Lower Sixth Transition Booklet (2017-18)

LOWER SIXTH TRANSITION BOOKLET (2017-18)

GCSE Results and Induction Day

Sixth Form Dress Code 2017-18 Sixth Form pupils are role models for younger pupils - as such the school expects high standards of dress. The Sixth Form should be smartly dressed in a manner that would result in them being taken seriously within a professional working environment. Pupils’ appearance should reflect a sense of pride in themselves and of the school. Pupils may choose to wear either the trouser suit or skirt suit option.

Trouser suit option:  Conventional business suit (matching jacket and full-length trousers)  Smart collared shirt of conventional design – long enough to be tucked in and large enough for the top button to be done up  Smart tie; either school or alternative discreet design  Smart conventional shoes/ankle boots – black or brown, polishable or smart clean suede. No high heels  V-necked jumper or cardigan of any plain colour with no large logo (any tie must be visible)  Modest jewellery

Skirt suit option:  Conventional business suit (matching jacket and skirt) - skirt should touch calf at the back with leg bent at 90 degree angle  Smart collared shirt of conventional design – long enough to be tucked in  Plain tights if worn  Smart conventional shoes/ankle boots – black or brown, polishable or smart clean suede. No high heels  V-necked jumper or cardigan of any plain colour with no large logo  Modest jewellery

Travel to and from School  Any sensible coat or jacket may be worn over the suit for warmth and to keep dry on the way to School  Pupils cycling to school must wear a protective helmet and high visibility clothing

The dress code excludes:  ‘Doc Marten’ style boots; sandals; stiletto or platform shoes; trainers; “Ugg” boots  Leather or denim clothing (obviously excepting leather shoes) of all sorts  Hoodies or fleeces  Coats being used as a replacement for suit jackets  Facial piercings (although a discreet nose stud is acceptable)  Hair of an extreme style or appearance

Contents

Sixth Form Dress Code 2017-18 ...... 3 THE ROUSE RESEARCH PROGRAMME ...... 5 ANCIENT HISTORY ...... 6 ART & DESIGN ...... 7 BIOLOGY ...... 8 CHEMISTRY A LEVEL ...... 10 CHEMISTRY PRE-U ...... 11 CLASSICAL GREEK ...... 12 DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: SYSTEMS AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ...... 13 ECONOMICS ...... 14 ENGLISH LITERATURE...... 15 FRENCH ...... 16 GEOGRAPHY ...... 17 GERMAN ...... 18 HISTORY RRR (Reform, Rights and Revolution) ...... 19 HISTORY SSS (Sovereignty, Superstition and Schism) ...... 20 LATIN ...... 21 MATHEMATICS/FURTHER MATHEMATICS ...... 22 MUSIC PRE-U ...... 23 PHILOSOPHY PRE-U ...... 24 PHYSICS PRE-U ...... 25 POLITICS ...... 26 PSYCHOLOGY PRE-U ...... 28 RELIGIOUS STUDIES ...... 30 SPANISH ...... 31 Appendix ...... 32

THE ROUSE RESEARCH PROGRAMME

All Sixth Form students at the Perse undertake an independent research project in the Lower Sixth. This provides an opportunity to learn research skills, extend learning beyond A Levels and equip for a strong UCAS application. The first term will be a series of research skills seminars, towards the end of which students will decide on their research route and topic. They can choose from: A) Extended Project Qualification (AQA http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-W-7993-SP- 15.PDF) The EPQ is equivalent to an AS Level and involves 4 periods per cycle being timetabled with a non-specialist supervisor and will take a minimum of 100 hours of research. The EPQ is marked on the research ‘journey’ as well as a presentation and the end product of a 5000 word essay. This option suits students who would like to focus on the process of research. B) Rouse Award (Internal) Students have one lesson per cycle with a supervisor with a broad subject-based specialism from January. The Rouse Award is marked only on the finished product and students can enter into the following categories:

 The Rouse Research Award: independent research culminating in an essay of 2-4,000 words;

 The Rouse Award for the Creative Arts: a research-informed creative process culminates in the submission of an ‘artefact’ plus a short report of 500-1500 words outlining the research and how it informed the outcome.

 The Rouse Award for Mathematics: research into an area of mathematics, culminating in a presentation to the Maclaurin Society

 The Rouse Award for Engineering, Technology and Computing (as above for creative arts) Upon completion all students will receive a Rouse Award Certificate (with commended and highly commended categories) that will be included on University Transcripts and discussed in the UCAS Reference. The best entries will be considered for prizes by a panel of University academics and Governors. This option suits students who are independent, self-starters and would like to really focus on the content of their research. C) Alternative Accreditation Some students opt to do another qualification, such as ABRSM Grade 8 Theory, British Science Association CREST Awards and a number of others if it is deemed more appropriate to suit their future ambitions.

ANCIENT HISTORY

The A level course requires you to do a Roman History Period Study (The Julio-Claudian Emperors 31BC- AD 68) and a Depth Study (The Breakdown of the Late Republic 88-31 BC) together with a Greek History Period Study (Relations between Greek states and between Greek and non-Greek states 492-404 BC) and a Depth Study (The Politics and Society of Sparta 478-404 BC). In the Lower Sixth, you will complete both of the depth studies and move on to the start of the period study. You will use ancient sources as the start-point for your analysis of the historical context, analysing the literary value of written sources and cultural significance of archaeological remains.

Type of Course: 2 year Linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H407 Ancient History A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/313570-specification-accredited-a-level-ancient-history-h407.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your horizons on the ancient world, look in the Ancient History sections in Heffers, Waterstones or the Library and read anything that appeals to you; Tom Holland’s books Persian Fire, Rubicon, Dynasty and the novels Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator (all by Robert Harris) and Gates of Fire (by Steven Pressfield) will provide excellent background reading.

If you get the opportunity, visit Roman/Greek sites and museums. You could also watch some relevant films or TV programmes (good examples include Ultimate Rome: Empire without Limit presented by Mary Beard and The Spartans presented by Bettany Hughes).

ART & DESIGN

In the Lower Sixth, you will be investigating the theme of ‘BODY’ within your Lower Sixth year.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H601 Fine Art A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/170210-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-art-and-design- h600-h606.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your knowledge and understanding of Art, try reading any of these books, watching any of these films or programmes or visiting any of these galleries:

Art History:  Ways of Seeing John Berger  The 20th Century Art Book Phaidon  The Art of the Maker Peter Dormer  The Story of Art E.H. Gombrich  Great Modern Artists Andy Tuohy with Christopher Masters  A World History of Art Hugh Honour & John Fleming  Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art J. Hall, John Murray

Films/DVD to watch: • All Man - Grayson Perry • In the Best Possible Taste - Grayson Perry • Simon Schama’s Power of Art • Woman in Gold • Girl with the Pearl Earring • Metropolis • Frida

Exhibitions: Visit galleries, exhibitions, artists’ studios over the summer. They could be local, national or international. Look for artwork that relates to the idea of ‘BODY’ in some way.  http://www.newexhibitions.com/exhibitions/  http://www.visitlondon.com/events/arts/top-10-exhibitions  http://www.timeout.com/london/art/

Practical work: Collect postcards, take at least 12 photographs, make 2 or 3 sketches and write reflective notes on the work that interests you to document your visits.

BIOLOGY

This course builds on the work of the CIE IGCSE (0610) and provides an excellent preparation for university.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level

Specification: CIE International A Level course (9700). http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-international-as-and-a-level- biology-9700/

Things you can do before the course:

The following topics have been studied by students taking the CIE IGCSE course (0610) at the Perse school. If there are any topics you have not covered, you must complete some reading over the summer.

1. Characteristics and classification of living organisms Characteristics of living organisms, concept and use of a classification system, features of organisms, Dichotomous keys 2. Organisation of the organism Cell structure and organisation, levels of organisation, size of specimens 3. Movement in and out of cells Diffusion, osmosis, active transport 4. Biological molecules 5. Enzymes 6. Plant nutrition Photosynthesis, leaf structure, mineral requirements 7. Human nutrition Diet, Alimentary canal, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, Absorption 8. Transport in Plants Transport in plants, water uptake, transpiration, translocation 9. Transport in Animals Heart, Blood and lymphatic vessels, blood 10. Diseases and Immunity 11. Gas exchange in humans 12. Respiration Aerobic respiration, Anaerobic respiration 13. Excretion in humans 14. Coordination and response Nervous control in humans, sense organs, hormones in humans, homeostasis, tropic responses 15. Drugs Medicinal drugs, Misused drugs 16. Reproduction Asexual reproduction, Sexual reproduction, Sexual reproduction in plants, Sexual reproduction in humans, Sex hormones in humans, Methods of birth control in humans, Sexually transmitted infections 8

17. Inheritance Chromosomes, genes and proteins, Mitosis, Meiosis, Monohybrid Inheritance 18. Variation and selection Variation, Adaptive features, Selection 19. Organisms and their environment Energy flow, food chains and food webs, nutrient cycles 20. Biotechnology and genetic engineering Biotechnology, Genetic engineering 21. Human influences on ecosystems Food supply, habitat destruction, pollution, conservation

Text books: Cambridge International AS and A Level Biology Coursebook (Fourth edition) - Jones, Fosbery, Gregory and Taylor, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-63682-8

Cambridge IGCSE Biology 3rd Edition - MacKean and Hayward, Hodder Education, ISBN 978- 1444176469

Other reading: Biological Sciences Review, a quarterly magazine with articles related to the specification, examiner’s advice and for your wider reading. On the Biology Sharepoint area there are also a number of Biofactsheets which you will be expected to read throughout the course. You should also be reading widely around the subject material and you might like to join the Sixth form Biology reading group

CHEMISTRY A LEVEL

Chemistry is a fascinating and challenging subject with a demanding syllabus. In the Lower Sixth, we will focus on the following topics, most of which should be familiar to you from (I)GCSE, but which we will be studying in greater depth. Lessons will focus on development of both the theoretical understanding of the key concepts and principles and more advanced practical skills.

Teacher A Teacher B * Formulae, Equations and Amounts * Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table of Substance * Bonding and Structure * Organic Chemistry I * Redox I * Modern Analytical Techniques I * Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table * Kinetics I * Energetics I * Equilibrium I

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: Pearson Edexcel A Level GCE in Chemistry (9CH0) https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/chemistry-2015.html

Things you can do before the course:

Good understanding of the topics listed below would be most beneficial.

 Atomic Structure  Bonding (Ionic and Covalent) and Structure  Formulae and Equations  Reaction types  Mole calculations

If these seem unfamiliar or you found them tricky at (I)GCSE, you may wish to revisit them before the start of the course. A CGP guide ‘New Head Start to AS Chemistry’ can be used to help you with this. These are available to borrow from Chemistry department or the newer edition can be purchased directly from CGP books (cgpbooks.co.uk) or Amazon.

CHEMISTRY PRE-U

Teacher A Teacher B Quantitative analysis (A) Atomic structure (A) Organic Preliminaries (A) Electronic spectroscopy (A) Functional Group Level (A) Mass-spec intro (A) Mass spectrometry (A) Chemical forces (A) Infra-red (A) Chemical models and evidence (B) Alcohol level (A) The Periodic Table (periodicity) (A) Carbonyl level (A) Main group chemistry (A) and Group 14 (B) Addition and elimination (A) Energy Changes (A) Mechanisms (B) Gases and Kinetics (B) Green Chemistry (A) Equilibrium (B)

Type of Course: 2 year linear course (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: Cambridge Pre-U Chemistry (9791) http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-pre-u-chemistry-9791/

Things you can do before the course:

Good understanding of the topics listed below would be most beneficial.

 Atomic Structure  Bonding (Ionic and Covalent) and Structure  Formulae and Equations  Reaction types  Mole calculations

CLASSICAL GREEK

In the Lower Sixth, you will read a selection of prose and verse authors that will help you bridge the gap between GCSE and A Level. You will also have lessons that focus on the language itself, introducing you to new grammatical features and how these were used.

Type of Course: 2 year Linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H444 Classical Greek A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/220734-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-latin-h443.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your horizons on the ancient world, try reading any of these books, watching any of these films or programmes or visiting any of these museums or sites:

Historical Context:  Persian Fire Tom Holland  Introducing the Ancient Greeks Edith Hall  Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford Very Short Introductions)  The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others Paul Cartledge

Ancient Texts in Translation:  The Bacchae Euripides  Histories Herodotus  Oedipus Tyrannos Sophocles  The Iliad Homer

Films/TV programmes to watch:  Who were the Greeks (BBC 2015)  The Greeks – Crucible of Civilisation (2000 TV miniseries)  Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth (BBC 2016)  Treasures of Ancient Greece (BBC 2016)  Genius of the Ancient World – Socrates (BBC 2017)

Museums to visit:  Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge University Sidgwick Site  British Museum

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY: SYSTEMS AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

In the Lower Sixth, you will study a variety of electro-mechanical topics and manufacturing processes. The coursework element, of which accounts for 50% of the AS, will start at the end of the year 12 and will run for the duration of year-13. As a highly practical course where students are engaged in practical assignments and theory, independence and focus is key.

Type of Course: 2 year AS Level (coursework submission and public exam at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H004 Design Engineering http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/304562-specification-accredited-as-level-gce-design- and- technology-h004-h006.pdf

All students will start without the new reformed GCSE which would naturally help feed into the new reformed AS Level, therefore we will work through all topics like new. We are hoping to get the course textbook as soon as it is available (November 2017). Topics notes and resources will be available at the start of all new topics.

Things you can do before the course:

Read through the syllabus, specifically pages 12-22 to gain insight into the topics and modules.

Things you might want to read before the course:  TEP Technology in Practice  Collins GCSE D&T Technology  Dyson History of Great Inventions  Dyson Against the Odds

ECONOMICS

What is economics all about? That’s for you to find out, rather than for us to tell you. But one of the features of economics that distinguishes it from most other A Levels, and all the subjects you have studied to date, is that it is very, very current. Every day, (quality) newspapers publish dozens of news stories relating to economics and business. The most important thing over the summer is to pay attention to what is happening in the world. What is the fallout from the EU referendum? Why is the Cambridge economy doing so well? Is the Chinese economy about to collapse? These are just some of the questions that economists enjoy.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: AQA 7136 Economics http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/economics/as-and-a- level/economics-7135-7136

Things you can do before the course:

1. Watch a feature film  The Big Short (2015) Four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/  Margin Call (2011) Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the financial crisis. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/  It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Black and white movie which shows how banking used to be, back when everybody loved bankers! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/  A Beautiful Mind (2001) Biopic of John Nash, the influential mathematician who lent his name to one of the most important terms in Economics, the Nash Equilibrium. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/?ref_=kw_li_tt

2. Follow a blog Blogger Credentials Website Project Syndicate Global collection of v http://www.project-syndicate.org/economics influential writers VoxEU Brilliant EU analysis http://www.voxeu.org/ Farnam Street “Get other people to do the http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/ thinking for you” Simon Wren- Oxford Econ Prof http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/ Lewis Kamal Ahmed BBC Business Editor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/ka malahmed Nouriel Roubini Econ Prof at NYU http://roubinieconomics.blogspot.co.uk/ Martin Wolf FT Economist http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/marti n-wolf Paul Krugman Princeton Econ Prof http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

3. Regularly read a quality newspaper (The FT/ The Economist/ The Week/ The Times/ The Guardian/ The Telegraph)

4. Read a book (here is a good list of ideas related to Economics http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-bloomberg-book-list/ ) 14

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Please see Appendix

Type of course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H472 English Literature A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171200-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-english-literature- h472.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

There is a reading list in the Appendix, but please contact the English Department to ask about specific recommendations.

You can contact Mr Simon Dickens, Head of English by email at [email protected] or speak to a member of the English Department.

FRENCH

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth, with an internal AS style exam at the end of Lower Sixth)

Specification: AQA 7652 French A Level GCE http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/as-and-a-level/french-7652

In the Lower Sixth, you will study aspects of current affairs as well as the culture, history and politics of France and the wider Francophone world. In the Upper Sixth you will also study a film and a literary text. Lower Sixth topics for 2017-18 will include:

Current Issues and Trends in Political and Artistic Culture in French-speaking Society the French-speaking World

La famille en voie de changement Une culture fière de son patrimoine La « cyber-société » La musique francophone contemporaine Le rôle du bénévolat Cinéma – le septième art Les aspects positifs d’une société diverse Les ados et l’engagement politique

Things you can do before the course:

There will be a gap of almost four months between your last French lessons this year and the start of your Sixth Form career. It is therefore important that you continue to read and listen to French over the summer. Here are some suggestions:

 Each week try to read a French newspaper article or watch or listen to a news broadcast.  To read the news, try 20minutes.fr, France24.fr, BBC Afrique, or LeMonde.fr (harder)  To watch the news, France2 offers the opportunity to watch its 3 daily news programmes (8h, 13h and 20h) shortly after they are broadcast. 1jour1actu is a news website for children than produces videos and articles in an easy to understand format.  To listen to the news try RFI; you can also subscribe to the Journal en français facile podcast.  Listen to some Francophone music. Stromae is a popular Belgian artist and a good place to start. The top 50 chart can be found here (but beware of the many English-language songs!)  Watch a French film. Try Les intouchables, Entre les murs, Amélie, La vie en rose, Deux jours une nuit, Les 400 coups, Un long dimanche de fiançailles or Ne le dit à personne. Our current A Level film is La haine. There are also regular foreign language screenings at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge and at the Ciné Lumière at the Institut Français in London.  Read a French book or short story. Good books to start with include No et moi , Un sac de billes, or Un secret. Our current A Level text is L’Étranger by Albert Camus, which you can read in translation or in French. Grant and Cutler at Foyles Bookshop in London and Heffers in Cambridge both have good selections of books in French.  Research an aspect of French culture that interests you. For example, you could visit a gallery to look at the work of a particular artist. Keep an eye out for events, exhibitions and courses organised by the Institut Français (London) or Alliance Française (Cambridge)  Go over key grammar topics. You can try some of the exercises on Tex’s French grammar. If you have any further questions, please contact Mr Shaw, the Head of French, ([email protected]) 16

GEOGRAPHY

Please see Appendix

In the Lower Sixth, you will study glaciation, migration, geopolitics, earth’s life support systems, place and space. In Upper Sixth you will study hazardous earth and climate change. There will also be a fieldwork element, but no controlled assessment.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H481 Geography A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/223012-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-geograhy-h481.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

There is no compulsory work but if you want to broaden your geographical horizons before the course or start preparing for a potential university application then below are a series of things you could do over the summer.

Museums/Activities  Visit the Polar Scott Museum (links with glaciation)  Go travelling (develop your sense of place)  Read a decent newspaper (keep abreast of current affairs)  Watch “The Impossible” (links to hazardous earth)  Enter the RGS Young Geographer of the Year competition (speak to staff for details)  Talk to your Grandparents about their childhood and how the place they grew up in has changed. Jot details down.  Join Twitter. Follow geography feeds.  Go out walking (practice your map reading skills)  Unpick the inaccuracies of “The Day After Tomorrow” (links to climate change)  Research the UAE (It’s our fieldtrip location)  Watch some TED talks (search for the A-level topics above)

Reading  ‘Six Degrees’ by Mark Lynas  “An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment” by Joseph Holden  “Environmental Hazards - Assessing Risk & Reducing - Keith Smith  A Quick Introduction to Glaciers & Glacial Landscapes - Peter Knight  Geographical Magazine  A Very Short Introduction to Geopolitics - Klaus Dodds  Brick Lane - Monica Ali

GERMAN

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: AQA specification number 7662: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/german/specifications/AQA-7662-SP-2016-V1-0.PDF In the Lower Sixth you will cover the following topic areas:

1. Aspects of German-speaking society  The changing state of the family  The digital world  Youth culture: fashion and trends, music, television

2. 2 – Artistic culture in the German-speaking world  Festivals and traditions  Art and architecture  Cultural life in Berlin, past and present

There will also be an introduction to literature and film. The main Lower Sixth focus will be on the film Das Leben der Anderen, which will be assessed in the Lower Sixth summer examination and the A Level examination at the end of the Upper Sixth.

Things you can do before the course:

Try some of the following literature (some English versions are also available):  Wladimir Kaminer – Russendisko  Jana Hensel – Zonenkinder  Karin König – Ich fühl mich so fifty-fifty  Bernhard Schlink – Der Vorleser

Non–fiction in English:  Anna Funder – Stasiland  Neil MacGregor – Germany: Memories of a Nation

German film & TV drama:  Lola rennt  Good Bye, Lenin!  Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland  Die Welle  Deutschland 83  Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter

Follow Deutsche Welle (dw.com) for the latest news updates in German for learners of German (search: langsam gesprochene Nachrichten)

HISTORY RRR (Reform, Rights and Revolution)

History A Level will involve a greater degree of independent learning, developed analysis and evaluation than you have been used to at GCSE. In the Lower Sixth you will be looking at time periods much earlier to the modern history that many of you are used to. You will be writing essays that are far more analytical and evaluative in nature and asked to deal with more historical source material and spend more time considering the provenance of sources compared to GCSE. A Level also requires you to spend more time thinking about how history has been written and how and why historians have different points of view about the past.

Type of Course: Two year linear A Level made of three examined topics and one coursework topic. All exams will be taken at the end of the Upper Sixth.

Specification: OCR H505 History A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/170128-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-history-a-h505.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

The topics you will cover in the Lower Sixth are: Civil Rights 1865-1992 and Philip II of Spain 1556-1598. The best thing you can do to prepare yourself for these courses is to give yourself some contextual background of the topics and an overview of the courses by accessing one or two of the suggested items below. This will help build your confidence and develop your level of interest.

Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 Philip II of Spain 1556-1598

Historical context and chronological David Reynolds, Empire of Liberty Parker, Imprudent King: A new life of Philip overview II

Historical Fiction Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960 O’Brien, That Lady, 1946

Things to watch The film Selma (2014) – available on Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain (BBC Netflix documentary series)

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (2007)

Things to do Spanish Armada Listen to some classic protest music: In Our Time radio Bob Dylan (Murder of Emmett Till), http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v1 Billie Holiday (Strange Fruit), Sam qyb Cooke (A Change is Going to Come), Gil Scott-Heron (Whitey on the Moon)

HISTORY SSS (Sovereignty, Superstition and Schism)

In the Lower Sixth, you will cover the following topics:

 England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII  The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500-1559

In the Upper Sixth, you will cover the following topics:

 Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries  Independent study on the Crusades

Type of Course: Two year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your horizons on the Early Modern world, try reading any of these books or watching any of these films. Listening to some of the podcasts from the Radio 4 In Our Time archive is a brilliant place to start. There is no expectation that you read, listen or watch any of the following in advance of next year.

England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII

Books (first couple of chapters):  Lancaster and York – Alison Weir  Wars of the Roses – Michael Hicks  The Hollow Crown – Dan Jones

Historical Fiction and Films:  Stormbird, Trinity, Bloodline and Ravenspur – Conn Iggulden  The Wars of the Roses, In Our Time – Radio 4  The Hollow Crown

The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500-1559

Books:  The European Reformation – Euan Cameron  Reformation: Europe’s House Divided 1490-1700 – Diarmaid MacCulloch  Clash of Empires: Europe 1498-1560 – Martin Jones  The Emperor Charles V – Martin Rady  Charles V - Ruler, Dynast and Defender of the Faith 1500-58 – Stewart MacDonald

Historical Fiction and Films:  Q – Luther Blissett  Luther (2003)  Martin Luther – Heretic (1983) 20

LATIN

Type of Course: 2 year Linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H443 Latin A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/220734-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-latin-h443.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to introduce yourself to some fresh ideas, try reading any of these books, watching any of these films or programmes or visiting any of these museums or sites:

Historical Context:  Rubicon/Dynasty Tom Holland  SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard  Caesar/Augustus Adrian Goldsworthy

Historical Fiction:  Imperium/Lustrum/Dictator Robert Harris  I Claudius/Claudius the God Robert Graves

Ancient Texts in Translation:  Lives of the Twelve Caesars Suetonius  The Aeneid Virgil  Fall of the Roman Republic Plutarch (selections from the Roman Lives)  The Annals of Imperial Rome Tacitus

Films/TV programmes to watch:  Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (BBC Mini-series 2006)  Gladiator (2000)  I, Caesar (Channel 4 miniseries 1997)  Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome (BBC 2016)

Museums/Roman Sites to visit:  Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge University Sidgwick Site  Museum of London  Colchester Castle Museum  Verulamium (Roman St. Albans)

MATHEMATICS/FURTHER MATHEMATICS

See Appendix

These courses build on the work of the Edexcel IGCSE (4MA0H) and provide an excellent preparation for a wide range of university courses, whether they incorporate some or much mathematical content.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level in Mathematics (‘single’) or Mathematics and Further Mathematics (‘double’). There is a third stream of students studying a 2 year linear A Level in Mathematics and AS in Further Maths. All external exams are taken at the end of Year 13.

Things you can do before the course:

You will have access to a booklet (on paper or online) for either Single Maths or Double Maths (both A Level and AS Level Further Maths) which gives details of the key algebraic skills that are necessary for a smooth transition to A Level study. These provide targeted practice for you, as well as links to a Dropbox with further question material. We hold short assessments early in September covering these topics for single and double Maths (but not AS Further Maths). For Single Maths there is an on-line test we ask you to take as you get ready for the start of term, which will help you assess your skills.

MUSIC PRE-U

Type of course: 2 year linear Pre-U (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: http://www.cie.org.uk/images/329676-2019-2021-syllabus.pdf

Course Content: Historical Studies (30%)  A study of the symphony in the Classical period. You will also be comparing different recordings of these.  A study of opera in the Romantic period. In this you will study extracts from operas by composers such as Verdi and Wagner.  “Nationalism in the Twentieth Century (c.1914–c.1965)”. This will include an analysis of the set work by Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for full orchestra.

Performing (22.5%)  You will give a recital, performing as a soloist, an accompanist or in a small ensemble.

Composing (22.5%)  You will be able to submit one piece of composition based on a commission such as a given note pattern or rhythm. It can be in any style of your choice.  You will also learn to harmonise melodies in given styles such as Bach Chorales.

Personal Study (25%)  This is for you to extend your musical skills by spending time on a challenging project of personal interest. These are your options: o Advanced Recital o Dissertation o Advanced Composition o Music Technology Project

Things you can do before the course:

The following reading and listening lists would provide a very useful basis for the start of your Pre-U course.

Reading:  Ross - The Rest is Noise  Lawson and Stowell – The Historical Performance of Music  Walsh – A School for Lovers (A novel based on Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte)

Listening (selected repertoire taken from the BBC Proms 2017):  Beethoven – Symphony No.1 (Prom 30, Monday 7 August)  Haydn – Symphony No.82 ‘The Bear’ (Prom 66, Saturday 2 September)  Haydn – Symphony No.99 (Prom 20, Saturday 29 July)  Mozart – Symphony No.38 ‘Prague’ (Prom 3, Sunday 16 July)  Shostakovich – Symphony No 5 (Prom 68, Sunday 3 September) 23

PHILOSOPHY PRE-U

In the Lower Sixth you will begin studying two distinct elements of the course in preparation for your Upper Sixth examinations: An Introduction to Philosophical and Theological Thinking, and The Philosophy of Mind.

Type of Course: 2 year linear Pre-U (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: CIE 9774 Cambridge Pre-U. http://cie.org.uk/images/150380-2016-2018-syllabus.pdf

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your horizons on the fields of Philosophy, Theology, and The Philosophy of Mind, try reading any of these books, watching any of these films or programmes or visiting any of these museums or exhibitions:

Introduction to Philosophy and Theology:  50 ideas your really need to know: Philosophy Ben Dupre  Epistemology: a beginners guide Robert M Martin  Philosophy: the classics Nigel Warburton

The Philosophy of Mind:  Descartes’ Meditations (A Reader’s Guide) Richard Francks  Understanding Philosophy of Mind Mel Thompson  An introduction to the Philosophy of Mind K. T. Maslin  What is it like to be a bat? - Thomas Nagel http://organizations.utep.edu/portals/1475/nagel_bat.pdf  What Did Mary Know? Marina Gerner https://philosophynow.org/issues/99/What_Did_Mary_Know  Why I am not a property dualist John Searle http://www.imprint.co.uk/pdf/searle-final.pdf

To watch/listen to:  The Truman Show (1998)  The Matrix (1999)  Her (2013)  The Brain with David Eagleman (BBC 2016)  A.C. Grayling on Descartes' Cogito http://philosophybites.com/descartes/  Ted Honderich on What it is to be Conscious http://philosophybites.com/2014/10/ted-honderich-on-what-it-is-to-be-conscious.html  John Searle: Our shared condition – consciousness https://www.ted.com/talks/john_searle_our_shared_condition_consciousness

Exhibitions/Museums  States of Mind: Tracing the Edge of Consciousness at The Wellcome Collection, London  Philosophy Faculty, University of Cambridge  Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge

PHYSICS PRE-U

Type of Course: 2 year linear Pre-U (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: CIE 9792 Pre-U Physics. http://www.cie.org.uk/images/163265-2016-2018-syllabus.pdf

Holiday reading ideas: We don’t expect you to do any formal work over the summer, but here are some ideas for some great physics books to read if you want to broaden your horizons.

What If? Serious

Scientific Answers to 17 Equations that The Ten Most 1001 Inventions that Absurd Hypothetical Changed the World Beautiful Experiments changed the world Questions Ian Stewart George Johnson Jack Challoner Randall Munroe

The Man who Changed Everything: Cosmic Imagery: Key The Big Questions: The Life of James Clerk images in the History Maxwell Physics Big Bang of Science Basil Mahon Michael Brooks Simon Singh John D. Barrow

Physics for Future Quantum: A guide for About Time: Einstein’s The Character of Presidents: The the perplexed Unfinished Revolution Physical Law Science Behind the Jim Al-Khalili Paul Davies Richard Feynman Headlines Richard A. Muller

POLITICS

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: Edexcel A Level Politics (Specification Code: 9PLO) https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Politics/2017/Specification%20 and%20sample%20assessments/A-level-Politics-Specification.pdf

To prepare for the Politics course next year you could choose to read or follow or view one or two of the following websites, blogs, newspapers, books or films. The course does not require any previous knowledge of the subject, but familiarising yourself with current political issues, events, controversies etc. will certainly be helpful in preparing for the course in September.

Newspapers & Magazines • The Guardian • The Times • The Telegraph • The Financial Times • The Economist • Time • The New Statesman

Radio & podcasts • Week in Westminster – a good review of the major events & issues of the previous week - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjfq • Any Questions, the radio equivalent of Question Time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgvj • Westminster Hour - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/ • Pienaar's Politics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pienaar • Today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj9z • PM - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw

Websites/Blogs • BBC News Politics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/ • Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s Political Correspondent - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/laurakuenssberg • Sky’s UK Politics page is lively & up-to-date - http://news.sky.com/politics

Popular blogs include: • Alastair Campbell: http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog/ • Guido Fawkes: http://order-order.com/

For US Politics you could try: • The national papers’ websites are generally good: e.g. the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ • The Hill: http://thehill.com • Washington Week video podcast: http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/

Books • All Out War, How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class by Tim Shipman • The End of the Party - Andrew Rawnsley chronicles the rise and fall of New Labour • Recent political diaries/memoirs are often a good read. For example, Chris Mullins’ (ex Labour MP) diaries: A View from the Foothills & Decline & Fall • The Blair Years - Alastair Campbell • The Prince - Machiavelli • The Rule of Law - Tom Bingham • Politics - Andrew Heywood is an excellent (although weighty) introduction to the subject as a whole. (Always look for the most recently published version of textbooks)

TV • Newsnight • Question Time • Andrew Marr Show

Some of the fictional accounts of political life on film or television are also very good. The West Wing is excellent for those interested in US politics. Borgen is also very good for an insight into Danish coalition politics!

PSYCHOLOGY PRE-U

You have never done any psychology before, so the activities listed below are designed to capture your interest, introduce you to some aspects of the syllabus and to allow you to begin to apply some skills that you will need. Doing these activities is desirable, not essential.

Type of Course: 2 year linear Pre-U (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: CIE 9773 Pre-U Psychology http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-pre-u-psychology-9773/

Things you can do before the course:

 Watch a feature film The Experiment (2010) American drama film about Zimbardo’s 1971 Stanford prison experiment. Certificate 15. For information visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997152/ Experimenter (2015) In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behaviour experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority. Certificate 12. For information visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3726704/ Compliance (2012) A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on. This is also based on Milgram’s obedience studies. Certificate 15. For information visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971352/ The Nightmare (2015) A film about sleep paralysis. Certificate 15. For information visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/ 37 (2016) ‘37’ is a powerful drama and a fictional account of the night Kitty Genovese was murdered in 1964, Kew Gardens, Queens, where 37 neighbours witnessed the killing and did not intervene. For information visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4882174/

 Discover your Brain type Research suggests that people are systemisers or empathisers. Which type are you? Access the article at: http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/papers/2003_BCetal_sysquoAS.pdf DO NOT read this article because it is too complex. All you need are the two questionnaires so scroll down to Appendix A (The Systemising Quotient) and Appendix B (the Empathising Quotient). Print Appendix A and B and then circle the answer that applies to you. Bring your answers along in September and we will analyse your scores then.

 Watch your favourite television programme! The bad news is that you must watch it with a parent (so choose something you both watch/like). After the programme has ended, each of you is to write about a half A4 page summarising what the programme was about. Then compare what you have written with what your parent has written. Discuss the similarities and differences, and decide what important features either of you has missed out.

 Conduct some research and go shopping! Find Google Scholar. Use it to locate this reference: Vrechopoulos, A. P., O’Keefe, R. M., Doukidis, G. I., & Siomkos, G. J. (2004).

Virtual store layout: an experimental comparison in the context of grocery retail. Journal of Retailing, 80(1), 13-22. Save it to your Google Scholar library. Open the pdf (on the right- hand side). Find out about Grid and Freeform store layout. Also find out about the Maze design (not in this article). Find one or two examples of shops/stores using these types of layout. Take a photo (e.g. on your phone) and write notes on which you think is the best and worst design.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

In the Lower Sixth you will study both Ethics and Religion and the Philosophy of Religion.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: AQA 7062 Religious Studies A Level GCE http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/rs/specifications/AQA-7062-SP-2016-V1-0.PDF

Things you can do before the course:

If you want to broaden your horizons on the fields of Ethics and Theology (Philosophy of Religion), try reading any of these books, watching any of these films or programmes or visiting any of these museums or exhibitions:

Ethics and Religion:  Being Good Simon Blackburn  What does it all mean? Thomas Nagel  Animal Liberation Peter Singer  Beginning Lives Rosalind Hursthouse

The Philosophy of Religion:  The Puzzle of God Peter Vardy and Paul Grosch  The Philosophy of Religion Peter Cole  The Potted Guide to Theology Tony Gray and Steve English  Thomas Aquinas – a very short introduction Fergus Kerr

Films/TV programmes to watch  Seven Pounds (2008)  I, Robot (2004)  A short stay in Switzerland (BBC 2009)  The Big Questions (BBC1 – Sunday 10.00am)  Minority Report (2002)  The Secret You (BBC 2010)  My sister's keeper (2009)

Exhibitions/Museums  Holocaust Exhibition - Imperial War Museum, London  Religious Art section – National Gallery, London  Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge

SPANISH

In the Lower Sixth, you will study aspects of the culture, history and arts of the Hispanic world. Lessons will focus on discussion, aural comprehension, reading, writing and translation.

Type of Course: 2 year linear A Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth, with an internal AS style exam at the end of Lower Sixth)

Specification: AQA 7692 Spanish A Level GCE http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/as-and-a-level/spanish-7692

Things you can do before the course:

We hope that as you have chosen to pursue your study of Spanish at A Level, you will be keen to build on your skills over the summer! Here are some suggestions of what you can do to broaden your linguistic and cultural horizons and keep your knowledge fresh:

Cinema: You will study a film as part of the Lower Sixth course. The works of Pedro Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro and Luís Buñuel are perhaps a good starting point in an exploration of Hispanic cinema, as they are particularly accessible and have achieved mainstream popularity around the world.

Literature: In the Upper Sixth you will study a literary text. A popular contemporary author is Carlos Ruíz Zafón, who is famous for young adult fiction (El príncipe de la niebla, El palacio de la medianoche, Las luces de septiembre, and Marina), and his best-selling novel for adults, La sombra del viento. Grant and Cutler at Foyles Bookshop in Charing Cross Road in London is a treasure trove of foreign language books, where you will find a large stock of classic and modern Hispanic literature, much of which is available in translation too.

Current affairs: The content of the A Level course is closely linked to contemporary social issues and current affairs, so it would be helpful for you to familiarise yourself with matters affecting the Hispanic world, and how global news is communicated in Spanish. A user-friendly website for browsing the day’s headlines is www.bbc.co.uk/mundo, which also includes the latest sports news.

Arts: The Embassy of Spain in London (http://www.spainculturescience.co.uk/events) and the Instituto Cervantes (http://londres.cervantes.es/en/culture_spanish/culture_spanish.htm) regularly organise exhibitions, talks and performances.

Appendix

English and Drama Department

Sixth Form Reading List

Chinua Achebe Arrow of God A Man of the People Adavind Adiga The White Tiger Monica Ali Brick Lane Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Nadeem Aslam Maps for Lost Lovers Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale Cat’s Eye Alias Grace The Blind Assassin Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Emma Persuasion Sense and Sensibility Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey J. G. Ballard The Atrocity Exhibition Crash Iain Banks The Wasp Factory Espedair Street Pat Barker Regeneration The Ghost Road Border Crossing H. E. Bates The Larkin books William Boyd Any Human Heart E. Braithwaite To Sir With Love Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Villette Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights John Bunyan The Pilgrim’s Progress Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange A.S. Byatt Possession Virgin in the Garden Albert Camus The Outsider Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Angela Carter Wise Children The Bloody Chamber Nights at the Circus Agatha Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Nile Arthur C. Clarke 2001 A Space Odyssey

J.M. Coetzee Disgrace Foe Wilkie Collins The Woman in White Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Nostromo The Secret Agent Louis de Bernieres Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Moll Flanders Journal of Plague Year Charles Dickens Our Mutual Friend Dombey and Son Bleak House David Copperfield Martin Chuzzlewit Nicholas Nickleby Roddy Doyle The Commitments The Van Margaret Drabble The Millstone George Eliot The Mill on the Floss Middlemarch Daniel Deronda Adam Bede Sebastian Faulks Birdsong Of Human Traces Henry Fielding Joseph Andrews Tom Jones Shamela F. Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night E.M. Forster Howards End A Room with a View Where Angels Fear to Tread Maurice The Longest Journey A Passage to India Elizabeth Gaskell North and South Wives and Daughters Cranford Mary Barton Ruth Life of Charlotte Bronte (non-fiction) Sebastian Faulks Birdsong Charlotte Gray John Fowles The French Lieutenant's Woman The Magus The Collector William Golding Lord of the Flies

The Inheritors Pincher Martin Rites of Passage trilogy Graham Greene The Third Man The Heart of the Matter The Quiet American The Power and the Glory The End of the Affair Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles Far from the Madding Crowd Jude the Obscure The Return of the Native Short stories L. P. Hartley The Go-Between Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls Barry Hines Kes Kazuo Ishiguro Remains of the Day Never Let Me Go Henry James Portrait of a Lady The Turn of the Screw Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Ulysses Thomas Kenneally Schindler’s Ark The Playmaker Rudyard Kipling Tales from the Hills D.H. Lawrence The Virgin and the Gypsy Sons and Lovers The Rainbow Women in Love Lady Chatterley’s Lover Doris Lessing The Grass is Singing The Fifth Child The Good Terrorist Andrea Levy Small Island Long Song C.S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet The Screwtape Letters A Grief Observed Bernard MacLaverty Cal Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude Cormac McCarthy The Road Ian McEwan Amsterdam First Love Last Rites The Cement Garden

The Comfort of Strangers A Child in Time Enduring Love Atonement Saturday On Chesil Beach Solar Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance Toni Morrison Song of Solomon Beloved Herman Melville Moby Dick Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind Iris Murdoch The Sea The Sea The Black Prince Under the Net Billy Budd Vladimir Nabokov Lolita Short stories V. S. Naipaul A Bend in the River A House for Mr Biswas David Nicholls One Day Michael Ondaatje The English Patient George Orwell Animal Farm 1984 Down and Out in Paris and London Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar Edgar Allan Poe Fall of the House of Usher Pit and the Pendulum Tales of Mystery and Imagination Lynne Reid Banks The L-shaped Room Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front Samuel Richardson Pamela Clarissa Jean Rhys Voyage in the Dark Wide Sargasso Sea Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children Shame The Satanic Verses Willy Russell Educating Rita Shirley Valentine J. D. Salinger Catcher in the Rye Bernhard Schlink The Reader Sir Walter Scott The Heart of Midlothian Ivanhoe Paul Scott Staying On Mary Shelley Frankenstein

Zadie Smith White Teeth Muriel Spark The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Loitering with Intent John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath East of Eden Laurence Sterne The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy R. L. Stevenson Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Bram Stoker Dracula William Styron Sophie’s Choice Patrick Suskind Perfume Graham Swift Waterland Last Orders Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal Donna Tartt The Secret History W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair The Luck of Barry Lyndon Pendennis J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion Jean Toomer Cane Anthony Trollope The Way We Live Now The Warden Can You Forgive Her? (Barsetshire and Palliser chronicles) Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea Around the World in Eighty Days From the Earth to the Moon Alice Walker The Color Purple Meridian Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited A Handful of Dust Vile Bodies Decline and Fall Sword of Honour trilogy H.G. Wells Kipps The Time Machine The History of Mr Polly War of the Worlds Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray The Time Machine The War of the Worlds Island of Dr Moreau Jeanette Winterson Oranges are not the only fruit Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse Mrs Dalloway Orlando Road to Wigan Pier

Poets – you can find representative examples of each poet’s work on the internet and in the library.

Early Beowulf, Caedmon’s Hymn, Dream of the Rood Medieval Lyrics, Sir Orfeo Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales (Wife of Bath, Merchant, Pardoner, Reeve, Miller, Knight, Nun’s Priest) Elizabethan Wyatt; Spenser; Sidney; Shakespeare; Jonson Metaphysical Donne; Herbert; Vaughan; Marvell Restoration Milton Augustan Butler; Dryden; Pope; Swift; Rochester C18 Gray; Cowper; Crabbe; Burns; Goldsmith Romantic Blake; Clare; Wordsworth; Coleridge; Byron; Keats; Shelley Victorian Tennyson; Browning; Barrett-Browning; Arnold; Rossetti; Southey; Arnold A One Off Hopkins Fin-de-siecle Wilde; Swinburne; Symons Early C20 Blunden; Lawrence; Graves; de la Mare War Poets Brooke; Owen; Rosenberg; Sassoon Modernist and Modern Armitage; Auden; Betjeman; Causley; Cope; cummings; Davies; Duffy; Eliot; Fanthorpe; Fenton; Frost; Gunn; Hardy; Harrison; Heaney; Henri; Hughes; Jennings; Larkin; Lochhead; Macneice; McGough; Mitchell; Motion; Patten; Plath; Raine – Kathleen and Craig; Sitwell; Smith Spender; Thomas – RS and Dylan; Walcott; Yeats; Zephaniah

Playwrights – visiting a theatre or watching a well-written film helps bring drama texts to life but you can also find drama scripts in the library and the department.

Greek Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes Roman Plautus, Terence, Seneca Medieval Mystery, Miracle, Morality Plays The York, Wakefield and Chester cycles, The Second Shepherd’s Play, Everyman, The Castle of Perseverance Kyd The Spanish Tragedy, maybe Arden of Faversham Marlowe Dr Faustus, Edward II, Tamburlaine the Great Shakespeare The Complete Works Jonson The Alchemist, Volpone, Every Man in his Humour Webster The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil Behn The Rover, The Forced Marriage, The Amorous Prince Etherege The Man of Mode

Dryden All for Love Otway Venice Preserved Congreve The Way of the World, The Double Dealer Gay The Beggar’s Opera Sheridan The School for Scandal, The Rivals Farquhar The Beaux’ Stratagem, The Recruiting Officer Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer Corneille Medea, Le Cid, Cinna Racine Britannicus, Phedre, Esther Moliere Le Misanthrope, Tartuffe, The Miser, The Learned Ladies Calderon Life is a Dream, The World is a Fair Lope de Vega Dog in the Manger, Fuente Ovejuna, The Dancing Master Buchner Woyzeck, Danton’s Death, Leonce and Lena Chekhov The Three Sisters, The Sea Gull, The Cherry Orchard Ibsen Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, A Doll’s House, Peer Gynt, The Master Builder, The Wild Duck, Enemy of the People Strindberg Miss Julie, The Father, Dance of Death, Dream Play Wedekind Lulu Plays, Spring Awakening Shaw Major Barbara, Saint Joan, Pygmalion Wilde The importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Salome

Post-1914 Drama

France Artaud Le Cenci, Spurt of Blood Genet The Maids, Deathwatch, The Balcony, The Blacks Ionesco The Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros, The Chairs, Exit the King Germany Brecht Mother Courage, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Life of Galileo Ireland Beckett Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape Friel Faith Healer, Translations, Dancing at Lughnasa O’Casey Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars, Silver Tassie, Red Roses for Me Italy Fo Accidental Death of an Anarchist, One Woman Plays Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV Spain Lorca Yerma, Blood Wedding, House of Bernarda Alba United States of America Albee The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Hellmann The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes Krushner Angels in America, Henry Box Brown, Caroline Mamet Speed the Plow, Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna Miller Death of a Salesman, View from a Bridge, All My Sons O’Neill Mourning Becomes Electra, The Emperor Jones,

Long Day’s Journey Into Night Shephard Fool for Love, Buried Child, True West Sherman Bent, Rose Williams A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Camino Real, The Rose Tattoo

England Arden Sergeant Musgrave's Dance Ayckbourn Bedroom Farce, The Norman Conquests, Confusions Barrie Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton Bennett Forty Years On, Talking Heads, The History Boys Berkoff Metamorphosis, East, Greek, Decadence Bond Saved, Lear, The Sea, Bingo, Restoration Brenton Romans in Britain, Gum and Goo, Pravda Cartwright Road, Two, Bed, Rise and Fall of Little Voice Churchill Vinegar Tom, Cloud Nine, Serious Money Hare Plenty, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy’s View Kane Blasted, Crave, 4:48 Psychosis, Cleansed Nichols Privates on Parade, Day in the Death of Joe Egg Orton Loot, What the Butler Saw, Entertaining Mr Sloane Osborne Look Back in Anger, A Patriot for Me Pinter The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter, The Birthday Party Priestley An Inspector Calls, When we are Married, Dangerous Corner, Time and the Conways Shaffer Amadeus, Equus, Royal Hunt of the Sun, Lettice and Lovage, Five Finger Exercise, Black Comedy Stoppard Jumpers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Arcadia, Travesties, On the Razzle, Real Inspector Hound, Rough Crossing, Invention of Love Storey Home, The Changing Room Wertenbaker Our Country’s Good, Love of a Nightingale Wesker Roots, Chips with Everything, The Friends A-Level Content: At AS you will study glaciation, migration, geopolitics, earth’s life support systems, place and space. At A2 you will study hazardous earth and climate change. There will also be a fieldwork element, but no controlled assessment (hurray!)

Type of course: 2 year linear A-Level (public exams at the end of Upper Sixth)

Specification: OCR H481 Geography A Level GCE http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/223012-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-geography-h481.pdf

Things to do before the course: There is no compulsory work but if you want to broaden your geographical horizons before the course or start preparing for a potential university application then below are a series of things you could do over your summer.

Visit the Polar Scott Museum Go travelling Read a decent newspaper Watch The Impossible (links with glaciation) (develop your sense of place) (keep abreast of current affairs) (links to hazardous earth)

Enter the RGS Young Geographer Talk to your grandparents about their Join Twitter of the Year competition childhood and how the place they grew (speak to staff for details) up has changed. Jot details down Follow geography feeds

Go out walking Unpick the inaccuracies of Research the UAE Watch some TED talks The Day After Tomorrow (practise your map skills) (links to climate change) (it’s our fieldtrip location) (search for the A-level topics above)

AND INTRODUCTION TO A QUICK INTRODUCTION A VERY SHORT PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY TO GLACIERS AND INTRODUCTION TO AND THE ENVIRON- GLACIAL LANDSCAPES GEOPOLITICS MENT (Joseph Holden) (Peter Knight) (Klaus Dodds)

Follow @PerseGeography us An authoritative guide to Written by the professor Klaus Dodds is the many aspects of physical in charge of the glacia- authority on Geopolitics geography, including carbon tion unit, this book gives cycles and water cycles. This and writes the Geopoliti- text also offers material on a fascinating insight into cal Hotspot feature in other units, including glacia- the physical elements of Geographical every tion, tectonics and climate the glaciation course. month. This overview is change. A really sensible a great introduction to a choice if you are considering Specification link: contentious and contem- university geography too. Glaciation BRICK LANE porary topic. ENVIRONMENTAL Mr Hick’s recommendation (Monica Ali) Specification link: GEOGRAPHICAL SIX DEGREES HAZARDS—ASSESSING MAGAZINE Monica Ali explores percep- (Mark Lynas) Earth’s Life Support Systems Specification link: Mr Fox’s recommendation RISK AND REDUCING tions of place and space Mark Lynas’s Six Degrees Power and Borders DISASTER (Keith Smith) Geographical magazine run a through the eyes of explores the IPCC’s climate Mrs Banks’ recommendation Nazneen, a Bangladeshi series of excellent articles on change predictions. Each living in London’s East End. There are many hazards many A-Level topics including chapter examines what the Ali explores how Nazneen books on the market but this migration. Its articles are Earth would look like with an comes to understand her one is superb. It takes an more informative and more additional 1°C temperature diasporic identity and find a excellent conceptual useful than its more illustri- rise. Lynas is a journalist and place in the Western world. approach to managing ous National Geographic not a climate change scientist This novel is a great way to hazards and examines a competition. Get a subscrip-

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Readingpleasurefor suggestions corners of the globe. the complexities of climate with space and place.

change. Specification link: Specification Link: Specification link: Migration (and all others) Specification Link: Changing Climate Change Hazardous Earth Mrs Gladwell’s recommendation Miss Cope’s recommendation Places; Making Spaces Mr Riley’s recommendation Mrs Thorne’s recommendation SINGLE MATHS SURESTART MATERIAL

Dear Prospective Single Mathematician,

We are delighted that you have chosen Maths as one of your A-level subjects but just think you should be aware of the level of work which will be expected of you.

Many students find that the biggest jump from GCSE to AS-level is with the algebra and with this in mind we have prepared some summer work for you.

A couple of weeks into term in September everyone will be given an Algebra Test just to check that they have the basic grounding required. To help prepare for this at the back of the pack is a link to a Specimen Test which you should complete towards the end of the summer holidays. It is conducted online but you will need pen/paper (no calculators) and should bring your workings to your first lesson in September. If you get 100% in the Specimen Test then you may feel confident that you are well prepared and need take no further action over the summer. If you do not get 100% then try some of the relevant questions in this booklet or, for even more practice, follow the link at the back of the pack.

Do not be tempted to say “Oh, they were silly mistakes; I do really know what I’m doing,” – you really need to be up to scratch and accurate on these. A little effort over the summer holidays will pay huge dividends next term. If you find yourself really struggling with any of the topics then don’t panic but do make sure you bring in your attempts to show your Maths teacher who will be able to help you either in lessons or in the Maths surgery/support sessions which we run. The worst thing you could do is pretend everything is fine if it isn’t - we are here to help!

Best wishes and enjoy the holidays (especially the Maths bits!), The Maths Department Remember: (x + y)2 ≠ x2 + y2 Review of algebra (x + y)2 = (x + y)(x + y) 1) Expand and simplify each of the following: a. (2x + 7)(3x – 8) = x2 + xy + yx + y2 b. 5 – 3(6x – 2) c. (u – 2w)2 – (2u – w)2 = x2 + 2xy + y2

2) Factorise each of the following: a. 16x2 – 49 Multiply through by a number b. 12x2 + 16x which will remove all fractions c. 5m2n3 – 10mn2 + 35m5n4 at once.

3) Solve the following equations: a. 3 – 5(2x + 1) = 2x eg solve b. 4(5 – 2x) – 7 = 2 – (3 – 2x) Multiply through by 6:

3(2x - 3) – 2(x - 2) = 7

4) Solve the following equations: x 1 8 x a.  4 5 x 1 2x  3 13x f.    1 5 15 3

Surds 1) Simplify the following as far as possible: Eg = = =5 a. √12 b. √45 c. √216 Always look for the highest 2) Write the following in form √푛: square factor! a. 7√2 b. 2√7 c. 5√5

3) Simplify the following as far as possible, leaving your answer in the form 푎√푏: a. √3 + √12 b. √18 + √200 eg Find the value of c. √180 − √20 = 4) Simplify the following as far as possible: √12 a. 2√3 × 5√3 b. 3√3 × 5√75 c. = √300

Indices = 1) Simplify each of the following: a. 2푥 × 3푥5 b. 5푥2푦 × 4푥3푦2 c. 9푥14 ÷ 6푥9 =

2) Expand and simplify each of the following: = 3 2 (5푥5) ×(4푥8) a. (푥3)2 b.(2푥8)7 c. (2푥3)6

256 54 Always look to cancel common 3) Write as a power of 5. factors from the numerator and 1252 denominator by factorising

4) Write down the value of these negative and fractional powers: Eg simplify the following 3 3 1  −2  4   64  2 a. 3 b.   c. 27 3 d.    5   49 

Algebraic Fractions = 1) Simplify the following:

2 Never try to cancel without a. 2x  10 b. 3x  9x 4 2x  6 factorising!

2 Eg is WRONG!!! c. 9x  27 d. 16m n  8mn 9x  18 12m  6

Always cross cancel before multiplying!

2) Simplify the following: eg

x 2 5x 3x 15 a.  2x 10 4x 24x 8 9x 3 = b.  12 6

p 2  pq 8p 8q c.  7 p 21q =

Quadratic equations 1) Solve the following by factorisation:

2 a. x + 5x – 24 = 0 If the coefficient of x2 is not 1, just b. x2 – 4x + 4 = 0 2 use trial and error. c. x – 4 = 0 Eg factorise 2x2 – 5x - 3 = 0 2) Solve the following by factorisation: 2 a. 2x + 7x – 15 = 0 The 2x2 means the factorization must b. 3x2 + 6x = 0 2 look like (2x )(x ) = 0 c. 4x – 49 = 0 The -3 means the numbers must be either 1 and -3 or -1 and 3 in any order 3) Solve the following using the quadratic formula. Give all answers to 3sf. Trying all options we find that the a. x2 + 6x – 8 = 0 correct factorisation is (2x+1)(x–3) = 0 b. 3x2 – 5x – 2 = 0 c. 8 + 3x – 7x2 = 0 Quadratic formula:

−푏 ± √푏2 − 4푎푐 4) Solve for x: 푥 = 5 2 2푎   4 x  3 2x  6

5) A rectangle measures 4cm by 8cm. It has a strip of x cm placed around it as shown.

a. Find the area, in terms of x, of the strip b. If the area of the strip is 64cm2, find x.

Simultaneous equations 1) Solve these using elimination: a. 3x + 2y = -1 b. 5x + 6y = 1 4x – y = -16 4x – 5y = 40

2) Solve these using substitution: a. 3x + 5y = 19 b. y = x – 1 c. 3x – y – 11 = 0 x + y = 5 y = x2 + 2x - 7 x2 + 2xy + 3 = 0 Rearrange the simpler equation to make x or y the subject. Although tempting, never try to square root Substitute this each term in an equation expression into the

It will end in disaster! other equation and solve.

Algebraic Fractions 2 1) Simplify the following: Always look for the lowest common m 1 m  2 a.  denominator! 3 4 5 4 Eg b.  t 1 t  3 4 5 = c.  y 1 y  2

4 7 = d.  x 2  6x 8 x 2  5x  6

2) Solve for x: = x  8 x  2 a.   4 5 3 3(x  2) 2(x 1) 1 = b.   4 5 10 4 3 2 c.   x 1 x  4 x 1

Lower Sixth Surestart: Specimen Test (approx. 45 mins) No calculator

This is completed online but make sure you have a pen and paper handy. Set out your work systematically and bring your solutions to your first lesson of the year.

LINK: http://goo.gl/amdlOH

For answers to the questions in this booklet, and even more practice, go to https://goo.gl/1d8IOV

DOUBLE MATHS SURESTART MATERIAL

Dear Prospective Further/ AS-Further Mathematician,

We are delighted that you have chosen Further or AS-Further Maths as one of your Sixth-Form subjects and just think you should be aware of the level of work which will be expected of you.

We are mindful of the fact that many of you will have differing levels of mathematical experience and with this in mind have prepared a pack of notes and questions for you to study this summer. It will be essential to be able to answer all these questions by the time you start the course in September.

We recommend that you work your way through this booklet to ensure that you are familiar with the concepts. You can check your answers here: https://goo.gl/1d8IOV. If you find you need a refresher on any of the topics you can find an extended pack, with notes, videos and additional practice questions by following the above link.

You may like to leave a few to do at the end of the summer holidays to ensure your brain is in the Maths zone at the beginning of September!

If you are taking Double Maths (the Pre-U course) as two of four subjects in Y12, we will initially put you in 4 approximately parallel sets. You will remain in this class for the first two weeks of term or so, after which there will be a setting test on the following topics: co-ordinate geometry, surds, quadratics, indices, inequalities, Important Graphs, transformations of graphs*, algebraic fractions, polynomials, differentiation and its applications*. This content is similar to the scope of the out-going Core 1 module from OCR and you could use their past papers for further practice, if you wish.

*These two topics will be taught at the very beginning of Y12, the rest are covered in this Surestart pack.

Please note that you will not get any lessons on the non-starred topics above – they will be assumed knowledge! Based on the results of this test you will then be placed in a set. Please note that the test result will be the key factor in placing you in a set so you need to do your absolute best over the summer and at the beginning of term to prepare. Once the setting is complete, your teachers will begin to teach pure maths, mechanics and statistics/probability for the new A level.

If you are taking Edexcel Maths and AS-Further Mathematics you will not be setted and will not take a test. It is still vital, however, that you cover the work attached.

Many students find the biggest challenge with Further Maths is the pace of the lessons and, whilst we will find time to help you with any problems you may have had with the work covered over the summer, we will not devote teaching time to it.

A little effort over the summer holidays will pay huge dividends next term. If you find yourself really struggling with any of the topics then don’t panic but do make sure you bring in your attempts to show your Maths teacher who will be able to help you either in lessons or in the maths surgery/support sessions which we run. The worst thing you could do is pretend everything is fine if it isn’t - we are here to help!

An update about calculators. The new Maths A levels require statistical functions on calculators so we are now recommending the Casio 991-EX CLASSWIZ calculator for A level maths, and you will be able to order one through us in September. Double Maths students may prefer to use a graphical calculator, in which case the Casio FX9750GII model has been popular and can be ordered then; however, it will not be allowed in the Pre-U exams. There is, therefore, no rush for you to buy a new calculator over the summer.

Best wishes and enjoy the holidays (especially the Maths bits!), The Maths Department ALGEBRA REVIEW

Whilst it is true that you will have already met most of the algebra you need to be well equipped for starting Double Maths or AS-Further Maths it is equally true that we will expect you to be able to perform this algebra with ease as part of a longer more complicated question.

1. Solve these linear equations: 5p−4 2p+3 1 1 5 a. − = 7 b. 푝 + (푝 + 1) + (푝 + 2) = 6 2 3 4 6

2. Solve these quadratic equations by factorising: a. m2 – 4m + 4 = 0 b. 15t2 + 2t - 1 = 0 Factorise means ‘put into brackets’

3. Solve these quadratic equations by using the quadratic formula: −푏±√푏2−4푎푐 a. m2 + m = 10 푥 = 2푎 b. 3x2 +11x = - 9

4. Solve these quadratic equations by ‘completing the square’: a. x2 + 8x + 15 = 0 b. x2 = 4x + 1

5. Solve these simultaneous equations: a. x + y = 5 b. 2x - y + 3 = 0 x2 + y2 = 17 y2 – 5x2 = 20

6. Solve these quadratic inequalities: Blunder best avoided! a. x2 – 8x + 7 > 0 b. p2 – 3p ≤ -2 Occasionally we see answers like 6 < x < 0 or 6 > x < 0 7. Expand and simplify the following. This usually occurs when two inequalities 6 < x State the degree of the resulting and x < 0 have been incorrectly run together. polynominal. Hopefully you can see why they make mathematicians say ‘ouch!’ a. (2푥 − 5)(3푥3 − 푥2 + 4푥 + 2) b. (3푥 − 4)(2푥 − 5)(3푥 + 2)

INDICES AND SURDS

1. Write down the value of these negative and fractional powers: 2  2  0 a.   b. 8  3  1 eg Find the value of 3   1  2 c. 25 2 d.    9  3 1 =    64  2  1  2 e.   f. 6   49   4  =

2. Write down (no working needed) = the value of x in the following: x x 1  2  8 a. 3  b.    = 81  5  125

3. Solve the following equations: = a. 53x  252 b. 323x1 164x3

4. Simplify the following: a. √24 + √150 b. 5(4 - √3) + 2(4√3 – 5) c. (3√7 + 2)2

5. Rationalise the denominators of the following: 5 √15 √3 a. √ b. c. 3 3√5 √3+1

Simplifying surds The aim is to get the smallest Rationalising harder denominators possible integer inside the root. If you have a + or – in the denominator, the fraction Look for a factor which is a square we multiply by contains the bracket with reverse number. sign For example: For example √12 = √(4x3) 5 5 4 − √3 5 4 − √3 5 4 − √3 = × = = = √4x√3 4 + √3 4 + √3 4 − √3 16 − 3 13 = 2√3 2 2 √7 + √3 2 √7 + √3 √7 + √3 = × = = Adding and subtracting surds √7 − √3 √7 − √3 √7 + √3 7 − 3 2 Simplify any large surds and then add like algebra. For example: (√7 - √3)(√7+√3) = (√7)2 + √7x√3 – √7x√3 – (√3)2

√8 + 5√3 + √2 – √12 = 7 – 3 = 4 = 2√2 + 5√3 + √2 – 2√3 (think – why 2 in answer?) = 3√2 – 3√3

ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS

1) Simplify the following: a. 5x  20 x  4 2 b. 3x  9x Always look to cancel common 2x  6 factors from the numerator and 2 denominator by factorising c. 16m n  8mn 12m  6 Eg simplify the following 2) Simplify the following: x 2 5x 3x 15 a.  2x 10 4x x 2  2x 2x  4 = b.  5 20 = 3) Simplify the following: m 1 m  2 a.  Never try to cancel without 3 4 5 4 factorising! b.  t 1 t  3 7 2 Eg is WRONG!!! c.  4x 5xy

4) Solve for x: x  8 x  2 a.   4 5 3 Always look for the lowest common 4 3 2 denominator! b.   x 1 x  4 x 1 Eg 4 7 5) Simplify  x 2  6x 8 x 2  5x  6 =

= =

Go to https://goo.gl/1d8IOV to check your answers and find notes and more practice questions.

COORDINATE GEOMETRY

Gradients, Lengths and Midpoints 1) For each of the following calculate:

a. The gradient of the line AB b. The gradient of the line perpendicular to AB c. The length of AB d. The coordinates of the midpoint of AB

i. A (5, 3) and B (10, -8) ii. A (-3, -6) and B (2, -7)

2) A (0, 5), B (4, 1) and C (2, 7) are the vertices of a triangle. Prove the triangle is right angled:

i. By finding the gradients of the sides ii. By finding the lengths of the sides

Equation of a line 3) Find the equations of the following lines: i. Parallel to 4x – y + 2 = 0 and passing through (4, 0) ii. Perpendicular to y = 3x – 1 and passing through (0, 4) iii. Passing through points A (3, -5) and B (10, -6)

Equation of a circle 4) Find the equations of the circle with centre (4, -3) and radius 4

5) For the circle (x + 4)2 + (y – 3)2 = 25: a) state the coordinates of the centre b) state the radius c) sketch the circle, paying attention to its position in relation to the x and y-axes

6) Find the equation of the circle with centre (2, -3) which passes through (1, -1)

7) Find the centre and radius of the circle x2 + y2 – 4x – 8y + 4 = 0

Important graphs 8) Sketch the following curves: a. 푦 = (4푥 − 7)(푥 + 3) b. 푦 = −3(푥 − 4)2 c. 푦 = −(푥 + 6)(푥 + 4)(푥 + 2) c. 푦 = 푥2(푥 − 4)