Science Double Award
Qualification
GCSE
Examination Board
WJEC
Overview of Content
Year 10 Biology – Cells, Respiration, Digestion, Circulation, Plants & Ecosystems.
Year 10 Chemistry – Chemical Reactions, Atomic structure & the Periodic Table, Water, Ever Changing Earth, Rate of Chemical Change.
Year 10 Physics – Electric Circuits, Generating Electricity, Making Use of Energy, Domestic Electricity, Features of Waves.
Year 11 Biology – Classification and Biodiversity, Cells division, DNA, Variation, Response and Regulation, Disease, Defence and Treatment
Year 11 Chemistry – Bonding, Acids and Bases, Metals, Chemical Reactions, Crude oil
Year 11 Physics – Distance, speed and acceleration, Newton’s Laws, Work & Energy, Space, Radiation, Half-life
Skills Development
Good practical skills, team work, independent thinking and ICT are some of the skills you will need to develop.
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 six written exams; three each in Year 10 and Year 11. These exams account for 90% of the final grade. Pupils will also complete a Practical Assessment in the Spring term of Year 11. This accounts for the remaining 10% of the final grade.
For further information, please contact Mr. Jordan, Miss Mills or Miss Cooper.
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.