Exams and Assessments 2024/25

Y11 Period 6 (3pm - 4pm) Revision Sessions (Attendance Compulsory)

Revision Resources

All students have a GCSEPod account for online revision and should also have a revision guide for each of their subjects available to purchase through ParentPay £30 (80% discount).

Geography

Paper 1: Physical Geography

Natural Hazards – Definition of a Natural Hazard, Types of Natural Hazard and Factors affecting Hazard Risk
Tectonic Hazards – Plate margins (Constructive, Destructive, Conservative and Collision), Earthquakes (causes, effects, responses) and Volcanoes (risks, advantages and responses)
Weather Hazards – Global Atmospheric Circulation, Tropical Storms (formation, distribution, effects, predictions and responses), Weather Hazards in the UK and Extreme Weather in the UK
Climate Change – Causes (natural and human), Evidence and management
Ecosystems – Small scale ecosystems and Global Ecosystems
Tropical Rainforests – Characteristics (climate, soil and vegetation), Causes of Deforestation, Impacts of Deforestation and Managing Rainforests
Hot Deserts – Characteristics (climate, soil and vegetation), Opportunities for Development, Challenges, Causes of Desertification and Reducing Desertification
UK Landscapes – Locational Knowledge of UK’s major upland and lowland areas
Coastal Landscapes – How the Coast is Eroded, Weathering and Mass Movement, Constructive and Destructive waves, Features of Erosion (headlands and bays, Wave Cut Platforms, Caves, arches and stacks), Features of Deposition (beaches, dunes, spits and bars), Coastal Management in the UK (hard and soft management)
River Landscapes – Features of a Drainage Basin, Processes of Erosion and Transportation, Formation of Waterfalls, Meanders, Ox-bow lakes and Levees, Flooding (causes, impacts and responses and examples)

Paper 2: Urban Issues and unseen Fieldwork

Urban Issues and Challenge – Urbanisation around the World, Megacities, Rio de Janeiro (growth, land use, social challenge, economic challenge, Improving the environment, squatter settlements (growth, challenge and solutions)), Population Distribution in the UK, Bristol (location, growth, social opportunities, economic opportunities, social inequality, new housing and regeneration, environmental challenges and solutions), Sustainable Urban Living (Freiburg)and Sustainable Traffic Management.
Fieldwork – Questions bases on the use of fieldwork materials from unfamiliar content

History

Paper 1 – Germany 1919-1939:

Germany and the growth of Democracy 1919-1929 -The Weimar Republic, Early stages of the Nazi Party.
Hitler’s Rise to Power 1929-1934 – The Great Depression, The Nazi Rise and Establishing a Dictatorship
The experiences of Germans under the Nazi’s 1933-1939 – Propaganda, Nazis and the church, opposition to Nazis, Work and Home, Young People and Nazi Racial policy

Paper 2 – Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-1991:

The Origins of The Cold War 1941-1958 – The Grand Alliance, The Two Superpowers, Mutual Suspicion, The Berlin Crisis, The Arms Race and Divisions in Eastern Europe
Cold War Crises 1958-1970 – The Berlin Question, The Berlin Wall, The Cuban Missile Crisis and The Prague Spring
The End of The Cold War 1970 – 1991 – Detente, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, The Second Cold War, Gorbachev’s “New Thinking”, Eastern Europe pulls away and the collapse of The Soviet Union

RE

Paper 1 – Religious Themes:

Religion and Life: Origins of the Universe, Environment and Stewardship, Animal Rights, Abortion, Euthanasia and The Afterlife
Religion, Peace and Conflict – Peace and Conflict, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Peacemaking
Religion, Crime and Punishment – Religion and the Law, Crime, Forgiveness, Punishment, The Death Penalty
Religion , Relationships and families – Sexuality and Sexual Relationships, Contraception, Marriage, Divorce, Families and Gender Equality

Paper 2 – Christianity

Christianity Beliefs, Teachings and Practices – The Trinity, Creation, Evil and Suffering, The Afterlife, Jesus and Salvation, Different Forms of Worship, The Sacraments, Prayer and Pilgrimage, Christmas and Easter and The Work of The Church