Key Stage 4

New GCSEs graded 1-9 (9 is highest)

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Except!Business Studies, Classics, Graphics, RMT and Italian

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A combination of 1-9 and A*- C

Results in August 2018

Linear exams (no modules)

Controlled Assessment % depends on subject Submitted at end of Year 11

Broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as achieve a grade C and above

Broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as achieve a grade A and above

However…5 is the new ‘pass’

At present, 20% of students get an A or above6.5 get an A*

Approximately 3% of students will get a level 9

As such it will be harder to get the top grade

GCSE MATHEMATICSYEAR 1O -11

MISS CARPENTER

Present Year 11 are the first to sit the New GCSE Linear course with exams at the end of Year 11 Problem-solving at the heart of teaching

and learning and of the assessment

Raising standards

There are still 2 tiers of entry, Higher and Foundation Higher tier will include questions that will

stretch the most able Foundation tier will focus on core

mathematical understanding and skills for all students to master

A greater focus on problem-solving

New specifications

Greater assessment time (4½ hours)◦ one hour more than currently

Three papers, 80 marks each◦ one more paper than currently

33.3% non-calculator◦ 16.7% less than currently (but still 1½ hours’ worth)

240 marks in all◦ 40 more than currently

Fewer formulae available in examinations◦ quite a lot fewer than currently!

New specifications

Six content areas: F H• Number 25% 15%• Algebra 20% 30%• Ratio, proportion, rates of change 25% 20%• Geometry 15% 20%• Probability & Statistics 15% 15%

New specifications

New specifications• New to Foundation tier:

• use of pi and surds• reverse percentages• factorising quadratics • basic trigonometry • circle properties • vectors • venn and tree diagrams

• New to Higher tier:• gradient at a point on a curve as rate of change • areas under graphs • Venn diagrams (conditional probability)

• standard form • compound interest• simultaneous equations• direct and inverse proportion• fractional scale enlargements• conditional probabilities• frequency trees

• functions • geometric progressions• frequency trees

Foundation tier: Area of a trapezium Volume of a prismHigher tier: Area of a trapezium Volume of a prism The quadratic formula Sine and cosine rules Area of a triangle = ½ab sin C

Formulae to remember

The topics covered each term can be found on the Campion Website

On a daily basis the work is broken down into topics and these can be found in each pupil’s exercise book

GCSE SPECIFICATIONS

ALGEBRA 1 LEVEL1. General terms of linear sequences 42. General terms of quadratic sequences 73. Using general terms to find next term and position.

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4. Finding terms of a quadratic sequence 55. Practical general terms - Functional skills 46. Expansion of single brackets and simple double brackets.

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7. Expansion of double brackets (2x+ 1)(3x+ 4) 58. Single bracket factorisation 49. Double bracket factorisation x2 + 5x + 6 510. Double bracket factorisation 2x2 + 7x + 6 611. Solving a quadratic equation by factorising. 5/712. Simple equations and x's on both sides 4/513. Equations by trial and improvement 6 14. Equations using iteration 7

TOPIC 1 – ALGEBRA 1 YR 10 - H

% GRADE80+ 7

65 – 80 650 – 64 535 – 49 4

< 35 ≤ 3

The Campion SchoolList the topics that are still not mastered and use the help available to improve.

P+ P P-

These sheets show exactly what a pupil can or cannot do

They need to practise this work until they have mastered the methods

Every pupil has access to My Maths (Computer program)

Homework should be completed on the night it is set. Main homework is a weekly revision sheet which will be put on FRONTER

Please check regularly that your son has completed his homework

If there are gaps, it means he has problems with that piece of work and he has to get help from his teacher

HOMEWORK

AVAILABLE HELP The Maths Office is open for all who have

problems with homework

Maths teachers are available to answer questions every lunch time or before school

No pupil should be handing in incomplete work

EQUIPMENTFor every lesson your son should have

Exercise books Calculator Pens, Rulers,

compass and protractor

• TEXT BOOKS

New GCSE will bring many challenges Students need to be prepared to work hard

in class and at home over the next 2 years Please check your son’s work regularly Please ensure your son has all the

necessary equipment for lessons Encourage your son to get help before the

assignment is due in

Summary

Welcome to GCSE English language and

English literature

Mr Virdee

Examination board: AQA2 Qualifications:

English language(8700)English literature (8702)

English Language (8700)

Two examination papers worth 100% of Grade

(No Coursework)Assessed numerically with grades 1-9

No examination tiers

Paper One: explorations in creative reading and writing.

Students will read one literary fiction text (20th or 21st century) and establish how writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to capture the interest of readers. Reading section A:Students will answer four questions:1 short form question (4 marks)2 longer form questions (8 marks each)1 extended question (20 marks)

Writing section B:

Descriptive or narrative writingStudents will complete one prescribed extended writing question (24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy) and will be assessed for AO5 and AO6.

Paper Two: writer’s viewpoints and perspectives

Students will be given two linked sources of a non-fiction text and a literary non-fiction text, they will draw from the 19th century and either the 20th or 21st century to consider how the writer’s perspective or viewpoint will influence the reader. Reading section A:Students will answer four questions:1 short form question (4 marks)2 longer form questions (8 marks each)1 extended question (20 marks)

Writing section B:

Writing to present a viewpointStudents must produce a written task for a specified audience, purpose and form in which they must give their own perspective on a theme that has been introduced in section A of paper, students will be assessed for AO5 and AO6.

The reading sources for paper one and two

The combination selected will always provide students with an opportunity to consider viewpoints and perspectives over time. Choice of genre will include:‘High quality journalism, articles, reports, essays, travel writing, accounts, sketches, letters, diaries, autobiography and biographical passages or other appropriate non-fiction and literary non-fiction forms.’

English Literature (8702)

Two examination papers worth 100% of Grade

(No Coursework)Assessed numerically with grades 1-9

Paper One: Shakespeare and the 19th Century novel

• 1 hour 45 minutes (64 raw marks 40% of GCSE)

• One Shakespeare play – Macbeth• The 19th-century novel - The Sign of

Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Paper Two: Modern texts and poetry

• 2 hours 15 minutes (96 ‘raw’ marks 60% of GCSE)

• Section A Modern Texts: Animal Farm George Orwell

• Section B Poetry: Power and conflict • Section C Unseen poetry

Paper Two Section B and C: Poetry

Section B Poetry:Students will answer a comparative question on a named poem from the Power and Conflict anthology with one other poem from the same anthology cluster.

Section C Unseen poetry:Students will answer one question on an unseen poem, and one question comparing this poem with a second unseen poem.

The Literature Exam

• Closed book – students will need to know all of their texts and even learn quotes.

• They will not be able to simply know key events from the text - they will be given small passages or key quotes to explore.

• Unseen poetry is now comparable to another unseen poem.

Power and Conflict cluster• Conflict and power• Shelley Ozymandias• Blake London• Wordsworth The Prelude:

stealing the boat• Robert Browning My Last

Duchess• Alfred Lord Tennyson The

Charge of the Light Brigade• Wilfred Owen Exposure• Seamus Heaney Storm on the

Island

• Ted Hughes Bayonet Charge• Simon Armitage Remains• Jane Weir Poppies• Carol Ann Duffy War

Photographer• Imtiaz Dharker Tissue• Carol Rumens The Émigrée• Beatrice Garland Kamikaze• John Agard Checking Out Me

History

How can you help?

• Encourage reading of both fiction and non fiction.

• Discuss vocabulary.• Read the books alongside your child.• Encourage them to read newspaper

articles from ‘good quality’ newspapers.• Buy them a dictionary and thesaurus for

Christmas!

AQA GCSE SCIENCE

There are 2 routes

GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Double award equivalent to two GCSEs OrSeparate sciences equivalent to 3 GCSEs

What has changed?No controlled assessment (ISAs). No assessment of quality of written communication. 15% of GCSE marks will be for practical skills. Grades:The A* to G grades will be replaced by 9 to 1 for the separate sciences Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Combined Science will have a 17 point grading scale, from 9–9, 9–8 through to 2–1, 1–1.

AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy

Specification is online at aqa.org.uk/gcse-trilogy

Summary of content Biology • Cell biology • Organisation • Infection and response • Bioenergetics • Homeostasis and response • Inheritance, variation and evolution • Ecology Chemistry • Atomic structure and the periodic table • Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter • Quantitative chemistry • Chemical changes • Energy changes • The rate and extent of chemical change • Organic chemistry • Chemical analysis • Chemistry of the atmosphere • Using resources Physics • Forces • Energy • Waves • Electricity • Magnetism and electromagnetism • Particle model of matter • Atomic structure

How is it assessed?Six papers: two biology, two chemistry

and two physics. Each will assess different topics.

Duration: all the papers are 1 hour 15 minutes.

Tiers: Foundation and Higher. Weighting: the papers are equally

weighted. Each is worth 16.7% of the grade and has 70 marks.

Question types: multiple choice, structured, closed, short answer and open response.

GCSE Biology

Specification is online at aqa.org.uk/gcse-biology

Summary of content1. Cell biology 2. Organisation 3. Infection and response 4. Bioenergetics 5. Homeostasis and response 6. Inheritance, variation and evolution 7. Ecology

How is it assessed?Two papers: each paper will assess knowledge

and understanding from different topics. Duration: both papers are 1 hour 45 minutes. Tier: Foundation and Higher. Weighting: the papers are equally weighted.

Each is worth 50% of the grade and has 100 marks available.

Question types: multiple choice, structured, closed short answer and open response.

Paper 1 Topics 1–4: Cell biology; Organisation; Infection and response and Bioenergetics.

Paper 2 Topics 5–7: Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution and Ecology.

GCSE Chemistry

Specification is online at aqa.org.uk/gcse-chemistry

Summary of content1. Atomic structure and the periodic table 2. Bonding, structure and the properties of matter 3. Quantitative chemistry 4. Chemical changes 5. Energy changes 6. The rate and extent of chemical change 7. Organic chemistry 8. Chemical analysis 9. Chemistry of the atmosphere 10. Using resources

How is it assessed?Two papers: each paper will assess knowledge and

understanding from different topicsDuration: both papers are 1 hour 45 minutes. Tiers: Foundation and Higher. Weighting: the papers are equally weighted. Each is

worth 50% of the grade and has 100 marks available. Question types: multiple choice, structured, closed

short answer and open response. Paper 1 Topics 1–5: Atomic structure and the periodic

table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry; Chemical changes; and Energy changes.

Paper 2 Topics 6–10: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere and Using resources.

GCSE Physics

Specification is online at aqa.org.uk/gcse-physics

Summary of content1. Forces 2. Energy 3. Waves 4. Electricity 5. Magnetism and electromagnetism 6. Particle model of matter 7. Atomic structure 8. Space physics

How is it assessed?Two papers: each paper will assess different topics. Duration: both papers are 1 hour 45 minutes. Tiers: Foundation and Higher. Weighting: the papers are equally weighted. Each is

worth 50% of the grade and has 100 marks available.

Question types: multiple choice, structured, closed short answer and open response.

Paper 1 Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter and Atomic structure

Paper 2 Forces; Waves; Magnetism and electromagnetism and Space physics

What resources are available?AQA GCSE Science Kerboodle

including digital versions of the Student Book, access to lesson materials and coming soon, access to interactive activities and animationsBBC Bitesize GCSE ScienceMygcsescience.com

students will be issued with a username and password (at a much discounted rate)to enable them to access this resource.

How could you support your son?Have a look at his exercise book regularly.

Look at his written responses to questions and ask him if he could explain his answers to you.

Encourage him to go back and review earlier topics, make revision summaries of the topics as he goes along, not just before exams.

Ensure a good night’s sleep. Leave all electronic devices downstairs.

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Religious Studies BRoute A

Material assessed end of Year 11Study of Religion – 75%

Perspectives in Faith – 25%

Roman Catholic Christianity1. Creation2. Incarnation3. Redemption4. Triune God5. Kingdom of God6. Eschatology

Judaism1. Beliefs and Teachings2. Practices

Religion, Relationships and Families Issues including:

Cohabitation, Marriage Divorce Sexuality Discrimination

Religion Peace and Conflict Forgiveness Justice Holy Way

2 examsPaper 1 Paper 2

Roman Catholic ChristianityOnly 4 questions out of

6 topics studied

Examined by 1 exam, 1 hour 45 mins in length

Judaism Perspectives on Faith

4 Questions covering all 4 topics studied

Examined by 1 exam, 1 hour 45 mins in length

Assessment

What does “omnipotent” mean? A) All knowing B) All loving C) All powerful D) All seeing

[1 mark] Give two ideas about God expressed in the statement ‘God is

transcendent’. [2 marks ]

Explain two contrasting Christian beliefs about the significance of the Genesis creation accounts.

[4 marks] Explain two ways in which Cafod’s work on sustainability expresses

Christian beliefs. Refer to Christian beliefs in your answer. [5

marks] ‘Michelangelo’s painting of The Creation of Adam perfectly expresses a

Catholic understanding of humanity.’ Evaluate this statement. In your answer you should: • give developed arguments to support this statement • give developed arguments to support a different point of view • refer to this work of art and Catholic teaching • reach a justified conclusion. [12

marks]

How to assist your SonDiscuss and debateRead with himShare Experiences Make links

What can you do to help?

Literacy = communication and comprehension skills

The Importance of developing good literacy skills

Literacy

Set the scene

Create the time

Reward

Show an active interest

Work33%

Rest33%

Play33%

Life

Work, rest and play

Structured revision

Use your fridge!

Keep positive

Talk, talk, talk

RE – vision