Year 11 Exams Revision Guide

2016

This guide is intended to provide you with the information needed in order to prepare you for

your Year 11 examinations. Make sure that you check the revision tips, that you have your

Mock exam timetable and that you get enough revision in during the weeks and months ahead. Examination Tips:

- Make sure you have your exam timetable

- Make sure you know what topics you need to revise

- Check you have asked your teacher for a list of exactly which topics will be included in the

examination

- Check that you know the layout of the examination How should I revise?

Good preparation is the key to exam success.

Use mind maps to help you condense your notes

Revise with a friend if this helps you.

Use past papers and revision guides to go over sample or past questions

Attend as many revision sessions as possible

Ask your teacher for help if you don’t understand anything or need further

explanation

Make a revision timetable (a useful website to help with this is www.getrevising.com)

Revise in small chunks of time and build in regular breaks.

This question is the most straightforward. You’ll be asked to either:

Identify facts or opinions

Write down things you learn about from the text

Select specific words to show you have understood the question

Practice reading non-fiction texts (newspapers, magazines, blogs, leaflets)

Pick out the main points – you could discuss them with a friend or relative

For the summary questions you need to show that you can:

Pick out the relevant information from the text

Put the words in the text into your own words

Practice reading non-fiction texts (newspapers, magazines, blogs, leaflets)

Identify the main points in them

Rephrase those points into your own words

In one of the questions, you will be asked to explain how the presentational devices effect the reader; you’ll need to

show that you can:

Focus on what the presentational devices make the reader think

Explain how presentational devices create an impression on the reader

Make a revision card with all of the presentational devices – colour, images (photographs, drawings, cartoons,

arrows etc), font, size of font, position of text and images, layout, size of images compared to font and writing.

One of the questions will ask you to discuss the language that the writer uses; you will need to show that you can:

Identify the most appropriate quotations to support your idea

Write clearly, explaining how the quotations you have chosen achieve the effect the writer wanted

Read a range of non-fiction texts and decide what their purpose is

Highlight or underline the words or phrases that help the writer to achieve that purpose

Try to explain what it is about the words or phrases that do that

You will get a choice of two questions – choose the one that you think you have the most to write about or that you

are most interested in.

You will be assessed on:

How relevant what you write is – does it show that you have understood the task?

Imaginative and interesting vocabulary

Varied sentences – to create specific effects on the reader

Paragraphs

A full range of punctuation

Clearly organised structure – an engaging beginning, a detailed middle and clear, controlled ending

Accurate use of capital letters and spelling

Practice writing under timed conditions

Revise the rules for punctuation – look them up if you are unclear

Create revision cards that have synonyms (words that mean the same thing) for some of the following

commonly overused words:

said, nice, boring, dark, happy, sad, like

Check the spelling corrections in your books and practice ones that you know you often get wrong

Mathematics

Exam Type – AQA 4365 Linear Mathematics Importance – Is this exam important? YES, incredibly! Results will be used for set changes and support decisions with the tier of entry (Higher or Foundation). The results for the mock exams are very good predictors of final grade. For example if you are aiming for an A* in your GCSE at the end of year 11, you should be achieving that or very close to achieving that in the mock examination. Length of Exam

Length of Exam

Higher Paper 1 1 hour 30 minutes 70 marks Higher Paper 2 2 hours 105 marks

Foundation Paper 1 1 hour 30 minutes 70 marks

Foundation Paper 2 2 hours 105 marks

How to prepare for it –

Resources

www.mymaths.co.uk

www.mathswatchvle.com

www.corbettmaths.com/contents

Dates of Revision sessions – every Tuesday, with some sessions on Wednesdays for

specific pupils. Please ask the member of staff teaching you.

Guidance on the use of MyMaths

Log into www.mymaths.co.uk Username: cbs Password: square

Log into your personal account. Make a note of your login and password here:

Clicking on ‘My Levels’ displays the number of tasks completed at a particular level. Clicking on the larger bars takes you to all of the tasks at that particular level.

Level E = Grade (A/A*) Level 8 = Grade (B) Level 7 = Grade (C) Level 6 = Grade (D)

Guidance on the use of Mathswatch

Coombe Boys’ School subscribes to www.mathswatchvle.com. This is an excellent online learning tool which can be used to further develop your son's maths skills. All GCSE topics are covered with online video tutorials with accompanying worksheets. Start by getting to the MathsWatch website www.mathswatchvle.com .The opening page should look like this. The Centre ID is coombeboys Username: Surname Password: Password Please note the captal letters in the Surname Password

Guidance on the use of Corbett maths www.corbettmaths.com No login needed. Excellent resource including videos, worksheets and exam questions.

Login:

Password:

Science

Your exams will be 75 minutes in duration.

The topics you need to revise are as follows:

Biology Unit 2 Chemistry Unit 2 Physics Unit 2 Cells, tissues & organs Structure and bonding

Motion

Organisms in the environment Structure and properties Forces Enzymes How much? Work, energy & momentum Energy from respiration Rates and energy Current electricity Simple inheritance in animals & plants

Salts & electrolysis Mains electricity

Old and new species Radioactivity Energy from the nucleus

It is important that you revise thoroughly and ensure you have covered all of the material you have been taught within the above topics. Please see your science teachers if you have any specific queries regarding the material you will be tested on. You should also use your personal notes and the provided revision guides for further information on these topics.

Revision resources

www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse

www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-4401/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/chemistry-4402/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-4403/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

BBC GCSE-Bitesize

Check out GCSE additional science biology / chemistry / physics videos on You Tube

Other Information

You will need a pen, pencil and a calculator for the exam. The exam will be 75 minutes long and you must ensure you make every effort to answer all questions. All physics equations and a Periodic table will be provided.

Geography

Exam Type: Unit 1 (physical) and unit 2 (human) – a 25 mark question on both topics

from the AQA syllabus Length of Exam: 1 hr

Units Covered/Exam Content: Water on the Land and Population

How to prepare for it:

Complete practice papers. Mark them using the markschemes or ask your teacher. Peer assess one another’s work. Identify the topics that require revision.

Use the revision guide to structure your revision

Create mindmaps, revision cue cards

Focus on case studies and examples to help you with the longer questions (6 and 8 marks)

Use the revision guides given to you

Resources - Text and Websites: http://www.geographyrocks.co.uk/gcse.html - excellent for revision materials, past papers, model answers http://www.geographypods.com/ - not our exam board, but some excellent case studies and videos http://bishopshums.wikispaces.com/GCSE+GEOGRAPHY – a range of written case studies and our exam board BBC Bitesize

Dates of Revision sessions if applicable: TBA

History

Exam Type: Written

Length of Exam: 1hr 15mins

Units Covered/Exam Content: Unit 1:Crime and Punishment

How to prepare for it: Revise carefully, remembering to follow the following topic guides:

Roman Britain 50-450 AD

Anglos Saxons Period 450-1066

Norman England and later middle ages 1066 - 1450

Early Modern Britain 1450 - 1750

Industrial Britain 1750 - 1900

Twentieth Century 1900 -

Remember, for each of the time periods covered you should focus on Types of Crimes and

Laws, Punishments and Trials, Policing and attitudes to crime and punishment.

Resources - Text and Websites:

Students will be given a revision guide.

Past papers, student advice and mark schemes can be found at

http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/history-b-

2009.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-UK:Category%2FExam-materials

Revision mind maps can be found at:

http://www.slideshare.net/davew1968/crime-and-punishment-gcse-shp-revision-mindmaps

You can find an online revision guide at:

http://www.st-dunstans-school.org.uk/docs/KS4_Coursework_Controlled_Assessment/History/Unit_1-

Crime_and_Punishment_/Crime_and_Punishment_REVISION_GUIDE1.pdf

Dates of Revision sessions if applicable: TBA

Religion Morality/ Religion & Citizenship

Examination board: AQA (B) Exam Type: written

Length of Exam: 1 hr 30 minutes

Units Covered/Exam Content: the exam will be a ‘hybrid’ of the 2 summer papers. Half the

exam will be Religion and Morality, the other half will be Religion and citizenship.

How to prepare for it: Revise carefully, remembering to include plenty of religious beliefs. Try to

keep revision to one religion where possible to aid memory.

Topics to revise:

Crime and Punishment,

Religious attitudes to drugs

Religion, sport and leisure

Multiculturalism

Useful websites

RE online

True tube

BBC bitesize

Dates of Revision sessions if applicable: TBA

French

Examination Board: AQA

Examination Papers:

Foundation listening (35 mins) or Higher listening (45 mins)

Foundation reading (30 mins) or Higher reading (50 mins)

Topics for Revision:

- Family including relationships

- Healthy living including eating/drinking habits and work/life balance

- Free time activities including use of technology and how you earn pocket money

- Opinions (positive and negative)

- Holidays

- Home and local area

-School and jobs

Revision resources:

www.kerboodle.com All students have their own login details for the online resource that supports our

course. They will need to enter a code which is np3 and then select if they are going to work from the

foundation or higher materials.

www.vocabexpress.com All students have their own login details. This website is excellent for learning

vocabulary as it follows the exam board specification.

www.languagesonline.org.uk is an interactive self-marking web based resource that offers lots of themed practice of language and does not require a login. http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html is another web resource that is free to use between 4pm and 9am. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ We are working from the AQA GCSE French textbook, Nelson Thornes.

Reading and listening tasks can be completed from the CGP revision guide. All students have a school login for SAM learning and tasks will be set on this. Pupils have been provided with a GCSE French vocabulary list that they should use for revision.

German

Examination Board: AQA Examination Papers: Foundation listening (35 mins) or Higher listening (45 mins) Foundation reading (30 mins) or Higher reading (50 mins) Topics for Revision: - Family including relationships

- Healthy living including eating/drinking habits and work/life balance

- Free time activities including use of technology and how you earn pocket money

- Opinions (positive and negative)

- Holidays

- Home and local area

-School and jobs

Revision resources: www.kerboodle.com All students have their own login details for this online resource that supports our course. They will need to enter a code which is np3. www.vocabexpress.com All students have their own login details. This website is excellent for

learning vocabulary as it follows the exam board specification.

www.languagesonline.org.uk is an interactive self-marking web based resource that offers lots of themed practice of language and does not require a login. http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html is another web resource that is free to use between 4pm and 9am. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/ Reading and listening tasks can be completed from the CGP revision guide. All students have a school login for SAM learning and tasks will be set on this. Pupils have been provided with a GCSE German vocabulary list that they should use for revision.

Art and Design (AQA)

Pupils will sit a mini GCSE final examination for their mock exam. The paper was provided to all pupils at the end of the last half term. It is exactly the same as the full GCSE which will be given in the new year. There are 4 exam titles which pupils are working on in lesson time with individual tasks being set each week. Pupils should be attending after school sessions each week. The externally set GCSE (in April/May 2016) examination for art and design is given to the pupils

at the end of January 2016. There will be a choice of titles available for the boys to work from.

They will have approximately 20 hours of lesson preparation time to discuss, develop and practice

the techniques they would like to use.

They will sit a 10 hour examination split over two days. They can only take into the examination

work they have produced in lesson time. At the end of the examination all work is handed in for

moderation and cannot be adapted, changed or modified in any way. All coursework is also

submitted for marking.

All the work is displayed for an external moderator’s visit where the marks are checked and

submitted.

The final mark is made up of 60% coursework and 40% externally set examination.

The pupils will each receive their own examination paper and we strongly recommend that they

visit galleries or look at virtual gallery tours on line to research the topics and suggested artists.

Collecting information in a sketchbook and doing drawings each day will provide evidence of

independent thinking and generate a variety of different starting points.

Possible sites to view artist work are;

http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain

http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections.php

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

Business Studies (AQA) Year 11 Revision topic list

Your mock exam will be Exam 1 and taken in December 2015 Exam 1: Starting a business; 60 minutes; 40% of final grade

Topic area Tick off when revised

Enterprise

Entrepreneurs

Business sectors

Business plan

Franchising

Aims and objectives

Business ownership

Limited/unlimited liability

Locating a business

Market research

Marketing mix introduction

Target markets

Calculating profit

Variable and fixed costs

Sources of finance

Cash flow

Solving cash flow problems

Recruiting staff

Financial reward

Non-financial reward

Job production

Batch production

Labour and capital intensive

Customer service

Consumer legislation

Business Studies (AQA) Year 11 Revision topic list

Exam 2: Growing as a business; 60 minutes; 35% of final grade

Topic area Tick off when revised

Expansion methods

Plc

Ltd

Changing Aims and objectives

Ethics

Environmental concerns

Location in a growing business

Overseas location

Marketing mix product

Marketing mix price

Marketing mix promotion

Marketing mix place

Source of finance

Financial statements

Gross and net profit margins

Acid test and current ratio

Organisational charts

Centralisation / decentralisation

Recruitment

Appraisal

Training

Motivation

Flow production

Lean production such as just-in-time

Total quality Management (TQM)

Quality and production

Controlled assessment is worth 25% of final grade

Useful Textbooks: AQA GCSE Business Studies by Malcolm Surridge & Andrew Gillespie 2009

AQA Business Studies for GCSE by Neil Denby & David Hamman 2009

GCSE AQA Business Studies – The Revision Guide, CGP books

Useful Websites:

Business studies online - http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/live/

- make sure you look at the information for AQA GCSE

Tutor2u - http://tutor2u.net/revision_notes_business_gcse.htm

GCSE Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/

The Times 100 case studies - http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/

How to prepare:

Pupils should go over all notes and worksheets that are completed in class. The websites

above provide a very comprehensive range of revision material. As each topic area is revised

and confidence builds, ‘tick it off’ and move on to the next section.

Computer Science

For the Computing Mock exam you will sit one full computing GCSE exam paper. This will

represent the theory work we have covered this year and new theory that you will cover over the

weeks building up to the exam

The topics that will be in the exam paper are as follows:

Denary, hex, bits, bytes and Nibbles, ascii conversion, Image representation. Bitmaps in binary, how many bits to encode a given number of colours

Data Structures

Algorithms and trace tables - understanding pseudo code

Software development life cycle, Prototyping long answer

Databases

Computer systems and memory types

Understanding an algorithm - Functions , syntax

Networks long answer

Write an algorithm - flow charts

Understanding and algorithm and error types. Errors; Logical, Run time,

Any supporting documents and any links to websites are being posted to your google classroom

account as we cover the topics in class.

In order to access these files at home you need to make use of you google classroom account

and google drive using your @coombe.org.uk email account and your regular log in

password. Make sure you do this through the chrome browser.

Mock exams are a really useful preparation for the real exam and you will get the most out of the

experience if you revise hard. Good Luck.

Design and Technology

Examination Board: AQA The Examination Paper:

The examination paper you sit for your mock is a real past examination paper. The paper is split into two sections, known as ‘section A’ and ‘section B’ Section A

For this you will be designing a new product. This requires a bit of preparation work prior to the exam. Your teacher will focus some time on this in lessons but you will need to do some work outside of lesson too.

Section B

This section tests your theory knowledge and understanding of tools, equipment, processes and quantity production issues in design and technology.

Revision resources Kerboodle The online resource which supports the course is Kerboodle and you will know your login

details for this. The organisation code is np3. This will enable you to access the online

resources and the course textbook to aid revision.

http://live.kerboodle.com/secondary/common/login.aspx

Other useful websites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/

http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/joindex.htm

http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-and-technology-

resistant-materials-4560/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

The GCSE Media Studies Mock Exam

The exam will be 1h 30min long

You will need to prepare to write the last piece of controlled assessment for unit B324.

Introduction

What were you asked to do?

What did you come up with?

Who was your target audience?

Research into similar media texts and target audiences

What secondary research did you do and what impact did it have on the project? (discuss

codes and conventions used on similar websites)

What primary research did you do and what impact did it have on the project? (discuss

audience feedback)

Decisions and revisions

Explain how your plans changed along the way? Compare your initial designs to your final

one.

How did the feedback you received alter your plans? How did your brand development and

initial ideas change? Discuss Test photos you took and which you decided to use.

Website design – form and layout

Comment on the design you have created and reasons for it (i.e how does it attract your

target audience)

Comment on elements such as

Layout chosen

Colours used

Text size and font style used

Structure and design of navigation bar

Photos/videos/audio used and what they represent

Content used (text copy)

Conclusion

In great detail, discuss the ways in which your website design meets the set brief and what

the strengths and weaknesses are with your final product.

Music

Examination Board: Edexcel Length of Exam: 1 ½ hours

Section A Section A will consist of short answer questions based upon the set works studied so far. You must

answer all of these questions. Some will be based upon melodic dictation and others will be worded

answers. Make sure you check the amount of marks available for each question and give a different

point for each of those marks. You will need to revise the following set works:

1. MOZART 2. CHOPIN 3. REICH 4. BERNSTEIN 5. MOBY 6. BUCKLEY 7. KOKO: YIRI 8. RAG DESH

Section B Section B will consist of a choice of two essay questions based upon the set works studied so far. You must choose one question to answer. Make sure it is one you know enough information about, to address all 12 marks available.

In order to make sure you can access all parts of the paper, please ensure you cover the following

topics in your revision:

Musical Elements

Can you explain the following key terms with examples from each of the set works?

Tonality, Harmony, Rhythm, Tempo, Metre, Instrumentation, Texture, Structure & Dynamics You will need to revise the following set works:

1. HANDEL 2. CAPERCAILLE

Revision Resources

Remember, all of the power points as well as various quizzes are available on Edmodo.com

www.bbc.co.uk/education is very useful for basic knowledge

Edexcel past papers are online and a very useful resource

Edexcel GCSE Music by John Arkell and Jonny Martin

KEEP LISTENING TO THE SET WORKS!!!

Physical Education

The Exam:

You will sit an exam paper that is exactly like the final exam next year; it has a full range of questions from multiple choice to short answers. It will also include the extended questions which is 6 marks and a blank page.

The examination last for 90 minutes- It is good practice to attempt every question.

How to Prepare:

COLLECT/DOWNLOAD THE GCSE PE REVISION PODCAST

Please use your file to revise properly and ensure there are no gaps in your knowledge. See your teacher if you are missing any work/the practice papers.

Hint 1: Magic hand

Hint 2: Definitions and glossary

Hint 3: Extended questions – plan them using the format shared with you

All sections will be included in the exam paper and it is important to revise both section

- Healthy Active Lifestyle

- Physical Activity and your Body

Useful Websites: BBC Bytesize is no longer the most relevant revision tool on the web. The best place is your file/podcast and the revision booklet.