Year 7 exams
Week of June 1st – June 5th 2015
A timetable will be sent home with final information nearer to the examinations.
Please note some examinations will take place in the Hall and some in classrooms
Students will need to bring the following equipment in a clear pencil case/plastic bag for all examinations
- Black pens
- Pencils
- Eraser
- Ruler
- Calculator
- Protractor
- Compasses
Art
Observational drawing of a tie or shoe on A3 completed in class
Suggested revision resources
Practice observational drawing at home, use tone, texture and detail
English
1 x 1 hr written paper, mixture of essay and short answer questions
Topics to be tested
Reading skills reading for meaning / inference and deduction / language analysis
Writing skills creative / descriptive
Suggested revision resources
Read a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction texts
CGP ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’ workbook and revision guide (available through the College office)
Geography
1 x 1hr written paper, short answer questions
Topics to be tested
- Geographical skills – grid referencing, symbols, compass directions, scale
- Fantastic places – Svalbard, deserts,
- Africa
- Weather – weather and climate, tornadoes, hurricanes
- Biomes/ the tropical rainforest
Suggested revision resources
BBC Bitesize
Discovergeography.com
Exercise books
Revision lists will be provided by your teacher
History
1 x 1 hr written paper to include mixed essay short answer questions with Primary sources and Timeline/chronology questions
Topics to be tested
- Feudal System
- Religious Beliefs
- Monks and Nuns
- Wars of the Cross
- Crusades
Suggested revision resources
BBC History Website for KS3
Exercise books
Revision notes from revision lessons
Fact sheets
ICT
An interactive on-line assessment will be completed during an ICT lesson
Topics to be tested
- Knowledge of basic programming including algorithms and flow charts
- ICT skills such as E-safety
- Modelling with spreadsheets
- Information Handling
Suggested revision resources
Practice skills and knowledge acquired throughout the year
Maths
1 x 1 hr paper Non calculator short answer questions
1 x 1 hr paper Calculator short answer questions
Topics to be tested (please note this is an indicative list only)
- Interpret charts and diagrams
- Calculate the median of a set of data
- Find the range of a small set of data
- Add pairs of two-digit numbers
- Add & subtract upto 100
- Multiply and divide integers by 10 and 100 and 1000
- Calculate a temperature rise across 0°C
- Find outputs of simple functions in words and symbols
- Recognise and use multiples and factors
- Identify numbers that have exactly 2 factors
- Extend written methods to HTU×U
- Extend written methods to HTU÷U
- Understand multiplication as it applies to whole numbers and know how to use
- Read and interpret scales involving decimals
- Consolidate and extend methods of calculation to include decimals
- Read x- and y-coordinates in all four quadrants
- Convert a larger whole number metric unit to a smaller unit, e.g. 3 kilograms to 3000 grams
- Find missing angles round a point
- Find missing angles on a straight line
- Calculate perimeters of rectangles
- Interpret real life graphs
- Calculate the perimeter of shapes made from rectangles
- Use fraction notation to describe parts of shapes
- Recognise the equivalence of fractions decimals and percentage
- Know and understand the word congruent
- Use standard column procedures to add and subtract decimals with up to two places
- Recognise and visualise reflection in a mirror line
- Understand that area is measured in square centimetres
- Convert a larger whole number metric unit to a smaller unit, e.g. 3 kilograms to 3000 grams
- Convert a smaller whole number metric unit to a larger unit, e.g. 3000 grams to 3 kilograms
- Substitute integers into simple formulae expressed in letter symbols
- Divide a quantity into two parts in a given ratio where ratio is given in worded form
Suggested revision resources
Mymaths
BBC Bitesize
Manga High
KS3 revision guides (available from the College office £4)
MFL
1 x 40 min reading paper
1 x 40 min writing paper
Mixed essay/short answer questions and multiple choice section
Topics to be tested
Yr 7 Spanish – Places around town and School
Yr 7 French – Places around town and opinions / frequency
Suggested revision resources
Relevant chapters in textbooks
Notes in exercise book
– for vocabulary revision and practice
Music
Continual assessment in lesson time in the Summer term
Topics to be tested
- Composing
- Performing
- Listening
RE
1 x 1 hr written paper essay questions
Topics to be tested
The question for end of year test will be based on 7.3 ‘The Saviour’.
You will need to revise and know the answers to the following questions:
- What are the beatitudes?
- Why are the beatitudes important for Catholics?
- What does the word compassion mean?
- What examples do we have of Jesus showing compassion?
- What does it mean to ‘love your enemies’?
- What does ‘blessed are the peacemakers’ mean?
- What does ‘turn the other cheek’ mean?
- What does ‘judge not and you shall not be judged’ mean?
- What does it mean to ‘do good to those who hate you’?
- What does it mean to ‘love God with all your heart’?
- Why should Christians follow the teachings of Jesus?
- How have people been inspired by the teachings of Jesus?
Suggested revision resources
Revision to be provided by the class teacher
Science
1 x 1hr written paper with mixed essay/short answer questions including one 6 mark question
Topics to be tested
- Safety and investigative skills
- Mixtures and separation
- Cells, tissues, organs and systems
- Sexual reproduction in animals
- Electricity
- Particle model
Suggested revision resources
CGP KS3 revision guide and workbook
BBC Bitesize KS3 Science website
KS3 Doc brown Science website (practice questions)