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GCSE Support Materials
Art
Websites:
Business Studies
Resources and Websites:
- Dynamic learning website (students have individual login details)
- Driffield hub website
- Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business, Second Edition by Ian Marcouse (Year 10)
- CGP GCSE Edexcel (9-1) Business - The Revision Guide (Year 10)
- GCSE AQA Business Studies Guide ( Year 11)
Computer Science
Resources and Websites:
- Dynamic learning website (students have individual login details)
- Driffield hub website
- Learning how to use Python programming – textbooks/websites
- AQA GCSE (9-1) Computer Science, Steve Cushing
- AQA GCSE (9-1) Computer Science (available in school)
Design and Technology
Websites:
Resources (Year 10):
- OCR GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology (Hodder)
Resources (Year 11):
- AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: All material categories and systems (Hodder)
- CGP 9-1 GCSE Design & Technology - AQA Revision Guide
Drama
Resources and Websites:
- WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama - Garry Nichols
- http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/drama-and-theatre/gcse/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/drama_wjec/
English
Resources and Websites:
- AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature: Advanced Student Book (Collins)
- AQA GCSE English Language Progress Plus Student Book (Cambridge University Press)
- CGP Revision Guides and Letts or York
- Notes on key exam texts: A Christmas Carol, Macbeth (Shakespeare) and An Inspector Calls (JB Priestley)
- CGP Spelling, Punctuations and Grammar for GCSE The Workbook
- www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english
- www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature
- https://www.youtube.com/mrbruff
Food Preparation and Nutrition
Resources:
- AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition (Hodder)
- CGP 9-1 GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition - AQA Revision Guide
French
Resources and Websites:
- www.memrise.com - vocabulary learning
- www.language-gym.com - grammar exercises
- www.languagesonline.org.uk - topic and grammar revision
- www.bbc.com/bitesize - topic and grammar revision
- CGP New GCSE French AQA Revision Guide – for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition)
- CGP New GCSE French AQA Exam Practice Workbook - for the Grade 9-1 Course (includes Answers)
Geography
Resources and websites (Year 10):
- Department revision booklets will be provided for students
- https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/geography-a-2016
Resources and Websites (Year 11):
- GCSE Geography OCR B Geography for Enquiring Minds Revision Guide
- GCSE Geography OCR B Geography for Enquiring Minds Exam Practice Workbook
- GCSE Geography OCR B Geography for Enquiring Minds Exam Practice Answer Book
- www.ocr.org.uk
History
Resources (Year 10):
- New GCSE History EdExcel Revision Guide: SHP
- Revise EdExcel GCSE History Anglo-Saxon and Normans Revision Guide
- Revise EdExcel GCSE History Medicine in Britain
- Revise EdExcel GCSE History The American West
- Revise EdExcel GCSE History Weimar and Nazi Germany
Resources (Year 11):
- New GCSE History OCR B: Schools History Project Revision Guide for the 9-1 course
- OCR SHP GCSE: The People’s Health c1250 to present by Jamie Byrom and Michael Riley (Hodder)
- OCR SHP GCSE: The Norman Conquest 1065-1087 by Jamie Byrom and Michael Riley (Hodder)
- OCR SHP GCSE: Living under Nazi rule 1933-1945 by Richard Kennett (Hodder)
- OCR SHP GCSE: The Making of the USA 1789-1900 by Alex Ford (Hodder)
Maths
Resources and Websites:
- www.vle.mathswatch.co.uk
- www.corbettmaths.com
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/examspecs/z8sg6fr
- CGP Revision Guides and Workbooks available from school supplies
Media
Resources and Websites:
- WJEC Eduqas Media Studies Textbook – Hayley Sheard (illuminate publishing)
- www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/media-studies/
Music
Resources and Websites:
- AQA GCSE Music Study Guide - Andrew S. Coxan ISBN: 978-1785581526
- www.musictheory.net
- Tenuto App
- AQA GCSE Music (9-1) ISBN: 978-1782946144
Physical Education
Resources and Websites (GCSE PE):
- OCR GCSE 9-1 revision course revision guides- Hodder Press. J Honeybourne
- OCR GCSE 9-1 PE student text book – Hodder Press . J Honeybourne
- PE are on HUB for revision podcasts and webinars
- Support specification for theory and practical on HUB in public area.
- http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcsephysical-education-j587-from-2016/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/znyb4wx
Resources and Websites (Cambridge Nationals Sports Studies)
- https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/
- https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/planning-and-teaching/https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/
- https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/assessment/
Religious Education
Resources and Websites:
- My Revision Notes AQA GCSE (9-1) Religious Studies Specification A
- www.REQUEST.org.uk
- The Study of Religions
- Thematic Studies
- AWA Text Religious Studies A Christianity by M. Flemming, P. Smith and D Worden
- BBC Religion and Ethics Website
- www.buddhanet.com
Science
Resources and Websites:
- www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
- CGP 9-1 Trilogy science revision guides or Biology/Chemistry/Physics 9-1
- www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/science-a.../past-papers-and-mark-schemes
Spanish
Resources and Websites:
- http://www.espanol-extra.co.uk/ - topic and grammar revision
- www.memrise.com - vocabulary learning
- www.language-gym.com - grammar exercises
- www.languagesonline.org.uk - topic and grammar revision
- www.bbc.com/bitesize - topic and grammar revision
- CGP New GCSE Spanish AQA Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition)
- CGP New GCSE Spanish AQA Exam Practice Workbook - for the Grade 9-1 Course (includes Answers)