Seaton Burn College Y10 Study Support Guide 2009 - 2010 Your year at a glance
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September 2009 Mon
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8 9 Year 7 and 12 Years 8-11 students return Return
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15 16 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;
17 After College: Maths; DT
18 19 Course-work deadlines agreed
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Art Club
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29 30 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;
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The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask!
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October 2009 Mon
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13 After College: Maths; D.T.;
8 After College: Maths; D.T.
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15 After College: Maths; D.T.
Art Club Art Club 19 ISA Week PIA (all week)
20 After College: Maths; D.T.; Science B1a
21 After College: Maths;
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English Media/ Original Writing c/work deadline Art Club
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27 28 Maths revision Module 3 All day (lunch provided)
“Only when the last tree is cut, only when the last river is polluted, only when the last fish is caught, will they realise that you can’t eat money”
Native American saying
November 2009 Mon
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13 14 Maths 1 & 3 exams
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17 18 19 20 After After College: P1a & B1a Maths; College: Science exams Maths; D.T.; After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club Art Club
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Art Club Art Club 30 English Prose c/work deadline
“Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
Walker Evans — American photographer
December 2009 Mon
Tue 1 After College: Maths; D.T.;
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8 After College: Maths; D.T.;
9 10 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; D.T.
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16 17 After College: After College: Maths; Maths; D.T.;
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“Money is like muck, not good unless spread.”
Francis Bacon
January 2010 Mon
4 Spring term starts
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5 After College: Maths; D.T.;
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12 13 GCSE exams After College: Maths; begin
14 15 After College: Maths; D.T.
After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club 18
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Art Club 20 After College: Maths;
Art Club 25 26 English After College: Shakespeare Maths; D.T.; Assessment Week
Art Club
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Art Club 27 After College: Maths;
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Art Club
Always give reasons for your answers — it helps to get extra marks.
February 2010 Mon
Tue
1 MFL controlled writing assessments
2 After College: Maths; D.T.; Science C1a
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3 4 After College: After College: Maths; Maths; D.T.
Art Club 8
9 After College: Maths; D.T.; Science P1b
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23 24 25 After College: After College: After College: Maths; Science Maths; Maths C1a
Art Club
Art Club
Remember: not everything you read is accurate or reliable!
March 2010 Mon 1
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Tue 2 Maths 1 & 3 exams
Wed 3 P1b & C1a Science exams After College: Maths;
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10 11 After College: After College: Maths; Maths
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After College: Maths; Science P1b Art Club
Art Club 15 GCSE Art Exam week
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Art Club
23 After College: Maths; Food Tech
24 25 After College: After College: Maths; Maths
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30 After College: Maths; Food Tech
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“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Japanese Proverb
April 2010 Mon
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Easter Monday
Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday: 12
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20 21 Summer term After College: Maths; ICT begins Exam timetables distributed After College: Law; Maths; Art Club 27 After College: Law; Maths;
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22 After College: Maths; History
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28 29 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; History
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ICT — coursework annotations must prove that you have done each task. Detailed explanations of how you did it are not needed.
May 2010 Mon
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4 After College: Maths; Law
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Plan your revision carefully and don’t leave it too late!
June 2010 Mon
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Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday: days & times will be confirmed in advance. 7 MFL controlled speaking assessments
8 9 10 11 After College: After College: After College: Science C1b; Maths Maths; Maths; MFL
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ISA Prep week
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“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.� Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 2010 Mon
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Biology ISA Prep week
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Chemistry ISA Prep week
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ISA catch up week
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“ Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
Appius Claudius
August 2010 Mon
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“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.� E. E. Cummings
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Geography: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ www.aqa.org.uk (past papers and mark schemes)
MFL: www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk ART: www.istockphoto.com (keyword search; surfaces) D.T. www.technologystudent.com Food Technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/foodtech/ Business & Communication www.teach-ict.com Business Studies www.bized.co.uk Law www.direct.gov.uk Health & Social Care www.nhs.uk ICT www.teachingicttoday.co.uk www.ictnational.co.uk Maths www.mymaths.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/ History: www.aqa.org.uk (past papers and mark schemes)