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Geography B (Avery Hill) GCSE
News
July 2010
Continuous Professional Development Courses
CPD courses Autumn 2010 (INSET training)
Please find below a link to the Unit Directory for the new GCSE Units. This provides you with information including the entry rules, tiering options as well as the UMS grade points for each Unit and the subject as a whole.
Unit directory
GCSE (New Specifications) Unit directory 2010-2012
N.B. Links to the new WJEC Specification B Controlled Assessment submission form and a guidance sheet relating to the process can be found below.
Resources
A wide range of resources can be found free of charge on NGfL-Cymru. Past papers and marking schemes are available free of charge to teaching staff on our Secure Website. Further resources are available through our online
A 'ning' website dedicated to WJEC GCSE Geography (Not a WJEC website - opens a new window).
Controlled assessment
N.B. Please note that the Prescribed Tasks for the Enquiry and Issue are as were printed in the Specification. The online version of the Specification now reflects this. Please also note a change to page 13 of the Specification (Theme 1: Challenges of living in a built environment Key Question 4.1 of Key Idea 4) which should read 'What changes are taking place in housing and service provision?'
Centres do not need approval for their Controlled assessment items. However, WJEC strongly advises that you use the support of your Controlled Assessment Adviser (CAA) when developing your assessment items. Contact details for your Controlled Assessment adviser will be sent to you from WJEC immediately upon receipt of your initial email submission form (see above). It is hoped that the advice and support you receive from your Controlled Assessment adviser will ensure that you can approach the controlled assessment with the confidence that your students are producing items of work which are both relevant and appropriate to the demands of the new Specification. Further information in relation to controlled assessment can be found in the Teachers Guide (see link below)
Teachers' Guide
Teachers' Guide (New Specification)
Delivery models
In response to recent queries from Centres for ideas on how to structure the delivery of the new Spec B course please find below links to examples of delivery models as currently being used by Centres.
If you would like to send in your ideas on how you plan to deliver the course, to share with other WJEC Spec B Centres, please feel free to email them to andrew.williams@wjec.co.uk
More information
Uniform Marks (UMS)
Information on how raw marks are converted to uniform marks may be found in the following document - Uniform Marks
The Specification can be viewed by clicking on the 'New GCSE Specification B (First Teaching Sept 2009)' link on the right hand side of this page. The Specimen materials can be viewed by clicking on the 'Show all documents' link, also on the right hand side of this page.
Please note that all aspects of the new Specification will be administered solely by WJEC.
Contact details
For further information, contact:
Andy Owen, Geography Subject Officer
Tel: 029 2026 5114
Email: andrew.owen@wjec.co.uk
Andrew Williams, Geography Support Officer
Tel: 029 2026 5141
Email: andrew.williams@wjec.co.uk