Year 11

Examination Board - AQA (Old Spec) 3133B

Curriculum Organisation

Students have three lessons per week in Year 11 and are taught in mixed ability groups, which are allocated depending on which option block is chosen. Course books are ‘Business Studies for GCSE – Renee Huggett’ and ‘CGP Business Studies Revision Guide’.

Independent Study

Students will be given a work booklet of resources and notes for each mini-module they study. This booklet will enable students to catch-up on missed work if absent or give them the chance to read ahead in preparation of future lessons. Each work booklet will have a variety of tasks and extension work.
Students are expected to read outside of lessons. They will be given page numbers on each work booklet they receive, which relates to the two course books. They should be making notes from the pages indicated, either on flash cards or by using PowerPoint. Students should also take an interest in ‘real’ business issues, by reading the ‘business’ newspapers.

Each half-term there will be an assessment, as follows:

1st half-term Production test
2nd half-term Mock exam
3rd half-term Finance test 1
4th half-term Finance test 2
5th half-term External influences test
6th half-term Real GCSE exams!

Assessment and Reporting

Students will be assessed against ‘real’ GCSE criteria throughout the year and these will be used to grade students accordingly for reporting. Student progress will be monitored using a departmental tracking sheet and targets will be set from this data, as appropriate. Students will also be expected to set their own targets at the end of each work booklet. Extension tasks will also be set to further the knowledge of high achieving students.

Extra Curricular Opportunities

Students will get the chance to participate in various Enterprise projects.

Useful Websites

Business Studies revision site! http://www.freewebs.com/jcbiz
AQA exam board course specification http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/pdf/AQA-3133-W-SP-09.PDF
AQA exam board past examination papers and mark schemes http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/bus_b_assess.php
Tutor2u revision materials http://www.tutor2u.net/
BBC Business News search http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/default.stm
Business Studies Online revision materials http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/
BBC Working Lunch online business news programme http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/working_lunch/default.stm
S-Cool revision site http://www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp
BBC Bitesize revision site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/
The Times newspaper 100 case studies http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/index.php
Biz-Ed revision materials http://www.bized.co.uk/

Autumn Term

Area of study:   Production (syllabus codes 15.1 to 15.3)
Specific content:  Resources and the chain of production, production strategies, location decisions
Learning objectives:  Will be written on work booklets (on this site here) ** link to be put here **
Extension opportunities:  Will be clearly in work booklets

Spring Term

Area of study:   Accounting and finance (syllabus codes 14.1 to 14.3)
Specific content:  Sources and uses of finance, planning, analysis of profitability, liquidity and     performance
Learning objectives:  Will be written on work booklets (on this site here) ** link to be put here **
Extension opportunities:  Will be clearly in work booklets

Summer Term

Area of study:   External environment and business (syllabus code 10.1 to 10.3)
Specific content:  Business in the community and its environment, external factors affecting business, enterprise culture
Learning objectives:  Will be written on work booklets (on this site here) ** link to be put here **
Extension opportunities:  Will be clearly in work booklets