Success is the detail!
Year 11 are gradually making the long journey to their GCSE results. Here is a breakdown of what the journey entails at each step!
Coping with exam stress
With mock exam season just around the corner, we urge all parents and carers to familiarise themselves with the guide below on how to cope with exam stress and support your children in this
Year 11 Letters and Announcements
Below, you can find all year 11 letters and announcements for this academic year. Use the arrows to scroll through the posts ordered by date.
Year 11 Citizenship
To Parents/Carers, I am pleased to extend an exciting opportunity for our Year 11 Citizenship [...]
Nov
The Dog Mentor
Dear Parents/Carers, We are pleased to announce that The Dog Mentor programme will be commencing [...]
Nov
Year 11 Mock Results Afternoon
Dear Parents/Carers I am writing to remind you of our upcoming Mock Exam Results Afternoon, [...]
Nov
Parent Voice Forum Module 2
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope this message finds you well. After a successful Parent [...]
Nov
Renaming of Strood Academy
Dear Parents and Carers RE: renaming of Strood Academy to Leigh Academy Strood from 1st [...]
Nov
Scholastic Book Fair
Dear Parents and Guardians, We are thrilled to announce that Strood Academy will be hosting [...]
Nov
Important Uniform Reminders
Dear Parents and Carers, Following our recent letter to you on October 18th, there have [...]
Nov
Personal Development
Dear Parents/Carers November 2024 In our ongoing commitment to safeguarding all students at Strood Academy, [...]
Nov
Uniform Reminder
Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you for your support during this module. As we approach [...]
Oct
Year 11 Reports
Dear Parents/Carers Today a report on your child’s progress for this academic year has been [...]
Oct
Year 11 October Half Term Interventions
Dear Parents/Carers, We hope this letter finds you well. With the half-term break just around [...]
Year 11 November Mock Exams
Dear Parents/Carers, I hope this letter finds you well. We are fast approaching the first [...]
Oct
Invitation to Join the Gospel Choir
Dear Parents/Carers Subject: Invitation to Join the Gospel Choir We are excited to invite your [...]
Sep
Whole School Attendance
Dear Parents/Carers, As you will be aware, we maintain unapologetically high expectations and this includes [...]
Sep
Year 11 Expectations Evening
Dear Parents/Carers, I hope this letter finds you well. On behalf of the school, I [...]
Sep
Year 11 Theatre Trip – Macbeth
Dear Parents/Carers We are excited to be able to offer 30 year 11 students the [...]
Sep
Year 11 Expectations Evening
Dear Parents/Carers, RE: Year 11 Expectations evening – Tuesday 17th September 2024 (18:00 – 19:00) [...]
Sep
Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Dear Parents/Carers Year 11 Parents’ Evening Thursday 10th October 2024 – Face to Face Appointment [...]
Sep
Year 11 Intervention Sessions
Dear Parent / Carer, We are pleased to invite your child to after-school intervention [...]
Sep
Year 11 Press Release
Dear Parents and Carers, I write to share with you the exceptional achievements of Year [...]
Aug
E-Scooter letter from Medway Council
Dear Headteacher We write to draw your attention to the matter of electric scooters (e-scooters). [...]
Jun
May Half Term Interventions
Dear Year 11 Parents and Carers, I am writing to you with exciting news about [...]
Jun
Induction Days
Dear Parent/Carer, RE: 6th Form Induction Days As part of the induction to Strood Academy’s [...]
Jun
Revision Materials
Subject
Revision Resources
Any Instructions
3D Design
Complete outcomes for the designers within the exam booklet
Catering
- AO1 to 4 Booklet
Please continue with your revision using the classroom and this booklet as a guide. Ensure you are practising your practice exam questions and mind map.
Fine Art
- Exam Art Themes
Complete outcomes for the artists within the exam booklet
Photography
- Exam Photography Themes
Complete outcomes for the photographers within the exam booklet
Combined Science
If you are not already signed up to the Seneca classroom use the following codes:
- Higher: bq6kplncig
- Foundation: 18s93nefq4
All revision topics have been assigned across all 3 disciplines for you to select your key areas to revise ahead of your mocks
Enterprise and Marketing
Complete the LAA Worksheet which further supports the work that we have been completing in lessons. You also have a printed copy that has been issued to you in lessons.
The beebusinessbee video resources are also provided for you to watch. Focus on the Learning Aim A 1, 2 and 3 Videos on Promotion, Segmentation and Factors Influencing Choice.
Computer Science
- Craig n Dave Videos
- Mr Brown CS – Paper 1 Videos
- Mr Brown CS – Paper 2 Videos
- Paper 1 Past Papers
- Paper 2 Past Papers
- Revision Guides Purchased
Craig n Dave videos follow the order of the specification.
Complete one paper 1 and one paper 2 papers from the attached website, using mark scheme to self-mark
Those who purchased the revision guides – please work through the guide and practise the questions for each topic.
DIT
Watch the attached videos and cover the revision guide – answering the questions at the end of each page / section. Complete the attached past paper and mark your paper using the attached mark scheme.
Media Studies
Attached is a Component 1 Revision booklet. You will be doing this paper for your mocks. Read the analysis of the set texts and make revision cards and then answer the questions.
I have also attached some videos for you to watch and make revision cards on.
Financial Studies
Analyse and read the case study prior to completing the exam paper.
Using the case study, complete the attached exam paper and mark using the attached mark scheme.
Citizenship
- Personalised learning checklist (PLC)
- Workbook tasks – handed out in lesson
I contacted home recently regarding purchasing a revision guide and workbook. This would be really useful. I have ordered my own version of these and will be photocopying some pages of the workbook for you to take home if you cannot purchase one.
A copy of the PLC for each of you is on the google classroom for you to update whilst you revise. Use this with the revision guide and workbook to update if your knowledge is not secure, emerging or secure on the PLC and then you will know which gaps in knowledge you need to fill. Use the exam papers also and the mark scheme to update the PLC and email me if you need any support in completing the gaps.
Have a good half term!
Mrs West
English Literature
- Read through the thematic revision and make notes for each theme in the table.
- Challenge yourself: Add quotations to support your understanding of each theme.
- Choose an exam question for ‘Macbeth’ and one for ‘A Christmas Carol’ and plan a response for each.
English Language
Use the resources to revise over Language paper 2 Q5 which is 50% of the marks available for this paper:
Recap the skills you need to be successful through the tasks and explore the genre of articles and create a success criteria to show you understand how to succeed in this question!
Health & Social Care
Using research, complete the table to explore examples of healthcare and social care settings. The NHS website will be a useful resource for this task!
Drama
Read through all of the sections and complete all the tasks on pages 36,37 and 38. Once completed, respond to the following exam question.
You are designing a set for the start of Act Two in ‘Blood Brothers’ The set must reflect a working-class community in the 1980’s. Describe your design ideas for the setting. (4 Marks)
Create a character revision sheet for each of the characters in Blood Brothers. Use the link to BBC bitesize, and your copies of the play to help you.
Geography
The two links are for knowledge organisers for papers 2 and 3. All that you need to know are in these.
Please read through and in particular link to our visit to Reculver and Herne Bay. The fieldwork element. What did we set out to prove/discuss? How did our findings help? Lastly (in a perfect world) what would we do to improve our findings, both before and during the visit.
Health & Fitness
Give yourself an allocated amount of time to read through the knowledge organiser. Cover the knowledge organiser and on a separate piece of paper write down all you can about that topic.
Add any content you did not include or remember in a different colour so that this focuses your revision.
Spanish
- Complete all topic entries of the 3 GCSE themes. Ensure they are all with CORNTARTS and TOYS R KEYS.
- Check that you have used varied vocabulary from the AQA specification booklet.
- Learn those entries by heart – you can make flashcards, remove every other words from each sentence, write each tense in a different colour, do a mind map for each topic, etc
- Finally review all knowledge with varied tasks on Language Gym and Languagenut, focus in particular on skills or vocabulary that you are yet to fully master.
- Complete all review and practise tasks in your AQA Collins revision guides. These are labelled green and blue in the content pages.
History
- Use the revision questions to create revision cards
- Make sure you are up to date on the ‘100 days of Revision’
- Complete the exam questions and use revision material to support with structure and content
- Swap between the topics
Mathematics