Art
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Autumn During this term students will be expected to ‘drive’ their development forward into the professional and focused Artists we have been training them to be. Learning aim and context: • To enhance understanding of key concepts taught in Year 10. • To produce and complete a past exam paper that reflects their knowledge and potential as Artists. • To experience process of sitting a full 10 hr GCSE Art exam (Trial). Outcome of this exam will go towards 60% of final level. The main assessment task(s) will look at: • To develop a unit of coursework that will reflect the knowledge and understanding of the student’s chosen specialism using past papers. |
| Spring | Spring • The GCSE Art exams are scheduled to take place towards the end of the second half of this term and are worth 40% of the final mark. All effort and concentration will focus on preparation for this in lessons. During this term, students will be expected to continue to ‘drive’ their development forward into the free thinking, professional and focused Artists we have been training them to be. |
| Summer | • Students’, have the opportunity to reflect and refine on their coursework/portfolio and present the final draft by early May. This coursework (portfolio) is worth 60% of the students’ final level and marks the conclusion of the GCSE Art and Design course. |
BTEC Tech Award Level 1/Level 2 in Enterprise (1 GCSE)
Digital Jersey BTEC Tech Award Level 1/Level 2 in Enterprise (1 GCSE)
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Autumn Component 3: Promotion and Finance for Enterprise (examination unit 40% final grade) Learning Aim A: • Financial records • Financial documents • Payment methods • Sources of revenue and costs • Terminology in financial statements • Statement of comprehensive income • Statement of financial position • Profitability and liquidity Learning Aim B: • Using cash flow data • Financial forecasting • Improving cash flow • Break even analysis and break-even point • Sources of finance Mock Exam November Digital Jersey: KPMG finance sessions |
| Spring | Component 3: Promotion and Finance for Enterprise (examination unit 40% final grade) Revision and practice mocks Examination February Component 2: Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise Activity Learning Aim A: • Explore ideas and plan for a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 1 (10%) Business plan Learning Aim B: • Pitch a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 2 (10%) Enterprise presentation Digital Jersey: Local entrepreneurs |
| Summer | Component 2: Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise Activity Learning Aim C: • Review own pitch for a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 3 (10%) Evaluation Assignment 1, 2 and 3 resubmission Resit Component 3 examination May |
| Intervention every Wednesday 2.50-4.30pm. | |
BTEC VCert in Business (1 GCSE)
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Autumn Component 3: Promotion and Finance for Enterprise (examination unit 40% final grade) Learning Aim A: • Financial records • Financial documents • Payment methods • Sources of revenue and costs • Terminology in financial statements • Statement of comprehensive income • Statement of financial position • Profitability and liquidity Learning Aim B: • Using cash flow data • Financial forecasting • Improving cash flow • Break even analysis and break-even point • Sources of finance Mock Exam November Digital Jersey: KPMG finance sessions |
| Spring | Component 3: Promotion and Finance for Enterprise (examination unit 40% final grade) Revision and practice mocks Examination February Component 2: Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise Activity Learning Aim A: • Explore ideas and plan for a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 1 (10%) Business plan Learning Aim B: • Pitch a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 2 (10%) Enterprise presentation Digital Jersey: Local entrepreneurs |
| Summer | Component 2: Planning for and Pitching an Enterprise Activity Learning Aim C: • Review own pitch for a micro-enterprise activity • Assignment 3 (10%) Evaluation Assignment 1, 2 and 3 resubmission Resit Component 3 examination May |
| Intervention every Wednesday 2.50-4.30pm. | |
BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in DIGITAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
| Term | Course |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | Component 3 – Effective Digital Working Practices • Investigating user interface design for individuals and organisations • Using project planning techniques to plan and design a user interface Externally assessed |
| Spring Term | Component 2 - Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data • Create a dashboard using data manipulation tools • Draw conclusions and review data presentation methods Assignment 2 and 3 – Internally assessed |
| Summer Term | Revision/Completion of coursework |
Child Development
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | Students will be doing learning that supports them in preparation for their R018 exam. This includes: • The postnatal checks of a newborn baby • The specific needs of a premature baby • The postnatal provision and support given to mothers and babies • Conditions for development and children’s primary needs • The need for acceptable patterns of behaviour and approaches to discipline • Developmental norms and milestones for children ages 0-5. • Physical, intellectual and social development in children • The types of play and how it benefits children Students will complete an end of topic test to assess them on these areas of learning. Students will also be doing learning that supports them in completing their first 2 pieces of R020 coursework. This includes: Coursework 1: Understanding social, intellectual and physical development and milestones for children ages 0-5 Coursework 2: The benefits of learning through play Coursework 1 and 2 will be due by the Christmas holidays. |
| Spring Term | Students will be sitting the 1st attempt at the real exam in January. Students will be doing learning that supports them in preparation for their R018 exam. This includes: • How immunity to disease and infection can be acquired • How to recognise and treat common childhood illnesses • When to seek treatment from a doctor/emergency medical care • Diet-related illnesses • The needs of an ill child • How to prepare a child for a hospital stay • How to plan, carry out and evaluate a range of different play activities for a chosen developmental area Students will complete a mock exam, which tests them on this learning and prepares them for the real exam in June. Students will be doing learning that supports them in completing their second 2 pieces of R020 coursework. This includes: Coursework 3: Child observation and planning a suitable activity for a child Coursework 4: Carrying out and evaluating an activity for a child and comparing it with their developmental milestones. The second 2 pieces of coursework will be due by the Easter holidays. Intervention will be put in place for any students who have missed the deadline. |
| Summer Term | Students will be sitting the 2nd attempt at the real exam in June. Learning throughout this term will include: • How to create a safe, child-friendly environment • Safety labels and symbols • To be aware of most common childhood accidents • Social safety • Internet safety • Road safety Students will complete an end of topic test to assess them on these areas of learning. |
Drama
| Term | Curriculum | |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn Term | Monologues | Monologue workshops continue and students are allocated lesson time for individual rehearsal, and peer and teacher feedback. Each solo performance takes place before the end of term. |
| Spring Term | Theatre and Devising | Preparation for the written paper begins. In groups, students create a short devised performance based on stimuli from a pre-release booklet supplied by the exam board. Students will look at how they can analyse their theatrical decisions, and how they have tried to create meaning for an audience. |
| Summer Term | Analysing Theatre | This term is dedicated to Sections, A, B& C of the written paper. Students work practically, as a class, in groups, in pairs, and individually to study a short extract from a play provided in the pre-release booklet. This term will focus on exam techniques, revision techniques and practice questions as well as exploration of the text. |
English
| TEXT, SKILLS AND FOCI | |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | IGSCE Language Paper 1 and 2 Skills |
| GCSE Literature Revision | |
| Spring Term | IGSCE Language Paper 1 and 2 Skills |
| GCSE Literature Revision | |
| Summer Term | GCSE Literature and Language Examinations |
Geography
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Students are studying AQA GCSE Geography. Students will study a variety of physical (Paper 1) and human (Paper 2) Geography topics. Students will prepare for Paper 3 by revising their fieldwork from Year 10 and learning the contents of a pre-release booklet at the start of the Summer term. | |
| Autumn Term (1st half) | Paper 2 - Urban Environments - HIC Case study - London |
| Autumn Term (2nd half) | Paper 2 - Economic World - Development. Case Study -Nigeria |
| Spring Term (1st half) | Paper 1 - Coastal Environments |
| Spring Term (2nd half) | Paper 2 - UK Economy |
| Summer Term (1st half) | Paper 3 - Pre-release preparation and Revision of Hazards unit from Year 9 |
History
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term (1st Half) | Paper 2 – American War of Independence |
| Autumn Term (2nd Half) | Paper 3 – Weimar Republic in Germany |
| Spring Term (1st Half) | Paper 3 – Rise of Hitler & the creation of a dictatorship |
| Spring term (2nd Half) | Paper 3 – Living in Nazi Germany & Revision |
| Summer Term (1st Half) | Revision |
| Summer Term (2nd Half) | GCSE Exams |
Maths
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn and Spring Terms | Re-visit topics from Units 1, 2 and 3 dealing with misconceptions. Problem solving Past paper practice |
Media
| Unit | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| 4 – Media Institutions | Defining Institutions – Disney and Film Funding Institutions – Subscriptions, Licence and Advertising TV/Print/Film/Digital Institutions Regulation |
| 5 – Close Study Products | Application of theory and knowledge to products specified by exam board. |
| Non-Exam Assessment | Production of a media text – print/online/audio-visual |
Modern Foreign Languages – French
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term (1st Half) | Travel and tourism |
| Autumn Term (2nd Half) | Technology, Customs and Festivals |
| Spring Term (1st Half) | Social issues and global issues |
| Spring Term (2nd Half) | Relationships and marriage |
| Summer Term (1st Half) | Revision and exams |
| Summer Term (2nd Half) | Revision and exams |
Modern Foreign Languages – Spanish
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term (1st Half) | Travel and tourism, customs and festivals |
| Autumn Term (2nd Half) | Global issues and the environment |
| Spring Term (1st Half) | Poverty and homelessness, charity/voluntary work, technology |
| Spring Term (2nd Half) | Revision and exam preparation |
| Summer Term (1st Half) | Revision and exams |
| Summer Term (2nd Half) | Exams |
Music
| Term | |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | During this term students will study: • Unit 1: The Music Industry • Unit 4: Introducing Music Composition • Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance The main assessment task (s) will look at: • Revising and sitting External exam for Unit 1 • Completing 4 compositions • Begin preparing individual performances |
| Spring Term | During this term students will study: • Unit 5: Introducing Music Composition |
| Summer Term |
PE
In key Stage 4 core PE students will be given the choice of what activities they would like to participate in, each activity will last for 4 lessons. Students are encouraged to engage in a wide variety of activities, this will ensure students continue to develop their skills from Key stage 3.
Photography
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn | During this term students will be expected to ‘drive’ their development forward into the professional and focused Artists we have been training them to be. Learning aim and context: • To enhance understanding of key concepts taught in Year 10. • To produce and complete a past exam paper that reflects their knowledge and potential as Artists. • To experience process of sitting a full 10 hr GCSE Art exam (Trial). Outcome of this exam will go towards 60% of final level. The main assessment task(s) will look at: • To develop a unit of coursework that will reflect the knowledge and understanding of the student’s chosen specialism using past papers. |
| Spring | • The GCSE Art exams are scheduled to take place towards the end of the second half of this term and are worth 40% of the final mark. All effort and concentration will focus on preparation for this in lessons. During this term, students will be expected to continue to ‘drive’ their development forward into the free thinking, professional and focused Artists we have been training them to be. |
| Summer | • Students’, have the opportunity to reflect and refine on their coursework/portfolio and present the final draft by early May. This coursework (portfolio) is worth 60% of the students’ final level and marks the conclusion of the GCSE Art and Design course. |
Psychology
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term 1/2 | Social Influence |
| Autumn Term 2/2 | Research methods |
| Spring first 1/2 | Revision for Paper 1 (Criminal Psychology, Development and Psychological Problems) + Exam technique with a focus on 13 mark questions + Research Methods |
| Spring first 2/2 | Revision Paper 2 (Sleep and Dreaming, Memory and Social Influence) + Exam technique + Research Methods |
Science
| Year11 (Completion of two-year GCSE programme) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Y11 students complete their choice of GCSE studies in biology, chemistry and physics. Once the content has been completed, students undertake a preparation period that includes examination techniques as well as a review of their entire GCSE courses, including the eight required practicals that form part of each of the three sciences. The science department also provides after-school revision and intervention sessions as various times throughout Y11. In addition, students are encouraged to make use of EzyEducation http://www.ezyeducation.co.uk to support their revision. The major topics that are covered within the Y11 programme to complete the two-year GCSE courses are listed below. | ||
| Biology | Chemistry | Physics |
| • Photosynthesis • Plant adaptations • Hormones • Homeostasis • The circulatory system • Cellular respiration • Ecosystems • Biodiversity • Cycles | • Groups in the periodic table • Rates of Reaction • Fuel and Earth Science • Separate chemistry 2; - Alkanes & alkenes - Alcohols - Polymers - Nanoparticles | • Electricity and circuits • Static electricity • Magnetism and electromagnetism • Kinetic theory and the particle model • Forces and matter |
Religious Studies
Students are studying EDEXCEL Specification B.
| Term | Curriculum |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term (1st Half) | Life and Death |
| Autumn Term (2nd Half) | Islam - Muslim Life |
| Spring Term (1st Half) | Islam - Peace |
| Spring term (2nd Half) | Revision and GCSE Exams |
| Summer Term (1st Half) | GCSE Exams |
| Summer Term (2nd Half) |