
Working from home resources
Below are links to documents for ALL year groups for the Seneca courses and assignments relevant to what they are studying
Excellent examples of pupils' work can be seen using the links below:
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 7 and 8
We deliver the Keystage 3 (KS3) programme of study to students in form groups. Our schemes of work are written in house but based on the Activate resources from Oxford University Press.
All students have access to digital texts and other resources via their Kerboodle logins. These are issued during the first weeks of the autumn term.
Students are assessed through frequent exit passes which are completed as homework. These act as a diagnostic task and lead to DIRT tasks, completed in class, which are used to address any problems. Termly tests using exam style questions are carried out in class to formally assess understanding.
Support with homework is available Monday to Thursday lunchtimes in Science Student Support (S10).
Overviews of the Key Stage curriculum are available here:
Username and password = initialsurname e.g. jbloggs
Institution code = ta2
Years 9 - 11
The majority of students will follow the AQA Combined Science Trilogy GCSE which leads to 2 GCSEs in Science. The course covers the key stage 4 programme of study and enables students to access courses in all Sciences at A level.
Our schemes of work are written in house and we have taken time to make sure that the learning in each year builds on previously taught work. We believe this spiraled curriculum ensures students are best prepared for the terminal exams.
Students are assessed through regular exit passes which are used to highlight any misconceptions and difficulties which are then addressed in class DIRT tasks. Termly tests using exam style questions are also carried out in class.
As part of the course students carry out stipulated practical experiments for which a record is kept and these will form a component of each examination.
More information on the makeup of the course is available
here
To support learning an afterschool support session is run in S2 on Wednesdays from 3.00 – 4.00pm.
All students have access to digital texts and other resources via their Kerboodle logins. These are issued during the first weeks of the autumn term in Year 9.
Revision guides are available for purchase through the finance office at a schools only price.
Link to programme of study for key stage 4 science
Separate Science GCSE
In addition we offer AQA Separate Science GCSE – This course is an option and is taught with 4 additional lessons on top of the standard science provision in years 9-11.
This course leads to 3 GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
More information on the makeup of the course is available
here