Biology (GCSE)
Subject Vision
St George's is a caring and inclusive school that enables every individual to flourish spiritually, morally and academically for the rest of their lives. We aim to be a lighthouse for our local community by being a beacon of God’s love. We provide a progressive curriculum that is adventurous and challenging, leading to resilience, curiosity and independence. We aim to inspire all within our community to develop their God given potential for the benefit of others.
"For the body does not consist of one member but of many"
1 Corinthians 12:14
SCIENCE CURRICULUM VISION
Challenge:
Pupils are pushed to maximise their own individual potential in science. The subject curriculum offers many opportunities for pupils to engage with complex theories and abstract ideas that will stretch their knowledge and deepen their understanding beyond the limits of what they once believed they were once capable. Pupils will learn the skills that will help them cope with future challenges they may face in the real world after their school life.
Resilience:
In science, pupils are taught logical approaches to deal with challenging and varied problems. Through experiences with these types of contexts and working through their reasoning, pupils will build upon their confidence, becoming resilient learners and workers.
Community:
There are ample opportunities for pupils to make connections and build friendships with their peers in science when they participate in paired and grouped practical experiments and investigations. Team work and communication are some of the most important skills pupils will learn and these are also essential skills to prepare pupils for the working world when they leave school.
Adventure:
Science is an incredibly exciting subject! From learning about how the body works, to astronomy and outer space, to explosions and other chemical reactions. Science is certain to instil in pupils, excitement, passion and enthusiasm about the world around them!
Independent:
The world of science has limitless potential of discoveries to be made in the future. Within the science curriculum, pupils are faced with unusual contexts and questions and they are challenged to put forward their individual ideas in order to solve the problem or devise an experiment to test a hypothesis.
Curiosity:
In science we aim to help pupils develop a sense of awe and wonder about the world around them, ensuring their curiosity prepares them for jobs that don’t even exist yet!
Staff
Homework
Pupils in year 9-11 will be given weekly homework tasks, set on a Friday and due on a Thursday, to complete for each topic covered.
Tasks will mainly be set online at Educake for students | Educake - Online Formative Assessment for Homework and Classwork
Pupils are provided with a user name and their password can be reset by their class teacher.
Our Learning Journey
Year 9, 10 and 11 will be doing one GCSE science per year. GCSE exams are taken at the end of each year
Each science subject has 2 papers, each 1 hour 45 mins in length. There is no coursework in any Science GCSE.
Biology Knowledge Organisers
GCSE Revision Information - KS4
| General Information (Useful Information for Parents) |
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| Students will study Biology GCSE for 1 year and take 2 exams, (Paper 1 and Paper 2), at the end of that year. This may be in year 9, 10 or 11. A link to the Specification for the GCSE is below which gives details of the whole course and its content – Click Here
A great website for revision is COGNITO |
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| Topic 1 - Key Concepts in Biology | Topic 1 - Key Concepts in Biology Topic 6 - Plant structures and their functions Topic 7 - Control and homeostasis | ||||||||||
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| Pearson website past papers - Click Here SharePoint link to practice papers and mark schemes – Click Here | |||||||||||
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| SharePoint link to Biology revision – Click Here All students have access to teams where a lot of revision resources are available and updated regularly. Logging into SharePoint Pupils must log in with their username as their usual computer login followed by @st-georgescofe-thanet.kent.sch.uk (e.g. JSmith123@st-georgescofe-thanet.kent.sch.uk) and their usual password they use to log on to school laptops | |||||||||||
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| Educake Homework/Revision | Website – Click Here | Tasks will be set by the class teacher for homework but student can also set themselves questions for revision. |
| BBC Bitesize Biology | Biology Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Whole course – Click Here | Useful revision pages with exercises, quizzes and more covering each topic |
| Suggested revision timetable | Optional revision tasks 2021-2022 – Click Here | The document includes links to BBC Bitesize and has suggested revision tasks use the power point ‘How can you revise properly’ to help. |
| How can you revise properly | Power point – Click Here | Power point with ideas and instructions on how to revise and perform different tasks. This is suitable for all subjects. |
| Free Revision guide | Revision Guide with Video links, Hints, Tips and Revision Plans – Click Here | Free revision guide from Primrose Kitten The guide includes all three GCSE subjects – use the sections you need. (Please ignore the exam dates as they change each year) |
| Youtube Channel - Primrose Kitten | Paper 1 - here Paper 2 - here Other resources | Primrose Kitten has a very useful you tube channel, click on other resources to find plenty more videos for each topic and more. Also see the free revision guide. |
| Revision Power points | Revision Power points – Click Here | On SharePoint – Includes Pixl Know it PPTs and more |
| Biology and Maths Tutor Revision website | Biology revision | Edexcel GCSE Biology revision split into paper 1 and 2. It includes notes, flashcards and questions |
Job Opportunities / Careers
IOP (Institute of physics) – Click Here
Royal Society of Biology – Click Here
Royal society of Chemistry – Click Here
National careers website – Click Here
Science Jobs on Share Point – Click Here
