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Maths

• iGCSE higher candidates will be looking at differentiation as a topic as well as revising ready for the exams after Easter. 

• iGCSE Foundation candidates will be looking predominantly at exam style questions and revision ready for the exams after Easter.

• Functional skills - In functional skills we will be looking at data handling as a topic focusing on averages and range as well as reading data in context.

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English Literature 

Learners will study a range of poems from the IGCSE Anthology and develop their use of PEELE paragraphs to enhance the quality of their analytical essays.

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Biology

Exchange and transport in animals looking at the circulatory system and how the heart functions. Followed by ecosystems and the factors that affect our environment.

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Careers

In careers this half term we will be talking about entering the world of work as well as updating and producing CV’s. We will also discuss interview techniques and consider possible part time jobs. Learners completing the AIM award are able to work towards the employability unit in these lessons.

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Preparation for Adulthood 

Household management; healthy lifestyles; relationships in the community; travel training and tips; rights and responsibilities.

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PSHE

Classification of drugs; relaxation; cosmetic and plastic surgery; gender identity; miscarriage and unplanned pregnancy.

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Duke of Edinburgh 

Finalising missing evidence from either physical, skills or volunteering section (learner specific); attending the expedition taster days; creating their expedition programme for the summer term. 

 

Art

Some learners are completing their Bronze Arts Award part C (research unit) and their Bronze part D (skill share/teaching unit). Those who are doing their Silver and have already completed their Leadership units are producing their practical model making projects. 

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History GCSE

In History this term, we will be continuing our Paper 3 topic of ‘Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39’. We will find out about opposition, resistance and conformity to the new regime and examine life in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939, particularly looking at Nazi policies towards women, the young, the economy and minority groups. We will continue to focus on learning how to answer the exam questions that occur in this exam paper by practising exam style questions each week. After half term, we will be starting our topic on ‘Superpower relations and the Cold War’ by investigating the origins of the Cold War between 1941 and 1958 and finding out how and why the Grand Alliance broke apart, the importance of the Marshall Plan and the creation of the Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe. We will then find out about the 1948 Berlin Crisis, the formation of East and West Germany and of  NATO and the Warsaw Pact. To finish, we will look at the arms race and the Hungarian uprising in 1956. We will also continue to focus on learning how to answer the exam questions that occur in the Period Study exam paper by regularly practising exam style questions. 

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History AS Level

In the Autumn term, learners have covered the evolution of the Crusades from 1095 to 1204, looking at how historians have studied and analysed the various events and decisions by either side during this time. Learners have successfully demonstrated the ability to plan and write PEEL paragraphs as expected of them in the exam, while their independent study skills have developed greatly during this time.

This term, learners are moving onto the reign and reforms of Henry II, the consequences of the Anarchy, the administrative reforms under Henry, his conquests of the United Kingdom, his quarrels with Thomas a Becket and his familial conflicts. 

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Computer Science

As well as a focus on coding, which will be based upon file handing and data manipulation, we will look into theory aspects of the development life cycle and learn how computers handle fractions and negative values.

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Games design

We will be learning how to create 3D shapes using a mesh and applying textures to them before utilising these assets in animations.​

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Psychology  A Level

We will be learning about psychological theories on stress, issues and debates in psychology and research methodology. 

Psychology GCSE
We will be learning about the psychological conditions of depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Sociology A Level 
We will be learning about the sociology of education and the sociology of the family. We will also focus on sociological theories and research methodology.