
NPCAT ASPIRE
“True education enables us to love life and opens us to the fullness of life.”
( Pope Francis 2014)
At Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, we set high expectations to ensure that every pupil excels across all aspects of school life. Our intention is to ensure pupils make excellent progress by removing any potential barriers to learning. Our aim is to ensure that all pupils across our secondary schools leave with knowledge and skills which will not only create excellent life opportunities, but will also prepare them exceptionally well for life beyond school.
As part of our drive to raise pupil engagement and improve pupil progress and achievement ahead of the summer GCSE examinations, we are launching a series of pre- recorded masterclasses and resources in various subjects to support pupils with their preparation and revision. These sessions will complement the work and revision provided by your child’s own school. The pre-recorded revision sessions will be delivered by our expert teachers from across the Trust. The sessions will be linked explicitly to the GCSE specifications and focus on the knowledge, content and skills that pupils will require for the examinations. There will be a focus on revision of specific topic areas , covering the different papers for each subject. Although these sessions are pre- recorded so that pupils can watch them at any time to suit their own revision, in order to help pupils organise their time, workload and revision in the approach to the examinations we have suggested appropriate times to access each masterclass. A suggested timetable can be found for each subject below.
Week commencing | Maths | |||||||
Week 4
w/c 15th April |
Foundation: All about data | Higher: All about data | ||||||
Week 5
w/c 22nd April |
Foundation: All about ratio | Higher: All about ratio | ||||||
Week 6
w/c 29th April |
Percentages | Percentages | ||||||
Week 7
w/c 6th May |
Area and volume | |||||||
Week 8
w/c 13th May |
Foundation: Calculator tips and tricks | Higher: Calculator tips and tricks | ||||||
Week 9
w/c 20th May |
Non-calculator Number skills
Transformations, elevations, bearings, constructions and loci |
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Week 10
w/c 27th May |
Live online session – Paper 2 | |||||||
Paper 3 preparation | Unseen topics: Percentages
Unseen topics: Foundation trigonometry Unseen topics : Higher trigonometry Unseen topics: Foundation data and statistics Unseen topics: Higher data and statistics |
Week commencing | Science | External resources | |||||||
Week 4
w/c 15th April |
Paper 1 Biology – Microscopy %
Paper 1 Biology – Mitosis and the cell cycle |
Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells | |||||||
Week 5
w/c 22nd April |
Paper 1 – Biology – Infection and response (full topic review) | Health and Disease | |||||||
Week 6
w/c 29th April |
Paper 1 Chemistry – Atomic Structure and the Periodic table | Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table | |||||||
Week 7
w/c 6th May |
Paper 1 Chemistry – Bonding and Allotropes of Carbon | Chemistry of Carbon | |||||||
Week 8
w/c 13th May |
Paper 1 Physics – Transformers and the National Grid | Energy of moving objects | |||||||
Week 9
w/c 20th May |
Paper 1 Physics – Particle Model (Full Topic Review) | ||||||||
Week 10
w/c 27th May |
Biology Paper 2 – Homeostasis (Full topic Review) | DNA and the genome | |||||||
Week 11
w/c 3rd June |
Biology Paper 2 – Ecology (Full Topic Review) | ||||||||
Week 12
w/c 10th June |
Physics Paper 2 – Magnetism (Full Topic Review) | Measuring waves |
Week commencing | RE | |||||||
Week 4
w/c 15th April |
Component 3 – Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings – Nature of God | |||||||
Week 5
w/c 22nd April |
Component 3 – Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings – Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants
Component 3 – Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings – Pikuach Nefesh |
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Week 6
w/c 29th April |
Component 3 – Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings – The Afterlife
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices -Orthodox and Reform Synagogue services |
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Week 7
w/c 6th May |
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices – Worship in the home | |||||||
Week 8
w/c 13th May |
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices – Brit Milah, Bar and Bat Mitzvah | |||||||
Week 9
w/c 20th May |
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices – The Tanakh and the Talmud: Keeping Kosher
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur |
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Week 10
w/c 27th May |
Component 3 – Judaism: Practices – Pesach and Sukkot |
Week commencing | French | |||||||
Week 4
w/c 15th April |
Paper 1 Speaking: The Role Play card – How to prepare and respond (Foundation)
Paper 1 Speaking: The Role Play card – How to prepare and respond (Higher) |
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Week 5
w/c 22nd April |
Paper 1 Speaking: The Photocard -How to prepare and respond (Foundation)
Paper 1 Speaking: The Photocard -How to prepare and respond (Higher) |
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Week 6
w/c 29th April |
All papers: Vocabulary Blitz – The most commonly encountered words! | |||||||
Week 7
w/c 6th May |
Paper 3 Reading: Comprehension questions in French – How to answer them (Foundation)
Paper 3 Reading: Comprehension questions in French – How to answer them (Higher) |
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Week 8
w/c 13th May |
Paper 4 Writing: Q3 Foundation/Higher crossover question – How to write at length | |||||||
Week 9
w/c 20th May |
Paper 4 Writing: Q2 Higher question – How to write 150+ words! | |||||||
Week 10
w/c 27th May |
Week commencing | Geography | |||||||
Week 1
w/c 15th April |
Paper 1 – Living with the physical environments – Tectonic hazards | |||||||
Week 2
w/c 22nd April |
Paper 1 – Living with the physical environments – Tectonic hazards – part 2
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Week 3
w/c 29th April |
Paper 1 – Living with the physical environments – Tropical storms
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Week 4
w/c 6th May |
Paper 1 – Living with the physical environments – UK weather hazards and climate change
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Week 5
w/c 13th May |
Paper 1 – Living with the physical environments – Tropical rainforests
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Week 6
w/c 20th May |
Paper 2 – Challenges of the human environment – Urban Issues | |||||||
Week 7
w/c 27th May |
Paper 2 – Challenges of the human environment – Resource management |
Week commencing | Further Maths | |||||||
W/c 27th May | 1. Circles |