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Year 10
GCSE Information
Booklet
For Parents and Students
Contents
Introduction from the Head of Year 10 & Key Dates………… Page 2
Attendance……………………………………………… …………. Page 3
Revision Strategies: Reducing Your Notes
Rewriting Your Notes
Retrieving Your Knowledge
Past Papers Page 4 – 7
Course Information………………………………………………… Page 8 – 20
Exam Preparation and Support Booklet
To further support your son/daughter during their GCSE courses and to ensure
they achieve their very best, we have produced this ‘GCSE Information’
booklet that explains how you can help your child. The Spires College will
provide our Year 10 students all the help and opportunities possible to ensure
they can achieve their full potential in the summer 2022 examinations, enabling
them to move on to an appropriate Sixth Form programme that will, in turn,
lead them to a rich and fulfilling future career.
Mr D Veale
Head of Year 10
2
Attendance
Most people would be delighted with 90% in an exam. However, when it
comes to attendance, this means your child would miss one out of every 10
days of college. Over a whole year, this equates to a month off college. This
will obviously affect their GCSE final grades.
Research suggests that missing one day out of 10, on average, can lead to a
whole GCSE grade drop at the end of the course.
Even small drops in attendance will have a negative effect on GCSE grades,
as this graph shows:
It is important students do not miss college for routine doctor or dentist
appointments. All GPs and dentists offer appointments until at least 5pm and
often later. Given that the college day finishes at 2:50pm, it should be possible
to schedule appointments after the college day, as every lesson missed is
important.
Please do your utmost to get your child into college every day. The impact at
the end of the year will be significant.
3
Revision Techniques
Reducing Your Notes
Aim: Cue Cards
Note or cue cards are useful for listing information,
To reduce the volume
definitions, rules and formulae you need to learn.
of notes you are
You can use them to learn vocabulary or write key words
revising from and
prioritise key points. This from an event or story to help you fill in the gaps later.
will save you time in the These are an excellent revision resource that once created,
weeks and days before can be used all the way up to your exam.
your exams.
Mind Maps
A great way to condense a great deal of information in a
visual way that is easy to revise from. Using colours for
How to start: different topics can help the information stick in your mind,
too.
Pick a subject and
select a specific topic. Choose a topic and place it in the centre of your page. List
Using your class notes,
the main themes/topics as sub headings around the
reduce the amount by
central theme. Finally, add details to the sub topics but
using one of the
remember to prioritise the key information.
methods listed.
You should be able to reduce a topic down on to a single
piece of A4 paper.
Key to success:
Timelines
Start early – this These are particularly useful to display key information in
is not something chronological order.
you can cram in
just before an You can use timelines to follow a character in a story, to list
exam. historical events or remove the time aspect and use them
Get organised –
to show a process.
Arrange your
class notes
The visual aspect of timelines can be very useful.
before you start
4
Revision Techniques
Rewriting Your Notes
Cornell Note Taking
This is an excellent way of organising your notes and
prioritising the key concepts within a topic. It forces you to
think about the importance of the points you are dealing
Aim: with and leaves you with a manageable page to revise
from.
To provide you with an
efficient method to take
and organise notes.
Key Knowledge – Identify the key concepts
from the topics. Work hard to be specific here.
Try to include no more than 5
Notes – This section includes the detail from the
key knowledge you have identified
How to start:
Pick a subject and
select a specific topic.
Identify the key
knowledge first, then
expand on this with
notes.
Key to success:
Quiz yourself– use
the key
knowledge to test
yourself regularly.
Exam answers –
The summary can
be constructed
Summary – Write a short paragraph to explain
as a paragraph in
the topic. Make sure you include the most
an exam answer.
important ideas or arguments.
5Revision Techniques
Retrieving Your Knowledge
Quizzing
This is a very effective method and is really quick, too. It
can be done in many forms but in essence, it involves you
Aim:
testing yourself on all the knowledge you will need in a
To test your knowledge subject. You can construct questions/facts on paper,
of the basic information cards or simple post-it notes.
in a subject or topic.
Once you know them, Flash Cards
you can apply them in Write a question on one side of the card and the answer
exam answers. on the other – simple!
Use these for formulae in maths and science, characters or
quotations in English, vocabulary, definitions, key facts and
so on.
How to start: Once you have constructed the cards, you can test
yourself or get friends and family to test you. It is fine to get
Pick a subject and
these questions wrong: the more you quiz yourself, the
select a specific topic.
Using your class notes, more will go in.
reduce the amount by
using one of the Leitner Method
methods listed. Quiz yourself on a subject or topic every day. When you
get a question wrong, it goes back in the ‘every day’ box.
When you get it right, it can move to the ‘twice a week’
box.
Key to success:
This method ensures you quiz on the areas you do not know
Start early – this is more often.
not something
you can cram in It is really powerful!
just before an
exam.
Get organised –
Arrange your
class notes
before you start
6Revision Techniques
Complete Past Papers
Past Papers A brilliant way to prepare for the real thing. You have to
put yourself in difficult positions when preparing for difficult
challenges. The first time you complete a past paper under
exam conditions, it will feel challenging. As with most
Aim: things, the more you do it, the easier it gets.
To understand the
demands of the exam Step 1: Complete the paper under exam conditions and
and refine your revision stick to the time limit. Make sure you prepare for this and
needs. have all equipment to hand. Avoid all distractions during
this time.
Completing past papers gives you a true feeling of how the
real thing will be. You get to practice the timings and
which parts of papers you need to keep an eye out for.
How to start:
Step 2: Mark the paper using the official mark scheme. This
Ask teachers for copies
stage tells you so much more than simply if you got a
or use exam board
websites to download question correct.
past papers.
Make a note of topics, information and formulae you did
not know so you can use one of the other methods to revise
them and then quiz.
Step 3: Seek specific feedback on the questions you found
Key to success:
difficult. This could be through the use of the examiners
Once marked, reports which cover the misconceptions of students
use the gaps in nationally. Alternatively, speak to your teacher and discuss
your knowledge how you could have improved. Your teacher will be very
to create flash
cards and happy to go over things with you and point you in the right
revision materials direction.
Make sure you
understand the Past papers are a vital part of revision. Put simply, if you
command words
in each subject – complete as many as you can for a subject, you will have
check with seen most questions ever asked in any exam. That has to
teachers if you put you in a good position going into the real thing.
need to.
7Course Information
Exam Board and specification
▲ This part of the table will outline which exam board the students are
entered with. This information will be particularly useful when purchasing
revision materials and selecting appropriate revision websites. This
document outlines the course in detail, giving information on course topics
and the exams to be sat.
Exam Information
▲ This part of the table will outline the exam requirements for each course. It
will specify whether there is a coursework element to the course as well as
how many exam papers are to be sat in the summer term.
Recommended Resources
▲ Please use this column when purchasing revision materials and using the
internet for revision and exam preparation. These resources are
recommended by classroom teachers, Heads of Department and also
exam boards.
For further information regarding individual subjects please contact your
son/daughter’s teacher.
8Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Biology AQA (8461) Paper 1: BBC bitesize
Topics 1-4 assessed, http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z9ddmp3
http://www.aqa.or 1hour 45 minutes
g.uk/subjects/scien long. s-cool revision
ce/gcse/biology- Worth 50% of the http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/biology
8461 GCSE.
AQA GCSE Revision Biology, Collins, by Ian Honeysett.
Paper 2:
Topics 5-7 assessed, CGP GCSE Combined Science for AQA (Grade 9-1):
1hour 45 minutes The revision guide (Higher Level) and Exam Practise
long. Workbook (Higher Level).
Worth 50% of the
GCSE. AQA Biology Third edition, Oxford University Press, by
Gemma Young.
Revision guides are available to purchase through parent
pay and school finance.
Chemistry AQA (8462) Paper 1: BBC Bitesize
Topics 1-4 assessed, http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zs6hvcw
http://www.aqa.or 1hour 45 minutes
g.uk/subjects/scien long. s-cool revision
ce/gcse/chemistry- Worth 50% of the http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry
8462 GCSE.
Revision Guides and Workbooks
Paper 2: https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/Student/books_gcse_scienc
Topics 5-7 assessed, e_new.books_gcse_chemistry?range=new#AQA
1hour 45 minutes
long. AQA GCSE Chemistry (Third Edition) Lawrie Ryan
Worth 50% of the
GCSE Revision guides are available to purchase through parent
pay and school finance.
Physics AQA (8463) Paper 1: BBC Bitesize
Topics 1-4 assessed, http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpm6fg8
1hour 45 minutes
long.
Worth 50% of the s-cool revision
GCSE. http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/physics
Paper 2: Revision Guides and Workbooks
Topics 5-7 assessed, https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/Student/books_gcse_scienc
1hour 45 minutes e_new.books_gcse_physics?range=new#AQA
long.
Worth 50% of the AQA GCSE Physics (Third Edition) Jim Breithaupt
GCSE
Revision guides are available to purchase through parent
pay and school finance.
Combined AQA Combined Biology Paper 1 BBC Bitesize
Science Science Trilogy Topics 1–4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrkw2hv
(8464) Written exam: 1
hour 15 16.7% of s-cool revision
http://www.aqa.or GCSE http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/biology
g.uk/subjects/scien http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry
ce/gcse/combined Biology Paper 2 http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/physics
-science-trilogy- Topics 5–7
8464 Written exam: 1 Revision Guides and Workbooks
hour 15 minutes https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/Student/books_gcse_scienc
16.7% of GCSE e_combined#Combined Science
(Select AQA books)
9Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Chemistry Paper 1 AQA GCSE Combined Science
Topics 8–12 Biology – Lawrie Ryan
Written exam: 1 Chemistry – Lawrie Ryan
hour 15 minutes Physics – Jim Breithaupt
16.7% of GCSE
Revision guides are available to purchase through parent
Chemistry Paper 2 pay and school finance.
Topics 13–17
Written exam: 1
hour 15 minutes
16.7% of GCSE
Physics Paper 1
Topics 18–21
Written exam: 1
hour 15 minutes
16.7% of GCSE
Physics Paper 2
Topics 22–24
Written exam: 1
hour 15 minutes
16.7% of GCSE.
Psychology AQA (8182) Paper 1: Cognition Learn Dojo:
and Behaviour https://learndojo.org/gcse-revision/aqa-psychology/
https://www.aqa.or
g.uk/subjects/psych 1hour 45 mins The student room:
ology/gcse/psychol https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/gcse/subjects/psychol
ogy-8182 Worth 50% of the ogy/
GCSE
Quizlet:
Topics include: https://quizlet.com/en-gb/content/gcse-psychology-
Memory, revision
Perception,
Development and Gojimo, the FREE revision app.
Research Methods
AQA Psychology for GCSE: Revision Guide (2018) by Cara
Paper 2: Social Flanagan and Dave Berry, Illuminate Publishing
context and
Behaviour My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) Psychology by Molly
Marshall and Susan Firth, Hodder Education
1hour 45 mins
Worth 50% of the
GCSE
Topics include:
Social influence,
Language, thought
and
communication,
Neuropsychology
and psychological
problems
10Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
English AQA Language: Depending on the texts that each class have studied:
Paper 1:
50% of GCSE. An Inspector Calls GCSE York notes or CGP
1-hour 45 mins. Revision Guide
The Merchant of Venice GCSE York notes or CGP
Paper 2: Revision Guide
50% of GCSE. Romeo & Juliet GCSE York notes or CGP Revision
I hour 45 mins. Guide
Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde York notes or CGP Revision
Literature: Guide
Paper 1: A Christmas Carol York Notes or CGP Revision
40% of GCSE. Guide
I hour 45 mins. AQA Power and Conflict Poetry on GCSE
Bitesize or CGP Revision Guide
Paper 2:
60% of GCSE. Revise AQA GCSE English
2 hours 15 mins.
New GCSE English Language AQA Complete Revision &
Practice
Mr Bruff YouTube revision videos
Language:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-
language-8700/assessment-resources
Literature:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-
literature-8702/assessment-resources
Maths AQA (8300) Paper 1: All students must have a Scientific Calculator (these can
Non- calculator be purchased from the Maths department for £8.00 each.)
http://www.aqa.or All topics assessed.
g.uk/subjects/math 1hour 30 minutes Hegartymaths
ematics/gcse/math long. https://hegartymaths.com
ematics-8300 80 Marks.
Worth 33.3% of the BBC Bitesize
GCSE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z38pycw
Paper 2: Corbett Maths
Calculator https://corbettmaths.com/
All topics assessed.
1hour 30 minutes Maths Genie
long. https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk
80 Marks.
Worth 33.3% of the
GCSE.
Paper 3:
Calculator
All topics assessed.
1hour 30 minutes
long.
80 Marks.
Worth 33.3% of the
GCSE
11Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Music OCR Listening Paper: Past papers:
Written paper with http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-music-j536-from-
http://www.ocr.org. CD. 2016/
uk/qualifications/gc 1 hour and 40
se-music-j536-from- minutes. Aural BBC Bitesize
2016/ recognition and http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpf3cdm
Context/unheard/ ABRSM
unfamiliar music The AB Guide to Music Theory Vol 1
from Areas of Study
2, 3, 4 & 5. Worth New GCSE Music OCR Complete Revision & Practice (with
40% of the GCSE. Audio CD) - for the Grade 9-1 Course.
Music RSL Externally Assessed Specification:
Music Practitioners Controlled https://www.rslawards.com/vocational/music-practitioners
Level 2 Assessment 6 weeks
Performance (40%) Radio 1 Live Lounge
Live Music http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01029mq
Performance.
Plan, perform and Live Music Performances
reflect on 15-minute www.youtube.com
live performance.
History OCR History B Exams will be taken The following revision guides are useful for this course:
(Schools History in Summer of 2021
Project) J411
Component 1
40% of total marks
Crime and
punishment 1250 to
present and the
Norman Conquest
1065 to 1087
1 hour and 45
minute examination
We do have department revision guides, these can be
Component 2 found in the shared area as electronic copies or hard
copies can be purchased. Please see your History teacher
20% of total marks for details.
History Around Us The following existing websites are also of use:
1 hour examination http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z3gg87h/resourc
on the changing es/1 a selection of video clips linked to Crime and
nature of a local Punishment
historical site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z44cwmn/resourc
Component 3 es/1 a selection of video clips linked to the Norman
Conquest
40% of total marks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zv3v4wx a
America 1789-1900 selection of video clips linked to the America West in the
and Nazi Germany 19th century
1933 to 1945
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zcqs6fr includes
1 hour and 45 information on Germany outside the time period being
minute examination studied but also covers the 1933-1945 period
12Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Performing EDEXCEL BTEC Tech Component 1 Revise BTEC Tech Award Performing Arts Revision Guide
Arts award Exploring the Publisher: Pearson
Performing Arts Author: Sally Jewers,Heidi McEntee,Paul Webster
Aim: get a taste of ISBN: 9781292245621
what it is like to be a
professional actor,
dancer or musical
theatre performer.
Assessment:
internally assessed
assignments
30% of total course
Component 2
Developing Skills
and Techniques in
the Performing Arts
Aim: develop skills
and techniques in
acting.
Assessment:
internally assessed
assignments
30% of total course
Component 3
Performing to a Brief
Aim: consider how
practitioners adapt
their skills for
different contexts,
and put this into
practice in a
performance.
Assessment:
externally assessed
task, where students
work in groups of
between 3 and 7
members to create
a performance
based on a set
brief.
40% of total course
Media Eduqus (previously Paper 1: BBC bitesize
Studies WJEC in England) 1hour 30 minutes http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/ztnygk7
https://www.eduqa Worth 40% of the Media Know all
s.co.uk/qualification GCSE. http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse/gcse.php
s/media-
studies/gcse/ Paper 2: Mrs Fisher Media Channel
1 hour 30 minutes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKrxp4BcJrGLzmqA
hCjASg
13Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Worth 30% of the WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide
GCSE Paperback – 30 April 2019
Coursework by Hayley Sheard (Author)
ISBN-10: 1911208896
Worth 30% of the ISBN-13: 978-1911208891
GCSE.
WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies
Author Hayley Sheard
ISBN-13: 9781911208488
CNAT Sports OCR Coursework worth https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-
Studies 75%, examination nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/
Level 1/2 worth 25% on four
different units:
R051:
Contemporary
Issues in Sport
Written paper
1 hour 60 marks (60
UMS)
R052:
Developing
Sports Skills
Centre-assessed
tasks
60 marks (60 UMS)
R053:
Sports
Leadership
Centre-assessed
tasks
60 marks (60 UMS)
R056:
Developing
Knowledge and
Skills in Outdoor
Activities
Centre-assessed
tasks
60 marks (60 UMS)
GCSE OCR Physical Websites
Physical Education Two Units
Education Theory (60%) http://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/pe-physical-
J587 Practical & AEP education
(40%)
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/pe
Theory: - www.s-cool.co.uk
Paper 1
1 hour (30%) http://www.teachpe.com/flash_cards_gcse.php
Physical factors
affecting http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/znyb4wx
Performance
www.brianmac.co.uk
Paper 2
1 hour (30%) www.interactivepe.co.uk
14Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Socio-cultural www.ocr.org.uk
influences and
Sports Psychology
Performance in
Physical
Education (three
Sports ) 30%
Analysing and
Evaluating
Performance (10%)
BTEC Dance Edexcel Component 1-
exploring the Students will be studying works by:
http://qualifications. performing arts
pearson.com/cont (30%) Christopher Bruce – Ghost Dances
ent/dam/pdf/btec-
tec- Component 2- Matthew Bourne – Swan Lake
awards/performing- Developing skills
arts/2017/teaching- and techniques Bob Fosse - Chicago
and-learning/First- (30%)
Look_Guide__BTEC_
Tech_Award_in_Perf Component 3-
orming_Arts.pdf Performing to a
brief. (40%)
Two components
assessed internally,
one component
assessed externally.
Level 1/2 EDUQAS(previously Unit 1 GCSE bitesize food tech
Vocational WJEC) The Hospitality and www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
GCSE Award 601/7703/2 Catering Industry www.eatwell.gov.uk
in Hospitality (online or paper www.foodlink.org.uk
and Catering assessment) 50% www.bbc.co.uk/food/techniques
Unit 2 My revision notes WJEC Hospitality and Catering
Hospitality and Hodder education.
Catering in Action www.s-cool.co.uk/gcsefood-technology
50%.
4-hour practical
assessment and
planning.
WJEC Level QiW: C005072/7 Unit 1 TEXTBOOK:
1/2 Award in https://www.wjec.c Engineering Design WJEC Vocational Award Engineering Level 1/2
Engineering o.uk/qualifications/ Published by Illuminate Publishing
engineering-level-1- Internally ISBN 9781912820153
2/#tab_overview assessed
assignment. WEBSITES:
25% of total https://technologystudent.com/
course.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zvg4d2p
Unit 2
Producing
Engineering
Products
15Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Internally
assessed
assignment.
50% of total
course.
Unit 3
Solving Engineering
Problems
Externally
assessed
examination.
25% of total
course.
Art and Edexcel Component 1: http://www.studentartguide.com/
Photography http://qualifications. Personal Portfolio
pearson.com/en/q (coursework) - 60% https://www.tate.org.uk/art/student-resource/exam-help
ualifications/edexc of GCSE grade
el-gcses/art-and- http://www.juliastubbs.co.uk/exemplar-material/gcse-
design-2016.html Component 2 exemplar-material-1.html
(completed during
Year 11): Exam
Project - 40% of
GCSE grade
French and AQA Reading FRENCH
Spanish Listening Pearson AQA GCSE French/Spanish revision guides.
Writing
Speaking New GCSE French AQA Complete Revision & Practice
25% each (with CD & Online Edition) - Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE
Spanish 9-1 Revision)12 Dec 2016 by CGP Books
One end of course
exam. www.linguascope.com
Username: thespires
Password: merci123
You choose the Intermediate Spanish, then choose any
topic and watch videos, practise with vocabulary games
and grammar exercises.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
Excellent website provided by the BBC, organized by skill
(e.g. Reading or Listening) and then by topic
http://www.wildfrench.co.uk/GCSEPapers/paperslist.htm
Edexcel French GCSE Past Papers
(the topics are very similar to OCR)
http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/02-MFL-
resources.shtml
A Surrey secondary school’s website with games and
listening activities.
Try the interactive quizzes.
http://zut.languageskills.co.uk/intermediate/year10.html
French GCSE revision practice available after 4pm for free
16Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/french/index.html
French GCSE general revision site with revision advice
http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/
Basic vocabulary builder including many games in French
http://www.tv5monde.com/index.php
Watch French TV
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
French: grammar, topics and vocabulary practice
https://www.language-gym.com/
French: grammar, topics and vocabulary practice
https://www.thisislanguage.com
French: grammar, topics, authentic videos and vocabulary
practice
https://www.duolingo.com
French vocab resource
https://www.1jour1actu.com
French news stories and videos
SPANISH
New GCSE Spanish AQA Complete Revision & Practice
(with CD & Online Edition) - Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE
Spanish 9-1 Revision)12 Dec 2016 by CGP Books
www.linguascope.com
Username: thespires
Password: merci123
You choose the Intermediate Spanish, then choose any
topic and watch videos, practise with vocabulary games
and grammar exercises.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
Organised by skill (e.g., Reading or Listening) and then by
topic. Do the Foundation and the Higher, regardless of
which one you will take – it is all good practice!
www.asisehace.net
Choose the GCSE topics.
www.languagesonline.org.uk
Grammar, topics and vocabulary practice
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish
Many different activities, at different levels, to choose from.
https://www.language-gym.com
Spanish: grammar, topics and vocabulary practice
https://www.thisislanguage.com
Spanish: grammar, topics, authentic videos and
vocabulary practice
https://www.duolingo.com
Spanish vocab resource
17Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Spanish Video Opportunities
www.bbc.co.uk/languages.spanish/mividaloca/index.shtml
www.lingus.tv
Spanish news
http://es.euronews.com
Spanish radio or music for learners
http://radiolingua.com/cbs-step-1/
http://www.sonicomuiscia.com/
Geography AQA Exam components Assessment materials:
https://www.aqa.or Living with the https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/geography/gcse/geogr
g.uk/subjects/geogr physical aphy-8035/assessment-resources
aphy/gcse/geogra environment
phy-8035 (35%) BBC Bitesize Geography Revision:
1hr 30mins exam https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/examspecs/zy3ptyc
Challenges in the Time for Geography Revision and exam preparation
human videos:
environment
(35%) https://timeforgeography.co.uk/
1hr 30mins exam GCSE 9-1 AQA Endorsed textbook (Hodder):
Geographical https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/geography/gcse/aqa
applications CGP GCSE 9-1 AQA Geography Complete Revision Guide:
1hr 15mins (30%) https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/secondary-
books/gcse/humanities/geography/gas42-gcse-9-1-
geography-aqa-complete-revision
CGP GCSE 9-1 AQA Geography Revision Flash Cards:
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/secondary-
books/gcse/humanities/geography/gaf41-grade-9-1-
gcse-geography-aqa-revision-ques
Computer Edexcel GCSE Component 1: Specification
Science Computer Science Principles of https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCS
(9-1) Computer Science E/Computer%20Science/2020/specification-and-sample-
assessments/GCSE_L1_L2_Computer_Science_2020_Specifi
Written examination cation.pdf
paper
1hr 30mins Clear Revise
Illustrated revision practice
Worth 50% of Edexcel GCSE Computer Science
qualification 1CP2
ISBN 978-1-910523-28-5
Component 2: £8.00
Application of
Computational Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Revision Guide
Thinking. ISBN 9781292131207
£5.99
Written examination
paper. BBC Bitesize
2 hours. https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/z34k7ty
18Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Worth 50% of Code Cademy
qualification https://www.codecademy.com/
7 day free trial
Python – free download for programming practice
https://www.python.org/downloads/
GCSE Computing Revision Site
https://mrocallaghanedu.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/gcse
-computing-revision-materials/
ICT BTEC Tech Award in Component 1: As units 1 and 2 require students to physically create ICT
Digital Information Exploring user products and solutions for a given client, there are no
Technology (Level interface design recommended textbooks. However, the skills students will
2) principles and need to show and the products they will need to create can
project planning. be found in the specification (refer to Unit 1 and Unit 2 only).
Component 2: chrome-
Collecting, extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/http
presenting and s://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Digital-
interpreting
information. The specification for this course can be found at:
Component 3: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/btec
Effective digital -tec-awards/information-technology/2017/specification-
working practices. and-sample-assessments/Spec-BTEC-L1-2TECHAWD-DIT.pdf
Components 1 and
2 are internally Revision Guide:
assessed project We would recommend all students purchase a revision
work and are each guide for the Component 3 examination (see below):
worth 30% of the
qualification. BTEC L1-2 DIT ClearRevise BTEC DIT Level ½
Illustrated revision and practice
Component 3 is an ISBN 978-1-901523-26-1
external £8.00 on Amazon
examination, worth
40% of the Revise BTEC Tech Award Digital Information Technology
qualification. The Revision Guide
exam is 1.5 hours in
length. ISBN Number: 9781292272740
Cost: £5.99
Business Edexcel GCSE Revision Guides
Studies Business
A complete revision guide and workbook is available to
buy from the Department at the cost price of £5.50
(Recommended retail price of £10.99). Should you wish to
purchase this, please see Miss Cox.
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Knowledge Book
Available from the Department at a price of £5.95 (please
pay via ParentPay)
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Calculation Practice Book
Available from the Department at a price of £5.95 (please
pay via ParentPay)
19Year 10 Course Information
Subject Exam Board and Exam information Recommended resources
specification
Online Support:
BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
Tutor2U
http://www.tutor2u.net/business
This is an A-Level site generally but also has a GCSE / iGCSE
section
Business Education Online
http://www.businessed.co.uk/
Revision notes and games / activities designed to test your
knowledge.
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