Transcript 9 into 10 Preparation

9 into 10 Preparation
June/July 2015
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Year 10 Preparation tasks for your TWO GCSEs in Mathematics – Mathematics
(Numeracy) and Mathematics
Tasks that Year 9 pupils can complete in preparation for September.
Pupils should visit the MyMaths website, and with their log-in, access the levelled booster
packs. They should complete the pack aimed at the level they acquired at the end of KS3,
and in addition, attempt the level above.
After you log in to the main site, and
enter your personal login details you
will see this page.
Click on MyLevels
Click on level required e.g. Level
5 and the ‘traffic lights’ will
appear.
Click on the grey ‘not attempted
yet bar’
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A list of Level 5 topics will
appear. Click on any to access
the lesson and the online
homework for that topic
If you are unsure of the
topic, then go through the
online lesson
...or, try the online
homework first and see how
you get on!
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Don’t forget to click ‘Mark it’
so that you know how
you’ve done!
•A list of materials or equipment that you will need for Maths at GCSE.
•A basic geometry set – ruler, protractor, pair of compasses
•A scientific calculator – preferably a Casio (available to purchase from their Maths teacher if
desired). If you already have one from KS3, there is no need for a new one.
•Relevant reading materials, programmes on television or computer programmes that they can
access.
MyMaths website, as above.
www.mymaths.co.uk
Login: olchfa
Password: triangle1
Individual logins should already be known by students – if you have forgotten, you need to ask
your current Maths teacher before the end of term.
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Hints and tips that will help you to be successful in Mathematics (Numeracy) and
Mathematics
Learn your tables! If you know they are a weak area, make this the summer you
really crack them! There are plenty of free Apps out there to help you!
Make sure you have all your equipment for every maths lesson
Learn all the formulae you encounter
As you move from topic to topic, keep going back and practise previous topics –
keep it all fresh!
Always attempt all your homework – if you fall behind, it is very difficult to
catch up. Also, it helps your teacher to see where you have gone wrong, and help
put you back on track
Be proactive in your learning – if you need extra help...ask!
Revise thoroughly for all tests – this will help everything stay fresh in your mind,
and will give you a true indicator of areas you need to work harder at.
When you are revising make sure you
1. Look at, and work through all the examples you’ve done in class.
2. Try class-work and homework exercises again.
3. Make up a mini-test for yourself where you have mixed up the topics.
4. Get someone to test you on your formulae
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Science
What will I need?
You will need to bring a pen, pencil and ruler to every lesson. You will also need a
scientific calculator (the one you use for Maths will be fine) and this should also be
brought to every lesson. Some highlighters and colour pencils would also be useful
to help emphasise key points in your notes.
Key Words
There are some key words that you will need to be familiar with when you start your
GCSE course in Science. Try to spend some time going through the words to make
sure you understand what they mean. The examination vocabulary will be relevant
to all your subjects not just Science.
Reviewing the basics
As part of your preparation you could look at the BBC Bitesize website for Key Stage 3
and work through some of the units to revise the basic ideas you will need as you
start the course.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/
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Science cont....
Researching what you will be studying
The examination syllabus lists all the topics you will be studying and give you an
outline of the key ideas you need to learn. You could spend some time looking at the
different units to see what is ahead.
The syllabus you need to look at will depend on which Science option you have
chosen:BTEC Science- Edexcel –Principles of Applied science
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/BTEC%20Firsts%20from%202012/
BF029943-Specification-BTEC-Level-1-2-First-Award-Principles-of-Applied-Science.pdf
Double Science- WJEC
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/16052.pdf
Triple Science- WJEC (Biology 4480, Chemistry 4490, Physics 4500)
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/16052.pdf
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Science cont....
External GCSE Examinations
The examination dates are not finalised yet but the times of year for them are below:
BTEC Science-
One 1 hour examination in March or June 2016
Double Science- Three 1 hour examinations in June 2016 and three 1 hour
examinations in May/June 2017
Triple ScienceThree 1 hour examinations in June 2016, three 1 hour
examinations in January 2017 and three 1 hour examinations in May/June 2017
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English Course Layout
You will obtain TWO GCSEs in English
(English Language and English Literature)
English Language:
Oracy Assessments (one in Yr10 and one in Yr11)
Two Examinations at the end of Yr11
English Literature:
Two Controlled Assessments in Yr10
2 Examinations in Yr11 (one in January and one in May)
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English Continued....
The BBC Bitesize website has an excellent English section:
English Language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/
Look at the KS3 section, this will be a great reminder of what you should already have
mastered! Mrs. Salmon recommends the writing section.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/english/
English Literature:
If you want to do some research on the texts you will study for GCSE, the vast majority
of classes will be studying ‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’.
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English Continued...
You will need to spend some time researching some of the titles provided in order
to decide which texts to read over the summer. This will help you engage with the
subject and help develop your research skills. Reading quality novels will also help
improve your expression and your understanding of more complex texts. Aim to
read at least two of the novels suggested.
In addition to this, you should be regularly reading the newspaper. The English
department recommend a quality broadsheet (along with weekend supplements)
but tabloids are better than nothing.
You can also collect cuttings of articles that interest you. These may provide
material for discussion when you begin your GCSE studies in September.
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English Cont......
Though stories are as old as human life itself, the novel, as we know it today, became established
in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
The following list includes a variety of titles, ranging from old favourites to more recently
published novels.
Enjoy a good read with:
1984 – George Orwell
A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
Anita and Me – Meera Syal
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keys
Resistance – Owen Sheers
Girl, 15, Charming but Insane – S Limb
Atonement – Ian McEwen
Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
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The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Brighton Rock – Graham Greene
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
Dracula – Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby
Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
Girlfriend in a Coma – Douglas Coupland
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Junk – Melvin Burgess
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman
Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
The Picture of Dorian Grey – Oscar Wilde
Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
Refugee Boy – Benjamin Zephaniah
The Road – Cormac McArthy
Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Lewis Stevenson
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Touching the Void – Joe Simpson
The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
Children of the Dust – Louise Lawrence
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
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Cwrs TGAU
Cymraeg Ail Iaith
Would you like to learn more Welsh over the Summer Holidays?
Here are more websites which could be use to you when learning Welsh:
hwb.s4c.co.uk
Hwb is S4C's programme for Welsh learners. Presenters Nia Parry and Matt Johnson
have endless fun as they meet Welsh learners, chat with guests in the studio, and
of course, learn Welsh.
They've got lots of great teaching resources on the website as well.
saysomethinginwelsh.com
Say Something In Welsh is a course that focuses on helping people learn to speak and
understand Welsh, and avoids wasting time on complicated grammar rules and
reading/writing.
bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pigion
Here you'll find highlights of the past week on Radio Cymru with easy to understand
introductions which will help Welsh learners.
http://www.welshforadults.org/wfa-map/
There are six Welsh for Adults Centres in Wales, and they are funded by the Welsh
Government to provide Welsh lessons.
Maybe you've been learning Welsh for a few years, or maybe you've just decided you
want to learn. Whatever your reason, there's a course for you. Click on the link for
more information.
Sgiliau Llafar – Oral Skills
• Oral skills will account for 45% of the GCSE course.
• So get talking!!! SIARAD CYMRAEG ALL THE WAY
• Siarad Cymraeg with your friends, Welsh-speaking
family, neighbours, people in the community – and your
pets!!!!!
Now is the time to watch some programmes on S4/C.
Use the sub-titles option. Enjoy!!
•Gwaith Cartref
•Stwnsh
•Rownd a Rownd
•Sgorio
•Pobl y Cwm
•Sam Tan/Sali Mali
• Radio Cymru – 104.6 FM – best after 8:00 in the
evening!!
• And in the process, listen to a Welsh band / group for
the first time. They are not much different to any band
or group in other languages. Like everything in life –
some are good, some are ok, and some are awful !!!
Huw Stephens
Nos Lun 10pm - 12am
• This Revision Guide is suitable
for students studying Welsh as a
second language at KS4. In
particular, it is designed to
support students preparing for
the WJEC GCSE Welsh (2nd
Language) exams both for the
short and full course.
• covers all the contexts for Units
1, 2, 3 and 4
• includes all the essential
grammar and vocabulary
• quick tests to check
understanding within each
context
• illustrations alongside text to
aid recall of vocabulary
• practice questions to test
reading, writing and oral skills
• a word bank for easy reference
Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Year 9 into Year 10 pupils
•The recommended reading is the OCR Health and Social Care for GCSE textbook
by Hilary Thomson and Sylvia Aslangul. It is not an essential buy, but very useful.
•Pupils will need to buy 1 ring binder.
•All pupils should try to regularly collect the South Wales Evening Post. Bring
these into school in September (often excellent topics for discussion of a HSC
nature that can also help with the coursework tasks) Pupils should also keep up to
date with BBC news information relating to Health and Social Care. Particular
topics of interest are standards in care homes and education 0-8 the early years.
•All pupils need to attend a compulsory placement at a nursery within the local
area. Pupils are encouraged to contact their primary school during the summer
term to try to arrange this. This will be followed up by your Health and Social Care
teacher when you start the course and will be formally arranged.
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Health and Social Care cont...
•Pupils need to be aware of a few key terms in Health and Social Care
An early year’s service is a nursery, children’s centre or primary school setting
that focuses on children from 0-8 years.
A service user is the child or parent of the child who goes to that nursery
school.
A service provider or practitioner is the person who provides the service, the
teacher, a nursery nurse, a classroom assistant.
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Music
GCSE Music Preparation Tasks
•Completing these tasks will give you a great head start to your GCSE in Music.
Prepare a solo or group piece to be performed in September
•This could be a piece that you know well or a new one that you’d like to learn.
•Ideally, it needs to be Grade 2 or 3 standard
•Of course, it can be a song if you are a singer
Compose a piece of music that could be used to advertise the new iPod ‘Nano’ (Go to
www.apple.co.uk to see the product)
•Think about the style of music that would suit the product. Use the elements of music to help
you create an effective piece:
•Pitch – high or low notes?
•Duration – long or short notes?
•Dynamics – loud or quiet?
•Tempo – fast or slow?
•Timbre – which instruments?
•Texture – thin or thick?
•Structure – the order or plan of the music
•Silence – using gaps or rests to create impact in the music
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Music Continued
Listen to the following pieces of classical music on YouTube:
•Ask yourself – which instruments are used? How are the pieces similar to each other? In
what ways are they different?
•Symphony in C minor (1st Movement) – Beethoven
•Toccata and Fugue – Bach
•Hallelujah Chorus – Handel
•Greeting Prelude – Stravinsky (Which tune is used in this piece?)
•Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# Minor (Piano Version)– Liszt
•The Lark Ascending – Vaughan Williams
•Different Trains – Steve Reich
Use www.musictheory.net to revise/ learn basic music notation. You should use the first
six lessons. You can try any of the exercises that accompany the lessons
Research film music written by Hans Zimmer. Listen to the music from ‘The Dark Knight’,
‘Gladiator’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘Inception’. All of these can be found on YouTube.
How does Zimmer create music that suits the film?
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Citizenship
Over the summer holidays find out about a political party. You
need to be able to tell Mr. Sanger about:
Who is in charge (not just the leader but also his main
colleagues)
What their ideas are (e.g. do they want to change the welfare
system, the NHS)
You can use the BBC site and quality newspapers (Times,
Guardian, Independent, Telegraph) for research.
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Art
Natural Form work
1. Research Images of a range of Natural form images (a variety of natural
forms, close ups and from further away.
2. Pencil drawings (demonstrating tonal shade, texture and form)
3. Pen drawings
4. Artist research (Native American design, Hannah Davies (illustrator))
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Drama
Watching plays is the best preparation for a Drama course. If you have an
opportunity to see a play live on stage, take it.
Have a look at local theatre listings and see whether you can book a trip with
family or friends over the summer.
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/grandtheatrewhatson
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/wales/theatre/anytime/
Try watching: http://www.tv.com/shows/inside-the-actors-studio/
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Child Development
Preparation for pupils studying Child Development.
Coursework in Year 10 consists of studying a child under 5. You will have to have found a child to
study by the time you start the course in September. (This task makes up 30 % of your overall
GCSE). It is important that you know the child quite well, so that you can have more successful
observations as a result.
To help get a “feel” for the subject consider some or all of the following:
•Accompany a child under 5 to various activities over the summer holidays, to begin to
understand the demands on a carer, to occupy a child or children under 5. The mum will
appreciate the extra help too! Keep a notebook/ diary of the activities, and with permission,
take photographs.
•Babysit if possible.
•Watch relevant TV programmes or go to “4 on demand” to watch some episodes of “One born
every minute” or “Born to be different”.
•Compile a list of equipment that is needed for a newborn baby. Include pictures with costs and
give some reasons for your choices.
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• Angry Birds - Design an Angry Birds character. Research Look up images of all of the characters, then draw your
own. Don't forget to draw your name on it in the Angry
birds typeface.
• Research 'Happy Meals' during the summer, buy one and
keep all of the packaging that comes with it.
• This work will be collected in and marked in September
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Product Design
Your first project will be to design and make a speaker/ amplifier for a
mobile phone. Over the summer your project is to investigate/ research
existing designs of mobile phone speakers and amplifiers and design a
minimum of four ideas, one design must be developed into 3D, preferably
using Google Sketch-up. Google sketch-up can be downloaded for free
online. It is an essential tool in Technology.
Main project points:
1. Research/ investigation of existing mobile phone speakers/ amplifiers.
2. A minimum of four hand drawn design ideas, with notes.
3. One design developed into 3D, drawn by hand initially, then using
Google Sketch-up.
4. Presented on A4/A3 paper
5. Handed in, in September 2015.
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Food
Cook basic dishes by following recipes from cookery books, as practise
and to gain more confidence in the kitchen. Take photos of your dishes.
Materials or equipment: Weighing Scales, a variety of storage
containers to bring food in/take food home in, a basic store of flour,
sugar, margarine, eggs.
Watch interesting cookery shows, Great British bake off, Masterchef,
Come dine with me etc. Use books and the internet to find recipes you
would like to make.
Top tips: Practise cooking at least once a week, be organised in bring in
ingredients to each practical session, BBC bitesize has good revision
materials.
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PE
Refer to the booklet on Moodle, which was also given out to PE students during
the sessions with Miss. Samuel.
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Computing
Pupils should download VB Express
It is free and can be downloaded from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2010-express
It would be a good idea to familiarise yourself with the program. Try these
tutorials...
http://www.schoolfreeware.com/Visual_Basic_2010_Express_Tutorials__VB.Net_-_Beginning_-_Game_Programming.html
(there are loads of simple tutorials online – just search for VB express tutorial
for beginners)
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IT
The Controlled assessment next year focuses on a music festival.
Pupils should collect original resources if they can. If you are going to a music festival
in the summer or camping or outside having fun take some pictures that you may be
able to use for your controlled assessment.
You could also record sounds and videos on your mobile phones.
Please make sure you transfer the files onto a memory stick for use in school.
If you have any questions regarding IT before the end of term please see Miss Wilkes
or Mr. Dunn.
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Business
GCSE Business Studies transition Summer project.
The following should help to prepare you for the GCSE in Business Studies. Having the correct skills
are vital to any budding entrepreneur (business person!).
Your tasks for the summer will challenge you to identify these skills and prepare you for the topics
being covered within your course.
•Open www.youtube.com
•In the search bar type ‘Dragons Den UK’.
•Find and watch a range of examples of business ideas which have been pitched to the Dragons.
Choose three and on a separate piece of paper carry out the following tasks:•Summarise the business idea.
•Outline the strengths of the idea.
•Outline the weaknesses of the idea.
•Would you invest in the project if you were a ‘Dragon’.
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History
Preparation for History GCSE
Research task – Pupils can research the following topics relating to the treatment of
black Americans in the southern states of America during the 1920s.
•They should be able to define the terms segregation and the ‘Jim Crow Laws’.
• They should research the work of the NAACP and the UNIA in America during the
1920s.
• Conduct some research on the Harlem Renaissance.
•Research the impact that the Great Depression of the 1930s had on Black Americans
Films to watch – The Rosa Parks Story
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History cont....
Hints and Advice – There are a few things that are very important if you are to
be successful in your study of History.
•Never fall behind with your work. If you miss lessons for any reason, you must
copy up immediately and in the correct chronological order.
•Always revise for every test and assessment. Doing this will make revision for
your final exams much easier as you will have already revised the relevant
course content several times before.
•Learn the correct technique for answering the different styles of question.
•Be prepared to support your arguments with specific, factual evidence.
•Read around the topics studied in class to improve your understanding.
•Never leave a lesson without fully understanding the work, you must ask for
help if you are stuck!
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Options
•Coasts
•Tourism
•Retail and Urban Change
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What books can I buy?
You are lucky that a course-specific textbook has been written for both The Core and Options
paper. These are the textbooks that we use in school but we encourage our geographers to buy
their own copy to help them with revision / homework. The photographs of the textbooks that
you can buy are shown below along with their titles.
GCSE Geography
for WJEC A - Core
GCSE Geography for
WJEC A – Options
Topics
GCSE Geography
for WJEC A –
Revision Guide
Hint: Why not see if any Year 11s who have just finished studying GCSE Geography will sell you a copy of their
textbook for slightly cheaper?
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Equipment:
All of your work will be completed in exercise books. You will be issued with a
new exercise book in September. For each lesson, we expect you to bring:
•A fully stocked pencil-case (pen / red pen for underlining / pencil / 30cm ruler /
glue stick / compass / protractor).
•A set of colouring pencils (for diagrams and graphs).
•Your planner (for recording homework as well as consulting the world map at
the back of your planner).
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What can I do over the summer?
•Buy a copy of the WJEC Core textbook (as this will be the first textbook you will
use in lessons).
•The first topic you study will be “Living in an Active Zone – Volcanoes and
Earthquakes”. Keep an eye out for any news stories that relate to earthquakes or
volcanic eruptions that happen. Why not cut out these news stories from
newspapers as you come across them?
•Revisit your Year 8 booklet on Volcanoes and Earthquakes so that you can “hit
the ground running” with the basics of Plate Tectonics (e.g. the types of plate
margins / the parts of a volcano / the formation of earthquakes / volcanoes). This
will save you, and your Geography teacher, time in the long run.
•Visit the Geography section of the school website. There is a host of relevant
information on here for you to look over. Get ahead over the long summer break!
•Download some geographical apps (if you have an iPad / iPod / iPhone) and try
to improve your general geographical knowledge – e.g. where places are / basic
geographical information – There are lots of good geographical games out there –
find them!
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GCSE Media Studies
Research task – Pupils must research the following terms in relation to Media Studies:
•Stereotypes
•Representation
•Target Audience
•Demographic
•Genre
•Genre conventions
•Hybrids
•Mise-en-scene
•Technical Codes
•Audio Codes
•Narrative
Pupils should find appropriate examples to support the definitions and present their
findings as either a PowerPoint or in the form of an investigation. Pupils should use the
library but can also see Mr Thomas in Room 7 to use some relevant text books.
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GCSE Media Studies cont.........
Exam Topic – Television Drama – Crime
Suggested programmes to watch:
•The Fall
•The Following
•Hannibal
•Taggart
•Inspector Morse
•Midsomer Murders
•Poirot
•Foyle’s War
•Broadchurch
•The Killing
•Sherlock
Tips:
Pupils should be proactive in their study of modern media. It would be useful to keep a
scrapbook of interesting articles, reports and other relevant research.
Keep an eye out for any media based competitions. Many media institutions run
annual film-making competitions which will help to support your coursework.
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RS- short course
Religious Studies – Short Course GCSE
• Yr 10 topics: Religion & Conflict / Religion & Medicine
• Yr 11 topics: Authority – Religion & State
You may choose one of these three tasks to complete in preparation for
September. However, please feel free to do
more if you are interested!
Task1:
• Buy a newspaper.
• Read through and cut out any articles that relate to religion.
• To cover all the articles read, draw a table highlighting the following:
? What religion is being discussed?
? What is the article about?
? Does it give a positive or negative view of that religion?
? What impression has it left upon you after reading the article?
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RS cont....
Task 2:
• Write one film review for any of the following films:
 Bend It Like Beckham (12)
 The Infidel (15)
 Four Lions (15)
 East is East (15)
 My Name Is Khan (12)
1. Write a brief overview of the story.
2. Explore the conflict/challenges experienced between the religions
portrayed and their adopted countries.
3. What suggestions do you have to develop interfaith dialogue (i.e.
how can we develop understanding and peace between different
faiths)?
4. In what light does this film portray ‘religion’ (positive OR
negative)?
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RS cont....
Task 3:
• Watch 5 episodes of the news and write a report
covering the following:
? How many times is religion mentioned
regarding issues of peace, forgiveness
and conflict?
? In what context are the news stories
about?
? Is the reporting a balanced view?
? How is the audience left feeling about that
religion?
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RS cont....
Hints and tips that will help you to be successful in RS:
•Keep an eye on how religion is portrayed through the media – news papers and the
news in general. How is it explored or treated in film?
•Whenever you hear religion talked about reflect whether it is in a positive or negative
way?
•Engage with discussions about religion! Take your lesson home with you and into your
friendship groups to hear what other people think – challenge and be challenged!
Equipment needed at GCSE:
•Pen (plus spare)
•Pencil & Sharpener
•Ruler
•Colour pencils
•Glue stick
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FRENCH
• WHAT YOU COULD DO OVER THE HOLIDAYS
It is a really good idea to go over key vocabulary such as:
• Numbers 1-100
• Days of the week, months of the year, seasons
• Colours
• Family members
• Connectives
• Questioning words
• Any tenses you have covered
You could use the following free app called Chegg+flashcards
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FRENCH
• What you will be studying
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The content that will be studied will cover the
following broad contexts:
Personal and Social Life
The Local Community
The World of Work
The Wider World
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FRENCH
WHAT THE EXAM ENTAILS
• 30% controlled assessment speaking
(1 presentation and discussion +
1structured conversation)
• 30% controlled assessment writing
(2 essays of up to 300 words each)
• 20% listening examination
• 20% reading examination
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FRENCH
A LIST OF MATERIALS/ EQUIPMENT YOU MAY
NEED
• You will need a decent sized dictionary. The
one we use in school is ideal as it not too
small or too big.
• You may also want to buy a GCSE revision
guide, but make sure it is for the WJEC or a
variety of examination boards.
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FRENCH
• Relevant websites which may be useful
• http://www.studyfrench.com/
• http://zut.org
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/fr
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C. L. Samuel, Olchfa School 2015
SPANISH
• WHAT YOU COULD DO OVER THE HOLIDAYS
It is a really good idea to go over key vocabulary such as:
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Numbers 1-100
Days of the week, months of the year, seasons
Colours
Family members
Connectives
Questioning words
Any tenses you have covered
SPANISH
• What you will be studying
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The content that will be studied will cover the
following broad contexts:
Personal and Social Life
The Local Community
The World of Work
The Wider World
SPANISH
WHAT THE EXAM ENTAILS
• 30% controlled assessment speaking
(1 presentation and discussion +
1structured conversation)
• 30% controlled assessment writing
(2 essays of up to 300 words each)
• 20% listening examination
• 20% reading examination
SPANISH
A LIST OF MATERIALS/ EQUIPMENT YOU MAY NEED
• You will need a decent sized dictionary. The one
we use in school is ideal as it not too small or too
big.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Learning-Spanish-DictionaryCollins/dp/0007530943/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434458018&sr=12&keywords=collins+spanish+dictionary
• You may also want to buy a GCSE revision guide,
but make sure it is for the WJEC or a variety of
examination boards.
SPANISH
• Relevant websites which may be useful
• http://www.studyspanish.com/
• http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/spanish
/spanish-gcse/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/sp
anish/