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Our Curriculum

Year 11

2021-22

A guide for parents andstudents

An introduction to our Year 11 Curriculum

Welcome to our Year 11 Curriculum booklet and thanks for taking the time to read and engagewith this information. Year 11 is an exciting year as students reach the climax of their GCSEstudies and make key decisions about their studies in Year 12 and 13.

The overall purpose of this booklet is to share our curriculum with parents so that you are moreable to support your children with their learning. At George Spencer Academy, we prideourselves on providing students with rich learning experiences through a creative andinnovative curriculum. Our formal curriculum is built from sequences of topics and lessonswhich are designed to help students know more and remember more in each subject. Studentslearn better when they understand how lessons fit within their broader context and when theyare able to make connections between and within their subjects. Parents can support theirchildren by discussing this formal curriculum at home, and the information in this booklet willhelp you do this by summarising key topics and discussion points in each subject.

Alongside the formal curriculum, our wrap-around curriculum aims to provide a holisticapproach to the development of each child. This includes Growth lessons and Form timelearning on topics such as well-being, learning strategies and values for life in modern Britain. Italso includes opportunities for extending learning outside of the classroom, especially throughreading texts, watching films or documentaries and visiting places of interest. As parents, yourhelp with this is much appreciated and this booklet provides ideas for partnership learning athome which will usefully complement what is being taught in school.

Included in this booklet:

● A one-page curriculum summary with half-termly topics and allocated teaching hours ineach subject;

● A list of ideas for students to read, watch and visit at home for each subject;

● A calendar of key curriculum dates;

● A page for each subject which includes an intent statement, links between and withinsubjects, half-termly topics, skills and key questions for discussion, plus information onhow students will be assessed. Also included is information on revision guides andwebsites and on the exam specification being studied.

If you have any queries regarding our Year 11 curriculum, please contact Mr P. Allen [email protected]. This booklet is also available in the Curriculum section ofthe school website if you wish to use the hyperlinks that are included in some places.

Our Year 11 Curriculum on one page

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English

5 hours a weekfor Lang and Litcombined

EnglishLang

Language:Paper 1:Explorations increative readingand writing(fiction)

PPE feedback -consolidatingPaper 1 skills inLanguage

Language:Paper 2 revision

Language:Paper 2 revision

Language:Paper 1 andPaper 2 revision.

Final exams

English Lit Romeo andjuliet

Revision: L&RAnthology

Revision:Shakespeare

Revision: AChristmas Carol

Revision:Literature Paper1 and 2 (alltexts)

Final exams

Maths

5 hours a week

Maths

5 hours aweek

Angle propertiesConstructionsPlans andElevationsStatistics

Interleavedrevision

Scale drawingsand bearingsTrigonometry

InterleavedrevisionPPE feedback

Vectors

Pre calculus,gradients andrates of change(Higher only)

Interleavedrevision

Circle Theorems(Higher Only)

InterleavedrevisionPPE feedback

Targeted GCSErevision usingthe QLAdocumentsfollowing thePPEs.

Final exams

Science

SeparateSciencestudents have5.5 hours ofScience eachweek.

CombinedSciencestudents have4.5 hours ofScience eachweek, plus anadditional hourof either Englishor Maths.

Biology Adaptations,interdependenceand competition.Organising anecosystem.Biodiversity andecosystems

Reproduction Variation andevolutionGenetics andevolution

Genetics andevolutionRevisionExam Skills

RevisionExam skills

Final exams

Chemistry ChemicalAnalysis, CrudeOil and Fuels,OrganicReactions

Polymers, TheEarth’sResources,UsingResources

UsingResources,Paper 2ChemistryRevision

Paper 2ChemistryRevision

Paper 1 andPaper 2ChemistryRevision

Final exams

Physics Force and Motion,Force andPressure

Wave PropertiesElectromagneticWaves

LightElectromagnetism

Space Revision Revision

CombinedScience

Reproduction,Variation andEvolution,Organising andEcosystem,Forces inBalance, Motion,Forces andMotion

Genetics andEvolution, WaveProperties, TheEarth'sAtmosphere,The Earth'sResources

ElectromagneticSpectrum,Magnetism andElectromagnetism, Crude Oilsand Fuels

Revision Revision Reproduction,Variation andEvolution,Organising andEcosystem,Forces inBalance, Motion,Forces andMotion

PE PE1 hour aweek

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton, lowimpact resistancetraining, dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton, lowimpact resistancetraining, dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton, lowimpact resistancetraining, dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton, lowimpact resistancetraining, dance,handball

Tennis, Rounders, Cricket, Track & FieldAthletics, Softball.

Optionssubjects

Option A3 hours/ week

Please see subject pages for details of course content.

Option B2.5 hours aweek

Option C3 hours/ week

PersonalDevelopment

PersonalDevelopmentTwo30-minuteslots perweek

Self conceptMental healthand well beingHealthy lifestyles

Drugs, alcohol,tobaccoSexual healthand fertilityPositiverelationships

RelationshipvaluesForming andmaintainingrespectfulrelationshipsConsent

Contraceptionand parenthoodBullying, abuseanddiscriminationSocialinfluences

Values for life inmodern britainFinancialchoices

Media literacyAnd digitalresilience

English and option subjects are taught in mixed ability sets, apart from in Languages where there is some abilitysetting. Maths and Science are taught in ability-based sets. Personal development is taught in form time.

Read, watch and visit- supporting our Year 11 Curriculum at homeHere are some ideas to extend learning outside of the classroom in each subject. Students are advised to engagewith all of the subjects that they study, perhaps with a greater emphasis on subjects of particular interest as theymove towards post-16 study.

So that we can keep track of participation and reward excellent effort, please log activity athttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDxOAEh5snHt1hihilJAjCRau-yG0WFjHQRKLhH82reIV28A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Read Watch Visit

Coresubjects

EnglishLanguage

A Short History of NearlyEverything by Bill Bryson

Channel 4 Podcasthttps://www.channel4.com/news/ways-to-change-the-world

Public lectures NottinghamUniversity

EnglishLiterature

The Shadow of the Wind -Carlos Ruiz Zafon

David Copperfield film Author events Waterstones bookshop

Maths A Brief History of Time byStephen Hawking

Patricia Bright – managingsalary, investing money, saving

The Winton Gallery, ScienceMuseum

CombinedScience

Science News for Studentshttps://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/

BBC Secrets of the SuperElements (BBC Documentary)

Science Museum (London)

Biology The Body: A guide foroccupants, by Bill Bryson

BBC - Life on Earth ep. 13: TheCompulsive communicators

Wollaton Hall Natural HistoryMuseum, Nottingham

Chemistry Periodic Tales: The Curious livesof Elements: HughAldersey-Williams

Materials: How They Work withMark Miodownik (BBC)

The Faraday Museum at TheRoyal Institution (free admission)

Physics Black Holes and Baby Universesand Other Essays Book byStephen Hawking

The Martian (Film Rolls Royce Heritage Tour Derby

PE The Greatest: Muhammed Ali byDean Myers

All or Nothing- Manchester City National Football Museum -Manchester

MFL French Le Petit Prince, Antoine deSaint-Éxupery

Lupin (Netflix) A French restaurant inNottingham

Spanish Requiém por un campesinoespañol - Ramón Sender

Mar de Plástico - Netflix Visit Cervantes Theatre inLondon

SocialSciences

Geography The Almighty Dollar (2018) Blood Diamond Snowdonia

History Auslander by Paul Dowsell Hitler- the Rise of Evil (youtube) Imperial War Museum, London

Philosophy Mercy By Jodi Picoult Louis Theroux, Between Life andDeath

Sheffield Buddhist Centre

Psychology My Monster and Me by NadiyaHussain

Wonder Nottingham ContemporaryGallery

Technology DesignTechnology

Johny Ive: The Genuius BehindApple's Greatest Products

Film: Steve Jobs NTU Degree Showcase

FoodPreparationand Nutrition

AQA Food Preparation andNutrition Textbook by Anita Tull

Design and Technology GCSE:Food Preparation and Nutrition Cadburys World

Hospitalityand Catering

Hospitality and Catering news Really Great Places to Eat Restaurants

Read Watch Visit

CreativeArts

Art Surface Treatment Workshop byDarlene McElroy and SandraWilson,

Fake or Fortune- Tims Vermeer Tate Modern

Drama DNA by Dennis Kelly DNA by Dennis Kelly (genesisTheatre)

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Music Samba Em Preludio Queen: Live at WembleyStadium: 1986

Peggy's Skylight - Live jazz andkitchenNottinghamhttps://peggysskylight.co.uk

Photography Seeing Things: A Kid’s Guide toLooking at Photographs by JoelMeyerowitz,

Thomas Heaton (YoutubeChannel), Digital Rev (YoutubeChannel)

ICT,BusinessandComputing

CreativeiMedia

Dreamweaver tutorials The Devil Wears Prada Meetspace VR - Nottingham

ComputerScience

magPi -https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/

Cyberwar DocumentaryPlatform: All4

National Video Game MuseumSheffield - https://thenvm.org/

BusinessStudies

Sir Richard Branson - BusinessStripped Bare: Adventures of aGlobal Entrepreneur

Dragons Den Legoland

Sport andHealth

GCSE PE Bounce- Matthew Syed Andy Murray- Resurfacing English Institute of Sport,Sheffield

Children’s Play,Learning andDevelopment

How Toddlers Thrive – Tovah P.Klein, 2020

Babies (Netflix)

Travel andTourism

The Lonely Planet weeklynewsletter

Dark Tourist (Netflix) Hardwick Old Hall

Media Studies Mojo Magazine Cuffs (iPlayer) National Science and MediaMuseum, Bradford

Key dates in our Year 11 Curriculum

Here is a list of key dates, all of which are designed to keep you informed about ourcurriculum and about how your child is progressing at George Spencer Academy. Forother dates, such as term dates and INSET days, please see the school website or thestudent planner.

Thursday 9/9/21 Year 10 and 11 Information Evening

Week beginning1/11/21

Assessment point 1 information availableto parents

Thurs 7/10/21 Sixth Form Open Evening

Thurs 14/10/21 Sixth Form Taster Sessions

Week beginning1/11/21

Year 11 November PPEs (Pre-PublicExaminations)

Thurs 2/12/21 Year 11 Progress Evening

Week beginning13/12/21

Assessment point 2 information availableto parents

Friday 17/12/21 Deadline for Sixth Form Applications

Week beginning10/1/22

Sixth Form Progression Meetings

Week beginning28/2/22

Year 11 Feb/March PPEs (Pre-PublicExaminations)

Week beginning18/4/22

Assessment point 3 information availableto parents

Assessment point information is collated by teachers three times a year and sent hometo parents on paper; it is also available digitally through INSIGHT. It includes scores foreffort, behaviour, deadlines and preparation for learning (homework), as well as a targetgrade and a predicted grade in each subject. The predicted grade is the GCSE gradethat a teacher believes the student is most likely to achieve in that subject if theycontinue to make normal progress from this point up to the end of Year 11. Predictionsare based on teacher assessments, including pre-public examinations, in-class testsand homework pieces.

Our Year 11 History Curriculum

Exam board information- GCSE History follows theEdexcel course with units on Medicine in Britain, EarlyElizabethan England, the American West and Weimar/NaziGermany.

Resources for home study and revision- we recommendthe CGP revision guide series. There are extensiveresources on the History pages of the student hub,https://sites.google.com/george-spencer.notts.sch.uk/history/gcse

We aim to develop all students into historians who:● Have a coherent framework of knowledge about the history of the local area, of Britain and of the wider world;● Have the ability to deploy historical skills, including analysis, investigation, communication and evaluation of

interpretations;● Have a passion for learning about the past and understanding how this can help us make sense of our own identity

and place in the world.

Big Ideas in Year 11 HistoryIn Year 11 we focus on the mechanics and democracy and dictatorship and examine how it was possible for a man like AdolfHitler to completely dismantle the government of a country and why it was near impossible to prevent him. We also look atthe state of affairs within the world that led to this moment and the role each country had to play. Year 11 is aboutunderstanding how interconnected the world, and its history, truly are.

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Topics Nazi Germany:Consolidation ofPower

Nazi Germany:Life in Germany

Revision:MedicineThrough TIme

Revision:ElizabethanEngland

Revision:Weimar andNazi Germany

ExternalExaminations

Skills Source skills,InterpretationAnalysis,Significance

Source skills,InterpretationAnalysis,Significance

Causation,Significance,Source Skills

Causation,Significance,

Source skills,InterpretationAnalysis,Significance

All key skills forPapers 1-3.

Key questions How did Hitlerdismantle theGermandemocracy?

What was it liketo live in NaziGermany?

Which factor ledto the mostmedicalprogress?

Was ElizabethanEngland a‘Golden Age’?

Why did peoplevote to electHitler?

Assessment End of Unit Test(Weimar and NaziGermany, Paper 3)

Year 11November PPE(all papers)

Paper 1: Part A(Source skills)

Year 11 PPE (allpapers)

Weimar andNazi Germany(Paper 3: Part B)

ExternalExaminations

Cross- curricularlinks

History (Y9):Democracy toDictatorshipPolitics (Y12): UKand Democracy

History (Y12):The Purges inStalin’s Russia

Biology :,Infection andresponse,Psychology(PTSD)

English (Y9):ElizabethanEngland

History (Y9):Democracy toDictatorshipP

Any questions? Please contact Miss Coell-Pemberton, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Geography Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA GCSE Geography- Living with the Physical Environment (35%)- Challenges in the Human Environment (35%)- Geographical skills and issue evaluation (30%)

Resources for home study and revision- My RevisionNotes: AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography

We aim to develop all students into geographers who:● Have a detailed knowledge of places, human and physical processes and the relationships between them at local,

national and global scales;● Develop and apply the skills of geographical enquiry including fieldwork, numerical skills, data analysis, evaluation and

effective written and verbal communication;● Have an awareness and understanding of being a global citizen including environmental futures, diversity and

sustainability.

Big Ideas in Year 11 GeographyHow can we share resources like food, water and energy more fairly? What are the impacts of natural disasters and how willclimate change affect them? Why do countries develop at different rates and what are the impacts in those countries?Students will develop skills in critical thinking and analysis to create arguments for or against contemporary issues facing theworld today.

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Topics Challenge ofResourceManagement

Food resources

Challenge ofNatural Hazards

Types of hazard

Tectonic hazards;weather hazards;climate change

ChangingEconomic World

Global economictrends

Globaldevelopment;India’s economy

Economic changein the UK

Geographicalskills and issues

Geographicalenquiry

Usinggeographicalinformation

Pre-releasepreparation

Revision

Revision

Skills Numerical skillsCommand wordquestions

Statistical skillsCommand wordquestions

Fieldwork skillsCommand wordquestions

Using resourcesStatistical skillsCommand wordquestions

Revision Revision

Key questions How can food beproducedsustainably?

How do peoplerespond toearthquakes?

How do tropicalstorms form?

What is thepurpose offieldwork?

Assessment Challenge ofResourceManagement unitassessment

Year 11 PPE Challenge ofNatural Hazardsunit assessment

Year 11 PPE ChangingEconomic Worldunit assessment

Externalexams

Any questions? Please contact Miss McCool, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Philosophy Curriculum

Exam board information- The exam board for Philosophy andEthics at GCSE is the AQA A Religious Studies specification withpupils studying Christianity and Buddhism as the two main religionsin the course. The two terminal exams are each worth 50% of theoverall grade.

Resources for home study and revision- Therecommended revision guide is AQA GCSE ReligiousStudies A: Christianity and Buddhism Revision Guide byMarianne Fleming.

We aim to develop all students into philosophers who:● Develop knowledge of different belief systems and behaviours of people in the UK and worldwide while understanding

similarities and differences through the idea of diversity;● Build the skills of analysis, empathy and debate while being able to showcase our own philosophical and ethical views

in a respectful manner;● Develop a passion and awareness of the big and small issues of life in a personal and global perspective, so we can

be informed to make wise and ethical choices as a global citizen on a daily basis.

Big Ideas in Year 11 PhilosophyWhere do you stand on some of the most pressing ethical dilemmas of our time? What are the moral arguments for andagainst war, euthanasia, criminal punishment and abortion? Year 11 Philosophy takes pupils on a journey through 4 keyethical themes (see table below), preparing them for a variety of different viewpoints on these matters with a focus on thecontrasting beliefs of Buddhism and Christianity.

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Topics Relationships &Families

Religion & Life(includingMedical Ethics)

Religion, Peace& Conflict

Religion, Crime& Punishment

Revision Exams

Skills ComparingEvaluatingForming opinions

ComparingEvaluatingFormingopinions

ComparingEvaluatingFormingopinions

ComparingEvaluatingFormingopinions

RevisionstrategiesExam technique

RevisionstrategiesExam technique

Key questions How do Buddhistand Christianbeliefs aboutfamilies andsexuality compare?

How do Buddhistand Christianbeliefs abouteuthanasiacompare?

How do Buddhistand Christianbeliefs about warand peacecompare?

How do Buddhistand Christianbeliefs aboutcrime compare?

Assessment Theme A - 24 markin-classassessment

PPE - Paper 1 Theme B - Part5 12 markevaluation essay

PPE - Paper 2 Theme E - 24mark in-classassessment

Externalexaminations

Cross- curricularlinks

Link to PersonalDevelopment years7-11 Spring Term -Contraception,relationships,gender equality

Link to Historyyear 10 AutumnHT2 - World War1

Any questions? Please contact Mr Green, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Psychology Curriculum

Exam board information- OCR GCSE Psychology● Studies and applications in psychology 1 50% of the exam

(criminal psychology, development, psychologicalproblems, research methods)

● Studies and applications in psychology 2 50% of the exam(social influence, memory, sleep and dreaming, researchmethods)

Resources for home study and revision- All of the lessonresources can be found on the school google site -https://sites.google.com/george-spencer.notts.sch.uk/gcsepsychology/homeThe revision guide My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE Psychology byMark Billingham is also recommended.

We aim to develop all students into psychologists who can:● Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of psychological concepts, theories, research studies, research methods

and ethical issues in the range of required modules and be able to apply this to a range of contexts.● Build skills in the analysis and evaluation of psychological concepts, theories, research studies and research methods.● Appreciate the range of influences on human behaviour, and how an interactionist approach is needed to provide full

explanations.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Psychology - Why do we follow rules? Are you obedient or a rule breaker? How do ourmemories form and what makes us dream? These are just some of the big questions that are answered in year 11Psychology as the course builds on the psychological theories learnt in the first year.

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Topics Social influenceMemory

Memory Sleep anddreaming

Researchmethods

Revision GCSEexaminations

Skills Describe, applyand evaluatetheories andstudies.

Describe,apply andevaluatetheories andstudies.

Describe,apply andevaluatetheories andstudies.

Planning,doing &analysingresearch

Revision skillsand examtechniques

Key questions How is ourbehaviouraffected by thepresence ofother people?

Why and howare memoriesreconstructed?

What is thepurpose ofsleep and whydo we dream?

What methodsdopsychologistsuse when theyconductresearch?

What doeseffectiverevision looklike?

Assessment Social influenceend of topic test

Y11 Nov PPE Sleep anddreaming endof topic test

Y11 MarchPPE

GCSEexaminations

Cross- curricularlinks

GCSE PE-Mentalrehearsal

GCSEGEOGRAPHYTypes of data

Any questions? Please contact - [email protected]

Our Year 11 English Language Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA Resources for home study and revision - The studenthub (video help for all questions). Collins study guidesavailable through sQUID.

We aim to develop students of English who:● Are challenged and engaged by a curriculum that enthuses students and staff, while fostering a love of language and

literature;● Build a life-long competence in reading and communicating with skill and clarity, as well as an appreciation of how we

can manipulate and are influenced by language in the wider world, through knowledge of writers’ methods;● Gain knowledge of a wide range of literature that teaches them something about the world they live in and supports

both their academic achievement and their personal wellbeing. Students will also gain knowledge of the timelessnature of literary themes.

Big Ideas in Year 11 EnglishTelling stories and the art of persuasion.Students will develop mastery in writing with skill, clarity, imaginative literarytechniques and rhetorical flourishes. They will consolidate their appreciation of how writers influence our thinking to developinsightful reading skills. Implicit meanings will be drawn out as we heighten students’ awareness of how we can manipulateand be influenced by language in the wider world.

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Topics Language: Paper 1:Explorations in creativereading and writing(fiction)

PPE feedback -consolidating Paper 1skills in Language

Language:Paper 2 revision

Language: Paper 2revision

Language: Paper 1and Paper 2 revision.

Final exams

Skills Developing creativewriting: descriptionand narrative.Reading: inference,analysis of languageand structure

Developing creativewriting: descriptionand narrative.Reading: inference,analysis of languageand structure

Languageanalysis,comparingviewpoints andperspectives

Revision and practiceof non-fiction writingand reading skills.

Revision of questionapproaches

Key questions How can you constructsentences to make yourwriting more interesting?

What do you need todo for each question onPaper 1?

What do youneed to do foreach questionon Paper 2?

What persuasivetechniques dopoliticians use in theirspeeches?

What sophisticatedwords can you use inyour writing?

Assessment Paper 1 Section A questions1, 2 and 3

Paper 1 PPEPaper 1 Section A: PPEfeedback

Paper 2 Section AWalking TalkingMock Paper 1Section A

Paper 2 PPEWalking Talking MockPaper 2 Section A

Cross- curricularlinks

Technology: Analysis andevaluation mini NEASpring 1

Media: Paper 1 TVCrime Drama, Term 1

Any questions? Please contact [email protected]

Our Year 11 English Literature Curriculum

Exam board information - AQA Resources for home study and revision - GSA StudentHub; BBC GCSE English Literature Bitesize; Collins StudyGuides (available through sQUID)

We aim to develop students of English who:● Are challenged and engaged by a curriculum that enthuses students and staff, while fostering a love of language and

literature;● Build a life-long competence in reading and communicating with skill and clarity, as well as an appreciation of how we

can manipulate and are influenced by language in the wider world, through knowledge of writers’ methods;● Gain knowledge of a wide range of literature that teaches them something about the world they live in and supports

both their academic achievement and their personal wellbeing. Students will also gain knowledge of the timelessnature of literary themes.

Big Ideas in Year 11 EnglishPoverty and social injustice, turbulent times in history, powerful out-pourings of emotion. In Year 11, students have theopportunity to explore and critique well-known texts within the contexts of literary and historical studies. During the final yearof their GCSE programme, students will critically engage with a broad selection of texts in order to develop theirunderstanding of the complex relationship between life and writing. “Do we have a shared responsibility for one another?”,asks An Inspector Calls. “Is love the most powerful force in the universe?”, asks Romeo and Juliet. “Do relationships surpassthe value of money and power?”, asks A Christmas Carol. In English, emboldened by their study of texts and perspectives,students become equipped with the analytical and emotional tools they’ll need to succeed in and understand anever-changing world built on the beliefs, ideas, and experiences of others.

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Topics Romeo and juliet Revision: L&RAnthology

Revision:Shakespeare

Revision: AChristmas Carol

Revision:Literature Paper 1and 2 (all texts)

Examinations

Skills Dramatic techniquesand essay writing

Analysis andessay writing

Analysis andessay writing

Analysis andessay writing

Analysis andessay writing

Key questions Do communities andindividuals hold anyresponsibility to care forothers?

Are familyrelationships,friendships, orromanticrelationshipsstronger? Why?

Do you think thatyour life ispredetermined(planned out) byfate at birth?Why?

In order to bethe bestexample ofhumanity, whomust you be?Why?

What type ofrelationships arepresented asstrongest in thetexts you’vestudied? Why?

Assessment An Inspector Calls fulltext

PPE: Paper 2 Shakespeareextract and fulltext

PPE: Paper1 Walking Talking:Unseen Poetry

Cross- curricularlinks

Drama: Analysis ofdramatic effectsHistory: Welfare State

Any questions? Please contact [email protected]

Our Year 11 Media Studies Curriculum

Exam board information- OCR Resources for home study and revision-Student hub > Subjects > English & Media > Media StudiesHub Website

We aim to develop students of Media who:● Widen their intellectual horizons through the study of global, national, historical and contemporary media

texts.● Develop independent, reflective, analytical, evaluative and practical skills in the study and creation of

media texts.● Enjoy a lifelong love of media texts and benefit from an enquiring mind when experiencing these texts.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Media StudiesMedia Studies helps students develop a wider understanding and appreciation of the media, both historical andcontemporary, and their role in society, culture and politics. Students develop their understanding of the news, both in printand online. They go on to study how radio, magazines and music videos attract audiences and function within the mediaindustry which is vital to the UK economy.

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Topics Music News Revision

Skills Textual analysisof print, musicvideos andradio.Understandingof industry andaudience issues

Textual analysis of print andonline. Understanding ofcontexts, representations,audience, industry and historicaldevelopments

Knowledge and understanding of all topicsExam technique and practice

Key questions How does themusic industryattract differentaudiences?

How donewspapersappeal toaudiences?

How has newsin printchanged sincethe 60s?

How can Iremember allthe key factsand figures?

How can I writeformally andanalytically?

Assessment Magazineanalysis

PPE Music Paper 2 -News

PPE Paper 2 Paper 1 GCSE exam

Cross- curricularlinks

Music Year 11Term 2 Music forstage & Screen

English Year 11 Term 2;Language Paper 2 Revision

Any questions? Please contact [email protected]

Our Year 11 Mathematics Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA GCSE Mathematics Spec8300. Three exam papers. one non calculator, twocalculator. Each exam is 1hr and 30 minutes long and isworth 80 marks.

Resources for home study and revision- Online revisionising hegartymaths. CGP revision guides available topurchase via SQUID.

We aim to develop all students into mathematicians who:● Have a coherent framework of knowledge about the mathematical areas of Number, Algebra, Geometry and Measure,

Probability and Statistics, Ratio and Proportion;● Become fluent in the language of mathematics, have the ability to reason mathematically and have confidence in

solving increasingly complex problems by applying a combination of mathematical skills to routine and non-routineproblems with increasing sophistication;

● Understand the practical applications of mathematics, relish the challenge that studying mathematics provides andbelieve that by working hard at mathematics they can succeed.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Mathematics:Our year 11 curriculum allows pupils to consolidate their fundamental knowledge of mathematics alongside opportunities toaccess more advanced topics including trigonometry, pre-calculus and circle theorems. The intention is to develop pupils intoconfident mathematicians who are able to apply the skills they have learnt to both their GCSE and wider life.

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Topics Transformations,. similarity andcongruence; Plans and elevations;Scale drawing and bearings

Trig recap and extension Pre calculus area underthe curve; Gradients andRates of Change; CircleTheorems

Vectors Targeted GCSE revisionusing the QLA documentsfollowing the PPEs.

Targeted GCSErevision using theQLA documentsfollowing the PPEs.

Skills Describe and perform translationenlargement reflection rotation;Construct and interpret for 3Dshapes; Measure line angles ingeometric figures

Understand and apply sincos and tan. Sine and cosinerule for higher students.

interpret distance-timegraphs, velocity-timegraphs and graphs infinancial contexts

Addition, subtractionand multiplication ofvectors. Using vectornotation

Consolidating knowledge. Consolidatingknowledge.

Keyquestions

Which transformations yield shapeswhich are similar; whichtransformations yield shapes whichare congruent?

How do you find the length ofa triangle* when the onlyinformation given is the sizeof the three interior angles?

What does the gradientof a distance-time graphrepresent? How doesthis change when thegraph is not linear?

How can wecalculate themagnitude of avector?

Assessment

Targeted assessments based onareas identified as weak points fromthe previous PPE.

PPE assessments Targeted assessmentsbased on areas identifiedas weak points from theprevious PPE.

PPE Assessments GCSE Assessments GCSE Assessments

Cross-curricular links

DT: Y11 Design project. Physics: Y10 Forces andBalance HT5 (SOHCAHTOA)

Science: Rates ofReaction HT4 Gradientsof Graphs.

Physics Y9 HT4Vectors ResultantForces

NA NA

Any questions? Please contact: Charlotte Kirkby Head of KS4 at [email protected]

Our Year 11 Combined Science Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA Combined Science Resources for home study and revision- CGP revisionguide available from Squid.

We aim to develop all students into scientists who:● Have opportunities to indulge their natural curiosity for science, leading to a lifelong passion● Are scientifically confident and skilled learners with potential for embarking upon STEM-based careers● Have a broad and deep knowledge of the sciences through immersion in our five-year spiral curriculum

Big Ideas in Year 11 Combined Science will build on the foundations of life’s most fundamental questions, ourorigins as species, why we look the way we do and how we are using the Earth’s resources to evolve in ourdevelopment as human beings. The study of the Earth, it’s vast resources and alternatives to finite ones areexplored over the year filled with rich learning experiences.

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Topics Reproduction, Variationand Evolution,Organising andEcosystem, Forces inBalance, Motion,Forces and Motion

Genetics andEvolution, WaveProperties, TheEarth's Atmosphere,The Earth'sResources

ElectromagneticSpectrum,Magnetism andElectromagnetism,Crude Oils andFuels

Revision Revision

Skills Graph Skills Comparing andcontrastingScientific data

Practical Skills

Key questions How has our worldevolved over time?

How are ourgeneticsdetermined?

What are theuses of differentwaves?

Assessment Assessed homeworkcovering The CarbonCycle

GCSE PPECombinedScience Paper 1

Homeworkcovering theElectromagneticSpectrum

GCSE PPECombinedSciencePaper 2

GCSE CombinedScience Paper 1and Paper 2

Cross-curricularlinks

Y10 Geography -Ecosystems

Y11 Geography:Challenges ofNatural Hazards

Y11 Geography-Resources

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Torrance: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Separate Science: Biology Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA Biology Resources for home study and revision- CGP biologyrevision guide available from Squid.

We aim to develop all students into scientists who:● Have opportunities to indulge their natural curiosity for science, leading to a lifelong passion● Are scientifically confident and skilled learners with potential for embarking upon STEM-based careers● Have a broad and deep knowledge of the sciences through immersion in our five-year spiral curriculum

Big Ideas in Year 11 BiologyThe year 11 biology course will involve you in some of life’s big questions: Why do I look like my parents, and how do genesaffect our health? How could biotechnology solve world hunger? How can we help to conserve the diverse collection ofspecies on our planet? What is the theory of evolution by natural selection, and what is the evidence for it?

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Topics Adaptations,interdependenceand competition.Organising anecosystem.Biodiversity andecosystems

Reproduction Variation andevolutionGenetics andevolution

Genetics andevolutionRevisionExam Skills

RevisionExam skills

Skills Sampling fordistribution andabundance

Completinggeneticcrosses

Comparingandcontrastingbiotechnology

Applyingnaturalselection

Examtechnique

Key questions How can humanefforts protect ourplanet’sbiodiversity?

How domutationscause geneticdiseases?

Are the moralobjections togeneticengineeringand cloningvalid?

What evidenceis there for thetheory ofevolution bynaturalselection?

Do you knowwhat differentcommandwords areasking you todo?

Assessment Sampling requiredpractical write-up

PPE paper 1 PPE paper 2 Assessedexam questions

GCSE exams

Cross-curricularlinks

Geography -ecosystems year10

Philosophyyear 11 -Origins ofhuman life

English - year10 & 11 -Malthus andDarwin.

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Torrance: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Separate Science: Chemistry Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA Chemistry (8462) Resources for home study and revision-CGP Chemistry revision guide

We aim to develop all students into scientists who:● Have opportunities to indulge their natural curiosity for science, leading to a lifelong passion● Are scientifically confident and skilled learners with potential for embarking upon STEM-based careers● Have a broad and deep knowledge of the sciences through immersion in our five-year spiral curriculum

Big Ideas in Year 11 Chemistry What is crude oil and why is it so vital for our everyday lives? What products can be madefrom crude oil? How do we test chemicals to find what they are made from? Where did our atmosphere come from and has italways been the same as it is now? How do we prepare water for drinking, and treat the waste water we produce? How is anartificial fertiliser made and what would the world be like without them?

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Topics ChemicalAnalysis, CrudeOil and Fuels,OrganicReactions

Polymers, TheEarth’sResources,UsingResources

UsingResources,Paper 2ChemistryRevision

Paper 2ChemistryRevision

Paper 1 andPaper 2ChemistryRevision

Skills Practicallyexaminingunknownchemicals

Desalination ofsea water

Accuratelymeasuringchemicals tomake fertiliser

Retrieval ofknowledge

Application ofknowledge toexam stylequestions

Key questions Where is crudeoil found andhow is itprocessed?

Why dodifferentplastics havedifferentproperties?

Whatresources dowe extractfrom the Earthand how dowe use them?

Assessment Homework:Alcohols,Carboxylic Acidsand Esters

PPE ChemistryPaper 1

Homework:DynamicEquilibriumand MakingAmmonia

PPEChemistryPaper 2

GCSEChemistryPaper 1

GCSEChemistryPaper 2

Cross-curricularlinks

Y11 Geography-Resources

Y9 Geography-Water

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Torrance: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Separate Science: Physics Curriculum

Exam board information- AQA Physics (8463) Resources for home study and revision- CGP PhysicsRevision Guide (available on Squid)

We aim to develop all students into scientists who:● Have opportunities to indulge their natural curiosity for science, leading to a lifelong passion● Are scientifically confident and skilled learners with potential for embarking upon STEM-based careers● Have a broad and deep knowledge of the sciences through immersion in our five-year spiral curriculum

Big Ideas in Year 11 PhysicsThe Year 11 Physics course will allow you to explore the very small to the very largest parts of our Universe. Some keyquestions you might answer are: Why can’t you make a good cup of tea at the top of a mountain? What will happen to birdmigration when the Earth’s magnetic field switches polarity? Which organism has the best eyesight? How might our Universeend?

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Topics Force andMotion, Forceand Pressure

WavePropertiesElectromagnetic Waves

LightElectromagnetism

Space Revision Revision

Skills Arithmetic andnumericalcomputation

Creating andinterpretinggraphs

Developmentof scientificthinking

Using data todrawconclusions

Key questions How do crumplezones andairbags protectyou in a crash?

How can youcalculate thespeed of lightin amicrowave?

Explain how amicrophoneworks

What willhappen to ourSun when itruns out offuel?

Assessment HT1 Forcesassessment

PPE Paper 1 HT3 Wavesassessment

PPE Paper 2 Examinations Examinations

Cross-curricularlinks

Y9 HT3 MathsLinear graphs

Y10 HT2Mathsconstructing,reading graphs

Y10 HT 2Solving andrearrangingequations

Y9 HT3 MathsLinear graphs

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Torrance: [email protected]

Our Year 11 French Curriculum

Exam board information -AQA GCSE FrenchSpecification 8658

Resources for home study and revision -MFL Student Hub - GCSE FrenchKerboodle GCSE FrenchCGP revision guide, workbook and vocabulary book (Squid)senecalearning.comquizlet.com

To develop all students into linguists who:● Build upon their previous linguistic experience, developing the necessary linguistic skills to be able to communicate

effectively in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.● Benefit from opportunities to use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns and develop and

use a wide ranging and deepening vocabulary.● Enjoy an opening to other cultures, fostering their curiosity and deepening their understanding of the world.

Big Ideas in Year 11 French: What are the main environmental issues in the world today? Are you an eco-warrior? Arehomlessness and poverty problems where you live? Do you do any voluntary work? Are charities important? These are ourbig questions for Year 11 students. We aim to expand students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge, build confidence andprepare effectively for the GCSE examinations in all skill areas.

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Topics Global issues:The environment

PPEexaminations

Social issues:CharitiesHomelessnessPoverty

PPEexaminationsSpeakingpreparation

Revision andexaminations

Skills Successfulexaminationrevision

Successfulrevisionstrategies

Examinationtechnique

Successfulrevision strategies

Key questions Can I understandtexts about theenvironment andtalk/write aboutenvironmentalissues?

Do I understandthe examinationrequirements?

Can talk/writeabout charities,voluntary work,homelessnessand poverty?

Have I adjustedmy revision andexaminationtechniquefollowing earlierPPE results?

Have I created arevision plan? AmI fully prepared forthe finalexaminations?

Assessment 1. Writing2. Listening

PPE – listening,speaking,reading, writing

1. Speaking2. Reading

PPE – listening,speaking, readingand writing

GCSE – listening,speaking, readingand writing

Any questions? Please contact: Miss Khirodhur - [email protected]

Our Year 11 Spanish Curriculum

Exam board information-AQA GCSE SpanishSpecification 8698

Resources for home study and revision-MFL Student Hub - GCSE SpanishKerboodle GCSE SpanishCGP revision guide, workbook and vocabulary book (Squid)senecalearning.comquizlet.com

To develop all students into linguists who:● Build upon their previous linguistic experience, developing the necessary linguistic skills to be able to communicate effectively in

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.● Benefit from opportunities to use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns and develop and use a wide

ranging and deepening vocabulary.● Enjoy an opening to other cultures, fostering their curiosity and deepening their understanding of the world.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Spanish: What are the main environmental issues in the world today? Are you an eco-warrior? Are homlessness andpoverty problems where you live? Do you do any voluntary work? Are charities important? These are our big questions for Year 11students. We aim to expand students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge, build confidence and prepare effectively for the GCSE examinationsin all skill areas.

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Topics Global issues:The environment

PPEexaminations

Social issues:CharitiesVoluntary workHomelessnessPoverty

PPEexaminationsSpeakingexaminationpreparation

Revision andexaminations

Skills Successfulexaminationrevision

Successfulrevisionstrategies

Examinationtechnique

Successfulrevisionstrategies

Successfulexaminationrevision

Key questions Can I understandtexts about theenvironment andtalk/write aboutenvironmentalissues?

Do I understandthe examinationrequirements?Do I know whatand how torevise?

Can Iunderstand textsabout socialissues andtalk/write aboutcharities,voluntary work,homelessnessand poverty?

Have I adjustedmy revision andexaminationtechniquefollowing earlierPPE results?Can I answerquestions on allthe GCSEtopics?

Have I created arevision plan?Am I fullyprepared for thefinalexaminations?

Assessment 1. Writing2. Listening

PPE – listening,speaking,reading andwriting

1. Speaking2. Reading

PPE – listening,speaking,reading andwriting

GCSE – listening,speaking, readingand writing

Any questions? Please contact: Miss Webb - [email protected]

Our Year 11 Design and Technology CurriculumExam board information-Design and Technology AQA 8552

Resources for home study and revision-Google Classroom/GCSEpod

We aim to develop students of Design and Technology who:● Have a coherent framework of knowledge about past and present design, understanding it’s impact on daily life and

the world around them.● Develop the skills needed to design and make prototypes that solve real and relevant contexts.● Benefit from the opportunity to develop creative, technical and practical expertise.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Design and Technology“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci.Can you avoid design fixation? Can you meet the demands of your client and design and manufacture a fullyfunctioning prototype that meets their budget? Can you organise your time to meet the environmental, ergonomic andaesthetic demands required to manufacture a successful sustainable prototype? Of course you can.

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Topics NEA (non-examination assessment, or coursework) worth 50% of GCSE andtheory knowledge

N/A. N/A.

Skills • Identifying and investigating design possibilities.• Producing a design brief and specification.• Generating design ideas.• Developing design ideas.• Realising design ideas.• Analysing & evaluating.Theory: Core, Specialist and Design and Make.

Keyquestions

What isinnovativedesign?

What is gooddesigndevelopment?

What makes asuccessfulmodel/prototype?

Why do weevaluateproducts?

How do I answer long examinationquestions successfully?

Assessment NEAGoogle QuizSpecialistjustificationassessment

NEAGoogle QuizYear 11 PPE

NEAGoogle Quiz

NEAGoogle QuizYear 11 PPE

Design and makejustificationassessment

Externalexamination

Cross-curricularlinks

Cross-curricular:Art: Drawing techniques, developing ideas, artist / designer research.

Any questions? Please contact Sarah Juniper, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Food Preparation and Nutrition CurriculumExam board information - AQA GCSE Food Preparationand Nutrition - 8585

Resources for home study and revision - GoogleClassroom/Textbook/GCSE pod/BBC Bitesize/Seneca

We aim to develop students of Food Preparation and Nutrition who:● Gain knowledge and understanding of the importance of healthy eating and the principles of nutrition.● Build the skills to cook a wide range of predominantly savoury dishes.● Benefit from the opportunity to explore flavours and textures whilst using a variety of techniques and processes.

Big Ideas in Year 11 FPN: Can you research into a set task? Can you demonstrate high level technical skills? Can you planfor a final menu of two dishes? Can you organise your time and resources to make your final dishes? Having made thedishes, can you analyse and evaluate them in detail? If so, you are well on the way to achieving success in this qualificationand equipping yourself with the necessary life skills for a healthy future.

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Topics NEA 2 - SectionsA/B: investigation

anddemonstratingtechnical skill

NEA 2 - SectionsA/B/C: Planning,practical examand evaluation:

NEA 2 - SectionsC-E: Planning,practical examand evaluation

Nutrition, Diet,Science, Safety,

Choice,Provenance

Nutrition, Diet,Science, Safety,

Choice,Provenance

Skills Researching.Investigating.Evaluating.

Research.Trialling dishes.

Dishdevelopment.

Planning.Evaluating.

Covering the AQAcriteria.

Exam revision50%

Exam revision50%

Keyquestions

Are the dishes asuitable choice for

the task?

Is there a widerange of skills,

processes,techniques and

cookingmethods?

How will thedishes be

presented?

Which topics do Ineed to focus on

for the PPE?

Based upon thePPE, which topicsdo I need to focuson for the Exam?

Assessment Due to examchanges in 2021-22

NEA1 will not bepart of the

assessment. NEA2will be releasedearly, so will bestarted in theAutumn term.

NEA 2 controlledassignment worth

50%2 dishes to becompleted in 3

hoursYear 11 PPE

NEA 2 controlledassignment worth50% including 3hour practical

exam

Year 11 PPE Externalexaminationworth 50%

Cross-curricular

ICT: ICT in Today’s World - Emerging Technologies.Creative I Media: Design skills, Brief Analysis, Time Planning.

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Baylis: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Hospitality and Catering Curriculum

Exam board information - Level 1/2 Hospitality andCatering.Qual Code: 5569QA/ Qualification Number: 601/7703/2.

Resources for home study and revision - GoogleClassroom/Textbooks

We aim to develop students of Hospitality and Catering who:● Have a coherent framework of knowledge, understanding and skills relating to the hospitality and catering

sector.● Develop the essential employability skills that are valued by employers, further and higher education.● Benefit from the opportunity to develop the fundamental ability to work alongside other professionals, in a

professional environment.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Hospitality and Catering: Can you develop a range of specialist and general skills that would supportprogression into employment? All businesses that provide food, beverages, and/or accommodation services includingrestaurants, hotels, pubs and bars, airlines, tourist attractions, hospitals and sports venues; businesses where hospitalityand catering is not their primary service but is increasingly important to their success could be looking for you….

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Topics The importance ofmenu planning

To able to cookdishes - assure

qualities ofcommodities

UNIT 2 - internalassessment worth

60%

Revising for retakesof UNIT 1

Skills Suitable dishes forMOCK UNIT 2 Brief

Cook various dishes Suitable dishes tomeet the brief.

Exam

Keyquestions

Do people preferchoice or a limitedmenu of a higher

quality?

How do youmaintain quality

when preparing foodin bulk?

How do you staycalm when under

pressure?

Do I know where tofocus my revision?

Assessment

Mock UNIT 2assessment

Practical assessment 9 hour internalassessment

including a 3 hourpractical exam

UNIT 1 re-sit exam -external

examination

Cross-curricularlinks

Food Preparation and Nutrition - Food choice. Food Provenance.Travel and tourism: Unit 3: The Travel and Tourism Customer Experience

Any questions? Please contact Miss S Bayliss: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Construction Curriculum

Exam board information-WJEC/EDUQAS LEVEL 1 / 2 AWARD in CONSTRUCTING THEBUILT ENVIRONMENT Specification 603/3068/5.Unit 2 / Unit 3

Resources for home study and revision-Google Classroom / Construction in the Built in Environmenttextbook

We aim to develop students of Construction who:● Develop a knowledge and understanding of health and safety to enable students to work safely and

securely in a construction environment.● Develop a range of construction and renovation skills which can be used during the construction

processes.● Develop the skills, knowledge and awareness of construction jobs to be able plan,organise and cost

construction projects in a professional environment.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Construction. Building upon the successes in Year 10, Students will continue to hone theirpractical skills interleaved with the theoretical knowledge that allow them to plan, design, create and evaluate theirown more complex projects ensuring all are delivered in accordance with a comprehensive brief and tospecification.

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Topics Timber recap &assessment basedon 1 skill fromSunny Cove Brief

Plumbing recap &assessment basedon 1 skill fromSunny Cove Brief

Job roles involved inrealising constructionand builtenvironment projects

Assess potentialeffect of factors onproject success

Skills Be able to useconstructionprocesses incompletion ofconstruction tasks

Be able to useconstructionprocesses incompletion ofconstruction tasks

Be able to calculateand organise thenecessary resourcesfor construction.

Be able to plan builtenvironmentdevelopment projects

Key questions Can I apply priorknowledge to adaptto a given scenario?

Can I apply priorknowledge to adaptto a givenscenario?

Can I show builtenvironmentdevelopmentprojects arerealised?

Can I plan builtenvironmentdevelopmentprojects?

Assessment P4L assessment.Half termassessment (PastPapers)

P4L assessment.Half termassessment

P4L assessment.Half termassessment

P4L assessment. Halfterm assessment

Cross-curricular links

Design andTechnology / Maths

Design andTechnology / Maths

Design andTechnology / Maths

Design andTechnology / Maths

Any questions? Please contact: Mrs Juniper [email protected]

Our Year 11 Art Curriculum

Exam board information-AQA - Fine ArtComponent 1 - Portfolio - 60%Component 2 - Externally set assignment - 40%

Resources for home study and revision-AQA specificationhttps://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201-8206/specification-at-a-glance

Subject/class specific Google classroom.

We aim to develop all students into artists who:

● Develop a practical skill base and enhance their use of digital media, literacy and numeracy within the Arts.● Learn how to develop personal and highly creative ideas whilst displaying an understanding and connection to the

work of others (artists and cultures).● Unlock creative potential within determined, resourceful and respectful attitudes.

Big Ideas in Year 11 ArtWhat makes a project personal? How can I cover all 4 assessment objectives? In year 11 art students have the opportunityto create a personalised project in response to a chosen theme. This year is all about students showing off what they havelearnt and how they can apply their knowledge independently. Not only do students choose their own theme for theExternally Set Task, they can also choose the media and techniques that have been most successful for them so far.

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Topics Food Part C Exam project

Skills Developing personal ideasDeveloping & refining media skillsCompositionPlanning skills

Themes set by exam boardStudents show reference to contextual sources, development ofideas, thoughtful selection of media, processes and techniques.Presenting a final personal outcome.

Key questions What is contextual research?

How can we show contextualinfluences in our work?

What makes a response personal?

Are there visible links from the beginning to the end of the project?

Assessment Planning piece Completedproject

Contextualresearch

Mediaoutcome andown photos

Planning piece

Cross- curricularlinks

Design & TechnologyY10 half-term 1Design Ventura Project

Any questions? Please contact Mr Solly [email protected]

Our Year 11 Photography Curriculum

Exam board information-AQA - Fine ArtComponent 1 - Portfolio - 60%Component 2 - Externally set assignment - 40%

Resources for home study and revision-AQA specificationhttps://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201-8206/specification-at-a-glance

Subject/class specific Google classroom.

We aim to develop all students into photographers who:

● Develop a practical skill base and enhance their use of digital media, literacy and numeracy within the Arts.● Learn how to develop personal and highly creative ideas whilst displaying an understanding and connection to the

work of others (artists and cultures).● Unlock creative potential within determined, resourceful and respectful attitudes.

Big Ideas in Year 11 PhotographyHow can I use editing software to alter my work? How does the meaning of my work change through the editing process?What makes a project personal? How can I cover all 4 assessment objectives? In year 11 Photography students have theopportunity to create a personalised project in response to a chosen theme. This year is all about students showing off whatthey have learnt and how they can apply their knowledge independently. Not only do students choose their own theme forthe Externally Set Task, they can also select the processes and techniques that have been most successful for them so far.

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Topics Advertising, Consumerism and theDigital World Part B

Exam project

Skills Using artist inspiration toexperiment with digital and cameraskills E.g. Puppet warp, brushpresets, liquify, filters, gels.Development of personalresponses.

Theme set by exam board.Students show reference to contextual sources, development ofideas, thoughtful selection of media, processes and techniques.Finally presenting a final personal outcome.Experimental editing skills.Development of personal responses.

Key questions How can we show contextualinfluences in our work?

What makes a response personal?

Assessment Combinedresponses

Personalresponse

Contextualresearch

Mediaoutcome

Planning piece

Cross- curricularlinks

Design & TechnologyY10 half-tem 1Generating design ideasDeveloping design ideas

HistoryY10 half-term 5Medicine through time (sourceskills)

Any questions? Please contact Mr Solly [email protected]

Our Year 11 Drama CurriculumExam board information- Edquas DramaComponent 1 - Devising TheatreComponent 2 - Performing from a textComponent 3 - Interpreting Theatre

Resources for home study and revision-Eduqas specification -https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/drama-gcse/#tab_overviewSubject/class specific Google classroom.

We aim to develop students of Drama who:● Develop knowledge of a wide range of dramatic conventions, genre, styles and practitioners using practical and

theoretical approaches.● Develop skills as a performer, director and designer, making strides with personal life-skills including communication,

presentation, self confidence, motivation, group work techniques, empathy and an understanding of the processes ofanalytical evaluation.

● Create opportunities to become lifelong learners, participants in Drama and Theatre and access to live theatre,developing confidence in one's own opinions and ideas while identifying their place as a global citizen.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Drama“Action is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion”. In Year 11 you continue to develop yourperformance/design skills within the performance modules. You return to set text preparation ensuring you cancommunicate the characterisation and production ideas of your own version of our murder cover up text!

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Topics Component One ‘Devising Theatre’ -NEA Performanceworth 40% of GCSE.

Component Two -Performance 20% ofGCSE.

Component Three ‘Interpreting Theatre’ Revision

Skills Students explore the practitionertheory, respond to a stimulus anddevise their own performance usingthe theory of the chosen practitioner.

Line Learning &rehearsal techniquesor Design concepts.

Students study set text DNA by Dennis Kelly. Explorescripted characters, plots, themes and settings of the playas designers, actors and directors. Students explore howto answer exam style questions.

Key questions How can we create a piece of Dramausing a stimulus as a starting point?

How can we makeour charactersbelievable?

How can we explore a text from three differentperspectives?How can we explore a text from three differentperspectives?

Assessment Focus on one theatre practitioner,stimulus based devised performance.Written rehearsal portfolio andevaluation report

Naturalistic characterdriven scriptedperformance.

In classexam styleessayquestions.

Pre PublicExamination -full writtenpaper

In class exam styleessay questions.

Cross- curricularlinks

Music YR 11 HT 1 ,Unit 1 Performing

English Yr 10 HT 6,Analysing dramatic effects

Any questions? Please contact Miss Skitt, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Music Curriculum

Exam board information- EDEXCEL GCSE Music60% NEA - Unit 1 Performing (AO1)Unit 2 Composing (AO2)40% Listening Exam (AO£ & 4):

Resources for home study and revision-Edexcel GCSE music Revision Guide: Paul TerryBBC Bitesize: Edexcel PagesGoogle Classroom: Subject-specific resources

We aim to develop all students into musicians who:● Perform, listen to and evaluate music across a range of musical periods and genres, historical periods, styles and traditions, including

the works of the Great Composers and musicians throughout time. Students will develop confidence as performers through a rangeof performance opportunities.

● Use their voices as a tool for both composition and performance in solo and group contexts. Singing will be encouraged as part of thecomposition process and they will have opportunities to learn a variety of musical instruments in and out of the classroom.

● Understand ‘how’ music is created through the Elements of Music. They will listen to, discuss and analyse music from a breadth ofgenres, styles and cultures - understanding ‘how’ music fits into context.

Big Ideas in Year 11 MusicWhere do I see music taking me in the future? Will I continue to perform using my instrument? Will I continue to develop andarrange original, musical ideas? Will I still listen to music with an analytical ear?These are all questions to consider as a Year 11 practicing musician, who may use these creative skills in a variety of rolesin the future. We will encourage students to see beyond the role of music in the classroom and to appreciate the wealth ofskills a creative subject brings. Performing, Composing & Appraising Music are all assessed formally in Year 11

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Topics NEA/COURSEWORK 1: SoloPerformanceComposition to aBrief ‘Planning

NEA/COURSEWORK 2Compositionto a Brief -Final write-up

NEA/COURSEWORK 3EnsemblePerformanceCompositionPlanning

NEA/COURSEWORK 4Free ChoiceCompositionFinal Write-up

EXAMINATION(40%)

Skills Listening &AppraisingPerformance

Listening &AppraisingComposition

Listening &AppraisingPerformance

Listening &AppraisingComposition

Key questions What makes asuccessfulPerformance?

What makes asuccessfulComposition?

Have I writtena coherentplan?

Is my scorepresentedclearly?

Have I revisedall Set worksthoroughly?

Assessment AO1, AO2Teacher

Assessed

AO2Teacher

Assessed

AO1Teacher

Assessed

AO2Teacher

Assessed

AO3, AO4External

Examination

Cross- curricularlinks

Drama Y11Term 3: TextPerformance

Drama Y11Term 3: TextPerformance

Any questions? Please contact Mrs Brown, [email protected]

Our Year 11 Core PE Curriculum

We aim to develop students who:● Use Physical Education to enhance knowledge and skills in a range of sports and activities so that students may be able to

expertly and competently demonstrate and apply new techniques and a greater understanding of the use of tactics andstrategies to overcome opponents.

● Develop a range of life and employability skills in order to be effective members of society.● Benefit from a range of opportunities to develop a lifelong love for Physical Education and embed the importance of leading

a healthy and active lifestyle.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Core PEStudents will leave school with the skills and confidence to lead a healthy and active lifestyle through a wide range ofsporting options within PE. Students will continue to develop other roles within sport such as referee and coach. We hopestudents find a sport/activity they love and enjoy and want to continue taking part in post 16.

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Topics Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton, lowimpactresistancetraining, dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton,low impactresistancetraining,dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton,low impactresistancetraining,dance,handball

Football,Trampolining,fitness suite,badminton,low impactresistancetraining,dance,handball

Tennis, Rounders, Cricket, Track& Field Athletics, Softball.

Skills Character Leadership ProblemSolving

Communication Teamwork Mindset

Key questions How do I join ateam outside ofschool?

What level ofintensity do Ineed to workat which willallow me tostay fit andhealthy?

How canphysicalactivity helpmy mentalwellbeing?

What careersare there inthe sportindustry?

Whatopportunitiesare there toaccess facilitiesand partake inphysical activityoutside ofschool?

Cross- curricularlinks

GCSE PE- Musculoskeletal System Y10 HT1

Any questions? Please contact Mr M Powell: [email protected]

Our Year 11 GCSE PE CurriculumExam board information - Edexcel / Pearson Resources for home study and revision-

The Everlearner https://theeverlearner.com/

We aim to develop students who:● Use Physical Education to enhance knowledge and skills in a range of sports and activities so that students may be able to

expertly and competently demonstrate and apply new techniques and a greater understanding of the use of tactics andstrategies to overcome opponents.

● Develop a range of life and employability skills in order to be effective members of society.● Benefit from a range of opportunities to develop a lifelong love for Physical Education and embed the importance of leading

a healthy and active lifestyle.

Big Ideas in Year 11 GCSE PEHave you ever wondered why some athletes outperform others? We look into the why, how and the implications of taking performanceenhancing drugs. By delving into the sporting industry we look at how large companies can impact sport and how the media increasesengagement and participation levels within society and different cultures.

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Topics Paper 1-Physical Training-PEDs and InjuriesMovement analysis

Paper 2: Social CulturalInfluences

Revision/Review ofPhysical Training

Paper 2:Revision/Review ofSport Psychology

Paper 1:Revision/Review ofAnatomy andphysiology

Paper 2:Revision/Review ofHealth and wellbeing

Tailored Revision basedStudents needs andQLA from PPE

Tailored Revisionbased Studentsneeds and QLA fromPPE

Skills Knowledge, understandingkey terminology,

application to sportingperformance, evaluate,

analyse and justify

Knowledge,understanding key

terminology,application to

sportingperformance,

evaluate, analyseand justify

Knowledge,understanding key

terminology,application to

sportingperformance,

evaluate, analyse andjustify

Knowledge,understanding key

terminology,application to sportingperformance, evaluate,

analyse and justify

Knowledge,understanding key

terminology,application to

sportingperformance,

evaluate, analyseand justify

Keyquestions

What is the impact oftaking performanceenhancing drugs?

What role does sport,media and sponsorshipplay in improvingengagement andparticipation?

What are the keyfactors whendesigning trainingprogrammes?

How do the bodysystems worktogether duringexercise?

How is it best tostructure a 9 markquestion?

How is it best tostructure a 9 markquestion?

Assessment Formative assessmentsincluding- 9 marker andexam questions on topics

Y11 Nov PPE- Paper1 and Paper 2 allcontent covered

Formativeassessments- 9marker and examquestions withinlessons. Mini teststhroughout the term

Y11 March PPE- FullPaper 1 and Paper 2

Any questions? Please contact Miss J Mudge: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Travel and Tourism CurriculumExam board information - Edexcel /Pearson

Resources for home study and revision-

Travel and Tourism Publishing -https://www.tandtpublishing.co.uk/free-travel-and-tourism-resources.html

We aim to develop students who:● Develop a knowledge of the Travel and Tourism sector in the UK and worldwide.● Have the ability to apply key skills to a variety of tasks, including description, explanation, analysis and evaluation.● Enjoy a range of opportunities to foster a lifelong love for Travel and Tourism and develop a range of life and employability

skills.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Travel and Tourism

Have you ever thought about how many different types of tourism there are, and how important the travel and tourism sector is to the UKeconomy? Have you considered how technology is changing the way tourists and travellers engage with the sector and its organisations? Ithas been said that if you don’t take care of your customers, someone else will, which is why knowing your customers and their needs andproviding excellent customer service is so important to all travel and tourism organisations.

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Topics A: understand theUK travel andtourism sector andits importance tothe UK economy.B: know about theindustries, and keyorganisations,within the traveland tourism sector,their roles andinterrelationships.C: understand therole of consumertechnology in thetravel and tourismsector.

A: understand theUK travel andtourism sector andits importance tothe UK economy.B: know about theindustries, and keyorganisations,within the traveland tourism sector,their roles andinterrelationships.C: understand therole of consumertechnology in thetravel and tourismsector.

Learning aim A:Investigate travel andtourism customerservice.

Learning aim B: Explorethe needs andexpectations of differenttypes of customer in thetravel and tourismsector.

Learning aim C:Understand theimportance ofcustomer serviceto travel andtourismorganisations.

Skills Recall and applyknowledgeExplain and reviewCommunicationand PresentationskillsAnalysisCritical thinkingskills

Recall and applyknowledgeExplain and reviewCommunicationand PresentationskillsAnalysisCritical thinkingskills

Recall and applyknowledgeExplain and reviewCommunication andPresentation skillsAnalysisCritical thinking skills

Recall and applyknowledgeExplain and reviewCommunication andPresentation skillsAnalysisCritical thinking skills

Recall and applyknowledgeExplain and reviewCommunicationand PresentationskillsAnalysisCritical thinkingskills

Key questions What are thedifferent types oftourism?

Who are the keyorganisations intravel and tourism?

What is customerservice?

How can the needs ofdifferent customers bemet?

What is the impactof good and poorcustomer service?

Assessment Unit 1 - PPE Unit 1 - Externalexamination.

Learning aim A: Knowthe major internationaltravel and tourismdestinations andgateways

Learning aim B:Investigate the appealof international traveland tourismdestinations to differenttypes of visitor.

Learning aim C: Beable to planinternational travelto meet the needsof visitors

Cross- curricularlinks

IT Year 10 - Unit 1ConsumerTechnology

Hospitality and CateringY10 HT1 CustomerService

Any questions? Please contact Mr M Powell [email protected]

Our Year 11 Children’s Play, Learning and Development Curriculum

Exam board information- Edexcel/PearsonUnit 1- Patterns of Child Development (external) 50 Marks 1 hourpaper.Unit 2- Promoting Children’s Development Through Play (internal)Unit 3- The Principles of Early Years Practice (internal)

Resources for home study and revision-

Google classroomPearson website

We aim to develop students who:● Maximise employability skills required in the Early Years Sector.● Develop knowledge and practical skills required in the Early Years Sector.● Understand career progression in the Early Years Sector.

Big Ideas in Year 11 CPLDBTECs are vocationally related qualifications, where learners develop knowledge and understanding by applyingtheir learning and skills in a work-related context. The qualifications are popular and effective because they enablelearners to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop skills that are essential for the modern-dayworkplace.

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Topics Understand howadults in earlyyears setting cansupportchildren’sdevelopment

Unit 1: Patternsof childdevelopment(RECAP)

Unit 1:Patterns ofchilddevelopment(RECAP)

importance ofinclusivepractice andhow earlyyearsimplementinclusivepractice.Unit 3

How childrenareempowered inearly yearssettings andthe role of thekey person insupportingdevelopment.Unit 3

Internal assessment unit 3Resit unit 1

Skills Supportchildren’sdevelopmentand applyknowledge toexams.

ApplicationAssessingAnalysingExplainingDescribing

Applyingexperience totheory

Applyingexperience totheory

ApplicationAssessingAnalysingExplainingDescribing

ApplicationAssessingAnalysingExplainingDescribing

Key questions What is needed tosupport children'sdevelopment?

What factorsaffectdevelopment?

What isinclusivepractice?

How and why dowe empowerchildren?

How and why dowe empowerchildren?

Assessment Unit 1 externalassessmentExaminationPPE

Unit 1 externalassessmentExamination

InternalUnit 3

Internal unit 3 Internal Unit 3Unit 1 externalassessmentExamination

Any questions? Please contact Miss Mulenga: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Health and Social Care Curriculum

Exam board information - Edexcel / PearsonComponent 1:Human Lifespan Development (internal)Component 2:Health and Social Care Services and Values(internal)Component 3: Health and Wellbeing (synoptic external) 2hours Examination. 60 Marks.

Resources for home study and revision-

Google classroomPearson websiteNHS website

We aim to develop students who:● Maximise interpersonal skills through practical activities whilst gaining knowledge in the Health and Social Care sector in

the UK.● Gain an understanding of the Health and Social Care Values● Apply values and beliefs in the Health and Social Care setting.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Health and Social Care - The components are interrelated and they are best seen as part of an integrated wholerather than as totally distinct study areas. As part of a Key Stage 4 programme, learners will be studying a broad range of GCSEs, includingEnglish, mathematics and science. The BTEC Tech Award suite has been designed to allow learners to draw on the knowledge and skillsacquired from these subjects where relevant. When studying for a ‘BTEC’, learners can use the knowledge and skills from GCSEs, givingthem the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge to everyday and work contexts.

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Topics Health andWell-beingUnit 3

Unit 2: Healthand Social CareValues (RECAP)

HealthIndicatorsUnit 3

Health andwell-beingindicators

RevisionTechniqueExternalAssessmentUnit 3

Health andSocial Careservices andValuesUnit 2

Health and Social Care servicesand ValuesUnit 2

Skills Planning andimprovingsomeone’shealth andwellbeing.

Knowledgeandunderstandingof the healthindicators

Writing andreportingassessments.

Analysing ownplanning

Analysing ownplanning

Key questions What do wemean by theterm health?

What are theIndicators ofhealth?

What factorsaffectsomeone'shealth?

Can you explainthe barriers toaccessing Healthand Social Careservices?

What are yourstrengths andareas forimprovement inyour ownpractice?

Assessment Unit 3ExaminationPPE

Unit 3ExaminationPPE

Unit 3Examination

Unit 2 internalassessment

Unit 2 internalassessment

Any questions? Please contact Miss Mulenga: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Computer Science Curriculum

Exam board information-OCR GCSE Computer Science J277

Resources for home study and revision-★ Google Classroom★ BBC Bitesize OCR GCSE Computer Science★ Python - W3Schools

We aim to develop all students into successful and competent programmers who:● Have the desire to develop and apply their analytical, problem-solving, design, and computational thinking skills within

programming and Computing as a whole.● Become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through information and

communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.● Understand the impacts of digital technology to the individual and to wider society.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Computer ScienceIn Computer Science we will encourage students to understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of ComputerScience,including abstraction, decomposition, logic,algorithms, and data representation. Students will be given the opportunity tothink creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically. Students will continue to develop knowledge of Python and applythese fundamentals principles in other programming languages.

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Topics 2.4 Boolean Logic2.2 ProgrammingFundamentals

2.3 Producing RobustPrograms2.5 IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments

2.1 Algorithms 2.2. Programming withPseudocode

Revision- Paper1 & 2

RevisionPaper 1 &2

Skills Problem SolvingAbstractionDecomposition

Problem SolvingAbstractionDecomposition

Problem SolvingDecomposition

Problem SolvingAbstractionDecompositionMathematics

All. All.

Key questions What are logic gates?What are AND, OR andNOT Operators?What programs haveyou developed inPython?

What is the differencebetween a High and Lowlevel programminglanguage?What is an IDE?

What sortingalgorithms do youknow?What is thedifference betweena linear and binarysearch?

What is the differencebetween sequence,selection and iterationin programming?What are the maindata types?What is SQL?

Assessment 2.4 Boolean Logic 2.3 Producing RobustPrograms2.5 ProgramingLanguages and IDE’sPaper 1 - PPE

2.1 Algorithms 2.2 Pseudocode &ProgrammingFundamentals

Paper 1& 2 PastPapers

Paper 1 &2 PastPapers

Cross-curricularlinks

Technology: project:Iterative design skillsDesign Ventura

Technology - ProblemSolving - NEA HT5 & 6

Any questions? Please contact: Miss Fell - [email protected]

Our Year 11 Business Studies Curriculum

Exam board information- Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)in Business

Resources for home study and revision-Google ClassroomBBC Bitesize GCSE BusinessTutor2u Business

We aim to develop future entrepreneurs and leaders who:● Are provided with the appropriate knowledge and skills needed to develop their employability and identify business problems and

opportunities.● Have a greater understanding and awareness of the world they live in, but more specifically how individuals and businesses work

within an economy.● Have a broad and deep knowledge of the legal, political, social and environmental context of business

Big Ideas in Year 11 Business StudiesHave you ever thought about how many UK businesses are in operation across the globe and how important these businesses are to theUK economy? Or the impact of globalisation and the ethical and environmental questions facing businesses?In this theme, you will beintroduced to national and global business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour anddecisions. National contexts build on those in Theme 1 and relate to businesses operating in more than one location or across the UK.Global contexts relate to non-UK or transnational businesses.

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Topics Making marketingdecisionsMaking operationaldecisions

Making operationaldecisions

Making financialdecisionsMaking humanresource decisions

Making humanresourcedecisions

Revision forPaper 1 andPaper 2

Skills Calculations andinterpretations

Interpretations fromgraph, charts andcase studies

Calculations andinterpretations

Interpretationsfrom casestudies

Calculations andinterpretationsfrom casestudies

Keyquestions

How do businessesuse the marketingmix to buildcompetitiveadvantage?

What is the impact ofdifferent types ofproduction process?

How do businessesuse financialinformation to makebusiness decisions?

What is theimportance ofeffectivecommunication?

Assessment End of topicassessment

End of topicassessment

End of topicassessment

End of topicassessment

Paper 1Paper 2

Cross-curricularlinks

2.3.1 Job, batch andflow production linksto GCSE DesignTechnology

2.3.1 Job, batch andflow production linksto GCSE DesignTechnology

2.4 Links topercentage change inmathematics

Links toFutures/Careers

Any questions? Please contact: [email protected]

Our Year 11 Creative iMedia Curriculum

Exam board information-OCR Creative iMedia J807

Resources for home study and revision-All resource will be accessible via Google classroom

We aim to develop all students into effective practitioners in the workplace who:

● are prepared for the demands of Computing and IT in the world today;● benefit from a programme that supports progression into GCSE work while also incorporating wider skills and context

to prepare for the world of work;● develop a love for the subject that is embedded into each and everyone one of our students' lives on a day-to-day

basis.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Creative iMediaThis qualification will assess the application of creative media skills through their practical use. They will provide learnerswith essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve their learning in other subjects with the aim of enhancingtheir employability when they leave education, contributing to their personal development and future economic well-being.The qualifications will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the digital media sector.

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Topics Recap R081 prior toexam in January

Recap R081prior to examin January

R085 - Creating amultipage websiteIntroduction andplanning

R085 - Creating amultipage websiteCreation

Recap R081 for anyoneresitting exam - if no re sitsthen; DIRT time on nonsubmitted unit

Skills L01 & L02 L03 & L04 L01 & L02 L03 & L04 Recap all skills

Key questions Why is it importantto have acontingency planwhen creating preproductionmaterials?

What is arecce and whydo they needto take place?

How would youcreate an intuitiveand aestheticallypleasing website?

What are thedifferentproperties,purposes andfeatures of multipage websites?

How does legislationapply to creative mediaproduction?

Assessment Recap R081 prior toexam in January

Recap R081prior to examin January

R085 L01 &L02 R085 L03 & L04 R081

Cross-curricularlinks

Any questions? Please contact [email protected]

Our Year 11 Personal Development CurriculumWe aim to develop students who:

● Have the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live safe, healthy, and productive lives.● Can demonstrate important life skills such as empathy, compassion and communication whilst being able to showcase discussion,

debating and presenting skills..● Become responsible, tolerant, positive global citizens who will make positive contributions to life in modern Britain.

Big Ideas in Year 11 Personal DevelopmentWe learn about concepts and topics that are hugely important in developing confident, responsible and tolerant global citizens who canmake positive contributions to society.Specific topics under the umbrellas of ‘Living in the wider world’, ‘relationships’, and ‘health and well being’ are explored and provideopportunities for students to express their thoughts, views and opinions in these areas

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Topics Self conceptMental healthand well beingHealthy lifestyles

Drugs,alcohol,tobaccoSexual healthand fertilityPositiverelationships

RelationshipvaluesForming andmaintainingrespectfulrelationshipsConsent

ContraceptionandparenthoodBullying,abuse anddiscriminationSocialinfluences

FinancialchoicesMedia literacyand digitalresilience

Skills Reflection,copingstrategies,organisation, selfawareness

Discussion,reflection,agency anddecisionmaking,strategies tomanageinfluence

Reflection,empathy,assertivecommunication,support seekingskills, riskmanagement

Reflection,empathy,compassion,communication

Reflection,discussion,empathyDiscussion,application, riskmanagement

Key questions How do werecognise thewarning signs ofmental andemotional healthconcerns?

How do weidentify,manage andseek help forunhealthyhabits andaddictionsincludingsmoking

What are thelegal andethicalresponsibilitiespeople whenin arelationship?

Whatstrategies areeffective inchallenging allforms ofprejudice anddiscrimination?

What are thecauses andconsequencesof extremismandintolerance?

Cross- curricularlinks

Health andSocial Care(HT1 - Healthand Well-Being)

Biology - HT2(Reproduction)

Philosophy(HT1 -Relationshipsand families)

Business StudiesHT3 - Makingfinancial choices)

Any questions? Please contact Mr Dakers ([email protected])

Read, watch and visit- the Year 8 Super-Curriculum