OPTIONAL SUBJECTS


Specification/Assessment Overview Component


Assessment


Performance on chosen instrument


Composition to a brief set by the learner


Ensemble Performance Compositin to a brief set by exam board


Listening and appraising A written paper, with CD


Integrated Portfolio 60 Marks


Non exam assessment


Practical Component 60 Marks


Non-exam assessment


Listening and appraising


Aural recognition and context Unheard/


unfamiliar music from with the Areas of Study


80 Marks


1 hour 30 min written paper


Areas of Study • Rhythms of the World • Film Music • The Concerto through Time • Conventions of Pop.


40%


of total GCSE


30%


of total GCSE


30%


of total GCSE


activities: • a team activity • an individual activity and • a third from either a team or individual activity. These are chosen from the list provided by the DfE. Topics are divided across papers, helping


students to see which part of the specification they are being assessed on in each exam. GCSE grades are in the new numerical format.


SINGLE SCIENCES leading to GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Physics


GCSE Exam Board: Edexcel


The single sciences option offers pupils who are particularly interested in science an opportunity to study for three separate GCSEs (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) and they will have two double lessons a week for each science. Although it is not essential for studying A Level science, pupils who anticipate that they will study sciences at A Level should seriously consider this option. How is the course assessed? The course will prepare pupils for the examinations in the summer term of Year 11; all assessments are compulsory. There are two levels, Foundation and Higher. Foundation tier candidates can attain grades 1 to 5 and Higher tier grades range from 4 to 9. Each paper is worth 50% of the final mark in each GCSE Biology: • Paper 1: Key concepts in biology, Cells and control, Genetics, Natural selection and genetic modification, Health, disease and the development of medicines


• Paper 2: Key concepts in biology, Plant structures and their functions, Animal coordination, control and homeostasis, Exchange and transport in animals, Ecosystems and material cycles.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION GCSE Exam Board: AQA


The AQA GCSE in Physical Education is 60% theory and 40% non-exam assessment (practical performance) of which 30% will be based on students assessed in the role of player/performer only and 10% will be analysis and evaluation of performance. Students are assessed in three different practical


Chemistry: • Paper 1: Key concepts in chemistry, States of matter and mixtures, Chemical changes, Extracting metals and equilibria, Separate chemistry 1


• Paper 2: Key concepts in chemistry, Groups in the periodic table, Rates of reaction and energy changes, Fuels and Earth science, Separate chemistry 2.


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