Food and Prep Hub

1. Department Overview & Exam Board

Key Department Contacts:
- Head of Department: Harriet.Stamp@moultonschool.co.uk

All the course content has been covered during Year 10 which consists of the following topics;

A Mock NEA 1 and NEA 2 were also completed at the end of Year 10, which students can look back on for guidance when completing the final NEAs.

Exam:
100 Marks, worth 50% of final grade. Sat in June.
Section A = 20 Marks and consists of multiple choice questions.
Section B = 80 Marks and is a mixture of short and long answer questions, including at least one essay question.
The best place to access past papers is here via this link: AQA GCSE Food Past Papers

NEA 1:
30 Marks, worth 15% of final grade.
Is a food investigation task, the task titles are released by AQA on 1st September.
To be fully completed just after October half term.

NEA 2:
70 Marks, worth 35% of final grade
Is a food preparation task, the task titles are released by AQA on 1st November.
To be fully completed just after February half term.

Last years AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition grade boundaries:
- AQA (out of 200): 9=172 8=158 7=145 6=128 5=112 4=96 3=71 2=47 1=23

For futher information about the exam and particularly the NEA, please see the presentation below.

Year 11 Parental Engagement Presentation

- - GCSE Maths Higher Tier: qbamcypm
  - GCSE Maths Foundation Tier: ffycc5hi
  - L2 Qualification in Further Maths (Set 1 pupils attending after school weekly sessions): mj76mqb7
  - GCSE Statistics (sat by sets 2 to 4 (not the top set or nurture group): c7u4ncho

- Pinpoint Learning
  
  www.pinpointlearning.co.uk/Student_login.php
  
  This is an excellent tool outlining the maths strengths and weaknesses based on mock exams done and online exam paper HWs to date. Includes Pupil strengths weaknesses matrix linked to mathswatch video clip numbers, Peronalised revision booklets focusing on 5 key weaknesses from each paper they have submitted and video support.

- Mathswatch
  
  vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/
  
  Our recommended goto support and it links with their Pinpoint learning matrices and support

- MathsGenie
  
  mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse/maths The pupils favourite location to practice past papers along with mark schemes, also questions by topic (in grade order) and video support.

These can be purchased at certains times through the year via SCOPAY. Our favourites are these:

Homework & Revision Structure: [Insert weekly expectation/routine]
Recall Strategies & Active Revision: From Most to least valuable
- Pinpoint learning: Pupils matrix and personalised weakness booklets
- Mathswatch - using the pinpoinit matrix MW video clips numbers and revise to turn weakneeses into strengths along with MW interactive questions on this topic/objective.
- Mathswatch exam paper HWs: Actively engaging in these (one fornightly) and as a parent ensuring pupils are not cheating with the use of AI or othereise to do to HW for them - ensure pupils show workings out in their HW questions and not just answers
- mathsgenie - see above for links - easiest location to access actual past papers and mark schemes for extra practice and also questions by topic.

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