Subject Team

Head of faculty: Mrs S Storey
Teaching Staff: Mrs S Storey

Subject Info

Assessment:
Single Award: (1 year over 6 periods) Double Award: (2 years over 6 periods)

Unit 911 Controlled Assessment 60% Unit 911 Controlled Assessment 30%
Unit 912 Examination 40% Unit 912 Examination 20%
Unit 913 Controlled Assessment 30%
Unit 914 Computer Assessed Examination 20%

Course content:

Unit A911: Health, Social Care and Early Years Provision Controlled assessment

• Up to 18 hours’ research and up to 26 hours’ writing up.
• The range of care needs of major client groups.
• The ways people can obtain services and the possible barriers writing up that could prevent people from gaining access to services.
• The types of services that exist to meet client group needs and how they are developed and organised.
• The principles of care that underpin all care work with clients.
• The main work roles and skills of people who provide health, social care and early years services.

Unit A912: Understanding Personal Development and Relationships Written examination 1 hour.

• The stages and pattern of human growth and development.
• The different factors that can affect human growth and development.
• The development of self-concept and different types of relationships.
• Major life changes and sources of support.

Unit A913: Promoting Health and Wellbeing Controlled assessment.

• Up to 18 hours’ research and up to 26 hours’ writing up.
• Define the health and wellbeing of individuals.
• Interpret physical measures of health for individuals.
• Factors that have positively affected health and wellbeing.
• Risks to health and wellbeing.
• Health promotion and improvement methods.

Unit A914: Safeguarding and Protecting Individuals Computer-based test or written examination 1 hour

• Safeguarding individuals
• Infection control.
• First aid practice.
• How to recognise potential risks to safety and how to reduce risks in settings.

If you are thinking of taking Health & Social Care please consider:

1. You are very well motivated and can work to deadlines.
2. If you are interested in a career in medicine, nursing, pre-school, childminding, teaching, nursery work or in the social care sector.
3. That you enjoy interacting with other people and visiting other organisations to find out and research information.

Subject Team

Head of faculty: Mrs S Storey
Teaching Staff: Mr J Cope

Subject Info

This will be studied in 1 year over 6 periods

Assessment

Unit 1 Written Paper 40% Unit 2 Controlled Assessment Task 60%

• The Project Briefs are set by the board in September.
• It is a Controlled Assessment Task of 30 hours spread across the autumn and spring terms with a 2 hour single tier examination in May.
• All the project written and design work is to be done in school aided by materials and notes prepared in advance at home.

Course Content

Design Technology GCSE in Resistant Materials explores the following areas of design.

• Developing, Planning and Communicating Ideas.
• Product Analysis – looking at existing products for inspiration and ideas.
• Other Designers / Practitioners e.g. James Dyson.
• Industrial manufacturing practices.
• Materials and Components.
• Tools, equipment, machines for shaping wood, metal and plastics.
• ICT/CAD/CAM including the use of our new laser CAM machine.

If you are thinking of taking Resistant Materials please consider if:

• You enjoy problem solving and producing practical solutions to real life problems.
• You have the self discipline to work on your own and be willing to commit to use your own time to investigate your chosen problem.
• You can meet deadlines and enjoy seeing a task through to the end.

MOST OF ALL CHOOSE RESISTANT MATERIALS BECAUSE YOU ENJOY IT!

Subject Team

Head of faculty: Mrs S Storey
Teaching Staff: Mrs S Storey, Mrs P Sadler

Subject Info

This was an addition to Kingsbury School’s GCSE options from September 2011 and offers an exciting option for our creative and practical pupils.

Pupils who choose to take GCSE Textiles will be taught a variety of skills and techniques including:

• Fashion design
• Textile construction
• Material manufacturing
• Stitch
• Fabric fusing
• Print

As well as the following elements:

• Developing, planning and communicating ideas
• Problem solving skills
• Product analysis
• Sustainability and environmental issues
• Legislative issues
• The work of other designers and practitioners
• Knowledge of materials
• Marketing and advertising
• ICT/CAD/CAM

As part of the course pupils will be taught to look at the world in which we live and to consider the needs of future generations. They will need to consider how, as designers and manufacturers, they can minimise their environmental impact and also to show in their work how we can have a more sustainable future. As part of the environmental issues aspect of the course pupils will be taught how to understand and use the SIX R’s that is:
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Reduce, Refuse.

Course Assessment

UNIT 1: Written Exam- 2 hours (40%)
Candidates will be required to sit an examination of two hours’ duration (split into two sections). Both papers follow a similar structure and consist of 4 questions each.

UNIT 2: Textiles Task (controlled assessment) 30 hours (60%)
Pupils will be required to complete one 30 hour design, make and evaluate task. All work has to be completed in school under supervision. The project brief for the assessment will be set by the exam board. If you are imaginative and committed, interested in working in fashion, retail or design then Textiles GCSE would be a great option for you.

Subject Team

Head of faculty: Mrs S Storey
Teaching Staff: Mrs S Storey, Miss A Sullivan

Subject Info

This course will be studied in 1 year over 6 periods

Catering:

Unit 1: 2 Practical tasks – 60%  |  Unit 2: Written Paper – 40%

Hospitality:

Unit 3 Event Based Task – 60%  |  Unit 4: Written Paper – 40%

1. The Event Based Tasks are set by the examination board
2. Candidates complete an individual portfolio
3. All the work is to be done in school
4. It is work that is done under supervision
5. It will change each year
6. The portfolio will take no more than 45 hours to complete

Course content:

A course in Hospitality and Catering offers a unique opportunity in the curriculum for candidates to develop their knowledge and extend their skills in a vocational context. It will provide opportunities to develop candidates’ interdisciplinary skills, a range of key skills and their capacity for imaginative, innovative thinking, creativity and independence.

It is a suitable qualification for those who want a broad background in this area and for those who wish to progress to further education. It will offer valuable preparation for those entering the world of work.

The specification encourages the investigation and study of hospitality in a variety of contexts. In these contexts the candidates are given opportunities to acquire competence, capability and critical skills through the creation, implementation, use and evaluation of a range of resources.

Candidates from all cultures and both genders can develop their interest in, enjoyment of and critical reflection about this vocational area. The specification uses a range of assessment techniques to enable the candidate to respond through practical and investigative work.

If you are thinking of taking Hospitality please consider:

1. If you enjoy cooking and practical work.
2. If you are able to provide ingredients on a regular basis.
3. You are self motivated and can work well independently or in a group.
4. You can work to deadlines.

MOST OF ALL CHOOSE THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL ENJOY IT!