KS4 Homework
N.B: Some subject areas have suggested films which pupils may
enjoy as part of their studies. We would always advise
parents/carers to familiarise themselves with the content of any
films to ensure they feel all aspects are appropriate for their child.
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE REVISION
Specifications
Use the AQA website to find out all the information you need for the two GCSEs below:
English Language – AQA 8700
English Literature - AQA 8702
Homework revision tasks- in the order that you will study them in class!
English Literature Paper 2
Here are some example exam questions from the plays Blood Brothers and An Inspector
Calls. Pick the questions for the play you have studied in class (you will only be studying
one). For each question, create a mind map of ideas that might link to answering the
question. You could include key quotations, themes, analysis of characters, plot information
and contextual information.
An Inspector Calls
Sample question 1 - Sybil Birling: I must say, we
are learning something
tonight.
Explore how learning from experience is an important theme in the play.
Write about:
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how different characters learn from their experiences
how Priestley presents the theme by the way he writes
Sample question 2 - Sheila Birling: But these girls aren’t cheap labour –
they’re people.
In what ways is Eva Smith exploited in the play?
Write about:
• how different characters are shown to play a part in the exploitation of Eva Smith
• how Priestley presents these ideas by the ways he writes
Sample question 3 - Write about the character
of Gerald and the way he is
presented in An Inspector Calls.
Write about:
• how Gerald responds to the Birling family and to the Inspector
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
• how Priestley presents Gerald by the ways he writes.
Blood Brothers
Sample question 1-How does Russell
present the relationship between the
characters of Edward and Mickey to explore ideas about inequality in Blood
Brothers?
Write about:
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How Russell presents Edward and Mickey and ideas about inequality
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How Russell presents their relationship at different points of the play.
Sample question 2-How does Russell
explore freedom in Blood Brothers?
Write about:
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How Russell presents freedom by the way he writes
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The ways particular characters seek freedom in the play. (30+4 for AO4)
Sample question 3- How does Russell use the characters of Mrs Johnstone and
Mrs Lyons in Blood Brothers to explore ideas about class?
Write about:
• How Russell presents Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons
• How Russell uses these characters to explore ideas about class.
English Literature Paper 1- A Christmas Carol
Here are 2 example exam questions for the novella, A Christmas Carol. Analyse the extract
by annotating all of the relevant information to the question. Then try to bullet point ideas
about links to the whole novel.
Sample question 1 Read the following extract from Chapter 1 and then answer the question that follows.
In this extract, Scrooge is being introduced to the reader.
Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge and the way he changes
throughout the novel?
Write about:
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
• how Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract
• how Dickens presents Scrooge in the novel as a whole
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could
warm, nor wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he,
no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open
to entreaty. Foul weather didn't know where to have him. The heaviest rain,
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In this extract Scrooge is being introduced to the reader.
Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, ‘My
Dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?’ No beggars
implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no
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man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a
place, of Scrooge. Even the blindmen's dogs appeared to know him; and
when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up
courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, ‘No eye at all is
better than an evil eye, dark master!’
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But what did Scrooge care? It was the very thing he liked. To edge his
way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its
distance, was what the knowing ones call ‘nuts’ to Scrooge.
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
Sample question 2
Read the following extract from Chapter 1 and then answer the question that follows.
In this extract, Scrooge is visited by two men collecting money for the poor.
This lunatic, in letting Scrooge’s nephew out, had let two other people in. They were
portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood, with their hats off, in Scrooge’s
office. They had books and papers in their hands, and bowed to him.
“Scrooge and Marley’s, I believe,” said one of the gentlemen, referring to his list. “Have I
the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley?”
“Mr. Marley has been dead these seven years,” Scrooge replied. “He died seven years ago,
this very night.”
“We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner,” said the
gentleman, presenting his credentials.
It certainly was; for they had been two kindred spirits. At the ominous word “liberality,”
Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back.
“At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking up a pen, “it is
more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and
Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common
necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.”
“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge.
“Plenty of prisons,” said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.
“And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”
“They are. Still,” returned the gentleman, “I wish I could say they were not.”
“The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?” said Scrooge.
“Both very busy, sir.”
“Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them
in their useful course,” said Scrooge. “I’m very glad to hear it.”
“Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the
multitude,” returned the gentleman, “a few of us are endeavouring to raise a fund to buy
the Poor some meat and drink and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a
time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you
down for?”
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
“Nothing!” Scrooge replied.
“You wish to be anonymous?”
“I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge. “Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is
my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people
merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned – they cost enough; and
those who are badly off must go there.”
Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the theme of poverty?
Write about:
• how Dickens presents poverty in this extract
• how Dickens presents poverty in the novel as a whole.
.
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
English Literature Paper 1- Romeo and Juliet
Here is 1 example exam questions for the play, Romeo and Juliet. Analyse the extract by
annotating all of the relevant information to the question. Then try to bullet point ideas about
links to the whole novel.
Read the following extract from Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet and then answer the
question that follows.
In this extract, Juliet says goodbye to Romeo just before her mother, Lady Capulet,
comes to see her.
JULIET
O God, I have an ill-divining soul!
Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low,
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look’st pale.
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ROMEO
And trust me, love, in my eye so do you.
Dry sorrow drinks our blood. Adieu, adieu!
Exit ROMEO
JULIET pulls up the rope-ladder.
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JULIET
O Fortune, Fortune! All men call thee fickle.
If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him
That is renown’d for faith? Be fickle, Fortune –
For then I hope thou wilt not keep him long,
But send him back.
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LADY CAPULET (From inside the house)
Ho, daughter, are you up?
JULIET
Who is ’t that calls? It is my lady mother.
Is she not down so late, or up so early?
What unaccustom’d cause procures her hither?
Enter LADY CAPULET, below. JULIET comes down from her window
and enters to meet her mother.
LADY CAPULET
Why, how now, Juliet?
JULIET
Madam, I am not well.
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We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
LADY CAPULET
Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death?
What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears?
And if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live –
Therefore have done. Some grief shows much of love,
But much of grief shows still some want of wit.
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JULIET
Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.
LADY CAPULET
So shall you feel the loss, but not the friend
Which you weep for.
Starting with this extract, explain how Shakespeare presents Juliet’s relationship with her
mother.
Write about:
• how Shakespeare presents their relationship in this extract
• how Shakespeare presents their relationship in the play as a whole.
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
English Literature Paper 2- Poetry
Once you’ve studied each poem in class, create a revision poster for it. You should make
your poster visually stimulating. It should include:
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A summary of the subject matter
Analysis of key quotations
Some information about the poet
Exploration of some of the language use
The names of the poems it can be compared with
You also need to be prepared to respond to a poem you’ve never seen before. Google
search the following poems. Before reading the analysis of them, read the poem yourself
first and see if you can figure out the subject matter and spot any interesting language use.
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Remains by Simon Armitage
Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker
Hour by Carol Ann Duffy
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
English Language Paper 1
Writing to describe or narrate. Here are a couple of practice questions for you to have a go at!
Either:
Your local railway station is running a competition about people’s memories
of train journeys. Write a description suggested by this picture.
Or:
‘The Outsider’. Use this as a title for a story.
Useful links to help you in your revision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zr9d7ty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zckw2hv
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/default.htm
We expect you to complete the tasks as and when you feel necessary. This is a continuous part of
your independent revision. Your revision is in your hands! If you need more materials, see Mrs
Moroz, CL of English.
GCSE
In Food Technology we currently cover the Edexcel syllabus. Throughout yr's Y9/10/11 there is always
homework. The default setting is REVISION!
Should you wish to buy the text book for the exam board to support your son/daughter’s revision, please
see the link below.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edexcel-GCSE-Design-Technology-Student/dp/1846907535
Your son/daughter has a 'moodle' account which can be accessed through the school website where all
class resources are loaded for learning support and revision. Through this 'moodle' account, there is also a
link to the 'VLE google drive' where some videos and revision cards can be accessed for every topic.
GCSE Extended Learning Tasks will be teacher set, depending on the current project in school, to support
the appropriate topic being covered in the focused practical task set out in the scheme of learning.
Exam Board syllabus and past papers
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/design-technology- food-technology2008.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExam- materials
General revision sites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/foodtech/
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/food-technology (You will need to create a free account)
http://www.design-technology.info/foodsubsite/page2.htm
Practical and industrial method sites
A large proportion of the Food Technology exam is based on knowledge of practical skills, processing and
the function of ingredients. Due to this, knowledge can be gained from educational you tube videos or
cooking programs. The links below show a small range of educational shows which would aid general food
knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHsPBHX1NNbIqTy4eXVTig
Use the ‘How it’s made’ you tube channel to search different types of food to gain an understanding of the
industry processing techniques to create products such as butter, cheese, flour, celebration/mass produced
cakes, sausages etc.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JamieOliver
Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Tube’ will support your knowledge of ingredients, functions and nutritional
information.
GCSE
In Resistant Materials we cover the Edexcel syllabus. Throughout yr's Y9/10/11 there is always homework.
The default setting is REVISION!
Your son/daughter has a 'moodle' account which can be accessed through the school website where all
class resources are loaded for learning support and revision. Through this 'moodle' account, there is also a
link to the 'VLE google drive' where some videos and revision cards can be accessed for every topic.
GCSE Extended Learning Tasks will be teacher set, depending on the current project in school, to support
the appropriate topic being covered in the focused practical task set out in the scheme of learning.
Exam Board syllabus and past papers
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel- gcses/design-and-technology-resistant- materials2009.html
Resistant Materials Quiz Site
http://www.thewarren.org/GCSERevision/resistantmaterials/GCSR%20Resistant%20Materials%20Quizzes.
htm
General revision sites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zg9d7ty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/
www.mr-dt.com
www.technologystudent.com
www.design-technology.org
http://www.design-technology.info/home.htm
GCSE History Revision.
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is REVISION!
At St Bernard’s we study the ‘AQA Specification B’ course. Within the course we cover 6 topics.
Below are links to a variety of really useful resources.
Your Son/daughter has been advised to purchase a textbook which covers all the details of the
course. They have been given the details to allow them to do this.
Mr Lovell and Mrs Vallance have GCSE History Twitter accounts which will be filled with useful links,
ideas and tips as the exams approach
Many of the areas covered have a range of fantastic films which will deepen your knowledge and
understanding of the topics e.g.
A massive range of Vietnam war films
1920’s America – the untouchables, the Great Gatsby
WW1 – Blackadder
Hitler – the Rise of Evil
Enjoy!
Links
Online link to the GCSE course overview. ‘AQA Specification B’
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-9145-W-SP-15.PDF
Shortcut to Past Papers and Mark Schemes from AQA. Remember you need ‘AQA Specification B’
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-b-9145/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
BBC Bitesize – Geography. Good general revision points.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/
AQA specification specific revision material.
www.johndclare.net
Revision guides purchase links. Also look at related items for workbooks and answer books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GCSE-History-AQA-ModernRevision/dp/1847624138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453067404&sr=81&keywords=aqa+history+b
Interactive diagrams and games to break up revision.
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
Good revision/deepening knowledge activities. See your teacher for the schools password.
www.activehistory.co.uk
GCSE Music Revision.
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting
is REVISION!
At St Bernard’s we study the AQA specification covering 5 Areas of
Study and 3 Strands of learning which all link to the listening module
(exam) and the two controlled assessments for compositions.
Below are links to useful resources to support revision of subject
knowledge and exam.
Links
Online link to GCSE specification – year 10 and 11 students
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4270-W-SP-14.PDF
Online link to GCSE specification – year 9 students
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/ music/specifications/AQA-8271SP-2016-V0-1.PDF
Link to past papers and mark schemes
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/music/gcse/music-4270/past-papersand-mark-schemes
Guidance for students – unit 2
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4270-W-TRB-U2GFC.PDF
Guidance for students – unit 4
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4270-W-TRB-U4GFC.PDF
Guidance for links to strand of learning – year 11
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4270-W-TG-U2-STRAND.PDF
Guidance for links to strand of learning – year 10
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4270-W-TG-U2-STRAND2017.PDF
BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpf3cdm
Resources and listening examples are also available on the school Moodle
site for students to access.
GCSE PE Revision.
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is
REVISION!
At St Bernard’s we study the ‘AQA Specification GCSE PE’ course. Within the course
we cover many topics. Below are links to a variety of really useful resources.
Your son/daughter has topics on a page document shared with them where they
have summarised notes for the whole course, laminating these and using them as
table mats for revision every meal time is always a good starting point.
Links
Online link to the GCSE course overview for years 10 and 11. ‘AQA GCSE PE’
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4890-W-SP-14.PDF
Online link to the GCSE course overview for year 9. ‘AQA GCSE PE’
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/pe/specifications/AQA-8582-SP-2016-V1-0.PDF
Shortcut to Past Papers and Mark Schemes from AQA. Remember you need ‘AQA
GCSE PE’
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education4890/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
BBC Bitesize – PE. Good general revision points.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/znyb4wx
S-Cool Revision website
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/pe
AQA specification resource list with further links material.
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-4890-W-TRB-RES.PDF
Revision guides purchase links. Also look at related items for workbooks and answer
books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Revision-Notes-AQA-GCSE/dp/1471806510
Lots of questions and revision ideas for the exam.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=aqa+gcse+pe+revision&oq=aqa+gcse+pe+revisi
on&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.14343j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8
When exhausted all aqa questions try alternative exam boards to give more
questions
http://www.rewardinglearning.org.uk/microsites/physical_education/gcse/past_pap
ers/index.asp
GCSE Revision RE
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is REVISION!
All students have 3 booklets containing every question the exam board have ever asked on their topics.
Students must complete a section of this each week.
In RE we study the ‘AQA Specification A’ course units 4 & 5. Within the course we cover 12 topics. Below are
links to a variety of really useful resources.
1. AQA website – Specification A
a. Unit 4 - Roman Catholic Ethics.
b. Unit 5 – Mark’s Gospel
 Past papers and Mark schemes - key words(Specialist terms and definitions),
 Teaching and Learning Resources - Definition of command words, key questions
throughout the scheme of learning.
2. Moodle – via the school website
a. For all Y10 and Y11 booklets, revision PowerPoints, exam answers, exam technique help, How to
structure your 6 mark questions etc.
3. Twitter
a. @mrsSeniorRE
b. @mrsWilkinsonRE
4. YouTube Videos
a. 06Clared – click on her and click videos for great revision resources for Ethics
b. Patricia English – click on her and click on videos for great revision resources for Mark’s Gospel
and RC Ethics.
5. http://www.quodvultdeus.com/
a. KS4 – AQA Mark & AQA Ethics – a great website for all the topics on ethics and Mark’s gospel via
powerpoint and other learning resources.
6. GCSE Bitesize
a. Religious Studies – Topic – Christianity and Roman Catholicism – Revision notes and quizzes on
poverty, sanctity of life, contraception, abortion euthanasia, war and peace, marriage, divorce,
prejudice, discrimination, life after death, death rites.
7. rsrevision.com
a. Click on ethics on the left hand side – GCSE Christian perspectives – there you can access
revision notes on war, prejudice, sanctity of life etc
b. Click on GCSE revision guide (pdf) – highly recommended.
8.
Prezi.com/examtime.com - Use online resources to share your revision notes/exam questions with
your friends – learning together, teaching each other is the BEST way to revise.
Find a way of revising that works for YOU!
Check out the link below for 40 different ways to revise…
http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk/p/revision-methods.html?m=1
- Work hard – Put in the time – Revision timetable – Practice – Practice –
Practice applying your knowledge to GCSE Q’s – share with friends via
google docs and help each other to learn.
Btec Health & Social Care Homework
Throughout the course (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is amending
coursework to reach their target level or beyond.
At St Bernard’s we study the Edexcel Btec first award level 2 in H&SC.
Within the course we cover 4 units of work, each worth 25% of their final grade.
Unit 1- Human Lifespan Development – external exam
Unit 2-Health and Social Care Values - coursework
Unit 3- Effective Communication in Health and Social Care - coursework
Unit 6-The Impact of Nutrition on Health and Wellbeing Internal - coursework
Course specificationBelow is the specification link for the course
http://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Firsts/Health-and-SocialCare/2012/Specification-and-sampleassessments/BF031440_SPEC_BTEC_L_1_2_AWARD_IN_HSC_ISS_2_NEW.PDF
Coursework unitsWhilst studying coursework units of work (Y9/10/11) it is expected that students organise
their own homework to fit alongside their assessment briefs (copies will be found in students
files) and completing coursework to their target level or higher.
Homework is ongoing depending on what students still have outstanding from assignments.
The homework tasks will also link closely to teacher feedback on coursework and how the
students can improve their grade, parents can support students on this.
Exam prep and revisionThe exam criteria is taught at the beginning of Y10, and students will sit this in January.
Students will be given many past papers and exam questions within lessons and for homework.
Mark schemes and model examples will be provided for students to check their own learning,
again parents can support this.
Within students own H&SC files they will be given course material, revision techniques/
games etc where they will have plenty to do to support their learning at home.
Link to past papers, mark schemes and examples of answers with examiner reports
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-firsts/health-and-social-care2012-nqf.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments
Y10 & 11 GCSE Science Revision.
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is REVISION!
Students are currently studying the OCR Gateway Science B specification. Sets 1-2 are
completing triple science (a science GCSE in each scientific discipline) whilst sets 3-6 complete
core and additional science (2 GCSE’s).
Your son/daughter was provided with a revision guide that covers all subject content. There
are also some quick quiz questions at the end of each topic.
Students will be given past paper questions as homework to boost their exam technique.
These will be set by the science staff with deadlines attached.
Links
Online link to the GCSE course overview. ‘OCR Gateway Science’[
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/by-subject/gateway-science-suite/
Shortcut to Past Papers and Mark Schemes from OCR. Remember you need ‘OCR Gateway
Science B’
Core
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-gateway-science-suite-science-b-j261-from-2012/
Additional
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-gateway-science-suite-additional-science-b-j262from-2012/
Biology
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-gateway-science-suite-biology-b-j263-from-2012/
Chemistry
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-gateway-science-suite-chemistry-b-j264-from2012/
Physics
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-gateway-science-suite-physics-b-j265-from-2012/
BBC Bitesize – Science. Good general revision points.
OCR Gateway Science B
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/
Revision guides can be bought on amazon for as little as 1p! Please ensure that they match the
OCR gateway science B specification.
YouTube links to great science revision clips
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gcse+science+revision
Year 9 GCSE Science Revision.
Throughout Ks4 (Y9/10/11) there is always homework. The default setting is
REVISION!
Both triple and combined science students are covering the AQA specification. Triple
science students will follow the separate science specifications, whilst combined
science students will follow the trilogy course. Further details and full specifications
can be found on the AQA website. Please remember that these are draft
specifications and are subject to change, depending on accreditation.
Homework for Y9 students will be set via www.kerboodle.co.uk. Your son/daughter
has a login for this site. Science staff will assign students quizzes and test linked to
the lesson content.
Links
AQA Science website
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse
BBC Bitesize – Science. Good general revision points.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrkw2hv
Year 9 and 10 Homework Term 2
Write some revision cards with definitions of
mathematical words. Use the following list of words,
http://studymaths.co.uk/glossary.php
Eg:: http://corbettmaths.com/revision/quizlet/
Learn about the History of Maths. Make notes and write a research
project about some aspect from the History of Mathematics.
The Story of Maths (Part 1 – The Language of the Universe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDkSaSnbVM
The Story of Maths (Part 2 – The Genius of the East)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO19-MTwThI
1. Complete any weekly homework your teacher has set.
2. Complete a “5 a day” activity each day. Choose your tier of entry from the following site,
http://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/gcse/
3. Use the following website to practise topics that have been identified as your targets
from classwork or exams. (Ask your teacher if your unsure) Watch the tutorial videos,
complete the practise and textbook questions.
- http://corbettmaths.com/contents/
4. Your teacher may have set online homework or review topics learnt from class. Log on to
https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/defaultlogin.aspx
5. Additional sites which may be useful for helping you with those topics that you haven’t
mastered yet!
- http://www.hegartymaths.com
- https://www.sites.google.com/site/ mathscasts/mathscast-videos
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
Remember, keep a positive growth mindset, you just can’t do it yet!!!
Problem Solving is what mathematics
is all about! Find plenty of problems
to solve on this amazing website.
http://www.furthermaths.org.uk/gcse
_problem_solving
Challenge yourself – use the links to
the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge
Questions
http://www.ukmtresources.org.uk/index-tr.html
Test your knowledge with these
interactive quizzes
http://www.educationquizzes.com/gcs
e/maths/
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AQA Product Design
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Product Design past exam papers. AQA have a host of past exam papers
and mark schemes. Aim to answer at least 2 questions per week.
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Use the mark scheme to check your answer—get it wrong? Re—do the
question the following week until correct.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-andtechnology-product-design-4555/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
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http://www.the-warren.org/gcsequiz.html
Access MOODLE on
the VLE for excellent
revision tools and
guides.
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Y7 Product Design
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Making diary
Produce a making diary for your night light. Update to diary every week with
the new work you have completed.
Requirements:
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Step-by-step guide of what you have done that week
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Dates
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Diagrams / pictures
Marking Criteria
Level 4—You have a basic diary saying what you have done each lesson and what tools you
used.
Level 5—Also include details at each stage including ictures / diagrams. Use the correct
names for tools / equipment.
Level 6—Also include comments of whatr went well and what didn’t go well. How did you
overcome the problems?
Level 7—Include any testing that you have done to improve the product.
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Y8 Product Design
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Making diary
Produce a making diary for your night light. Update to diary every week with
the new work you have completed.
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Product a poster on safety in D6 (mainly about
soldering)
Gather pictures of a chosen them to help design
your product
Advertising—Produce a guide for a new business explaining to them the best way to advertise their product.
Produce a ‘Soldering Safety’ guide
Requirements:
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Step-by-step guide of what you have done that week
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Dates
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Diagrams / pictures
Marking Criteria
Level 4—You have a basic diary saying what you have done each lesson and what tools you
used.
Level 5—Also include details at each stage including ictures / diagrams. Use the correct
names for tools / equipment.
Level 6—Also include comments of whatr went well and what didn’t go well. How did you
Explain the process of LASER cutting using the
correct names for each stage / piece of equipment
Explain Ohm’s Law using diagrams and
examples
Research Resistor Colour Code chart and
explain how to work out the value of a
resistor—give examples
Produce a advertising poster for your products.
Include a logo, slogan, picture, price, etc (what
else do you need). Can you use MS publisher /
PowerPoint for this?
overcome the problems?
Level 7—Include any testing that you have done to improve the product.
Simple
Moderate
Challenging
Default: Vocab Express: you should be
scoring around 300 points on Vocab
Express every week, whether you have
HWK set by your teachers or not. There
is a proven link between the number of
points a student attains on Vocab
Express and their performance in the
reading and listening papers.
Default: Reading and listening exercises
on Kerboodle. You should be
completing one of each as a matter of
course every week, regardless of the
HWK set by teachers. This will improve
your ability to make sound/spelling links
and familiarise you with the level of
language of the exams.
Past paper analysis: Go through a
past paper style question that you
have done and highlight all the
words you don’t yet know. Find their
translations on
www.wordreference.com and learn
them, using your usual memory
strategies.
Ask your teacher for individual past
paper style questions, including
translation material. You MUST then
complete the analysis...
Log on to www.bbc.co.uk/education
and work through some of the
activities on GCSE Bitesize. Ensure
that you do the ‘revise’ sections
before doing the tests as this is the
only way that you will make
deliberate progress.
Extras: On top of all this, you should
make MFL part of your life by:
1) Switching your phone language
into French/Spanish
2) Listen to who’s no.1 in the charts
in any French/Spanish speaking
country
3) Listen to French/Spanish radio
over the internet
Grammar learning: using the notes
you have in your book and online
sources, create a leaflet which
explains/teaches how verb tenses
work. Create grammar exercises for
a friend, complete with answer key,
to enable them (and you) to practise
the application of grammar.
Find an article on something that
interests you in the foreign language
online , or use one of the articles
from Kerboodle. Create Reading
Exam style questions on it – what
would the GCSE examiners be
looking for? What style of questions
would they ask?
4) Have one of your friends from class
over and make a deal to speak only in
French/Spanish for the evening.
5) Research a French/Spanish custom
or festival and write a paragraph
about it or make a recording like
you’re an international reporter at
the event.
6) Watch French/Spanish language
films. Some recommendations are:
French – Les Choristes (Christophe
Barratier), Mic-macs (Jean-Pierre
Jeunot), La vie en Rose (Olivier
Dahan).
Spanish – No se aceptan
devoluciones (Eugenio Derbez),
Valentin (Alejandro Agresti)
Default: Vocab Express: you should be
scoring around 300 points on Vocab
Express every week, whether you have
HWK set by your teachers or not. There
is a proven link between the number of
points a student attains on Vocab
Express and their performance in the
reading and listening papers.
Past paper analysis: Go through a
reading paper that you have done, or
the transcript of a listening paper you
have completed and highlight all the
words you don’t yet know. Find their
translations on
www.wordreference.com and learn
them, using your usual memory
strategies.
Log on to www.bbc.co.uk/education
and work through some of the
activities on GCSE Bitesize. The
website has been updated to reflect
the exams better. Ensure that you do
the ‘revise’ sections before doing
the tests as this is the only way that
you will make deliberate progress.
Default: Reading and listening exercises
on Kerboodle. You should be
completing one of each as a matter of
course every week, regardless of the
HWK set by teachers. This will improve
your ability to make sound/spelling links
and familiarise you with the level of
language of the exams.
Complete past papers from
www.AQA.org.uk Search
‘Subjects/your
language/GCSE/GCSEFrench(4655) or
GCSESpanish(4695)/Past papers and
mark schemes. You can mark these
yourself using the online mark
schemes. You MUST then complete
the analysis...
Extras: On top of all this, you should
make MFL part of your life by:
Grammar learning: using the notes
you have in your book and online
sources, create a leaflet which
explains/teaches how verb tenses
work. Create grammar exercises for
a friend, complete with answer key,
to enable them (and you) to practise
the application of grammar.
Find an article on something that
interests you in the foreign language
online , or use one of the articles
from Kerboodle. Create Reading
Exam style questions on it – what
would the GCSE examiners be
looking for? What style of questions
would they ask?
1) Switching your phone language into
French/Spanish
2) Listen to who’s no.1 in the charts in
any French/Spanish speaking country
3) Listen to French/Spanish radio over
the internet
4) Have one of your friends from class
over and make a deal to speak only in
French/Spanish for the evening.
5) Research a French/Spanish custom or
festival and write a paragraph about it or
make a recording like you’re an
international reporter at the event.
6) Watch French/Spanish langauge films.
Some recommendations are:
French – Les Choristes (Christophe
Barratier), Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet),
Mic-macs (Jean-Pierre Jeunot), Les
Visiteurs (Jean-Marie Poiré), La vie en
Rose (Olivier Dahan).
Spanish – La lengua de las mariposas
(José Luís Cuerda), Volver (pedro
Almodóvar), Los abrazos rotos
(Almodóvar), El laberinto del fauno
(Guillermo del Toro (bit scary!), No se
aceptan devoluciones (Eugenio Derbez)