Seaton Burn College Y11 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; Bus & Comm; H & SC; DT
18 19 Course-work deadlines agreed
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24 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T.
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Art Club Art Club 28
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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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6 7 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;
8 9 After College: Maths;Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T.
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13 14 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;
15 16 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T.
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20 21 After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths;
22 23 After College: English Maths; Bus & Booster Comm; H & SC; Classes D.T. N. Ireland Hist. c/work deadline Art Club
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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 GCSE exams begin
3 After College: MFL; Maths; D.T.;
Art Club 9 English 1 exam
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11 12 13 14 After College: English 2 exam Maths 1 & 3 Maths; exams After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.; Art Club
17 After College: MFL; Maths; D.T.;
18 19 After College: After College: Maths; MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.;
20 21 Spanish & French (1) coursework deadline
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4 5 6 After College: Maths 5 exam Maths; After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.;
24 After College: MFL; P2 Science; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
Art Club 25 26 After College: After College: Maths; ICT MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.
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“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: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.;
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2 3 4 After College: After College: Maths; ICT Maths; H & SC; D.T.
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8 After College: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.;
Art Club 14
ISA (all week)
11 Unit 1 ICT coursework deadline
Art Club
15 After College: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.;
16 17 18 After College: After College: Maths; Maths; H & SC; 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 P2 Science Exam
21 22 After College: Maths; D.T.
After College: Maths; Art Club 25
26 After College: Maths; D.T.;
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Art Club 27 After College: Maths;
28 29 After College: French (2) Maths; D.T. coursework deadline
Art Club
Always give reasons for your answers — it helps to get extra marks.
February 2010 Mon
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2 3 4 After College: After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; Maths; Maths; D.T.
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9 10 11 After College: After College: After College: Maths; D.T.; 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: MFL; Maths Maths; MFL; Maths
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Remember: not everything you read is accurate or reliable!
March 2010 Mon 1
Tue 2 Maths 1 & 3 exams
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3 4 After College: After College: Maths; MFL; Maths
After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech Art Club 8
9 After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech
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Art Club 15 GCSE Art Exam week
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16 After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech
17 18 After College: After College: Maths; MFL; Maths
GCSE trial MFL speaking tests Art Club 22
Art Club
23 After College: MFL; Maths
24 25 After College: After College: Maths; MFL; Maths
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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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Thu 1 ISA catch-up periods 1-4 After College: Maths
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Good Friday
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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: MFL; Maths; B2 Science; Art Club 27 After College: MFL; Maths; C2 Science
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28 29 After College: After College: Maths; ICT MFL; Maths
30 Unit 20 ICT coursework deadline
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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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3 May Bank Holiday
4 After College: MFL; B2 Science; Maths
5 6 After College: After College: Maths; ICT MFL: Maths; History
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12 13 After College: After College: Maths; ICT MFL: Maths; History
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18 19 20 21 22 GCSE exams After College: After College: B2 Science Maths Maths; History begin exam After College: B2 Science; Maths
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Plan your revision carefully and don’t leave it too late!
June 2010 Mon
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“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.� Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“ Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
Appius Claudius
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GCSE results day
Y12 Enrollment Day
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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)