How to Do

Controlled Assessments

in Years 10 and 11

2015 - 2017

Subject QualificationAwarding

body

% Controlled

assessments% Exams

Art and Design GCSE Edexcel 60% portfolio 2-day practical

40%Astronomy Twilight GCSE Edexcel 25% 75%

Computing GCSE OCR 60% 40%

Drama GCSE Edexcel 60% Performance 40%

English Language GCSE WJEC x 100%

English Literature GCSE OCR x 100%

Ethics GCSE AQA x 100%

Film Studies GCSE WJEC 50% 50%

Geography GCSE AQA 25% 75%

Health and Social Care Cambridge

National

OCR 75% 25%

History IGCSE CIE x 100%

Languages: French,

German, Spanish

GCSE AQA 60% speaking and

writing

40% listening and

readingLatin Twilight GCSE OCR x 100%

Mathematics GCSE Edexcel x 100%

Media Studies GCSE WJEC 60% 40%

Music GCSE Edexcel 60% 40%

PE GCSE OCR 60% 40%

Photography GCSE Edexcel 60% portfolio 2-day practical

40%Product Design GCSE AQA 60% 40%

Science (double/triple) GCSE OCR 25% 75%

Sociology Twilight GCSE AQA x 100%

Sport BTEC First

Award

Edexcel 75% 25%

Controlled Assessments at a Glance 2015-2017

How to Manage Controlled Assessments

The great advantage of controlled assessment is that you can earn a percentage of

your final grade even before you sit your final exams. With hard work, care and

following your teacher’s advice, it is possible to achieve very high marks.

What are the rules of doing controlled assessments?

1. Research: low control (during lessons or as homework)

2. Analysis: medium control (informal supervision by teachers) 3. Write-up: high control (students write up their task in a supervised

classroom)

Please read the rules set by the exam boards, in this booklet.

Where will I take the high-level controlled assessment?

You must be in direct sight of the teacher at all times, in the classroom, for the

formal supervision at the end of your research. Use of resources and interaction with other candidates is regulated.

How long do controlled assessments take?

Controlled assessments vary in length. For some high-level

controlled assessment tasks, for example, the time limit could be four, eight or ten hours, during a limited number of lessons.

Deadlines must be met.

How will I prepare for my controlled assessment?

Your teacher gives you any advice and support that you need, such as how and where to research information.

Note all the books, web sites etc. that you have used in your research.

Keep your notes, ideas and essay plans together. Record any group work - you may be allowed to work in groups on certain

activities.

Give your folder to your teacher to record their feedback and advice to you at certain stages during your assessment.

Can I look up information?

Your teacher will explain what reference materials and resources you may use and how your assessments have to be completed.

Hand in only work that is your own.

Do not allow other students to copy your work. Credit the author when you have copied work directly from

books, the internet or other sources.

Do not hand in work typed or word-processed by someone else without saying so.

How much of each subject is tested by controlled

assessment?

The range is between 80% and 25%, with some subjects being assessed

100% by exam (e.g. English, Maths, Ethics).

We have made a chart showing each subject offered in Years 10 and 11 here at Chesterton, and how much of your final grade is made up of written

projects.

When do controlled assessments happen?

Teachers will tell you Year 10 and Year 11 deadlines for both rough drafts and final finished work. The first deadlines are in the first term of Year 10.

Please also see the School Calendar / Term Dates on our web site: Chestertoncc.net.

Your assessments have been spread out over the two years (Year 10 and

Year 11) of your courses, to make the work manageable. Find your subjects on our chart. Even so, there may be occasions when a number of

deadlines have to happen at the same time.

Tips to avoid stress

Organise and manage your time sensibly, so that you meet the

deadlines and do not fall behind. Be on time and do your best work.

It is your responsibility to make sure that you have understood the task, that you have the resources and equipment you need, and that

you know exactly how long you have to complete the task and when

the deadline is. If in doubt, ask your teacher.

Spend time on appearance and presentation, as well as on the content.

Never leave work to the last minute so that it is rushed or causes you to miss the deadline.

If you have any questions about controlled assessments, please ask your

subject teacher.

Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July

Astronomy French Film Studies Astronomy Film Studies Computing Computing Computing Computing

Drama GermanMedia

Studies

Media

StudiesDrama Drama Drama Film Studies

Film Studies Spanish Science Film Studies Film Studies Film Studies Geography

Media

StudiesMedia Studies French Geography History

ScienceMedia

StudiesGerman Media Studies

Sport BTEC Science History PE GCSE

Media

Studies

Music

Spanish

Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July

Film Studies Geography French Drama Computing Computing Computing Art

Media

Studies

Product

Design -development

Geography PE GCSE French French Photography

Geography GermanProduct

Design - making

German Sport BTEC

ScienceMedia

StudiesSpanish Spanish

Sport BTEC Music Sport BTEC

Product

Design - testing and

evaluation

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Science

Year 10 Controlled Assessments

Year 11 Controlled Assessments

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Exams

Product Design -investigation and

research

Candidate Authentication Statement The completed form should be retained within the Centre and should not be sent to the moderator or OCR unless specifically requested.

1. Any help or information you have received from people other than your subject

teacher(s) must be clearly identified in the work itself.

2. Any books, information leaflets or other material (e.g. videos, software packages or Information from the Internet) which you have used to help you complete this work must be clearly acknowledged in the work itself. To present material copied from books or other sources without acknowledgement will be regarded as deliberate deception.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATE

The work you submit for assessment must be your own.

If you copy from someone else or allow another candidate to copy from you, or if you cheat in any other way, you may be disqualified from at least the subject concerned.

Declaration by candidate

Centre Name Centre No

Session Year 2 0

Specification or Unit title

Candidate Name Candidate Number

I have read and understood the Notice to Candidate (above). I have produced the work without any help from other people apart from that which I have declared in the work itself. I have acknowledged all source materials in the work itself. Candidate’s signature:……………………………………………………….. Date:…………………………………………. Notes The Candidate Authentication statement once completed should be stored securely within the Centre. A copy of this authentication form must be available upon request for each coursework/portfolio submission

Standard Candidate Authentication Statement

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Tasks Please see also www.chestertoncc.net/revision

Art and Design

Awarding body: Edexcel 2AD01

Tasks: Personal portfolio

Externally set assignment

% of qualification: 100%

Recommended reading: Newspapers, magazines, to collect images

Useful web site: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions

Astronomy

Awarding body: Edexcel 2AS01

Tasks: 1 unit made up of 2 controlled assessments

Time spent writing up: 6 hours

% of qualification: 25%

Useful web site: www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Computing

Awarding body: OCR J275

Tasks: Programming

Investigation

Time spent writing up: 40-60 hours

% of qualification: 60%

Recommended reading: OCR Computing for GCSE (Hodder Education)

Useful web site: www.cambridgegcsecomputing.org

Drama

Awarding body: Edexcel 2DR01

Tasks: Drama Exploration

Exploring a Play Text

Time spent writing up: 6 hours per unit

% of qualification: 60%

Recommended reading: Edexcel GCSE in Drama Specification (Pearson Education)

Play scripts

Useful web site www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zbckjxs

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English Language/English Literature

No controlled assessments

Ethics

No controlled assessments

Film Studies

Awarding body: WJEC 0155

Tasks: 6 mandatory units covering film language, organisations and audiences

Time spent writing up: At least 23 hours in Year 10, 4 hours in Year 11

% of qualification: 50%

Recommended reading: WJEC GCSE Film Studies: Study and Revision Guide

Useful web sites: www.bfi.org.uk

www.imdb.com

www.rottentomatoes.com

Geography

Awarding body: AQA 9035

Tasks: Local fieldwork investigation

Geographical issue investigation

Time spent writing up: 6 hours

% of qualification: 25%

Recommended reading: Links will be posted to the class Edmodo group

Useful web sites: Links will be posted to the class Edmodo group

Health and Social Care

Awarding body: OCR Cambridge National

Tasks: Essential values of care

Communicating and working with individuals

Two optional units

Time spent writing up: 10 hours

% of qualification: 75%

Recommended reading: Daily newspaper for NHS stories

Course syllabus at www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82369-specification

Useful web sites: www.nhsuk

www.channel4learning.com/sites/gcsease/health_social

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History

No controlled assessments

Languages

Awarding body: AQA French 4658, German 4668, Spanish 4698

Tasks: 2 for Unit 3 Speaking

2 for Unit 4 Writing

Time spent writing up: Speaking: 4-6 minutes each task; Writing: 1 hour each task

% of qualification: Speaking 30%; Writing 30%

Recommended reading: AQA GCSE Revision Guides

Useful web sites: www.bbc.co.uk/languages

www.languagesonline.org.uk

www.wordreference.com

Latin

No controlled assessments

Maths

No controlled assessments

Media Studies

Awarding body: WJEC 4390

Tasks: 5 mandatory units involving a minimum of 3 different media

Time spent writing up: At least 12 hours in each year

% of qualification: 60%

Recommended reading: WJEC GCSE Media Studies: Student Book

Useful web site: www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/ztnygk7

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Music

Awarding body: Edexcel 2MU01

Tasks: Performance unit: 1 solo performance & 1 ensemble performance

Composition unit: 2 compositions from different styles of music

Time spent writing up: 8 hours per unit

% of qualification: Solo Performance: 15% Ensemble Performance: 15% Total Performance: 30% Composition 1: 15% Composition 2: 15% Total Composition 30%

Recommended reading and listening: Listen to other recordings of your performance pieces. Look at any scores and listen to any pieces in a similar style. These could be the set work pieces studied for the exam.

Useful web sites: www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpf3cdm www.qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/ edexcel-gcses/music

PE

Awarding body: OCR J586

Tasks: 2 units: Analysing Lifestyle; Analysing Performance

Time spent writing up: 2 hours per unit, plus 4 practical activities

% of qualification: 60%

Recommended reading: OCR PE for GCSE (Hodder Education)

Useful web site: www.sportacademy.org

Photography

Awarding body: Edexcel 2PY01

Tasks: Personal portfolio

Externally set assignment

% of qualification: 100%

Recommended reading: Newspapers, magazines, to collect images

Useful web site: Photo editing apps on your iPad

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Product Design

Awarding body: AQA 4557

Tasks: A design-and-make project set by the exam board

Time spent writing up: 30 hours

% of qualification: 60%

Recommended reading: GCSE Product Design: Student Coursework Guide (free on iBooks)

Product Design: Revision Guide (Collins GCSE Essentials)

Useful web site: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0ik8MckTg

Science

Awarding body: OCR Core (J241), Additional (J242), Biology (J243), Chemistry (J244), Physics (J245)

Tasks: Additional Science: Case study; Practical data analysis; Investigation Triple Sciences: Biology investigation; Chemistry investigation; Physics investigation

Time spent writing up: Year 10: 2 separate days Year 11: 1 day

% of qualification: Case study 12.5% Practical data analysis 12.5% Investigations 25% each

Useful web site: www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z98jmp3

Sociology

No controlled assessments

Sport

Awarding body: Edexcel BTEC First Award

Tasks: 4 units: one exam, practical sport, Training for Sport, Leadership

Time spent writing up 8 hours

% of qualification 75%

Recommended reading: BTEC Level 2 Firsts in Sport Student Book (OUP)

Useful web site: www.subjectrevision.co.uk

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This notice has been produced on behalf of:

AQA, CCEA, OCR, Pearson and WJEC

Information for candidates - controlled assessments

This document tells you about some things that you must and must not do when you are completing your work. When you submit any work for marking, you will be asked to sign an authentication statement confirming that you have read and followed these regulations. If there is anything that you do not understand, you must ask your teacher or lecturer. Controlled assessment will provide you with an opportunity to do some independent research into a topic. The research you do may involve looking for information in published sources such as textbooks, encyclopedias, journals, TV, radio, and on the internet. Using information from published sources (including the internet) as the basis for your assignment is a good way to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of a subject. You must take care how you use this material though - you cannot copy it and claim it as your own work.

The regulations state that:

“the work which you submit for assessment must be your own”;

“you must not copy from someone else or allow another candidate to copy from you”.

If you use the same wording as a published source, you must place quotation marks around the passage and state where it came from. This is called “referencing”. You must make sure that you give detailed references for everything in your work which is not in your own words. A reference from a printed book or journal should show the name of the author, the year of publication and the page number, for example: (Morrison, 2000, pg.29). For material taken from the internet, your reference should show the date when the material was downloaded and must show the precise web page, not the search engine used to locate it. This can be copied from the address line. For example: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/16/sosteacher/history/49766.shtml), downloaded 5 February 2016. You may be required to include a bibliography at the end of your work. Your teacher or lecturer will tell you whether a bibliography is necessary. Where required, your bibliography must list the full details of publications you have used in your research, even where these are not directly referred to, for example: Morrison, A. (2000) ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’, London: Weston Press.

If you copy the words or ideas of others and don’t show your sources in references and a bibliography, this will be considered as cheating.

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Preparing your work – good practice If you receive help and guidance from someone other than your teacher, you must tell your teacher who will then record the nature of the assistance given to you. If you worked as part of a group on an assignment, for example, undertaking field research, you must each write up your own account of the assignment. Even if the data you have is the same, the description of how that data was obtained and the conclusions you draw from it should be in your own words. You must meet the deadlines that your teacher gives you. Remember - your teachers are there to guide you. Although they cannot give you direct assistance, they can help you to sort out any problems before it is too late. Take care of your work and keep it safe. Don’t leave it lying around where your classmates can find it. You must always keep your work secure and confidential whilst you are preparing it; do not share it with your classmates. If it is stored on the computer network, keep your password secure. Collect all copies from the printer and destroy those you don’t need. Don’t be tempted to use essays from on-line essay banks — this is cheating. Electronic tools used by awarding bodies can detect this sort of copying. You must not write inappropriate, offensive or obscene material. Plagiarism Plagiarism involves taking someone else’s words, thoughts or ideas and trying to pass them off as your own. It is a form of cheating which is taken very seriously. Don’t think you won’t be caught; there are many ways to detect plagiarism.

Markers can spot changes in the style of writing and use of language.

Markers are highly experienced subject specialists who are very familiar with work on the topic concerned — they may have read the source you are using (or even marked the essay you have copied from!).

Internet search engines and specialised computer software can be used to match phrases or pieces of text with original sources and to detect changes in the grammar and style of writing or punctuation.

Penalties for breaking the regulations If your work is submitted and it is discovered that you have broken the regulations, one of the following penalties will be applied:

the piece of work will be awarded zero marks;

you will be disqualified from that unit for the examination series in question;

you will be disqualified from the whole subject for that examination series;

you will be disqualified from all subjects and barred from entering again for a period of time. Your awarding body will decide which penalty is appropriate. REMEMBER – IT’S YOUR QUALIFICATION SO IT NEEDS TO BE YOUR OWN WORK ©2015

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EXAMINATIONS APPEALS PROCEDURE

CHESTERTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICY ON APPEALS AGAINST INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF WORK FOR

EXTERNAL QUALIFICATIONS

Chesterton Community College is committed to ensuring that whenever its staff assesses students’ work for external qualification, this is done fairly, consistently and in accordance with the specification for the qualification concerned. Assessments should be conducted by staff who have appropriate knowledge, understanding and skills and who have been trained in this activity. Students’ work should be produced and authenticated according to the requirements of the examinations board. Where a set of work is divided between staff, consistency should be assured by internal moderation and standardisation. If a student feels that this may not have happened in relation to his or her work, he or she may make use of this appeals procedure. Note that appeals may only be made against the process that led to the assessment and not against the mark or grade. This procedure is available from the Exams Office and is posted on the school’s website. 1. Appeals should be made as soon as possible, and must be made at least two weeks before the

end of the last externally assessed paper in the examinations series. (So the appeal must be made before a date in mid-June for the summer series as presently timetabled.)

2. Appeals should be made in writing to the Examinations Officer or the Deputy Headteacher, who will investigate the appeal. If the Examinations Officer was directly involved in the assessment in question, the Principal will appoint another member of staff of similar or greater seniority to conduct the investigation. Likewise if the Examinations Officer is not able to conduct the investigation for some other reason.

3. The Examinations Officer or other member of staff will decide whether the process used for the internal assessment conformed to the requirements of the awarding body and the examinations code of practice of the JCQ. This will be done before the end of the series (currently the end of June for the summer series).

4. The teacher making the assessment will be able to respond to the appeal in writing. 5. You will be informed in writing of the outcome of the appeal, including any communications

with the board, any changes made to the assessment of your work and any changes made to improve matters in future.

6. The outcome of the appeal will be made known to the Principal and will be logged as a complaint under the complaints procedure. A written record of the appeal will be kept and made available to the awarding body at their request. Should the appeal bring any significant irregularity to light, the awarding body will be informed.

If the candidate is unhappy about the response in writing, he/she can ask for a personal hearing where the panel will consist of two persons not previously involved, normally the Principal and a member of the Governing Body. Note: After work has been assessed internally it is moderated by the awarding body (examinations board) following detailed criteria to ensure consistency between centres. Such moderation frequently changes the marks awarded for internally assessed work. The final judgement on marks awarded is that of the awarding body. That is outside the control of Chesterton Community College and is not covered by this procedure. If you have concerns about it, please ask the Examinations Officer for a copy of the appeals procedure of the relevant examinations board.

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Enquiries about Results (Re-marks) In cases of Enquiries about Results, where the school does not uphold a request for such an enquiry, the student may normally pay to have an enquiry carried out. Where the student wishes to challenge the decision not to hold an enquiry or consequent appeal, a similar procedure to that described above will be carried out.