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YEAR 7 TRINITY TERM EXAMINATIONS 2013

SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

Maths

1 hour.

Written paper

(Calculator)

The main focus of the exam will be ….

Term 3 – Correlation / Advanced Data Handling

Can draw and interpret scatter graphs

Can describe a pair of variables on a scatter graph as showing

positive, negative or no correlation

Can draw a line of best fit on a scatter graph

Can use a single given conversion fact to draw a conversion

graph and can use a conversion graph to convert between

different units

Can draw and interpret pie charts

Can interpret grouped data presented in a frequency table or

bar chart (including finding the median)

There will also be a smaller number of questions on Term 1 and

Term 2 topics.

Term 1 – Algebra 1: Simplification & Substitution

Can simplify expressions when terms are added/subtracted

Can simplify expressions when terms are multiplied/divided

Can simplify expressions when terms are raised to a given power

Can expand brackets

Can factorise expressions

Can add/subtract/multiply/divide positive and negative numbers

Can substitute positive numbers into expressions to give a

numerical value

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Can substitute negative numbers into expressions

Can solve equations

Can ‘formulate’ relationships into expressions ‘…in terms of x’

Can ‘formulate’ equations from word problems

Term 2 – Angle laws & Polygon Theory / Circles

Can use basic angle laws to find missing angles: 1800 in triangle, 1800 on a straight line, 3600 around a point

Can use ‘intersecting line’ angle laws to find missing angles:

scissor angles, z-angles, c-angles and f-angles.

Can use the ‘triangles’ method to find the sum of the interior

angles of any polygon

Can find the exterior and interior angles of regular polygons

Can combine angle laws to find all angles in a regular polygon

Can find the circumference of a circle using C = d (and find the radius if given the circumference)

Can find the area of a circle of a circle using A = r2 (and find

the radius if given the area)

Can use the circle formulae to find arcs and sectors of fractions of circles

Can find the speed of objects using both a proportional

method and using the formula s =d/t

Can find the average speed of multi-stage journeys

Please use mymaths.co.uk for helpful revision lessons and activities.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MATHEMATICS CONTACT: [email protected]

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SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

English 1

(Reading

and

Writing) 1

hour 10

minutes

Prose section (35 minutes)

Writing for a practical

purpose (35 minutes)

There will be approximately five reading comprehension questions. These

will test how well pupils can understand, analyse and evaluate a passage

from one of a range of genres, including (but not limited to):

Travel writing (eg recounts of journeys, diaries)

Autobiography or biography

Journalistic writing (eg a newspaper report)

Persuasive writing (eg a speech or long advertisement)

Discussion text (presenting two or more sides to a particular issue or

argument)

Candidates are required to answer one question from a choice of four.

These may require the use of prose for a practical purpose: to argue,

persuade, explain, advise or inform. In addition, there is the option to write

on one or more texts which candidates have studied in class or

read for themselves. (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas/Animal Farm/Oscar

Wilde)

English 2 (Reading

and

Writing)

1 hour 10

minutes

Poetry section (35 minutes)

Questions will ask pupils to respond to the poem in various ways, focusing

on how:

writers achieve their effects;

reveal their feelings;

make readers more aware.

Pupils will need to know about and identify: metaphor, simile,

personification, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm and metre, enjambment and end-

stopping.

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Creative Writing (35

minutes)

Pupils must answer one of up to six questions. Questions cover the

following types of writing: descriptive; narrative; personal; discursive;

persuasive.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH CONTACT: [email protected]

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SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

Biology

40 mins

(60 marks)

Answer on question paper.

Answer all questions. Starts

with multiple choice, then

short answer (both tend to rely

on factual recall) then longer

answers – reliant on both

knowledge & understanding

All CE 13+ material studied

1. Cells & cell functions. Parts of the animal and plant cell, cell

specialisation

2. Humans as organisms: nutrition, movement, reproduction, breathing,

respiration, health

3. Variation & classification; the 5 kingdoms, the various classes

4. Living things in their environment: adaptation & competition, feeding

relationships

Chemistry

40 mins,

(60 marks)

Answer on question paper.

Answer all questions. Starts

with multiple choice, then

short answers, (both tend to

rely on factual recall) then

longer answer questions –

reliant on both knowledge &

understanding

All CE 13+ material studied

1. Classifying materials: solids, liquids & gases, elements, compounds &

mixtures.

2. Changing materials: physical and chemical changes & separation

techniques (distillation, chromatography, thermal decomposition, oxidation,

reduction etc)

3. Patterns of behaviour: reactivity series, displacement.

Physics

40 mins,

(60 marks)

Answer on question paper.

Answer all questions. Starts

with multiple choice, then

short answers, (both tend to

rely on factual recall) then

longer answer questions –

reliant on both knowledge &

understanding

All CE 13+ material studied

1. Electricity & Magnetism: circuits (parallel / series, LEDs, LDRs, reed

switches, resistance etc), magnetic fields, electromagnets.

2. Forces & Motion: forces & linear motion (speed), force & rotation

(moments), force & pressure. Boys must know the relevant formulae.

3. Light & Sound: the behaviour of light, hearing, vibration & sound.

4. The Earth & beyond: the solar system – eclipses, satellites

The boys will be getting a copy of the syllabus requirements shortly which will show the areas / content needed to be revised. Please

be aware that they do not have to learn the whole Pickering book!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE CONTACT: [email protected]

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SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

French

1 hour

Multiple choice exercises,

reading comprehension plus

extended writing exercise.

-Describe people

-Talk about your family

-Talk about what you have done

-Buying food and drinks

-Order a meal in a restaurant

-Discuss clothes

-Talk about parts of the body

-Say how you feel and describe what hurts

- Leisure activities

-Present tense of –er/ -ir/ -re verbs

-Irregular verbs (list)

-Past tense

-Near future tense

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FRENCH CONTACT: [email protected]

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KEY TOPICS

Latin

1 hour

Boys answer all questions on

the paper. All boys to attempt

the LEVEL 2 paper.

Question 1: comprehension

(15 marks)

(questions and answers in

English, unless specified

otherwise)

Question 2: translation (30

marks)

(translate a passage from Latin

into English)

Question 3: grammar

section (20 marks)

(questions set on a short

passage of Latin to test

knowledge of noun and verb

endings and will include ONE

derivation question + 2 short

English sentences to translate

into Latin)

Total marks: 65 (expressed

as a percentage)

LEVEL 1

1st and 2nd declension nouns

Present, Imperfect & Perfect tense verb endings

Present, Imperfect and Perfect tense of sum

Infinitives

Imperatives

Prepositions

bonus type adjectives

numbers 1- 10 (cardinal & ordinal)

all Level 1 vocabulary

LEVEL 2

ALL Level 1 grammar

3rd declension nouns

future and pluperfect tenses (all regular verbs + sum)

possum; eo and its compounds

omnis & ingens type adjectives

regular and irregular comparative and superlative adjectives

pronouns: hic; ille; is, ea, id; ego, tu, nos, vos

noli/nolite!

num/nonne?

numbers 11 -20 (cardinals only)

quamquam and ubi clauses

All Level 2 vocabulary

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LATIN CONTACT: [email protected]

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SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

History

1 hour

An evidence section worth 20

marks on the Black Death

An essay comprising two parts,

part a) a descriptive essay

worth 20 marks, and part b) a

discursive essay worth ten

marks

The evidence question will be on the Black Death. Pupils will need to write an

essay based on three sources and their own knowledge and understanding.

The essay section will be based on the following:

A war or rebellion

A monarch

A religious event

A history changing event

Below is a list of the main topics studied this year which may be used in the

essay section:

The Norman Conquest

Power in the Middle Ages (The Crown and Church): Henry II and

Thomas Becket; Richard I and the Crusades; Monasteries and

Cathedrals

Power in the Middle Ages (The Crown and Barons): King John and

Magna Carta; Henry III, Simon de Montfort and Parliament

England, Wales and Scotland: Edward I and medieval castles; Edward II

Edward III and the One Hundred Years War

Internal Conflict: Richard II (and John of Gaunt); the Peasants’ Revolt ;

Henry IV

Medieval Battles: Crecy; Bannockburn

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY CONTACT: [email protected]

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SUBJECT

LENGTH

EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

Geography

1 hour

Mostly short answer questions

with some longer, paragraph-

length answers.

All the topics covered since the beginning of the Common Entrance

course:

Map skills and Locational Knowledge

Settlement

Weather and Climate

Rivers & Coasts (Case Study: Flooding in Bangladesh)

Environmental Issues (Case Study: Lake District National Park)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHY CONTACT: [email protected]

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EXAM FORMAT

KEY TOPICS

Religious

Studies

1 hour

Three sections.

Section 1: will involve

interpreting a picture and

explaining how it links to

Christian belief, in brief

answers of one of two

sentences.

Sections 2 and 3: A Common

Entrance style question. Four

parts (a-d), beginning with the

definition of a key phrase; then

a description then an

explanation; then a discussion

question based on a quotation.

The best resource, alongside class notes, is the green textbook The Life of Grace.

There are chapters on most of the topics below. In addition to this, a Bible (for

online, use the RSV here: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/biblesearch.asp). For

further details see Syllabus B:

http://www.iseb.co.uk/pdf/Syllabus_CE_Religious_Studies_B.pdf

Section 1: Art and Doctrine

Pupils will be asked to write about one of the works of art from

their textbook (this picture will have been discussed in class during

the course of the year)

Pupils will need to revise the Sacrament of the Sick: chapter 27.

Section 2: The Old Covenant

The Fall: Gen 3; chapter 3 of textbook

Moses and the Passover: Ex 2-3, 12; chapter 5 of textbook

Section 3: The New Covenant

The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus: Mk 14-15; Jn 20; chapters 8-

9 of textbook

Sacraments in general: chapter 16 of textbook

The Rite of Baptism: chapter 18 of the textbook

Why Catholics go to Mass: Jn 6; chapters 22-23 of textbook

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RELIGIOUS STUDIES CONTACT: [email protected]