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Senior School Curriculum: GCSE Coursework Planning

Planning your time

Coursework often presents the GCSE student with an unfamiliar challenge. Used to having time planned for him by the homework timetable with its requirement for a set amount of work each evening, he or she is sometimes bemused by what seems an enormous amount of time available to complete a GCSE project.

Procrastination however is the thief of time, as the old proverb has it, and putting off until tomorrow work that you could do today will usually result in a large pile of work to be completed in an improbably short time.

Deadlines

Missed deadlines do not only cause the teacher aggravation and the student unnecessary stress. All too often they result in work of an inferior standard because necessary preparation or research had to be cut short or writing up rushed. Easy to say, and difficult to do, time management is the answer. This grid is provided to assist parents and students achieve that objective.

Your own work

In various subjects it is necessary for the student to undertake work on his or her own initiative rather than waiting to be told. Projects often have subjects that are unique to the individual rather than shared with the rest of the class. Although teachers may advise in general terms, sometimes only the student can judge what specifically needs to be done. Learning to take decisions for oneself and accept responsibility for one's own actions (or inaction) is an important part of this process.

Parental role

Whilst parents are welcome to take an interest, they should beware of relieving the student of this responsibility. Not only will the object of the exercise be defeated, but the student will find it difficult to sign in honesty a declaration that the work is his or her own. It is compulsory to sign such a declaration. Plagiarism is punishable by exclusion from GCSE.

 

GCSE Coursework Planner 2009/10

Date w/b
Week
         
31/08/2009 1 DT-Coursework continuous Art-coursework continuous History-1st piece begins   English-coursework continuous
07/09/2009 2     History-1st piece begins    
14/09/2009 3     History-1st piece    
21/09/2009 4 Geography-1st piece top-up   History-1st piece    
28/09/2009 5 Geography-1st piece top-up   History-1st piece    
05/10/2009 6 Geography-1st piece top-up. Deadline.   History-1st piece PE final draft Deadline  
12/10/2009 7
Half Term 15th-25th October
19/10/2009 8
26/10/2009       History-1st piece    
02/11/2009 9     History-1st piece    
09/11/2009 10     History- deadline- 1st piece Science Exam preparation  
16/11/2009 11   Art coursework tutorials   Science Exams  
23/11/2009 12        
30/11/2009 13         English oral preparation
07/12/2009 14         English oral preparation
14/12/2009 15 B.Studs/Economics- Deadline 3rd piece Music 1st piece     English orals
21/12/2009 16          
   
Christmas Break 16th Dec - 4th Jan
04/01/2010 17   Art Prelim      
11/01/2010 18

PRELIMS

PRELIMS

PRELIMS

PRELIMS

PRELIMS

18/01/2010 19     History-2nd-piece begins    
25/01/2010 20     History-2nd piece    
01/02/2010 21   Art Coursework Deadline History-2nd piece    
08/02/2010 22 Spanish Std Grade oral prelims   History-2nd piece    
15/02/2010 23
Half Term 13th - 16th February
22/02/2010 24   Art Exam paper set History-2nd-piece Science Exam preparation  
01/03/2010 25 Mod Languages oral prelims   History- deadline 2nd piece Science Exams English-2nd phase of orals
08/03/2010 26       English-2nd phase of orals
15/03/2010 27   Music 2nd piece     English- deadline -coursework completed
22/03/2010 28 DT- 3D deadline        
29/03/2010 29      
   
Easter Break 1st April - 20th April
19/04/2010 30 DT- Folio deadline        
26/04/2010 31 Modern Languages oral exams Art Exam      
03/05/2010 32          
10/05/2010 33          
17/05/2010 34       Science Exam preparation  
24/05/2010 35       Science Exams  
31/05/2010 36
Half Term 29th - 1st June
07/06/2010 37          
14/06/2010 38          
21/06/2010 39          
28/06/2010 40          
05/07/2010 41
Summer Break 2nd July -
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