Year 10 Study Diary

Seaton Burn College Y10 Study Support Guide 2009 - 2010 Your year at a glance

My candidate number is ____________________ SBC centre number is ____________________

Subject

Example:

Science

Exam board

My end of year target

Level of entry

AQA

B

Higher

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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22 23 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;

24 After College: Maths; D.T.

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Art Club

Art Club

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29 30 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;

Art Club

The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask!

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October 2009 Mon

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6 After College: Maths; D.T.;

7 After College: Maths;

Art Club

Art Club 12

13 After College: Maths; D.T.;

8 After College: Maths; D.T.

14 After College: Maths;

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;

22 After College: Maths; D.T.

English Media/ Original Writing c/work deadline Art Club

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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2 3 4 5 After College: Maths 5 exam GCSE exams After Maths; After College: College: begin Maths; D.T.; Maths; D.T.; Science P1a Art Club Art Club

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10 11 After After College: Maths; College: Maths; D.T.; Science B1a Art Club

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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24 25 26 After After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; D.T. College: Maths; D.T.;

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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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2 3 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; D.T.

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Art Club Art Club 7

8 After College: Maths; D.T.;

9 10 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; D.T.

Art Club 14

Art Club

15 After College: Maths; D.T.;

16 17 After College: After College: Maths; Maths; D.T.;

Art Club

Art Club

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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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Art Club

Art Club

12 13 GCSE exams After College: Maths; begin

14 15 After College: Maths; D.T.

After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club 18

19 After College: Maths; D.T.;

Art Club 20 After College: Maths;

Art Club 25 26 English After College: Shakespeare Maths; D.T.; Assessment Week

Art Club

21 22 After College: Maths; D.T.

Art Club 27 After College: Maths;

28 29 After College: Maths; D.T.

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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Art Club 10 11 After College: After College: Maths; Maths; D.T.

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Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday: days & times will be confirmed in advance. .

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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;

9 After College: Maths

10 11 After College: After College: Maths; Maths

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Art Club

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Art Club 22

4 After College: Maths

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

Art Club Art Club 29

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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Good Friday

Art Club

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Easter Monday

Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday: 12

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days & times will be confirmed in advance.

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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;

Art Club

22 After College: Maths; History

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Art Club

28 29 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; History

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Art Club

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

5 6 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths;

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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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30 GCSE exams end

“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

My login details for: e.g. my login for the platform is

sbec-joe.bloggs

North Tyneside Learning Platform Sam Learning My Maths Connexions

Keep your password(s) secret & safe.

Useful addresses & contacts NT Learning Platform web address:

Seaton Burn College Dudley Lane Seaton Burn Newcastle upon Tyne NE13 6EJ

http://www.ntlp.org.uk

Connextions web address: http://www.connexions-tw.co.uk/

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)