“Providing a foundation for life”

Year 10

Study Booklet

Summer (Trinity) Second Half Term

2014 - 2015

This booklet contains important information for all subjects regarding key dates

during this half term for coursework, homework and controlled assessment tasks.

Homework

Please find a list below of the recommended study books for the different

subjects studied at Key Stage 4 for independent study at home. The ISBN

number has been included as a means of finding exactly the right book.

Key Stage 4 Study Texts / Websites:

Subject Book Title / Website ISBN

English Edexcel GCSE English and English Language Core

978-1846907036

Student Book

Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology Student Book

Revise Edexcel: Edexcel GCSE English

Language and Literature Revision Workbook

Higher

978-1846909375

978-1446904398

Maths Collins New GCSE Maths - Student Book Higher

1: Edexcel Linear (A) for Year 10

Collins New GCSE Maths - Student Book Higher

2: Edexcel Linear (A) for Year 11

Collins New GCSE Maths - Student Book

Foundation 1: Edexcel Linear (A) for Year 10

Collins New GCSE Maths - Student Book

Foundation 2: Edexcel Linear (A) for Year 11

Revision Guides are from the CGP series, (we do not recommend the workbooks as they do not come with solutions, so students cannot check their work)

GCSE Maths Edexcel Revision Guide (with

Online Edition) - Higher

GCSE Maths Edexcel Revision Guide (with

Online Edition) - Foundation

978-0007340262 978-0007340293

978-0007340187

978-0007340224

978-1841465449

978-1841465456

Triple Science ** Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Physics: Revision Guide

978-1844194780 (RRP £4.99, our price £2.50) Collins Lonsdale GCSE Essentials - AQA Physics: Exam

978-1844191543 Practice Workbook (RRP £5.99, our price £3) Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Chemistry: Revision

978-1844194773 Guide (RRP £4.99, our price £2.50) Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Chemistry: Exam 978-1844191536 Practice Workbook (RRP £5.99, our price £3)

Additional Science **

Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Science A: Revision 978-1844194728 Guide (RRP £4.99, our price £2.50) Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Science A: Exam 978-1844191482 Practice Workbook (RRP £5.99, our price £3)

MFL GCSE French AQA Complete Revision & Practice with

978-1847624321 Audio CD Or

GCSE French AQA Revision Guide 978-1847622853

Geography My Revision Notes: WJEC B GCSE Geography 978-1444193909

History GCSE History Schools History Project The Revision

978-1847622815 Guide GCSE Bitesize History Schools History Project

978-1406654431 Complete Revision and Practice

Philosophy and Ethics

AQA Religious Studies B: Religious

Philosophy and Ultimate Questions

978-0340983645

Art 200 Projects to Get You into Art School 978-0713687996

Music First Steps in Music Theory: Grades 1-5 978-1860960901 GCSE Music Edexcel Areas of Study Revision Guide **

978-1847623720

Food Technology Design & Make It! - GCSE Revised - Food Technology

978-0748760848 Total Revision - GCSE D and T: Food Technology 978-0007136261 GCSE Design and Technology: Food Technology 978-1873929629

Resistant Materials Total Revision - GCSE D and T: Resistant Materials

978-0007136247 GCSE D&T: Resistant Materials (GCSE Success Guides

978-1843152361 Questions & Answers) Design & Make It! - GCSE Resistant Materials

978-0748760831 Technology

PE Edexcel GCSE PE Student

Book http://www.s-

cool.co.uk/gcse/pe

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

978-1846903724

** these books are sold in school by the relevant subject area and are therefore

available at a cheaper price than online.

A few points to note:

these are recommendations and there is no expectation upon parents /

carers to buy any of the books listed;

On the electronic version of this letter, you should be able to click on the

book title to take you straight to the amazon.co.uk website. Other book

sellers are available and you should feel free to shop around if you want to

see if you can find a cheaper price;

English

Overview of Topics: Students will sit a section of a past GCSE English Language exam, which tests their ability to craft writing for genre, audience and purpose. The question will require them to reflect and comment on contemporary issues, situations or problems affecting young people. There will be one question and the exam will last for 50 minutes. Resources: Students will be provided with examples of past questions to practise preparing and planning. Students will be given materials to support their revision. In addition to this they can access activities to support their spelling, punctuation and grammar on-line, for instance using BBC Bitesize and the Bristol University website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_41.htm Homework: Students have recently studied, or are currently studying, non-fiction texts in their English lessons. Homework will be set requiring them to analyse a range of different materials, which will allow them to spend time looking at both content and crafting of the type of text they will be required to produce. Study Support: There will be a weekly lunch time drop in on a Wednesday for any students wanting extra support in smaller groups on specific topics.

Mathematics:

Overview of Topics: Students are following the Edexcel GCSE scheme of work and have completed a significant amount of the course to date. Resources: Students have been provided with a GCSE revision guide, however, if they have mislaid their copy, they should ask Mrs Button for a replacement. All students have access to MyMaths and MathsWatch, these are resources which enable students to revise topics, through video clips or step by step lessons, and to practise said topics. MathsWatch has on line worksheets and students have access to the answers: therefore students can self-assess the work they have completed. MyMaths offers on line worksheets which are marked by the programme. Students also have access to Corbett Maths and Mr Barton Maths, both of which have past papers and exemplar solutions. Homework: Homework is weekly tasks set on MyMaths: these tasks are designed to encourage revision of past topics and to consolidate newly gained knowledge. Study Support: The mathematics team are available at lunchtime to provide additional support to students. Students can also use Edmodo, as a forum for requesting support, sharing ideas and discussing any problems they may be experiencing with revision.

Science: Triple

Summer Mock Examination:

Students will be sitting examinations covering Chemistry 1 and the content of

Physics Unit 2 studied so far.

Overview of Topics:

The remainder of this term will be spent covering physics 2 and the topics which still

remain are:

- Work, Energy and momentum

- Current Electricity

- Mains Electricity

- Radioactivity

- Energy from the nucleus

Resources:

Students can access activities and tests

at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/.

They can also download or view past papers and mark schemes fromhttp://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-4403/past-

papers-and-mark-schemes

At the start of Year 11 Students will be provided with revision guides to support their

work at home.

Edmodo can be used at home

Homework:

Extension tasks to stretch and challenge to A and A* levels and completion of practice paper questions. When students are not directly set homework the expectation is that they are revising at home and reading around the topics being

covered.

Study Support:

Students are welcome to support any break or lunch they wish to have it.

Science: Double

Summer Mock Examination

Students will be sitting examinations covering the content of Biology 1 and

Chemistry 1 during their mock examination week.

Overview of Topics:

Students have now completed Biology 1 and Chemistry 1. They have now started

studying Physics 1. This will include:

Energy Transfer (Completed) Using Energy (Completed) Electrical Energy Generating Electricity Waves Electromagnetic Waves

Resources:

10b Additional Science

Students will be provided with both chemistry and physics revision guides to support their learning (At the start of year 11) as well as past paper questions to use to practice their application of knowledge to the questions in the style they will be asked in their GCSE exam. In addition to this students can access activities and tests at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/

They can also download or view past papers from the http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-4403/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

I have also placed lots of additional information and support materials on the 10b Science edmodo page. Homework: This will be regular past papers or revision for practice papers in class as well as research tasks to further stretch and challenge what they’ve learnt in the class room.

Students will be expected to create a Mind Map or cue cards for each topic as

evidence of their revision.

Study Support:

There will be a weekly lunch time drop in on a Wednesday for any students wanting

extra support in smaller groups on specific topics.

French AQA course: 4655

Overview of Topics:

Students are working to complete their preparation for the spoken Controlled

Assessment which will take place during this half term. The topic is 'Family and

Friends - Relationships'

This includes:

writing up notes into coherent paragraphs on a variety of subheadings for correction and marking

revisiting and consolidating French pronunciation during prep time: working over own corrected work to put together draft

responses to the GCSE exam task carefully memorizing own work prior to oral GCSE exam

Resources:

Students will have access to AQA French textbooks both in class and online for home

revision and to support their learning.

Online resources can be accessed on http://www.Edmodo.com. Students are familiar

with this website and can access this on their School Chromebooks as well as on

their personal devices.

Homework:

This will be ongoing as students are expected to memorize their written pieces at

home leading up to the oral GCSE exam week beginning 22nd June

Study Support:

There is a weekly lunch time subject clinic every Tuesday or by prior

appointment for any students wanting to record themselves out of lesson or who

would like extra support in smaller groups on pronunciation.

History – 10A Only

Overview of Topics:

Students will complete two 1 hour 15 min exams on the 2 topics we have studied in

history this academic year:

Nazi Germany 1919-1945

The Weimar Republic

The Rise of the Nazi Party

Hitler's Dictatorship

Domestic Policies

Britain 1951-1979

Britain's society and family

Education, work and Labour relations.

Media, communication and Leisure.

Reasons for Social Change

Resources:

Students will be provided with their work books from the lessons and a revision

guide highlighting the information and exam technique. They will also be provided

with source booklets for both topics to aid their revision. Information can also be

found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/

Homework:

This will be regular past papers or revision for practice papers in class as well as

research tasks to further stretch and challenge what they’ve learnt in the class room.

Students will be expected to create a Mind Map or cue cards each week as evidence

of their revision.

Students must complete at least one past paper each week and in the lessons will do

a practise exam question every lesson.

Study Support:

There will be a drop in for extra help on Tuesday period 7 or at another time if the

students want to arrange an alternative day.

Geography Students will sit to exams in exam week:

Unit 1 - 30 Minutes – tests the first two sections of Theme 2 (weather and ecosystems)

Unit 2 – 90 minutes – Decision Making Exercise Resources & Homework To prepare for the exam students should use the homework booklet that they have been issued with and the resources that have been placed in the google classroom (details of this are on the homework booklet. Before the exam all students need to have completed the first two sections of the current homework booklet. Study Support There will be a drop in for extra help on Tuesday period 7 Controlled Assessment In June students will begin work on their controlled assessment in Geography lessons. This makes up 25% of the overall grade. It is therefore very important that students do not miss the following lessons:

10a Geography

Preparation lessons

w/b 01/06/14 – Wednesday Period 3

w/b 08/06/14 – Monday Period 3 & Wednesday Period 3

w/b 15/06/14 - Monday Period 3

Field trip

Wednesday 17th June 2015 - Year 10 Controlled Assessment Fieldwork

- Geography

Data collection lessons

w/b 22/06/14 - Monday Period 3 & Wednesday Period 3

w/b 29/06/14 - Monday Period 3 & Wednesday Period 3

w/b 06/07/14 - Monday Period 3 & Wednesday Period 3

Write up lessons

Will be completed in the first 6 weeks of year 11 (10 hours in total)

10b Geography

Preparation lessons

w/b 08/06/14 – Monday Period 5, Thursday Period 6 & Friday Period 5

w/b 15/06/14 – Monday Period 3, Thursday Period 6 & Friday Period 5

Field trip

Wednesday 17th June 2015 - Year 10 Controlled Assessment Fieldwork

- Geography

Data collection lessons

w/b 22/06/14 - Monday Period 3, Thursday Period 6 & Friday Period 5

w/b 29/06/14 - Monday Period 3, Thursday Period 6 & Friday Period 5

w/b 06/07/14 - Monday Period 3 & Thursday Period 6

Write up lessons

Will be completed in the first 6 weeks of year 11 (10 hours in total)

Philosophy and Ethics

Overview of Topics:

There will be an exam on the previous two units we have covered this year (The Existence of God, Evil and Suffering). All the information they need to revise these units are in their folders. This includes key terminology and examples of practice questions we have answered in lessons. Topic for this half term:

Immortality, this covers:

• Key Terminology

– Personhood, Mind, Body, Soul, Monism & Dualism.

• Ideas of what would count as immortality

– reincarnation, resurrection, rebirth, a legacy, as a memory of others;

• the problems associated with any of these options of immortality

• Evidence of immortality

– scriptural accounts, ghost experience, Channelling, Near Death

Experience,

– Evidence against immortality:

– lack of proof, science, atheism;

Resources:

To help students with the above work that will be covered in class at how they can use the following websites to consolidate and add to their learning: http://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/rs-religious-studies/philosophical-perspectives http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/ Also students can read about news stories related to their Philosophy lessons using www.theday.co.uk (the school has a subscription to this site username= saxmundham, password= theday) Homework Additional homework tasks will be set during this half term when needed. These will follow on from pieces of classwork that have been completed. Study support

There will be a drop in for extra help on Tuesday period 7 or at another time if the

students want to arrange an alternative day.

PE

Edexcel Short course

Overview of Topics: All students in year 10 have now started the theory aspect of their PE GCSE course.

Students have one lesson of theory and one practical lesson a week. The theory

work will examine the unit ‘Healthy, active lifestyle’.

In the practical lessons students will be focusing on Rounders. This is one of the

three practical activities which will contribute towards the final GCSE grade and will

externally moderated in Year 11.

Resources / Homework: Each student has been given a revision workbook which includes exam like questions

on the theory curriculum.

This booklet will be used in both lessons and for homework tasks.

Study Support:

Useful Reading- Edexcel Revision Guide for Physical Education. (Pearson ISBN 978-

1-4469-0362-9)

Website www.Mypeexam.org

OPTIONS

Resistant Materials:

Overview of Topics: This term students are looking at their controlled assessment which was started earlier on the term. This piece of controlled assessment will last until the 1st March 2015. This Term we will be looking at the research needed in the design processes followed by the designing and development of a product. Resources: Students will be provided with support in the lesson and be given structure tasks and deadlines to help them complete this. They can also use the AQA Resistant Materials text books to support them with the process which I will be given to them this term. They can also look on the Shared area at exa Homework: This will be regular past papers or revision for practice papers in class as well as research tasks to further stretch and challenge what they’ve learnt in the class room. Students will be expected to create a Mind Map or cue cards each week as evidence of their revision. Students must complete at least one past paper each week. Study Support: There will be a weekly lunch time drop in on a Tuesday for any students wanting extra support in smaller groups on specific topics.

Music

5MU03 Edexcel

Topics: The 12 Set works:

The exam is split into two sections:

1) The first 8 questions will have excerpts of music which you will be expected to

answer short questions (68 marks).

2) You then choose between Q9 or Q10 (don’t forget to tick the one you choose!). This

is the 12 mark question / essay.

Resources / Homework:

Listen to the set works!! Again and again and again.

Read through your notes from class in detail and highlight or re-write key things.

Use the laminated cards to make revision cards / mind maps.

Key words / phrases are crucial in the exam – make sure you know them!

Use the following website for podcasts and prezi presentations:

www.gcsemusic.info

Use http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/ as a secondary source.

You can download the app: GCSE Music. This contains cue cards for each of the set

works as well as mini tests; you can track your progress as you go!

Study Support:

This will take place during period 7 on a Thursday.

Art and Design

From January the Year 10 Art and Design students will start a new unit: Identity: For this new project students will investigate a wide range of themes, images and concepts to develop their individual art work. They will use different approaches and media to explore their ideas as well as looking at the work created by several artists, photographers and people from other places that have strong identities such as politicians, musicians and actors. These investigations will enable the Year 10 students not only to appreciate what Identity actually means but to also to understand the influence and impact on today’s society. To support their enquiries our students will also look at significant historical periods in time such as America in the Sixties and important world events including the First World War. Homework: Students will be expected to develop their work outside of school hours and will be given homework tasks to support them, both visual and written. They will be encouraged to attend the Art Support sessions on Tuesday lunch times to develop their work further, use the departments resources and ask for help and advise if required. Resources: http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art Books: The Art Book, Phaidon Publishing, 1997