The AQA SOL fits seamlessly into our 5 year curriculum, Each topic studied has synoptic links to build on prior learning in year 7-9 and allows for frequent retrieval of knowledge and skills which enables students to build their mental models and ensures deeper, long lasting learning takes place.  

Homework will be set every Wednesday via Seneca (a link is shared on google classroom). Seneca is an online learning platform which provides information and questions for students on topics that have been recently taught in lessons. Seneca is an intelligent platform, the more students engage with it the more the question types will become personalised to them.

Homework is considered complete when a student achieves 100% in all sections of the homework. If your child is struggling to meet 100% please contact their Science teacher who can make reasonable adjustments.

Formal assessments are completed at the end of every topic and for each longer topic there is also a mini mid topic assessment. These assessments consist of GCSE exam style questions. As Science covers so much content in so many varying topics, we do not grade individual assessments. Instead, we use averages of assessment performance throughout the year to inform our predicted grades.

The review and therapy that follows the assessment allows all students to work on their own personal areas of development so they become more confident in these areas.