Effective revision is the key to examinations success. We cover a wide range of revision strategies in lessons and expect pupils to revise thoroughly at home in the weeks and months before GCSE examinations.
Examinations Calendar 2018
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GCSE General Revision Sites
| EXAM BOARD | WEBSITE & PAST PAPERS | UNITS | REVISION WEBSITES | REVISION BOOKS |
| GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | AQA 8700 Exam board website Past papers |
Paper 1 (Reading – fiction. writing – narrative & descriptive) 50% Paper 2 (Reading – non fiction to present a view point)- 50% Spoken language (presenting & responding) – 0% weighting |
English Lang 9-1 revision Revision list English Biz Spark Notes Blog Mr Webb Blog Mr Bruff – excellent for English GCSE |
CGP New GCSE English Language AQA Revision Guide for the 9-1 course CGP New GCSE English language AQA Workbook for the 9-1 course |
| GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE | AQA 8702 Exam board website Past papers |
Paper 1 (Macbeth, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) 40% Paper 2 (An Inspector Calls, Power & Conflict poetry anthology, Unseen Poetry) 60% |
English Lit 9-1 Revision Revision list Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – BBC Bitesize An Inspector Calls – BBC Bitesize Macbeth – BBC Bitesize GCSE Bitesize Poetry |
Oxford Learning Companions: Macbeth, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, An Inspector Calls CGP GCSE English Text Guide – Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde; An Inspector Calls; CGP GCSE English Literature AQA Unseen Poetry Guide (for the 9-1 course) CGP GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Power & Conflict Anthology (for the 9-1 course) |
| GCSE MATHS | AQA 8300 Exam board website Past papers |
Higher or foundation tiers. Paper 1 (Non-calculator) – 33.33% Paper 2 (Calculator) – 33.33% Paper 3 (Calculator) – 33.33% |
Foundation Revision Higher Revision Further Maths Revision Revision list – Foundation Revision list – Higher Corbett Maths Mymaths Mathswatch Sample exam papers |
New GCSE Maths AQA Revision Book. Please check whether you need higher or foundation level |
| DOUBLE COMBINED SCIENCE | AQA Combined: Trilogy(8464) Exam board website Past papers |
Two 85 minute papers each for Physics, Chemistry and Biology | Chemistry Revision Biology Revision Physics Revision Kerboodle OCR Gateway BBC Bitesize S-Cool GCSE Science Hastings Blog Revision world |
CGP GCSE Science Revision |
| TRIPLE SCIENCE | AQA BIO – 8461 CHM – 8462 PHY – 8463 Exam board websites: Biology Chemistry Physics |
Higher or foundation tiers. 2 x 1hour 45 minute exams for each of Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
Physics Revision Chemistry Revision Biology Revision Kerboodle OCR Gateway BBC Bitesize S-Cool GCSE Science Hastings Blog Revision world |
CGP GCSE Science Revision |
| GCSE ART & DESIGN | AQA 8202 Exam board website |
Unit 1 (Portfolio) 60% weighting Unit 2 (Externally set task) 40% weighting |
Revision list Art blog Term 2 Art blog Photography Blog National Gallery |
AQA GCSE Art & Design student handbook |
| GCSE BUSINESS STUDIES | AQA 4130 Exam board website Past papers |
Unit 1 (Setting up a business) 40% Unit 2 (Growing a business) 35% Unit 3 (Controlled Assessment – Investigating businesses) 25% |
Business Revision Business Studies Revision |
CGP GCSE Business Studies Revision Guide |
| GCSE COMPUTER SCIENCE | OCR J276 Exam board website |
Unit 1. Computer systems – 50% Unit 2. Computational thinking, algorithms and programming – 50% |
Revision list Computing Summary Teach ICT – Computing Python School Using Python |
GCSE Computing OCR Specification – Susan Robson |
| GCSE ICT | AQA 4520 Exam board website Past papers |
Unit 1 (Systems & Applications) Unit 2 (Controlled assessment: applying ICT) Unit 3 (Controlled assessment: Practical problem solving) |
Revision list ICT Summary Teach ICT GCSE Revision BBC KS4 Bitesize ICT dictionary |
CGP GCSE ICT. The revision guide |
| FOOD & NUTRITION | AQA 8585 Exam board website |
Unit 1 (Written paper) – 50% Unit 2 (Controlled Assessment – Design & making Practice) – 50% |
Food revision list I-revise food Food forum Food a Fact of Life |
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| GRAPHIC PRODUCTS | AQA 4550 Exam board website Past papers |
Unit 1 (written paper) – 40% Unit 2 (Controlled Assessment – Design & making Practice) – 60% |
Revision list Technology student |
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| RESISTANT MATERIALS | AQA 4560 Exam board website Past papers |
Unit 1 (written paper) – 40% Unit 2 (Controlled Assessment – Design & making Practice) – 60% |
RM Revision notes Technology student |
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| TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY | AQA 4570 Exam board website Past papers |
Unit 1 (written paper) – 40% Unit 2 (Controlled Assessment – Design & making Practice) – 60% |
Revision list Technology student revision Textiles revision Julie Boyd Textiles hot line revision |
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| GCSE DRAMA | EDEXCEL (2016) 1DR0 Exam board website |
Assessed through a combination of a 40% written exam and 60% Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). | BBC Bitesize Drama | |
| GCSE FRENCH | AQA 8658 Exam board website Past papers |
You will take GCSE examinations in the Summer term 2018 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing at either Foundation or Higher level. Each exam is worth 25% of your overall GCSE grade. | French Revision List Hastings blog BBC Bitesize |
Letts & Lonsdale – Essentials GCSE French Revision Guide |
| GCSE GEOGRAPHY | OCR J384 Exam board website Past papers |
Our Natural World exam paper (35%) People and Society exam paper (35%) Geographical Exploration paper (30%) |
Geography Revision List Ace Geography Cool Geography |
CGP GCSE Geography AQA A Complete Revision & Practice |
| GCSE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE | WJEC – 4728 LD Exam board website |
Unit 1 Health & Social care & children’s services (set task – 30%) Unit 2 Human Growth & Development (exam 20%) Unit 3 Maintaining Health & Well Being (exam 20%) Unit 4 Promoting Health & Well-being (set task-30% ) |
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| GCSE HISTORY | OCR J411 History B Exam board website Past papers |
The course is assessed by three written exams at the end of year 11. Paper 1: British History (40% of grade) Paper 2: World History (40%) Paper 3: History around Us – this exam will be focussed on the study of a local historical site (20%) |
History Revision Revise GCSE History BBC Bitesize |
My Revision Notes OCR (A) Schools History Project 2nd edition. Hodder Education |
| GCSE MEDIA | OCR J526 Exam board website Past papers |
B321: Individual Portfolio (15%) B322: Section A – Action Adventure Unseen Extract Analysis/Representation B322: Section B – TV Comedy Audience and Institutions (Written Exam) B324: Practical Production (15%) |
Media Studies Revision Media Knowall |
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| GCSE MUSIC | OCR J536 Exam board website |
B353 (Creative task) 20% B354 (Listening exam) 20% B351 (Integrated task) 30% B352 (Practical portfolio) 30% |
Elevate Music List BBC Bitesize |
CGP GCSE Music OCR specification. Complete revision and practice with CD |
| GCSE PE | EDEXCEL 1PE0 Exam board website |
Fitness and body systems. Written examination 1hr 45min – 36% Health and Performance (written examination 1hr 15min – 24%) Practical Performance (internally marked and externally moderated – 30%) Personal Exercise Programme (PEP – 10%) |
PE Theory Spec GCSE Revision posters BBC Bitesize |
Edexcel Physical Education – Unit 1 Theory of PE |
| GCSE ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION | AQA 8062 Exam board website |
Students will take two, 1 hour 45 minute exams at the end of year 11. | Ethics Overview BBC RE Help RS Revision Buddhism revision |