Sixth Form Curriculum

Introduction to Art & Design

Every two weeks teachers will:

• Deliver an art history lecture based on a movement, supported by visuals and films for students to deepen their knowledge over the two weeks.
• Introduce the theme of the brief and show how artists have responded to the theme in different disciplines and media.
• Tutor the students to offer advice and conversation to help them to develop their ideas, to motivate them to create experiments and work to create an outcome/s.
• Deliver a workshop demonstrating a new skill. Students should test this but this does not need to become a part of their response to the brief, samples may be included in their sketchbook or kept separately as appropriate to their chosen way of working.

Personal Investigation:

This is a practical investigation supported by written material. Students are required to conduct a practical investigation into an idea, issue, concept or theme, supported by written material. The focus of the investigation must be identified independently by the student and must lead to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes. The investigation should be a coherent, in-depth study that demonstrates the student’s ability to construct and develop a sustained line of reasoning from an initial starting point to a final realisation. The investigation must show clear development from initial intentions to the final outcome or outcomes. It must include evidence of the student’s ability to research and develop ideas and relate their work in meaningful ways to relevant critical/contextual materials. The investigation must be informed by an aspect of contemporary or past practice of artists, photographers, designers or craftspeople. The written material must confirm understanding of creative decisions, providing evidence of all four assessment objectives.

Carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

Cell structure microscopes, cell division.

Enzymes, nucleic acids.

Cell membrane structure and transport.

Protein synthesis, immunity.

Digestion and absorption.

Gas exchange and mass transport in plants.

Diversity, adaptation and classification.

Gas exchange and mass transport in animals.

Populations in ecosystems.

Nutrient cycles and energy transfers.

Populations in ecosystems and fieldwork.

Energy transfers and photosynthesis.

Unit 1 - Business background, types, stakeholders.

Unit 3 - Part A. Importance of Personal Finance.

Unit 1 - External Environment + Project Aim A.

Unit 3 - Part B. Exploring Personal Finance.

Unit 1 - Market factors + Project Aim B.

Unit 3 - Part C. Purpose of Accounting & Part D. Sources of Finance.

Unit 1 - Strategy and International + Project Aim C.

Unit 3 - Part E. Break Even and Cash Flow.

Unit 1 - Research and Innovation + Project Aim D.

Unit 3 - Part F. Accounts + Exam Prep + Exam.

Project Aim E + Project Submission.

Unit 22 - Market Research key theories.

Atomic structure.

Bonding.

Periodicity.

Amount of substance.

Practical introduction.

Introduction to organic chemistry.

Amount of substance.

Energetics.

Alkanes.

Alkenes.

Kinetics.

Redox.

Group 2 & 7.

Haloalkanes.

Equilibria.

Kc.

Alcohols.

Organic analysis.

Rate equations.

Kp.

Aromatic chemistry.

Unit 2 Data Representation.

Unit 2 Fundamentals of Computer Systems.

Programming.

Fundamentals of Computer Organisations and Architecture.

Computational Thinking. Programming.

Communication Technologies and consequences.

Operating Systems and Characteristics.

Programming.

Paper 1 Preparation for Practical examination.

Database Development and SQL.

Laws and Ethics.

OOP.

Project ideas NEA.

Exams and feedback.

Project work NEA.

Analysis and prototype.

Component 1 - theory topics:

1 - Materials.

2 - Characteristics of materials.

5 - Factors influencing the development of products.

6 - Effects of technological development.

Workshop skills covering design and making principles.

Component 2 - Mock NEA.

Component 1 - theory topics:

1 - Materials.

2 - Characteristics of materials.

5 - Factors influencing the development of products.

6 - Effects of technological development.

Component 2 - Mock NEA.

Component 1 - theory topics:

3 - Processes, techniques and specialist tools.

4 - Digital technologies.

7 - Safe working practices, potential hazards and risk assessments.

8 - Features of manufacturing industries.

Component 2 - Mock NEA.

Component 1 - theory topics:

3 - Processes, techniques and specialist tools.

4 - Digital technologies.

7 - Safe working practices, potential hazards and risk assessments.

8 - Features of manufacturing industries.

Component 2- NEA:

Grid 1 - Context analysis.

Grid 2 - Investigation and analysis of research.

Component 2 - NEA:

Grid 3 - Product specification.

Grid 4 - Design ideas.

Unit 1 - Economic methodology, Markets and prices.

Unit 2 - Macroeconomic performance, How the macroeconomy works (aggregate demand).

Unit 1 - Prices and markets, Production and costs.

Unit 2 - How the macroeconomy works (aggregate supply), Economic indicators (growth and cycle).

Unit 1 - Market structures.

Unit 2 - Economic indicators (unemployment, inflation).

Unit 1 - Market failure and intervention (wealth, externalities).

Unit 2 - Macroeconomic policy (monetary policy).

Unit 1 - Government failure and intervention.

Unit 2 - Macroeconomic policy (fiscal and supply side policy).

Unit 1 - Individual economic decision making.

Unit 2 - Measurement of macroeconomic performance.

Introduction to Language Levels - Framework bridging unit.

Lexis & Semantics/ Pragmatics/Grammar/ Phonology/Discourse/Graphology.

Introduction to Language Levels - Framework bridging unit.

Lexis & Semantics/ Pragmatics/Grammar/ Phonology/Discourse/Graphology.

Paper 2 Q1 - Language and Regional Variation.

Paper 2 Q1 - Language and Social Groups.

Paper 1 Q1/2/3 - Meaning and Representations. Power and Technology.

Paper 2 Q1 - Language and Gender.

Paper 2 Q1 - Language and Occupation.

Paper 1 Q1/2/3 - Meaning and Representations. Power and Technology.

Paper 2 Q1 - Global English.

Paper 2 Q1 - Language Change.

Paper 2 Q3 - Comparative analysis.

Paper 2 Q4 - Editorial Writing.

Paper 2 Q3 - Comparative analysis.

Paper 2 Q4 - Editorial Writing.

NEA Investigation.

NEA Original Writing.

Component 1: Drama/Section B:The Importance of Being Earnest.

Component 2: Prose The Handmaid’s Tale.

Component 3: Poetry/Section A:Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002 – 2011.

Component 1: Drama/Section B:The Importance of Being Earnest.

Component 2: Prose The Handmaid’s Tale.

Component 3: Poetry/Section A Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002 – 2011.

Component 1: Drama/Section B:The Importance of Being Earnest.

Component 2: Prose Frankenstein.

Component 3: Poetry/Section A:Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002 – 2011.

Component 1: Drama/Section B:The Importance of Being Earnest.

Component 2: Prose Frankenstein.

Coursework (20%): One extended comparative essay 2500 – 3000 words The Great Gatsby.

Component 2: Prose Frankenstein/The Handmaid’s Tale.

Component 3: Poetry/Section A: Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002 – 2011.

Coursework (20%): One extended comparative essay 2500 – 3000 words The Great Gatsby.

Component 2: Prose Frankenstein/The Handmaid’s Tale (open book).

Component 3: Poetry/Section A: Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002 – 2011.

Coursework (20%): One extended comparative essay 2500 – 3000 words The Great Gatsby

Planning.

The changing nature of family.

The cyber-society.

The changing nature of family.

The cyber-society.

The place of volunteer work.

A culture proud of its heritage.

The place of volunteer work.

A culture proud of its heritage.

Contemporary Francophone music.

Cinema: the 7th art form.

Contemporary Francophone music.

Cinema: the 7th art form.

Positive features of a diverse society.

Introduction to IRP.

What life for the marginalised.

Change Spaces: Making Places.

Glacial Landscapes.

Change Spaces: Making Places.

Glacial Landscapes.

Change Spaces: Making Places.

Human Fieldwork.

Glacial Landscapes.

NEA.

Powers and Borders. ELSS.

Physical Fieldwork.

NEA.

Trade in the Contemporary World.

ELSS.

NEA.

Trade in the Contemporary World.

ELSS.

NEA.

Unit 1: Building Positive relationships.

Unit 13: Sexual Health, reproduction and early years development.

Unit 1: Building Positive relationships.

Unit 13: Sexual Health, reproduction and early years development.

Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care.

Unit 3: Health, safety and security in health and social care.

Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care.

Unit 3: Health, safety and security in health and social care.

Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care.

Unit 3: Health, safety and security in health and social care.

Paper 1: In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96.

Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’.

Paper 1: USA (cont).

Paper 3: Poverty, Public Health and the State.

Algebra and functions.

Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane.

Further algebra.

Differentiation.

Trigonometry.

Integration.

Vectors (2D).

Exponentials & logarithms.

Exponentials & logarithms continued.

Proof.

Algebraic and partial fractions.

Functions and modelling.

Series and sequences.

The binomial theorem.

Trigonometry.

Trigonometry continued.

Parametric equations.

Differentiation.

Numerical methods.

Integration part 1.

Integration part 2.

Vectors (3D).

Complex Numbers.

Series.

Matrices.

Roots of polynomials.

Quantities and units in mechanics.

Statistical sampling.

Kinematics 1.

Algorithms.

Kinematics 2.

Data presentation and interpretation.

Forces & Newton’s Laws 1.

Forces & Newton’s Laws 2.

Introduction to graph theory.

Algorithms on maths.

Data presentation and interpretation 2.

Probability Algorithms on graphs.

Route Inspection.

Statistical distributions.

Statistical hypothesis testing Travelling salesman.

Linear programming.

Kinematics 3.

Critical path analysis.

Regression and correlation.

Simplex algorithm.

Algebra and Functions continued.

Coordinate Geometry in the x, y plane.

Further Algebra.

Differentiation.

Trigonometry.

Trigonometry continued.

Integration.

Vectors (2D).

Exponentials and Logarithms.

Proof.

Algebraic and Partial Fractions.

Quantities and Units in Mechanics.

Statistical Sampling 1.

Kinematics 1.

Kinematics 2.

Data Presentation and Interpretation.

Forces & Newton’s Laws 1.

Forces & Newton’s Laws 2.

Data Presentation and Interpretation 2.

Probability.

Statistical Distributions.

Statistical Hypothesis Testing.

Unit 3 - Research methods (methods, ethics, T test, Chi squared, Spearman's rank).

Unit 1 - Biological molecules and organelles.

Unit 3 - Research methods and coursework.

Unit 1 - Human physiological systems.

Unit 2- Physiological measurement techniques.

Unit 1- DNA and RNA. Unit 2-

Coursework write up.

Unit5 - Clinical laboratory techniques (Chromatography, RIA, ELISA).

Unit 4 - Medicines and treatment of disease intro (Adherence, Administration).

1 - Skeletal System & Muscular Systems.

2.1 Skill Acquisition.

Classification of skills.

Stages of Learner.

Types and Methods of practice within the learning of skills.

Introducing Guidance methods.

3.1 - Global Sporting events: Modern Olympic Games.

EAPI (06) - Skill strengths and weaknesses.

1 - Cardiovascular System & Respiratory System.

2.1 Skill Acquisition.

Guidance - types and uses Transfer of skills - inc link to reinforcement. Feedback Types.

Principles and Theories of Learning movement skills: Operant conditioning.

Cognitive Theory of Learning.

Bandura’s Social Learning Theory..

3.1 - Hosting global Sporting events. Emergence and evolution of modern sport: pre-industrial Britain.

EAPI (06) - Skill strengths and weaknesses.

1 - Diet and Nutrition.

2.2 Sports Psychology.

Individual Differences (2.2) - motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic.

Individual Differences (2.2) - Arousal inc drive theory, inverted U theory and Catastrophe theory.

Individual differences - anxiety introduction.

3.1 - Emergence and evolution of modern sport: post 1850s industrial Britain and 20th century.

EAPI (06) - Tactical strengths and weaknesses

1 - Aerobic Capacity & Strength Training.

2.2 Sports Psychology.

Individual differences - anxiety - zone of optimal functioning.

Individual Differences (2.2) – personality: trait, social learning theory and interactionist theory.

Individual Differences (2.2) – Attitudes - components and factors that affect attitude - persuasive communication and cognitive dissonance.

3.1 - Emergence and evolution of modern sport: 20th and 21st century Britain.

EAPI (06) - Fitness strengths and weaknesses.

1 - Flexibility Training, Impact of Training on Lifestyle & Diseases.

2.2 Sports Psychology.

Individual Differences - Aggression; definitions, theories of aggression instinct, social learning, frustration-aggression hypothesis, aggressive cue hypothesis.

Exam preparation - Year 12 exams.

Individual Differences (2.2) – Social Facilitation; definition of social facilitation and social inhibition.

3.1 - Emergence and evolution of modern sport: Conclusion of 21st century Britain.

3.2 - Ethics and deviance in sport: drugs and doping in sport.

Year 12 exams.

EAPI (06) Development plan.

1 - Biomechanical Principles.

Skill Acquisition.

Memory Models - Atkinson and Shiffren’s multi store memory model – use of selective attention.

Memory - Craik and Lockhart Levels of processing model.
Group and team dynamics.

2.2 Goal setting in sports performance.

3.2 Ethics and deviance: Drug and doping in sport.

EAPI (06) Development plan.

Working scientifically.

Particle physics.

Quantum phenomena, materials.

Electricity.

Mechanics.

Electricity.

Mechanics.

Waves.

Mechanics.

Waves.

Further mechanics.

Circular motion.

Introduction to Psychology. Research Methods.

Approaches in Psychology. Attachment.

Research Methods.

Biopsychology.

Attachment.

Psychopathology (intro).

Research Methods.

Psychopathology.

Attachment.

Research Methods.

Social Influence.

Attachment.

Research Methods.

Social Influence.

Memory.

Research Methods.

Memory.

Approaches to Acting - four major acting systems.

Dance Techniques - perform seen/ unseen sequence demonstrating technique.

Solo Music Performance - action planning; create set list and rehearsal schedule.

Approaches to Acting - essay on four major acting systems.

Dance Techniques - compose own dance routine.

Solo Music Performance - revisit action planning; set list and rehearsal schedule.

Approaches to Acting - act a scene.

Dance Techniques - rehearse own dance routine.

Solo Music Performance - prepare set.

Approaches to Acting - evaluate performance.

Dance Techniques - perform own dance routine.

Solo Music Performance - perform set, review and evaluate performance.

Cyberspace - Discuss the positive and/or negative influence of the internet.

Traditional and modern values - Describe the various types of 21st century Spanish family and how these differ from the family model of the past.

The influence of idols - Discuss the positive and/or negative influence singers and musicians have on people.

Sexual equality - Discuss women in the world of work. Study the role of women at home. Discuss male chauvinism. Look at the role of feminism.

Cultural Heritage - Understand civilisations that contributed to the cultural heritage of Spain.

Regional identity in Spain - Describe and discuss Spanish customs and traditions

YEAR 12 EXAM plus post exam analysis

Racism - Describe and discuss racist and xenophobic attitudes in the Spanish-speaking world.

Monarchs and dictators - Describe and discuss the changes from monarchy and republic to dictatorship.

Finish off work on racism.

Young people and their attitude towards politics - Discuss the importance of politics in young people’s lives and understand why their attitudes are changing.

Cultural topic - Como Agua para chocolate.