CLASS 7

The Paul Wiseman

Campus
Exam:
​The examination will consist of two parts:

1. Reading Comprehension ​Students will be expected to read a previously unseen text and
answer all the questions based on it, following instructions given.

2. Longer writing task ​Students will be asked to plan and complete a longer written task
following instructions given.

The Examination will be 90 minutes in length.

Revision topics:

1. Reading Strategies

( ) 1. A careful reading of question instructions

( ) 2. Skimming, scanning and close reading
( ) 3. Using evidence from the text
( ) 4. Understanding and inferring meanings of the vocabulary from the text
( ) 5. Identifying and analysing figurative language and their effect in the text.

2. ​Writing Skills

( ) 1. Planning your ideas

( ) 2. Organising your ideas into paragraphs, using P.E.E.L.
( ) 3. You must remember to support the points that you make ​by giving reasons,
examples, facts, statistics, etc.
( ) 4. Using a variety of sentence structure, vocabulary and connectives
( ) 5. Paying attention to spelling and punctuation.
( ) 6. Allowing time to re-check and re-edit your work for accuracy

Resources:
English notebook
Previous assessment and targets
Dictionary/Thesaurus
Google classroom.

English Department Website: ​https://barraenglish.wixsite.com/barraenglish

CLASS 7 - ACCELERATED GROUPS
Students will complete two examination papers.
The papers will assess students’ understanding of materials covered this year from the 0607 IGCSE
INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS which are listed below.
- Paper 1: Non Calculator paper. – (1hr)
- Paper 2: Calculator paper. – (1hr)
A scientific or graphical calculator is required for this paper. A graphical calculator is recommended.

Class 7 -Accelerated group Mathematics Revision list

● Algebra (Expansion and factorisation)
○ The distributive law
○ The product (a +b)(c + d)
○ Difference of two squares
○ Perfect square expansion
○ Further expansion
○ Algebraic common factors
○ Factorising with common factors
○ Difference of two square factorisation
○ Perfect square factorisation
○ Expressions with four terms
○ Factorising x2 + bx + c
○ Splitting the middle term
● Sets
○ Set notation
○ Special number sets
○ Interval notation
○ Venn diagrams
○ Union and intersection
● Algebra (Equations and inequalities)
○ Solving linear equations
○ Solving equations with fractions
○ Forming equations
○ Power equations
○ Solving linear inequalities
● Lines, angles and polygons
○ Angle properties
○ Triagnels
○ Isosceles triangles
○ Interior angles of a polygon
○ Exterior angles of a polygon
● Graphs, charts and tables
○ Statistical graphs
○ Graphs which compare data
○ Using technology to graph data
● Exponents and surds
○ Index notation
○ Index laws
○ Zero and negative powers
○ Standard form
○ Surds
 ○ Multiplication of surds
○ Division of surds
● Formulae and simultaneous equations
○ Formula substitution
○ Formula rearrangement
○ Formula derivation
○ Simultaneous equations
● The theorem of Pythagoras
○ Pythagoras' theorem
○ The converse of Pythagoras' theorem
○ Circle problems
○ Three dimensional Pythagoras
● Mensuration (length and area)
○ Length
○ Perimeter
○ Area
○ Circles and sectors
● Topics in arithmetics
○ Percentages
○ Profit and loss
○ Simple interest
○ Reverse percentages
○ Chain percentages
○ Compound growth
○ Speed, distance and time
○ Travel graphs
● Mensuration (Volume)
○ Surface area
○ Volume
○ Capacity
○ Mass
○ Compound solids
● Analysis of discrete data
○ Variables used in statistics
○ Organising and describing discrete data
○ The centre of a discrete data set
○ Measuring the spread of discrete data
○ Data in frequency tables
○ Grouped discrete data
○ Statistics from technology
● Algebraic fractions
○ Simplifying algebraic fractions
○ Multiplying and dividing algebraic fractions
○ Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
○ Complex fractions

Students will be provided with a revision list by their teacher.

CLASS 7 - MIXED GROUPS
Students will sit two pieces of examinations testing.
The papers will assess students’ understanding of materials covered this year which are listed below.
- Paper 1: Non Calculator paper. – (1hr)
- Paper 2: Calculator paper. – (1hr)
A scientific calculator is required for this paper

Class 7 -Mixed groups Mathematics Revision list

Assumed Knowledge - Number (Books uploaded onto Google Classroom).
Number Types
Operations and Brackets
HCF and LCM
Fractions
Powers and Roots
Ratio and Proportion
Number Equivalents
Rounding Numbers
Time

Assumed Knowledge - Geometry and Graphs (Books uploaded onto Google Classroom).

Angles
Lines and Line segments
Polygons
Symmetry
Constructing Triangles
Congruence
Interpreting Graphs and Tables

Algebra - Expansion and Factorisation (iGCSE textbook chapter 1)

- Expanding single brackets
- Expanding double brackets (FOIL)
- Expanding perfect squares and difference of two squares
- Expanding trinomials
- Algebraic common factors
- Factorising expressions
- Difference of two squares factorisation
- Perfect squares factorisation
- Expressions with four terms
- Factorising simple and harder quadratics
- Solving quadratics by factorisation

Set notation & Venn diagrams (iGCSE textbook chapter 2)

- Set notation
- Special number sets
- Interval notation
- Venn diagrams
- Union and Intersection
- Problem solving

Equations and Inequalities (iGCSE textbook chapter 3)

- Solving linear equations
- Solving equations with fractions
- Forming and solving equations
- Power equations
- Interpreting linear inequalities
- Solving linear inequalities

Lines, Angles, and Polygons (iGCSE textbook chapter 4)

- Angle properties
- Triangles
- Isosceles Triangles
- The interior angles of a polygon
- The exterior angles of a polygon
Graphs, Charts and Tables (iGCSE textbook chapter 5)
- Statistical Graphs
- Graphs which compare data

Exponents and Surds (iGCSE textbook chapter 6)

- Exponent or index notation
- Exponent or index laws
- Zero and negative indices
- Standard form
- Surds
- Properties of surds
- Multiplication and division of surds

Formulae and Simultaneous Equations (iGCSE textbook chapter 7)

- Formula Rearrangement (Changing the Subject)
- Simultaneous Equations

The Theorem of Pythagoras (iGCSE textbook chapter 8)

- Pythagoras´Theorem
- The converse of Pythagoras´ Theorem
- Problem solving
- Three dimensional problems

Further information, pdf lessons, revision materials are shared with students and are constantly
updated by subject teachers on the respective google classrooms.

REVISION RESOURCES (recommendations)

- 2. Corbett maths - with videos, worksheets, and answers. ​https://corbettmaths.com/

- 3. Re-do old test questions
- 4. iGCSE 0607 textbook (shared on Google Classroom). + 2 assumed knowledge chapters.

It is students’ responsibility to come to the exam fully equipped with pens, pencils, rubber,
mathematics set: ruler, pair of compasses, protractor and appropriate calculator as no
equipment will be provided to students on the day
Exam​:
The examination will consist of one paper split into the different scientific topics studied
throughout key stage 3:

Students will be expected to answer a series of questions, based on topics studied.

The paper is 90 minutes long (30 mins each science sat as one exam).

Revision topics​:
Biology
1 Plants
2 Variation and Inheritance
3 Human Impact on ecosystems
4 Ecology

Chemistry
1 Energy Changes
● Burning ( combustion, oxidation reaction)
● Exothermic
● Endothermic
2 Reactivity Series/Metals/Making uses of Metals
● Metals
● Comparing Metals for reactivity
● Metals in Earth’s crust
● Making uses of metals and alloys

3 Rates of Reaction
● Measuring the rates of reaction
● Changing the rates of reaction
● Catalysts
4 Materials and their properties
● The structure of an atom
● Trends in group I/II
● Trends in Halogens - group 7
● Transition Metals

5 The Periodic Table

● Group I/II
● Periods
● Transitions Metals

6 Bonding
● Why do atoms form bonds?
 ● Ion formation
● Simple ions bonding

7 Salts
Making Salts:
1. Acid + Alkali
2. Acid + Metal
3. Acid + Metal Oxide
4. Acid + Metal Carbonate

Physics
1 Energy transfer (Conduction, convection, radiation)
2 Electricity

Please speak with your teacher for better clarification of what will be in the exam

Resources​:

Books: ​Online textbooks - Cambridge Checkpoint, Cambridge IGCSE

Google classroom​: Numerous resources including the IGCSE textbook and links to online resources
(eg BBC Bitesize and past paper websites).
The examination will consist of three parts:

i)​ Objective questions. [30]

ii)​ A Source-based question. [30]
iii) ​An essay question. [40]

Questions will require both short answers and extended essay-type responses.

The exam paper will be 1 hour 30 minutes in length and marked out of 100.

REVISION TOPICS​:

❖ Age of Enlightenment

❖ Causes and phases of the French Revolution

❖ Napoleon’s rise to power​ / ​Napoleonic Wars

❖ Industrial Revolution

❖ Causes of WWI

Resources:
​ nd worksheets you may
Please refer to all the relevant pages in your notebook, hand-outs a
have been given during the period and ​ALL online resources on History Google
Classroom.​ Recommended: rewatch the videos.

Websites
www.schoolshistory.co.uk
www.historytoday.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/
 Revision lessons will occur at lunch-time on the week prior to the exam (2​nd​ December)

Exam:
The examination will consist of two parts:
1.​ ​Electronic forms
Students will be expected to answer a series of questions, based on topics studied this
year.

2.​ ​Practical tasks

Students will be asked to use the computer to perform a series of computer and ICT-based
tasks.

The examination will be 1h20 minutes in length.

Topics visited this year:

·​ ​Algorithm design and problem-solving (pseudocode and flowchart)

. Programming in Python
·​ ​HTML

Resources:
Past work on Google classroom

Websites
http://www.teach-ict.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z8mtsbk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zvc9q6f
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpQQipWcxwt_wVDqitDXqzh6iO1AMh2dz
https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/
https://www.w3schools.com/
EXAM: ​The ​1 hour and 30-minute examination will consist of ​one paper split into ​three sections.
These sections are based on:
● Paper 1: Key Geographical Themes

EQUIPMENT: Ruler, protractor, calculator, dark blue/black pen, pencil, eraser

REVISION TOPICS:
Paper 1: Theme 2: Natural Environment

1.1 Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Types and features of volcanoes and earthquakes
Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
Causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and their effects on people and the
environment
Hazards and opportunities of volcanoes
Reducing the impacts of earthquakes and volcanoes
Case studies:
Haiti earthquake
1.2 Rivers
Hydrological characteristics and processes which operate within rivers and drainage basins
Processes of erosion, transportation and deposition
Formation of landforms: waterfalls, potholes, meanders, oxbow lakes, deltas, levées and
flood plains
Flooding
Opportunities of living on a flood plain
Management of flooding
Case study: Flooding in Boscastle
1.3 Coasts
- Processes of erosion, transportation and deposition
- Coastal landforms: Cliffs, wave-cut platforms, caves, arches, stacks, bay and
headland coastlines, beaches, spits, and coastal sand dunes
- Formation of coral reefs and mangroves
- Coastal erosion - impacts and management
1.4 Weather and Climate
- Weather and Climate
- Weather instruments: wind vane, thermometer, hygrometer, sunshine recorder,
barometer, rain gauge, anemometer,
- The Stevenson Screen
- Types of clouds
- Factors affecting Climate
- The Hadley Cell
- Equatorial and hot deserts climate

REVISION MATERIALS
Classroom material: ​Class notes, assessed activities, geography tests, Powerpoint Presentations on
Google Classroom, IGCSE textbook scanned pages on Google Classroom.
Websites: ​http://www.geographypods.com/​ ​http://www.geo41.com/natural-environment-igcse/
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize
The exam will last one hour.

The exam will consist of two parts:

1- questions about the comprehension of a text;
2- questions about the topics listed below.

Revision topics

COMMUNICATION GRAMMAIRE / LEXIQUE

Chez le docteur Le vocabulaire de santé

Savoir dire où on a mal

Parler des actions au présent Les verbes vouloir, pouvoir, devoir,

mettre, boire

Raconter des actions au passé Le passé composé (auxiliaires être et

avoir)

Les verbes pronominaux

La forme négative

Parler de l’avenir Le futur simple

Commander au restaurant Les aliments

et parler de son alimentation
Les articles partitifs

Les expressions et les adverbes de

quantité

La forme négative

Resources: ​notebook, worksheets, Google Classroom.

The examination will consist of two parts: (60mins)

1. ​ ​Students will read a text and respond to questions related to the text

2. Students will have to produce a piece of writing related to one or more of the topics
that have been covered in class (150+ words)

The exam will be 60 minutes in length.

Revision topics:

Vocabulario Gramática

● Describir qué te duele ● Verbos en pretérito imperfecto

● Descripción de la incluidos los irregulares
personalidad ● Pretérito indefinido regulares e
● Dar información sobre tu irregulares
colegio y tu rutina escolar ● MUY/MUCHO
● Dar información sobre el ● Futuro simple
transporte que usas en la
ciudad
● Describir tus vacaciones
pasadas
● Describir la niñez

Resources:

● Cuaderno de clase.
● Ejercicios y fotocopias de clase.
● Linguascope.
● Languagesonline.org.uk
● https://www.language_gym.com/
The examination will consist of questions based on music heard on a CD. Students will be
expected to identify the musical elements learned during the year.

The exam will be 60 minutes long and marked out of 100

Revision topics:

Unit 1: Minimalism Dance Music from the Americas:

Salsa (Afro-Cuban)
Historical background Tango
Motif Samba
Tempo
Timbre Unit 3: Indian Music
Dynamics
Repetition Historical background
Sequence Hindustani
Imitation Carnatic
Ostinato Tala
Raga
Theory: Instruments
MAJOR SCALE Bhangra
RELATIVE MINOR (NATURAL) SCALE
Theory:
Unit 2: From Africa to the Americas CHORDS (Major & Minor)

Historical background Unit 4: Baroque Music

African Music
Blues (with 12-bar Blues form) Historical background
Spirituals Baroque Music
Gospel Baroque Dances & Suite
Jazz Baroque Composers
Baroque instruments
Theory:
TIME SIGNATURES (regular, irregular & Theory:
compound) HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
PENTATONIC SCALE (Major and Minor)
Resources:

Websites
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music
Exam:
The examination will consist of two parts:

1. Primeira Parte: ​Literatura: ​Menino de

Engenho, J​ osé Lins do Rego

2. Segunda Parte: ​Funcionamento da

língua

The examination will be 90 minutes in length.

Revision topics​:

1 Figuras de linguagem: comparação, metáfora, metonímia, pleonasmo, hipérbole,

personificação, eufemismo, sinestesia e catacrese.
2 Orações coordenadas: oração coordenada assindética + oração coordenada sindética:
aditiva, adversativa, explicativa, conclusiva e alternativa.
3 Orações subordinadas adverbiais: oração principal + oração subordinada adverbial:
temporal, final, causal, consecutiva, comparativa, concessiva, condicional,
conformativa e proporcional.
4 Orações subordinadas adjetivas: oração principal + oração subordinada adjetiva:
explicativa e restritiva.
5 Orações subordinadas substantivas: oração principal + oração subordinada substantiva:
subjetiva, predicativa, objetiva direta, objetiva indireta, completiva nominal e
apositiva.
6 Acentuação
Uso da crase

Resources:
​ e José Lins do Rego
Menino de Engenho, d
Caderno
Gramática Sacconi

Second language students will be given

individual revision guides as appropriate.
 Exam Information
·​ Time allowed: ​1 ½ hour
​

·​ The exam is fully related to the ​Monologue Project​ and consists of its written part
​

· All students will have access to computers during the whole exam session, but the use of the internet
​

will not be allowed

· All students will be expected to bring ​all the preparatory work (Description of Character, Costume Plan,
​

Stage Plan, Props List, Lights design, Inspiration, Research and Script) ​in a pendrive or google
docs file​ for the examination session
·​ No mobile phones will be allowed in the exam room
​

· In addition to the preparatory work, there will also be other written tasks related to the Monologue
​

Project during the examination session

·​ Monologue Project = Performance (60%) + Written Project (40%)
​

· The whole written Monologue Project (Preparatory work + Exam) will be handed in by the end of the
​

examination session.
Class 7 end of year art examination 2018
Create an imaginative composition with the title:

“A city of Dreams”

Before the exam, you must produce a minimum of 2 sides of preparation work (A2). You
can take this preparation into the exam with you.
The preparation sheets must show:

· Drawings that demonstrate your understanding of one and two-point perspective

· Drawings from primary sources
· Experiments with at least three different types of media
· Investigation into at least two different styles of architecture
· A range of ideas for a final composition
· Reference to at least one relevant artist

How will your work be assessed?

1. Effective use of perspective

2. Technical competence (how well you have used the media)
3. Presentation (of the preparation sheets)
4. Ideas and creativity
5. research