Year 10 students will receive 5 end fo term reports with Parent’s evening scheduled each term to allow parents and students the opportunity to discuss your student progress with Individual Teachers. End-of-year examinations are also scheduled to monitor progress and to aid the setting of targets for the following year. Alongside continual Assessments in class feedback is provided on the progress of students by class teachers through E-mail on a regular basis. In Year 11, in addition to the regular assessment schedule , students will also sit mid year mock
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GCSE
(9-1)
Art and Design equips students with the skills to enjoy, produce and engage with the visual arts throughout their lives, and it has immense value as a GCSE subject.
Component 1: Personal Portfolio 60% of the qualification
GCSE Art and Design provides the opportunity for students to develop:
• Students will work within one of the following titles: Art, Craft and Design; Fine Art; Graphic Communication; Textile Design; Three-dimensional Design; Photography. • Students undertaking Art, Craft and Design will create work associated with areas of study chosen from at least two of the endorsed titles. Students undertaking one of the endorsed titles will create work associated with at least one area of study for that title. • Students create a personal portfolio of work that demonstrates the knowledge, understanding and skills.
• explore both contemporary and historical sources of art, craft and design first hand through, for example: • visiting museums, galleries, art shows and fairs • experiencing audio-visual productions, including still and moving imagery or their surroundings and environments. • take an individual approach to their art, craft and design making • develop the skill of selecting their best and most appropriate work for presentation.
This component allows students opportunities to:
• develop and explore ideas • research primary and contextual sources • experiment with media, materials, techniques and processes o present personal response(s) to theme(s) set by the centre.
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment 40% of the qualification • The Externally Set Assignment (ESA) represents the culmination of the GCSE course as it draws together all the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in Component 1. • Students must continue to work in the same title as they did for the Personal Portfolio. • Art, Craft and Design students are required to create work associated with at least one area of study for this component. • Students must present personal response(s) to an externally set broad-based thematic starting point, set by Pearson in the ESA paper. • This component allows students opportunities to: • Develop and explore ideas • Research primary and contextual sources • Experiment with media, materials, techniques and processes • Present personal response(s) to the externally-set theme
• Students’ work must comprise supporting studies and personal response(s). • Students’ work must show evidence of all four Assessment Objectives. • All work is internally set and is internally marked using the assessment grid and internally standardised. • A sample of work is externally moderated by a visiting moderator.
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Students will: • ain knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology • Develop skills to apply knowledge and understanding to produce ICT-based solutions • Develop skills of analysis and evaluation, making reasoned judgements and • Presenting conclusions.
Practical Content Students must study both of the following topics: Topic 5: Applying Information and Communication Technology Topic 6: Software Skills Students will: The aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to: • Explore how digital technology impacts on the lives of individuals, organisations and society • Learn about current and emerging digital technologies and the issues raised by their use in a range of contexts by individuals and organisations • Develop awareness of the risks that are inherent in using ICT and the features of safe, secure and responsible practice • Broaden and enhance their ICT skills and capability • Work with a range of digital tools and techniques to produce effective ICT solutions in a range of contexts • Learn how to reflect critically on their own and others’ use of ICT and how to adopt safe, secure and responsible practice. Students will receive a grade using the UK grading scheme which is 9-1. This is comparable to the UK reformed GCSEs in terms of the level of demand and assessment standards.
Theoretical Content
Students must study all of the following topics: Topic 1: Digital Devices Topic 2: Connectivity Topic 3: Operating Online Topic 4: Online Goods and Services.
• gain knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology • develop skills to apply the knowledge and understanding they acquire in all topics (1–6) to produce ICT-based solutions • develop skills of analysis and evaluation, making reasoned judgements and presenting conclusions.
GCSE
externally
55% of the qualification, 98 marks This is a written exam in which all questions must be answered. The course contains three sections:
Section A: Compulsory topics - will be examined in Paper 1. Topic 1: Development – How did you develop? Topic 2: Memory – How does your memory work? Topic 3: Psychological problems – How would psychological problems affect you? Topic 4: The brain and neuropsychology – How does your brain affect you? Topic 5: Social influence – How do others affect you?
Section B: Optional topics - will be examined in Paper 2. Topics 6 to 10 are optional; students must study two of them. Topic 6: Criminal psychology – Why do people become criminals? Topic 7: The self – What makes you who you are? Topic 8: Perception – How do you interpret the world around you? Topic 9: Sleep and dreaming – Why do you need to sleep and dream? Topic 10: Language, thought and communication – How do you communicate with others?
Section C: Research methods This topic is compulsory. The knowledge and understanding of research methods is assessed in both papers.
Topic 11: Research methods – How do you carry out psychological research?
The paper examines topics 1 to 5 and includes multiple-choice, short-open and open-response questions. The paper also contains two extended open-response questions, focusing on debates within psychology and the interrelationships between the core areas of psychology.
20 45% of the qualification, 79 marks The students must answer all the questions from Research Methods All the questions from two optional sections.