Senior School Winter Assessment Information
BIOLOGY 2 hours 1.1 – 1.5 tested. Includes statistics and an essay question.
BUSINESS STUDIES 2 hours
Pupils should revise all content completed prior to examinations in the following booklets:
• 1A – Business Culture, Organisational Culture, and Stakeholder Objectives
• 1B – Communication, EoS, and DEoS
• 1C – Business Strategy and Planning, Decision Tree Analysis, and Contingency Planning 1D (part 1) –Company Accounts; (part 2) – Ratios and Investment
CHEMISTRY 2 hours Topics: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 & 4.6
CLASS CIV 2 hours
Students should revise the following:
Virgil Aeneid (All Books)
Homer Odyssey (up to Book 12)
(Elements of ‘Democracy and the Athenians’ and ‘Imperial Image’ will be tested in advance of the examination)
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 hour during examination period; 1 session during class time
Mr Wright (during class time – theory and programming):
• 4.1 Fundamentals of programming (all)
• 4.2 Fundamentals of data structures (all)
• 4.3 Fundamentals of algorithms (all except 4.3.3 Reverse Polish)
• 4.4 Theory of computation (all except 4.4.3 Context-free languages, 4.4.4.7 Halting problem and 4.4.5 Turing machine)
Miss Richmond (1 hour paper during examination period):
• 4.5 -4.7 Fundamentals of data representation, computer systems and Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture – only sections below:
o 4.7.1 Internal hardware components of a computer
o 4.7.3 Structure and role of the processor and its components
o 4.7.3.1 - The processor and its components
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DRAMA
ECONOMICS
2 hours (2 papers –1 hour each)
o 4.7.3.2 - The Fetch-Execute cycle and the role of registers within it
o 4.7.3.7 - Factors affecting processor performance 4.10 Fundamentals of databases & 4.11 Big Data
Miss Richmond (1 hour paper):
• Databases
Mr Wright (1 hour paper):
• Networks
• Applications of digital technology (Artificial intelligence and Expert systems)
2 hours Pupils should revise –Lysistrata – Answer one question Machinal- Acting/Technical elements(Answer both questions stated)
2 hours Pupils should revise all content completed prior to examinations in the following booklets:
• 3A – Cost Theory
• 3B – Business Objectives
• 3C – Business Growth
• 3D – Measuring Markets
• 3E – Market Structures
• 3F – Regulation
ENGLISH
1 hour
English Literature: One paper, Unseen Poetry.
E-TECH 1 hour 15 minutes Units 1-4
FRENCH 2 hours
Reading examination
Students will complete Listening and Speaking examinations prior to the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
FURTHER MATHS 2 hours
All Pure content covered will be examined. Staff will tell students of all topics to be included.
An Applied test will take place in class in late November covering all content.
The overall score will be made up of 50% from the Applied test and 50% from Pure examination.
GEOGRAPHY 1 hour 30 minutes
Human – Ethnic Diversity Booklet Physical – Plate Tectonics 2 Booklets
GERMAN 2 hours
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 hour 20 minutes
Students should revise materials relating to vocabulary from the topic of Education:
Students will complete a Listening and Speaking examination prior to the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact dates This will involve a discussion on students’ chosen research topic and a general conversation.
Students will complete a Literature essay either prior to or post the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
• Interest Groups
• Functions and powers of Congress: representative, legislative, scrutiny
• Effectiveness of Congress in carrying out these functions
• How constitution defines the powers of the President
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NO EXAM
HISTORY 1hr 15 mins Full A21 course to be revised - Constitutional, revolutionary and cultural nationalism and unionism 1800-1900
MATHEMATICS 2 hours
MOVING IMAGE ARTS
1 hour 30 minutes
MUSIC 2 hours
All Pure content covered will be examined. Staff will tell students of all topics to be included. An Applied test will take place in class in late November covering all Mechanics content. The overall score will be made up of 30% from the Applied test and 70% from Pure examination.
Section A Realism: Narrative and Visual Style (2 unseen clip analysis)
Section B: Creative exercise
Students should revise the following:
• Features of Renaissance and Baroque music
• Byrd, Fauré
• Debussy, Ravel
Thule, the period of cosmography/The Andalusian Merchant
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
NO EXAM Assessment will be based on Unit 3 Coursework, both assignment 1 and 2.
PHYSICS
1 hour 30 minutes
PSYCHOLOGY 2 hours
80% Winter exam (all of unit 1)
20% mock practical inc 3b Q
Students should revise all material in the following four booklets:
• Approaches
• Attachments
• Schizophrenia
• Issues and Debates
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2 hours
Revise all material completed on the following topics from both areas of the course
RUSSIAN
2 hours
SPANISH
2 Hours
Reading Paper
Paul’s Letters: Galatians and 1st Corinthians Ethics: Ethical Theories and Introduction to Rights
Students should revise all material in the following booklets: Student’s Essay guide: essay titles and indicative content Student’s Winter examinations Support material Support vocabulary
Students should revise all vocabulary and grammar from the following topics:
• Sustainable living and environmental issues
• Equality/inequality and discrimination/prejudice
• Immigration and emigration – causes, benefits and related issues
• Multicultural society and cultural identity – benefits and challenges
Students will complete a Listening examination prior to the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
Students will complete a Speaking examination during the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date. This will involve a discussion on students’ chosen research topic and a general conversation.
Students will complete a Literature essay either prior to or post the examination period. Class teachers will advise on exact date.
TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
1 hour
Environmental Issues
Product Life Cycle
ICT in Product Design
Design question
NO EXAM Coursework.
