YEAR 10 INTERVENTION

• 4 HOURS PER WEEK• TRIPLE SCIENCE• MATHS• ENGLISH

PROPOSED CHANGES

• TRIPLE SCIENCE – NO CHANGE• TWO GCSE MEDIA STUDIES CLASSES• TWO GCSE STATISTICS CLASSES• ONE ECDL ICT CLASS

WHY CHANGE THE CURRICULUM?• TO GIVE PUPILS THE CHANCE TO GAIN AN ADDITIONAL GCSE QUALIFICATION

IN Y10• TO ALLOW YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR LITERACY OR NUMERACY SKILLS AT THE

SAME TIME

TRIPLE SCIENCE

• THREE GCSE QUALIFICATIONS• BIOLOGY• CHEMISTRY• PHYSICS

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

• WJEC EXAM BOARD• 60% COURSEWORK• 40% EXAM – 2.5 HOURS (FOUNDATION & HIGHER TIER)

GCSE STATISTICS

• 25% COURSEWORK• 75% EXAM – 1.5 OR 2 HOURS (FOUNDATION OR HIGHER TIER)

ECDL - ICT• WORD• POWERPOINT• EXCEL SPREADSHEETS• FOUR ONLINE TESTS• WORTH A GCSE GRADE C+

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

What you need to know…

• How do you make sense of them all?

• How do you know what they are trying to communicate — both on an obvious and a less obvious level?

• How do you know how much you have been influenced — consciously or subconsciously — by these media messages?

• Does the media reflect your reality, or control the way you view it?

We live in a media-saturated world. From video clips on your phone, to TV ads to blockbuster movies, to posters at the bus stop, to the music in your earbuds, you are surrounded by media messages for most of your waking hours.

Media Studies helps you develop an important set of skills that will help you navigate the rest of your education and then, your working life. Media Studies will help you increase your knowledge and understanding of:

• Communication• Design• Planning• Presentation• Evaluation• Creativity• Critical Thinking• Advertising• Radio

• Research• Story-telling• Technology• Politics• Business• Culture• Citizenship• Music • Visual media

GCSE Media Studies helps to develop your independent learner skills; this means less time listening to us, stood at the front of the classroom and more of you exploring questions, which you have set for yourself and interest YOU, with US guiding you in that process.

Any questions? Ask after this

ONE WRITTEN EXAM PAPER (CALCULATOR

ALLOWED)ONE PIECE OF COURSEWORK (CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT)