Curriculum Plan: Year 11 English Language Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Half Term 1 Unit Title: Paper 2 - Reading (non-fiction) Content: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas (AO1); Synthesise explicit and implicit information (AO1); Explain, comment and analyse the use of language (AO2); Compare writers’ ideas and how they are conveyed (AO3) Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress Mock examinations Half Term 1 Unit Title: Paper 1 - Reading (fiction) / Paper 1 - Writing (fiction) Content: Explain, comment and analyse the use of structural features (AO2); Evaluate texts critically (AO4); Descriptive/Narrative writing- Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6) Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress Mock examinations Half Term 1 Unit Title: Paper 1 - Writing (fiction) Content: Descriptive/Narrative writing- Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6) Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress Half Term 2 Unit Title: Paper 2 - Writing (non-fiction) / Paper 1 - Reading (fiction) Content: Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5; use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6) Evaluate texts critically (AO4); Explain, comment and analyse the use of language (AO2); Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress Half Term 2 Unit Title: Paper 1 - Writing (fiction) Content: Descriptive/Narrative writing-Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6) Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress
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Curriculum Plan: Year 11 English Language
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Paper 2 - Reading (non-fiction)
Content: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas (AO1); Synthesise explicit and implicit information (AO1); Explain, comment and analyse the use of language (AO2); Compare writers’ ideas and how they are conveyed (AO3)
Assessment: Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progressMock examinations
Half Term 1Unit Title: Paper 1 - Reading (fiction) / Paper 1 - Writing (fiction)
Content: Explain, comment and analyse the use of structural features (AO2); Evaluate texts critically (AO4); Descriptive/Narrative writing-Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6)
Assessment:Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progressMock examinations
Half Term 1Unit Title: Paper 1 - Writing (fiction)
Content: Descriptive/Narrative writing- Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6)
Assessment:Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress
Half Term 2Unit Title: Paper 2 - Writing (non-fiction) / Paper 1 - Reading (fiction)
Content: Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5; use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6)
Evaluate texts critically (AO4); Explain, comment and analyse the use of language (AO2);
Assessment:Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress
Half Term 2Unit Title: Paper 1 - Writing (fiction)
Content: Descriptive/Narrative writing-Communicate clearly and organise information(AO5); use a range of punctuation and vocabulary (AO6)
Assessment:Mini assessments at the end of each unit to assess progress
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 English Literature
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Macbeth by William Shakespeare(Shakespeare – Paper 1 section A)
Content: In-depth study and close annotation of the whole Shakespeare play. Pupils will be given opportunities to develop the key skills of the Assessment Objectives which include developing a personal response to the play, using textual references/quotations to support interpretations, analysing language, form and structure and considering the context behind the play. Pupils will also be assessed on their ability to use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures and the accuracy of their spelling and punctuation.Assessment:Pupils will complete a mid-point and end of unit assessment to monitor progress, practise exam skills and prepare for assessment under exam conditions. They will also be assessed for a final time on this text as part of the Paper 1 mock examination.
Half Term 1Unit Title: AQA Anthology poetry cluster: Power and Conflict(Poetry cluster – Paper 2, Section B)
Content: Study and annotation of all 15 poems in the power and conflict cluster of the AQA Past and Present: poetry anthology. Pupils will be given opportunities to develop the key skills of the Assessment Objectives which include developing a personal response to the poems, using references/quotations to support interpretations, analysing language, form and structure and making links between poems.
Assessment:Pupils will complete one mid-point assessment to monitor progress, practise exam skills and prepare for assessment under exam conditions.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Pre-exam revision lessons(Modern text – Paper 2, Section A)(Unseen poetry – Paper 2, Section C)
Content:Main focus on revision of the specific modern text studied (either An Inspector Calls or Blood Brothers or Lord of the Flies) and unseen poetry section of the Paper 2 exam.
Assessment:Paper 1 and Paper 2 English Literature examinations.
Half Term 2Unit Title: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens(19th Century novel – Paper 1 section B)
Content: In-depth study and close annotation of the whole novella by Charles Dickens. Pupils will be given opportunities to develop the key skills of the Assessment Objectives which include developing a personal response, using textual references/quotations to support interpretations, analysing language, form and structure and considering the context behind the novella.
Assessment:Pupils will complete a mid-point assessment to monitor progress, practise exam skills and prepare for assessment under exam conditions. The end of unit assessment will form part of the Paper 1 mock examination.
Half Term 2Unit Title: Continuation of AQA Anthology poetry cluster: Power and Conflict(Poetry cluster – Paper 2, Section B)
Content: Study and annotation of all 15 poems in the power and conflict cluster of the AQA Past and Present: poetry anthology. Pupils will be given opportunities to develop the key skills of the Assessment Objectives which include developing a personal, critical response to the poems, using references/quotations to support interpretations, analysing language, form and structure and making links between the poems.
Assessment:The end of unit assessment will form part of the Paper 2 mock examination.
Half Term 2GCSE EXAMINATIONS
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Maths
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Ratio and Proportion/Factors, Powers and Roots/Graphs/Working in 2D
Content: • Solving ratio and scale problems• Direct and inverse proportion• Percentage change/Reverse percentages• Factors, powers and roots/Surds• Linear, quadratic and kinematic graphs• Area and perimeter• Transformations
Assessment:• In class assessment – week 4• Test – final week
Half Term 1Unit Title: Pythagoras, Trigonometry and Vectors/Sequences
Content:• Pythagoras’ theorem• Trigonometry for right-angled triangles – SOHCAHTOA• Sine and Cosine rules• Trigonometry – exact values• Vectors• Sequences – linear, quadratic, special• Revision/Exam paper practise
Assessment: • In class assessment – week 3
Half Term 1Unit Title: Revision and Exam Paper Practise
Content: • Revision and Exam Paper Practise
Assessment:• Exam papers• Online assessment (Kerboodle, mymaths, etc)• In class assessments
Half Term 2Unit Title: Calculations/Graphs
Content: • Data handling/Probability Revision• Calculations – problem solving• Standard form• Graphs – cubic, reciprocal, exponential, trigonometric, real-life• Exam paper practise• Feedback from mock exams
Assessment: • In class assessment – week 2• Mock Exam Week 1
Half Term 2Unit Title: Units and Proportionality
Content: • Compound units – speed, density• Converting between units• Rates of change/Growth and decay• Direct and inverse proportion problems• Feedback from mock exams
Assessment: • Mock Exam Week 2
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Science
Biology Chemistry Physics
Biology Rotation 1Unit 7: EcologyAbiotic and biotic factorsCompetitionInterdependenceAdaptationsLevels of organisation How materials are cycledDecompositionImpact of environment changeBiodiversity, Waste ManagementLand useDeforestationGlobal warmingMaintaining biodiversityTrophic levels and Pyramids of biomass
Transfers of biomassFactors affecting food securityFarming techniquesSustainable fisheriesRole of biotechnologyAssessment:Diagnostic exam style question testing.On line testsEnd of unit examMock exam
Chemistry Rotation 1Unit 6: Rate and extent of chemical changeCalculating rates of reactionFactors affecting rate of reaction and collision theoryCatalysts and activation energyReversible reactions and equilibriumThe effect of changing conditions on equilibrium (HT only)
Unit 8: Chemical analysisPure substances and formulationsChromatography and calculation
of Rf valuesIdentification of common gasesEvaluating the analysis of substances by flame emission spectroscopy (Triple only)Identifying positive metal ions (Triple only)Identifying negative non-metal ions (Triple only)
Assessment:Diagnostic exam style question testing.On line testsEnd of unit examMock exam
Physics Rotation 1Unit 4 Atomic structureAtomic structure IsotopesHistory of the model of the atomNuclear Radioactive decay nuclear equationsHalf lives contaminationFission and fusion (Sets 1,2&3 only)
Unit 7 Magnetism and electromagnetismMagnetic Poles Magnetic fieldsMotor effect and Fleming’s left
hand ruleInduction & Transformers (sets 1,2&3 only)
Assessment:Diagnostic exam style question testing.On line testsEnd of unit examMock exam
Biology Rotation 2Unit 5: HomeostasisHomeostasisHuman nervous system structure and function (I)The brainThe eye (I)Control of body temperatureHuman endocrine systemControl of blood glucose systemMaintaining water and nitrogen balance in the bodyHormones in human reproductionContraceptionThe use of hormones to treat infertilityNegative feedbackPlant hormones-control and coordinationPlant hormones- usesUnit 6: InheritanceSexual and asexual reproductionAdvantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproductionMeiosisDNA and the genomeDNA structureGenetic Inheritance Sex determination
Inherited disordersVariationEvolutionSpeciationThe understanding of geneticsSelective breedingGenetic engineering CloningFossilsExtinctionResistant bacteriaClassification of living organisms
Assessment:Diagnostic exam style question testing.On line testsEnd of unit examMock exam
Chemistry rotation 2Unit 7: Organic chemistryCrude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanesFractional distillation and hydrocarbon propertiesCatalytic crackingAlkenes and alcohols (Triple only)Carboxylic acids and esters (HT Triple only)Addition polymerisation (HT Triple only)Condensation polymerisation (HT Triple only)Biological polymers (HT Triple only)
Unit 9: The atmosphereThe atmosphere of the earthThe evolution of the atmosphereGreenhouse gases and human
contributionsClimate change and the carbon footprintAtmospheric pollutants
Unit 10: Using resourcesSustainable developmentPotable waterAlternative extraction methods of metals (HT only)Life Cycle Assessments (LCA’s)Corrosion and alloys (Triple only)Ceramics, polymers and compositesThe Haber process and fertilisers
Assessment:Diagnostic exam style question testing.On line testsEnd of unit examMock exam
Physics Rotation 2Unit 6 waves Transverse & longitudinal wavesFrequency, wavelength and speedReflection sound & detection (Sets 1,2,&3 only)Electromagnetic spectrum of wavesLenses light and black body radiation (Sets 1,2&3 only)Unit 8 space physics (Sets 1,2&3 only)Our solar systemThe life cycle of a starOrbitsRed shift
Half Term 1Unit Title:Mock exam/ past paper project
Content:Artist/ contextual research and analysisObservational drawingPhotographyExperimentation of ideas, media and processes
Assessment:Peer and self-assessment/ reflection. Teacher feedback throughout sketchbook. Progress in line with 4 GSCE objectives recorded for each project. Work standardised by Art teachers.
Half Term 1
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Half Term 2Unit Title:Art Exam
Content:Artist/ contextual research and analysisObservational drawingPhotographyExperimentation of ideas, media and processes
Assessment:Peer and self-assessment/ reflection. Teacher feedback throughout sketchbook. Progress in line with 4 GSCE objectives recorded for each project. Work standardised by Art teachers and a sample is moderated by AQA.
Half Term 2Unit Title:Art Exam cont.
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Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Business
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Finance
Content: Learners will understand the sources of finance available when starting a business; the costs involved when starting and running a business; how to create break even charts and cash flow forecasts, and how internal and external influences affect a business.
Assessment: Pupils will complete 4 internally assessed assignments. The first will assess the understanding of start up and running costs, levels of break even and cash flow forecasts. The second will assess understanding of how the calculate break even and associated costs. The third will assess understanding of how to set up and calculate a cash flow forecast. The fourth will assess understanding of how internal and external factors influence how a business meets its objectives.
Pupils will then sit an externally assessed exam testing knowledge of the first 4 units of work.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Produce a Business Plan for a Business.
Content: In this unit learners will choose an idea for a business/enterprise and develop a business plan for this idea, to include company description, market analysis, marketing, people and operations, financial plan and forecasts.
Assessment: Pupils will be internally assessed by completing their own business plan with the 5 main key sections.
Half Term 1
Unit Title: Review a Business plan.
Content: In this unit learners will evaluate the process they went through in creating their business plan, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their research, their use of business concepts and techniques, the feasibility of their business idea and the overall presentational quality of their plan
Assessment: Pupils will be internally assessed by creating a review of their business plan to ensure that it is of sufficient quality to satisfy the investors
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Geography
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Fieldwork and Urban Challenges – Section A
Content:• Urban Patterns • Urban Growth in NEE • Urban Challenges in UK • Sustainability •
Assessment:• weekly in class exam questions• In class mid-topic assessment • Final topic assessment
Half Term 1Unit Title: The changing economic world – Section B (Cont.)
Content: • Economic development • Global development gap reduction• Economic development in LIC • Economic change in UK
Assessment: • weekly in class exam questions• In class mid-topic assessment • Final topic assessment
Half Term 1Unit Title PRE-RELEASE and revision
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Half Term 2Unit Title: The changing economic world – Section B (completed the fieldwork first)
Content: • Economic development • Global development gap reduction• Economic development in LIC • Economic change in UK
Assessment: • weekly in class exam questions• In class mid-topic assessment • Final topic assessment
Half Term 2Unit Title: The challenges of resource management – Section C
Content:• Global resource management • Resources in the UK • Food scarcity• uneven supply
Assessment:• weekly in class exam questions• In class mid-topic assessment • Final topic assessment
Half Term 2
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Curriculum Plan: Year 11 History
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: The Making of America 1789 - 1900
Content: America’s expansion 1789–1838 & The West 1839–1860• How and why the USA expanded, from 1789 to 1838 • The expansion of southern cotton plantations and of slavery,
1793–1838• The removal of indigenous people from the east, 1830–1838• The culture of the Plains Indians including a case study of the
Lakota Sioux• The journeys of the early migrants to California and Oregon; the
Mormon settlement of Utah• The nature and impact of the Californian Gold Rush (1848–1849)
and the consequences of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush (1858–1859)
Assessment:• Mini Assessments throughout each half term to assess progress
Half Term 1Unit Title: The Making of America 1789 – 1900 Living Under Nazi Rule 1933 – 1945 Revision
Content: American cultures 1877–1900• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the impact of
reservations and the destruction of the buffalo• The impact of economic, social and political change on the lives of
African Americans • The growth of big business, cities and mass migration• Dictatorship• Control and Opposition, 1933–1939• Changing Lives, 1933–1939• Germany in War • OccupationAssessment: • Mock Exams at the start of March
Half Term 1Unit Title: Revision for Migrants to Britain 1250 to present / Elizabethans 1580 - 1603
Content: The reasons why people migrated to Britain• The experiences of migrants in Britain• The impact of migrants on Britain• Elizabeth and government Issue: The power of the queen •
Catholics Issue: The nature and extent of a Catholic threat • Daily lives Issue: The nature and dynamics of Elizabethan society
• Popular culture Issue: “Merry England”? The wider world Issue: The nature and significance of England’s connections with the wider world
Assessment:• Mini Assessments throughout each half term to assess progress
Half Term 2Unit Title: The Making of America 1789 - 1900
Content: Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877 & Settlement and conflict on the Plains 1861–1877• Divisions over slavery and the causes of the Civil War• The African American experience of the Civil War, 1861–1865• Reconstruction and continuing limitations to African American liberty• The causes and nature of white American exploitation of the Plains:
railroads, ranches and cow towns• Homesteaders: living and farming on the Plains• The Indian Wars including Little Crow’s War (1862), Red Cloud’s
War (1865–1868) and the Great Sioux War (1876–1877)
Assessment: • Mock Exam in December
Half Term 2Unit Title: Revision for Mock Exam / Site Study: Lancaster Castle
Content: Site Study• The strengths and weaknesses of the physical remains of the site
as evidence about its past• How the site fits into is wider historical context.
Assessment:• Mini Assessments throughout each half term to assess progress
Half Term 2
Assessment:
Monday 3rd June 2019 am Paper 1 Exam: Site Study: Lancaster Castle
Thursday 6th June pmPaper 2 Exam: Migrants to Britain / Elizabethans 1580 - 1603
Tuesday 11th June pmPaper 3 Exam: The Making of America 1789 – 1900 / Living under Nazi Rule 1933 - 1945
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Food
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: NEA 1- food investigation
Content: Develop understanding of heat transfer, nutrient conservation, recipe modification, using micro-organisms, working characteristics of macronutrients and chemical reactions. Students will learn through theory, practical food investigation and practical skill development.Food investigation brief to research, plan, carry out and analyse results under controlled conditions.Also revision topics for mock exam.
Assessment: There will be opportunities for pupils to peer and self-assess prior to the assessment, as well as formative teacher assessment. All NEA work is teacher assessed following the WJEC Eduqas GCSE grading criteria. Task 1 is weighted at 15%.
Half Term 1Unit Title: NEA 2– Food preparation skills
Content: Complete research section, analyse findings and complete planning section. Carry out 3 hour practical assessment according to the exam board brief.
Assessment: All NEA work is teacher assessed following the WJEC Eduqas GCSE grading criteria.Task 2 is weighted at 35%.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Revision
Content: Revision of topics covered in exam board specification.
Assessment: There will be opportunities for pupils to peer and self-assess throughout the unit, as well as formative teacher assessment. All work is assessed following the WJEC Eduqas GCSE grading criteria.
Half Term 2Unit Title: NEA 2 – Food preparation skills
Content: Task brief to analyse and begin to carry out different forms of research, independently.Mock exam preparation.
Assessment: All NEA work is teacher assessed following the WJEC Eduqas GCSE grading criteria.Task 2 is weighted at 35%.
Half Term 2 Unit Title: NEA 2 – Food preparation skills
Content: Evaluate and discuss the foods made, the processes, skills and other relevant information.Revision for mock exam
Assessment: All NEA work is teacher assessed following the WJEC Eduqas GCSE grading criteria.This task is weighted at 35%.
Half Term 2Unit Title: Revision
Content: Revision of topics covered in exam board specification.
Assessment: There will be opportunities for pupils to peer and self-assess throughout the unit, as well as formative teacher assessment.
Final written examination worth 50% – externally assessed by WJEC Eduqas exam board.
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 CIDA
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Unit 1 resit practice
Content: Perfect Dreamweaver skills by working through 3 or 4 past exam papers.
Assessment: Externally assessed.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Unit 2 SPB
Content: Using the SPB create, develop and improve products.
Assessment: Test buddy and teacher graded assessment.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Unit 1 resit practice
Content: Perfect Dreamweaver skills by working through 2 or 3 past exam papers.
Assessment: Externally assessed.
DEADLINE FOR BOTH UNITS CIRCA 15th MAY.
Half Term 2Unit Title: Unit 2 SPB. (This is different every year).
Content: Using the SPB create, develop and improve products.
Assessment: Test buddy and teacher graded assessment.
Half Term 2Unit Title: Unit 2 SPB
Content: Create an Eportfolio to link all the products on a set of web pages for the provision of external marking.
Assessment: Externally assessed.
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Curriculum Plan: Year 11 French
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Au collège
Content:• Point de départ Revising school subjects and talking about your timetable• Au bahut• L’école chez nous, l’école chez vous• Liberté, égalité, fraternité?• En pleine forme• Sous influence• En échange
Assessment: • Online vocabulary and grammar tests throughout the topic
Half Term 1Unit Title: Un œil sur le monde
Content:• Notre planète• Protéger l’environnement• D’où vient ton tee-shirt?
Assessment:• Online vocabulary and grammar tests throughout the topic
Half Term 1Unit Title: Révisions
Content:• Module 1• Module 2• Module 3• Module 4• Module 5• Module 6• Module 7• Module 8Assessment:• Week commencing 23rd April GCSE Speaking exam• 15th May GCSE Listening exam• 15th May GCSE Reading exam• 18th May GCSE Writing exam
Half Term 2Unit Title: Bon travail!
Content:• Point de départ Talking about jobs and work preference• Quelle orientation t’attire?• Il faut que je fasse ça!• Je voudrais postuler• Mon boulot dans le tourisme
Assessment:• Mock examination
Half Term 2Unit Title: Un œil sur le monde
Content:• Je suis solidaire• Les grands événements• Contrôle de lecture et d’écoute
Assessment:• Mock examination
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 PE
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Games/Gymnastic/Dance/Fitness activities
Content: Students study a variety of activities from those falling in to the categories above. The focus is on further developing more advanced skills and experimenting with more complex tasks in an attempt to be creative. Using tactics and strategy to outwit opponents is more prevalent. In GCSE/BTEC students follow the specified syllabus. Topics include “Leading Sports Activities” and “Sports Psychology”.
Assessment: Assessment in one activity per term. GCSE/BTEC written assessments are ongoing
Half Term 1Unit Title: Games/Gymnastic/Dance/Fitness activities
Content: Students study a variety of activities from those falling in to the categories above. The focus is on further developing more advanced skills and experimenting with more complex tasks in an attempt to be creative. Using tactics and strategy to outwit opponents is more prevalent. In GCSE/BTEC students follow the specified syllabus. Topics include “Practical Sport” and “Health, Fitness & Well-being”.
Assessment: Assessment in one activity per term. GCSE/BTEC written assessments are ongoing
Half Term 1Unit Title: Games/Gymnastic/Dance/Fitness activities
Content: Students study a variety of activities from those falling in to the categories above. The focus is on further developing more advanced skills and experimenting with more complex tasks in an attempt to be creative. Using tactics and strategy to outwit opponents is more prevalent. In GCSE/BTEC students follow the specified syllabus. GCSE PE students will continue preparations for their external exams
Assessment: Assessment in one activity per term. Written assessments are ongoing.GCSE PE students will sit 2 external exams, each lasting 1hour 15mins. There is an external moderation of practical marks by the examination board in May.The opportunity to re-sit the online BTEC exam is available
Half Term 2Unit Title: Games/Gymnastic/Dance/Fitness activities
Content: Students study a variety of activities from those falling in to the categories above. The focus is on further developing more advanced skills and experimenting with more complex tasks in an attempt to be creative. Using tactics and strategy to outwit opponents is more prevalent. In GCSE/BTEC students follow the specified syllabus. Topics include “Leading Sports Activities” and “Socio-Cultural Influences”.
Assessment: Assessment in one activity per term. GCSE/BTEC written assessments are ongoing.Mock exams will take place in GCSE PEThe opportunity to re-sit the online BTEC exam is available
Half Term 2Unit Title: Games/Gymnastic/Dance/Fitness activities
Content: Students study a variety of activities from those falling in to the categories above. The focus is on further developing more advanced skills and experimenting with more complex tasks in an attempt to be creative. Using tactics and strategy to outwit opponents is more prevalent. In GCSE/BTEC students follow the specified syllabus. Topics include “Practical Sport”. GCSE PE students will start the preparation for their external exams.
Assessment: Assessment in one activity per term. GCSE/BTEC written assessments are ongoing.The opportunity to re-sit the online BTEC exam is available
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Drama
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title:SOW: Rehearsal time for (Component 2 Performance from text 1DR0/02)
Content: Students will either perform in and/or design for two key extracts from a performancetext. Centre choice of performance text. Performer or designer routes available.
Assessment: AO2 is assessed.• Externally assessed by visiting examiner.• Centres are free to cover the performance/designing of the two key extracts in any way.This freedom caters for centres with different cohort sizes and allows them to choosegroup, solo and/or partner-based routes for assessment.• Performance/design realisation covering both key extracts is worth 48 marks.• If two separate performances are done covering two key extracts, then eachperformance/design realisation is worth 24 marks.
Half Term 1Unit Title: SOW: SOW: Rehearsal time for (Component 2 Performance from text 1DR0/02)
Content: Students will either perform in and/or design for two key extracts from a performancetext. Centre choice of performance text. Performer or designer routes available.
Assessment: AO2 is assessed.• Externally assessed by visiting examiner.• Centres are free to cover the performance/designing of the two key extracts in any way.This freedom caters for centres with different cohort sizes and allows them to choosegroup, solo and/or partner-based routes for assessment.• Performance/design realisation covering both key extracts is worth 48 marks.• If two separate performances are done covering two key extracts, then eachperformance/design realisation is worth 24 marks.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Theatre Makers in Practice (*Paper code: 1DR0/03) Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes40% of the qualification – 60 marks
Content:Practical exploration and study of one complete performance text.• Choice of eight performance texts.• Live theatre evaluation – free choice of production.
Assessment:Section A: Bringing Texts to Life• 45 marks, assessing AO3.• This section consists of one question broken into six parts (short and extended responses)based on an unseen extract from the chosen performance text.• Performance texts are not allowed in the examination as the extracts will be provided.Section B: Live Theatre Evaluation• 15 marks, assessing AO4.• This section consists of two questions requiring students to analyse and evaluate a livetheatre performance they have seen.• Students are allowed to bring in theatre evaluation notes of up to a maximum of500 words.
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Textiles
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Coursework - Development
Content: From the design work pupils will sample and test their ideas using fabrics which they intend to use within their project. These tests will be analysed and evaluated for their suitability into using in their final product. Final designs will be completed and pattern drafting started.
Assessment: Coursework will be internally assessed against the Course Criteria.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Coursework – Making
Content: after modifications to patterns have been made pupils will make their final products using fabric decoration techniques to include CAD/CAM.
Assessment: Coursework will be internally assessed against the Course Criteria.
Half Term 1Unit Title: Exam Revision
Content: Pupils will gain further knowledge and understanding on materials and techniques. This will include product maintenance, fabric colouring and decoration. Fibres; natural, synthetic and regenerated, including fabric construction, fabric properties and their suitability. Pupils will look further at the impact the textiles and fashion industry has on social, moral and environmental issues. Deepened understanding will also be gained on product design and manufacture including CAD/CAM methods and processes within industry.Assessment: Exemplar examination papers
Half Term 2Unit Title: Coursework - Making
Content: After patterns have been drafted pupils will create a prototype. Pupils will gain understanding on lay plans and the process for making their products. Prototypes will be tested against the specification and modifications made and justified before making in the actual fabrics.
Assessment: Coursework will be internally assessed against the Course Criteria.
Half Term 2Unit Title: Exam Revision
Content: Pupils will complete the evaluation of the product they have created. Evaluations will take various forms including evaluating against an existing product, evaluating against the specification and testing with the products target market. Exam Revision will begin for Section A of the examination. Pupils will be given the context of the exam design question after the 1st March.
Assessment: Exemplar examination papers
Curriculum Plan: Year 11 Product Design
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Unit 3 – Respond to a craft brief
Content: In this unit, learners will use the information from a range of sources they research to inform their ideas in response to a given design brief. Learners will use visual techniques to present their final idea together with a costed project plan.
Assessment: External Assessment following Unit 3 Criteria
Half Term 1Unit Title: Unit 4 – Produce final craft work
Content: Carry out a health and safety risk assessment of the tools and materials and other appropriate aspects of the working environment that you intend to use as your work progresses. Make sure that they review the health and safety risks during the craft-making process. The review(s) should be recorded.
Assessment: Internal Assessment following Unit 4 Criteria
Half Term 1
Unit Title: Unit 4 – Produce final craft work
Content: During work students should demonstrate that they are using appropriate tools and equipment competently. They will show how the materials and techniques they use match their ideas. Their work should be produced to a high standard of finish. Pupils final work should realise their intentions, be appropriate for its purpose and should communicate a creative and competent level of technical skill in the use of materials and techniques.
Assessment: Internal Assessment following Unit 4 Criteria
Half Term 2Unit Title: Unit 3 – Respond to a craft brief
Content: In this unit, learners will use the information from a range of sources they research to inform their ideas in response to a given design brief. Learners will use visual techniques to present their final idea together with a costed project plan.
Assessment: External Assessment following Unit 3 Criteria
Half Term 2Unit Title: Unit 4 – Produce final craft work
Content: Students will have a number of ideas in response to the theme or project. Before they begin working they need to consider each aspect of producing and displaying final craft item(s). Pupils will have creative, craft material and presentation ideas. These ideas should be used to create a production plan. Pupils need to show when and how they will apply particular skills, materials and techniques. Their plan will need to include targets which are appropriate and achievable.
Assessment: Internal Assessment following Unit 4 Criteria
Half Term 2Unit Title: Unit 4 – Produce final craft work
Content: Produce an evaluation of final work and the way it has been presented. The evaluation may be written, visual and annotated, or a record of responses to oral questioning/discussion(s). It should refer to the creative and craft-making process. It will include the use of materials and techniques, the use of ideas, and the skills used to combine them. In addition, they should clearly identify what could be improved and what could be developed in the future.
Assessment: Internal Assessment following Unit 4 Criteria
Curriculum Plan: RE
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Half Term 1Unit Title: Theme 3: Issues of Good and Evil:10Theme 4: Issues of Human Rights:10
Content: Crime and PunishmentForgivenessGood, Evil and Suffering10 LessonsT Themes 4: Issues of Human Rights:10Human Rights and Social JusticePrejudice and discriminationIssues of wealth and povertyAssessment: Part a – d Human rights
Assessment: Assessment: Part a – d good and Evil Assessment: Part a – d Human rights
Half Term 1Unit Title: Study of Islam Beliefs and teachings and practice (12)
Content: The Nature of AllahProphet hood (Risalah)Angels (Malaikah)Akhirah (Afterlife)Foundations of faith
The Five Pillars of Sunni Islam: practices in Britain and elsewhereTen Obligatory Acts of Shi’a Islam: practices in Britain and elsewhereJihadFestivals and commemorations: practices in Britain and elsewhere
Assessment: Assessment: part a – d
Half Term 1
Unit Title: Revision tasks (3) for yr 10 ethics units: Relationships, Life and death
Content: Final Examination preparation (6)
Assessment: Component 1 exam 14th May
Half Term 2Unit Title: Revision Study of Christianity:Beliefs and teachings and practices 12:
Content: The nature of God Creation Jesus Christ Salvation The afterlife. Forms of worshipSacramentsPilgrimage and CelebrationsChristianity in Britain and the Church in the local communityThe worldwide Church
Assessment: Assessment: Part a – d Beliefs and Teachings.
Revision Ethics Individualised learning plan (6)
Half Term 2Unit Title: Revision tasks (6)Themes 3 +4ChristianityIslamRevision tasks (9) for Year 10 Ethics units: Relationships, Life and death
