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The Sixth Form encapsulates all that The Grange stands
for. Small class sizes, a wide choice of subjects to study,
plenty of individual guidance and much hard work from
teachers and pupils alike have brought great academic
success when judged by any accepted measure.
WIDER
HORIZONS
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RESULTS
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A BROAD EDUCATION
IN EVERY SENSE
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CORE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
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of Lower Sixth AS exams and Upper Sixth A2 exams) with linear
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TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND
Experiencing dierent cultures, having adventures, seeing things
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many opportunies for educaonal travel with some top class
trips, some far-ung and some closer to home. The California trip
allows Arsts to be inspired by the grandeur of Yosemite Park
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Geography eld trips, Polics trips to see democracy in acon at
the Houses of Parliament; theatre trips and many more.
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to help that pupil nd soluons to their problems. The Team is led
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OUR A LEVEL RESULTS
HAVE ESTABLISHED US
AS CONSISTENTLY ONE OF
THE VERY BEST PERFORMING
SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.
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Our Sixth Form comprises around 200 students.
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ART
In Art and Design we aim to develop students, through
intellectual, imaginative and investigative talents.
We look to broaden our students understanding
of the subject through conceptual and contextual
analysis, aesthetic awareness and practical discovery.
We aim to develop a critical understanding of
the interrelationship between Art and artists, andthe context in which they operate. However, more
importantly, we look to allow each individual to express
ideas and thoughts that are important to them.
As well as Art (A level) we also oer separate A levels in Texles, Photography and Art
Crical and Contextual studies, the course structure being the same across all disciplines.
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PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES
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BIOLOGY
Biology is the study of living things and how they
work. Particular importance is placed on the study of
humans and how our knowledge of living things can
be used for the benefit of humankind. One of the most
important problems facing biologists at the moment
is how we can get the most out of our environment
without damaging it.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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BUSINESS
The course is designed to encourage students to
develop a critical understanding of organisations
and the markets in which they operate. It will
enable the student to be aware that business
behaviour can be studied from a wide range of
perspectives such as those of the employer, the
employee, the government, the customer. Many
of our students choose to study business-related
courses at University.
COURSE STRUCTURE
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
There are three 2 hour exams at the end of the Upper Sixth (Business 1, 2 and 3), each
of which examine all of these topics, through a range of queson styles (e.g. mulple
choice quesons, data response, essays and a compulsory case study).
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WHY STUDY BUSINESS?
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lead to careers in banking, nance, human
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CHEMISTRY
Chemistry is the science which studies the production
of new substances from naturally occurring materials.
Without chemists our lives would be very different
since chemists are responsible for developing, for
example: synthetic fibres that are used to make our
clothes; biodegradable plastics; greener fuels for
use in cars; electrochemical cells; synthetic routes
to make pharmaceuticals. They also look into how
the environmental impact and costs of making new
materials can be reduced and how we can minimise
pollution; the list is almost endless.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Starng from the level of GCSE Chemistry, the course builds a theorecal basis on which
an understanding of chemical changes can be laid. With the theorecal foundaon of
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
The A level examinaon, taken at the end of the two year course,
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WHY STUDY CHEMISTRY?
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CLASSICAL CIVILISATION
This non-linguistic A/AS level involves the study of
the society and literature of ancient Greece and
Rome. The main political, religious and social issues
are studied by close reference to selected authors
and their contemporary period of history.
Although specific topics may vary, the main
themes of study for the Greek section revolve
around Athenian society, the Homeric epics, Greek
Tragedy and History. The Roman section covers the
Augustan age, Roman epic and Roman society.
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WHY STUDY CLASSICAL CIVILISATION?
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the responses of sociees to complex social and economic
challenges, the issues of jusce, discriminaon and violence
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Lan. Classical Studies touch on religion, art, philosophy,
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
A level
PAPER 1
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DRAMA & THEATRE STUDIES
This course is designed for students who enjoy reading
plays and watching or participating in drama as
performers, directors, or designers and who want
to develop their skills in one or more of these areas.
One of the attractions of this Drama and TheatreStudies course is the group work that you will find
at the heart of the practical element of the course.
However, this subject is not solely about acng and we are not interested in simply
training actors. It helps to encourage your self-awareness and condence. It enables you
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freely and not be afraid to ask quesons or air your views. You will learn to communicate
eecvely with each other and to value trust and co-operaon.
COURSE STRUCTURE
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ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Since 2006 we have had state-of-the-art facilies, teaching in a
purpose built Performing Arts block which contains classrooms; a
Drama library; and a black box studio space, equipped with stage
lighng, sound and projector. We also have a 355-seat theatre
where all praccal examinaons take place as public performances.
ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
DRAM1
(60% of AS, 30% of A level): 1 hour 30 minutes wrien
examinaon one queson from each of the two secons.
DRAM2
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(30% of A Level): 2 hour wrien examinaon - one queson
from each of the two secons.
DRAM4
(20% of A Level): praccal performance, externally moderated.
WHY STUDY DRAMA?
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preparaon for students who would like to pursue a career in the
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have also gone on to study Mathemacs (at Oxford University);
Physiotherapy; and Pharmacy.
In addion to drama specialist careers, the skills that you acquire
will prepare you for a variety of other careers: the legal profession;
the world of business and industry; the media; the caring
professions; indeed, any job where communicaon and self-
condence is necessary.
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ECONOMICS
The Economics course offers the student the chance
to explain how a modern society works. It offers the
chance to study how individuals make choices, how
governments can affect those choices and how one
country interacts with others in what is now a global
economy. It will enable the student to explain why
some market systems work and why some fail.
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WHY STUDY ECONOMICS?
You will learn a variety of transferable skills such as collecng and
analysing economic informaon, developing your communicaon skills and
developing your problem-solving and evaluaon skills. The course combines
well with a range of subjects such as Mathemacs, Geography, Polics,
History and Modern Foreign Languages.
PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES
Economics is extremely topical and can lead to career opportunies as
professional economists, in nance, in law and polics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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global environment. It is worth nong that many Economics courses at
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The naonal and internaonal economy
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12 Financial markets and monetary policy
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
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with a range of queson types. Each paper
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
The A level English Literature course is designed
for those who genuinely enjoy literature, reading
and essay-writing. It offers an interesting and
varied taste of a wide range of literature (texts from
the 1600s to modern day) which is studied with
reference to its historical context. We are excited
about the course which we think presents literatureas a lively and interesting subject concerned with
human nature and the issues associated with life.
There is much to discuss!
COURSE STRUCTURE
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dierent literary periods from Shakespeare to modern day. These explore a wide range of
themes concerning the human condion. You will study the social, polical and historical
contexts underlying these texts and form your own crical responses. Come prepared to
discuss! Skills of analysis and wrien expression will be developed. There is opportunity for
wider reading and for you to foster parcular literary interests: 20% of the A level
course is independent crical study. We are acvely exploring dierent syllabuses to ensure
the most challenging and smulang course for our A Level Students.
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WHY STUDY ENGLISH LITERATURE?
English Literature is recognised by all universies as an excellent
qualicaon. It is an increasingly popular subject in the
Sixth Form and is oen studied in combinaon with History,
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GEOGRAPHY
Students with AS or A level Geography have access
to a wide range of possible career and higher
education opportunities. You learn and use a variety
of transferable skills throughout the course. These
include collecting, analysing and interpreting data,
communicating your findings in a variety of ways,
and identifying and developing the links betweendifferent parts of the subject. These skills are in
great demand and are recognised by employers
and universities as being of great value.
COURSE STRUCTURE
AS
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of study candidates will consider the values and atudes of decision makers,consider their own values and atudes to the issues being studied and support
their learning of ideas through the study of specic case studies. Candidates
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WHY STUDY GEOGRAPHY?
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Politics in its broadest sense is the activity through
which people make, preserve and amend the general
rules under which they live. The study of Politics at A
level is a social science in which the UK political system
and the major political ideologies are studied.
It has been designed to encourage interest in andenthusiasm for the study of Government and Politics
and will enable students to develop insight into political
beliefs central to an understanding of the modern world.
There is no specic entry requirement to study Polics, but extended wring
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
The AS course follows the Edexcel Specicaon
and is examined by two wrien papers, each of
80 minutes. There is no coursework element.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
Graphic Design is driven by innovation, rapid
developments in technology and creative minds.
The course has been designed to encourage
students to take a broad view of design, to develop
their capacity to design two and three-dimensional
graphic products and to appreciate complexrelations between design, materials, manufacture
and marketing.
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listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinaons of areas.
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COURSE STRUCTURE AND ASSESSMENT
The rst unit is called the Personal Invesgaon, which gives the opportunity to devise and
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t. The second unit is set by the exam board and requires the student to respond to one
of seven broad starng points or briefs, and will culminate in 15 hours of supervised me.
Both units are assessed internally, and moderated by the exam board (AQA). The rst unit is
worth 60% of the marks at A-Level and the second unit is worth 40%.
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WHY STUDY GRAPHIC DESIGN?
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HISTORY
History provides students with an excellent range
of skills including those of analysis, synthesis and
communication. The nature of the subject teaches
students to present coherent and effectively
argued evaluations of historical problems, taking
advantage of up to date research and developing
their own powers of judgment. History isnta subject thats stuck in the past; far from it.
Historical events are what have shaped society
worldwide into what it is today.
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WHY STUDY HISTORY?
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those who have gained qualicaons in
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while studying the subject. In addion togaining a broader world view, History
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LATIN
A2
UNIT 3
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for translaon and comprehension of
the Lan language.
Latin at AS and A level is demanding, it requires
precision of thought and an extensive knowledge
of the language. A students understanding and
appreciation of literature are expanded by reading
a wide number of texts, some for translation practice,
some to encourage critical judgement, and some toexpand a students knowledge and understanding of
the classical civilisation of Rome.
ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE
AS
UNIT 1
Translaon and comprehension
of the Lan language
UNIT 2
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
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terms of the percentage of the nal assessment.
WHY STUDY LATIN?
As Lan is no longer spoken in its purist form, it is taught to be
read, not spoken, It is taught enrely through its grammacal
rules not through its democ use, as you learn it you gain an250$&1)450,57 ": )*$ /$3*45,31 450 1)&23)2&$ ": )*$ 9"7,3 4889,$0
is mathemacal and analycal.
At the same me Lan oers entry into an astonishing world, a
lost world that paradoxically oers itself up vividly and excingly
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western tradion in wring that enfolds Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Milton, Keats, Eliot, Heaney, not to menon the classical
inuence on Philosophy, Law and History. To be a good reader of
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PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES
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MATHEMATICS
Whilst the A level Mathematics course builds on the
knowledge gained in your GCSE years, the emphasis is
different. Algebra still has a central place, as this is the
language in which the subject is expressed, but more
importance is attached to being able to produce clearly
reasoned arguments.
You will build up a mathematical toolkit, which will be
both of intrinsic interest and contain the methods which
you will need to become an effective problem solver.
Being a sixth form mathemacian, though, is not solely about examinaon preparaon:
you will also have opportunies to take part in compeons, go on study visits to places
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COURSE STRUCTURE
Any A level course contains a compulsory core of pure mathemacs together with some
applied opons. Pure mathemacs is the study of mathemacal methods for their
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WHY STUDY MATHEMATICS?
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FURTHER MATHEMATICS
Further Mathematics A level is offered in conjunction
with Mathematics. This combination normally forms
two of your four option choices.
What the Further Mathematics course is not is simply
more mathematics at a similar level to the single
subject A level. Having gained a working knowledge of
the essentials, you go on to study pure mathematics
in much greater depth.
You will learn advanced techniques in areas such as dierenal equaons,
integraon and matrix theory which are fundamental to physics and engineering
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WHY STUDY
FURTHER MATHEMATICS?
Many students take Further Mathemacs
simply because they enjoy mathemacs
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MODERN LANGUAGES
We follow the AQA specicaon in all three languages at both AS and A2 level because we
feel that the recently updated AQA specicaon is most relevant to our students and more
in line with the aims and objecves of MFL at the Grange.
COURSE STRUCTUREThe specicaon content is dened by the following list of topics on which the
examinaons will be based:
AQA AS Level
Media: Television, Adversing,
Communicaon Technology.
Popular Culture: Cinema, Music,
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ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
AQA AS
Unit 1 (TL1)
Listening, Reading and Wring
70% of AS, 35% of A-level - 2 hours wrien
examinaon - 110 marks
Unit 2 (TL2)
Oral Examinaon30% of AS, 15% of A-level
35 minutes of speaking test (including 20
minutes preparaon) - 50 marks
AQA A2
Unit 3 (TL3)
Listening, Reading and Wring
35% of A-level - 2 hours wrien
examinaon - 110 marks
Unit 4 (TL4)
Oral examinaon
15% of A-level
35 minutes of speaking test (including 20
minutes preparaon) - 50 marks
WHY STUDY MFL?
In language work, formal translaons and
grammacal exercises will now involve
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FRENCH
COURSE STRUCTURE
For French AS level and A level the AQA specicaon is used.
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These will then be followed at A level by Lenvironnement, La socit mulculturelle
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The themes/ideas/messages of the author
How these themes/ideas/messages are expressed
What/who inuences/inspires the author? Why does he/she feel as he/she does?
A personal evaluaon of the authors work: Why do I enjoy reading the
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A dramast or poet from a target language speaking country/community
A detailed study of at least one play or collecon of poems, plus personal appraisal
The themes/ideas/messages of the dramast/ poet
How these themes/ideas/messages are expressed
What/who inuences/inspires the dramast/poet?
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of the A2 Cultural Topics .
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GERMAN
COURSE STRUCTURE
For German AS level and A level the AQA specicaon is used.
During the AS level you will study topics such as die Medien, Tourismus, Gesundheit,
Jugendkultur, Freizeit und Sport, Verhltnisse, and Familie.
These will then be followed at A2 level by die Umwelt, Immigraon, Rassismus,
Terrorismus, Reichtum und Armut, Krimimalitt, Recht und Ordnung, die Technologie,
Gentechnik und Forschung und Wissenscha. During the upper-sixth, you will carry out
two cultural studies from a selecon of literature and lms. You will then be assessed on
your knowledge of these in the A level speaking and wring exams.
As an integral part of both the AS and A2 course, you will also spend me each week talking
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give you regular pracce to help you perform your best in the oral examinaon.
Language lessons consist of many acvies: apart from reading, speaking, listening and
wring using text books, you will have regular lessons in the new language laboratory,
where you will use authenc material to enhance your language skills. Other authenc
material such as the Internet, newspapers, magazines, lms, programmes and songs will
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] The ideas/techniques of the arst, plus personal appraisal
] The importance of the arst both in his/her own
lifeme and later
] A personal evaluaon: Why do I nd this arst so interesng
THE CULTURAL TOPIC OPTIONS FOR AQA A2
GERMAN (2014-2015)
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SPANISH
COURSE STRUCTURE
For Spanish AS level and A level the AQA specicaon is used.
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MUSIC
The continued study of Music at A level is an option
worthy of serious consideration by all who have an
interest in music and reasonable competence on an
instrument or as singers. Prospective candidates willnormally have gained a good grade in GCSE Music.
COURSE STRUCTURE
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30% of AS / 15% of A level
UNIT 3
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ASSESSMENT
COMPOSITION
Units 1 and 4 are assessed by a wrien
examinaon in June of the examinaon
year. There are no January re-sits in Music.
Units 2 and 5 are completed during
controlled coursework me in the Spring
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internally and sent for external moderaon.
The performances for Unit 6 are recorded
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WHY STUDY MUSIC?
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PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy is different from other academic
disciplines in that it teaches you not what to
think but how to think; it is the critical analysis
of fundamental questions.
Philosophy instils a set of skills that will have adirect application in every area of academic
and commercial life.
These core skills are highly prized by universies and employers alike, and
include the ability to think clearly, logically and creavely, to communicate
arculately and precisely, and to analyse crically and rigorously.
It should not be too much of a revelaon, therefore, to discover that
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which will extend the intellectual disposions of the most talented of students.
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[Wigenstein Culture and Value.1984]
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COURSE STRUCTURE
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four units in a cumulave approach;
two introductory units full the AS
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the Advanced qualicaon.
AS
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UNIT 2
An introducon to Philosophy 2
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queson and one essay queson.
40% of A2, and 20% of Advanced level
ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION
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four units of study. The cumulave score
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at A2] determines the overall grade. The
two AS papers are equally weighted;
each examinaon is one and a half hours
duraon with two quesons on each of
the areas of the specicaon studied; the
total for each paper is 100 UMS. The two
A2 papers are weighted as follows; Unit
3- Mind and Epistemology,- 60%, Unit 4-
Descartes Meditaons,- 40%.
WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY?
Philosophy is not a theory, but an acvity.
[Philosophical Invesgaons. 109. 1953]
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PHYSICS
Physics is the study of matter and energy at a
fundamental level. Using the tools provided by
Mathematics, physicists unravel the rules by which
nature operates, developing theories and testing
them against experiment.
COURSE STRUCTURE
It is likely that students will take the AQA Physics A level course from September 2015.
A level topics
1. Measurements: uncertaines in measurements, SI units, esmaon
2. Parcles and Radiaon: atomic structure, parcle physics, spectra
^; Waves: interference, diracon
4. Mechanics: kinemacs,projecles, Newtons Laws, energy in mechanics
5. Electricity: circuit calculaons, EMF, resisivity
6. Further Mechanics: Simple Harmonic Moon
_; Thermal Physics: heat transfer, kinec theory of maer
`; Fields: gravity, orbits, magnec elds
b; Nuclear Physics: radioacve decay, nuclear instability
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PROGRESSION
OPPORTUNITIES
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qualicaon, leading to a huge range of
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oen go on to take degrees in subjects
such as Engineering, Physics, Mathemacs,
Chemistry, Economics and Medicine.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
To study Ethics in the Sixth Form, it is not necessary to have taken
the subject at GCSE. A student entering with a good range of
subjects and satisfactory grades, together with the willingness and
competence to achieve success, will do well on this course.
COURSE STRUCTURE
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course of the year is divided between the two senior members of sta in the department.
A STUDY OF ETHICS
This focuses on a crical, reecve and in-
depth study of aspects of Moral Philosophy
(Ethics) as well as its applicaon to modern
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specicaon are:
Ulitarianism and teleological thinking;
developments within Ulitarianism and
the applicaon of this theory to one
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legalism and annomianism
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value of human life; what it means to be
human; fatalism and free-will; equality
and dierence
Issues of aboron and euthanasia; the
right to life; self-determinaon and
present legislaon, including its impact
on religious and moral atudes
A STUDY OF ETHICS 2
This comprises of a connuing invesgaon
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ADVANCED LEVEL (A2)
The Advanced level (A2) consists of a
further two units, which invesgate some
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internaonally.
RELIGION AND ETHICS
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a study of the human condion, an area which
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UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS
UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS OF GRANGE SCHOOL STUDENTS
2007 - 2014
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