C4 REVISION COURSE : EASTER BREAK 20 17
Subject Mathematics
Course title A level C4 Maths
Exam boards Edexcel, OCR, AQA, OCR-MEI
Dates Tuesday 18th April, 2 pm–5.30 pm
Wednesday 19th April, 10 am–7.30 pm (with informal exam paper 5.30 pm–7.30 pm)
Course fee £330 (£300 if C3 and C4 are booked together)
Course co-ordinators David Gibbon and Amanda McKinneley
Course description
This course is ideal for those who need to boost their C4. It is an excellent
complement to the C3 revision course. Two of Oxford’s most experienced and
qualified Maths teachers will help you to deepen your understanding, improve your
skills and increase your exam readiness for C4.
Before the course Students will be asked to complete a pre-course assessment to
allow us to tailor our teaching to meet individual needs.
During the course The course comprises 13 hours of expert tuition, including
marked work with annotated feedback. Students will benefit from a high level of
individual attention throughout the course– the typical teacher-student ratio is 1:6.
Lunch will be provided on Day 2, along with a light supper.
After the course Each student will leave with their own personalised revision plan
to guide future improvement.
Venue Central Oxford
Course materials
Student equipment
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Pre-course assessment
A set of short questions to be completed and marked before
the course commences, with a ‘traffic-lighting’ system 
  for students to indicate how comfortable they are
with each question
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Sets of topic questions
For each topic: a set of exam-style questions, carefully
written to cover the most commonly occurring and
potentially troublesome exam situations
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Model solutions to the
topic questions
For each topic: worked solutions to the topic questions
outlining the most efficient route to each solution,
indicating where the marks are awarded, and annotated
with hints about what the examiner expects to see
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Practice exam paper
A specially designed practice paper based on past exams
(for the optional evening session)
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Model solutions for the
practice exam paper
Worked solutions for the practice exam paper, indicating
where marks are awarded, and annotated with hints about
what the examiner expects to see
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Revision plan template
A template to be completed at the end of the course, setting
out a revision plan to ensure future improvement
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Please bring your own stationery, a calculator, and a willingness to work hard!
C4 Revision Course outline
DAY 1: Tuesday 18th April, 14.00-17.30
14.00-15.45
Topic 1 Partial fractions
Topic 2 Coordinate geometry and parametric differentiation
15.45-16.00
Tea break
16.00-17.30
Topic 3 Binomial expansions
Topic 4 Differentiation
DAY 2: Wednesday 19th April, 10.00-19.30 (with informal exam paper 17.30-19.30)
10.00-12.00
Topic 5 Vectors
12.00-13.00
Lunch break
13.00-15.00
Topic 6 Integration
15.00-15.30
Tea break
15.30-17.30
Topic 7 Related rates and solving differential equations
Individualised revision plans
17.30-19.30
Informal session doing a specially written exam-style paper (with light supper)
The exam paper will be marked and annotated with detailed feedback, and sent by email after the course,
along with an individualised revision plan.