YEAR 6 MICHAELMAS TERM EXAMINATIONS 2014
YEAR 6 MICHAELMAS TERM EXAMINATIONS 2014 SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT Maths 1 hour 1 written paper (Non-calculator) KEY TOPICS Please visit www.choirschool.com to download the ‘WCCS Junior School Mathematics Syllabus’. Boys should be proficient at all topics listed on the syllabus. Every Year 6 pupil also has a hard copy in their yellow Maths folder. Please also learn all the formulae and facts on the ‘WCCS Junior Maths Silver Card’ which every Year 6 pupil has in their yellow Maths folder. Please use mymaths.co.uk for helpful revision lessons and activities. log-in: wccs password: decimal FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MATHEMATICS CONTACT: [email protected] or [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT English 75 minutes Prose comprehension and composition KEY TOPICS Paper 1: prose comprehension based on a passage from a novel and composition Boys should be able to – find information or ideas; identify meaning beyond the literal; explain the writer’s choice of words and imagery (similes, metaphors and personification); analyse the text as a whole, with supporting quotations; continue the passage, imitating the style of the author. composition 75 minutes Poetry comprehension and grammar and punctuation Paper 2: poetry comprehension grammar and punctuation Boys should be able to – find information or ideas; identify meaning beyond the literal; explain the writer’s choice of words and poetic devices (similes, metaphors, personification, enjambment etc…); analyse the poem as a whole, with supporting quotations; Punctuation: full stops, capitals letters, question marks, exclamation marks, direct speech, apostrophes, semi-colons Grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH CONTACT: [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT Science 1 hour paper Written paper KEY TOPICS CE11+ Biology Syllabus: Section 1 Life processes + Section 2 Humans & other animals (Pickering Textbook – Bk 1 – Chap 1-6(inc)) CE11+ Chemistry Syllabus: Section 1 Grouping & classifying materials (Pickering Textbook – Bk 1- Chap 13-18(inc)) Boys also have CGP Revision guides to use to aid their revision. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE CONTACT: [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH French 1 hour EXAM FORMAT Reading (gap -filling/ multiple choice/ matching pictures to descriptions) Writing (writing sentences based on visual or written stimulus) Conjugation of verbs KEY TOPICS Talking about sports and activities Talking about TV programmes Talking about reading and films Giving opinions Present tense Past tense Saying what you did yesterday Saying when you did things FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FRENCH CONTACT: [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS 6G Classics 1 hour Passage of Latin to translate featuring all the Level 1grammar covered so far. Grammar and comprehension questions on a passage of Latin. English into Latin sentences. The following grammar will be tested: Present, imperfect and perfect tense of sum Present, imperfect and perfect tense of 1st declension verbs like amo 1st declension nouns (like puella) in all cases 2nd declension masculine nouns (like dominus, puer/magister) in all cases Irregular 2nd declension masculine nouns (deus, vir, filius) 2nd declension neuter nouns (like bellum) in all cases The meaning and use of these cases 1st/2nd declension adjectives like bonus Agreement of adjectives and nouns Prepositions which take the ablative case Prepositions which take the accusative case Numbers 1-10 Vocabulary from chapters 1-5 of text book 6M Classics 1 hour Passage of Latin to translate featuring all the Level 1grammar covered so far. Grammar questions. English into Latin sentences. The following grammar will be tested: Present and imperfect tense of sum Present and imperfect tense of 1st declension verbs like amo 1st declension nouns (like puella) in all cases 2nd declension masculine nouns (like dominus, puer/magister) in all cases Irregular 2nd declension masculine nouns (deus, vir, filius) 2nd declension neuter nouns (like bellum) in all cases The meaning and use of these cases 1st/2nd declension adjectives like bonus Agreement of adjectives and nouns Prepositions which take the ablative case Vocabulary from chapters 1-4 of text book FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CLASSICS CONTACT: [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS History 1 hour Part A: Short answer questions on the path to war, the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain Part B: Evidence-based questions on previously unseen sources – the rise of Hitler The path to war The rise of Hitler The Battle for France (the Schlieffen Plan, Operation Dynamo) Propaganda The Battle of Britain The Home Front Roman Britain Part C: Essay on the US entry to WWII OR Roman Britain FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY CONTACT: [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH Geography 1 hour EXAM FORMAT Mainly short answer questions with a couple of “paragraphlong” answers. KEY TOPICS All the work covered so far this year: Layers of the Earth Plate tectonics and plate boundaries Earthquakes (including the Haiti Earthquake) Tsunamis (including the Boxing Day tsunami) FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHY CONTACT: [email protected] or [email protected] SUBJECT LENGTH Religious Studies 1 hour EXAM FORMAT Section one Define 10 key terms Section two Use of a painting, a short section of a bible story and own knowledge, answer short comprehension questions. Section three Use of a painting, give factual recall and then answer opinion-based questions. KEY TOPICS Section 1 You will need to be able to define key terms (those in bold) taken from chapters 1-5. These terms are defined in the glossary, pp 135136. Section 2 The Fall – revise chapter 6. You will need to describe a painting (which you will be given), and answer questions based on the consequences of the Fall. Section 3 Mary and Jesus - You will need to know about the Annunciation (chapter 11) and Incarnation. Also revise chapter 12 – the Presentation. You will be asked about the 7 Sorrows of Mary. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RELIGIOUS STUDIES CONTACT: [email protected]
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