Art

Component 1

Portfolio
Students developing their personal projects

Component 1

Portfolio
Students developing their personal projects

Biology

Energy transfer in and between organisms
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Energy and ecosystems

Organisms respond to changes in the environment
Response to stimuli

Organisms respond to changes in the environment
Nervous coordination and muscles
The synapse
Principles of homeostasis
Feedback mechanisms
Regulation of blood glucose, temperature and water

Business Studies (A level)

Theme 2: Managing business activities
2.1 Raising finance
2.2 Financial planning
2.3 Managing finance Part 1

Theme 2: Managing business activities
2.3 Managing finance Part 2
2.4 Resource management
2.5 External influences

Business Studies (BTEC)

Unit 2: Developing a marketing campaign
A1 – The role of marketing
A2 – Influences on marketing activity
B1 – Purpose of market research
B2 – Market research methods and use
B3 – Developing the rationale

Unit 2: Developing a marketing campaign
C1 – Marketing campaign activity
C2 – Marketing mix
C3 – The marketing campaign
C4 – Appropriateness of marketing campaign
External assessment practice sessions

Chemistry

Module 5: Reaction Rates
Methods of monitoring the rate of reaction through change is mass/volume/colorimetry
Reaction graphs and reaction orders
Rate equations and the rate constant
The Arrhenius equation

Module 5: Equilibrium, and Acids and Bases
The equilibrium constant and calculating the K values in reactions involving gases and solutions
Definition of acids and bases
Calculating the pH of acids using the acid dissociation constant
Explaining the use of buffer solutions
pH curves and titrations

Module 5: Enthalpy, Entropy and Free Energy
Enthalpy calculations of lattices and solutions
Born-Haber cycles
Definition of entropy
Calculation and Determination of Gibbs free energy

Module 5: Redox and electrode potentials
Redox titration calculations
Electrochemical cells and Fuel cells

Computer Science

Unit 10: Computational thinking
Abstraction, logical thinking and problem solving

Component 3: NEA

Unit 11: Programming techniques:
Selection, iteration, subroutines and object-oriented techniques

Component 3: NEA

Criminology

Unit 3: Personnel involved in criminal investigations

Trial processes and evidence in criminal cases

Unit 3: Techniques in criminal investigations

Key influences affecting the outcomes of criminal cases

Dance (BTEC Performing Arts)

Unit 1: Investigating Practitioner’s Work

Drama and Theatre Studies

Component 2 – Scripted Performance
Applying theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance.

Performing or realising a performance design for extracts from two play texts.

Component 3, Section A – Live Theatre Evaluation
Analysing and evaluating a live performance

Economics

Microeconomics – Individuals, firms, markets and market failure
4.1.1 The economic problem and economic methodology
4.1.2 Individual economic decision making

Macroeconomics – The national and international economy
4.2.1 The measurement of macroeconomic performance
4.2.2 How the macroeconomy works – Part 1

Microeconomics
4.1.3 Price determination in a competitive market
4.1.4 Price determination in a competitive market Part 1

Macroeconomics
4.2.2 How the macroeconomy works – Part 2
4.2.3 Economic performance

English Literature

Knowledge about Poetry: analysing revelatory enjambment; internal rhyme; mythological, biblical and fairytale imagery; allusion; enumeration; anthology structure

Comparative Coursework: Frankenstein: see Summer 2. Re-drafting coursework.

Knowledge about Poetry continued:
Allegory; critical interpretations

Film Studies

Paper 2: Section A: Global filmmaking perspectives – Film 1: Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro, Spain, 2006)

Paper 2: Section A: Global filmmaking perspectives – Film 2: City of God (Mereilles, Brazil, 2002)

Continuation of research and planning for major coursework project.

Continuation of Paper 2: Section A: Global filmmaking perspectives – Film 2: City of God (Mereilles, Brazil, 2002)

Paper 2: Section B: Global Documentary film: The Arbor (Barnard, UK, 2010)

Production for major coursework project.

Further Maths

Algebra 3, Functions Graphs and transformations 2
Kinematics

Sequences & Series
Forces & Newton’s Laws

Geography

NEA: writing up your fieldwork investigation

Hazards: volcanic hazards

Glacial Systems and Landscapes: glacial systems & landscapes;

Hazards: seismic hazards

Glacial Systems and Landscapes: nature & distribution of cold environments

Government and Politics

Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics
The judiciary
Comparing judiciaries
Congress

Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics
Civil rights
Comparing civil rights
Congress
Comparing Congress and Parliament

Health and Social Care

Induction to Year 13 units

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care

Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care

Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care

History

Early Tudors
Henry VIII later years

Russia 1894-1941
Stalin and the power struggle

Civil Rights in USA
Native American civil rights

Early Tudors
Edward VI government and religious change

Russia 1894-1941
Modernisation of the USSR

Civil Rights in USA
Native American civil rights

Law

Criminal law
Property offences, theft and robbery
Attempted Crimes
Capacity Defences - Insanity
Intoxication
Automatism
Necessity Defences - Self-defence
Prevention of crime
Duress
Duress of circumstances

Human rights Law
Rules in Human rights Theory in Human rights
Human rights in international Law
Human Rights in the UK before the Human rights act 1998
Human Rights in the UK after the Human rights act 1998
Article 2 - The right to life
Article 5 - the right to liberty and security

Maths

Algebra 3
Functions, graphs & Transformations
Kinematics & Projectiles

Sequences & Series
Trigonometry 2
Forces 2

Media Studies

Continuation of Newspapers (Paper 1 Sections A & B)

Television in the Global Age (Paper 2 Section A)

Research and planning for major coursework project.

Television in the Global Age (Paper 2 Section A)

Production for major coursework project.

Music

Into the 20^th century
Poulenc set work Trio for Oboe, Piano and Bassoon
Debussy set work revised Nuages
Impressionism, Expressionism and NeoClassicism revisited
Exam Technique
Wider Listening Prokofiev, Poulenc, Stravinsky and Schoenberg

Musical Theatre
Set composers revised – Schoenberg, Rogers, Bernstein, LloydWebber, Sondheim and Schwartz
The A Level comparison question

Development of the Symphony
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 Italian set work
Haydn Symphony No.104 2^nd movement set work study
Score reading, error identification and dictation
Wider Listening Brahms, Schuman, Schubert, Liszt
Exam technique – the 15 mark essay question

Composition
Free Compositions finished and paperwork completed
Brief Compositions started

Performance
Practice ongoing
2 mock recitals October one performance piece, December two performance pieces

Philosophy

The Concept and Nature of God
The attributes of God

What do we mean by mind?
Exploring the features of mental states.

The Concept and Nature of God
Arguments for the incoherence of the concept of God

What do we mean by mind?
Exploring the features of mental states through philosophical theory.

Physics

Module 6.1: Capacitors
Students will learn the basic properties of capacitors and how they are used in electrical circuits as well as the use of capacitors as a source of electrical energy

Module 5.1: Thermal physics
Students have an understanding of temperature, mater, specific heat capacity and specific latent heat with contexts involving heat transfer and change of phase Experimental work to investigate specific heat capacity of materials

Module 6.2: Electric fields
Understanding of Coulomb’s law, uniform electric fields, electric potential and energy

Module 5.2: Circular Motion
Students learn about objects travelling at constant speed in circles, e.g., planets, artificial satellites, charged particles in a magnetic field.

Module 5.3: Oscillation
Understand oscillations including atoms vibrating in a solid, a bridge swaying in the wind, the motion of pistons of a car and the motion of tides.

Psychology

Component 3:
Schizophrenia: Characteristics, causes and treatments

Component 3:
Crime: Characteristics, causes and treatments

Sociology

Functionalist and interactionist theories on crime

Ownership and control of the media

Marxist and realist theories on crime

New media

Media, globalisation and popular culture

Sport (BTEC)

Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being

Optional Unit (TBC based on cohort)

Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being

Optional Unit (TBC based on cohort)

Mock exam

Art

Externally set exam

Externally set exam

Biology

Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems
Inherited change
Populations and evolution
Populations in ecosystems

Control of gene expression
Gene mutations
Regulation of transcription and translation
Gene expression and cancer
Recombinant DNA technology
Producing DNA fragments
Genetic fingerprinting

Business Studies (A)

Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy
3.1 Business objectives and strategy
3.2 Business growth
3.3 Decision-making techniques

Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy
3.4 Influences on business decisions
3.5 Assessing competitiveness
3.6 Managing change

Business Studies (BTEC)

Unit 2: Developing a marketing campaign
External assessment in January

Unit 8: Recruitment and selection process

Learning aim A: Examine how effective recruitment and selection contribute to business success, ethical and legal considerations in the recruitment process

Unit 8: Recruitment and selection process

Learning aim B: Undertake a recruitment activity to demonstrate the processes leading to a successful job offer; job applications, interview and interview skills

Chemistry

Module 5: Transition Metals
Identification and uses of transition metals
Complex ions
Ligand substitution
Precipitation reactions
Tests for transition metal ions

Module 6: Aromatic Compounds and Carbonyls
Benzene and the Kekule model
Reactions of Benzene
Phenols and their reactions
Aldehydes and Ketones
Carbonyls
Carboxylic acids
Acyl Chlorides
Esters

Module 6: Nitrogen Compounds
Amines and Amides
Amino acids
Chirality
Addition Polymers
Condensation Polymers

Module 6: Organic synthesis
Making carbon-carbon bonds
Practical techniques in organic synthesis

Computer Science

Unit 11: Programming techniques:

Selection, iteration, subroutines and object-oriented techniques

Component 3: NEA

Unit 12: Algorithms

Searching, bubble sort, merge sort, optimisation algorithms

Component 3: NEA

Criminology

Controlled assessment Unit 3
Unit 4

Forms of social control
Law making

Unit 4
Models of criminal justice and organisation of the criminal justice system
Aims of punishment

Dance

Unit 1: Investigating Practitioners Work

External exam (Unit 1)

Unit 12 – Contemporary Dance Technique

Unit 12 – Contemporary Dance Technique

Drama and Theatre Studies

Component 2 – Scripted Performance
Applying theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance.

Performing or realising a performance design for extracts from two play texts.

Component 3:
Section B – That Face
Section C – Woyzeck & Brecht
Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed.

Economics

Microeconomics
4.1.4 Price determination in a competitive market Part 2
4.1.5 Perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly

Macroeconomics
4.2.4 Financial markets and monetary policy
4.2.5 Fiscal policy and supply-side policies – Part 1

Microeconomics
4.1.6 The labour market
4.1.7 The distribution of income and wealth: poverty and inequality

Macroeconomics
4.2.5 Fiscal policy and supply-side policies – Part 2
4.2.6 The international economy – Part 1

English Literature

Revision Programme: quote memorisation, exam techniques and time management strategies; question practice

Revision Programme continued: therapies to address misconceptions/fluency errors/weaknesses

Film Studies

Continuation of Paper 2: Section B: Global Documentary film: The Arbor (Barnard, UK, 2010)

Paper 2: Section D: Film Movements – Experimental Film (1960-2000):
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, US, 1994)

Production for major coursework project.

Paper 2: Section D: Film Movements – Experimental Film (1960-2000):
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, US, 1994)

Production for major coursework project.

Revision

Further Maths

Trigonometry
Moments

Differentiation 2
Parametric Equations
Correlation

Geography

Hazards: Tropical cyclone hazards

Glacial Systems and Landscapes: systems & processes in glaciers & glacial landscapes

Global Systems and Global Governance: globalisation; global systems, international trade & access to markets

Hazards: fires in nature

Glacial Systems and Landscapes: human occupation & development

Global Systems and Global Governance: global governance; global commons

Government and Politics

Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics
The electoral process and direct democracy

The Executive - The President

Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics
Pressure groups

US Political parties

Health and Social Care

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care

Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care

Unit 12: Support Individuals with Additional Needs

Unit 19: Nutritional Health

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care

Unit 12: Support Individuals with Additional Needs

Unit 19: Nutritional Health

History

Early Tudors
Mary I gender and administration

Russia 1894-1941
Stalin’s terror

Civil Rights in USA
Trade Union and Labour rights before 1940

Early Tudors
Mary I religion

Russia 1894-1941
Propaganda and the Cult of Personality

Civil Rights in USA
Trade Union and Labour rights 1940-1980s.

Law

Human rights Law
Article 8 right to respect for private and family life

Article 10 right to freedom of expression

Article 11 right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others.

Law and society
The role law plays in society.

The effect of law on enforceable rights and the balance required between competing interests (eg public and private).

The meaning and importance of fault in civil and/or criminal law.

Law and morality
The distinction between law and morality and the diversity of moral views in a pluralist society.

The relationship between law and morality and its importance.

The legal enforcement of moral values.

Maths

Differentiation 2
Moments
Probability 2

Parametric Equations
Integration
Normal Distribution
Hypothesis testing 2

Media Studies

Media in the Online Age (Paper 2 Section C)

Magazines – Mainstream and Alternative Media (Paper 2 Section B)

Production for major coursework project.

Continuation of Magazines – Mainstream and Alternative Media (Paper 2 Section B)

Revision

Production for major coursework project.

Music

Into the 20^th century
Poulenc and Debussy set works revised
Exam Technique
Wider Listening Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, Webern and Berg

Musical Theatre
Set composers revised – Schoenberg, Rogers, Bernstein, LloydWebber, Sondheim and Schwartz
The comparison question revisited

Development of the Symphony
Haydn Symphony No.104 4^th movement set work study
Score reading, error identification and dictation
Wider Listening Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Smetana
Revision and exam technique

Composition
Brief Compositions finished and paperwork completed

Performance
Practice ongoing
A Level recital to a live examiner, date TBC February April

Philosophy

Arguments relating to the existence of God
Traditional arguments for the existence of God, including ontological, cosmological and teleological arguments. The problem of evil in response to a traditional understanding of God.

Dualist Theories of Mind
Understanding substance dualism and property dualism, combined with a critical analysis of theories of mind.

Religious Language
Cognitivism and non-cognitivism as a approaches to understanding religious language claims. Philosophical theories of language as presented by Hick, Flew and Ayer.

Physicalist theories of mind and functionalism
Exploring and critiquing different philosophical theories about the nature of mind, including physicalism, mind-brain type identity theory and eliminative materialism.

Physics

Module 6.3: Electromagnetism
Students will understand magnet fields, motion of charged particles in magnets fields, Lenz’s law and Faraday’s law. The application of Faraday’s law

Module 6.4: Nuclear and particle Physics
Students will learn about the atom, nucleus, fundamental particles, radioactivity, fission and fusion.

Module 5.4: Gravitational fields
Understand Newton’s law of gravitation, planetary motion and gravitational potential and energy. Newton’s law of gravitation can be used to predict the motion of orbiting satellites and planets

Module 6.5: Medical imaging
Students will learn about how ionising radiations are used in medical treatments.

Module 5.5: Astro Physics and Cosmology
Students will show an understanding of the life cycle of stars, Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law, Hubble’s law and the Big Bang.

Psychology

Component 3: Bullying -
Characteristics, causes and treatments

Component 3:
Contemporary debates

Sociology

Gender and ethnicity in relation to crime and justice

Selection and presentation of the content of the news

Crime and the media

Globalisation, green and state crime

Media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability

Sport (BTEC)

Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being

Optional Unit (TBC based on cohort)

Unit 2: Fitness Training and Programming for Health, Sport and Well-being

Optional Unit (TBC based on cohort)

Mock exam

Art

Externally set exam

Biology

Review of core Year 12 content, focusing on making links to Year 13 content and application to summative style questions

Business Studies (A)

Revision and exam skills

Business Studies (BTEC)

Unit 8: Recruitment and selection process

Learning aim C: Reflect on the recruitment and selection process and students evaluate their own individual performances through self-critique, SWOT analysis and action plan

Chemistry

Module 6: Analysis
Tests for organic functional groups
Chromatography
NMR Spectroscopy
C-13 NMR Spectroscopy
Proton NMR Spectroscopy

Review of core Year 12 content, focusing on making links to Year 13 content and application to summative style questions.

Computer Science

Applying exam techniques for components 1 and 2

Component 3: NEA

Criminology

Unit 4: Roles of agencies in social control
Police
CPS
Prisons
Judiciary
Probation
Charities and pressure groups

Dance (BTEC Performing Arts)

Unit 12: Contemporary Dance Technique

Coursework deadline

Drama and Theatre Studies

Component 3:

Section B – That Face

Section C – Woyzeck & Brecht
Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed.

Section A – Live Theatre Evaluation
Analysing and evaluating a live performance

Economics

Microeconomics
4.1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets

Macroeconomics
4.2.6 The international economy – Part 2

Revision and exam skills

English Literature

Revision Programme continued: therapies to address misconceptions/fluency errors/weaknesses

Film Studies

Revision, tailored to areas most relevant to student need, including:
Paper 1 Section A – Hollywood 1930-1990
Paper 1 Section B: American Film Since 2005
Paper 1 Section C: British Film Since 1995
Paper 2: Section A: Global filmmaking perspectives
Paper 2: Section B: Documentary film
Paper 2: Section D: Film Movements – Experimental Film (1960-2000)

Further Maths

Integration 2
Numerical methods
The Normal Distribution

Numerical Methods
Vectors 2
Hypothesis Testing 2

Geography

Global Systems and Global Governance: Antarctica & the Southern Ocean; the protection of Antarctica

Revision and Exams
Focused teacher led revision using past examination papers and exemplars

Revision and Exams
Focused teacher led revision using past examination papers and exemplars

Government and Politics

Political ideologies
Links to US and UK government and politics

Health and Social Care

Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care

Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care

Unit 12: Support Individuals with Additional Needs

Unit 19: Nutritional Health

History

Early Tudors
Revision: Revolts, key women and religious change

Russia 1894-1941
Revision: Rule of Nicholas, 1917 revolutions, Rule of Stalin

Civil Rights in USA
Revision: African Americans, women, Native Americans and labour rights.

Law

Law and Justice
The meaning of justice and theories of justice.
The extent to which the law (civil and/or criminal) achieves justice.

Maths

Numerical Methods
Vectors

Media Studies

Revision Focused teacher led revision using past examination papers and exemplars

Music

Composition
Both compositions finished and submitted to the exam board

Exam Preparation for June exam
Revision of all four set works (Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Poulenc)
Consolidation of previous learning ready for exam revision
Score reading, error identification and dictation
Exam technique

Philosophy

Revision of key content
Epistemology and Moral Philosophy
The Metaphysics of God and the Metaphysics of Morals

Physics

Exam Preparation and revision

Psychology

Revision:
Key exam strategies
Review of critical material

Sociology

Control punishments and victims
Media, their content and presentation, and audiences.

Spanish

Revision

Sport

Exam revision and prep

Unit 2: Exam

Coursework deadline