MATHS
Exam board: Edexcel
Foundation Maths Revision Guide
This guide would be useful for all Year 9 pupils, as they will need to
understand the content of this book whether they complete the
foundation or higher papers at the end of Year 11.
Higher Maths Revision Guide
This Revision guide will only be needed by the pupils that go onto
complete the higher Maths papers at the end of Year 11. It may be
worth not purchasing this version until Year 10, when you are certain
that you child will be completing higher papers.
Useful Links
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Login and passwords are in the pupil planner
ENGLISH
Exam board: AQA
There are no recommended revision guides for the Year 9 examinations; resources to help
will be placed on Office 365 to support pupils.
The guides below are, however, recommended for Year 10 and 11.
English-Language-Complete-Revision-Practice
Useful Links
KS3 Bitesize English
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Exam board: AQA
Useful Links
GCSE-English-Literature-Poetry-Guide
An Inspector Calls guide
Romeo and Juliet revision guide
SCIENCE
Exam board: AQA
The guides below can also be ordered through the Academy via the option on Parent Pay.
GCSE Biology (For AQA Grades 9-1)
GCSE Chemistry (For AQA Grades 9-1)
GCSE Physics (For AQA Grades 9-1)
Useful Links (AQA)
Biology Specification
Chemistry Specification
Physics Specification
Kerboodle ‐ virtual text and assorted resources.
[Link]
Login: first initial & surname (eg: roren). If you share a first initial & surname you may have
a 1 or 2 or 3 after the login. Password: is the same when you first log in and can then be
changed. Institution code JG9
Bitesize [Link]
Videos [Link]
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Year 10 Computer Science have been issued with a textbook already, but the following
revision guide is also recommended.
New GCSE Computer Science AQA Revision Guide - for the
Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE Computer Science 9-1
Revision)
Other resources will be linked through Teams as we progress
through the year.
MEDIA STUDIES
The textbook and revision guide (due to be published April 2019) hyperlinked below would
be useful for GCSE Media.
NEW SPEC WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies
NEW SPEC WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide
BUSINESS STUDIES
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Revision Guide
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Below is a list of recommended revision guides/websites/resources for Year 10 students, (this
is applicable for French & Spanish):
Pearson REVISE AQA: GCSE French Revision Workbook (£5.99)
Pearson REVISE AQA: GCSE Spanish Revision Workbook (£5.99)
Other sources of revision:
Quizlet online (students have already been given login details)
Access to their French/Spanish textbook online through Active Learn (all students should
have their login instructions).
Whitburn GCSE Revision Online Notebook (on school desktop)
Students should also follow @whitburnmfl on Twitter for regular updates to authentic
materials (e.g. news articles)
The Head of MFL is also working on creating a library of authentic resources which will be
kept in the Department and that students can loan from us. This will include tourist
brochures, magazines, newspapers, literature etc.
GEOGRAPHY
Exam board: AQA.
Specification: [Link]
The guides below are recommended for Year 10 and 11
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Revision Guide £7.00
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Exam Practice £7.00
CGP GCSE Geography revision AQA £8.85
HISTORY
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) History (basic overview)
More focused revision guides on the course’s four components are:
Oxford AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England c1568-1603
Revision Guide (9-1)
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1920-1973: Opportunity
and Inequality Revision Guide
Oxford AQA GCSE History: Conflict and Tension: The Inter-War
Years 1918-1939 Revision Guide (9-1)
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Britain: Power and the People
c1170-Present Day Revision Guide
MUSIC
Edexcel GCSE Music Revision Guide
ART
Information relating to the Art course can be found on the link below. It is particularly good
for pupils that are absent to help them to stay up to date:
[Link]/whitburngcsenotebook
GRAPHICS
A useful website below for the course breakdown and samples of work:
[Link]
award-in-graphic-design-4569
RE
For Year 10 RE the following revision guide is recommended:
Religious Studies A (9-1) Christianity AQA
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) PE 2nd Edition
ALL SUBJECTS
For all subjects, there are extensive revision resources on the Academy website. Heads of
Subject update these resources frequently. You can access via the following route:
Academy website -> pupils -> GCSE Revision notebook.
