KS4: Supporting your child this summer Please find below a list of resources to help you support your child with their learning. Science Purchase the Edexcel GCSE Revision guide &workbook available for £6 from the department. Use GCSE Pod accessible through the VLE. https://www.gcsepod.com/ Access the online textbook using login provided – see Science teacher if you don’t have this. Revise Edexcel 9-1 Physics Equations. Access the Science VLE to use past papers/save my exams papers and revision resources. https://sites.google.com/view/kcs-science/home Mathematics Revise and Learn timetables up to 12x12. Learn all your Square numbers and their respective square root from 1x1….. to 20x20. Develop confidence working with Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion. Complete Mathswatch/ Summer intervention booklet (this booklet will be for year 10-11 pupils). https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/ Use the Mathswatch online tutor to support your work on the topics. Download and Print GCSE Maths 9-1 papers form https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/, complete them and self-assess your work using the solutions (also on Maths genie). Purchase GCSE 9-1 Target books. Two books covering all topics for £4. English Watch GCSE Pod videos about the GCSE texts (A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Macbeth).   Inspector calls https://members.gcsepod.com/shared/podcasts/title/10265 Macbeth https://members.gcsepod.com/shared/podcasts/title/11734 A Christmas Carol https://members.gcsepod.com/shared/podcasts/title/10255 Read recommended texts from the KS4 Reading List. This can be found on the VLE/English Department. https://sites.google.com/kingsfordschool.org.uk/english/reading-lists French / Spanish Purchase the GCSE Revision guide available for £2.50 from the department to practice Listening and Reading skills. Log on to www.quizlet.com to revise all the vocabulary for this year: search L_Springett for FRENCH and KPadwickGraham for SPANISH. Mandarin Make flashcards on the vocabulary of GCSE Vocabulary list (Adexcel) (NEW) on GoChinese Log on GoChinese to complete ‘GCSE Past Papers Edexcel’. http://eu.gochinese.net/goChinese/index.jsp Design & Technology Purchase revision guides – AQA – available from Mr.Kipps £4. Create flash cards for different materials/properties/tools. https://quizlet.com/204517821/how-to-use-quizlet-flash-cards/ Read the new specifications – WJEC – available on WJEC website or hard copy form class teacher. http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/design-and-technology/design-and-technology-gcse/ Look at WJEC sample exam paper – available from class teacher. http://www.wjec.co.uk/students/past-papers/ SAM learning. Art/Photography Take photographs of the theme outlined by your teacher 10/11 Continue portfolio work – artist research and development of themes. 10/11 Year 9 create a series of drawings from observation of natural forms Food Technology Purchase revision guides- AQA. Read the new specifications – AQA – available on AQA website or ask class teacher for a hard copy. Look at AQA sample exam paper – available on AQA website or ask class teacher for a hard copy. Use BBC Bitesize and SAM learning.

Child Development Purchase OCR revision guides . Read the new specifications – OCR -– available on OCR website or ask class teacher for a hard copy. Look at OCR sample exam paper – available on OCR website or ask class teacher for a hard copy. Year 9 – review topic content – In your workbook. Year 10 & 11 – developing coursework – using coursework guides and marking criteria. Use BBC Bitesize and SAM learning. Drama Watch live theatre performance (at theatre or using NT Live in cinemas). Complete practice questions in EDEXCEL GCSE Revision guide (available from school). Use BBC Bitesize. Re-read The Crucible (set text). Get Involved in summer school/Saturday drama classes. PE Log on to GCSE Pod. https://www.gcsepod.com/ Design sessions for PEP. Practice student’s 3 key sports. Revise using BBC Bitesize. https://www.bbc.com/education/subjects/znyb4wx Use Google Classroom. Purchase EDEXCEL revision guides. Music Practice instrument/singing. Purchase OCR GCSE revision guide. Attend live music performances (not Popular music! Orchestral concerts etc.) https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/free-uk-festivals/ ICT OCR Revise GCSE(9-1) Computer Science Revision Work Book. Revise OCR GCSE99-1) Computer Science Revision guide. Video Revision https://student.craigndave.org/gcse-videos Practice Sam learning Computing assessment exams that have been set up for student. https://www.samlearning.com/  Business Log on to your Google Classroom and read through the lessons available.  Use these to complete the Creative Imedia Theory workbook that you will be taking home this summer.  Watch this video on Pre-Production 3 Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ozu5H69J0I Practice questions from past papers from your Homework Booklet and compare your responses with the mark scheme included. (Year 10 – 11 only). Make flashcards on the vocabulary for iMedia theory using the Key Terms on your Google Classroom. https://quizlet.com/204517821/how-to-use-quizlet-flash-cards/