Qualification name

Exam board and Exam code

Number of papers and duration of each paper

B1 10th May
C1 17th May
P1 22nd May
B2 7thJune
C2 11th June
P2 14th June

Biology paper 2:
5) Homeostasis and response
6) Inheritance, variation and evolution
7) Ecology

Chemistry paper 1:
8) Atomic structure and the periodic table
9) Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter
10) Quantitative chemistry
11) Chemical changes
12) Energy changes

Physics Paper 1
18) Energy
19) Electricity
20) Particle model of matter
21) Atomic structure.

Use the revision materials folder provided by science.

This has everything you need, from videos to bitesize.

There are also linked exam questions for every single bit of the course. These have answers too.

The more exam question practice you can do, the better.

Revision folder sent out via ClassCharts / letter home.

Who to contact if you need help?

Your Science teacher

Mr Henderson

Qualification name

Exam board and Exam code

AQA 8464 (Foundation and Higher Tier)

Number of papers and duration of each paper

8464/B/1 (F/H) - 10th May 2024

8464/C/1 (F/H) - 17th May 2024

8464/P/1 (F/H) - 22nd May 2024

8464/B/2 (F/H) - 7thJune 2024

8464/C/2 (F/H) - 11th June 2024

Biology paper 2:
5) Homeostasis and response
6) Inheritance, variation and evolution
7) Ecology

Chemistry paper 1:
8) Atomic structure and the periodic table
9) Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter
10) Quantitative chemistry
11) Chemical changes
12) Energy changes

Physics Paper 1
18) Energy
19) Electricity
20) Particle model of matter
21) Atomic structure.

Use the revision materials folder provided by science.

This has everything you need, from videos to bitesize.

There are also linked exam questions for every single bit of the course, these have answers too.

The more exam question practice you can do, the better.

Who to contact if you need help?

Your Science teacher

Mr Henderson

Qualification name

GCSE Biology*

Exam board and Exam code

Number of papers and duration of each paper

Summer dates of each paper

8461/1 (F/H) - 10th May 2024

8461/2 (F/H) - 7th June 2024

Biology Paper 1:

1. Cell biology
2. Organisation
3. Infection and response
4. Bioenergetics

Biology paper 2:

5. Homeostasis and response
6. Inheritance, variation and evolution
7. Ecology

• Use the revision materials folder provided by science.
• This has everything you need, from videos to bitesize. There are also linked exam questions for every single bit of the course, these have answers too.
• The more exam question practice you can do, the better.

Best resources to use for revision on this subject

Revision folder sent out via ClassCharts / letter home

Who to contact if you need help?

Your Science teacher

Mr Henderson

Qualification name

GCSE Chemistry*

Exam board and Exam code

Number of papers and duration of each paper

8462/1 (F/H) - 17th May 2024

8462/2 (F/H) - 11th June 2024

Chemistry paper 1:

1. Atomic structure and the periodic table
2. Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter
3. Quantitative chemistry
4. Chemical changes
5. Energy changes

Chemistry Paper 2:

6. The rate and extent of chemical change
7. Organic chemistry
8. Chemical analysis
9. Chemistry of the atmosphere
10. Using resources

• Use the revision materials folder provided by science.
• This has everything you need, from videos to bitesize.
• There are also linked exam questions for every single bit of the course, these have answers too.
• The more exam question practice you can do, the better.

Best resources to use for revision on this subject

Revision folder sent out via ClassCharts / letter home

Who to contact if you need help?

Your Science teacher

Mr Henderson

Qualification name

GCSE Physics*

Exam board and Exam code

Number of papers and duration of each paper

Summer dates of each paper

8463/1 (F/H) - 22nd May 2024

8463/2 (F/H) - 14th June 2024

Physics Paper 1:

1. Energy
2. Electricity
3. Particle model of matter
4. Atomic structure

5. Forces
6. Waves
7. Magnetism and electromagnetism
8. Space physics (physics only)

• Use the revision materials folder provided by science.
• This has everything you need, from videos to bitesize.
• There are also linked exam questions for every single bit of the course, these have answers too.
• The more exam question practice you can do, the better.

Best resources to use for revision on this subject

Revision folder sent out via ClassCharts / letter home.

Who to contact if you need help?

Your Science teacher

Mr Henderson

Qualification name

Exam board and Exam code

3 papers 

Paper 1 - Living with the Physical Environment - 1hr 30mins
(natural hazards, rivers, coasts, living world)

Paper 2 - Challenges in the human environment - 1hr 30mins
(urban issues, changing economic world, resources)

Paper 3 - Geographical applications - 1hr 30mins
(physical & human fieldwork, issue evaluation)

Summer dates of each paper

Paper 1 - 17th May
Paper 2 - 5th June
Paper 3 -14th June

• Paper 1 - Hazards, Living World, Rivers and Coasts 
• Paper 2 - Urban Issues and Challenges, Changing Economic World, Resource Management
• Paper 3 - Issues Evaluation (issued end of March 2024 – we will learn this after Easter), unseen fieldwork and your fieldwork (physical – Dawlish Warren, and urban - Millbay) 

• Spend 30 minutes per unit on paper 1 and 2
• 1 minute per mark
• Make sure you have a calculator
• Develop your points using ‘this means that...’ to explain the consequences of what you have written.
• If the question asks you to use a figure, include the phrase ‘as seen in figure X’
• Ensure you have addressed the command word in your conclusion.

Your revision pack, which includes:

• White booklet (personalised learning checklists/PLCs, case study information, exam technique and command word information)
• CGP revision guide (all content, do NOT use the case studies from here)
• Your books from your GCSE course that has your work in
• Knowledge organisers for each topic (these have been given to you over the last 2 years, please see Ms CW if you would like another copy of any topic)
• Internet Geography https://www.internetgeography.net/
• BBC Bitesize

Who to contact if you need help?

Ms Crowe-Wright - Acrowewright@saltashcloud.net

Qualification name

Exam board and Exam code

Edexcel 1HIO

(Course Path - FR) 

3 Papers 

• Paper 1 - Thematic study and historic environment - 1 hour 15 minutes
• Paper 2 - Elizabethan England 1558–1588 and Superpower and Cold War Relations 1941–1991 - 1 hour 45 minutes
• Paper 3 - Modern depth study - 1 hour 20 minutes

• Paper 1 - 15th May
• Paper 2 - 4th June
• Paper 3 - 11th June

• Paper 1 - Medicine 1250-present
• Paper 2 - Henry VIII and American West
• Paper 3 - Germany 1918-39

• Use the exam structure that you have been taught.
• Read the questions carefully and identify the topic you have to cover.
• Use specific evidence to show your own knowledge

• Your exercise books from each topic 
•  Revision products from homework
• Revision material posted on Teams
• CGP Revision Guide

Who to contact if you need help?

Mrs Anderson - kanderson@saltashcloud.net

Qualification name

GCSE Business Studies

Exam board and Exam code

Edexcel 1BSO

Number of papers and duration of each paper

Paper 1 (1BS0 01) - Investigating Small Business

Paper 2 (1BS0 02) - Building a Business

Both papers are 1 hour 45 minutes long

Summer dates of each paper

Paper 1 - 14th May 2024

Paper 2 - 5th June 2024

Expected content of papers

Paper 1

• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Understanding Customers
• Business Finances
• Starting a Business
• External Influences

Paper 2

• Business Growth
• Marketing Decisions (The Marketing Mix)
• Operational Decisions
• Financial Decision
• Human Resource Decisions

Subject specific exam advice

• One minute per mark
• Use the PLT structure in all your answers!
• For the 9 mark question - pick one option and give the pros and cons of that option
• In section B and C remember to use context in all your answers.
• Spend 5 minutes reading, highlighting and completing a PINCC analysis on each case study – you are allowed to write on the source sheet.
  Use a calculator in your exam

Best resources to use for revision in this subject

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/z98snbk
If not using the link, remember to select Edexcel for your exam board

Business Ed - https://www.businessed.co.uk/index.php/home/theory
/gcse/edexcel-gcse-9-1-theory-notes-public

Mrs Shepherd has created knowledge organisers for all topics and a revision booklet – this has already been shared with all students.

Who to contact if you need help

Please contact Mrs Shepherd direct for exam information about this course – cshepherd@saltashcloud.net  

Qualification name

Exam board and Exam code

Number of papers and duration of each paper

Summer dates of each paper

Core technical principles: Specialist technical principles: Designing and making principles. 

• Section A - Core technical principles (20 marks) A mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions assessing a breadth of technical knowledge and understanding. 
• Section B - Specialist technical principles (30 marks) Several short answer questions (2–5 marks) and one extended response to assess a more indepth knowledge of technical principles. 
• Section C - Designing and making principles (50 marks) A mixture of short answers and extended response questions. 

As well as understanding the key elements of the theory covered, it would be advisable to have a good understanding of the named companies and designers and the work they produce.

Best resources to use for revision on this subject

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-and-technology-8552   

https://www.technologystudent.com/  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zby2bdm 

Who to contact if you need help?

Qualification name

Level 1 /2 Vocational Award Hospitality and Catering (Technical Award)

WJEC 5409

Number of papers and duration of each paper

Unit 1 - Written exam in June of year 11.
Duration: 1 hour and 20 minutes
40% of the qualification (80 marks)

Summer dates of each paper

Unit 1 - Questions requiring short and extended answers, based around applied situations. Learners will be required to use stimulus material to respond to questions. These will be based on:
1.1 Hospitality and catering provision
1.2 How hospitality and catering providers operate
1.3 Health and safety in hospitality and catering
1.4 Food safety in hospitality and catering

Unit 2 - An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC which will include a scenario and several tasks. Students have to research the task and select 2 recipes with accompaniments to suit the clients and venue specified in the brief. Justification of the choices must be written. Create a dovetailed time plan identifying health, safety and hygiene points. Identifying any contingencies for any potential issues during the practical and how to overcome them. The practical exam is 3 hours with a final evaluation of the practical skills and the sensory testing of the recipes made.

Subject specific exam advice

• GCSE pod
• WJEC Level 1 /2 hospitality and catering revision guide
• Your theory lesson exercise book
• Seneca BBC bitesize.
• Wednesday lunch time in T6  yr 11 support sessions.

Who to contact if you need help?