Controlled Assessment task investigating the Product Mix of Stuart and his proposed Paintball Centre. Business students will also have a mock exam and this will be based on Units 1 Business and Unit 2 People. Students will then begin their final unit which is accounting and finance. They will learn about the different sources of finance and how businesses track cash flow. Students will carry out break even analysis on a variety of different products and then learn how to analyse final accounts.


Students will have their research and note taking to produce over the Christmas break for the final controlled assessment task. Their notes should be ready and brought to their first class after the break. Student’s should also be revising for their mock exam and will have been provided with a revision guide for both units written by their teachers.

Unit 10

Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided manufacture. Manufacturing a 2D and 3D sketch of bottle opener. Disassembly diagram of a screw driver in Pro Desk Top/ Solid Works software. Manufacturing a mobile phone holder using the laser cutter and 2D design software out of acrylic.


List 5 items of CAD CAM we have in school to design and or manufacture products and their parts.


UNIT 2 Controlled Assessment

Students are expected to integrate their knowledge and understanding with making and key skills to produce high quality food items which are appropriate to the task set out by WJEC exam board. Students will spend up to 20 hours creating a portfolio document and completing two practical exams.


Using the recipes covered within Year 10 & 11, adapt and trial a new development at home. Photograph your outcome and evaluate it.

School and Future Plans Or Listening and reading exam skills

Most students will be working towards a CA in either speaking or writing depending on their results so far. They will learn to talk about their school, what subjects they enjoy, what an ideal teacher would be like, and also to explain what jobs interest them and why. Students doing the higher level listening and reading examinations will begin extensive work on understanding more complex texts and spoken extracts.


1. Students should look up the names for the school subjects in French, make a list and learn them

2. Students should use the GCSE revision books to revise the key vocabulary for school

Those doing listening and reading exam skills should revise the Common Exam Vocab lists given to them by their teacher. Higher tier students should revise both the higher and the foundation tier vocab as both are relevant to their exams.

A Moving World

There are different types of population movement: long-term and short-term migration and short-term population movements. Migration can be classified as national and international, long-term and short-term, voluntary and forced. International flows into and within Europe since 1945. The social and economic impact of these flows on the host and the country of origin. Factors influencing rates of population movement and reasons for short-term population flow. A study of the reasons for, and the consequences of, retirement migration within a country or overseas.


1. Visit the bbc bitesize website to identify different types of migration – identifying push and pull factors http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/migration/

2. Make a mind map on the types of migration and impacts of migration.

School and work

Students will be able to describe in detail their school life, including pressures and problems. They will talk about their ideal school and will have the opportunity to write a controlled assessment on this topic, if it is needed to boost their grade. Students will study the topic of jobs, including part time work and future careers.


1. Log onto www.memrise.com . Create an account, which is free and choose the ‘1000 words of elementary German’ course to follow to learn topic specific vocabulary in preparation for your reading and listening exams

2. Create a mind map of jobs in German. Use www.wordreference.com to look up jobs of interest to you.

Criterion 2: Development of Design Proposals (including modelling)

• Imaginative and innovative ideas have been developed, demonstrating creativity, flair and originality. Further developments made to take account of ongoing research

• A coherent and appropriate design strategy, with clear evidence of a planned approach, adopted throughout

• The implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability, are taken into consideration and inform the development of the design proposals

• Excellent development work through experimentation with a wide variety of techniques and modelling (including CAD where appropriate) in order to produce a final design solution

• Appropriate materials/ingredients and components selected with full regard to their working properties

• Fully detailed and justified product/manufacturing specification taking full account of the analysis undertaken


Find out what the 6R’s stand for.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/migration/

http://www.memrise.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/


Single Award

Unit 1: Understanding Personal Development and Relationships

Students will consider their knowledge and understanding of personal growth and development focusing on the effects of relationships and life events, which they studied in detail in Year 10. They will use a range of revision techniques and use exemplar exam questions, focussing on the techniques needed to answer higher mark questions successfully.


Create a mind map for each of the life stages, defining the PIES for each stage. Consider the layout, making it easy to follow as a revision tool.

Double Award

Unit 3: Promoting health and well being Unit 4:Health, Social Care and Early Years Practice

Students will begin their controlled assessment of this unit which contains the following four topics:

Understanding health and wellbeing

Factors affecting health and wellbeing

Indicators of physical health

Promoting and supporting health improvement.

To develop an understanding of the core principles needed to work with other practitioners and service users. Students will consider the four topics studied in year 10 to combine as examination questions. Topics:

Understanding health and well being

Factors affecting health and well being

Indicators of physical health

Promoting and supporting health and improvement


Collect a range of health promotion leaflets from libraries, doctors or dentist surgeries.

How far did British Society change, 1939- 1975? British Depth Study: -Post War Immigration -How far did life

Development of British Depth Study contextual knowledge and understanding.

Development of Paper Two source analysis skills

Awareness of Paper Two question types

Focus on Paper Two Exam Skills

change for women in Britain, 1950-75? -Was there a youth revolution in the 1960s?


How did the Second World War affect women? Find five examples.

How did the Second World War affect children and young people? Find five examples.

Why did people from the Caribbean want to migrate to Britain? (Identify at least three push or pull factors)

Digital publications: Website

To understand how to design a mini-website including navigation and hyperlinks To create an e-portfolio website to showcase the some of the ICT products completed in the ICT project


Research websites that try to promote a healthy lifestyle. Identify the key features of the websites in terms of colour schemes, images, layout and information included. Use this research to make design decisions for your website.

Unit 4: Responding to a media brief

The aim of this unit is for candidates to produce a campaign across two media forms/platforms in response to an industry-related brief.

This unit will be assessed by means of controlled assessment

For this unit, candidates need to produce the following for assessment:

Research, Planning and Presentation

Two production pieces

Evaluation (500 words) This is a very important piece of work and accounts for 30% of the final GCSE grade.


1. This is an on-going unit of work from last term so as such there is no ‘pre-exposure’ element’. However students should be preparing for the second section of this very important project which is to create their two media products.


2. Homework could be to begin filming and photography work for

those products or at least to carry out a location ‘recce’ to get ideas for what and where you will film or photograph.

Preparation for CA. Performance and Exam practice

Students will have time to do the final preparation work to their compositions and also start planning the next. They will learn the vital importance of having a clear brief which outlines the following: (i) what they are aiming to achieve (ii) the devices and techniques used to realise your aim Students will practice exam questions for set works and add to their portfolio of performance recordings


Read the examiner’s reports (Edexcel GCSE Music Examiner’s report) and make notes on the essential components which should go into a composing brief.

The stimulus set by EDEXCEL for the summer practical examination 2014 is contrast/contrasts.

The practical examination is the application of all the knowledge and understanding students have accumulated during the course. They must plan and manage workshops to develop and refine their performance ideas.


All students must research the examination theme selecting suitable stimuli for their devised theatre work.

Choosing pathways for learning Boys follow their option choices in one lesson and ‘Run to London’ in the other

Students will be able to evaluate their decision about a fit and healthy lifestyle and be able to alter the pathway they have chosen with that evaluation in mind. Students will experience a mix of core activities and pathways. The pathways allow the students to make choices about the nature of the activity they enjoy which will sustain them into adult life and which will motivate their learning. Pathways run across the second term. Developing independent learning and opportunity for peer and self assessment in option lessons whilst incorporating realistic targets for improvement to ‘stretch’ the learner

Issues of Life and Death

An in-depth study of the value of life in the 21st century. Religious attitudes to life and the sanctity of life. An investigation into either Abortion OR Voluntary Euthanasia.


Be aware of news coverage about issues linked to the value and importance of life. This issue crops up on the news more than you would think

School and work

Students will be able to describe in detail their school life, including pressures and problems. They will talk about their ideal school and will have the opportunity to write a controlled assessment on this topic, if it is needed to boost their grade. Students will study the topic of jobs, including part time work and future careers.


1. Log onto www.memrise.com . Create an account, which is free and choose the ‘1500 Spanish word intro’ course to follow to learn topic specific vocabulary in preparation for your reading and listening exams

2. Create a mind map of jobs in Spanish. Use www.wordreference.com to look up jobs of interest to you.

Theory

Practical Coursework

All key learning relates to cultural and social factors affecting participation in sport and PE from which each student works to support and record their leaning. There will be a unit test in the second last week of the half term to help students to structure revision and improve examination technique. Homework will be examination questions on topics covered on Demands of performance Catch up on any missing practical or opportunity to improve existing practical marks by exploring different practical options (e.g. indoor rowing/coaching


Revise for mock exam. All areas up to and including Healthy Schools and Influence of Schools.

Key Fund Stage 2 The School we would like to see.

Key Fund Skills Transferable skills in communication and creativity. Encourage thought for others and solution orientated planning and implementation.

http://www.memrise.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/


Criterion 2

Imaginative and innovative ideas have been developed, demonstrating creativity, flair and originality. Further developments made to take account of ongoing research

• A coherent and appropriate design strategy, with clear evidence of a planned approach, adopted throughout

• The implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability, are taken into consideration and inform the development of the design proposals

• Excellent development work through experimentation with a wide variety of techniques and modelling (including CAD where appropriate) in order to produce a final design solution

• Appropriate materials/ingredients and components selected with full regard to their working properties

• Fully detailed and justified product/manufacturing specification taking full account of the analysis undertaken


What is an FSC forest? Why is it a good idea to source timber from these forests?

Unit 1: Creative Design and Make Activities (controlled assessment)

CA Objective: To be able to follow the creative design process and produce a final

design proposal that fully meets the requirements of the identified user group.

Stage 5: Make Students will continue to manufacture a final design by using skills learned to produce a high quality product.


Try exam practice by going to: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/d&t/ Focus on fibres and fabrics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/d&t/

Employment in the Uniformed Public Services Know the main roles of different uniformed public services. Understand the main responsibilities of different uniformed public services.

Learners will outline the main purpose and roles of two contrasting uniformed public services and discuss the main responsibilities of two contrasting uniformed public services. Learners will explain the role, purpose and responsibilities of two contrasting uniformed public services and evaluate the role, purpose and responsibilities of a chosen uniformed public service.

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Subject Topics to be Key Learning covered · UNIT 2 Controlled Assessment Students are expected to integrate their knowledge and understanding with making and key skills to produce