Year 13
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Subject
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Data Tracking 1
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Data Tracking 2
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Data Tracking 3
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Data Tracking 4
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Art & Design
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AO1, AO2, AO3 Development, Experimentation and Observational Studies
Unit 1 Pages 1-5
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Unit 1 AO1, AO2, AO3 Development, Experimentation and Observational Studies
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ESA - AO2, AO3 Experimentation and Observational Studies
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Moderation Requested for 5/6/15
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Biology
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Test: 30 min. 30 marks.
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Test: 1 hr 50-55 marks.
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Test: 30 min. 30 marks.
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Unit 1 and 2 External exams. Combined worth 40% of GCE
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Business Studies
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Average of 4 Past paper questions for AS1 – covering the first 4 topics:
Central Purpose of Business Activity
Forms of Business Organisation
Markets and Market Forces
Spectrum of Competition
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Full Past paper covering all AS1 topics – One and a half hours long.
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Average of 2 AS2 past papers – one completed as a homework and one completed as a test in class. Each of these papers is one and a half hours long covering all AS2 topics.
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n/a CCEA External Exams AS1 and AS2
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Chemistry
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Past paper questions at AS standard
45 mins
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Past paper questions at AS standard
120 mins
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Past paper questions at AS standard
45 mins
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n/a CCEA External Exams AS1 and AS2
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Economics
(Wellington College)
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Test on Topic via Past Examination Question
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Mock Examination Paper (similar to real examination in June)
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Test on Topic via Past Examination Questions
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English Literature
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Coursework plan: Section A: The Study of Shakespeare. Essay . 1 week. Mark out of 50
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Section B: The Study of Prose 1800 – 1945
Essay. 1 week. Mark out of 60.
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Poetry Written after 1800 and The Study of Prose 1800 - 1945
Section A: The Study of Poetry Written after 1800
Essay. 1 week. Mark out of 60.
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French
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Writing in Context
Class preparation and homework.
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Mock Oral exam.
Past Paper AS Unit 2 Exam
Listening (40 minutes)
Reading Comprehension
Translation
Writing in Context
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Unseen Translation.
Writing in Context Test.
Past paper.
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Further Mathematics
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Assessed Homework 1 ( 30 min)
FP1 Topics: Complex Numbers
Assessed Homework 2 ( 30 min)
FP1 Topics: Complex Numbers
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Mock Paper 1hr 30min
FP1 – full course
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Assessed Homework ( 30 min)
AS FP2 Topics: Inequalities and Series
Mock Paper 1hr 30min
FP2 – full course
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FP1 Paper 1hr 30min
FP2 Paper 1hr 30min
M2 Paper 1hr 30min
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Geography
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Average of two essays from AS1 on the Fluvial Environment and two short answer Section B (AS1) responses
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! ½ hour exam:
Full AS1 paper.
Topics to revise:
Fieldwork Skills and Fieldwork Report and Data; rivers; ecosystems and the atmosphere
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1 hour exam:
AS2 Section A and two questions from Section B
Topics to revise:
Data Presentation Skills; population and settlement
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Health & Social Care
(St Joseph’s College)
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Home Economics
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Continuous assessment - average of weekly class tests
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Winter test A1 past paper
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Timed essay average of marks on AS2 timed essays usually one per fortnight
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n/a
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History
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Two 12 mark past paper questions. Nothing else is possible at this stage. (Revision and 30 minute total write-up as in exam)
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Full past paper AS1(90 minutes)
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Average of three past paper essay type questions for AS2 (each with parts (a) and (b). 45 minutes x3
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n/a
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ICT
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End of Topic Exam on 1.1 Data & Information 30 mins
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Theory Exam on 1.1 Data & Information and 1.2 Hardware & Software 1 hour (60%) and Data Processing Coursework (40%)
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Average of theory exams / tests over academic year (60%) and Final Data Processing Coursework Mark (40%)
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Irish
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Oral(15 minutes)
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AS mock exam -past papers (excluding lit) Exam timings
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Average of homeworks from Christmas to data tracking date( no time given)
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Mathematics
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Assessment 1 ( 30 min)
AS C1 Topics:
Assessment 2 ( 30 min)
AS C1Topics:
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C1 Mock Paper
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Assessment 3 ( 30 min)
AS C2 Topics:
Assessment 4 ( 30 min)
AS C2 Topics:
Assessment 5 ( 30 min)
AS M1 Topics:
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C1 Paper 1hr 30min
C2 Paper 1hr 30min
M1 Paper 1hr 30min
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Media Studies
(Wellington College)
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Moving Image Arts
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This assessment will be made up of homework and practical activities/tasks
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60% coursework - work completed to date - 1500/2000 word essay
40% examination - class test - 1 hour 30 mins past paper
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Based on practical experimental 1 min film and planning documentation
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Music
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Timed essay completed in class on Solo Piano Music 1825-90 and an assessed short score analysis question (Module 2 – 75 minutes)
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A full written examination comprising of a short score analysis question then a timed essay under timed conditions (Module 2) and an average of three short Composition tasks (Module 1) – 75 minutes plus 6 periods
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A ‘mock’ exam: a timed essay, a short score analysis question, an Aural Perception exam (Module 2); an assessed Solo Performance and an estimate for Composition coursework (Module 1) – 2 hours plus 16 periods
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Physical Education
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Activity: 40%
Yr 13 conditioning – circuit training
Yr 14 selected sport for A2
Two exams (30% each)
Topics to revise:
YR 13 MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
CONCEPTS OF SPORT
YR 14
ENERGY SYSTEMS
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
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Practical 40%
YR 13 SELECTED SPORT FOR as
Yr 14 selected sport for a2
One exam (60%)
Topics to revise:
Yr 13 anatomy topics to date
Contemporary sport to date
Yr 14
Physiology topics to date
Psychology topics to date
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Activity: 40%
Yr 13 EPIP
YR 14 E&A;
Two exams (30% each)
Topics to revise:
YR 13
SKILL AQUISTION
YR 14
HISTORY OF SPORT
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Physics
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Test on forces and mechanics
(30mins)
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December exam (90mins)
Full mock paper assessing the content of unit 1, i.e. forces, energy and electricity.
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Test on waves (30mins)
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Politics
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Short Answer Test - factual / knowledge based on US Constitution, out of 75.
Past paper essay on US Constitution /30 (75 minutes hours)
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This is a full AS1 past paper completed during the Christmas exams AND an essay completed at home which is another full 26mark essay question.(3-4 hours)
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A series of 3 minimum past paper questions from the AS2 past papers.(4-5 hours)
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n/a
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Psychology
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AQA PsyB1:Key Approaches Past Paper Topic Question (30 mins)
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AQA PsyB1 Full Past Paper: Key Approaches, Gender Development & Research Methods (90 minutes)
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AQA PsyB2: Memory and Forgetting Peer Assessed Essay
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AQA PsyB2 Full Past Paper: Social Influence, Memory and Forgetting & Autism (90 minutes)
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Religious Studies
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Continuous Monitoring:
Essays will be given on a fortnightly basis.
This mark will be the average of all essays done to date.
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Winter Examination(80 mins)
Past Paper on Unit 6: Ethics
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Continuous Monitoring:
Essays will be given on a fortnightly basis.
This mark will be the average of all essays done from January
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Sociology
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SCLY1
Class test.
AO1 skills of knowledge and Understanding
40 mins
50 marks
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SCLY1
Winter examination
Full AS Past Paper
1 hour
60 marks
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SCLY2
Homework
Past paper Question
1 week
20 marks
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Spanish
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Past Paper Questions
Listening test.
Reading question
Translation
done in class
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AS PAST PAPER
Listening
Reading
Translation
Essay
Mock Oral
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AS translation, Reading, listening and essay.
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Technology & Design
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Past paper Qu.s & Test (1hr)
Topics for revision
Product Design: Design for manufacture; materials & manufacturing techniques; the role of the designer
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Combination
50% Test: Past Paper Qu.s
Topics for revision:
As before and CAD/CAM; ergonomics; aesthetics;
Electronics: Ohm’s law, Voltage Divider; Transistor Gain
50 % Cwk: Draft 1st 5 pages
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Combination
50% Test: Past Paper Qu.s
Topics for revision:
All past paper qu.s
Product Design & Electronics q
50 % Cwk: all 10 A3 pages & product completed
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n/a external assessment AS 1 exam & AS 2 coursework (externally moderated)
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Theatre Studies
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Essay question on Brecht and Stanislavski: one hour
Initially marked out of 60% and then rounded-up to 100%
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Past-paper questions on Live Theatre (1A) and Set text, eg, Antigone (1B): 90 minutes
100%
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Supporting Notes and performance of published play
Initially marked out of 40% and then rounded-up to 100%
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Year 14
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Subject
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Data Tracking 1
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Data Tracking 2
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Data Tracking 3
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Data Tracking 4
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Art & Design
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AO2, AO3 Experimentation and Observational Studies
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Unit 1 AO1, AO2, AO3 Development, Experimentation and Observational Studies
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ESA - AO2, AO3 Experimentation and Observational Studies
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Moderation Requested for 15/5/15
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Biology
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Test: 30 min. 30 marks.
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Test: 1 hr 15 min. 60 marks.
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Average of three essays. 25 marks.
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Unit 4and 5. External exam Combined worth 40% of the GCE.
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Business Studies
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Average of 2 finance tests - one on investment appraisal and one on ratio analysis
Each test is 1 hour long
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Christmas Test - BUSS3 past paper minus one question covering all topics covered.
One and a half hours long
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Average of 2 essays - worth 40 marks each. One from Section A based on the pre-release theme and one from Section B of BUSS4.
Pupils do these essays at home/in their own study time
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n/a AQA External Exams – BUSS3 and BUSS4 – both papers last 1 hour and 45 mins each
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Chemistry
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Past paper questions at A2 standard
45 mins
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Past paper questions at A2 standard
120 mins
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Past paper questions at A2 standard
45 mins
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n/a CCEA External Exams AS1 and AS2
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Economics
(Wellington College)
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English Literature
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A2 1 (AL211/2):
Section B: The Study of Drama: Tragedy
Shakespeare – King Lear
Heaney – The Burial at Thebes
Essay. 1 week. 60 marks
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The Study of Prose – theme based The Outsider
Section A a close analysis of a given prose passage
‘The Butcher Boy’
Essay. 1 week. 60 marks
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A2 1
The Study of Poetry
1300 – 1800; Donne or Chaucer.
Essay. 1 week. 60 marks
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French
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A2 Prose Translation.
( 1 hour class test or as a homework)
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Mock Oral 15 minutes
A2 Unit 2 Past Paper
Listening (40 minutes)
Reading Comprehension/
Prose Translation (2 hours 5 mins)
Literature Essay (1 hour)
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Unseen Literature Essay (1 hour test)
A2 Past Paper
Listening ( 1 hour)
Reading /Translation( 1 hour 15 minutes)
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Further Mathematics
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Assessed Homework 1 ( 30 min)
FP3 Topics: Hyperbolic Functions
Assessed Homework 2 ( 30 min)
FP3 Topics: Ellipse
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Past Paper Questions – 1 hr supervised
FP3 and M3 questions
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Assessed Homework ( 30 min) M3 topic
Mock Paper 1hr 30min
– full M3 course
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FP3 Paper 1hr 30min
M3 Paper 1hr 30min
M4 Paper 1hr 30min
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Geography
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Average of two essays on the global fertility patterns and the Malthus/Boserup Debate
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Two papers:
Paper 1: A21 exam
Topics to revise:
Population; ethnic diversity and tourism
Paper 2: Decision Making Exercise (DME).
No revision necessary for this exam!
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Completion of full DME – done at home.
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Health & Social Care
(St Joseph’s College)
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Home Economics
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Average of timed essays marks and end of topic tests
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Written winter exam
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Coursework
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History
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Past paper essay question on Unionism(75 minutes)
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Full A21 paper. marked in accordance with mark scheme(75 minutes)
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Average of two A22 essay marks and one full A22 source question marks. 2 one hour essay tests and 1-3-2 hours at home
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n/a
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ICT
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50% AS Result & 3.1 Databases and Normalisation Topic Test 40 mins (50%)
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50 % AS Result & Theory Exam on 3.1 Database systems, 3.2 Networked Systems, 3.3 Software Development 1 hour (30%) and Coursework to date (20%)
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50% AS Mark & 20% Coursework Mark to date & Average of theory exams / tests over academic year (60%)
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Irish
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Oral (15 minutes)
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Full mock exam ( excluding lit) Exam timings
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Average of homeworks (no time given)
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n/a
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Mathematics
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2 x 30 mins
Assessments in class
Assessment 1 ( 30 min)
C3 Topics: Algebra
Assessment 2 ( 30 min)
C3 Topics: Functions
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In class - C3 Full Mock Paper
1 ½ hrs (may be split over 2 sessions)
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3 x 30 mins Assessments (past paper qns)
Assessment 1 (30 mins)
C4 Topics: Partial Fractions and Binomial Expansion
Assessment 2 ( 30 min)
C4 Topics: Differentiation and Coordinate Geometry
Assessment 3 ( 30 min)
C4 Topics: All Integration
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C3 Paper 1hr 30min
C4 Paper 1hr 30min
S1 Paper 1hr 30min
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Media Studies
(Wellington College)
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Moving Image Arts
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This assessment will be made up of practical activities and short class tests
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Illustrated essay 1500/2000 words based on standard of work to date
completion of past paper Question 1 & 2
class time and 2 hours for exam
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standard of coursework to date to include
2 x experiential short films and planning documentation for film completed during class
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Music
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Timed essay completed in class on New Directions in Twentieth Century Music and an assessed short score analysis question (Module 2 - 90 mins)
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A full written examination comprising of a short score analysis question then a timed essay under timed conditions (Module 2) and an average of three short Composition tasks (Module 1) – 90 mins plus 6 periods
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A ‘mock’ exam: a timed essay, a short score analysis question, an Aural Perception exam (Module 2); an assessed Solo Performance and an estimate for Composition coursework (Module 1) – 2 hours 15 mins plus 16 periods
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Physical Education
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Activity: 40%
Yr 14 selected sport for A2
Two exams (30% each)
Topics to revise:
YR 14
THREE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Atp/pc
Lactic acid
Aerobic
Application to sports
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
Individual aspects of performance that influence young people’s participation and aspirations
Sports Psychology
Group dynamics of sport
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Practical 40%
Yr 14 selected sport for a2
One exam (60%)
Topics to revise
Yr 14 mock exam
Physiology topics to date
Psychology topics to date
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Activity: 40%
YR 14 E&A;
Two exams (30% each)
Topics to revise:
YR 14
HISTORY OF SPORT
Historical Studies
Popular Recreation in pre industrial Britain
Physiology
Recreation in post industrial Britain
Physiology
Strength – application
Flexibility - application
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Physics
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Test (30mins)
Momentum and thermal physics
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December exam (90mins)
Full mock paper assessing the content of the A2 1 unit , i.e. momentum, thermal physics, circular motion, oscillations and atomic and nuclear physics.
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Test (30 mins)
Test on fields.
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Politics
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Two knowledge based short answer tests combined score/ average. (2-3 hours)
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Past paper A21 AND a 30 mark essay completed at home prior to the Christmas examination series.(3-4 hours)
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A series of 3 minimum past paper questions from the AS2 past papers.
The best two of three past papers essays averaged out to make (50%) added to the AS external examination (50%) score to provide a realistic picture of how the A2 would pan out.(5-6 hours)
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n/a
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Psychology
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AQA PsyB3 Childhood: Social Development Past Paper Topic Question (30 mins)
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AQA PsyB3 Full Past Paper: Childhood: Social Development, Schizophrenia & Mood Disorders & Forensic Psychology (120 minutes)
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AQA PsyB4 Approaches in Psychology: Peer Assessed Essay
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AQA PsyB4 Approaches in Psychology, Debates in Psychology & Research Methods Full Past Paper (120 minutes)
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Religious Studies
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Continuous Monitoring:
Essays will be given on a fortnightly basis.
This mark will be the average of all essays done to date on A26: Ethics
(40 mins)
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Winter Examination: 2 hours)
Complete past paper on A26: Ethics
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Continuous Monitoring:
Essays will be given on a fortnightly basis.
This mark will be the average of all essays done to date on A23: Old Testament Prophecy
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Sociology
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SCLY3
Homework.
1 week.
18 marks
Marked against AQA mark scheme
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SCLY3
Winter examination
Full AQA past paper
90 minutes
Marked against AQA mark scheme
60 marks
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SCLY4
PPQ
Homework
1 week
Marked against AQA mark scheme
21 marks.
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Spanish
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Listening
Reading
Prose
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CCEA PAST PAPER
Listening exam
Reading
Prose
Mock oral
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CCEA PAST PAPER
Listening
Reading
Prose
Literature essay
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Technology & Design
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Past paper Qu.s & Test (1hr)
Topics for revision
Karnagh Mapping:
Computer Control: PIC Flow charts
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Combination
50% Test: Past Paper Qu.s
Topics for revision:
As before and OP- amps; input & output devices; transistor gain;
50 % Cwk: Draft 1st 8 pages
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Combination
50% Test: Past Paper Qu.s
Topics for revision:
Past paper qu.s
All Electronics topics
50 % Cwk: 15 A3 pages & product completed
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n/a external assessment
A2 1 exam
A2 2 cwk (externally moderated)
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Theatre Studies
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Past-paper question on Lady Windermere’s Fan: one hour
Initially marked out of 60 and then rounded up to 100%
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Past-paper question on Lady Windermere’s Fan: one hour
Initially marked out of 60 and then rounded up to 100%
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Supporting notes and Performance of Devised Piece (Script-writing and Performance)
Initially marked out of 40 and then rounded up to 100%
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