AS Level Assessment
This page details all of the assessments we will be running as part of the changes to the 2021 Summer examination season due to Covid-19.
This page details all of the assessments we will be running as part of the changes to the 2021 Summer examination season due to Covid-19.
Subjects:
Biology
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 27th April | 5 | 35 | Nucleic Acids
| Text book pages 86-92, 100-120 Revision guide pages 34-40, 42-48 |
| Wednesday 5th May | 4 | 30 | Exchange surfaces
| Text book pages 170-179, 186-200 Revision guide pages 70-87 |
| Friday 14th May | 1 | 35 | Disease Biodiversity Classification and Evolution | Text book pages 98-128 Revision guide pages 98-128 |
Business Studies
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find the information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 23rd April | 2 | 40 | Place (distribution) and Branding and Profit The Marketing Mix - the 7P's Price Elasticity of Demand Correlation The Boston Matrix | Place - Notes / Video / Presentation, Branding - Notes / video, Profit - Notes The Marketing Mix - video Correlation - Notes |
| Friday 7th May | 2 | 40 | Lean Production / Stakeholders Managing Suppliers
| Lean Production - Notes / Video, Stakeholders - notes Managing Suppliers - Presentation / Choosing suppliers video |
| Tuesday 11th May | 1 | 40 | Labour Productivity Leadership Styles Break Even Labour Retention | Labour Productivity - notes / video Leadership Styles - notes 1 / video / Labour Retention - notes and video |
Chemistry
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 23rd April | 1 | 40 | Module 2: Foundations in chemistry
| OCR website - https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/chemistry-a-h032-h432-from-2015/
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| Wednesday 28th April | 2 | 40 | Module 3: Periodic table and energy
| OCR website - https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/chemistry-a-h032-h432-from-2015/
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| Friday 14th May | 2 | 40 | Module 4: Core organic chemistry
| OCR website - https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-and-a-level/chemistry-a-h032-h432-from-2015/
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Computer Science
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 10th May | 5 | 40 | Written exam - Networking (topologies, TCP/IP, asynchronous transmission) - Computer systems (hardware, software, operating systems, translators, logic gates, Boolean algebra) - Computer architecture (von Neumann vs Harvard, CPU, CPU performance and FDE cycle, instruction sets, assembly language - External devices (peripherals and secondary storage) | AQA A-Level Crag & Dave videos
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| Wednesday 12th May | 3 | 40 | On-screen exam - Software development life cycle | Programming concepts - Firefly page |
English Language
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 4th May | 5 | 45 | Paper 2: Child Language - Section A - 20 marks Write a commentary or article for a magazine or website exploring the development of a child's literacy - based on unseen data. |
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| Tuesday 11th May | 5 | 50 | Paper 1 Language and Identity - |
English Literature
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20th April | 3 | 50 | Modern Poetry | Notes in class, annotations around the poems Revision materials on modern poetry |
| Wednesday 28th April | 3 | 60 | Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams | Notes in class, annotations around the text on students' own copy of the text |
Geography
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29th April | 3 | 45 | Globalisation; ways governments can be pro globalisation, how technology influences trade, impacts of the global shift, how TNC's have caused globalisation, causes and impacts of migration.
| Oxford Textbook Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 (up to page 270). |
| Friday 7th May | 1 | 45 | Tectonic Processes & Hazards; pressure and release model, intra-plate tectonic hazards, tectonic disaster trends.
| Oxford Textbooks Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 (up to page 122) |
German
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 26th April | 2 | 50 mins | Paper 1 – Reading comprehension and translation to English Topics on paper: Social media, Traditions & Festivals, Berlin cultural life, Family and relationshipsand translation to English Topics on paper: Social media, Traditions & Festivals, Berlin cultural life, Family and relationships | Kerboodle AQA text book, vocabulary notes Chapters: 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 1.1, 1.3 https://arnewood.fireflycloud.net/modern-foreign-languages/german/sixth-form/as-german https://quizlet.com/gb/409337675/aqa-as-german-vocab-flash-cards/ |
| Tuesday 27th April | 1 | 45 mins | Paper 1 – Listening comprehension Topics on paper: Berlin cultural life, Family relationships, Youth culture & music | Kerboodle AQA text book, vocabulary notes Chapters: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 1.1, 3.2 https://arnewood.fireflycloud.net/modern-foreign-languages/german/sixth-form/as-german https://quizlet.com/gb/409337675/aqa-as-german-vocab-flash-cards/ |
| Tuesday 4th May | 1 | 45 mins | Paper 3 – Speaking & translation into German Topic on translation paper: Social networks Choice of two topics for speaking role-play card: digital world – use of mobile phones or customs and traditions in Germany | Kerboodle AQA text book, vocabulary notes Chapters: 2.2, 2.1, 4.3 https://arnewood.fireflycloud.net/modern-foreign-languages/german/sixth-form/as-german https://quizlet.com/gb/409337675/aqa-as-german-vocab-flash-cards/ |
| Wednesday 5th May | 1 | 60 mins | Paper 2 – ‘Goodbye Lenin’ essay – writing
assessment | Good Bye, Lenin! Study guide AS German Firefly pages on Good Bye, Lenin! and essay writing skills: https://arnewood.fireflycloud.net/modern-foreign-languages/german/sixth-form/as-german |
Law
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 4th May | 4 | 40 | Paper 1 Criminal law - non-fatal offences scenario | Year 1 text book Power points on firefly Notes in students folders from lesson |
| Tuesday 11th May | 4 | 40 | Paper 2 Occupiers Liability Act 1984 Parliamentary Law making | Year 1 text book Fire fly resources - power points |
Maths (Option C)
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 21st April | 3 | 40 | Statistics Discrete Random Variables Mean/Median/Standard deviation Histograms Venn Diagrams Binomial Distribution Hypothesis testing | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Wednesday 28th April | 3 | 40 | Pure 1 Indices and Surds Quadratics (all) Coordinate geometry Integration | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Wednesday 5th May | 3 | 40 | Pure 2 Differentiation Trigonometry Binomial expansion Factor Theorem | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Wednesday 12th May | 3 | 40 | Mechanics SUVAT Variable acceleration Vectors F=ma Connected particles | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
Maths (Option E)
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 22nd April | 4 | 40 | Statistics Discrete Random Variables Mean/Median/Standard deviation Histograms Venn Diagrams Binomial Distribution Hypothesis testing | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Thursday 29th April | 4 | 40 | Pure 1 Indices and Surds Quadratics (all) Coordinate geometry Integration | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Thursday 6th May | 4 | 40 | Pure 2 Differentiation Trigonometry Binomial expansion Factor Theorem | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Thursday 13th May | 4 | 40 | Mechanics SUVAT Variable acceleration Vectors F=ma Connected particles | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
Further Maths
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 26th April | 4 | 40 | Further Mechanics Momentum and Impulse Work done and Energy Power Coefficient of Restitution | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Wednesday 5th May | 4 | 40 | Core Pure 1 Complex numbers Series Roots of polynomials Volume of revolution | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Monday 10th May | 4 | 40 | Core Pure 2 Matrix equations Matrices transformations Proof by Induction Vectors | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
| Monday 17th May | 4 | 40 | Further Pure Vectors Conic sections Inequalities t-formula Numerical methods : solving differential equations | Students have been issued with comprehensive collection of past papers on all topics that will be assessed. There have been issued with clear structure of which topics will be revised in each of their weekly lessons. They will be doing their past papers revision in class and at home. |
Media Studies
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29th April | 5 | 50 | Media Language and Representation: Analysis of an unseen media text. Questions on close study products: Men's Health Common's 'Letter to the Free' Music video. | Firefly pages- Men's Health Media Pack Men's Health Media Pack, booklet and textbook handouts issued in class. More copies can be requested. Handouts (e.g. AQA booklets) and notes on media theory and semiotics Class notes.
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| Thursday 13th May | 5 | 50 | Audiences and Industries: Hidden Figures War of the Worlds | Firefly pages A3 AQA textbook handouts on Common music video. War of the Worlds booklet. Youtube videos on the background and reception of War of the Worlds. Class notes.
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Religious Studies
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 4th May | 2 | 40 | Christianity - Religious life Topic: Community of Believers A01 and A02 question | Text Book Page: 76-83 Revision Guide: |
| Wednesday 12th May | 2 | 40 | Philosophy - Inductive arguments for God | Use the resources given out in class. Look at the page for Assessments 2021 - Cosmological arguments. There is further information here. |
| Friday 14th May | 3 | 40 | Ethics - Utilitarianism | Use the resources given out in class. Look at the page for Assessments 2021 - Utilitarianism. There is further information here. |
Physics
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29th April | 1 | 40 | Particles and Waves Constituents
of the Atom; Alpha and
Beta Decay; | Revision Guide |
| Thursday 13th May | 1 | 40 | Electricity and Mechanics Basics of Electricity; IV Characteristics; Circuits; The Potential Divider not including LDRs or thermistors | Revision Guide p82-94 p42-68 |
Psychology
| Dates to be assessed | Period | Length | What will the assessment be on? | Where can I find this information? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 30th April | 3 | 40 | Research Methods Section B Experiments Designing an Experiment | Text Book year 1 work books in students folders |
| Thursday 6th May | 5 | 40 | Psychological Themes through Core studies Developmental approach Individual differences approach: | Text Book year 1 work books in students folders |