The Science Department offers a progressive, diverse, high quality and challenging curriculum. We will also develop practical, vocabulary, numerical and investigative skills which will help them to explain the ever-changing world around us.
The Science Department use the online resource Kerboodle for homework and additional resources. Students are given their log ins in class and should check with their teacher if they have trouble logging in. Click here to access it.
ਪਤਝੜ
Cells and cell organisation
Particles and states of matter
Energy and power
Photosynthesis and feeding relationships
ਬਸੰਤ
Acids and alkalis
Light and sound waves
Variation and adaptations
Periodic table
Summer
Electricity
How Science Works Skills
End of year Assessment
Space
ਪਤਝੜ
Diffusion and digestion
Solutions
Forces
Photosynthesis
ਬਸੰਤ
Properties of materials
Chemical reactions
Waves
Biodiversity & Species
Periodic table and Earth Structure
ਗਰਮੀਆਂ
Magnets and electromagnets
How Science Works Skills
End of year Assessment
Recycling & atmosphere
ਪਤਝੜ
Respiration, Gaseous exchange & circulation, body defences
Balancing equations, models of Atoms and molecular calculations
Electricity
Impact of human activities and cycles
ਬਸੰਤ
Chemical reactions
Forces
Inheritance & reproduction
Periodic table and bonding
ਗਰਮੀਆਂ
Heat transfers
How Science Works Skills
End of Year Assessment
Pre-GCSE topics
There are three ways in which we will assess student progress.
The first is teacher judgment, which based on a holistic overview can supersede other forms of assessment. Teacher judgements will often be used to assess skills which we do not test for online and will take into account book work, written homework and standardised written assessments.
Some homework and skills will be assessed through our online learning platform: Kerboodle. This has a series of selected assessments on it designed to test student understanding of the selected topic. Test scores are feedback to students straight away. The scores will be reviewed by the class teacher and if a student underperforms then they will be given intervention support. It is highly important that these are all completed so do please encourage your son to complete any online homework or assessments they may have to do in a timely fashion.
Lastly, we carry out four written assessments throughout the year. This includes an end of year assessment which incorporates content that the boys have learnt throughout the year as well as testing their scientific skills. With linear assessment in public examinations at KS4, our last form of assessment is designed to mirror this and get boys in the habit of revising for and sitting exams that test a broad base of subject matter.
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ ਦੇ ਉਦੇਸ਼
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures
– 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and
procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions;
develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams.
How can I support my son with GCSE Biology?
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
ਮੁਲਾਂਕਣ ਦੇ ਉਦੇਸ਼
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures
– 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and
procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions;
develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams.
How can I support my son with GCSE Biology?
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with GCSE Chemistry?
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with GCSE Chemistry?
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
Assessment objectives
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with GCSE Physics?
Assessment
Exams are all sat in the summer term of Year 11.
Assessment objectives
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with GCSE Physics?
ਪਤਝੜ
Biology
ਬਸੰਤ
Chemistry
ਗਰਮੀਆਂ
Physics
Assessment
Assessment objectives
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with the Trilogy course?
ਪਤਝੜ
Biology
ਬਸੰਤ
Chemistry
ਗਰਮੀਆਂ
Physics
Assessment
Assessment objectives
– AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of: scientific ideas; scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures – 40%
– AO3: Analyse information and ideas to: interpret and evaluate; make judgments and draw conclusions; develop and improve experimental procedures – 20%
#NB – There is no controlled assessment – practical skills will be developed within the lessons and examined in the paper exams
How can I support my son with the Trilogy course?
