The document provides guidance and advice for students taking end-of-year exams, including revision tips, effective study methods, exam day tips, and exam room policies and procedures. It outlines a recommended revision schedule over Easter and May breaks with hours to dedicate per subject. Details exam room allocation, session times, permitted materials, and prohibited items like phones. Explains what constitutes cheating and consequences. Advises students to follow teacher guidance, spread out work, and plan ahead to have needed materials.

1. REVISION
GUIDE 2023
YEAR 10

2. End-of-year Exam Revision Advice
Preparing for effective revision
Anyone can have goals but successful people have a plan.
• Reflect
Read the subject revision guides, highlighting each topic depending on your confidence levels as:
o Pink – Learning
o Yellow – Revising
o Green – Extending
• Plan
Create a revision timetable.
• Shop!
Make sure that you have everything you need to revise: textbooks, notes, flashcards, paper, pens,
highlighters, post-it notes.
Doing effective revision
• Be focused
Set up a quiet area for your studying. Put electronic devices in a different room. Set a countdown
timer for the length of your revision session and keep going until the timer goes off. Plan your breaks.
• Be active
Don’t just read through notes. See the next page for ideas on how to make revision active.
• Be thorough
If you find something that you don’t understand then do something about it – look it up, ask a friend,
ask your teacher.
Maximising exam performance
• Be calm
It will help to be on time with all equipment ready, including a water bottle.
• Be focused
Good sleep, food and exercise will help with this.
• Be aware
Read all the instructions before you start. Keep an eye on the time and make sure that you answer all
questions, particularly for essay subjects.

3. Ideas for making revision active
Notetaking
Just copying out notes will not help you! Try these approaches to notetaking.
• Create a table of notes
Sub-topic Most important point 3 key things to remember
• Make flashcards
o Questions on one side and answers on the other
o Key words on one side and definitions on the other
o Sub-topic on one side and three most important points on the other
• Use Post-it notes
Write important points on post-it notes and stick them up on your wall.
Self-testing
Notes in the form of the three examples above can be used for self-testing:
1) Cover up one column and see if you can remember the contents.
2) Test yourself with the flashcards. Put the ones you get correct in one pile and the ones you get wrong
in another. Keep going through the ‘wrong’ pile in the same way until it is empty.
3) Organise the notes in different ways, such as ranking them from most to least important,
chronologically or by grouping them into different categories.
You will also self-test by redoing previous topic tests or completing practice questions given to you by your
teacher. This will only be effective if you complete these three stages:
COMPLETE IN
TEST
CONDITIONS
IMPROVE USING
YOUR NOTES
MARK AND
CORRECT
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR EXAMS!

4. Easter and May half term revision
recommendations
We recommend starting your revision in the Easter holiday by completing 25 hours of revision. This is two
hours per subject plus 5 ‘flex’ hours to assign to the subjects most in need.
In term time after Easter, set aside a little time each week to revise. Have specific times each week when you
do this and focus this time on the subjects that need some extra revision.
Then complete your revision by doing 2 hours per subject over the May half term break.
This still leaves plenty of time to have a rest and to relax in both holidays and it is important to do this too!
Recommendations
• Follow your teachers’ advice and guidance about what and how to revise.
• Avoid leaving all your work until near the end of the holiday.
• Aim to get some revision done in the morning so that you can have guilt free time to relax in the
afternoon.
• Try to spread out your work so that you get to do at least two separate sessions on each subject at
different points in each holiday. This is called spaced practice and it helps you to remember more
material.

5. A Guide to Summer Internal Examinations
The following information provides you with all the details that you will need for your summer internal
examinations at Colfe’s School. Please read it carefully.
EXAMINATION VENUES
During internal examinations week you will be allocated an examination room. The table below shows the
rooms that will be in use:
The only exceptions to this are the Drama exam, which will be held in computer room 212, and the Music
examination, which will be held in X1/X2. All students, including those with extra time/computer users,
must go to these rooms.
EXAMINATION DAY/ TIMES
Each examination day is split into three sessions, session 1: 08:30-10:40, session 2: 11:05-12:50 and session
3: 13:50-15:35, with break time and lunchtime being at their normal times. On a couple of occasions,
examinations will finish later than 15:35; please check your timetable carefully and make sure you are in the
examination room for the correct start time. You will need to sign in and out of school at
Reception, as you will not have AM or PM registration.
TIMETABLES
Your examination timetable can be found in your year group team.
Make sure you read and understand your examination timetable. It is your responsibility to
know what examinations you have on each day.
REVISION
Revision lists are provided by each department and are contained within this leaflet. During the examination
week, you must plan ahead each evening to ensure that you have sufficient revision material at school for
the time prior to your examination starting.
HOUSE
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
EXAMINATION ROOM
Beardwood Main Hall X1 Main Hall
Bramley Main Hall X2 Main Hall
Norton Main Hall 314 Main Hall
Prendergast Main Hall 315 Main Hall
Extra Time Candidates 312/313 312/313 312/313
Computer Users 310 310 310

6. EXAMINATION ROOM BEHAVIOUR/CONDUCT
Once you enter the examination room, you are expected to remain silent. You may have time before your
examination to revise but this must be conducted in silence.
While the examination is taking place, you must not communicate with any other students or ask out loud
for anything. If you need any assistance, simply put up your hand and the invigilator will come to you.
You should remain silent whilst the examination papers are collected in and until you are dismissed by the
invigilator in charge.
You will only be allowed to take into the examination room materials you will need for the examination.
You must store books, notes, mobile phones, coats, bags etc. in your locker.
STATIONERY/CALCULATORS
You are responsible for bringing the right stationery/equipment to all of your examinations. Black ink
should be used to write in with pencils only being used for diagrams and rough notes. Do not use tippex or
erasable pens, simply cross through anything you do not want to be marked. Highlighter pens should not be
used to write answers, and all of your stationery should be contained within a clear pencil case.
You should have the following stationery:
• Clear pencil case
• Black pens
• Pencils
• Ruler
• Rubber
• Sharpener
• Highlighters
• Protractor
• Pair of compasses
• Colouring pencils
• Calculator
Calculators should be in good working order, with their lids removed; please be prepared and bring your
calculator to all examinations for which you might potentially need it.
EXAMINATION MATERIALS
The school will provide you with all examination writing paper i.e., question papers, answer booklets and
graph paper. You will not be able to bring your own writing paper into the examination room and you must
make sure all of your notes are stored away before the examination begins.
FOOD AND DRINK
You may bring a small bottle of water with the label removed into the examination room, but no other
type of drink is permitted. Food is not allowed into the examination room, unless you have a medical
condition that requires it.

7. MOBILE PHONES/OTHER DIGITAL DEVICES
Under no circumstances are you permitted to bring a mobile phone, iPod, MP3/4 player, tablets, smart-
watches, USBs or any other digital devices into the examination room. These devices should be all stored
in your locker and switched off. These items are deemed as unauthorised and if you are found to be in
possession of them you risk being disqualified from your examination. (If you do bring any of these devices
into the examination room, you should ensure they are handed to the invigilator).
CHEATING (MALPRACTICE)
Cheating in an examination is a serious offence and will usually lead to you being given a zero for your
examination. You will then be required to sit another examination during a Saturday detention.
The following are all types of cheating in an examination:
• Showing another student your examination paper
• Asking another student for an answer
• Having unauthorised material on you or your desk i.e., notes, mobile phones, calculator lids
• Having subject material written on your body
• Being in possession of a mobile phone, iPod, MP3/4 player, USB etc.
Do not jeopardise all of your hard work during the year by cheating in an examination.
ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS
Students who are entitled to access arrangements such as extra time or a computer will sit their
examinations in the extra time room of which Ms Coode will be in charge.
If you have any queries with regards to access arrangements during internal examination week then please
speak to Ms Coode, Head of Learning Support, or contact her via email acoode@colfes.com.
LATE ARRIVAL
As usual, if you are going to be late for any reason, please contact the school on 020 8852 2283. Make
your way to school as quickly as you can and try not to panic. When you arrive at school, sign in at
reception and then go straight to your registration room or examination room, depending on the time.
Whilst you will be allowed to sit the examination, there is no guarantee that you will be allowed the full
amount of time, this will depend on how late you arrive, so make sure you are on time for all of your
examinations.
SICKNESS/ABSENCE
If you are unwell during internal examination week and are unable to attend school, your parents must
contact school in the usual way. Mr Snell will be in contact with you to arrange a time for you to catch up
on the examination(s) that you have missed so please check your emails. Most catch-up examinations will
take place the week after internal examination week.
TOILET BREAKS
Toilet breaks are an interruption to both you and others in the examination room, so you should plan to
go to the toilet before you enter the examination room. If you require a toilet break during your
examination, you must raise your hand and ask the invigilator. Please be aware that you forfeit the time it
takes to go to the toilet from your examination; it will not be added on to the end. Only one student at a
time will be permitted to go to the toilet during an examination.

8. EMERGENCY EVACUATION
In the event of the fire alarm sounding during an examination, it is essential that you listen to the
instructions given by the invigilator. You will be informed to stop writing and the examination will be
halted. Whilst evacuation takes place, you will still be under examination conditions, and you must not talk
to any other students during this time. Once it is safe to return to the building, the examination will
resume.
RESULTS
Results will be given to you during lessons the week following internal examination week, and they will be
included in your end-of-year report to your parents.

9. REVISION TOPICS AND HINTS
There are exams in the subjects listed below.
NB: The Art exam will consist of a coursework day
BIOLOGY – Triple Science
(sets 1 to 3)
1 hour 45 minutes
You will have ONE Biology exam this
summer.
Therefore topics to be revised are:
• B1 Cell structure and transport (p. 2-25 in
textbook)
• B2 Cell division (p.26-35 in textbook)
• B3 Organisation and the digestive system
(p.36-51 in textbook)
• B4 Organising animals and plants (p.52-71 in
textbook)
• B5 Communicable diseases (p. 72-97 in
textbook)
• B6 Preventing and treating disease (p.98-111
in textbook)
• B7 Non communicable disease (p.112-123
in textbook)
• B8 Photosynthesis (p.124-133 in textbook)
• B9 Respiration (p. 134- 143 in textbook)
Practical work that can come up in the
test:
• Using a light microscope to observe, draw
and label cells (including a scale or
magnification)
• Investigating the effect of antiseptics or
antibiotics on bacterial growth
• Investigating the effect of a range of
concentrations of salt or sugar solutions on
the mass of plant tissue
• Use standard food tests to identify food
groups
The Biology department has uploaded a number
of resources onto the Year 10 Biology
SharePoint page to support your revision (Triple
Biology).
Revision ideas:
• Use the folder of self-assessment sheets to guide
your revision (Self Assessment sheets).
• Complete the papers in the practice paper
folder (Practice papers ). Answers can be
found at the back of the papers.
• Complete the end of spread, summary and
practice questions from your textbook (answers
can be found here: Textbook questions
answers)
• Complete the revision mats for chapter B1 to
B9 (Revision summary mats B1-B9).
• Use your revision guide to make short notes on
topics. The revision guide also includes summary
questions (with answers at the back).
Further revision strategies:
• Spider diagrams / mind map for an overview of
the topic
• Make short bullet-point notes (5-8 words)
• Draw and label diagrams with structure and
function
• Construct Q-cards so someone can test you
(one question on the front, with the answer on
the back, of each card)
• You may wish to complete additional questions
from past exam papers. These can be found at
the Physics and Maths tutor website
(https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/biology-
revision/gcse-aqa/ ). Only complete the
questions for topics 1 to 4.

10. • Investigate the effect of pH or temperature
on the rate of an enzyme controlled
reaction
• Investigate the effect of an environmental
variable on the rate of photosynthesis
• Investigate reaction time in humans
BIOLOGY – Trilogy Science
(sets 4 to 6)
1 hour 15 minutes
You will have ONE Biology exam this
summer.
Therefore topics to be revised are:
• B1 Cell structure and transport
• B2 Cell division
• B3 Organisation and the digestive system
• B4 Organising animals and plants
• B5 Communicable diseases
• B6 Preventing and treating disease
• B7 Non communicable disease
• B8 Photosynthesis
• B9 Respiration
Practical work that can come up in the
test:
• Using a light microscope to observe, draw
and label cells (including a scale or
magnification)
• Investigating the effect of antiseptics or
antibiotics on bacterial growth
• Investigating the effect of a range of
concentrations of salt or sugar solutions on
the mass of plant tissue
• Use standard food tests to identify food
groups
• Investigate the effect of pH or temperature
on the rate of an enzyme controlled
reaction
• Investigate the effect of an environmental
variable on the rate of photosynthesis
• Investigate reaction time in humans
The Biology department has a large number of
revision resources available to the Year 10
Biology SharePoint page (Trilogy Biology). See
links to sub-folders below.
Ideas for revision
• Use the self-assessment sheets on Sharepoint
(Self assessment sheets) to help guide your
revision.
• Complete the paper 1 practice papers on
Sharepoint (Practice papers).
• Complete the B1 to B9 revision summary mats
(Revision summary mats)’
• Complete the end of spread, summary and
practice questions from your textbook (answers
available on Sharepoint: Answers to textbook
questions).
Further revision strategies:
• Spider diagrams / mind map for an overview of
the topic
• Make short bullet-point notes (5-8 words)
• Draw and label diagrams with structure and
function
• Highlight key words and points in both of the
above methods
• Construct Q-cards so someone can test you
(one question on the front, with the answer on
the back, of each card)

11. CHEMISTRY (Triple
Science)
1 hour 45 minutes
Topics to be studied for the June
exam:
Pupils need to study ALL of the topics
below:
• C1 – Atomic structure
• C2 – The periodic table
• C3 – Structure and bonding
• C4 – Chemical Calculations
• C5 – Chemical changes
• C6 – Electrolysis
• C7 – Energy changes
Other areas that can come up in
the test:
Required Practical experiments
you have completed, Demonstrations
you have observed and application
questions based around Working
Scientifically.
Ideas for revision
Your revision should be active, completing both retrieval
practice (e.g. Educake) and application (e.g. practice exam
questions).
There are lots of resources on SharePoint, that will help you:
GCSE Chemistry resources
Go through the student checklist for each topic (on
SharePoint). The checklists are linked to the specification.
Use revision cards to test yourself on key terms, scientific
words, ideas and equations. You can also use these to learn
your common ions.
You should be able to write word equations and balanced
chemical equations for all of the reactions you have seen and
studied.
Make a mind-map, from memory, when you start revising a
specific topic (do not simply copy out notes into a mind-
map!).
Complete quizzes on websites such as Educake, Seneca
learning and BBC Bitesize.
Go through the summary and practice questions at the end of
each chapter of the textbook (answers on SharePoint).
Revise the questions from your topic tests, paying particular
attention to the questions that you answered incorrectly the
first time around.
Use https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/chemistry-
revision/gcse-aqa/
to find practice exam questions (instructions are in the
revision folder on SharePoint).

12. CHEMISTRY (Combined Trilogy) 1 hour 15 minutes
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
Pupils need to study ALL of the topics below:
• C1 – Atomic structure
• C2 – The periodic table
• C3 – Structure and bonding
• C4 – Chemical Calculations
• C5 – Chemical changes
• C6 – Electrolysis
• C7 – Energy changes
Other areas that can come up in the test:
Required Practical experiments you have
completed, Demonstrations you have observed and
application questions based around Working
Scientifically.
Ideas for revision
Your revision should be active, completing both
retrieval practice (e.g. Educake) and application
(e.g. practice exam questions).
There are lots of resources on SharePoint, that
will help you: GCSE Chemistry resources
Go through the student checklist for each topic
(on SharePoint). The checklists are linked to the
specification.
Use revision cards to test yourself on key terms,
scientific words, ideas and equations. You can also
use these to learn your common ions.
You should be able to write word equations and
balanced chemical equations for all of the
reactions you have seen and studied.
Make a mind-map, from memory, when you start
revising a specific topic (do not simply copy out
notes into a mind-map!).
Complete quizzes on websites such as Educake,
Seneca learning and BBC Bitesize.
Go through the summary and practice questions
at the end of each chapter of the textbook
(answers on SharePoint).
Revise the questions from your topic tests, paying
particular attention to the questions that you
answered incorrectly the first time around.
Use
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/chemistry-
revision/gcse-aqa/
to find practice exam questions (instructions are
in the revision folder on SharePoint).

13. COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 hour 30 minutes
Your paper will consist of 90 marks worth of questions
about the following topics covered this year:
• Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental
concerns
• Algorithms
• Programming techniques
• Producing robust programs
• Computational logic
• Translators and facilities of languages
• Data representation
The paper must be completed without the use of a
calculator.
Key concepts:
You should prioritise revising the following:
• The principles of Computational Thinking –
Abstraction, Decomposition and Algorithmic
Thinking
• Programming techniques such as: selection,
iteration, arithmetic operators, sub programs,
string handling
• Using flow diagrams
• Sorting and Searching algorithms
• Testing
• CPU components
• Binary addition and overflow errors
• Logic circuits and truth tables
• Loss / lossless compression – image files
• Using trace tables to look for logical errors
• IDEs –features to help the programmer.
• Open Source and proprietary software
• Legislation
• Issues surrounding the use of technology.
• Data representation – number conversion, text,
sound and images.
But, obviously revising all the content would be beneficial
longer term.
Ideas for Revision
• Make revision notes / flashcards using the
revision guide
• Use Quizlet to test yourself on key
definitions
• Use Seneca Learning for interactive quizzes
• Use the video tutorials on SharePoint
• Complete past papers on SharePoint
• Familiarise yourself with OCR’s pseudocode.
You will need to be able to interpret
programs written with this.
• Some questions will require you to write a
short program. You will need to use a
programming language (e.g. Python), or
OCRs language.
Exam Technique:
• At the end of the paper there is an 8 mark
extended writing question (issues of
technology) – do not feel that you need to
use all the space given.
• Guidance as to how these types of questions
are marked is included in the revision pack.
• There is also a 6 mark programming
question which should be answered using
Python (recommended) or the OCR
language.
• Make sure you leave enough time for both
these questions, or start with them if you
think you may struggle for time.
• Additional pages are available at the back if
you make any mistakes.
• If you are unsure about any question, leave
it and come back to it at once you have
attempted every question.
• Try not to leave any question blank – it is
always worth putting something down.
• For the programming questions, see
whether any of the code used in other
questions gives you any inspiration.

14. DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 1 hour
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
Core Technical principles
• New and emerging technologies
• Energy, materials, systems and devices
• Materials and their working properties
• Understanding a system approach when designing
• Mechanical devices
• Materials and their working properties
Ideas for revision
• Use the resources and class slides on
Teams.
• Go through the specification for each topic
and class notes.
• Create spider diagrams / mind maps
for an overview of the topic.
• Make short bullet-point notes (5-8
words)
• Use BBC bitesize – AQA website

15. DRAMA 1 hour 30 mins
PART 1 (Before half term)
• Practical Performance Assessment
Component 1 Devising,
PART 2 (During Exam Week)
• Controlled Conditions final written
evaluation coursework. This evaluates what
went well and even better if in your process
and piece.
Computer Room for 1 hr 30 mins for the Controlled
Conditions Evaluation.
Ideas for revision for Evaluation
PART 1
• Look at the assessment
criteria
• Actors: Learn lines
• Technicians: Cues in
folders/ designs in
scrapbook.
After Performance
• Write bullet point notes
including What Went
Well & Even Better If (not
full sentences)
PART 2
• You will bring your
evaluation notes you
made into the exam to
help you.
• Drama revision guide look
at the glossary.
• All materials are in
TEAMS especially the PPT,
exemplar and assessment
criteria
• Highlight key Drama
vocab throughout

16. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 hours 15 minutes
You will sit Edexcel IGCSE Paper 1 (Non-fiction).
Section A consists of 5 compulsory questions.
Question 1-3: Unseen Text (20-25mins)
• Q1 – use quotations
• Q2 – answer in your own words
• Q3 – explain in your own words but use quotations
to support your ideas
Together these questions are worth 11 marks.
Question 4: Anthology Text (20-25mins)
The question will be on a text you have already studied,
and a copy of the text will be printed in the exam paper.
You can use the PEA structure to answer the question,
making sure your P is an idea that is relevant to the
question. Most of the marks are for analysis of language
and structure, so make sure you have at 2-4 quotations
(E) per PEA, and that you identify techniques and
comment on the effect (A).
TIPS:
• It’s not a literature essay so you don’t need an
introduction or a conclusion.
• Each EA should identify a technique. (Think TEA or
ETA.)
• You can comment on different examples of the same
technique e.g. two different similes.
• To get a good mark, you MUST comment on
structure as well as language.
This question is worth 12 marks.
Question 5: Comparison (40-45mins)
This question will ask you to compare the unseen text to
the Anthology text. You need to compare a number of
different aspects such as purpose/audience, tone, ideas,
attitudes, language, structure. Each paragraph should
analyse BOTH texts.
TIPS:
• It’s not a literature essay so you don’t need an
introduction or a conclusion.
• You need a wide range of comparisons – either lots
of brief PEAs or 3-4 more developed ones which
compare more than one thing is fine. One way to
Revision
• Go over all the notes on Paper 1
given to you by your teacher and
look at the resources in the
Year 10 Resources areas on
Teams.
• Make sure you know exactly
what is required for each
question and the timings. Pay
attention to how much time you
should spend on each question.
• Revise terminology, and think
about the effect of techniques
such as:
• direct speech
• alliteration
• parallel sentences
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• repetition
• rhetorical questions
• listing (extension:
polysyndeton /
asyndeton)
• tricolon
• hyperbole
• juxtaposition
• single sentence
paragraph
• delaying information
• Revise all the Anthology texts
you have studied so far. One
good way to do this is to look
over your annotated copy and
your class notes, then try to
recreate all your notes from
memory on a clean copy (on
Teams). Another option is to
create flashcards for each text.

17. widen your range is to pick aspect that are ‘similar
but…’
• Compare HOW the texts are written as well as
WHAT they are about.
• Use comparative connectives e.g.
o Similarly
o In the same way
o Conversely
o In contrast
This question is worth 22 marks.
Remember that you need to plan your response
for Questions 4 and 5.
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Section B gives you a choice of two TRANSACTIONAL
writing tasks.
Question 6 or 7 (45-55 minutes)
Make sure you know what you are writing, why you are
writing and who you are writing to/as. (Your teacher
may have given you an acronym such as PACT or GAP
for this.)
ADVICE:
• Spend 10 minutes planning your response.
• Spend 30-35 minutes writing.
• Spend 5 minutes checking and improving your
response.
TIPS:
• Make sure your beginning / ending are really
powerful.
• Keep voice and tense consistent.
• Vary your sentences – don’t comma-splice!
• Stretch your vocabulary.
• Use a range of rhetorical devices that are
appropriate to the task.
• Remember to paragraph.
• Use punctuation accurately and for effect.
• Don’t be boring.
• Look over any practice
responses you have written this
year, paying particular attention
to the advice given / targets set
by your teacher.
• Revise the different types of
transactional writing, making
sure you know the difference
between persuade / advise /
inform. The best way to prepare
for this part of the exam is to
practice under timed conditions.
(This helps even if it’s too late to
ask your teacher to mark your
work.)
There are helpful resources,
including videos and past papers, in
your class Team AND in the
general Year 10 Resources area (in
addition to your class notes).

18. ENGLISH LITERATURE 50 minutes
You will sit an exam based on the CAIE English
Literature Paper 1.
You will have a choice of writing on a poem or the
prose text, Purple Hibiscus. (The extract will come from
the first part of the novel, no later than p253.) Read all
questions before deciding which to answer.
The process:
You should spend the first few minutes reading and
choosing which question to answer, then another 5-10
minutes planning your response. Make sure you leave
yourself at least 30 minutes to write.
Do annotate the question, making sure you identify the
qualifier (e.g. powerfully / vividly) as well as the focus of
the question (e.g. the speaker’s feelings).
Do annotate the text.
Do create a plan for your response. Your response
should be structured as follows:
• Introduction
• 3 – 4 PEAR paragraphs (with 3-5 pieces of evidence
per paragraph)
• Conclusion
Don’t retell the story. A one or two sentence summary
of the poem/passage in your introduction is enough.
Don’t write ‘This shows…’ in your analysis.
• Either identify the technique e.g. This repetition
shows…
• Or use a better verb e.g. This implies / emphasises…
• Ideally do both e.g. This metaphor suggests that…
Don’t forget to address the qualifier, especially in your
R. You MUST answer the question.
Revision
• Make sure you know exactly what
you need to do in terms of question
choice, approaching the question and
planning, including timings.
• Revise literary terms so that you can
use these confidently. (A good list of
terms and definitions is available on
Teams.)
• Revise up to p253 of Purple Hibiscus.
Reread as much as you can,
particularly the early chapters that
you studied at the start of Year 10.
Go over your class notes, highlighting
important details and adding any
additional thoughts. (You may notice
new things now you’ve read more of
the novel.)
• Revise the poems you have studied
so far. One good way to do this is to
look over your annotated copy and
your class notes, then try to recreate
all your notes from memory on a
clean copy (on Teams).
• Look over any Literature essays you
have written this year, paying
particular attention to the advice
given / targets set by your teacher.
• Plan a number of past-paper
questions (on Teams). If your write
the whole response, do so under
timed conditions.
There are helpful resources, including
videos guides to the poems and a study
guide for Purple Hibiscus, in your class
Team AND in the general Year 10
Resources area (in addition to your
class notes).

19. FRENCH / GERMAN /
SPANISH
Listening: last week before half term (50 minutes)
Speaking: the Friday before exam week – 26th May (24
minutes)
Reading + Writing during exam week
(2 hrs 15)
Dual linguists will do one language speaking exam
during exam week, to be arranged.
Pupils will complete a GCSE past exam paper.
The exam consists of 4 parts:
• Speaking (10 to12 minutes + 12 minutes
preparation time),
• Listening (45 minutes + 5 minutes reading
time),
• Reading (60 minutes),
• Writing (1 hour 15 minutes).
Topics covered are those studied this year,
although some questions cover areas of vocabulary
studied in previous years.
Listening: (sat the last week before half term)
You will be given a past paper and asked to
complete a variety of comprehension exercises in
English or the target language.
Speaking: (to be sat on Friday 26th May in the
week before half term. Dual linguists will make
individual arrangements with their teachers.) The
speaking exam consists of three parts: A) Role-Play
(2 minutes), B) Photo card (3 minutes), C)
conversation of two topics (6-7 minutes).
Reading: (sat during exam week)
You will be given a past paper and asked to
complete a variety of comprehension exercises in
English or the target language plus a translation
into English.
Writing: (sat during exam week)
The writing paper consists of three parts: A) a
structured task of 90 words, B) an open-ended
task of 150 words, and C) a 50-word translation
into the target language.
Ideas for revision
Specific grammar to be revised: all tenses, word
order, adjectives, pronouns. Concentrate on the
elevated language
PASSPANTSCACA/TORTILLAS/CATWOMANCUP.
If you have been given a revision pack by your
teacher, you should use this.
• Make sure you have made notes on all relevant
questions in your Speaking Booklets to practise
for the conversation part of the speaking
examination.
• Make sure you are making good use of your
GCSE core vocabulary which you can find at the
end of each unit in your textbook. (Learn 5 – 10
words daily.)
• Use websites such as:
www.quizlet.com
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.linguascope.com
www.kerboodle.com
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
www.memrise.com
Duolingo App
www.thisislanguage.com
(Check with your teacher for the username
and password.)
• Vary your techniques for vocabulary revision –
use colours, pictures, rhyme, games, writing,
spelling, testing, etc.
• Make sure you know vocabulary both ways –
target language to English and English to target
language.
• Complete practice listening and reading
comprehensions from Kerboodle and
thisislanguage.co.uk.

20. GEOGRAPHY 1 hour 30 minutes
Topics to be studied for the Summer
exam:
The Changing Economic World
▪ Global variations in economic development
and quality of life
▪ Different economic and social measures of
development: gross national income (GNI)
per head, birth and death rates, infant
mortality, life expectancy, people per doctor,
literacy rates, access to safe water, Human
Development Index (HDI).
▪ Strategies for reducing the development gap
including tourism case study, investment,
industrial development, aid, fairtrade, debt
relief, intermediate technology and
microfinance.
▪ A case study of Nigeria: an NEE experiencing
rapid economic development which leads to
significant social, environmental and cultural
change.
▪ A case study of the UK: deindustrialisation,
post-industrial economy, impacts of industry
on the physical environment, changes in the
rural landscapes, new developments in road
and rail infrastructure, port and airport
capacity, the north–south divide and the place
of the UK in the wider world.
Urban Issues and Challenges
• Urbanisation and global patterns
• Growth of cities and emergence of megacities
• Lagos case study: location, importance,
growth, rural-urban migration and push/pull
factors, social/economic opportunities and
inequalities, economic challenges with
informal and formal economy, social
challenges e.g. squatter settlements with
Makoko example, water and pollution issues,
traffic problems and how urban planning can
improve Lagos with floating school example
• Urban areas in the UK
Ideas for revision
Make sure your folder is up to date. If you have
work missing you can’t revise properly – it’s not all in
the textbook! See your teacher for help.
Use your topic summary sheet to identify which
areas you already understand and those for
which you need to revise.
Make sure that you can define and explain key words
– accurate use of terminology is very important.
Make sure you can locate the areas we have studied
on a map.
There will also be a skills-based question in the exam
so make sure your mapwork skills are up to date.
Make sure your knowledge of case studies is
detailed - you need to demonstrate specific
locational detail in case study based answers.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize has a good Geography section
for ensuring basic knowledge of theory and
vocabulary.
Try making cue cards for case studies with key facts
and locations. Mind maps or spider diagrams will also
help summarise concepts and case studies.
Use all resources available on SharePoint
https://colfes.sharepoint.com/sites/cs-
geography/SitePages/GCSE-9-1.aspx

21. • London case study: importance and
international links, urban change and social
opportunities, economic and environmental
opportunities such as high-tech industries,
integrated transport, dereliction and urban
sprawl, pollution issues, social inequality
comparison, regeneration case study of the
Olympic site.
• Sustainability in urban areas with Freiburg
case study
• Traffic management in Freiburg, Singapore
and Beijing
Physical Landscapes in the UK
3. The UK’s relief and landscapes
4. River processes (erosion, transportation,
deposition)
5. River long and cross profiles

22. HISTORY 2 hours
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship
• The Weimar era
• Nazi polices (social, economic, youth)
• Rise of Hitler
• Germany in WW1 and 2.
There are 6 questions for this section
Conflict and tension between East and West,
1945–1972
• American policies: Marshall Plan &
containment
• Tension between East and West
after 1945, including Germany &
atomic bomb
• Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe
• Cold War in Asia
• Arms and space race
There are 4 questions for this section,
including 4 marks for SPaG attached to the
extended 16 mark essay question.
How should you revise?
Pick a topic
1. Take a look at the Youtube playlist of the BBC
‘Cold War’ series- the first few episodes are
highly relevant, especially the first episode
‘Comrades’.
2. Practice exam questions and plan answers to the
16 marker on flash cards. Underline where you
are explaining!
3. Use your GCSE textbook to revise not just the
events themselves, but the origins, context, and
consequences
4. Familiarise yourself with the exam style
questions- the History Department will provide
you with an overview sheet.
5. Remember the timings for each questions, as
well as the key opening ‘buzz words’ for each
question/paragraph etc.
Make spidergrams of all the key collective reasons
why and how Hitler came to power, as well as the
various causes of tension at the end of WW2 that led
to the Cold War. Try to colour code each factor if
you can so that you will associate each factor with a
specific colour.

23. LATIN 1 hour 30 minutes
Exam Structure
The exam will be 90 minutes long:
• Comprehension, translation and grammar
questions in GCSE style
Grammar Covered
Endings:
• Regular nouns of all five declensions
• Irregular nouns listed in the Defined
Vocabulary List
• Regular verbs of all four conjugations:
• Present, future, imperfect, perfect
& pluperfect indicative active
• present, imperfect and perfect
indicative passive and deponent
• imperfect and pluperfect
subjunctive active
• present infinitive active
• present participles, PPPs & PAPs
• imperative active
• Irregular verbs listed in the Defined
Vocabulary List
• Adjectives of all the standard types (with
comparative and superlative)
• Adverbs of all the standard types (with
superlative only)
• Pronouns
Syntax:
• Standard uses of all cases
• Expressions of time
• Prepositions
• Relative clauses (qui, quae, quod)
• Direct statements, questions & commands
• Prohibitions with noli/nolite
• Participles, excluding the ablative absolute
• Conditional sentences (‘if’ clauses)
• Indirect statements, questions &
commands
• Purpose clauses introduced by ut and ne
• Result clauses
• cum + subjunctive
Vocabulary
• GCSE Defined Vocabulary List
Ideas for language revision
• Revise the grammar using the full tables at
the back of the Latin to GCSE textbook.
• Go over the summaries of case use,
constructions, etc, in the Appendices in
the textbook (p256-271).
• There are revision sentences for every
construction in p186-205 of the book.
• Revise the Defined Vocab List thoroughly;
knowledge of vocabulary is integral to
success; you must revise little and often.
• Focus especially on the list of easily
confused words (p269-270).
• Revise the irregular perfect tenses and
PPPs of verbs (p255).
• Ensure you are able to distinguish and
accurately translate the endings to both
nouns and verbs.
• There are subtle differences between
tenses – make sure you remember this
when you translate!
• Vary your revision techniques – use flash
cards, record your voice, make revision
posters, play interactive games. Work out
the best way for you to revise effectively!
• Use Quizlet for grammar and vocabulary
flashcards to aid the revision process.
If you need additional help, please see your Latin
teacher.

24. MATHEMATICS 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes
Both Calculator
Sets 2-6
Students in sets 2-6 are required to revise all the
topics below (a knowledge of topics studied in
Years 7, 8 and 9 may also be required):
• Quadratic Equations
• Area & Volume
• Arc Lengths & Sector Areas
• Financial Arithmetic
• Graphs
• Proportion
• Circle Theorems
• Indices
• Trigonometry
• Sets
• Surds
• Probability
Set 1
Students in set 1 are required to revise all the
topics below (a knowledge of topics studied in
Years 7, 8 and 9 may also be required):
• Quadratic Equations
• Area & Volume
• Arc Lengths & Sector Areas
• Financial Arithmetic
• Graphs
• Proportion
• Circle Theorems
• Indices
• Trigonometry
• Sets
• Surds
• Probability
• Recurring Decimals
• Simultaneous Equations
• Transformations of Graphs
• Sequences & Series
• Differentiation
• Functions
• Histograms
The most effective way to learn Maths is to do
practice questions. In addition to the following
extensive revision resources, pupils will be issued
with a revision booklet:
• IGCSE Books (with answers)
SharePoint>Mathematics>IGCSE>Textbooks
• Worksheets & Videos
SharePoint>Mathematics>IGCSE>Worksheets
& Videos
• Year 10 Test Revision
SharePoint>Mathematics>IGCSE>Year 10
• Past Exam Questions (Split by topic)
SharePoint>Mathematics>IGCSE>Exam
Questions by Topic
• Myimaths
http://www.myimaths.com
login = colfes
password = square
• Dr Frost
https://www.drfrostmaths.com/
login = "your email”
password = password123 unless changed

25. MEDIA STUDIES 1 hour 30 minutes
(Section A 55mins & Section B 35mins)
You will sit an entire COMPONENT ONE
EDUQAS GCSE Media Studies exam paper.
The paper consists of 2 sections:
Section A: Exploring the Media and
Section B: Exploring Industries & Audiences
Section A Question 1: Media Language (15 marks)
You will be asked to analyse one of the set media
products we have studied. For this year’s exam, it is
a film poster.
Section A Question 2a: Social Context (5 marks)
You will be asked to analyse one of the set media
products we have studied & discuss its social
context. This year, it is a magazine front over.
Section A Question 2b: Representation (25 marks)
You will be asked to analyse one of the set media
product we have studied and one unseen text. You
will focus on issues of representation. This year’s
focus will be advertising.
Total Section A = 45 marks
Section B Question 1a, b, c, d: Industries (17 marks)
The focus this year is the newspaper industry. Note:
Q.1d is worth 10 marks.
Section B Question 2a, b, c, d: Audiences (18 marks)
The focus this year is video games.
Note: Q.1d is worth 11 marks.
Total Section B = 35 marks
Revision
• Use the Eduqas fact file sheets along with the
notes in your exercise book.
• Look at the past-paper questions you have
already tackled – revise and re-write the
ones you that you scored the fewest marks
in.
• Store the Eduqas fact file sheets on a mobile
phone or tablet device and carry out ‘little
but often’ revision exercises.
• Revise the key concepts, examples and
theoretical elements:
• Media Form: key image,
use of colour, primary
optical phasing, masthead,
shot type, mise en scene.
• Representation:
Stereotypes and
countertypes
• Narrative theories
• Genre
• Intertextuality
• Regulation and control
• Audiences: Uses and
Gratification Theory
• Synergy & convergence
• Two Step Flow’ = celebrity
as an opinion leader
• S. Hall ‘preferred readings’
= oppositional, negotiated
& dominant.
• The historical, cultural and
social factors that affect
media texts.
Remember to plan your response for each
section.

26. MUSIC 1 hour 45 minutes
Exam Format
The end-of-year exam will be in the format of a GCSE
listening paper:
Section A
• 5 x listening questions on set works
• 1 x dictation question
• 1 x listening question on unfamiliar extract
Section B
▪ 1 x 12-mark essay question, comparing a set work
and piece of unfamiliar music.
What do I need to revise?
Set Works
You will need to revise important contextual and
stylistic features of the following set works, in addition
to key features according to musical elements:
Vocal Music
• H. Purcell: Music for a While
• Queen: Killer Queen (from the album ‘Sheer
Heart Attack’)
Music for Stage and Screen
• S. Schwartz: Defying Gravity (from the album of
the cast recording of Wicked)
• J. Williams: Main title/rebel blockade runner
(from the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode IV:
A New Hope)
Fusions
• Afro Celt Sound System: Release
Cont’d…
Ideas for Revision
• Use the resources on SharePoint. For
each set work, you can find Edexcel
notes, recordings, Quizlet revision
sets, links to Bitesize and other useful
resources.
• Produce flash cards for musical
elements and for key features
according to musical elements within
each set work and genre.
• Listen to the set works on
Spotify/YouTube so they are as
familiar as possible. Listen with the
scores!
• Familiarise yourself with other pieces
in the same style by listening to a
range of music from each area of
study.
• Practise listening to short extracts
from each set work and making a list
of all the important features you can
here. Once you have done this, check
your list against your notes and the
score, adding any further details you
missed.
• Use the information and practice
questions in your study guides.
• Practise dictation questions by using
www.teoria.com.
• Complete essays in timed conditions.
Additional practice papers can be
accessed on Firefly.

27. MUSIC
Musical Elements
You must be able to describe and evaluate features of
both set works and unfamiliar music according to the
following musical elements:
1. Instrumentation/Sonority
2. Structure
3. Melody
4. Texture
5. Harmony
6. Tonality
7. Rhythm/Metre/Tempo
8. Dynamics
You should revise key terminology associated with each
element. To evaluate music effectively, you must be able
to explain how musical features are used to create
different effects/create moods.

28. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1 hour 30 minutes
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
PHYSICAL TRAINING
• PARQs; warm ups and cool downs
• Components of fitness
• Principles of training
• Methods of training
• Long term effects of exercise
• Optimise training and prevent injury
APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• Skeletal system- structure/function/
sporting application
• Muscular system-
structure/function/sporting application
• Cardio-respiratory system-
structure/function/ sporting application
• Aerobic and Anaerobic exercise
• Short term effects of exercise on the
body systems
• How musculo-skeletal system work
together
• How cardio-respiratory system work
together
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY
• Skill classification
• Practice structure
• Types of guidance
• Types of feedback
• Mental preparation
Revision tips
• Use topic sheets and heading titles from your
folders as guidance for the breakdown of
components.
• Practise exam type questions that we have
identified in class.
• Always attempt to relate theory to practical
examples/own experiences and use ‘PEE’.
• When you have finished a ‘written answer’
question, ‘mark’ it yourself to ensure you have
fully answered the question.
• If struggling with a ‘written answer’ question,
look over the multiple choice section for any
hints.
• Your textbook has lots of exam style questions
in for you to attempt
• Use spider-diagrams and your revision posters
to help you.
• Revisit topics on the Everlearner

29. PHYSICS (Triple) 1 hour 45 minutes
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
Scientists should study the following chapters from
the textbook:
Chapter 1,2,3: Energy
Chapters 4, 5: Electricity
Chapter 6 : Molecules and matter
Chapters 7: Radioactivity
This is all the chapters that would be in the
first paper at GCSE
The exam will be 1hour 45 mins long.
Most equations will not be given and will need
to be learned - information about this can be found
on Teams
Ideas for revision:
• Condense your notes on each topic into
short bullet points.
• Draw a mind map or spider diagram to
organise the facts for each topic.
• Go through the end of topic tests to
make sure you can do all the answers
correctly.
• Work through the revision exercises
which your Physics teacher will give you.
• Use the practice questions from the end
of each double page spread in the
textbook.
• Complete quizzes on websites such as
Educake, Seneca learning, mygcsescience
and BBC Bitesize.
• Go through the summary practice
questions at the end of each chapter of
the textbook (answers on SharePoint in
GCSE resources)
• Revise the questions in your topic tests
and pay particular attention to those you
got wrong the first time.
• Use
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
to find practice exam questions

30. PHYSICS (Trilogy) 1 hour 15 minutes
Topics to be studied for the June exam:
Scientists should study the following chapters from
the text book:
Chapter 1,2,3: Energy
Chapters 4, 5: Electricity
Chapter 6 : Molecules and matter
Chapters 7: Radioactivity
This is all the chapters that would be in the
first paper at GCSE
The exam will be 1hour 15 mins long.
Most equations will not be given and will need
to be learned - information about this can be found
on Teams
Ideas for revision:
• Condense your notes on each topic into
short bullet points.
• Draw a mind map or spider diagram to
organise the facts for each topic.
• Go through the end of topic tests to
make sure you can do all the answers
correctly.
• Work through the revision exercises
which your Physics teacher will give you.
• Use the practice questions from the end
of each double page spread in the
textbook.
• Complete quizzes on websites such as
Educake, Seneca learning, mygcsescience
and BBC Bitesize.
•
• Go through the summary practice
questions at the end of each chapter of
the textbook (answers on SharePoint in
GCSE resources)
• Revise the questions in your topic tests
and pay particular attention to those you
got wrong the first time.
• Use
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
to find practice exam questions

31. RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY 1 hour 45 minutes
Topics
▪ Theme B: Religion and Life
▪ Theme D: Religion, Peace and Conflict
▪ Christian Beliefs and Teachings
▪ Buddhist Beliefs and Teachings
Suggestions
• Learn key terms
• Build up your subject knowledge
• Learn religious arguments and quotations –
be specific
• Refer to specific denominations where
possible
Develop your own opinions.
Ideas for revision
• Revise and learn notes in RP exercise
book and revision pack.
• Practise giving short explanations of key
words and phrases.
• Complete timed practice papers.
• Make revision cards for each topic.
• Learn key terms.
• Write a recipe for each type of question.
• Talk about it with your friends.