Extended ProjectWhat is the Links to process. Consequently, you will COURSE TITLEExtended other subjects Extended ProjectProject? The Extended Project can be be required to deliver a formal HILLVIEW COURSE CODE This qualification offers you a Epunique opportunity to develop linked to all of your Level 3 presentation about youryour skills and knowledge by COURSE LEVEL producing an extended piece of courses, or even subjects you project at the end of the Level 3work either in an area you are are not studying in the Sixth course and complete a detailed EXAMINATION BOARD AQA Form. log throughout the duration of SUBJECT SPECIFIC ENTRANCE CRITERIA your project documenting your Grade B / Grade 5 or above in GCSE English Language progress.studying, or in which you have a particular Where will it lead?interest. The Extended Project qualification is equivalent It requires a high degree of planning, to half an A2 course and therefore gives youpreparation, research and autonomous working UCAS points useful when applying foras you decide the title and the format of your universities. It is specifically designed to aid theproject. The outcome may be an extended piece transition into higher education by equipping youof written work, an investigation, a piece of with the research and independent study skillspractical or creative work, a performance or an you will need to succeed at university.artefact. The Extended Project is not onlyassessed on the final product but also on the 50
Core Maths Cambridge TechnicalsCOURSE TITLE What is Core Maths? Links toCore Maths other subjectsHILLVIEW COURSE CODE Core Maths is offered to all students who haveMc achieved a grade C or better in GCSE Core Maths can be linked toCOURSE LEVEL Mathematics but who are not studying a wide range of subjectLevel 3 Mathematics at AS or A Level. areas in the post-16EXAMINATION BOARD curriculum.AQA It is a relatively new course designed by theSUBJECT SPECIFIC ENTRANCE CRITERIA Department of Education in collaboration with report) and Decision Mathematics (planning anGrade C / Grade 5 or above in GCSE Maths universities and employers to ensure that event and critical path analysis). students leave full time education with all of the51 mathematical skills they may need for further Core Maths is assessed by examination at the study or work. end of Year 13. There is no coursework element. The course covers aspects of Functional Where will it lead? Mathematics that are relevant to a wide range of subjects and careers. These include Financial The Core Maths qualification generates the same Maths (personal budgeting, financial planning and number of UCAS points as an AS Level and is understanding a payslip, loans and interest), designed to assist in the transition from Sixth Statistics (interpreting data, data collection, Form to either further study or work. It will sampling and producing an evidence based demonstrate to employers that students’ understanding of Mathematics has developed further than GCSE.
GCSE Maths and English Language GCSE Maths and English Language classes are compulsory for students who do not achieve a Grade 5 in 2017 in these subjects but who demonstrate the potential to succeed at Level 3. Hillview Sixth Form offers students a unique opportunity to continue their studies of GCSE English Language and Maths alongside a Level 3 programme of study. These re-sit classes form a compulsory part of the 16+ programme and are delivered by subject specialist teaching staff. Students attending Hillview Sixth Form are required to continue their studies of GCSE English Language and Maths until they have achieved a Grade 5 or higher. 52
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