YEAR 7 END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS

INFORMATION 2023
7 - 16 JUNE 2023

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INTERNAL EXAMINATION 2022

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

We are rapidly approaching the End of Year assessment period for our Year 7 students. This will be their
opportunity to demonstrate the progress they have made in all of their subjects during their first year of Key
Stage 3 study. Our aim is to give students in Year 7 the opportunity to sit summative assessments with the
focus being on building good revision habits in preparation for these.

I would ask that you please read through the information below on the structure of Year 7 exams, so you are
clear as to the arrangements for that period and the expectations.

Purpose of the assessments

The assessments serve a number of purposes which contribute to the on-going education of your child. They:

● celebrate progress and attainment made across the year

● show students and teachers the ‘next steps’ and targets in each student’s learning
● enable teachers to adapt their teaching/planning in response to student targets
● contribute to, but do not fully determine, assessment of where each student is in their learning
● develop students’ experience of summative assessments

Y7 End of Year Assessment Arrangements

Year 7 students will sit all assessments in exam conditions in classrooms (separate arrangements will be made
for students with special exam considerations as appropriate) and will follow their normal timetabled lessons
when they are not sitting assessments..
Preparing for the exams

As you can see from above, at this stage of their academic journey, one of the most important aspects of the
End of Year assessment period is building good revision habits. Preparation is key to examination success, and
this booklet is designed to help students prepare. It contains information as to where students can find the
materials they need to prepare for each subject. This is the crucial training for our students - preparation for
this year’s assessments is important, but even more important is the building of a skillset that will grow across
their schooling and be most effective when it comes to the final high stakes external exams in the coming
years.

Students have had opportunities in MELs lessons to learn and practise key revision techniques. This year they
also used a series of 3 lessons to look at time management, prioritisation techniques and revision planning.
They discussed the importance of starting early, spacing their practice and creating targets that are
manageable so they can check off tasks as they go - this is key when it comes to wellbeing as it gives students
a sense of achievement.

For more information on exams anxiety or revision techniques please refer to the parent padlet under the
headings “Exams Anxiety”, “General Anxiety”, “Mindfulness” and “Reduce Exams anxiety through effective
revision”.

In this pack you will find the exam timetable and revision guidance for each subject.

Once you have reviewed the timetable and the revision guidance, if you have queries please contact the
following people;

Timetabling issues: contact Mr Byrne - mbyrne@britishschool.sch.ae

Subject specific queries: contact the class teacher directly.
Pastoral concerns: contact Miss Hand - ehand@britishschool.sch.ae
 Year 7 Summer Examinations 2023

Day Week P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6

Mon 15 May 7PH & 7PE Comp Sci

Tue 16 May 7CH Comp Sci

A
Wed 17 May 7CE Comp Sci

Thu 18 May

Fri 19 May 7HY Comp Sci 7GR Comp Sci

Mon 22 May

Tue 23 May 7GR Comp Sci 7CH Comp Sci 7HY Comp Sci
B
Wed 24 May

Thu 25 May 7CE & 7PE Comp Sci

Fri 26 May 7PH Comp Sci

Mon 29 May

Tue 30 May 7Y1b Drama

Wed 31 May A 7X1b Drama 7Xa Drama 7Ya & 7Yc Drama

Thu 1 June 7Xc Drama

Fri 2 June

Mon 5 June
B
Tue 6 June

Wed 7 June History Art

Thu 8 June B English PE

Fri 9 June French Social Studies A

Mon 12 June GL English* GL Maths* DT

Tue 13 June Science Music

Wed 14 June A Arabic A/B Geography

Thu 15 June Islamic A/B Spanish

Fri 16 June Maths

Computer Science and Drama exams will be practical and will take place in your lessons as indicated above. The main examination
period begins on Wednesday 7 June. All exams are 40mins long and will take place in the room you are timetabled to be in during
that lesson. In lessons which are not timetabled as exams, you will continue with your normal timetabled lessons.

Students with extra time provision will sit their exams in the classroom with the main cohort. Students with more individual needs
will be allocated a different room. You will receive this information individually.

Your GL English and Maths progress tests will be held in the Auditorium. The data from these is only for internal use. You must bring
a charged chromebook and headphones for these tests.

If there are any issues with timetabling, please contact Mr Byrne at mbyrne@britishschool.sch.ae, otherwise contact Miss Hand.
 Summer Examinations 2023 - Specialist Equipment

Some of your examinations may require some specific equipment, over and above your normal stationary. It is your responsibility to
come to every examination fully equipped, as we will not have spares of any equipment. Please see the list below.

Subject Y7 Equipment

Arabic A & B chromebook AA

Art HB pencil / Eraser / Pencil Sharpener / Black pen (writing)

Drama

DT Charged Chromebook

English Charged Chromebook

French

Geography black pen, sharp pencil, eraser, ruler, calculator

History

Islamic A & B Charged chromebook

Maths

Music charged chromebook and headphones

PE Charged chromebook and headphones

Science black pen, sharp pencil, eraser, ruler, calculator

Social Studies A chromebook

Spanish

GL English Chromebooks and Headphones

GL Maths Chromebooks and Headphones

GL Science
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Arabic A

Instructions/Comments:

1 -I have attached link includes all the topics and concepts that will be covered on the
exam. Please review this carefully and make sure you understand each concept
thoroughly.

2- I recommend that you practice past papers as this will give you an idea of the exam
format and the types of questions you can expect. You can find past papers on the Google
classroom

3- I would suggest that you create a revision schedule to ensure that you cover all the
material before the exam. A revision schedule will help you stay organized and focused on
your studies.

Revision Booklet:

Year 7 Revision Booklet 2022-2023

Learning Checklist:

Please click on the link, you will find the lesson objectives and PowerPoint slides."

1- Mrs Zaghloul Year 7 lesson objectives and PowerPoint slides.

2 - Mr Satari Year 7 lesson objectives and PowerPoint slides.
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Arabic B

Instructions/Comments:
Year 7 will sit one paper comprising Reading & Writing Skills.

Revision Classroom Code: Please refer to your individual classrooms.

Learning Checklist:

Vocabulary
Me & My Family
● Introducing yourself
● Talking about your family
● Telling about your favourite things ( colours, animals, foods,hobbies…etc)
● Giving information about yourself and your family ( age, where you live, where you are
from…etc).
Home & Town
● Talking about your home/town
● Describing your home ( rooms…) using there is/are & there isn’t/aren’t
● Describing your town( places…)using there is/are & there isn’t/aren’t
Hobbies
● Talking about the hobbies you like/dislike
● Tell with who you practice your hobbies
● Tell the places where you practice these hobbies
School & Jobs
● Talking about the school subjects you study
● Tell the days of the week
● Tell about the jobs of your family using them in mas & fem.

Grammar:
● Using demonstratives ( singular / mas. & fem)
● Agreement of adjectives (feminine, masculine)
● Expressing opinions and showing reasons
● Using the present tense in affirmative and negative.
● Using likes / dislikes
● Using there is/are and there isn’t/aren’t
● Using prepositions
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Art

Instructions/Comments:

The timed art assessment will be based on Looking at Art/Artists and will involve visual and
written analysis based on the Formal Elements (KS3 Art Handbook).

There will be class based preparation activities and tasks leading up to the assessment
day.

Revision Classroom Code:

Please use your normal Art Class Google Classroom

Learning Checklist (please use link to google doc if easier):

Formal Elements (Visually recognising and explaining use and relevance).

Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Computer Science

Instructions/Comments:

Everything you need is in the dedicated google classroom named:

CS Year 7 End of Year Exam 2023

Please note: You will be tested on the material in this classroom and nothing more.

Revision Classroom Code:

bmhmrc5

Learning Checklist:

https://classroom.google.com/c/NjA0NzI1MzgzMjA5?cjc=bmhmrc5
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Design & Technology: (Product Design & Textiles)

Revision Classroom Code:

rlcxr3g

Learning Checklist:

General Design and Technology:

● Understand the meaning of each stage in the design process : Research, Specification,
Design Ideas, Development and Evaluation.
● Understand why CAD and CAM are used in industry.

Product Design:

● Name some equipment found in the workshop.

● General Safety rules using machines.
● General Health & safety rules in workshops
● Understand how to use Focus 2D Design software
● Understand the Casting Process
● Understand how to work with metals.
● Understand the main differences between categories of metals.
● Understand the main differences between categories of woods.

Textiles:

● Safety rules in textiles – hazards and how to prevent them.

● How fabrics are made. – Considering the 3 methods knitting, weaving and felting.
● Man made and Natural fibres
● Naming equipment used in textiles
● The sewing process

Food and Nutrition:

● Food safety and hygiene - preparing to cook. Safe cooking techniques. Food safety.
● Eatwell Guide - What is the Eatwell Guide? What makes up a healthy balanced diet?
● Nutrients - Carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.
● Where does food come from?
● Food preparation skills - cooking methods, dishes we have made, skills we have learnt.
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
English

Instructions/Comments:

In your end of year exam you will be asked to write a descriptive and imaginative piece
inspired by your explorations through your Alice in Wonderland unit.

Revision Classroom Code:

https://classroom.google.com/c/NjA2NzY0ODEyMjA3?cjc=2xai3io

Learning Checklist:

● Your ideas, content and imagination

● Using an interesting style
● Using a variety of sentence types and lengths
● Writing in clear and shaped paragraphs
● Using interesting and precise vocabulary
● Accurate spelling
● Using a varied range of punctuation.
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
French

Instructions/Comments:

Year 7 will sit one paper comprising Reading & Writing Skills.

Revision Classroom Code:

Please refer to your individual classrooms

Learning Checklist:

The reading and writing exam will be based on the content you have studied from
Module 2:

● Talking about school subjects

● Giving opinions and reasons
● Describing your timetable
● Describing your school day
● Talking about food

Grammar Focus:
● Asking questions
● Agreeing and disagreeing
● Using the 12 hour clock
● Using ‘on’ to say we
● Using du, de la, des and de l’
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Geography

Instructions/Comments:

● Please make sure you have a calculator, pencil, rubber and black/blue pen
● Use the below website, your class notes and google slide presentations on the
google classroom for revision.
● Also make use of the revision clocks for each topic to help focus revision

Revision Website:

https://sites.google.com/britishschool.sch.ae/bsak-ks3-geography/home?pli=1

Learning Checklist:

Term 1- Skills
● Continents
● Oceans
● Direction
● Lines of latitude and longitude
● 4 and 6 figure grid references
●
Term 2- Settlement
● Settlement function
● Historical factors that led to location of settlement sites
● Megacity definition
● Describe location of megacities
● Characteristics of megacities
● Positive and negative aspects of urban slums
●
Term 3- Oceans
● Layers of the ocean
● Adaptation characteristics of animals in midnight zone
● Importance of oceans
● Sustainable fishing methods
● Threat to coral reefs
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
History

Instructions/Comments:

Year 7 have been learning about migration over time and its varying experiences and
consequences. The content of the assessment will therefore draw from the topics of:
- Medieval experiences of migration, including around 1066 specifically
- African migration during the Renaissance
- African and Asian migration from 1730 to 1833
- Immigration and efforts to control it around World War I
- Modern experiences of refugees

Revision should be based upon notes taken in class, resources provided within your class
Classrooms, as well as questions raised to your teachers either in class or through the
year group revision classroom.

Revision Classroom Code:

rm2vmey

Learning Checklist:

1. The ability to draw upon specific factual knowledge from across the above five
content areas
2. Clarity in essay structure
3. Supporting arguments with detailed factual evidence
4. Clear explanation of arguments
5. The ability to evaluate your arguments to reach an overall judgement
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Islamic A

Instructions/Comments:

You can find all the resources in this booklet (Google forms - worksheets- Google slides -
games) to help you to prepare very well for the exam.

Revision Classroom Code:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qxTqJW5SSI-xjMCo2kVbonU0lWVsZwH9pWHAsdb
w50U/edit

Learning Checklist:

: ‫ﯾﻧﺗظر ﻣن اﻟطﺎﻟب أن‬

.‫● ﺗﻔﺳﯾر ﻣﻔردات اﻵﯾﺎت اﻟﻛرﯾﻣﺔ ﻣن ﺳورة اﻟﻣﻠك وﯾﺷرح ﻣﻔردات اﻷﺣﺎدﯾث اﻟﺷرﯾﻔﺔ‬
.‫● ﯾﺳﺗﺧرج اﻷﺣﻛﺎم اﻟﺷرﻋﯾﺔ ﻟﺻوم اﻟﺗطوع‬
.‫● ﯾﺳﺗﺧرج أﺣﻛﺎم اﻟﻧون اﻟﺳﺎﻛﻧﺔ‬
.‫● ﯾﺑﯾن أﺣﻛﺎم اﻟﺻﻼة وﺳﻧﻧﮭﺎ وﺷروطﮭﺎ وأرﻛﺎﻧﮭﺎ‬
https://classroom.google.com/c/NDg5MDI4MjkwMTY5
https://classroom.google.com/c/NDg5MDI4NjgxMTE3
Students can find all the topics and outcomes in these links
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Islamic B

Instructions/Comments:

Please study well and try to complete all of the answers in the booklet

Revision Booklet:

Y 7 Islamic Revision Booklet

Learning Checklist:

● Obligatory, Voluntary and Disliked Acts of Prayer

● The Rules of Silent Noon and Tanween
● Life in Madinah after Emigration
● Prostration of Forgetfulness and Prostration of Recitation
● The Power of Allah (Surah al Mulk 15-24)
● Selecting Friends
● The Battle of Uhud
● Voluntary Fasting
● Aisha, Mother of the Believers (R.A)
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Maths

Instructions/Comments:

All information is on the revision website

Revision Classroom Code:

https://sites.google.com/britishschool.sch.ae/mathematicsks3/year-7-revision

Learning Checklist:

https://sites.google.com/britishschool.sch.ae/mathematicsks3/year-7-revision
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Music

Instructions/Comments:

Your music exam will include several listening questions; you will be asked to listen to
pieces of music and answer questions about what you are hearing. All questions will be
based on the work we have covered this year, see the list below. Please use the example
listening questions in our Google classroom to help remind you of the work we have
studied and revise the key musical vocabulary.

● RHYTHM, PULSE and BEAT

● PITCH and MELODY
● PENTATONIC SCALES and ARRIBA
● MINIMALISM

Revision Classroom Code:

hq35yam

Learning Checklist:

Y7 MUSIC REVISION
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Physical Education

Instructions/Comments:

All revision material that is placed onto the classroom will be assessed in the examination.

PE teachers will go over key points during lessons that will support your performance in
the exam.

Revision Classroom Code:

laff6jw

Learning Checklist (please use link to google doc if easier):

● Phases of a Warm Up
● Muscles in The Body
● Joints in the Body
● Components of fitness
● Physical Fitness
● Methods of Training
● Short & Long Term Effects of exercise
● Practising Skills & Tactics
● Teamwork & Goal Setting
● Rules in Sport
● Planning Exercise Sessions
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Science

Instructions/Comments:

Equipment needed for each exam:

Sharp pencil
Ruler
Calculator

Revision Classroom Code:

osshuhk

Learning Checklist:

Topics tested
Cells
Life processes (respiratory system only)
Particles and their behaviour
Elements, compounds and the periodic table
Forces
Sound and light

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j8oopompebBhCNsL0eEJb4h_YUQb48Xhz83s0AZ
HvQw/edit?usp=sharing
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information
Subject:
Social Studies A

Instructions/Comments:

● Turn on your keyboard to Arabic before you start the exam.

● Read the instruction very well before you answer the questions
● Read the questions and the options very well before you choose the right answers.
● You should not submit the exam before the teacher allows you to do that.

Revision Booklet:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AJ18bNkEsISgy5HOiSYwA1-fTK_Y9ag_gQkUW0e
G8mY/edit?usp=sharing

Learning Checklist:

: ‫ﯾﺗوﻗﻊ ﻣن اﻟطﺎﻟب أن ﯾﻛون ﻗﺎدراً ﻋﻠﻰ‬

.‫أن ﯾﻣﺗﻠك ﻣﮭﺎرة ﺗﺣدﯾد اﻟﻣوﻗﻊ اﻟﺟﻐراﻓﻲ وأﺷﻛﺎل اﻟﺗﺿﺎرﯾس ﻟﻠﻘﺎرة اﻷﻓرﯾﻘﯾﺔ‬ .1
.‫أن ﯾذﻛر أھم اﻟﺣﻘﺎﺋق ﻋن اﻟﺳﻛﺎن ﻓﻲ أﻓرﯾﻘﯾﺎ‬ .2
. ‫إدراك اﻟﻣﻔﺎھﯾم واﻟﻣﺻطﻠﺣﺎت اﻟرﺋﯾﺳﯾﺔ ﻟدرس اﻟﻧﺑﺎﺗﺎت اﻟﺣوﻟﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ دوﻟﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات‬ .3
.‫أن ﯾﺑﯾن أھﻣﯾﺔ اﻟﻧﺑﺎﺗﺎت اﻟﺣوﻟﯾﺔ‬ .4
.‫أن ﯾﺻﻧف اﻟﻧﺑﺎﺗﺎت اﻟﺣوﻟﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ دوﻟﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌرﺑﯾﺔ اﻟﻣﺗﺣدة ﺣﺳب ﺑﯾﺋﺗﮭﺎ‬ .5
.‫أن ﯾﺑﯾن اﺳﺗﺧداﻣﺎت اﻟﻧﺑﺎﺗﺎت اﻟﺣوﻟﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ دوﻟﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌرﺑﯾﺔ اﻟﻣﺗﺣدة‬ .6
(‫ ﺣل اﻟﻣﺷﻛﻼت‬، ‫ اﻟﺗﻧﺑؤ‬، ‫أن ﯾﺗﻣﻛن ﻣن اﻹﺟﺎﺑﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ أﺳﺋﻠﺔ ﻣﮭﺎرات اﻟﺗﻔﻛﯾر اﻟﻧﺎﻗد ) إﺑداء اﻟرأي‬ .7
Year 7 End of Year Exams Revision Information

Subject:
Spanish

Instructions/Comments:

Year 7 will sit one paper comprising Reading & Writing Skills.

Revision Classroom Code:

Please refer to your individual classrooms.

Learning Checklist:

Vocabulary

Personal introduction:
● Telling your name
● Talking about your age and birthday
● Describing your personality
● Talking about your siblings
School:
● Talking about your school subjects
● Talking about your favourite school day
● Talking about your timetable
● Talking about your teachers
● Talking about school facilities

Grammar points
● Giving opinions and justifications
● Agreement of adjectives (feminine, masculine, singular and plural endings)
● Using connectives
● Using time
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