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Yr 10 GCSE Evening

Yr 10 GCSE Evening. SCIENCE 11 th October 2007. What courses do we offer?. Most Year 10 students follow a one year GCSE Core Science course (AQA 4461) This is followed in Year 11 by a choice of either GCSE Additional Science (AQA4463) or GCSE Additional Applied Science (AQA4863).

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Yr 10 GCSE Evening

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  1. Yr 10 GCSE Evening SCIENCE 11th October 2007

  2. What courses do we offer? • Most Year 10 students follow a one year GCSE Core Science course (AQA 4461) • This is followed in Year 11 by a choice of either GCSE Additional Science (AQA4463) or GCSE Additional Applied Science (AQA4863). • Some Year 10 students choose Extra Science in the option blocks and take GCSE Biology (AQA 4411), GCSE Chemistry (AQA 4421) & GCSE Physics (AQA 4451) as separate subjects over a two year course.

  3. How is Core Science assessed? • Students take 6 Modular Exams, each lasting 30mins. Two are taken in November, two are taken in March & two are taken in June. These exams have objective questions (a form of multiple-choice) and make up 75% of the marks • Students will carry out an Individual Skills Assessment (ISA). This is completed in normal lessons and accounts for 25% of the marks. • After completing the course at the end of year 10, students will have the opportunity of improving their marks by re-sitting modules and doing additional ISA’s in Year 11. At the end of Year 11 the best marks from both components will be cashed in to produce a final GCSE grade.

  4. How are Biology, Physics & Chemistry GCSE assessed? • In Year 10 students take 6 modular exams, two in each subject, each lasting 30mins. Three exams are taken in November and three exams are taken in March. These exams make up 25% of the final marks. • In January of Year 11, students take three 45min exams, one in each subject. These exams also make up 25% of the final marks. • In June of Year 11, students take three more 45min exams, again one in each subject. These exams again make up 25% of the final marks. • Throughout the course students do Individual Skills Assessments (ISA’s) in normal lessons. The best ISA result in each science subject is selected and that makes up the final 25% of the marks.

  5. Important Dates for your Diary! • Exam dates for Core Science Students 22nd November 2007 (2 exams) 5th March 2008 (2 exams) 23rd June 2008 (2 exams) • Exam Dates for Individual Science Students 22nd November 2007 (3 exams) 5th March 2007 (3 exams) All students will have the opportunity to re-sit modular exams later in the course (subject to paying an entry fee), if they wish to improve their marks. Where a re-sit is taken, the better mark is the one that will count.

  6. Individual Skills Assessments (ISA’s) • All courses will do ISA’s in normal lessons. An ISA is an externally set skills paper which students sit after investigating a problem experimentally. They are asked questions on data interpretation from the investigation and on their knowledge of good scientific practice. • Over the course students will do several ISA’s and the best mark obtained will count. For individual Sciences GCSE’s it is the best mark for each subject that counts. • ISA’s count for 25% of final marks.

  7. What support do we give? • We provide revision guides for all students • We communicate , by letter, the results of module exams to parents. This puts parents and pupils in the picture. • We offer the chance to resit Yr 10 modules at the end of Yr 11. • We put on revision classes. • We give written feedback in exercise books and go through past papers in class.

  8. What support can you give? • Encourage your sons/daughters to do their best with their homework. Ask if you can help. • Ask your sons/daughters about their work. You could help with presentation, spelling and by checking it is complete. • Talk to your sons/daughters about revision for exams. You can help them to • a) plan their exam revision • b) manage study time better • c) stay focused.

  9. What can students do? • Read through the revision guides. • Ask if they are unsure. • Use the school library/ internet facilities. • Attend revision classes • Visit the SAM learning website or school website or AQA website (www.aqa.org.uk) This latter resource has lots of past papers and mark schemes.

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