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QUEENS’ SCHOOL
Dare to be Great
KEY STAGE 4
CURRICULUM GUIDE
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Overview of the Queens’ Key Stage 4 Curriculum At Queens’ School, our whole school curriculum aims to instil our core values of Scholarship, Tenacity,
Altruism and Respect; and to develop in students the lifelong learning associated with these values. In
their teaching and learning, all of our students should experience, understand and develop:
Scholarship: the ambitious pursuit of knowledge, achievement and independence across a
broad and balanced range of subjects.
Tenacity: the expectation of supported challenge for students of all abilities and talents; and of
persevering in the face of that challenge.
Altruism: the habits of working collaboratively and selflessly as part of a learning community.
Respect: the importance of demonstrating kindness, tolerance and respect for others’ views,
abilities and contexts in learning.
Key Stage 4 is the second stage of students’ secondary education; at Queens’ School it comprises the
beginning of Year 10 to the end of Year 11. In terms of learning, the subjects, topics and content taught
at Key Stage 4 are designed to develop students’ character, knowledge, understanding and skills at an
advanced level, in preparation for imminent opportunities and experiences of further education,
training or employment at the end of Year 11. More specifically, students will be working towards the
demands of GCSEs in the suite of subjects they are taking. For all subjects, GCSE studies formally
commence in the Autumn term of Year 10; however, in a number of subjects, including English, Maths
and Science, students started to approach GCSE concepts and topics from the middle of Year 9.
The National Curriculum (2014), directs schools to offer a ‘broad and balanced curriculum’ of subjects,
promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural and physical development of students and prepare them
for the experiences and opportunities of life, learning and employment after school. As both an
academy and an aspirational school, Queens’ has elected not only to follow the basic requirements of
the National Curriculum but also, in line with our Dare to be Great ethos, to take steps to make sure
that all students will be enriched, challenged and supported in their academic and pastoral learning.
At Key Stage 4, this enrichment is achieved through an emphatic focus on Queens’ values of
Scholarship, Tenacity, Altruism and Respect and lifelong learning; and through differentiation, target-
setting, subject coverage and setting procedures across subjects.
All students are entered for a core of GCSEs in English Language, English Literature, Mathematics and
at least two GCSEs in Science (Combined Science). Beyond this core, our Year 9 Options pathway
system ensured that students are now following GCSE options which provide an appropriate level of
challenge and interest. Many have opted for subjects which will allow them to gain the ‘EBacc’, a
government-recognised set of facilitating GCSEs (English Language, Mathematics, Science, History or
Geography and a language) and two other options. Some students are following a course in extra
literacy, numeracy and study skills to replace one GCSE option. A majority of students have chosen
‘Triple Science’ to supplement their Core Science provision and those students will attain three
separate GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. In total, the vast majority of students will be
awarded either nine or ten GCSEs at the end of Year 11.
In addition to GCSE subjects, Key Stage 4 students are also provided with four hours of Core PE per fortnight and one hour Lifelong Learning per fortnight. Relationships and Sex education, citizenship, careers and personal development are delivered through a combination of these devoted lessons, form times, our assembly programme and supplementary talks and visits.
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Contents
Overview of the Queens’ Key Stage 4 Curriculum………………………………………………………………….…2
The Timetable at Key Stage 4........................................................................................................4
Classes, Setting and Home Learning………………………………………………………………………………………….5
A note on Covid-19-related changes to GCSEs and curriculum in 2021…………………………………….6
Subject Curriculum Information…………………………………………………………………………………………..7-20
Assessment at KS4…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
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The Key Stage 4 Timetable: The school operates a two week timetable cycle. There are five one hour teaching periods each day and therefore fifty periods in total per fortnight. A significant proportion of the teaching time at Key Stage 4 is devoted to the core GCSE subjects of English, Maths and Science with all option subjects delivered through 5 hours/ fortnight teaching. Lesson allocation by subject and year is outlined below:
*All students must choose one of their options from: History, Geography, MFL, Triple Science or Computing. A small number of students follow a programme in Core Skills which replaces one GCSE option. Many students have opted for a combination of subjects which will allow them to gain the ‘EBacc’. ** In Year 11, a group of students from the Band 1 Maths sets will be offered the opportunity to study for the Level 2 qualification in Further Mathematics, with sessions both in lesson and out-of-lesson time. Typically around 10% of the year group would be entered for this extra qualification.
Subject
Year 10
Year 11
CORE SUBJECTS: All students study for GCSEs in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics. As a core, they will then either study for GCSEs in Combined Science, with an allocation of 9 teaching hours/fortnight, or will study for three separate GCSEs in Physics, Chemistry and Biology for 14 teaching hours/fortnight, encompassing an extra allocation of 5 hours from one of their options.
GCSE English Language 4 4
GCSE English Literature 4 4
GCSE Mathematics & Level
2 Further Mathematics**
8 8
GCSE Science 9 9
Core PE 4 4
Lifelong Learning (LLL) 1 1
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:
Triple Science, Computing, French, German, Spanish, History, Geography,
Religious Studies, Design Technology (Product Design, Textiles or Food
and Nutrition), Art, Music, Drama, Business, Sociology.
Option 1 * 5 5
Option 2 5 5
Option 3 5 5
Option 4 5 5
Total 50 50
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Classes and setting: A range of setting is used to meet students’ learning needs, as appropriate to subject. In some subjects,
classes are mixed up, maintaining a variety of student ability; in other subjects, students are set by
ability to help the teaching staff differentiate the curriculum delivery.
Where subjects set by ability there is usually the facility for students to move between sets if it
becomes apparent that their performance is in-line with a different teaching group whether it be a
higher or a lower set. Core PE is taught in single gender groups. The setting arrangements by subject
and year are as follows:
Year 10 Year 11
Mixed ability
Option subjects
Combined Science
Triple Science
Core PE
LLL
Option subjects
Combined Science
Triple Science
Core PE
LLL
Ability sets/bands English Language
English Literature
Maths
English Language
English Literature
Maths
Key Stage 4 Home Learning: Home learning refers to independent learning outside of the classroom environment that links to the curriculum aims (outlined below). Written work will not necessarily be set on every occasion; home learning may also involve reading, revision, presentations or investigations. All home learning activities will be set on Class Charts, along with information about due date and expected time to complete the task.
Due to the current restrictions around handling of materials, staff are advised not to take in exercise books. For this reason, a majority of home learning will need to be submitted electronically. Students should speak to their teachers to make sure they are clear about how work should be submitted.
Subjects Frequency of home learning Duration
English Weekly plus daily reading for 20 minutes Approximately 1 hour depending on the nature of the task.
Maths Weekly
Science (Triple or Combined)
Three times a fortnight
Options subjects Weekly
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Curriculum and exam content responses to Covid-19 lockdown:
Following a public consultation held in May and June of this year, Ofqual (the body appointed by the
government to scrutinise and oversee the awarding of GCSEs and A-levels) has made a number of
changes to the content, topics and mode of assessment in some GCSE subjects. These changes have
been made to mitigate the impact of the closure of schools between March and July of this year on the
progress and attainment of the 2021 GCSE cohort. At a glance, these changes include:
changes to the content and types of questions set for GCSE Geography and History exams, which should mean that compulsory content needing teaching is lessened.
changes to GCSE English Literature, to introduce a choice of topics on which students are required to answer questions in their exams, again meaning that compulsory content needing teaching is lessened.
changes to GCSE English Language which mean that the Spoken Language Endorsement no longer needs to be filmed.
changes to how the assessment of students’ spoken language skills is reported in Modern Foreign Language GCSEs – students’ speaking skills will be assessed through a teacher endorsement alongside the 9 to 1 grade rather than forming part of the overall GCSE grade.
a range of modifications to the non-exam assessment arrangements in a number of subjects to accommodate potential public health requirements, for example, GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition, GCSE Music and GCSE PE.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/exams-and-assessments-in-2021
Please note that at the time of publication of this curriculum guide, there are modifications being made
by examination boards to the structure of exam papers to incorporate these changes yet to be ratified
by Ofqual, so it is likely that our subject departments will make further modifications to the subject
content pages which form the rest of this guide. However, Queens’ subject departments are already
primed to respond/have already responded to the qualification content changes in the following ways:
changing the number or sequence of topics listed in the subject pages here from usual Key Stage 4 delivery
planning frequent mini-assessment and recap activities designed to consolidate learning delivered during the lockdown period
extending or re-structuring the revision period following the end of content teaching in the Spring Term
altering Year 11 revision teaching and revision resources to reflect any changes to the content or structure of GCSE examinations
planning activities for the beginning of the Autumn Term which will allow accurate diagnosis of ‘gaps’ in learning at both whole year and individual level, and, following this, where possible, running some targeted out-of-lesson sessions to consolidate students’ understanding in weaker areas.
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE English Language &
GCSE English Literature
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Literature: Study of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens: close analysis, text in context.
Language: Study of Non-Fiction
comprehension, analysis and
comparison (21st Century and 19th
Century articles) and Non-Fiction
writing: compositional,
organisational and technical writing
skills.
Literature: Completion of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and WJEC Poetry Anthology (18 poems to cover): close analysis, comparison, text in context.
Language: Non-Fiction work
continued from Autumn Term
Literature: WJEC Poetry Anthology continued.
Language: Spoken Language
endorsement – a speech to be
performed on a topic of the
students’ choice.
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Literature: Study of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’: close analysis of language, character and theme.
Language: Study of Fiction
comprehension (20th Century prose)
and Fiction writing: compositional,
organisational and technical writing
skills.
Literature: Unseen Poetry: close analysis and comparison. Revision
Language: Fiction work continued
Completion of Spoken Language
endorsement
Revision
Literature: Revision
Language: Revision
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Mathematics &
Level 2 Further Mathematics
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
HIGHER
Number and
Sequences, Ratio and Proportion,
Angles and
Bearings,
Transformations,
Construction and
Loci,
Algebraic
Manipulation,
Length, Area and
Volume,
Linear Graphs
FOUNDATION
Angles and
Bearings,
Primes, Factors and Multiples, Approximations and Rounding, Decimals and Fractions, Linear
Graphs
HIGHER
Pythagoras and
Trigonometry, Similarity, Exploring and applying Probability,
Powers and
Standard form
FOUNDATION
Expressions and Formulae, Ratio, Speed and
Proportion,
Area and
Perimeter,
Transformations,
Probability and
Events
HIGHER
Equations and
Inequalities,
Powers and
Surds,
Quadratic
Equations,
Sampling and
Statistical
Diagrams
FOUNDATION
Volumes and
Surface Area of
Prisms,
Linear
Equations,
Percentages and
Compound
Measures,
Percentages and
Variation
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
HIGHER
Sampling and
Statistical
Diagrams,
Combined
Events,
Proprieties of
Circles,
Variation,
Triangles,
Graphs
Further topics for GCSE Further Mathematics in
Set 1
FOUNDATION
Statistics:
Representation and interpretation,
Constructions and Loci, Curved shapes and Pyramids, Number and Sequences, Right-angled
Triangles
HIGHER
Algebraic fractions and functions,
Vector
geometry
Further topics for GCSE Further Mathematics in
Set 1
Revision
FOUNDATION
Congruency and
Similarity, Probability: Combined events, Powers and
Standard form,
Simultaneous equations and linear inequalities,
Non-linear graphs
Revision
REVISION & EXAMS
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Combined &
GCSE Triple Science
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Atomic Structure, The Periodic
Table, Structure and Bonding,
Conservation & Dissipation of
Energy, Energy Transfer by Heating,
Energy Resources, Cells,
Organisation & the digestive system,
Organising animals & plants
Chemical Calculations, Chemical
Changes, Electric circuits, Electricity in the home, Molecules and matter, Disease and Respiration
Electrolysis, Energy Changes, Rates
& Equilibrium, Radioactivity,
Forces in balance, Motion, The
human nervous system and
Hormonal coordination and
Homeostasis
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Rates and Energy, Structure,
Bonding and Properties, Forces &
motion, Pressure & surfaces, waves,
Reproduction, Variation, Genetics &
evolution
Salts and Electrolysis, light,
Electromagnetism and Ecology
Revision and exam preparation
How Much – Chemistry Calculations
Revision and exam preparation
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Curriculum Overview for Languages
*Students study the same topics for vocabulary and grammar across French, German and Spanish, and develop GCSE level skills across the four fundamental areas of Speaking, Listening, Reading & Writing.
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Life at school/college Travel and Tourism Customs and Festivals (German)
Education Post 16 Healthy Living Global issues (German)
Marriage and Partnership Technology in everyday life Revision
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Global issues Social issues
Social issues Career choices and ambitions Customs and festivals Revision and preparation for exams
Revision and preparation for exams
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE History
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Nazi Germany- Weimar
Government, Rise of Hitler, Nazi
Social and Economic policies
Cold War- Beginnings of the Cold
War 1945-1960 (Cuban Missile
Crisis, Berlin Wall)
Cold War- 1970-1991 (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Collapse of the Soviet
Union, Elizabeth I
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Elizabeth I, Medicine thematic
study - 1000 years
Medicine thematic study - 1000
years
Revision/Exam
Curriculum Overview for GCSE Geography
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Management
Changing Landscapes of the UK – Coasts and Rivers
Changing Cities
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Global Development Weather Hazards and Climate Change Revision
Resource Management – Water Revision
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Art
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
1. Natural world – mixed media Artists; Jon Shaw, Nicola Hicks, Maggi Hambling, Turner, Frink
1. Natural world – mixed media
2. Natural forms – sculpture
1. Natural forms – sculpture
Artists; Moore, Randall-Page, Hicks,
Goldsworthy
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Independent project (Mock exam
including 5 hour timed test)
1. Refining all coursework from the beginning of year 10.
2. External exam preparation Gallery visit
1. External exam preparation
2. 10 hour timed test
Curriculum Overview for GCSE Business Studies
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Spotting a Business Opportunity
Showing Enterprise
Putting a Business Idea into Practice
Making the Start-up Effective
Understanding the Economic
Context
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Marketing
Meeting Customer Needs
Effective Financial Management
Effective People Management
Exam revision
The Wider World
Exam revision
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Computer Science
Year 10 - OCR J277
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Unit 1 – Computer Systems
Data representation
Logic Diagrams and Truth Tables
Unit 2 – Computational Thinking,
algorithms and programming
Algorithms, flowcharts,
pseudocode
Python Programming
Unit 1 – Computer Systems
Systems architecture, memory and
storage
Wired and wireless networks
Ethical, cultural and environmental
concerns
Unit 2 – Computational Thinking,
algorithms and programming
Algorithms, Programming
Techniques
Python Programming
Unit 1 – Computer Systems
Systems software and security – operating systems and utility programs Wired and wireless networks - cont.
Unit 2 - Computational thinking, algorithms and programming Producing robust programs Searching and Sorting algorithms
Unit 3 – Programming Project
Analysis, Success criteria, Planning
and design
Practise Python Programming
Year 11 – OCR J277
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Unit 1 – Computer Systems
Systems software and security Unit 2 - Computational thinking, algorithms and programming Computational logic, Translators and facilities of languages Unit 3 – Programming Project
Python Programming
Development and Testing
Unit 1 & 2 Revision and Exam Technique
Unit 1 – Computer Systems
Legal concerns and Ethics
Unit 3 – Programming Project Development, Testing and remedial actions and Evaluation. Finish project
Unit 1 & 2 Revision and Exam
Technique
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Dance
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Technique
Performing Skills
Safe Dance Practice
Choreography approaches
Study of ‘Shadows’, by Christopher
Bruce
Use of different stimuli to create
movement
Learn two ‘set phrases’ for unit 1
Study of ‘Infra’, by Wayne McGregor
and ‘Within Her Eyes’, by James
Cousins
Solo choreography task
Study of ‘Emancipation of
Expression’ by Kendrick H2O Sandy
Study of ‘A Linha Curva’ by Itzik Galili
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Group dance based on set phrases
Study of ‘Artificial Things’ by Lucy
Bennett
Rehearsal and revision in
preparation for practical and theory
exams
Revision in preparation for the
theory exam
Curriculum Overview for GCSE Drama
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
OCR GCSE
Focus on skills, group cohesion,
learning to write about drama
including Live Theatre Evaluation.
Script work
Exploration of set text ‘Missing Dan
Nolan’
Devising
Students create their own piece of theatre from a range of stimuli. This is internally assessed and externally moderated. Students complete a
written portfolio
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Text in Performance
Students perform 2 extracts from
a play. This is externally assessed.
Continue to explore the set text.
Exam preparation
Exam preparation
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Food commodities focus: Fruit and Veg, Dairy products, Topics relating to food commodities: Provenance, processing, nutritional values, dietary considerations, Food hygiene and safety, storage and food science. Students will complete a variety of
recipes in practical lessons to link
with the storage, preparation, and
cooking of each food commodity.
Food commodities focus: Cereals, Meat/fish/poultry and eggs Topics relating to food commodities: Provenance, processing, nutritional values, dietary considerations, Food hygiene and safety, storage and food science. Y10 Food exam. Students will complete a variety of
recipes in practical lessons to link
with the storage, preparation, and
cooking of each food commodity.
Food commodities focus: Butter/oils/margarine/sugar and syrup and Soya/tofu/beans/nuts and seeds Topics relating to food commodities: Provenance, processing, nutritional values, dietary considerations, Food hygiene and safety, storage and food science. Students will complete a variety of
recipes in practical lessons to link
with the storage, preparation, and
cooking of each food commodity.
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Non Examined Assessment (NEA 1): Food Investigation Task 1 = 15% with written report 1,500-
2,000 words
Non Examined Assessment (NEA 2): Food preparation Task 2 = 35% with 3 hour practical exam and portfolio 10 sides A3 (20 pages A4)
Revision for written exam
Revision for
Written exam = 1:30 hrs /marks out
of 100 marks, worth 50%
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Design & Technology (Resistant Materials, Textiles or Graphics)
Students follow topics and skills specific to their chosen discipline of Graphics, Resistant Materials or
Textiles in Year 10 then follow the core Design & technology elements in Year 11.
Year 10 Graphics
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Re – styling a drinks container Skills - Orthographic, isometric & Rendering Techniques. What’s on a pack – net developments and hand drawn graphics and the environment?
I x live brief - industry links Skills - Working with industrial methods and practices This changes depending on company or competition. Last year a POSD for a florists window display with Stylo graphics was the task. OR Packaging Project- Board games or food products. Manufacturing in industry and using laser cutter 2D Design.
POSD Point of sale displays Skills- Corporate ID for a live opening, last year was the new splash park in Hemel Hempstead Pop up party invites Skills -- hand cutting schematic maps designers.
Year 10 Resistant Materials
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Chair Skills: joint making, use of drilling jigs, properties of woods. Orthographic/ isometric projection.
Torch Skills: CAD/CAM, joining dissimilar materials, properties of plastics, exploded drawing, electrical systems.
CAM Toy Skills: mechanisms (CAMS), drilling jigs, assembling and accuracy, batch production, orthographic/ isometric projection.
Year 10 Textiles
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Making skills - Practical -Theory -
Fibres and fabrics fabric
construction and properties, tools
and equipment and components.
Making skills - Practical - Theory -
Materials and components, Finishing
processes, Design and market
influence, Product analysis, SCM & E
Issues, Processes and manufacture,
production planning and IT.
These two projects overlap
throughout the two terms along with
design ideas etc. getting them ready
for their GCSE project.
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Year 11 Design & Technology
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Controlled assessment NEA
Unit A,B & C,D
Identify & Investigate Clients wants & needs
Design Brief & Specification
Generating design Ideas Developing design ideas Product development and
modelling prototypes.
Controlled assessment NEA
Unit E & F
Realising design ideas Making product – practical Technical drawings Manufacturing Specification
Analysing and Evaluating
The NEA makes 50% of the GCSE 30-35 hours 100 marks.
Revision for the Exam -Paper 1
2 h paper 100 marks 50% of the
GCSE
Revision for exam
Core technical principles
Specialist technical principles
Design and making principles Revision from the Specification Past papers Revision guides and workbook Technologystudent.com
Curriculum Overview for GCSE Music
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Area of Study 4 Popular Music
Foundations of Music
Solo Performance
Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices Free Composition
Ensemble Performance
Area of Study 2: Music for Ensemble
Free Composition
Solo and Ensemble Performance
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
AQA Area of Study 4:
Western Classical Music from 1910
Solo Performance Recording Brief Composition
Exam Revision
Ensemble Performance Recording Composition Deadline
Exam Revision
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE PE
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Theory – students study the anatomy and physiological effect of exercise on the body.
Muscular system CV System.
Respiratory system
Functions of the skeleton.
Classification of bones
Classification of Joints
Short term effects of exercise
Long term effects of exercise Graphical representations of
heart rate, SV and CO(Q)
Levers
Planes and Axes
Health fitness and exercise
Components of fitness
Reasons for limitations of fitness testing
Fitness testing data Principles of training
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Theory – students study the anatomy and physiological effect of exercise on the body.
Muscular system
CV System.
Somatotyping.
Eating disorders. Diet, Health and hygiene.
Respiratory system
Functions of the skeleton.
Classification of bones
Classification of Joints
Short term effects of exercise
Long term effects of exercise
Graphical representations of heart rate, SV and CO(Q)
Revision for the examination and exam technique
Revision for the examination and exam technique
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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Religious Studies
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Are there essential values and
beliefs that all Christian groups
share?
Do different values on marriage
and the family matter within
society?
Can Buddhism be termed more as a
philosophy rather than a religion?
Is there one most important reason
for the punishment of criminals?
Should all Christians live a certain
way based on their key beliefs?
Should all Buddhists live a certain
way based on their key beliefs?
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
How does science and religion
differ in theories about the origins
of life?
Why are issues about matters of
life and death important?
Can important lessons be learnt from
historical wars and conflicts?
Revision of all 8 topics covered
throughout the GCSE course
Targeted revision – exam technique,
sample and practice answers
Curriculum Overview for GCSE Sociology
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Component 2: Understanding
Social Structures
Topic 1. Social differentiation and
stratification
Topic 2. Crime and Deviance
Revision and exam preparation
Revision and exam preparation
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Component 1: Understanding
Social Processes
Topic1. Key concepts and
processes of cultural transmission
Topic 2. Families
Topic 3. Education
Topic 3 Education
Topic 4. Sociological research methods
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Curriculum Overview for Lifelong Learning Within each year, topics are taught on a termly rota.
In each lesson, the views and responses of key religious viewpoints are presented and explored
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Personal relationships
Sex education
Citizenship
ICT
iWood
Careers
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Moral Dilemmas Careers Study Skills Financial
Capability
Health and Well being
Citizenship
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Key Stage 4 Assessment:
At Key Stage 4, students’ learning will be continually assessed and fed back on in lessons, through such strategies as questioning, testing, peer and self-assessment, and of course, home learning tasks. Students will frequently be given opportunities to act on advice from teachers by completing the process of REACT marking, in which they are given lesson time to use a red pen to respond to misconceptions or weaker understanding identified by their teachers’ green pen marking of tests, notes or home learning tasks. This REACT process enables students to act quickly and relevantly to teachers’ advice on how to improve.
In terms of reporting attainment and progress to students and parents, subject departments will use key assessments throughout the year to identify the level at which a student is working, then:
In Year 10: reports will be issued for students and parents three times during the year. Reports will share whether students are, at the point of reporting, working at, above or below their target grade. In Years 11: reports will be issued for students and parents twice. Reports will highlight whether students are working at, above or below their target based on their starting points and will also indicate teacher predictions of final GCSE grades, based on current levels of progress and attitude to learning. There are two main sets of ‘trial’ exams which students will take during their GCSE courses, both of which are designed to give students an opportunity to recap, consolidate and revise material learnt over a period of terms; and also to give them a realistic experience of formalised exams before the ‘real’ GCSEs in the summer of Year 11. In 2020-21, the dates for these examinations are provisionally planned for: Year 11 trial examination window: Tuesday 1st December- Friday 18th December 2020 Year 10 trial examination window: Monday 12th April- Wednesday 21st April 2021