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General Revision Skills:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A-KIpwYYKH-JuDif7xyfPc-phJbYiUK0slZ8lKrzpHQ/edit?usp=sharing

Computer Science 
Design and Technology

Revising for your 2 hour D&T written paper can be quite daunting. The content covered in this exam is vast so regular revision of topics and self testing is vital. Here are my recommendations to stay on top of your revision from the start:

- Use your Bigger Picture Sheets to regularly revise topics

- Create yourself topic sets of flashcards on Quizlet or ask your teacher to set you a set of flashcards on a range of topics

- Use your Collins AQA GCSE 9-1 Complete revision & practice bookUse the tick list on pages 4 and 5 to work your way through topics. https://collins.co.uk/products/9780008227401

- Take a look at your D&T teachers website for on the go mobile revision, 100x flashcards to download and print and some other new ways to revise: https://missstead.wixsite.com/missstead/revision-tips

- Finally, 'Knowledge Maps'  work your way through these knowledge maps once you have covered certain topics in lesson: https://technologystudent.com/equip_flsh/knowled1.html

English 
Food Technology 

Recommended Revision Guides:

  • AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Revision Guide - illuminate publishing - ISBN: 978 908682 80 2
  • The CGP Exam Practice Book from AQA - ISBN: 978 1 78294 650 2 
History 

Revision Guides:

  • Pearson/Edexcel revision guides. These can also be bought through the school shop.

    Superpower relations and the Cold War ISBN 978-1-292-16975-0

    Anglo-Saxon and Norman England ISBN 978-1-292-16974-3

    Weimar and Nazi Germany ISBN 978-1-292-16973-6

    Medicine in Britain 1250-present day ISBN 978-1-292-16972-9

Paper TITLE

Paper 1 (30%)                 1h 15

Medicine in Britain through time, c1250-present including the British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries; treatment and the trenches.
Paper 2 (40%)                 1h 45 Anglo-Saxon and Normal England, c1060-88
Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
Paper 3 (30%)                 1 h 15 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39

British-sector-of-western-front-part-1

British-sector-of-western-front-part-2

History - Edexcel - Paper 1 - WTM final

History - Edexcel - Paper 3 

Medicine-1250-to-1500

Medicine-1500-to-1700

Medicine-1700-to-1900

Medicine-1900-to-modern-day

Music 

Year 10 GCSE Music Revision

 

We follow the Eduqas 9-1 GCSE Music Specification. 

For the exam from Summer 2021 the set works are: 

            Toto: Africa

            J. S. Bach: Badinerie

For Year 11, all student should buy a copy of the Illuminate Publishing revision guide:

 

This will be used to set Independent Learning in the two terms prior to the exam, so it is vital that all students have a copy.

 

Preparing for the Listening Exam (Appraising):

General Resources

 

Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices

Set Work Mozart: Minuet and Trio from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Bach: Badinerie from 2021

  • Flashcards on key words

  • Mind-mapping features of styles Baroque, Classical and Romantic.

  • Focus on Sound lessons - instrumental timbres, features of Western Classical music styles and ensembles

  • Focus on Sound lessons - Keys, Chords, Cadences, Ornaments

  • BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM

  • BBC Bitesize 

 

Area of Study 2: Music for Ensemble

 
  • Flashcards on key words

  • Flashcards to cover facts to do with/features of with Western Classical chamber music, Blues + Jazz, Musical Theatre

  • Mind-mapping features of styles Western Classical chamber music, Blues + Jazz, Musical Theatre

  • Focus on Sound lessons - Western Classical chamber music, Blues + Jazz, Musical Theatre

  • Focus on Sound lessons - Chords in Blues and Jazz, Jazz Instruments, Voices

  • BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM

  • BBC Bitesize 

 

Area of Study 3: Film Music

 
  • Flashcards on key words

  • Flashcards to cover facts to do with/features of Film Music and Minimalism

  • Mind-mapping features of Film music and  Minimalism

  • Focus on Sound lessons - Film Music, Minimalism

  • BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM

  • BBC Bitesize 

 

Area of Study 4: Popular Music

Set Work Rainbow: Since You’ve Been Gone

Toto: Africa from 2021

 

Flashcards on key words

  • Flashcards to cover facts to do with/features of Popular Music and Fusion, including: 

  • Mind-mapping features of Popular styles 

  • Focus on Sound lessons - Chords in Popular Music, Popular Instruments, Music Technology

  • BBC Radio 1, 2 and 3 

  • BBC Bitesize 

See separate document (link below) for list of all key musical vocabulary.

These words can be looked up on Focus on Sound and BBC Bitesize if you are unsure of any meanings. There are also definitions of key terms in the Revision Guide.

Eduqas GCSE Music 9-1 List of Key Vocabulary

Physical Education 

Suggested revision materials:

Edexcel GCSE PE Revision Guide

Science
 

Tassomai

Students should complete their daily goals on www.tassomai.com . Tassomai is a learning platform that supports students to complete small daily quizzes to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Seneca learning

Students are set tasks to complete on senecalearning.com . This platform teaches and tests students' understanding. It can also be used at any time to revise any part of the course independently (without the need for teachers to set tasks).

Revision guides

In science we recommend students use the Oxford Revise Series for GCSE science. These can be purchased through the school at a discount.

Kerboodle

Students can use kerboodle.com to access digital copies of the textbook.

Knowledge quizzes

Students can use their knowledge quizzes that their science teachers set them in lesson to revise. These can be used to make flashcards or self-quiz.

Kerboodle to access: electronic versions of the textbooks, assessment materials and knowledge quizzes.

Biology paper

Mark Scheme

Knowledge Test 1

Answers

Revision