Welcome to the HCC Science Department!
Examinations - OCR Gateway
We have moved into the new GCSE 9 - 1 curriculum.
All students are following the new National Curriculum for Science, which can be found here:
We are following the OCR Gateway (Science A) courses for both Combined Science and the separate science GCSEs. First examinations for all of these will be in the Summer of 2018.
Details of these can be found on OCR’s website here:
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/by-subject/science/
All students cover the same topics over the 2 years, those studying Triple will meet extra details in each topic.
Biology
1 Cell level systems
2 Scaling up
3 Organism level systems
4 Community level systems
5 Genes, inheritance and selection
6 Global challenges
Chemistry
1 Particles
2 Elements, compounds and mixtures
3 Chemical reactions
4 Predicting and identifying reactions and products
5 Monitoring and controlling chemical reactions
6 Global challenges
Physics
1 Matter
2 Forces
3 Electricity
4 Magnetic fields
5 Waves
6 Radioactivity
7 Energy
8 Global challenges
All of the Science Department run extra revision sessions.
These sessions are arranged by the teachers and students can attend lunch time revision classes or after school sessions, depending on their preferences.
If you are interested, please contact you Science teacher.
Through team work and collaboration we will achieve great results again this year.
Despite all the recent changes to the Science curriculum to make it more 'demanding', we are providing our students with every opportunity to gain the top results in Science in the Devon area. Our outstanding resources, unending dedication and the commitment of the students, make us a very strong and capable team.
