Applied Science Double Award
Qualification
GCSE
Examination Board
WJEC
Overview of content
Unit 1 – Energy, Resources and the Environment
Unit 2 – Space, Health and Life
Unit 3 – Food, Materials and Processes
Unit 4 – Task Based Assessment, practical based work
Unit 5 – Practical Assessment, practical based work
Careers
Laboratory technician, medical physicist, microbiologist, pharmacist, ecologist, forensic scientist, veterinarian, zoologist, oceanographer, biochemist, chemical engineer, chemist, psychologist, marine biologist, general practitioner, surgeon, nurse and many more… Scientific knowledge is useful to some extent in all jobs and Careers.
How you will be assessed
Pupils will sit two written exams at the end of Year 10 and one written exam at the end of Year 11. These exams account for 70% of the final grade. Pupils will also complete a Task Based Assessment in the Autumn term of Year 11 and a Practical Assessment in the Spring term of Year 11. These two classroom-based practicals account for the remaining 30% of the final grade.
Christ the Word Catholic School will build on the ethos, success and achievements at the core of education provision across the Diocese. It will be a strong and nurturing learning community.
- The Rt Reverend Peter M Brignall, Bishop of Wrexham.
This fantastic new school will help us achieve our goal of providing modern facilities across Denbighshire that further enhance pupils’ learning.
- Huw Hilditch-Roberts, Lead Member for Education, Children and Young People, Denbighshire County Council
I am delighted that the partnership of Welsh Government, Denbighshire County Council and the Catholic Church will deliver a brand new school to serve the families of Rhyl and the surrounding parishes.