Y8 Assessment
Year 8 Assessment Week Tasks
We have provided some information below to support you and your child in preparing for these assessments.
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Core Courses |
Assessment Week Task |
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English |
History of English (50 minute written paper) Section A: Knowledge Questions (20 marks) Section B: Language Debate (Written non-fiction response on language topic) |
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Maths |
A 50 minute single paper, non-calculator. Topics covered in the assessment are a review of the first term: Primes and factorising Positive and negative numbers Addition and subtraction of fractions Sequences, expressions and equations Triangles, quadrilaterals and angles on parallel lines |
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EBacc Courses |
Assessment Week Task |
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Science |
A 45 minute written assessment paper Content coverage: Ecosystems big idea: Respiration and Photosynthesis |
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History |
50 minute written paper with questions on the two main topics studied so far in History this year. There will be 3 sections: Section 1: Multiple Choice Knowledge Questions (10) Section 2: Historical Vocabulary Gap Fill (10) Section 3: Extended written answer - How far do you agree with a statement? |
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Geography |
45 minute written paper. Questions will include a range of short answer closed response questions, data response questions and longer answer open response questions. All completed topics studied so far this year will be assessed. This includes world & UK climate and Climate Change. The assessment will be out of 45 marks. |
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French |
Part A: 30-minute writing task, with question in the style of a 90-word essay. 16 marks. Part B: 20-minute reading translation task, with 5 sentences to translate from French into English. 26 marks. |
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German |
Part A: 30-minute writing task, with question in the style of a 90-word essay. 16 marks. Part B: 20-minute reading translation task, with 5 sentences to translate from German into English. 26 marks. |
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Spanish |
Part A: 30-minute writing task, with question in the style of a 90-word essay. 16 marks. Part B: 20-minute reading translation task, with 5 sentences to translate from Spanish into English. 26 marks. |
Students requiring extra time
If your child has been identified as a student who is entitled to extra time, we will be providing an alternative room during each assessment to facilitate their requirements.
Timetable for the Year 8 Assessment Week (beginning Tuesday 7th January 2020)
Your child will need to know which band they are in so that they know when their assessments will take place.
X Band is forms A to D.
Y Band is forms E to H.
Z Band is forms I to L.
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8X |
En |
Ma |
Sci |
History |
Lang |
Geog |
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8X1 |
We P5 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P5 |
Th P3 |
Fr P1 |
Th P5 |
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8X2 |
We P5 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P5 |
Th P3 |
Fr P1 |
Th P5 |
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8X3 |
We P5 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P5 |
Th P3 |
Fr P1 |
Th P5 |
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8X4 |
We P5 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P5 |
Th P3 |
Fr P1 |
Th P5 |
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8X5 |
We P5 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P5 |
Th P3 |
N/A |
Th P5 |
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8Y |
En |
Ma |
Sci |
History |
Lang |
Geog |
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8Y1 |
We P1 |
Mon P2 |
Tu P2 |
We P5 |
Th P2 |
Fr P5 |
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8Y2 |
We P1 |
Mon P2 |
Tu P2 |
We P5 |
Th P2 |
Fr P5 |
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8Y3 |
We P1 |
Mon P2 |
Tu P2 |
We P5 |
Th P2 |
Fr P5 |
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8Y4 |
We P1 |
Mon P2 |
Tu P2 |
We P5 |
Th P2 |
Fr P5 |
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8Y5 |
We P1 |
Mon P2 |
Tu P2 |
Fr P5 |
N/A |
We P5 |
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8Z |
En |
Ma |
Sci |
History |
Lang |
Geog |
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8Z1 |
We P2 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P1 |
Mon P5 |
Fr P4 |
Th P1 |
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8Z2 |
We P2 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P1 |
Mon P5 |
Fr P4 |
Th P1 |
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8Z3 |
We P2 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P1 |
Th P1 |
Fr P4 |
Mon P5 |
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8Z4 |
We P2 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P1 |
Mon P5 |
Fr P4 |
Th P1 |
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8Z5 |
We P2 |
Mon P1 |
Tu P1 |
Mon P5 |
Fr P4 |
Th P1 |