the costello school year 11 revision guides, websites and exam
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The Costello School
Year 11 Revision Guides,
Websites and Exam Boards
Courses starting September 2015
Ending Summer 2017
ART & DESIGN (FINE ART)
EXAM BOARD
& NO
Visit and view the exemplar A/A* library of sketchbooks and personal responses in the art studios.
We encourage 1:1 support, feedback and personal challenge meetings which are always available from Ms Hopkins and Mr Denham. Please invite a family member or a friend who is interested in your work.
We advise all students and parents/carers to regularly communicate via email with their Art teacher. [email protected] and [email protected]
Use the Art social media sites
Instagram - Costello_isitart
Facebook – CostelloArt
Twitter - CostelloArt
Pinterest – MissHopkins@CostelloArtJCH
A minimum of 500 photographs per unit with personalised annotated contact sheets. (2 x coursework units and 1 x examination unit)
Art Workshops Mon – Fri 7.30am-8.30am lunchtimes and Thursdays 3.05pm-4.15pm.
Trips and half term workshops will be advertised in school.
AQA
4200
BUSINESS STUDIES
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Pearson
Pearson
Email:
Revise Edexcel GCSE Business Revision Guide
Revise Edexcel GCSE Business Revision Workbook
The Ultimate Brief Guide to the EDEXCEL GCSE course Unit 3. On FROG there are revision multiple choice exercises and exam questions. Plus podcasts and past papers. Internet revision: http://www.tutor2u.net/ - revision quizzes and presentations plus exam help/techniques http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/ http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk
£3 each from
the department
£0.50 from the
department
Edexcel
2BS01
COMPUTING
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Hodder
Education
Email:
My Revision Notes OCR Computing for GCSE COMPUTER
SYSTEMS & PROGRAMMING ISBN 978-1-444193848
Frog Revision Guide available in the Computing Resources
area:
Internet revision website:
www.teach-ict.com – GCSE Computing
£7.99 or less
Available from
Amazon
OCR J275
DRAMA
TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
Email:
There are currently no external revision guides available for Drama.
Past papers and resources for the written exam are available on FROG and the AQA website.
Internet Revision site:
AQA Get Revising
AQA
4240
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Collins Full set of Revision Notes on FROG.
GCSE Essentials Electronic Products Revision Guide
Internet revision sites:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
www.technologystudent.com
Email:
Available online
approx. £5 Text
Books and
revision guides
available online
starting at
around £5
AQA
4540
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
CGP
CGP
CGP
GCSE AQA English Language for the Grade 1-9 course - Revision
Guide
GCSE AQA English Language for the Grade 1-9 course –
Workbook
(Other books are also available in the series).
Spelling Punctuation & Grammar for GCSE
Complete Revision and Practice
Internet revision sites:
BBC Bitesize .
Twitter – the handle will be given out by the English
department.
All available
from bookshops
or online
Useful websites:
Mr Bruff on
YouTube
Bitesize
AQA ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
8700
Email: [email protected] Deputy Curriculum Team Leader
ENGLISH LITERATURE
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
CGP
Pearson
GCSE English Text Guide - Lord of the Flies - ETL44
GCSE English Text Guide - Blood Brothers - ETBB41
GCSE English - The Complete Play - Much Ado About Nothing -
B00GOH6EB2
GCSE English Text Guide - Jekyll and Hyde - ETJH41
YORK NOTES - Series of books for all the above Literature.
All available
from bookshops
or online
AQA ENGLISH
LITERATURE
8702
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
CGP
Controlled
Assessment
60%
1 x Written Exam 40%
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/food-technology
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/foodtech/ [email protected]
Text Books and
revision guides
available online
starting at
around £5
AQA
4545
FRENCH
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
LETTS
CGP
CGP
GCSE Success – French
GCSE French Revision Guide – (Higher / Foundation level)
GCSE French Complete Revision & Practice with Audio CD
Internet revision sites:
There are lots of links on FROG.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
www.languagesonline.org.uk/
www.atantot.com/ and
www.atantot-extra.co.uk/
Account ID = flcostello, Password = 4131
zut.languageskills.co.uk/
Account ID = 3350, Password = flcostello
linguascope.com
Username: flcostello, Password: liepzig
Approx £4
online/
bookshops
Approx £5
online/
bookshops
£10.50 Amazon
or £15 from
bookshops
AQA
4655
GEOGRAPHY (SPECIFICATION A)
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
CGP
CGP
Philip Allan
GCSE Geography
Revise for Geography GCSE - (specific to AQA syllabus – linked
to core text book).
AQA (A) GCSE Geography Revision Guide
ISBN 9781444110456
Internet revision sites:
AQA website – past paper questions and mark schemes
web.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcses/geo_landt/new/
geography_a_materials.php?id=09&tabid=2
Geography BBC Bitesize:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
Hodder
www.hoddereducation.co.uk/dynamic-learning
Username = aqageogqp, Password=student, Centre=14978
iphone app
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/gcse-geography-bitesize-
last/id410791814?mt=8
Phone apps
Revision buddies
GCSE Geography A Revision App
Approx.
£5 from
Amazon
£7.82 from
Amazon
AQA
9030
GERMAN
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
OUP Oxford
CGP
CGP
GCSE German for AQA Exam Skills Workbook and CD-ROM
Higher
GCSE German Revision Guide – (Higher / Foundation level)
GCSE German Complete Revision & Practice with Audio CD
Internet revision sites :
There are lots of links on FROG.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
www.languagesonline.org.uk/
www.atantot.com/ and
www.atantot-extra.co.uk/
Account ID = flcostello, Password = 4131
gut.languageskills.co.uk/
Account ID = 2922, Password = flcostello
linguascope.com
Username: flcostello, Password: leipzig
Approx £5
online /
bookshops
£5 online/
bookshops
£10.50 Amazon
or £15 from
bookshops
AQA
4665
HAIR & BEAUTY PRINCIPLE LEARNING
TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
No revision guides available.
CITY AND GUILDS
2762-02
HISTORY
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Edexcel Revision Guide
&
Edexcel Workbook
&
Edexcel Support Book
Internet revision sites :
Crime and Punishment :
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/candp/ www.learnhistory.org.uk/cpp/
www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/crime.shtml
Germany :
http://schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/germany.shtml (this gives
links to many sites)
www.educationforum.co.uk/germofflinerev.htm
GCSEpod also has detailed podcasts to download for both Nazi
Germany and Crime and Punishment.
Email:
£2 each
or
£5 for the set of 3
from the History
department
Edexcel
2HB01
Unit 1
5HB01B
Unit 2
5HB02C
Unit 3
5HB03B
ICT
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Pearson Revise Edexcel GCSE Information and Communication
Technology - Revision Guide
Revise Edexcel GCSE Information and Communication
Technology - Revision Workbook
Revision materials available on FROG:
Internet revision sites:
www.teach-ict.com – GCSE ICT
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/
£2.50 each - ask
Mr Hoy for a
letter to buy
from school.
Edexcel
2IT01
MATHEMATICS
TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
Mathematics team teaching AQA 8300 Maths Year 10 and 11 during 2016-17
[email protected] – Curriculum leader for Maths
[email protected] – Deputy curriculum leader for Maths
[email protected] – Leader, Numeracy across the curriculum
[email protected] – Maths teacher
[email protected] - Maths teacher
[email protected] - Maths teacher
Internet revision sites :
Useful websites
www.mymaths.co.uk – username costello and password – shape
http://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk
www.mrbartonmaths.com
www.corbettmaths.com
www.keshmaths.com
Useful revision guides
Collins AQA GCSE Maths Foundation or Higher: All-in-One Revision and Practice
CGP AQA GCSE Maths Foundation or Higher: Complete Revision and Practice
CGP New GCSE Maths Foundation or Higher: Interactive Revision and Practice DVD Rom for PC or
Mac
CGP GCSE Maths Buster Foundation or Higher- for the Grade 9-1 Course: Mock Exam Papers
AQA Mathematics (8300)
Assessments
GCSE Mathematics has a Foundation tier (grades 1 – 5) and a Higher tier (grades 4 – 9). Students
must take three question papers at the same tier. All question papers must be taken in the same
series. The information in the table below is the same for both Foundation and Higher tiers.
The Subject content section shows the content that is assessed in each tier.
AQA
8300
MEDIA STUDIES
TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
Unfortunately, there are no simple revision aids for GCSE Media Studies in the shops.
Internet revision sites :
All resources used for preparation for the External Assessment (formally the “Controlled Test”)
are available in the Media Studies area of FROG.
Textbooks from AQA and zigzag are used and scanned in for students’ use.
AQA
4810
MUSIC
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
CGP
Edexcel
CGP
Edexcel
GCSE Music Edexcel Areas of Study Revision Guide. (must be
for the new syllabus from 2009)
GCSE Music Practice papers – Listening A-C – Set of 3
GCSE Music Complete Revision and Practice
(not specifically for our syllabus so student should be selective
about which sections apply)
Edexcel GCSE Music Anthology CD
Contains all recordings studied and which will be heard in the
exam.
£5.00 from the
music
department
£3.00 from the
Music
department
Amazon/
bookshops etc.
Approx. £10-
£13
Approx. £30
Amazon /
The Book
Depository
Edexcel
2MUO1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Pearson Revise EDEXCEL GCSE PE revision guide & Workbook & Practice
Papers pack.
There are loads of resources on the PE / GCSE PE section on
FROG.
Internet revision sites :
There are loads of resources on YouTube.....the creator
eeziPEzi is excellent.
.....just search for GCSE PE and look out for his content.
BBC BITESIZE, iamLearning and GCSE pod.
www.teachpe.com/gcse
www.peworld.org
£9
Available from
the
PE department
Edexcel
2PE01
PRODUCT DESIGN
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Controlled
Assessment
60%
1 x Written
Exam 40%
Internet revision sites :
www.technologystudent.com
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/
www.design-technology.info/revisionguides/
Past papers for the written exam are available on the AQA
website.
Essentials GCSE D&T Product Design – Revision guide
Essentials GCSE D&T Product Design - Workbook
Text Books and
revision guides
available online
starting at
around £5
AQA
4555
RELIGIOUS STUDIES A
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Hodder
Education
Pearson
The Hodder book is NEW and recommended by the RE
department:
My revision notes - Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies –
This covers both Unit 2 Religion and Life through Christianity
and Unit 8 Religion and Society.
Also available:
Revise EDEXCEL GCSE Religious studies:
Religious Studies - Religion and Society Christianity and Islam -
Revision guide and revision workbook
The above covers Unit 1 & Unit 8, but it is good for visual
learners.
£7.99 from
Amazon
£2.50 each from
the RE
department
Edexcel
2RS01
(full
course)
Units
2 + 8
5RS02 +
5RS08
SCIENCE
PUBLISHER TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
Edexcel
Teachers of GCSE are:
Our exam
board is Edexcel
for all of
science.
2011spec (Y11
only)
Additional
science will sit 6
x 60 minute
papers + 2
controlled
assessments
worth 25%
each.
Separate
sciences will sit
9 x 60 minute
papers + 3
controlled
assessments
worth 25% each
TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY
PUBLISHER TITLE COST EXAM
BOARD & NO
Controlled
Assessment
60%
1 x Written
Exam 40%
Essentials GCSE D&T Textiles Technology - The Revision Guide
Essentials GCSE D&T Textiles Technology - Workbook
Internet revision site :
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
Text Books and
revision guides
available online
starting at
around £5
AQA
4570
TRAVEL AND TOURISM – FIRST Award Level 2
TITLE EXAM BOARD & NO
No revision guides available. Edexcel BTEC RXF95
School Revision Apps - @AppsForSchool Supplier of smartphone apps for students of Maths, English, English Literature and Media Studies.
UK · schoolrevisionapps.com
DON’T FORGET :
LOOK IN SUBJECT AREAS ON FROG:
https://frog.costello.hants.sch.uk
FROG IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, AS WE ARE INVESTIGATING OTHER PLATFORMS. AT THE TIME OF PRINT IT
IS STILL ACTIVE.
Revision information and Past Papers are available. Log in and then go to the particular subject area you would
like to revise.
Content is available in each subject as well as signposting to lots of other useful revision material.
Don’t forget that information on the exams is published by Mrs Newcombe, our Exams Officer on to FROG.
Both IAMLearning and GCSEPod are available to once you have logged on to FROG.
Struggling to get started with revision? IAMLearning is a great way of checking what
you do and don’t know – helping you to focus further revision time where it is needed
most. It’s focused around games-based learning to make it fun, but you can do just the
quizzes too! Every student should be aiming to undertake at least 10 hours of revision
using IAMLearning. Completing over 2 hours per subject is proven to improve results!
Another service available via FROG, GCSEPod includes over 175 hours of
subject podcasts to help you prepare for your exams. They can be watched
on your computer or downloaded to your mobile device. They are broken
down into key episodes with each chapter focusing on a key element so
you can easily find the bits you really need!