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YEAR 11: CURRICULUM OVERVIEW (Nov-Dec 2015) 1

Subject Topics to be covered

Key Learning

Understanding and Producing Non-Fiction Texts- preparing for the MOCK

In this crucial revision unit, learners read, explore and interpret a range of non-fiction texts ready for their examination in GCSE English Language (worth 60% of their final grade) in the summer of Year 11. Using texts, such as newspapers, charity leaflets and websites, learners are engaged and challenged; they are offered the opportunity to think for themselves, work independently and use talk to develop their written responses. Learners receive feedback throughout the unit and are assessed in a mock examination in January.

Pre-exposure homework

1. Use the Collins English revision guide (available from school) to revisit your knowledge of this unit from Year 10.

2. Read good quality broadsheet newspapers in preparation for the level of sophistication required for this unit.

3. Have a look at revision clips on ‘You Tube’, especially by WCSEnglish, Mr Davies and Cheney Takeaway Teacher.

OCR 21st Century Science (Biology) B7: Further Biology

Peak performance – movement and exercise

Peak performance – circulation

Peak performance – energy balance


1. Search YouTube for ‘Inside the Human Body First to Last BBC’ and watch the video clips about the fire fighters and the Iceman. Consider how in each example the body works to stay alive. Be ready to discuss your ideas during the topic.

2. Go to the BBC Nature website and click on the video collections link. Click on the ‘Going, going, gone’ section and view some of the video clips. Be prepared to talk about your views using these examples in lessons within the B7 topic.

OCR 21st Century Science: Chemistry C7: Further Chemistry.

How do we describe the work of the chemical industry?

What innovations in green chemistry are there?

What are the physical and chemical properties of alkanes, alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters?

What are the structures and chemical properties of fats and oils?

What chemistry do we need to learn and understand in order to study energy changes in chemistry?

Why are reversible reactions important, and what do we mean by the

Controlled Assessment (Investigation)

term equilibrium?

What are the stages involved in chemical analysis?

Why are chromatography techniques and titrations important and how do we carry out these procedures?

You are going to do an investigation into a factor that affects the energy change during a reaction.


1. Do some preliminary research and prepare a list with explanations of the factors that could affect the size of the energy change in a reaction between zinc metal and copper sulfate solution.

2. What happens in the reaction? 3. How can you measure the energy change?

OCR 21st Century Science (Physics) Controlled Assessment

You are going to do an investigation into a factor that affects how far a ski jumper travels in the air.


Research the following question which is relevant to your controlled assessment – ‘what factors affect the speed a ski jumper travels at when leaving the ramp. Consider the equipment you may need to carry out an investigation into how far a ski jumper travels.

OCR 21st Century Science B5: Growth and Develpoment C5: Chemicals of the Natural Environment P5: Electric

How do organisms develop?

How does an organism produce new cells?

How do genes control growth and development within the cell?

What types of chemicals make up the atmosphere?

What reactions happen in the hydrosphere?

What types of chemicals make up the Earth’s lithosphere?

How can we extract useful metals from minerals?

Electric current – a flow of what?

What determines the size of the current in an electric circuit and the energy it transfers?

How do parallel and series circuits work?

How is mains electricity produced? How are voltages and currents induced?


Circuits Controlled Assessment

How do electric motors work?

You are going to do an investigation into a factor that affects how far a ski jumper travels in the air.


Research the following question which is relevant to your controlled assessment – ‘what factors affect the speed a ski jumper travels at when leaving the ramp’. Consider the equipment you may need to carry out an investigation into how far a ski jumper travels.

Continue Unit 1(E) Me, Myself and 1 GCSE MOCK EXAM GCSE exam prep

Students will: Finish observational recording skills using a variety of techniques. Produce a series of expressive collaged poly block prints. Research artists who explore personal identity in their work. Research and develop ideas based on one of 4 chosen themes.( 3 weeks prep time) Complete a final outcome based on their research (5 hour exam) Students will have 8 week exam preparation period to produce a sketchbook in response to their chosen theme; this will begin the week starting 21st Jan. Further detailed information will be provided closer to this time.

10 hour art exam producing final outcome. Exam period from 21 – 27th March.

(the last week of the Spring term).


Me, myself & I All students must complete their artist research task & four portraits over half term Mock exam All students will be given a checklist of focused activities in preparation for their Mock exam.

APPLIED BUSINESS Controlled Assessment

Students will begin working on the final part of the controlled assessment. The final controlled assessment investigates the stakeholders of each of the chosen businesses. Students will learn who stakeholders are, what their objectives are and how conflict between the different stakeholder groups can occur. Students will then consider the relative importance of each stakeholder

in terms of the influence they have on the firm. Class time this half term will be broadly split into three separate parts:

Learning key topics from section 1.3 and setting of tasks.

Note taking, research and preparation.

The writing up of home based research under exam conditions.


During the term students will need to be making their notes at home from the revision they have done so that they are ready to write up in class. Students should research their two chosen organisations in detail so that they have a more complete understanding of what they want to write in the controlled assessment.

Controlled Assessment Completion Begin final Finance Unit

Students will complete the remainder of the Controlled Assessment. It is likely that this will take all of the half term. If however the controlled assessment is completed early then students will progress onto the finance unit. Students will learn how businesses manage money. They will learn about the different sources of finance and how businesses track cash flow. Students will carry out break even analysis on a variety of different products and then learn how to analyse final accounts.


To support their classroom studies students should go to the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/ Choose the Finance option then revise each of the finance and accounts topics before taking the tests for each section. The readers and activities on GCSE Bitesize are quite accessible and will be a nice foundation on which to build more complex topics during lessons.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/


Unit 3 Mathematics

Completing the worksheets and exemplar materials of mathematic principles used in Engineering and collating evidence in a power point.


Know the value of pi to 3 decimal places. Why would you need pi in engineering?

Unit 2: Factors affecting consumer choice

To show an understanding of the many different factors that affect people's choice of food – low income, cost, age, lifestyles, social/ economic/ environmental factors, religion, cultural and racial diversity. To be able to consider the effects of various marketing and advertising techniques and state/explain their influence on consumers' food choices. To identify a range of packaging materials used domestically and evaluate their fitness for a variety of purposes. Students will apply their knowledge and understanding within this unit to create practical dishes for example cottage pie, Cornish ham bake and pastry parcels.


1. Watch a current TV food programme. 2. Remember some of the presentation techniques used.

Speaking CA Developing skills for mock exams

The topic of town and environment will be concluded this term and the students will complete either a spoken or written controlled assessment on this topic. They will revise strategies to produce excellent controlled assessments eg. pronunciation improvement, effective planning sheets, and improving the quality of their language. Students will then focus on preparation for the mock examination where they have to show understanding of written and spoken French.


1. Students should visit www.aqa.org.uk and complete a past paper for the listening and the reading examination for their tier.

2. Students should attempt to write or speak about the issues in their town without using notes. They should make a note of 2 things they could do well, and 2 things they found difficult.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/

Economic Activity

The relative importance of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors in countries at different levels of development. Reasons for decline in the primary and secondary sector in the UK. The growth of the secondary sector in China. Reasons for growth in the tertiary sector in the UK. The location of secondary industry and the costs and benefits of de-industrialisation in rural areas of the UK.


1. Research different types of industry – use the following link to help http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/industry/revise-it/classifying . What has changed within the UK?

2. Why has China expanded as a manufacturing base – look for newspaper articles or visit websites to identify the geographical factors that have led to the economic growth of China.

Media Students will learn structures to enable them to describe their local area and understand environmental problems and solutions in written and spoken form. We will focus on developing the passive skills by completing practice exam reading and listening questions as well as helping students develop effective strategies for learning vocabulary.


1. Research which types of media is popular in Germany amongst teenagers, 21-35 year olds and 35+, how does this compare to the English use of media.

2. Visit the website www.klar.co.uk. Go on topic ‘leisure and media’ (user name: ponthigh/password: pontlangs) and work through presentations, activities and games under the headings ‘Medien- Bücher’ and ‘Medien-Computer’. Try and learn at least 15 new words on each topic.

CA Chocolate Project – Point of Sale Unit

Developed Ideas containing 5 pages of paper models, sketches and photo shop decoration ideas for each prototype. Trialling and manufacturing Card test models using CAD and the laser cutter.


What does RRRRRR stand for? How could each ‘R’ affect your point of sale unit?

Single Award

Unit 1: Understanding Personal Development and Relationships

Students will test their knowledge and understanding of personal growth and development focusing on the effects of relationships and life events, through revision techniques and exam practice questions.

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/industry/revise-it/classifying



What is meant by primary socialisation?

Double Award

Unit 2: Exploring Health, Social Care and Early Years Provision Unit 3: Promoting health and well being Unit 4: Health, Social Care and Early Years Practice

Students will continue their investigation which explores the Health, Social Care and Early Years Provision within their controlled assessment. Students will begin their controlled assessment of this unit which contains the following four topics:

Understanding health and wellbeing

Factors affecting health and wellbeing

Indicators of physical health

Promoting and supporting health improvement. Students will continue to consider the four topics studied in year 10 to combine as examination questions.


What is meant by primary socialisation?

The USA 1919-41 Who was to blame for the Cold War?

Complete The USA 1919-41 unit work, focusing on the New Deal. Development of Cold War contextual knowledge and understanding. Development of Paper One source analysis skills Awareness of Paper One question types Focus on Paper One Exam Skills


Undertake research on what the Cold War was and write a definition in either exactly fifty or one hundred words.

Digital Publishing

To use a range of software to create a podcast and mobile app To use peer and self-review to evaluate the all of the work complete for the controlled assessment project


Create an account with ninjamock.com to develop the skills needed to design an app for a mobile phone/tablet.

Unit 4: Responding to a media brief

The aim of this unit is for candidates to produce a campaign across two media forms/platforms in response to an industry-related brief. This unit will be assessed by means of controlled assessment

For this unit, candidates need to produce the following for assessment:

Research, Planning and Presentation

Two production pieces

Evaluation (500 words) This is a very important piece of work and accounts for 30% of the final GCSE grade.


1. This year’s topic is title is ‘Guerrilla Youth’ – and requires students to create a cross media campaign which aims to encourage young people to get involved in charity and volunteer work.

2. Students should begin to research some of the specific ways in which young people in our local region, area or community are or can be involved in working with charities

Controlled Assessment

Students will complete their second composition in a controlled assessment in November. From this experience they will start preliminary planning for their performances in February. Students will complete their first overview of the listening exam – Sections A and B and they will also make decisions as to which performances should be sent to the moderator


Think of ways to consolidate and revise the vocabulary needed for the listening exam – flash cards etc ….,

Students complete the written controlled tests for units one and two. In addition to analysing the outcomes from the practical workshops they write a review on the A level Performing Arts production.

The written work helps the students to synthesize the learning in preparation for paper two, when they apply their knowledge and understanding of what makes engaging theatre to their own practical work.


Read three theatre reviews making a note of key vocabulary and interesting phrases. Identify what the writer has analysed and explain how the review has been made ‘critical’.


Choosing pathways to further develop knowledge and continue to challenge games development

Students follow a programme of activities, where they are guided to challenge their perceptions and develop further their games skills. Students are encouraged to take on a variety of roles throughout the term, which will help their understanding of each activity/game and ensure progress is forthcoming.

Unit 11.2 War

What is War and what are the causes of war? Is war ever justified? (The Just War) What would a Nuclear War be like? Could it ever happen? How is War changing? War Poster Project


1. What are the best War films you can think of? 2. How has the theme of War featured in popular music, art and literature

over the past 100 years?

Home town and environment

Students will learn structures to enable them to describe their local area and understand environmental problems and solutions in written and spoken form. We will focus on developing the passive skills by completing practice exam reading and listening questions as well as helping students develop effective strategies for learning vocabulary.


1. List the facilities/places in your home town/village and find the Spanish words using www.wordreference.com

2. In the topic of ‘environment’ there are many cognates such as ‘reciclar’ How many can you find?

Theory Practical Coursework

Social and Cultural factors tha effect participation in sport; Opportunities for further involvement in sport, international factors There will be limited practical as the importance of the theory dominates. Any student, however, who wishes to submit video evidence of performances in activities not covered within the curriculum e.g. ski-ing, horse riding should do so before the end of term.


Research the advantages and disadvantages of hosting a major sporting event

http://www.wordreference.com/

Communicating effectively; functional language skills.

Transferable skills to feed into all curriculum areas re effective communication – oral and written, explanations, effective structure and language used for purpose.

CA Museum Brief task 7

Modelling and developing a final Idea. Creating a working drawings, planning construction and manufacturing prototypes, jigs, templates ect.


What does RRRRRR stand for?

Higher Tier (11a6, 11a5, 11b5, 11b4)

1. Algebraic Fractions

This half term students will:

Discover how to cancel rational expressions by looking for common factors.

Apply the four mathematical operations to algebraic fractions, which may include quadratics and the difference of two squares.

2. Loci and Constructions

Find out how to perform an array of constructions using a straight edge and a pair of compasses.

Explore the construction of loci.

3. Probability Discover and use the AND law and the OR law of probability.

Complete tree diagram to show outcomes and probabilities and use them as a method for calculating probabilities for independent or conditional events.

Learn how to calculate relative frequency and present results in a relative frequency diagram.

4. Advanced Area and Volume

Extend previous work on area and perimeter to other compound shapes, for example made from circles or part circles with other known shapes

Discover how to calculate the length of arcs of circles and the areas of sectors and segments.

Work out how to find the volumes of frustums of cones and pyramids

Calculate the surface area of compound solids constructed from cubes, cuboids, cones, pyramids, cylinders, spheres and hemispheres

Solve real life problems using known solid shapes.



1. Find out some probabilities to do with winning various prizes in the UK national lottery. Would you have more chance of winning a big prize in a different country? See what you can find out.

2. You will be asked by your teacher to watch an appropriate Maths Watch clip and complete the questions that go with it.

Higher Tier (11a4, 11a3, 11aX, 11b3, 11bX)

1. Percentages (2) This half term students will: Explore how to calculate compound percentages (compound interest) and

reverse percentages.

2. Co-ordinate and Graphs

Learn how to plot and use linear and quadratic graphs.

Explore how to manipulate the equation of lines to determine if they are parallel.

Calculate gradients in order to identify the equation of a line.

3. Inequalities Learn how to solve inequations in one variable and represent them on a number line.

4. Solving quadratic equations

Gain experience in how to solve quadratic equations by factorising, and possibly by completing the square.

Pre-exposure Homework

1. You have £1000 to invest for exactly 5 years. Gather information on savings accounts/ISAs/bonds/etc. from at least 3 banks and decide which option will earn you the most interest.

2. Find at least 3 examples of where you might come across an inequality in the real world. Eg. minimum height for a fair ground ride.

Foundation

Revision of areas of weakness.

By the end of year 10, students had covered almost all of the content for the foundation tier. The end of year exam which students sat at the end of June has highlighted some areas of weakness that will be addressed in lessons. These topics will vary from class to class and from student to student.


Students will be directed to a maths watch video every week in preparation for the following week’s revision topics. Working through this video will give the students a significant advantage in the lessons and will mean that they have a more advanced starting point in the lesson.

Interpersonal and Self-Management skills continued Study and Revision skills Keyfund Project

Students will learn about:

the importance of good time management

demonstrating effective communication skills

reviewing their own interpersonal skills Students will focus on revision for their upcoming GCSE examinations Students will have the opportunity to plan group project, present presentation and raise funds by applying to Keyfund

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