Welcome to in centre learning

This will ensure that students can read fluently and write effectively. Students will be able to demonstrate a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, deploying figurative language and analysing texts.

For GCSE English Language students should:
• Read fluently, and with good understanding, a wide range of texts from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, including literature and literary non-fiction as well as other writing such as reviews and journalism
• Read and evaluate texts critically and make comparisons between texts
• Summarise and synthesise information or ideas from texts
• Use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing
• Write effectively and coherently using Standard English appropriately
• Use grammar correctly and punctuate and spell accurately
• Acquire and apply a wide vocabulary, alongside a knowledge and understanding of grammatical terminology, and linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
• Listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken Standard English effectively.

The subject content of maths will prepare students for GCSE Maths. At KS2 and KS3 students will learn the foundation of knowledge that they will need to excel at GCSE

The broad topics are below:
• Number
• Algebra
• Ratio, proportion and rates of change
• Geometry and measures
• Probability
• Statistics

Science is a set of ideas about the material world. GCSE Science covers everything from: investigating, observing, experimenting or testing out ideas and thinking about them. The way scientific ideas flow through the GCSE specification will support students in building a deep understanding of science. This will involve talking about, reading, and writing about science plus the actual doing, as well as representing science in its many forms both mathematically and visually through models.

The broad topics are below:
• Building blocks
• Transport over larger distances
• Interactions with the environment
• Explaining change
• Building blocks for understanding
• Interactions over small and large distances
• Movement and interactions
• Guiding Spaceship Earth towards a sustainable future
• Key ideas

Component 01: Computer systems

Introduces students to the central processing unit (CPU), computer memory and storage, wired and wireless networks, network topologies, system security and system software. It also looks at ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns associated with computer science.

Component 02: Computational thinking, algorithms and programming

Students apply knowledge and understanding gained in component 01. They develop skills and understanding in computational thinking: algorithms, programming techniques, producing robust programs, computational logic, translators and data representation. The skills and knowledge developed within this component will support the learner when completing the Programming Project.

These test your child’s skills in:
• English reading
• English grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Maths