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Year 11 Exam Preparation

Key Dates

• Mon March 20th - Maths Paper 1 (Non-Calc) - (8:45-10:15am) MOCK EXAM

English Language (1:15-3:00pm) MOCK EXAM

• Tues March 21st - Maths Paper 2 (Calc) - (8:45-10:15am) MOCK EXAM

• Wed March 22nd - Maths Paper 3 (Calc) (8:45-10:15am) MOCK EXAM

• Thurs & Fri 20th /21st April – Art (All Day) – ACTUAL EXAM

Easter Revision

Mon 3rd April

Tues 4th April

Wed 5th April

Thurs 6th April *All students will receive letters of invitation next week*

GCSEs

May 15th June 23rd *39 school days away*

Any problems...

• See Mr Baker, Mrs Tipping, Tutors, or the Examinations office beforeany exam, so that they can be resolved.

Effective Revision

I asked all students from Year 11 last year for the one things they wish they would do again, if they had the opportunity…. 72% indicated this…

Paper 1: Non-calculator – Thursday 25th May 2017 AM

Paper 2: Calculator - Thursday 8th June 2017 AM

Paper 3: Calculator - Tuesday 13th June 2017 AM

All papers are worth 80 marks and last 1 hour 30 minutes.

GCSE Mathematics

Mock Analysis

Foundation• 34,713 students sat all three Foundation tier papers.

• The mean total mark was 73.48 (30.6%)

• Fullbrook mean mark – 103.51 (43.13%)

Edexcel collated the mock results from 780 centres and analysed the results;

Mock AnalysisFoundation Fullbrook average

Mock Analysis

Higher• 58,504 students sat all three Higher tier papers.

• The mean total mark was 73.28 (30.5%)

• Fullbrook mean mark – 93.71 (39.04%)

Mock AnalysisHigher

Fullbrook average

GCSE Mathematics Revision

Useful Websites and Resources:

CGP Mathsbuster CD (£12.99 on Amazon or already purchased through school)

mathsgenie.co.uk (practice questions sorted by topic/grade, with worked

solutions, free)

corbettmaths.com (practise questions sorted by topic, also 5-a-day mixed

topic questions, free)

mymaths.co.uk (username: fullbrook, Password: triangle)

Edexcel 9-1 Revision Guide and Edexcel 9-1 workbook (each £6 on Amazon)

Exam Packs – 10 sets of papers (30 in total)

GCSE Mathematics Revision

Exam Packs – 10 sets of papers (30 in total) – Use in your own time for revision,

answers on ShowMyHomework.

Weekly Homework - Exam papers

Tuesday Drop-in after school in Rm 18

Easter & Half term Revision

Finally - “LITTLE AND OFTEN” is the best way to learn and remember maths skills. It is so much better to do 20 mins a day than to sit down and try and do 2 hours once a week. - “PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT” – Make sure you are checking your answers either with your teacher or online.

Contacts• Mr Evans, Head of KS4 Maths

• Mr White, Head of Maths

• And/or maths teacher

FullbrookA Specialist Mathematics & Computing College

English Exams Information 2017

AQAEnglish Literature Paper 1 (1hr 45mins)Shakespeare and the 19th Century novel (22/5/17)

Paper 2 (2hr 15mins)Modern text and Poetry (26/5/17)



AQA

English Literature

Sets 1-3 should re-read and begin revision for:

‘Macbeth’

‘Lord of the Flies’

‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’



AQA

English Literature

Sets 4-6 should re-read and begin revision for:

‘Romeo and Juliet’

‘An Inspector Calls’

‘A Christmas Carol’


English Language

Paper 1

Explorations in creative reading and writing (1hr 45mins) 6/6/2017

Paper 2

Writer’s viewpoint and perspective (1 hr 45mins) 12/6/2017


Revision

Revision sessions will run after school on Wednesdays after the Easter

break.

Revision guides are available in bookstores and online

BBC GCSE Bitesize and VLE via Fullbrook Anywhere


Helpful Hints for the Language exam

• Quiet place to read and study

• Read a wide variety of non-fiction and fiction text for the English Language exam – newspapers, articles, editorials, short stories, biographies, auto-biographies etc.


Helpful Hints for the Literature exam

• Quiet place to read and study

• Re-read set texts

• Record quotations on post-its, flash cards, mindmaps etc.

• Create mindmaps/flash cards relating to the characters and themes in set texts.


Concerns or queries:

Mrs L Stewart (Head of English)

Ms M Quail (KS4 Co-ordinator)

Email via [email protected]

ScienceMainstream: Core Science and Additional Science

Fast Track: Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Core Science and Additional Science exams will consist of:

• 3 exams (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) all worth 25% each.

• These 3 exams, as well as the controlled assessed task, are added together and a final grade is awarded for the Core Science and Additional Science GCSE.

Separate Science exams will consist of:

• 3 exams in Biology (B1, B2 and B3) all worth 25% each.

• 3 exams in Chemistry (C1, C2 and C3) all worth 25% each.

• 3 exams in Physics (P1, P2 and P3) all worth 25% each.

• For each subject the final 25% is made up of the controlled assessed task. This is combined with the 3 exams to give a separate grade for each subject.

The Papers:

• Will be 60 mins long and worth 60 marks (1 mark per minute).

• Each paper will consist of two 6 mark questions, which must have clear written communication.

Science

Revision:

• Past papers are available at Edexcel online. Core Science are B1, C1 and P1; Additional Science are B2, C2 and P2 papers.

• Past papers for Separate Science are also available at Edexcel online. Biologyare B1, B2 and B3; Chemistry are C1, C2 and C3; Physics are P1, P2 and P3papers.

• SAM learning is a brilliant resource to help improve subject knowledge.

• Lots of revision guides are available to buy, just make sure they cover the Edexcel course

• We encourage students to ask us questions. We have an open door policy and want to answer revision based questions.

MFLFrench, German, Spanish, Urdu

Exam dates

• French – 16th May - morning

• Urdu – 18th May – afternoon

• Spanish – 19th May – morning

• German – 7th June - morning

All students will do Listening and Reading

• Foundation Listening 25 minutes

• Higher Listening 35 minutes

• Foundation Reading 35 minutes

• Higher Reading 50 minutes

Can do :

- Foundation Listening and Higher Reading

- Higher Listening and Foundation Reading

- Foundation Listening and Reading

- Higher Listening and Reading

- Foundation Listening and Higher Reading

- Higher Listening and Foundation Reading

- Foundation Listening and Reading

- Higher Listening and Reading

Who decides?

Teacher/Student/Mock/Classwork/Ability/Past papers

Revise

• Edexcel Revision Guide

• Edexcel Revision Workbook

• Vocab Book

• SAM Learning Grade C

• BBC Bitesize

• Edexcel website : Past Papers

• Little and often.

• Every day – 10 minutes? 20 words? 1 Listening from WB? 1 Reading from WB? 1 Past paper/week.

• Day 10 After school session and Easter Revision (Fr/Ge/Urdu)

Religious Studies

Mrs L’grindi, Head of RS

Contact

Religious Studies Exam Board: AQA

Religious Studies Specification B (4055) – 100% examination

Religion and Life Issues (40552) – 1 hr 30 minute exam, 17th May (PM)

Students must answer questions on 4 out of 6 topics:

1. Animal Rights

2. Prejudice and Discrimination

3. War and Peace

4. Early Life

Religion and Morality (40553) – 1 hr 30 minute exam, 23rd May (PM)

Students must answer questions on 4 out of 6 topics of the 5 we have studied:

1. Medical Ethics

2. World Poverty

3. Poverty in Britain

4. Attitudes towards death and the elderly

5. Crime and Punishment

Religious Studies

• Revision materials have been provided for students free of charge.

These are also available on the VLE/SMHW.

• Students are encouraged to revise little and often. They are currently revising in class but it would

be wise for them to go over each topic at home after the lesson and have a go at practice exam

questions that are in their revision guides.

• Students are expected to learn real-life examples and quotes that can be used in their exam.

• Students are encouraged to ask questions about the exam to their teachers.

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