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Seaton Burn College
Y11 Study Support Guide 2009 - 2010
Your year at a glance
Subject Exam board
My end of year target
Level of entry
Example: Science AQA B Higher
My candidate number is ____________________ SBC centre number is ____________________
September 2009 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8 Year 7 and 12 students Return
9 Years 8-11 return
10 11 12 13
14 15 After College: Maths; D.T.;
16 After College: Maths;
17 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; DT
18 Course-work deadlines agreed
19 20
21 22 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
23 After College: Maths;
24 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
25 26 27
28
29 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
30 After College: Maths;
The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask!
October 2009 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC Art Club
2 3 4
5 6 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
7 After College: Maths;
8 After College: Maths;Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
9 10 11
12 13 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
14 After College: Maths;
15 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
16 17 18
19 20 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
21 After College: Maths;
22 After College: Maths; Bus & Comm; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
23 English Booster Classes
N. Ireland Hist. c/work deadline
24 25
26 27 Maths revision Module 3 All day (lunch provided)
28 29 30 31
“Only when the last tree is cut, only when the last river is polluted, only when the last fish is caught, will they realise that you can’t eat money”
Native American saying
November 2009 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
2 GCSE exams begin
3 After College: MFL; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
4 After College: Maths;
5 Maths 5 exam After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.; Art Club
6 7 8
9 English 1 exam
10 After College: MFL; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
11 After College: Maths;
12 English 2 exam After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.; Art Club
13 Maths 1 & 3
exams
14 15
16 17 After College: MFL; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
18 After College: Maths;
19 After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T.; Art Club
20 Spanish & French (1) coursework deadline
21 22
23 24 After College: MFL; P2 Science; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
25 After College: Maths; ICT
26 After College: MFL; Maths; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
27 28 29
30
“Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
Walker Evans — American photographer
“Money is like muck, not good unless spread.” Francis Bacon
December 2009 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 After College: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
2 After College: Maths; ICT
3 After College: Maths; H & SC; D.T.
4 5 6
7 8 After College: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
9 After College: Maths; ICT
10 After College: Maths; H & SC; D.T. Art Club
11 Unit 1 ICT coursework deadline
12 13
14 ISA (all week)
15 After College: P2 Science; Maths; D.T.; Art Club
16 After College: Maths;
17 After College: Maths; H & SC; D.T.; Art Club
18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Always give reasons for your answers — it helps to get extra marks.
January 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3
4 Spring term starts
5 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
6 After College: Maths;
7 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
8 9 10
11 12 GCSE exams
begin After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
13 After College: Maths;
14 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
15 16 17
18 19 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
20 P2 Science
Exam
After College: Maths;
21 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
22 23 24
25 26 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
27 After College: Maths;
28 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
29 French (2) coursework deadline
30 31
February 2010
Remember: not everything you read is accurate or reliable!
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
3 After College: Maths;
4 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
5 6 7
8 9 After College: Maths; D.T.; Art Club
10 After College: Maths;
11 After College: Maths; D.T. Art Club
12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
24 After College: Maths;
25 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
26 27 28
Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday:
days & times will be confirmed in advance.
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
Japanese Proverb
March 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 Maths 1 & 3
exams After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech Art Club
3 After College: Maths;
4 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
5 6 7
8 9 After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech Art Club
10 After College: Maths;
11 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
12 13 14
15 GCSE Art Exam week
GCSE trial
MFL speaking tests
16 After College: MFL; Maths; Food Tech Art Club
17 After College: Maths;
18 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
19 20 21
22 23 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
24 After College: Maths;
25 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
26 27 28
29 30 After College: Maths Art Club
31 After College: Maths:
ICT — coursework annotations must prove that you have done each task. Detailed explanations of how you did it are not needed.
April 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 ISA catch-up periods 1-4 After College: Maths Art Club
2 Good Friday
3 4
5 Easter Monday
6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19
20 Summer term
begins Exam timetables
distributed After College: MFL; Maths; B2 Science; Art Club
21 After College: Maths; ICT
22 After College: MFL:Maths Art Club
23 24 25
26 27 After College: MFL; Maths; C2 Science Art Club
28 After College: Maths; ICT
29 After College: MFL; Maths Art Club
30 Unit 20 ICT coursework deadline
Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday:
days & times will be confirmed in advance.
Plan your revision carefully and don’t leave it too late!
May 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2
3 May Bank Holiday
4 After College: MFL; B2 Science; Maths
5 After College: Maths; ICT
6 After College: MFL: Maths; History
7 8 9
10 11 After College: MFL; C2 Science; Maths
12 After College: Maths; ICT
13 After College: MFL: Maths; History
14 Unit 2 & 21 ICT coursework deadline
15 16
17 18 GCSE exams
begin After College: B2 Science; Maths
19 After College: Maths
20 After College: Maths; History
21 B2 Science
exam
22 23
24 25 After College: Maths
26 After College: C2 Science; Maths
27 After College: Maths; History
28 P2 Science
exam
29 30
31 Bank Holiday
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
June 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 After College: Maths;
9 After College: Maths
10 After College: Maths;
11 12 13
14 15 After College: Maths;
16 After College: Maths;
17 After College: Maths;
18 19 20
21 22 23 24
25 26 27
28 29 30 GCSE exams
end
Revision sessions will be taking place this holiday:
days & times will be confirmed in advance.
“ Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” Appius Claudius
July 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.”
E. E. Cummings
August 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24
GCSE results day
25 Y12 Enrollment Day
26
27 28 29
30 31
Keep your password(s) secret & safe.
My login details for:
e.g. my login for the platform is sbec-joe.bloggs
North Tyneside Learning Platform
Sam Learning
My Maths
Connexions
Geography: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ www.aqa.org.uk (past papers and mark schemes)
MFL: www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk
ART: www.istockphoto.com (keyword search; surfaces)
D.T.
www.technologystudent.com Food Technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/foodtech/
Business & Communication www.teach-ict.com
Business Studies www.bized.co.uk
Law
www.direct.gov.uk Health & Social Care www.nhs.uk
ICT
www.teachingicttoday.co.uk www.ictnational.co.uk
Maths www.mymaths.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/
History: www.aqa.org.uk (past papers and mark schemes)
Useful addresses & contacts
Seaton Burn College Dudley Lane Seaton Burn Newcastle upon Tyne NE13 6EJ
Connextions web address:
http://www.connexions-tw.co.uk/
NT Learning Platform web address:
http://www.ntlp.org.uk