YEAR 11 MOCK EXAM

INFORMATION

30th November – 8th December 2015

SUBJECT MOCK EXAM

LENGTH

CONTENT TO BE EXAMINED

SUGGESTED REVISION RESOURCES

OTHER ADVICE/INFORMATION

BIOLOGY 1 × 75 min Module B1 Understanding Ourselves Module B4 It’s a green world Module B5 The living body

Exercise books (from years 9 and 10)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Biology’ CGP ‘ GCSE Biology OCR Gateway’

Text book( available from the library)

Websites: OCR past paper example

http://tinyurl.com/k6wj

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General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11. They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

BUSINESS STUDIES

Paper 1 - Unit 1 M/Choice -45 mins Paper 2 – Unit3 Short-Long Written Answers – 60 mins

All of Unit 1 – Introduction to Small Businesses (28 chapters) Unit 3 – Building a Business

3.1-Marketing (Chapters 1-5)

3.2 Meeting Customer Needs (Chapters 6-11)

3.4 Effective People Management (Chapters 16-19)

3.5 Wider World affecting Business (Chapters 20-23)

Unit 1 & Unit 3 Textbooks

Revision Guide and Workbook (contact teacher if not yet purchased these both for £5)

Gordano Learning Gateway: look for the GCSE Revision section which has everything needed to revise the course.

Learn the Key Terms and definitions. Students should also read through the power points on “How to answer GCSE Questions” to ensure they are writing the information that the examiner wants. E.G.- put the answer into context; always develop a point with “which means that” and use “stepping stones” technique in developing an answer.

CHEMISTRY 1 × 75 min Module C1 Carbon Chemistry Module C4 The periodic table Module C5 Quantitative analysis

Exercise books (from year 9 and 10) Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Chemistry’ CGP ‘ GCSE Chemistry OCR Gateway’ Text book( available from the library) Websites: OCR past paper example http://tinyurl.com/nw6xl8x General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11.. They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

COMPUTING 1 ½ hours in length for 1 exam

Databases Networks Binary Algorithms Hardware Software

GCSE Textbook GCSE Computing Revision Guide (Amazon) Learning Grids. Past papers Dynamic Learning Resources ( Allocated to students

Students need to ensure that notes from years 9 & 10 are used to back up knowledge form year 11. Practising drawing flowcharts or pseudocode for problems will help in the exam

DANCE 1 hour UNIT 1 (20%) Analysis of 2 set works: Nutcracker! (1992) Ghost Dances (1981) Constituent features of both works: Movement components, action space, dynamics, relationships of both works. 3 motifs & developments from both works (solo & group) Choreographers/Dates Lighting Set design Costume Technical/Expressive skills Rehearsal process/how to improve your own performance Own choreography unit 4a and 4b

Resources available on the GLG Revision booklet (provided by Miss Lloyd) AQA GCSE Dance booklet (Nelson Thornes – Maggie Clunie/Liz Dale/Lyn Paine) Arts pool – online revision source ‘Mark up’ available for 3 weeks leading up to the written paper in the summer. Students are emailed a question each day which is submitted online and they receive personal written feedback from a team of examiners.

There currently isn’t a revision book available from AQA the GCSE Dance booklet could be useful – it covers some content of the course but it isn’t essential. The revision booklet made by myself has been issued to students and should they require another they need to see me or access it on GLG. ‘Mark up’ can be purchased as a school for a discount so a letter will go out via parent pay for this resource – it is highly recommended

ECONOMICS 1HR 15 MINS Unit 11

Understanding money

Understanding work

National and Global economy

(These are divided up into smaller subsections)

School produced revision guides (all students should have these)

PowerPoint presentations from lessons (attached to the GLG)

Articles gathered from independent study sessions

Make sure that key terms are included in answers to highlight understanding of the topic. Ensure that ALL answers are put into the context of the case study Develop ALL answers in as much detail as possible by using the ‘stepping stone’ method e.g. this means that, as a result this will happen etc….

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2 hours Students will sit two papers for English Language: Unit 1, which focuses on reading two pieces of non-fiction material and answering comprehension questions on them, and Unit 2, which asks them to craft two pieces of non-fiction writing of their own.

- Exercise books - Past Paper Resources (GLG) - Unit 1 and Unit 2 revision

booklet (available from teachers)

- SAM Learning Spelling/Punctuation resources

- GCSE WJEC Reading Non-Fiction texts study guide (H/F)

- GCSE WJEC Reading Non-Fiction texts workbook (H/F)

- Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Complete Revision and Practise (ISBN: 978-1-8476-2147-4)

The papers here very much focus on English in the real world – therefore, any reading of articles, websites etc. that students are undertaking helps to expose them to the styles of non-fiction that they will be asked to write. Similarly, the past paper resources indicate a range of possible writing tasks that students could complete as preparation for this mock.

ENGLISH LITERATURE

2 hours Students will sit one of the two Literature papers that they will be sitting in the summer, namely Unit 2B. This paper questions them on Lord of the Flies and their Drama text (either View From The Bridge or Blood Brothers). For each of the texts, students will complete a close analysis of a short extract taken from the text, and then asked to complete an essay question on a broader topic from their text, e.g. key characters, themes and relationships.

- Copies of the texts themselves - Exercise books (from Year 10

and 11) - York Notes revision guides - Literature Revision workbooks

(available from teachers) - Literature Podcasts (GLG) - Past Papers (GLG/WJEC

website) - BBC Bitesize - Sparknotes Revision Website

For this exam, a knowledge of the plot and characters in these texts is essential. Many students also do well by learning lots of key quotations to support their interpretations of the text – flashcards can provide a useful aid for students to do this.

GEOGRAPHY 2 hours Unit 1 topics (25 mins) 1. Restless Earth (Yr 9) 2. River Processes and

Pressures (Yr 10) Unit 2 topics (30 mins)

3. Globalisation (Yr 11) 4. Challenges of an Urban

World (Yr 10) Unit 3 topic (1 hour 05 mins) Decision Making Question - A series of questions on an unseen resource booklet.

Exercise books with class notes.

Hodder Revision Guide

Case Study Cards (on GLG)

Sample questions (on GLG)

GCSE pod (see attachment on GLG)

Students should ensure a good understanding of the topics above that were taught in Year 9 and 10, including case studies. Note that the case studies in the Hodder Revision Guide are sometimes not the same as those we’ve studied. If you want to see the case studies we did, look at the case study cards on the GLG. The Unit 3 question will test knowledge and skills that relate to any part of the course (it is similar to the Starbucks assessment you did in class or the Iceland bit of the year 10 exam) and so the best way to practice for this is to look at the example paper on the GLG.

HISTORY 1hour 15 mins Unit 2 – Germany 1918-39

Students Unit 2 folder.

Unit exam guides are available on the History area of the Learning Gateway to support students writing exam answers for each type of question. These give general information about the nature of the exam and how to go about structuring an answer. They also list past questions.

‘Revision Tracker’ document. On the History section of the learning gateway is an excel spreadsheet with all the sections of the all the History exams which need to be learnt for the exams. This is a daunting document but highlights the need for long term revision.

There are three GCSE History revision guides which are on the list of revision guides sent out via ParentPay.

Students studied the Unit 2 Germany depth topic in year 10. It is the topic that needs the largest refresh of knowledge, hence the focus of the mock paper. All History students have been revising sections of this unit as part of their homework since September and had mini tests in lessons. This revision was just the start of the long term steps to the mock and then the final exam next summer. We would strongly recommend students attempt to use the revision they have done since September to practice exam questions. This unit is strongly focused on depth and detail of historical knowledge.

iMEDIA 1 Year Purpose & contents of : mood board, script, mind map, storyboard, visualisation diagram. How to create a Storyboard & moodboard Analysis of client brief. Strengths and weaknesses of mind maps. Video & audio file types

Revision sheets (to be provided) Tasks from controlled assessment units with pre-production Past paper

The exam is context based where students need to read the scenario and make their answers specific to this context not general

MATHEMATICS 2 x 1hour45min papers: 1 non-calculator and 1 calculator paper at either Foundation or Higher level

Number Algebra Shape and Space Handling Data

Revision Guides Class notes Mymaths.co.uk Hegartymaths SAMlearning Past papers (set as homework) Revision club (after school)

Teachers will be setting past papers as homeworks in the run-up to the mocks. Students should practise doing questions with and without a calculator. Equipment needed: Black pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, protractor, compass (and calculator for Paper 2)

MATHEMATICS - ADDITIONAL

1 x 1 hour calculator paper

Algebra - Linear and quadratic equations - Inequalities - fractions - surds - factor and remainder theorem - binomial expansion and distribution

Co-ordinate geometry - straight lines - circles - linear programming

Revision Guide

Mymaths.co.uk

Teacher will be setting past exam questions as homeworks in the run-up to the mocks. Equipment needed: Black pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, protractor, compass

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH.

Foundation Tier: 35 mins (Listening) + 30 minutes (Reading) Higher Tier: 45 minutes (Listening) + 50 minutes (Reading

Listening: candidates hear people talking in French and hear each item twice; there is a range of question types, normally requiring tick-box or ‘write the letter’ answers (eg. True or false, match phrases to pictures or to people, who says what, fill in the blank), or answers in English.

Reading: this is a comprehension test of instructions, notices and advertisements with some longer extracts from brochures, guides, letters, newspapers, magazines, books, faxes, email and web sites. Topic areas:

Leisure

Lifestyles

Home and the Environment Education and Work

Suggested revision resources: Vocab Express – each student has an individual Username and Password for access to interactive practice of our exam board’s lists of topic vocabulary https://www.vocabexpress.com/login/ AlfieCloud Testbank – self-marking online practice of topic vocabulary and of Listening and Reading exam questions https://my.alfiecloud.com/?do=student-login Gordano Learning Gateway (Subject pages for French, German and Spanish)

- Customisable dictionary in Microsoft Access

- Printable vocabulary booklets

Candidates will be entered for either Foundation or Higher Tier – we will not risk entering students at Higher Tier unless they have a proven track record of reaching at least grade B The Listening and Reading exams account for 20% each of the overall scores; doing well in Controlled Assessment (60% of the course) is of course hugely important, but students must focus on vocabulary learning throughout Year 11 in order to prepare for the vital exams at the end of the course

Learn vocabulary!

MUSIC 1 paper, 1 hour

Topics:-

Western Classical Music

World Music

Popular Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Areas of Study:–

Texture and Melody

Harmony and Tonality

Structure and Form

Timbre and Dynamics

Rhythm and Metre

Exercise books

Zigzag homework listening tasks

AQA GCSE listening tasks

Resources on GLG

Websites to practise Listening Skills – The Philharmonia website has a ‘Sound Exchange’; Earmaster website has some free links to interval practice; BBC bitesize

Listen to plenty of different styles of music as regularly as you can and use the Long Answer worksheet to identify key musical elements. Practise exam style questions using the Zigzag homework, AQA listening task and other listening tests which will either be on GLG or accessed via your teacher.

PE 90 mins Unit 1 Bones, joints, muscles

Unit 2 Circulation and breathing

Unit 3 Health and fitness

Unit 4 Diet

Unit 5 Physiological and psychological factors

Unit 6 Safety and first aid

Unit 7 Individual differences

Unit 8 Social and cultural factors

Unit 9 School influences

Unit 10 Technology, media and International factors affecting sport

Student workbooks

Revision guides

SAM learning

Bitesize

Resources on learning gateway

Past paper questions and mark scheme resources

The exam will consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions and questions based on the pre-release material. This material will be given out prior to the exam to allow students to prepare for these questions.

PHYSICS 1 × 75 min Module P1 Energy for the Home Module P4 Electricity, waves , and radiation Module P5 Space for reflection

Exercise books (from year 9 and 10)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Physics’ CGP ‘ GCSE Physics OCR Gateway’

Text book ( available from the library)

Websites:

OCR past paper example http://tinyurl.com/oulyrxj

General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11.They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

PSYCHOLOGY

1 hour and 30 minutes

Unit 1 – 80 marks Topic 1: Non-verbal communication-15 mark Topic 2- Personality- 15 marks Topic 3- Memory- 15 marks Topic 4- Prejudice and discrimination- 15 marks Topic 5-Research Methods- 20 marks

Revision booklet on gateway and allocated to lessons. Past papers on gateway

Students need to ensure that they remember the key studies and theories and can evaluate each one specifically not generally and explain two clear evaluation points. There are no published revision booklets so they need to be printed from the gateway under revision resources. Key cards and summarising key studies rather than remembering studies as they are written in the book will aid memory.

SCIENCE (G GROUPS)

2 × 75 min (the two examinations will be for the two science subjects you are studying).

Module B1 Understanding Ourselves Module B4 It’s a green world Module B5 The living body

Module C1 Carbon Chemistry Module C4 The periodic table Module C5 Quantitative analysis

Module P1 Energy for the Home Module P4 Electricity, waves , and radiation Module P5 Space for reflection

Exercise books (from year 9 and 10)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Biology’ CGP ‘ GCSE Biology OCR Gateway’ Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Chemistry’ CGP ‘ GCSE Chemistry OCR Gateway’ Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Physics’ CGP ‘ GCSE Physics OCR Gateway’

Text book( available from the library)

Websites: OCR past paper examples Biology http://tinyurl.com/k6wjh2q Chemistry http://tinyurl.com/nw6xl8x Physics http://tinyurl.com/oulyrxj

General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11.They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

SCIENCE B AND ADDITIONAL SCIENCE (L1, L2, L3 GROUPS)

2 × 75 min & 1 × 90 min

B711 (75 min) Module B1 Understanding ourselves Module C1 Carbon chemistry Module P1 Energy for the home B712 (90 min) Module B2 Understanding Our Environment Module C2 Chemical Reactions Module P2 Living for the Future B721 (75 min) Module B3 Living and Growing Module C3 Chemical Economics Module P3 Forces for Transport

Exercise books (from year 9 and 10)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Science and Additional Science’ CGP ‘ GCSE Core science OCR Gateway’ CGP ‘ GCSE Additional science OCR Gateway’

Text book( available from the library)

Websites: OCR past paper examples B712 http://tinyurl.com/n6dajjw

B721 http://tinyurl.com/nkdhfw2

General revision sites

http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11.. They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

SCIENCE B AND ADDITIONAL SCIENCE (L4 GROUP)

1 x 75 min B721 (75 min) Module B3 Living and Growing Module C3 Chemical Economics Module P3 Forces for Transport

Exercise books (from year 10 and 11)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘Revision New GCSE Science and Additional Science’ CGP ‘ GCSE Additional science OCR Gateway’

Text book( available from the library)

Websites: OCR past paper examples B721 http://tinyurl.com/nkdhfw2

General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/

https://www.samlearning.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9, 10 and 11. They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

SCIENCE B (S1 AND S2 GROUPS)

1 × 75 min

B711 (75 min) Module B1 Understanding Organisms Module C1 Carbon Chemistry Module P1 Energy for the Home

Exercise books (from year 9 and 10)

Revision Guides either Collins or CGP Collins ‘New GCSE Science and Additional Science’ CGP ‘ GCSE Core science OCR Gateway’

Text book( available from the library)

Websites: OCR past paper examples B711 http://tinyurl.com/mxhc25x

General revision sites http://www.docbrown.info/ https://www.samlearning.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

Students should have a good understanding of work covered in years 9 and 10. They must ensure that command words used in questions, such as suggest, describe, explain and are understood. They should practice the QWC 6 mark questions before the examinations. A scientific calculator will be required in the examinations.

SPORTS SCIENCE

1 hour Extrinsic factors which can influence the risk of injury Coaching / supervision Environmental factors Equipment Safety hazards Intrinsic factors which can influence the risk of injury Physical preparation Individual differences Psychological factors Posture Injuries related to poor posture

Workbooks Powerpoints on GLG Exam papers and mark schemes on GLG

None

Design & Technology Mocks held in March 2016 Subjects: Electronics Graphic Products Product Design Resistant Materials Textiles

1.5hrs Design Question: Based on pre-released material out in February (this also forms the basis for the design question in the summer exams). Specification: -Materials & Components -Industrial Processes -Health & Safety -Designer Influences -Social, Moral, Cultural, Environmental issues relating to specific subject area - New technologies including smart materials

Lonsdale revision guide (subject specific) PowerPoints on GLG / Student shared area Past papers and mark schemes (www.aqa.org.uk / GLG) Theory folder resources Hand outs See subject specification on www.aqa.org.uk

Watch relevant programmes relating to individual subjects including: Grand designs, Dragons Den, Houses built for £100K, Great British Sewing Bee. Visit museums including Design museum, Science museum, V&A (All London, only if visiting the city). Arnolfini (Bristol) Bath costume museum (Bath) Use the library to research designer and iconic designs