Year 9 Exams Monday 11 June –Friday 22 June 2018

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June

English 11:30 - 12:30

ET Finish - 12:45

Science 11:30 - 12:30

ET - 12.45

Maths 1 11:30 - 13:00

ET 13:23

RE 11:30 - 12:30

ET - 12:45

Geography 11:30 - 12:45

ET - 13:04

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June

Maths 2 11:30 - 13:00

ET—13:25

History 11:30 - 12:30

ET - 12:45

MFL 08:50 - 10:20

ET - 10:45

PE 11:30 - 12:30

ET - 12:45

Computing 11:30 - 12:30

ET 12:45

DT 08:50 - 10:20

ET - 10:45

Exam Timetable:

Timetable – Plan how you’ll fit your revision sessions into your

week.

Chunking – most people are at their best for about 30 minutes, so

split your revision into 30 minute chunks. Take a break between

sessions when you get up, walk about, have a drink, relax.

Get Organised – Set up a place at home with all of your revision

materials laid out to hand; post it notes, highlighters, pens and

pencils, revision guides at the ready.

Remember—Making a plan is not revision, it is organisation, you

need to follow through with the hard work that will prepare you

for exam success.

Key Revision Messages.

Revision is a process of going back over and reviewing the things

you have learned to help you to understand and remember them

more effectively.

Effective revision requires a plan to make sure you are making time

for all of your subjects and themes. Later in this booklet there is a

timetable you can fill in to help to plan your revision.

We are all individuals and we have different learning strengths and

styles. All students benefit from reviewing, revising and practising

their prior learning.

It’s important to balance the hard work you put into your revision

with time to relax, with a healthy diet and with adequate sleep;

looking after your wellbeing will help you to be at your best in the

exam.

ENGLISH: Monday 11 June (all students)

The exam is one hour long

Topics to be covered:

Literature Paper 1, Section A, Shakespeare: Macbeth

Macbeth will be studied by the whole year group over the next term.

Students will look at key scenes and learn quotes and analyse the effect of language and how Shakespeare’s life influenced the play’s themes.

In the end-of-year exam, there will be a choice of two questions. Students, on the whole, will be told which question to respond to, although higher sets will be given more freedom to choose.

Students will need to learn quotes from the play as they explore it in class.

Revision materials will be sent home via SMHW and in students’

exercise books.

SCIENCE: Tuesday 12 June (all students)

The exam is one hour long

Topics to be covered:

Year 9 Transition Biology

Year 9 Transition Chemistry

Year 9 Transition Physics

Students are now studying the first part of their GCSE science

course, as such there will be little class time devoted to revision for

the end-of-year exam. The emphasis is on the students to revise for

their exam independently, in homework time and more on top.

MATHS: Wednesday 13 June and Monday 18 June (all students)

You will sit two maths exams

Paper 1: Non-Calculator: one hour long

Paper 2: Calculator allowed: one hour long

To prepare for your maths exam you should:

Use the relevant revision list to find out what topics you will be as-

sessed on.

Prioritise those topics you feel less confident on. Watch the Corbett-

maths video and make revision notes in your book.

Try some of the practice questions. You can either do these in your

exercise book or print them out. Do a mixture of questions (not

just the first few) and make sure to include some problem-solving

style questions.

Mark your work. You can get the answers by pressing the ‘Click here

for answers’ tab.

HIGHER REVISION LIST (you should use this if you are in sets 1,2,3 or 4)

TOPIC CORBETT-

MATHS

Increase and decrease by a % 238, 239

% of amount without a calculator 234

Reverse % 240

Fractions of amount 137

Compare fractions, decimals and % 131

Change between fraction and % 123, 126

Change recurring decimal to fraction 96

Manipulate decimal calculations

Ratio 270, 271A

Product rule for counting 383

Estimation 215

Product of prime factors & HCF 223, 224

Convert between standard form and normal

numbers 300

Upper & lower bounds 183, 184, 280

Expand single brackets 13

Factorise expressions 117

Write expressions 16

Solve equations 110, 111, 113

Nth term of linear sequences 288

Next term & nth term of quadratic sequences 388ABC

Geometric sequences 375

Plot straight line graphs 186

Interpret equation of a straight line (y=mx+c) 191

Equation of parallel & perpendicular lines 196, 197

Measure angles 31

Angles in triangle 37

Angles in parallel lines 25

Bearings 26

Area of trapezium 48

Area of a square 45

Area of a circle 59

Convert between metric units of area 350

Scatter graphs 165-169

Interpret pie charts 164

Cumulative frequency graphs 153,154

Histograms 157,158

FOUNDATION REVISION LIST (you should use this if you are in set 5)

TOPIC CORBETT-MATHS

Multiples 220

Addition 6

Subtraction 304

Multiplication 199,200

BIDMAS 211

Negative temperature 269

Fractions of an amount 137

Add fractions 133

% of amounts without a calculator 234

Express one quantity as a % of another 237

Change between fractions & % 123, 126

Compare fractions, decimals & % 131

Rounding 269, 270, 271

Ratio 278, 279a

Estimation 215

Upper & lower bounds 280

Convert between standard form and normal numbers 300

Product of prime factors 223

Manipulate decimal calculations

Money calculations

Simplify algebraic expressions 9, 11, 18

Write expressions 16

Expand single brackets 13

Factorise expressions 117

Solve equations 110, 113

Coordinates 84

Plot straight line graphs 186

Nth term of a linear sequence 288

Next term of a quadratic sequence

Next term of a geometric sequence 375

Measure angles 31

Angles in parallel lines 25

Bearings 26

Perimeter 241

Area of a rectangle 45

Choose correct unit of measure 347

Name parts of a circle 61

Area of a circle 59

Time calculations 322

Bar charts 148

Interpret pie charts 164

HUMANITIES

RE: Thursday 14 June (all students)

The exam is one hour long.

Topics to be covered:

There is a revision booklet on Show My Homework

GEOGRAPHY: Friday 15 June (GCSE opters only)

The exam is one hour 15 minutes long.

Topics to be covered:

RE

Christian beliefs

Religion, peace and conflict

Geography

Natural hazards – Earthquakes

and Volcanos

Global fashions

Climate change

HISTORY : Tuesday 19 June (GCSE opters only)

The exam is one hour long.

Topics to be covered:

History

The causes of WW1

Mains causes

Alliance systems

The treaty of Versailles

Trench life

The causes of WW2

Key words, Nazis-Soviet Pact

Hitler

Appeasement

League of Nations

Treaty of Versailles

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Wednesday 20 June

(GCSE opters only)

The exams in all languages will be 90 minutes long.

Topics to be covered:

French

Social Networking

Arranging to go out

Careers and jobs

Health

Food

German

Holidays

Transport

Weather

Television and Films

Fashion

Where I live

Mandarin

Clothes and colours

Transport and daily

routine

My town

House and home

World of work

For all languages: Recognising and using a range of tenses and

grammatical structures studied in class.

Spanish

Holidays

Transport

School

Weather

World of work

PE: Wednesday 20 June (GCSE opters only)

The exam is one hour long.

Multiple choice, 2,3,4 mark questions and extended writing task.

Topics to be covered:

PE

3 phases of a warm up

Key muscle groups in the body

The heart and exercise—need

to know different heart rates,

training zones, short term ef-

fects on the heart and reasons

why heart rate increases

Key bones and joints in the

skeleton

The 7 food groups and their

roles

The respiratory system and

oxygen debt

Reasons for taking part in

sport—physical/mental/social

Skill related and health related

sports components of sport

PCRABS and Mrs Curno Makes

Bodies Flex

Computing: Thursday 21 June (GCSE opters only)

The exam is one hour long.

Topics to be covered:

The topics to be covered will be taken from the work carried out in

lessons in Year 8 and 9. These topics will be further looked at for GCSE

Computer Science.

Teach-ict.com username ta15au password memory5

GCSE Bitesize website

Computing

Databases

Binary

Programming

Flowcharts

Computer crimes

DT: Friday 22 June (GCSE opters only)

The exam is 90 minutes long.

Topics to be covered: (a revision booklet will be given to all students

taking the exam):

www.technologystudent.com

The exam is only for those who have opted so lesson time won’t be

used.

DT

Woods

Plastics

New Materials

Health and Safety

Tools and Equipment

Product Analysis

Design and Evaluation

Maths Content

Dimensions

Areas

Pie Charts

Percentages and fractions

Read and Highlight – just sitting and reading

through your exercise book, a text book or a work-

sheet is quite poor revision; you can make this into

effective revision by going through with a highlight-

er and picking out the important bits you need to

Get practice questions from your teacher that

are in the same format as the ones you’ll meet in

the exam.

Thinking about exactly what the question is ask-

ing you, and which key information or ideas will

help you to answer.

Try to time your answers to fit the timescale you

will have in the exam.

Post It - get a set of Post-it notes and use one for

each key fact or idea on a particular theme. Or-

ganise your post-its like a mind map on your desk

or wall.

Use your display to help you pick out the key in-

formation needed to answer a practise exam

question, or to help you talk through your

knowledge on this subject.

Speak —find a quiet place and

read your revision notes out

loud to yourself; hearing your-

self saying the key information

can be more powerful than

just reading it or hearing

someone else say it.

Explain – using any of the resources

you have created above work with a

partner and explain your theme. Talk-

ing it through is very valuable revision

because it helps you sort out your ide-

as and to put them into a logical or-

der; try this at home with parents or

friends.

Visual Mapping – create a mind map or a

poster to explain the key information. Bal-

ance an exciting visual presentation with

making sure that all of the key facts, infor-

mation and ideas are clearly included. A

good mind map uses arrows and lines to

show how key information and ideas con-

nect.

Select and summarise – Make a set of post-card sized cards and title each with

one of the themes you’re being tested on. Transfer onto the relevant card all of

the key information for that theme as bullet points or short sentences. Use col-

our, highlighting and underlining to make your presentation clearer.

On the Exam Day:

Sleep – don’t stay up late revising (or watching TV or Gaming!) a good night’s

sleep will help your brain to be at its best in the exam.

Breakfast – a good breakfast has been shown to help your brain to work more

effectively.

Be on time – and make sure you have used the toilet before the exam.

Equipment—use a clear pencil case or bag to carry the things you will need

for the exam.

Behaviour – Exams are formal and the behaviour code must be observed. En-

ter the room in silence and don’t communicate with others. Face the front

and listen to instructions carefully.

Phones / mobile devices should not be with you at your exam desk; turn

them off and leave them in your bag.

Listen carefully and follow instructions – you might not need to answer all of

the questions on the paper, there may be time limits, you need to listen to in-

structions and to start only when you’re asked to.

Read the paper carefully – it’s a good idea to spend a couple of minutes at

the start of the exam reading through so you know how much work you have

to do. Exam papers will usually tell you how many marks are awarded for each

question, some students like to start on the “big point” questions so they have

those marks “in the bag” before going back to do the smaller mark questions.

Write clearly and don’t forget grammar and punctuation – all exams require

accurate and clear written English. If the examiner can’t read your writing

they will award no marks; remember the examiner can change your grade +/-

10% for correct English, spelling and grammar.

Start—don’t panic if your mind goes blank, choose a question that you can

answer and get something jotted down, this can help you to relax.

Check—at the end of the exam take time to read your paper through careful-

ly, check for questions or pages you might have accidentally missed out, and

for simple errors that you can correct.

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