Key Stage 4 Applications

SHOEBURYNESS HIGH

SCHOOL

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SUBJECT BLOCKS

Our Key Stage 4 timetable is based around four teaching blocks. Subjects within a block are taught at the
same time, so students may only choose one subject from each block.

BLOCK A BLOCK B BLOCK C BLOCK D

GEOGRAPHY ART ART ART
HISTORY BUSINESS STUDIES BUSINESS STUDIES BUSINESS STUDIES
FRENCH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CREATIVE MEDIA
SPANISH CREATIVE MEDIA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING GRAPHIC DESIGN GRAPHIC DESIGN
FILM HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
HOSPITALITY & CATERING HOSPITALITY & CATERING
HISTORY PERFORMING ARTS
HOSPITALITY & CATERING MUSIC
SPANISH RE
PE GCSE SPORT
PERFORMING ARTS SPORT

RE
SPORT

Application Process

Students will follow a Core Curriculum which is compulsory. The Core Curriculum consists of:

GCSE English Language; GCSE English Literature; GCSE Mathematics; GCSE Double Award Science; PE
and RESHAPE. Most will also study one of the following: History, Geography, Spanish, French.

Students then choose one subject from each block from a choice of twenty three courses.

To make your application for Year 10 and 11 go to the school website http://
shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/ click on ADMISSIONS, then KS4 APPLICATIONS

Click on the ‘APPLY’ button and enter the username: [email protected] and the
password: Yr9App1on5.

You will then enter your personal details and choose your subjects!

Subjects offered can change, depending on government policy and/or the number of students
applying for a course.

GCSE English Language “Language is the
inventory of
COMPONENT 1: How does a writer human
get their message experience.”
Fiction and Imaginative
Writing (40%) across? COMPONENT 2:
Non-fiction and
ASSESSMENT: This subject can lead Transactional Writing
to A levels /careers ASSESSMENT:
● Section A – Reading: ● Section A – Reading:
questions on an in… questions on two
unseen 19th-century ANYTHING! unseen non-fiction
fiction extract. extracts.
● Section B – Writing: a
● Section B – Writing: choice of two tasks.
a choice of two tasks. Examination: 2 hours
and 5 minutes
Examination: 1 hour
and 45 minutes.

GCSE English Literature “Books are a
uniquely portable
COMPONENT 1: How are characters
Shakespeare and Post and themes magic.”
1914 (50%) portrayed?
COMPONENT 2:
ASSESSMENT: This subject can lead 19th Century Novel and
to A levels /careers Poetry (50%)
● Section A – Romeo and ASSESSMENT:
Juliet: extract analysis in… ● Section A – A Christmas
and theme exploration of ANYTHING! Carol: extract analysis and
whole play. theme exploration of
whole text
● Section B – An ● Section B – Poetry:
Inspector Calls: essay comparison of anthology
question on character or poems and comparison of
theme unseen poems
Examination: 2 hours and
Examination: 1 hour and 15 minutes
45 minutes.

AIMS: GCSE Mathematics ASSESSMENT:

Enable students to: Content  All terminal
 Number Algebra assessment at end of
● develop fluent  Probability year 11
knowledge, skills and  Statistics
understanding of  Ratio, proportion &  3 equally weighted
mathematical methods exam papers
rates of change
and concepts  Geometry and  Papers are each 1
hour and 30 minutes
● acquire, select and measures long

apply mathematical This subject can lead  Higher and
techniques to solve to A levels /careers Foundation tiers
available
Problems in…
STEM careers and
● reason financial services
mathematically, make
deductions and

inferences, and draw
conclusions

PAPER 1: GCSE Science “The science of
today is the
ASSESSMENT: How do we develop technology of
a new medicine? tomorrow”
 Biology: Cells,
genetics, and health This subject can PAPER 2:
& disease lead to A levels /
ASSESSMENT:
 Chemistry: States of careers in…
matter, extracting STEM careers and  Biology: Plant
metals financial services structures, animal
biology, homeostasis
 Physics: Motion, and ecosystems
conservation of
energy, forces,  Chemistry: Groups in
waves, light the PT, rates of
reaction, fuels and the
Examination: 1 hour and atmosphere
10 minutes each.
 Physics: Energy, forces,
electricity & magnetism

Examination: 1 hours and
10 minutes each.

GCSE Geography “THE WORLD IS A BOOK,

EDEXCEL A: Geographical Themes and Challenges AND THOSE WHO DO
NOT STUDY GEOGRAPHY
COMPONENT 1: This subject can lead
The Physical Environment (37.5 %/94 to A levels/careers in READ ONLY A PAGE!”
marks)
Geography and Are you interested in
Changing Landscapes of the UK; complements the how the world works?
Rivers; Coasts; Weather Hazards and other Humanities. Do you wonder about
Climate Change; Ecosystems,
Biodiversity and Management. and Sciences. the connections
between environment
COMPONENT 2: and human activity?
The Human Environment (37.5 %/94
marks) COMPONENT 3: Geographical
Investigations: Fieldwork and UK
Changing Cities; Global Development; Challenges (25%/64 marks)
Resource Management: Water Geographical Investigations -
Resource Management. Fieldwork; Geographical
Investigations - UK Challenges.
External exams
3 x 1.5 hour exams.

GCSE History “We are not the
makers of history.
PAPER 1: “Those who do not We are made by
know history are History.”
Understanding the destined to repeat
Modern World (50%) it.” Edmund Burke Martin Luther King JR

ASSESSMENT: This subject can PAPER 2:
lead to: Shaping the Nation (50%)
● Section A – Germany ASSESSMENT:
1890-1945: Democracy A-Level History or Law ● Section A – Health and
and Dictatorship. the people, c1000 to the
Degrees in History or present day
● Section B – Conflict extracts.
and Tension in Asia, Classical Studies ● Section B – Elizabethan
1950-1975 England, 1568-1603
Examination: 2 hours
Examination: 2 hours

RE - Philosophy and Ethics “I THINK, THEREFORE I
AM”
UNIT 1 — Study of religion
Assessment:
You will be looking at Buddhism and Christianity. Have you ever 100% Exam
Studying their core beliefs and practices in every asked yourself 2 x 1hr 45mins exam
day life. papers

UNIT 2— Philosophy and ethics why things
 Family and relationships happen?

 Life and it’s value –

including animal and A-Levels Law, history,
environmental issues. and sociology
Abortion and euthanasia.
 War, peace and justice Careers - where could it

 What makes a crime evil? lead?

Do we punish enough? any job working with the

public e.g. police,

nursing, PA.

GCSE French (AQA) Important Information:
You will need a positive
“ The limits of your language are the Do you want to attitude towards
limits of your world” Wittgenstein experience the world language learning which
differently? includes aiming to speak
COMPONENTS: French in class.
Listening—25% Do you want to help
Speaking—25% UK business to trade Being able to speak
Reading—25% worldwide? another language,
puts you in a
Writing—25% This subject can take you all over the
world and lead to careers including: valuable minority.
The exams take  European & Home Politics Only 39% of the UK
place at the end of  Business Studies can speak a
year 11.  Teaching
second language.

The Guardian (2014)

 Translating

 Medicine

 International Banking

GCSE Spanish (AQA) Important Information:

“ The limits of your language are the limits of Do you want to help You will need a positive
UK business to trade attitude towards language
your world” Wittgenstein learning which includes
worldwide? aiming to speak Spanish in
class.
COMPONENTS: Do you want to
Listening—25% experience other The 24 leading
Speaking—25% universities known
Reading—25% cultures? as ‘The Russell
Writing—25% Group’ name
This subject can take you all over the languages as a
The exams take world and lead to careers including: ‘facilitating subject’.
place at the end of  European & Home Politics
year 11.  Business Studies
 Translating
 Medicine
 International Banking
 International Law

GCSE Art and Design Important Information:
The most successful
COMPONENT 1: This subject can lead to A levels candidates enjoy drawing
Personal portfolio (60%) and degrees in… and appreciate that there
will be an element of written
ASSESSMENT: Fine Art, Architecture, Illustration, responses and annotations
Graphic Design, Product Design, throughout the course.
Students will learn how to: Animation, CGI, Textiles, Art History, Being able to attempt all
Museum Curatorship, Car Design, tasks and materials with a
 Develop a range of Stage and Film Set Design, Photog- positive attitude is essential.
recording skills. raphy, Shop Display, Game Design, TV
Production, Advertising, Printing and COMPONENT 2:
 Develop and explore Externally set
‘thematic’ studies. Theatrical make up. assignment (40%)
This unit concludes with
 Develop knowledge and the making of their
understanding of art, outcome/s over 10
craft and design in hours.
contemporary societies
and in other times and
cultures.

Marking of the tasks will be carried out by Art Dept staff
and moderated by Edexcel.

EDEXCEL (9-1) GCSE Business GCSE Business gives
students the

Theme 1 investigating small This subject opportunity to explore
business (50%) can lead to... Level 3 real business issues
courses (A-level/BTEC) and and how businesses
Externally assessed 1 ½ hour a career in the business work.
exam world or becoming an
Content overview Theme 2– building a business
● Topic 1.1 Enterprise and Entrepreneur (50%)
entrepreneurship
Externally assessed 1 ½ hour
exam

● Topic 1.2 Spotting a Develop your Content overview
business opportunity Entrepreneur skills
Help improve your ● Topic 2.1 Growing the business
● Topic 1.3 Putting a business ● Topic 2.2 Making marketing
idea into practice career options decisions
● Topic 2.3 Making operational
● Topic 1.4 Making the decisions
business effective ● Topic 2.4 Making financial
decisions
● Topic 1.5 Understanding
external influences on business

● Topic 2.5 Making human
resource decisions

"Experts in literacy and child

Child Development Cambridge National development have discovered that if
children know eight

nursery rhymes by heart by the time

Learning Outcome 1: they’re four years old, they’re usually
Reproduction and the roles among the best readers by the time
and responsibilities of they’re eight."
parenthood
It can lead to careers
Learning Outcome 2:
working with COURSEWORK 1:

Antenatal care and children and young Understand the equipment

preparation for birth people and nutritional needs of

Learning Outcome 3: children from birth to five
years
Postnatal checks, postnatal This subject can lead

provision and conditions to level 3 courses in COURSEWORK 2:
for development Health and Social
Learning Outcome 4: Care and Child Care. Understand the
Childhood illnesses development of a child from
birth to five years

Learning Outcome 5: The examination is 50% of

Child safety the final grade; the

coursework makes up the

Assessed through one remaining 50%

examination

BTEC Tech Award in Creative Media “Innovation distinguishes

between a leader and a follower.”

TWOINTERNALLY ASSESSEDCOMPONENTS

COMPONENT 1: To inspire and enthuse ONE EXAM COMPONENT:
Exploring Media Products learners to consider a COMPONENT 3:
This component will give you an career in the creative Create a Media Product in
understanding of media digital media industries. Response to a Brief
practitioners’ work, techniques • Task set and marked by
and technology, which are used

to contribute to the creation of Pearson completed under

media products. Could you see yourself in these supervised conditions.
industries…?
• The set task will be
COMPONENT 2: Moving Image completed in 9 hours of
Developing Digital Media Audio Production supervised sessions in a period
Production Skills Games Design timetabled by Pearson.
In this component you will have Website Design
the opportunity to specialise in • 60 marks.

one or more of the following

media sectors: audio/moving

image, publishing and/or

interactive media.

BTEC Technical Award in Engineering Engineering allows
students to explore the
COMPONENT 1: engineering sector,
develop key skills, and
Exploring Engineering Sectors Acquiring practical discover potential
and Design Applications (30%) skills and technical careers.

A – Products, sectors and knowledge COMPONENT 3:
organisations
This subject can Responding to an
B – Engineering skills & lead to A levels / engineering brief
designing solutions Level 3 BTEC and
ASSESSMENT:
 Internally assessed
● A set task is made up
COMPONENT 2: of two parts. 2 hours for
part 1 and 1 1/2 hours
A – Materials, apprenticeships for part two. Part one
components and processes involves a practical
investigation.
B – Investigating an engineered
product

C – Planning and making

 Internally assessed

GCSE Film Studies “IF IT CAN BE WRITTEN
OR THOUGHT IT CAN BE
COMPONENT 3: Are you naturally analytical?
Do you like to find the meaning FILMED”
 30% of the GCSE in Films?
Are you a budding director or COMPONENT 1 Exam:
 Two main items: a film screenwriter?
Production and an Paper 1: 35% of GCSE
Evaluative Analysis This subject can lead to Section A—US Film
careers in… Comparative Study
 A film extract based on Film Industry Section B—Key
a particular genre OR Developments in Film and
a screenplay between Television Production Film Technology
800 and 1000 words. Journalism Section C—US
Independent Film
 Learners will complete
an evaluative analysis COMPONENT 2 Exam:
of their production Paper 2: 35% of GCSE
work between 750 and Section A—One global
850 words. English language film
Section B—One global
non-English language film
Section C—One
contemporary UK Film

NCFE Level 2 Technical Award in Graphic Design Important stuff:

Unit 1: Introduction to graphic design Can you look at  You will need a positive, creative &
and the components that make it up hardworking attitude
which you will develop through something exciting & create
experimental work. something new?  You will need to be prepared to devote
your time to achieving your goals—this is
a practically demanding subject

 You will need to be able to stick to
deadlines as each unit carries equal
weighting with specified Learning Guided
Hours to achieve each unit.

Unit 2: Research into Are you passionate Unit 4: You will explore working
in the graphic design industry,
famous graphic about design? by looking at different ways to
present work to understand
designers who have This subject can lead to: different types of portfolio.

influenced the A level Product Design Exam: 10hr practical exam
in which you will respond
design industry through Degrees & Careers in Product Design, to a given brief and use the
Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design- skills learnt in units 1-3.

a range of different er, Exhibition designer, Art director,

disciplines. Interior Design, Architectural Design

to name a few.

Unit 3: Creation of your own
brief for a Graphic Product
that you will design and make.

Health and Social Care Cambridge National "It is not enough to be
compassionate. You must
Unit 1: It can lead to careers
Essential values of care for use working in medicine, act."
with individuals in care settings Dalai Lama
1 hour externally assessed midwifery, social
written paper (25%) work and teaching. Unit 3:
Using basic first aid
Unit 2: This subject can lead procedures
Communicating and working to level 3 courses in Centre assessed coursework
with individuals in health, social Health and Social task (25%)
care and early years settings Care and Child Care. Unit 4:
Understanding life stages
Centre assessed coursework task Centre assessed coursework
(25%) task (25%)
Both units are completed in
Both units are completed in year 11
year 10

Hospitality & Catering Level 1/2 IMPORTANT STUFF:

Unit 1 The Hospitality & Catering Do you have a Unit 1—40% External
Industry — 40% passion for food Assessment

This unit introduces the safe and and cooking? Unit 2—60% Internal
hygienic preparation of the cooking Controlled Assessment
environment and ingredients. Possible trips
Students will learn the different for this course: Task
types of establishments and job roles
within the catering industry. Toulouse (Fine dining This subject can lead to
restaurant) apprenticeships or courses
Unit 2 Hospitality & Catering in Ocean Beach (Bistro) involving practical food skills such
Action— 60% Jimmy's Farm as being a chef, baker, butcher.

This unit is based around a given It is also a route to higher
brief in which students will need to education e.g. Level 3
complete all the assessment criteria; qualifications and A-levels such as:
this will inform their coursework
along with a practical assessment. Diploma in advanced professional
cookery, studies and advanced
GCE’s.

BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology To equip learners with

the knowledge and skills

Component 1 (30%) Component 2 (30%) to design and make

Exploring User Interface, Design Collecting, Presenting and effective digital products
Principles and Project Planning Interpreting Data for others to use.

Techniques  Internally assessed assignment.

 Internally assessed assignment.  Explore how data impacts on Component 3 (40%)
 Explore user interface design individuals and organisations.
Effective Digital Working
and development principles.  Develop a dashboard using data
manipulation tools. Practices

 Discover how to develop and  Draw conclusions and make  Scenario-based external
review a digital user interface. recommendations on data assessment.
intelligence.
 Use project planning  1 ½ hour exam marked out of
60.
techniques to manage a digital
 Explore how modern
project. This subject can lead to... information technology is
Level 3 courses or a career evolving.
Consider legal and
ethical issues in data in the IT sector which is  Understand what cyber
dependent upon the use security is and how to
and information safeguard against it.
sharing. of IT skills.

GCSE Music Important information:

AREAS OF STUDY Nurture and develop Coursework 60%
performance skills by Listening Examination 40%
AOS1— My Music
playing an AOS4— Film Music
Study and development of own instrument or singing Learning about music from
instrument or voice. film & television and how
AOS2— Concerto Through Time solo and as part of it aids the narrative of a
Learning about Baroque, Classical an ensemble. film.
and Romantic concertos. AOS5— Conventions of
Understanding the dates, You MUST be either Pop
composers and instrumentation of learning to play an Learning about the history
these periods. instrument, be an of pop music, from the
accomplished sequencer 1950s to the present day,
AOS3— Rhythms of the World or be an able singer to and the cultural
significance of different
Learning about Indian, Eastern take the course musical styles.
Mediterranean, African tribal, and
Central and South American Latino
Music.

Performing Arts: Technical Award “All the world’s a
stage.”
COMPONENT 1: Are you passionate
Exploring the Performing Arts about performing? COMPONENT 3:
(30%) Performing to a Brief
This subject can lead to (40%)
ASSESSMENT: A levels /careers in… ASSESSMENT:
 Three written logs
 Portfolio of written and TV, Film, Stage, Creative  One 10-15 minute
recorded evidence Industry and beyond
devised performance
 Two part presentation Examination: 1 hour per
written log and the final
Examination: Through performance
coursework

COMPONENT 2: Developing
Skills and Techniques in the
Performing Arts (30%)

ASSESSMENT:

 Portfolio of written and
recorded evidence

 Performance in three Examination: Through
live performances coursework and performance

GCSE Physical Education You will need to
put as much effort
COMPONENT 1: “Persistence can into your written
Written exam change failure into
1 hour—60 marks work as your
30% of total GCSE extraordinary practical work.
Physical factors affecting achievement”
performance COMPONENT 3:
This subject can lead to : 3 x practical sports
COMPONENT 2: Level 3 studies in Sport (1 team, 1 individual & 1
Written exam or Leisure & Recreation. other)
1 hour—60 marks Careers in the Sport Analysing and evaluating
30% of total GCSE and Leisure Industry. performance controlled
Socio-cultural issues and assessment
sports psychology 40% of total GCSE

BTEC First Award in Sport 75% of the final
grade is on-going
MANDATORY UNITS: “You only ever grow coursework and 25%
Unit 1: Fitness for Sport as a human being if is from the external
and Exercise
Externally assessed you are pushed exam.
computer based exam outside your
comfort zone.” Optional Units:
Unit 2: Practical Sports (Pupils must select one)
Performance This subject can lead to :
(Internally assessed) Unit 4: The mind and
Level 3 studies in Sport or sports performance
Unit 3: Applying the Leisure & Recreation.
Principles of Personal Unit 5: The sports
Training. Careers in the Sport and performer in action
(Internally assessed) Leisure Industry.
Unit 6: Leading sports
activities

If you have any further questions
please contact:

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