Y11 DC1 Revision Lists – 2024/25

English Literature Paper 2 - An Inspector Calls & Conflict Poetry. - Plot/Characters/Themes/Context/Quotations

Maths Maths Paper 1 (non-calculator)
Combined Science Set 2 and Set 4
Biology paper 1 – Biology key concepts, cells and control, genetics, natural selection, health disease and medicine.
Chemistry paper 2 – Groups in the periodic table, rates of reaction, heat energy changes in reactions, fuels, earth and the
atmosphere, calculations involving mases.
Set 2b and set 5
Chemistry paper 1 – States of matter, separating mixtures, atomic structure, periodic table, all types of bonding, acids and
alkalis, electrolysis, obtaining metals, calculations involving masses, dynamic equilibrium.
Physics paper 2 – Forces and their effects, Electricity, magnetism and the motor effect, electromagnetic induction, particle
model.
Set 3
Physics Paper 1 Content - Motion, motion and forces, conservation of energy, waves, light and electromagnetic spectrum,
radioactivity
Biology Paper 2 Content – Biology key concepts, plant Structures and their functions, animal Coordination and
homeostasis, exchange and transport in animals, ecosystems and materials cycles
Triple – Biology Biology Paper 2 Content – Biology key concepts, plant Structures and their functions, animal Coordination and
homeostasis, exchange and transport in animals, ecosystems and materials cycles
Triple – Chemistry N/A
Triple – Physics Physics Paper 1 Content - Motion, motion and forces, conservation of energy, waves, light and electromagnetic spectrum,
radioactivity and astronomy.
Geography The Development Gap
• Ways of measuring development
• Causes of uneven development
• Demographic Transition Model
• Impacts of uneven development
• Strategies to reduce the development gap
History Power and the people: Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

• Magna Carta and significance p190

• Simon de Montfort and Origins of Parliament p192
• Peasants Revolt and significance p194

• Pilgrimage of Grace p196

• The English Revolution p198
 • The American Revolution p199
French Theme 1: Identity and culture
• Me, my family and friends
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage/partnership
• Technology in everyday life
• Social media
• Mobile technology
• Free-time activities
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals in French-speaking countries/communities
Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest
• Home, town, neighbourhood and region
• Travel and tourism
Theme 3: Current and future study and employment
• My studies
• Life at school/college

Urdu Theme 4: Future Aspirations, Study and Work

• Work, jobs, professions and careers
• Ambitions
• Further study
• Volunteering
• Using the languages beyond classroom
• Forming relationships
• Travel and employment
Arabic Theme 1: Identity and Culture
• Me, my family, and friends
• Relationships with family and friends
• Technology in everyday life, social media
• Free-time activities, Sport and hobbies
• Music, cinema, and TV
 • Food and eating out
• Customs and festivals in the Arab world, Celebrations and traditions, Special occasions

Computer Science 1.1 Systems Architecture

• 1.1.1 Architecture of the CPU
- Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle
- CPU components and their functions (ALU, CU, Cache, Registers)
- Von Neumann architecture (MAR, MDR, Program counter, Accumulator)
• 1.1.2 CPU Performance
- Characteristics that affect their performance (clock speed, cache size, cores)
• 1.1.3 Embedded Systems
- Purpose, characteristics and examples of embedded systems

1.2 Memory and Storage

• 1.2.1 Primary Storage
- The need for primary storage
- Purposes and differences of RAM and ROM
- Virtual Memory
• 1.2.2 Secondary Storage
- The need for secondary storage
- Types and storage device examples (optical, magnetic, solid state)
- Advantages and disadvantages of storage devices (capacity, speed, portability, durability, reliability, cost)
• 1.2.3 Units
- Units of Data Storage
- Data capacity and calculation of data capacity requirements

Creative iMedia Topic Area 3: Pre-production Planning

• 3.1 Work Planning
- Components of workplans (phases, tasks, activities, workflow, etc.)
• 3.2 Documents used to support ideas generation
- Mind Map (digital, hand-drawn)
- Mood Board (digital, physical)
• 3.3 Documents used to design and plan media products
- Asset Log
- Flowchart
- Script
- Storyboard
- Visualisation Diagram
 - Wireframe Layout
• 3.4 The legal issues that affect media
- Legal considerations to protect individuals (privacy and permissions, defamation, data protection)
- Intellectual property rights
- Regulation, certification and classification (ASA, Ofcom, BBFC, PEGI)
- Health and safety

Citizenship Politics and Participation: Full Unit

• Where does political power reside in the UK and how is it controlled?

• What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate?

• Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government?

• How do others govern themselves?

• How can citizens try to bring about political change?

Sports Studies Controlled Assessments
Hospitality & Catering LO1
• AC1.1 The structure of the hospitality and catering industry
• AC1.2 Job roles within the industry
• AC1.3 Working conditions across the industry
• AC1.4 Factors that affect the success of H&C providers

Religious Studies Paper 1: Partial paper : Christian beliefs/practices

1. Nature of God
2. God as omnipotent, loving and just
3. Oneness of God and the Trinity
4. Creation
5. The Incarnation
6. The Crucifixion
7. The Resurrection and Ascension
8. Resurrection and life after death
9. Afterlife and judgement
10. Heaven and hell
11. Sin and Salvation
The Role of Christ in Salvation

1. Worship
2. Prayer
3. Sacraments: baptism
4. Sacraments: Holy Communion
5. Celebrating Holy Communion
6. Pilgrimage
7. Festivals
8. The role of the Church in the local community
9. Mission and evangelism
10. Church growth
11. Worldwide Church
12. Christian persecution
Church response to world poverty

Paper 2: Partial paper: Theme E

Reasons for crime
Lawbreakers and different types of crime
Suffering and causing suffering to others
3 aims of punishment
Treatment of criminals
Forgiveness
Death penalty
Theme D
Introduction to religion, Peace and conflict.
Violence, violent protests and terrorism.
Reasons for war.
Nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction.
Just war.
 Holy War.
Pacifism.
Victims of war.

Y11 DC2 (MOCK EXAM) Revision Lists – 2024/25

English Language Paper 2 – Non-Fiction text analysis and writing.
Maths Paper 1 non-calc
Paper 2 calc
Paper 3 calc
Combined Science Set 2 and Set 4
Biology paper 1 – Biology key concepts, cells and control, genetics, natural selection, health disease and medicine.
Chemistry paper 2 – Groups in the periodic table, rates of reaction, heat energy changes in reactions, fuels, earth and the
atmosphere, calculations involving mases.
Set 2b and set 5
Chemistry paper 1 – States of matter, separating mixtures, atomic structure, periodic table, all types of bonding, acids and
alkalis, electrolysis, obtaining metals, calculations involving masses, dynamic equilibrium.
Physics paper 2 – Forces and their effects, Electricity, magnetism and the motor effect, electromagnetic induction, particle
model.
Set 3
Physics Paper 1 Content - Motion, motion and forces, conservation of energy, waves, light and electromagnetic spectrum,
radioactivity
Biology Paper 2 Content – Biology key concepts, plant Structures and their functions, animal Coordination and
homeostasis, exchange and transport in animals, ecosystems and materials cycles

Triple – Biology Biology Paper 2 Content – Biology key concepts, plant Structures and their functions, animal Coordination and
homeostasis, exchange and transport in animals, ecosystems and materials cycles
Triple – Chemistry N/A
Triple – Physics Physics Paper 1 Content - Motion, motion and forces, conservation of energy, waves, light and electromagnetic spectrum,
radioactivity and astronomy.
Geography Paper 1
Section A: Tectonic Hazards
• What are natural hazards?
• Distribution of earthquakes & volcanoes
• Physical processes at plate margins
• Effects of earthquakes (Nepal & Chile)
• Responses to earthquakes (Nepal & Chile)
• Living with the risk from tectonic hazards
• Reducing the risk from tectonic hazards

Section A: Weather Hazards

• Global atmospheric circulation
• Where & how tropical storms are formed
• The structure & features of tropical storms
• Case study: Typhoon Haiyan
• Reducing the effects of tropical storms
• Weather hazards in the UK
• Case Study: Somerset Levels Floods 2014
• Extreme weather in the UK

Section A: Climate Change

• Evidence for climate change
• Natural causes of climate change
• Human causes of climate change
• Managing impacts of climate change

Section B: Ecosystems
• Small scale ecosystems
• How does change affect ecosystems?
• Global ecosystems (biomes)

Section B: Tropical Rainforests

• Environmental characteristics of rainforests
• Causes of deforestation
• Impacts of deforestation
• Managing tropical rainforests
• Sustainable management of tropical rainforests
• Case Study: Amazon OR Malaysian rainforest

Section B: Hot Deserts

• Environmental characteristics of hot deserts
 • Opportunities for development in hot deserts
• Challenges of development in hot deserts
• Causes of desertification in hot deserts
• Reducing desertification in hot deserts

Section C: Coastal Landscapes

• The UK’s relief and landscapes
• Wave types & their characteristics
• Weathering & mass movement
• Coastal erosion processes
• Coastal erosion landforms
• Coastal deposition landforms
• Coastal landforms at Swanage
• Managing coasts
• Coastal management at Lyme Regis

Section C: River Landscapes

• Changes in rivers and their valleys
• Fluvial (river) processes
• River erosion & deposition landforms
• River landforms on the River Tees
• Factors increasing flood risk
• Managing floods
• Managing floods at Banbury

History
America: Opportunity and Inequality 1920-1973
• The Economic Boom p52
• Social and Cultural developments in the 1920’s p54
• A divided society p56
• American Society in the depression p58
• The New Deal p60
• The impact of the Second World War p62
• Post-war Society p64
• Civil Rights campaigns p66
• The Great Society p68
 Conflict and tension between East and West 1945-1972

• The end of the Second World War p120

• The Iron Curtain and evolution of East-West rivalry p122
• Events in Asia p124
• Military rivalries p126
• The thaw, Hungary and U-2 Crisis p128
• The Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s response p130
• The causes and impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis p132
• Prague Spring p134
• Detente and easing of tension p136

French Theme 1: Identity and culture

• Me, my family and friends
• Relationships with family and friends
• Marriage/partnership
• Technology in everyday life
• Social media
• Mobile technology
• Free-time activities
• Music
• Cinema and TV
• Food and eating out
• Sport
• Customs and festivals in French-speaking countries/communities
Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest
• Home, town, neighbourhood and region
• Travel and tourism
Theme 3: Current and future study and employment
• My studies
• Life at school/college
• Education post-16
• Jobs, career choices and ambitions
Urdu Theme 1: Identity and Culture – Who am I, Daily life & Cultural life

Theme 2: Local area, Holiday and Travel – Town, Region and Country, Holidays, Travel and Tourist transactions

Theme 3: School – What school is like? School activities

Theme 4: Future Aspirations, Study and Work - Work, jobs, professions and careers, Ambitions, Further study,
Volunteering, Using the languages beyond classroom, Forming relationships, Travel and employment

Theme 5: International and Global Dimension – Bringing the world together, Environmental issues

Arabic Theme 1: Identity and Culture

▪ Who am I? relationships; when I was younger; what my friends and family are like; what makes a good friend;
interests; socialising with friends and family; role models
▪ Daily life: customs and everyday life; food and drink; shopping; social media and technology (use of, advantages
and disadvantages)
▪ Cultural life: celebrations and festivals; reading; music; sport; film and television.

Theme 2: Local Area, Holiday, and Travel

▪ Holidays: preferences; experiences; and destinations

▪ Travel and tourist transactions: travel and accommodation; asking for help and dealing with problems; directions;
eating out; shopping
▪ Town, region and country: weather; places to see; things to do

Theme 3: School

▪ What school is like: school types; school day; subjects; rules and pressures; celebrating success
▪ School activities: school trips; events; exchanges

Theme 4: Future Aspirations, Study, and Work

▪ Using languages beyond the classroom: forming relationships; travel; employment

▪ Ambitions: further study; volunteering; training
▪ Work: jobs; careers; professions

Theme 5: International and Global Dimension

 ▪ Bringing the world together: sports events; music events; campaigns and good causes
▪ Environmental issues: being ‘green’; access to natural resources

Computer Science 2.1 Algorithms

• 2.1.1 Computational Thinking
- Abstraction, Decomposition, Algorithmic Thinking
• 2.1.2 Designing, Creating and Refining Algorithms
- Identifying inputs, processes and outputs for a problem
- Structure Diagram
- Create, interpret, correct, complete and refine algorithms using pseudocode, flowcharts and high-level
language (Python)
- Trace tables
• 2.1.3 Searching and Sorting Algorithms
- Searching Algorithms (Linear and Binary)
- Sorting Algorithms (Bubble, Merge, Insertion)

2.2 Programming Fundamentals (Python)

• 2.2.1 Programming Fundamentals
- Use of variables, constants, operators, inputs, outputs and assignments
- Programming constructs (sequence, selection, count-controlled iteration, condition-controlled iteration)
- Arithmetic and Boolean operators
• 2.2.2 Data Types
- Integer, real, Boolean, string
- Casting
• 2.2.3 Additional Programming Techniques
- String Manipulation
- 1D and 2D arrays
- Random Number Generation
- Records and SQL
- Sub-programs (functions and procedures)
- File Handling (open, read, write, close)

2.3 Producing Robust Programs

• 2.3.1 Defensive Design
- Anticipating misuse, authentication
- Input validation
- Maintainability
 • 2.3.2 Testing
- Purpose of testing
- Types of Testing (iterative/final)
- Syntax and Logical Errors
- Test Data (Normal, boundary, Invalid/Erroneous)

2.4 Boolean Logic

• 2.4.1 Boolean Logic
- Logic Diagrams
- Truth tables
- Boolean Operators

2.5 Programming Languages and Integrated Development Environments

• 2.5.1 Languages
- Characteristics of High-level and Low-level languages
- Purpose of translators
- Characteristics of a compiler and interpreter
• 2.5.2 The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Tools and Facilities of IDE

Creative iMedia Topic Area 1: The Media Industry

• 1.1 Media Industry Sectors and Products
- Sectors in the Media Industry (Traditional Media, New Media)
- Products in the Media Industry (video, audio, animation, digital games etc)
• 1.2 Job Roles in the Media Industry
- Creative, Technical and Senior Roles

Topic Area 2: Factors Influencing Product Design

• 2.1 How style, content and layout are linked to the purpose
- Purpose (advertise, educate, entertain, inform, etc)
- Style (colour, conventions of genre, etc.)
- Content (formal/informal language, tone of language, media, etc.)
- Layout (positioning of elements, etc.)
• 2.2 Client Requirements and How they are defined
- Client Requirements (type of product, purpose, audience, etc.)
- Client Brief formats (commission, formal, informal, etc.)
• 2.3 Audience Demographics and Segmentation
- Categories (age, gender, occupation, income, education, etc.)
 • 2.4 Research methods, sources and types of data
- Primary Research methods
- Secondary Research methods
- Research Data (qualitative, quantitative)
• 2.5 Media Coves to convey meaning, create impact, engage audiences
- Media codes (technical, symbolic, written)
- Animations, audio, camera techniques, colour, graphics, interactivity, lighting, mise-en-scene, movement,
transitions, typography

Topic Area 3: Pre-production Planning

• 3.1 Work Planning
- Components of workplans (phases, tasks, activities, workflow, etc.)
• 3.2 Documents used to support ideas generation
- Mind Map (digital, hand-drawn)
- Mood Board (digital, physical)
• 3.3 Documents used to design and plan media products
- Asset Log
- Flowchart
- Script
- Storyboard
- Visualisation Diagram
- Wireframe Layout
• 3.4 The legal issues that affect media
- Legal considerations to protect individuals (privacy and permissions, defamation, data protection)
- Intellectual property rights
- Regulation, certification and classification (ASA, Ofcom, BBFC, PEGI)
- Health and safety

Topic Area 4: Distribution Considerations

• 4.1 Distribution platforms and media to reach audiences
- Online, physical platforms, physical media
• 4.2 Properties and formats of media files
- Image files (properties and static image file formats)
- Audio files (properties and audio file formats)
- Moving Image files (properties and moving image file formats)
- File Compression (lossy and lossless)

Citizenship Politics and Participation: Full Unit

 • Where does political power reside in the UK and how is it controlled?

• What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate?

• Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government?

• How do others govern themselves?

• How can citizens try to bring about political change?

Rights and Responsibilities: Full Unit

• What laws does a society require and why?

• What are a citizen's rights and responsibilities within the legal system?

• How has the law developed over time, and how does the law protect the citizen and deal with criminals?

• What are the universal human rights and how do we protect them?

• How do citizens play a part to bring about change in the legal system?

Sports Studies Controlled Assessments

Hospitality & Catering LO2
Understand how hospitality and catering provisions operate
Describe the operations of the front of house
Explain how hospitality and catering provision meets customer requirements

Religious Studies Paper 1: Partial paper : Christian beliefs/practices

1. Nature of God
2. God as omnipotent, loving and just
3. Oneness of God and the Trinity
4. Creation
5. The Incarnation
6. The Crucifixion
7. The Resurrection and Ascension
8. Resurrection and life after death
9. Afterlife and judgement
10. Heaven and hell
11. Sin and Salvation
The Role of Christ in Salvation

1. Worship
2. Prayer
3. Sacraments: baptism
4. Sacraments: Holy Communion
5. Celebrating Holy Communion
6. Pilgrimage
7. Festivals
8. The role of the Church in the local community
9. Mission and evangelism
10. Church growth
11. Worldwide Church
12. Christian persecution
Church response to world poverty

Paper 2: Partial paper: Theme E

• Reasons for crime
• Lawbreakers and different types of crime
• Suffering and causing suffering to others
• 3 aims of punishment
• Treatment of criminals
• Forgiveness
 • Death penalty
Theme B
1. Origins of the universe
2. Value of the world
3. Abuse of the environment
4. Animals
5. Origins of human life
6. Abortion
7. Euthanasia
8. Death and afterlife