Year 10 Exam Bulletin 2
Posted: 28/03/12
Dear parent, carer and student,
This is the second instalment of the upcoming exams and controlled assessments that will be taking place after the holidays.
Year 10 have been working extremely hard over the past term to improve their attainment, attendance and punctuality and this is clearly paying dividends.
If there is any other information that you require please do not hesitate to ask.
I will put a copy of this up on the website too, in the Y10 area along with the other exam information.
History
The dates for the History Controlled Assessment have had to be adjusted slightly due to the disruption caused by Industrial Action.
- Vietnam Sources Controlled Assessment.
Ms Pilbrow Group – 10C
- B1 - WED 18TH APRIL – PERIOD 1 – 10C
- B2 - WED 25TH APRIL PERIOD 4 – 10C
Ms Elks Group – 10D
- B1 - THURS 19TH APRIL PERIOD 2 – 10D
- B2 - THURS 26TH APRIL PERIOD 3 – 10D
Miss Wilson – 10C and 10D
All completed B1.
- B2 - FRIDAY 20TH APRIL – P4 – 10C
- B2 - WED 25TH APRIL – P1 – 10D
- 20th June – Life in Germany Exam. All lessons from the week beginning Monday 23rd April will be focused on revising for the examination on 20th June. All students will be given a Revision booklet on Life in Germany including content of the course, past exam questions, exam mark schemes and guidance on how to answer examination questions.
Art
Year 10 Art students are to complete their planning of their Exam final piece over Easter for fine tuning after Easter. They will be sitting an exam period over the 2 days of Tuesday 15th and Weds 16th May to complete their final piece in. The 4 coursework projects will be internally assessment in the week after Easter so must be submitted during the first lesson back after Easter.
English
Continuing with the Controlled Assessments as per the timeframe of assessment dates on the previous bulletin.
All year 10 English Controlled Assessments must be completed before the end of year 10, so if anyone has any outstanding pieces, they will be expected to complete these by attending an “English Clinic”, after school, during the second half of the summer term.
LANGUAGES GCSE:
All Year 10 pupils studying French/German have a Writing Controlled Assessment (15% of GCSE) week beginning 23rd April.
The topic for this piece is “My town” and pupils should write circa 250 words.
If pupils are re- taking the Unit 1 (Listening) and/or Unit 2 (Reading) exam in French/German, then please see the dates for these below:
FRENCH
Unit 1 re-sit - 14th May (pm)
Unit 2 re-sit - 17th May (am)
GERMAN
Unit 1 re-sit - 18th June (pm)
Unit 2 re-sit - 27th June (am)
RS
Year 10 have now finished the first part of their GCSE course. We have been working hard since January of Year 9 and have competed 4 units that put together will be the Philosophy part of our course. This will be examined in the summer of Year 11. Students will begin studying the Ethics part of the course when we return from the holidays, this will consist of another 4 units which include “religious attitudes towards drugs” and “crime and punishment”. These two units put together will mean that a Full Course GCSE will be gained.
Music
GCSE Music students should be revising for their exam which is on 14th May.
This will be on all the set works from Areas of Study 1-4.
Kind regards, and have a restful break,
Jacqueline McDonald
Learning Coordinator Year 10
