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Exam timetable – May MAYM T W T F
8 9 10 11 12
Photography Photography Art Art
15 16 17 18 19
AM
Media 60 min
French unit 1
F - 35min H -
45min
French unit 2
F - 30 min H - 50
min PM
Biology unit 1 60
min Science A unit
1 60 min
AM
Health & Social Care
60 min
AM
Chemistry unit 1 60
min
AM
Spanish unit 1 45
min Spanish unit 2
50 min
22 23 24 25 26
AM
English Lit paper 1
1hr 45 PM
Geography unit 1 1hr
30
AM
Chinese unit 1 45
min
AM
Business 60 min
Engineering unit 1 60
min PM
Physics unit 1 60 min
Science A unit 2 60
min
AM
Maths non-calc 1hr
30
AM
English Lit paper 2
2hr 15
29 30 31 1 2
Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term
Exam timetable – JuneJUNEM T W T F
5 6 7 8 9
AM
History unit 1 1hr
45
PM
Chinese unit 2 50
min
AM
English paper 1 1hr
45
PM
Geography unit 2 1hr
30
AM
German unit 1
F - 35 min H - 45
min German
unit 2 F -
30 min H - 50 min
Computer Science
1hr30
AM
Maths paper 2 calc
1hr 30
AM
Biology unit 2 60
mins Biology
unit 3 60 mins
Additional Science
unit 1 1hr 30
PM
Music 1hr 30
12 13 14 15 16
AM
English paper 2
1hr 45
AM
Maths paper 3
1hr 30
AM
Chemistry unit 2 60
mins
Chemistry unit 3 60
mins
PM
History unit 2 1hr
45
AM
Construction 60
min
PM
Polish unit 1 50
min
Computer Science
2hr
AM
Physics unit 2 60
mins Physics
unit 3 60 mins
Additional Science
unit 2 1hr 30
PM
Hospitality 1hr 15
19 20 21 22 23
AM
Polish unit 2 60 min
Polish unit 4 60 min
PM
Additional Maths 2hr
What are the best conditions for
exam preparation?
• Students need to be well rested
• This will require them to go to bed sufficiently early to get enough sleep
• During the exam period it is essential students do not go out partying the day before an exam
How can parents help?
• Allow time for your child to revise; they may have less time for family commitments and socialising, when revising.
• Suggest that they revise in half-hour bursts with short breaks in between.
• Provide them with a quiet space to work if possible, free from distractions.
How can parents help?
• Sit and listen to your child if they want to read work aloud to you.
• Encourage them to use revision guides and you test them on key points
• BUT, you cannot do it for them!!!
Structured Revision
• Encourage the use of a revision timetable
• Identify how many subjects are going to be examined
• Plan with them what they need to study after school Monday to Friday and what revision will take place over the Saturday and Sunday
• Remember to include breaks and social time
I hate this subject – I’m going to
drop it!
• This is all or nothing thinking
• Issues are over exaggerated in importance
• Discuss the issue with your child and try to help them solve it
• The trick is to help them see that the problem is manageable with a solution
I’ve left it too late to revise
• This can result in demotivation and an attitude that there is no point – this is again all or nothing thinking
• It is never too late until you enter the exam room
• With revision – a little knowledge is better than none
Adverse Circumstances
• These are things like severe illness or bereavement which may cause a student to perform badly in an exam or in the very worst circumstances, to miss it altogether
• It is ESSENTIAL you communicate this to the academy immediately
Stress
• This is normal and actually necessary to successfully tackle exams
• However, too much stress can lead to excessive tiredness, headaches and loss of interest
• The remedy is to encourage time away from work, maybe exercise which releases hormones which counter stress
Key Dates
Monday 22nd May - am
English Literature Paper 1:
Romeo and Juliet/A Christmas Carol
1hr 45 mins
Friday 26th May - am
English Literature Paper 2:
An Inspector Calls/Conflict poetry/Unseen poetry
2hr 15mins
Key Dates
Tuesday 6th June - am
English Language Paper 1:
Explorations in creative reading and writing
1hr 45mins
Monday 12th June - am
English Language Paper 2:
Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
1hr 45 mins
Resources for the students to use:• English staff will provide students with sources and writing tasks to
develop/practise your exam skills. It’s essential that home work is completed.
• GCSE Bitesize is a great resource for both Language and Literature.
• Read newspapers (preferably broadsheets like the Guardian and the Times) and practise your analytical skills.
• AQA/CGP revision guides are available to buy online but please make sure they are appropriate for the new GCSEs – if you need guidance with this, students can ask their teacher.
Mr Birling
Use of dramatic irony: “unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
Refusal to change and see the error of his way: “I can’t accept any responsibility”
“Look, you better ask Gerald for that ring you gave back to him, hadn’t you?”
Capitalist attitude of ‘profit over people’, he’d even compromise his own daughter
to climb the social ladder.
“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can” Mr B. has learnt nothing
from the experience and prioritises image and status over
social responsibility.
Links to the themes of: Generational
differences/age,class, family, social
responsibility
Revision sessions• Every Thursday night (or Tuesday night if they’re taken for
science on a Thursday) 3pm -4pm
• Saturday mornings:
20th May
10th June
• Half term for English Language
Practice makes grades!
• Personal checklist• Past papers• Mathswatch• Practice Papers and YouTube OAWMaths• After school intervention
Practice papers and YouTubeWe have 3 practice papers left
Marked by theirteacher
Students GRITPaper using YouTube
Teacher selects key areas to learn that week
Science exams• Students will have anywhere between 4 and 9
science exams depending upon the class they are in.
• Students will be aware of these:– 11Sc1 9 examinations (3 in each discipline), 1 hour
each;– 11Sc2 – 4 6 examinations (2 in each discipline), 1
hour each;– 11Sc5 – 6 4 examinations (combined papers), 1 ½
hours each.If you are unsure, just ask after the presentation and I will be able to help you. We have some cards outlining which classes do which combination.
Science exams
• Different skills will be assessed during each examination.
• Overall, approximately:
– 38% are knowledge recall learn the facts, recall them;
– 35% are application of knowledge and skills;
– 27% are analysis and evaluation of evidence.
11Sc1:
B1 Tuesday 16th May PMB2 Friday 9th June AMB3 Friday 9th June AM
C1 Thursday 18th May AMC2 Wednesday 14th June AMC3 Wednesday 14th June AM
P1 Wednesday 24th May PMP2 Friday 16th June AMP3 Friday 16th June AM
Specification references and past papers:
Available from www.aqa.org.uk
Biology: AQA GCSE 4401http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-4401
Chemistry: AQA GCSE 4402http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/chemistry-4402
Physics: AQA GCSE 4403http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-4403
11Sc2, 3 & 4:
B1 Tuesday 16th May PMB2 Friday 9th June AM
C1 Thursday 18th May AMC2 Wednesday 14th June AM
P1 Wednesday 24th May PMP2 Friday 16th June AM
Specification references and past papers:
Available from www.aqa.org.uk
GCSE Science A (Core): AQA GCSE 4405http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/science-a-4405
GCSE Additional Science: AQA GCSE 4408http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/additional-science-4408
11Sc5 & 6:
B1a C1a P1a Tuesday 16th May PMB1b C1b P1b Wednesday 24th May PM
B2a C2a P2a Friday 9th June AMB2b C2b P2b Friday 16th June AM
Specification references and past papers:
Available from www.aqa.org.uk
GCSE Science A (Core): AQA GCSE 4405http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/science-a-4405
GCSE Additional Science: AQA GCSE 4408http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/additional-science-4408