Science
KS4 Science
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Exam board and specification |
AQA Trilogy, AQA Entry level, AQA Biology, AQA Chemistry, AQA Physics |
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Scheme of assessment |
There are 6 exams: 2 for Biology, 2 for Chemistry and 2 for Chemistry. Each exam lasts 75 minutes if students study combined Trilogy and they last 100 minutes if they study separate sciences. |
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Lesson time and grouping |
Students are taught Science for 10 lessons per fortnight. Students are set in science.
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Homework |
Homework in Science is set three time (1 for each of Biology Chemistry and Physics) per fortnight, lasting 30-40 mins. |
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Assessment during the course |
There is a pathway assessment in term 6 of year 9. This will be used to help make decisions about which pathway (trilogy or separate sciences) students will take for KS4. In year 10, there is a paper 1 mock in March. In year 11, there is another paper 1 mock in December and a further mock covering paper 2 in March. |
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Useful curriculum links / revision guides |
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-trilogy-8464 https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-8461 |
Students will have studied the following units in Y9:
B1 Cells, B2 Organisation, C1 Atoms and the Periodic table, C2 Bonding, P1 Energy, P4 Atomic Structure and Radioactivity
In Years 10 and 11 they will continue to work through the AQA specification in the order below:
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 9 |
P1, B1, C1 |
P1, B1, C1 |
P1, B1, C1 |
P4, C2, B2 |
P4, C2, B2 |
P4, C2, B2 |
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Year 10 |
P2, B2, C4 |
P2, B3, C4 |
P2, B3, C4 |
P3, B4, C5 |
P3, B4, C5 |
P5, B7, C6 |
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Year 11 |
P6, C7, B6 |
P6, C8, B6 |
P7, C9, B5 |
P7/8, C10, B5 |
Final revision and GCSE EXAMS |
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Biology units:
B1 Cells, B2 Organisation, B3 Infection and response, B4 Bioenergetics, B5 Homeostasis and response, B6 Inheritance, variation and evolution, B7 Ecology
Chemistry units:
C1 Atoms and the Periodic table, C2 Bonding, C3 Quantitative Chemistry, C4 Chemical changes, C5 Energy changes, C6 Rates, C7 Organic Chemistry, C8 Chemical Analysis, C9 Chemistry of the Atmosphere, C10 Using resources.
Physics units:
P1 Energy, P2 Electricity, P3 Particle model of matter, P4 Atomic Structure, P5 Forces, P6 Waves, P7 Magnetism, TRIPLE only P8 Space
