KEY STAGE 4 CURRICULUM GUIDE 2021-22

QUEENS’ SCHOOL

Dare to be Great

KEY STAGE 4

CURRICULUM GUIDE

2021-22

QUEENS’ SCHOOL Dare to be Great

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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 2022…………………………………………..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 Computer Science. 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, Computer Science, French, German, Spanish, History,

Geography, Religious Studies, Design Technology, Food and Nutrition, Art,

Music, Drama, Business, Sociology, PE.

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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Covid-19 curriculum response and GCSE arrangements 2022: There is no ‘quick fix’ to learning gaps which may have been caused by lockdowns over the past eighteen months. The issue is complex; the extent of any ‘learning loss’ depends on the specific sequence of knowledge/skills delivered in each subject, the impact of lack of access to specialist facilities, and the individual circumstances of each pupil. Initial indications are that at whole year, and whole subject level, our curriculum delivery has largely been resilient at Key Stage 4. However, our tracking of student progress in summer 2021 demonstrated there is a range of students across both Y10 and Y11 who would benefit from extra support, guidance or consolidation of knowledge in order to realise their full potential at GCSE. Our departments have revised their learning sequences for 2021-22 for Y10 and Y11, to ensure that key knowledge is consolidated and regularly recalled. In addition, throughout this year there will be intervention and support opportunities offered to individuals and small groups of students in subjects where significant individual progress gaps have been identified; these may take the form of timetabled lessons for a limited period, lunchtime/before school/after school support sessions, targeted support materials. More information will come to parents about this if and when their child is involved. At the time of writing, the DfE and Ofqual have just published a number of documents setting out plans for GCSEs in 2022, which are relevant to our Y11 cohort this year. These include the following:

Adaptations

• There will be optional topics/ content in GCSE English literature, history, and geography. Our departments had anticipated this and had already altered learning sequences accordingly. More information will be sent to students and parents about this in due course.

• If necessary, centres will be allowed to deliver practical work in GCSE biology, chemistry, physics, and combined science by demonstration.

• Students taking GCSE art and design will be assessed on their portfolio only.

• Exam boards will provide advanced information about the focus of the content of exams for all GCSE subjects except GCSE English literature, history and geography by 7 February 2022 at the latest. This could be released earlier ‘if circumstances require’.

• Students will be given a formula sheet for GCSE mathematics and a revised equation sheet for GCSE physics and combined science.

Grading

• 2022 will be a ‘transition year’ to reflect the fact that we are in a pandemic recovery period and students’ education has been disrupted. Ofqual will therefore aim for grades in 2022 to reflect a midway point between 2021 and 2019. This means that results overall next year will be higher than in 2019 but not as high as in 2020.

• In 2023, (relevant to our Y10 cohort) Ofqual aims to return to results that are in line with those in pre-pandemic years.

Contingency plans

At time of writing, the government has launched a consultation on what contingency arrangements should be put in place if GCSE, AS and A level exams cannot go ahead as planned in 2022.

Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-changes-to-the-assessment-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-changes-to-the-assessment-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-changes-to-the-assessment-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022


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Curriculum Overview for GCSE English Language &

GCSE English Literature (Eduqas/WJEC C700QS & C720QS)

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 reading and

writing skills 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


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 reading and

writing skills continued

Revision

Literature: Revision

Language: Revision


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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Mathematics &

Level 2 Further Mathematics (Edexcel 1MA1F/H & 9FM0E0)

Year 10


HIGHER

Statistical diagrams & averages; number

& sequences; ratio &

Proportion; angles & bearings;

transformations, constructions and

Loci; algebraic manipulation;

length, area and volume; linear graphs

HIGHER

Algebraic manipulation, length, area &

volume; linear graphs; Pythagoras and

trigonometry including ratios exploring

and applying probability, powers and

standard form

FOUNDATION

Expressions and formulae, ratio, speed and proportion,

area and perimeter of polygons,

reflection, rotation, enlargement &

translations

HIGHER

Similarity; exploring & applying

probability; Equations and inequalities,

Powers and surds, quadratic

equations, sampling and statistical

diagrams

FOUNDATION

Probability & events, volumes and

surface area of prisms, linear

equations, percentages and compound

measures, percentages and variation

FOUNDATION

Measures & scale drawings; charts,

tables & averages; angles and bearings;

primes, factors and multiples;

approximations and rounding; decimals

and fractions, linear graphs

Year 11


HIGHER

Quadratic equations; sampling &

statistical diagrams; combined events;

properties of circles; variation; triangles

FOUNDATION

Ratio, proportion & rates of change;

Statistics: Representation &

interpretation; constructions and loci;

curved shapes and pyramids; number & sequences; right-angled triangle including Pythagoras’ theorem

HIGHER

Graphs; algebraic fractions & Functions; vector geometry; revision

REVISION & EXAMS

Further topics for Level 2 Further Mathematics for band 1 students

Complex algebra; Co-ordinate geometry

involving circles; Pythagoras’ and proof;

sine, cosine & tangent graphs;

Differentiation; matrices

FOUNDATION

Congruency and similarity; probability:

Combined events; powers and standard

form; simultaneous equations & linear

Inequalities; non-linear graphs; revision


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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Combined &

GCSE Triple Science (AQA 8461/2/3 or 8464)

Year 10


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


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



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Curriculum Overview for Languages (Edexcel 8658/8668/8698)

*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


Life at school/college Travel and Tourism

Education Post 16 Healthy Living

Marriage and Partnership Technology in everyday life Revision

Year 11


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 (Edexcel 1HIBGK)

Year 10


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


Elizabeth I, Medicine thematic

study - 1000 years

Medicine thematic study - 1000

years

Revision/Exam

Curriculum Overview for GCSE Geography (Edexcel 1GA0)

Year 10


Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Management

Changing Landscapes of the UK – Coasts and Rivers

Changing Cities

Year 11


Global Development Weather Hazards and Climate Change Revision

Resource Management – Water Revision


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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Art (Edexcel 1FA0)

Year 10


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


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 (Edexcel 1BS0)

Year 10


Spotting a Business Opportunity

Showing Enterprise

Putting a Business Idea into Practice

Making the Start-up Effective

Understanding the Economic

Context

Year 11


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 (OCR J277)

Year 10


Unit 1 – Computer Systems

Data representation

Logic Diagrams and Truth Tables

Unit 2 – Computational Thinking,

algorithms and programming

Algorithms, flowcharts,

pseudocode

Python Programming


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


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

Programming Practice

Analysis, Success criteria, Planning

and design

Practise Python Programming

Year 11



Systems software and security Unit 2 - Computational thinking, algorithms and programming Computational logic, Translators and facilities of languages Programming Practice

Python Programming

Development and Testing

Unit 1 & 2 Revision and Exam Technique


Legal concerns and Ethics

Programming Practice Development, Testing and remedial actions and Evaluation. Complete a full project

Unit 1 & 2 Revision and Exam

Technique


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Curriculum Overview for GCSE Drama (OCR J316B)

Year 10


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


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

(WJEC C560P1)

Year 10


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




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




Year 11


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)

(Edexcel 1DT0B) 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


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


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


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


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 (WJEC C660QS)

Year 10


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


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 (Edexcel 1PE0)

Year 10


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


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 (Edexcel 1RB0ZM)

Year 10


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


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 (WJEC C200QS)

Year 11


Component 2: Understanding

Social Structures

Topic 1. Social differentiation and

stratification

Topic 2. Crime and Deviance



Year 10


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


Personal relationships

Sex education

Citizenship

ICT

iWood

Careers

Year 11


Moral Dilemmas Careers Study Skills Financial

Capability

Health and Well being

Citizenship


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Key Stage 4 Assessment & Reporting:

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 2021-22, the dates for these examinations are provisionally planned for: Year 11 trial examination window: Monday 6th December- Friday 17th December 2021 Year 10 trial examination window: Monday 21st March- Friday 1st April 2022

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