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This one-year GCSE programme at Suffolk New College allows students to study English, maths, and additional subjects to boost their GCSE grades. Students must have at least 4 GCSEs graded D or above to apply and will be interviewed. The programme provides weekly tutorials to support students in achieving their goals of progressing to A Level or apprenticeship programmes. Subjects offered include English, maths, film studies, history, humanities, psychology, and science.

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SNC CourseGuide 02GCSE

This one-year GCSE programme at Suffolk New College allows students to study English, maths, and additional subjects to boost their GCSE grades. Students must have at least 4 GCSEs graded D or above to apply and will be interviewed. The programme provides weekly tutorials to support students in achieving their goals of progressing to A Level or apprenticeship programmes. Subjects offered include English, maths, film studies, history, humanities, psychology, and science.

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We would hope that you already have one or two GCSEs at grade C or above, and

that youll be looking to boost your other grades in order to progress on to a further
education course. You may also want to take one or two new GCSE subjects.
What will I need to apply?
On this one year course you will study English and Maths and choose additional subjects
from Humanities, Science, History, Film Studies and Psychology. Youll need at least 4
GCSEs at grade D or above, you will also be interviewed for the course and assessed for
English and Maths. If you do not have a grade D in Maths, youll study Functional Skills at
an appropriate level.
If you are going to succeed, youll need to be well organised and hard working, and be
prepared to do all the homework and private study set by your tutors. Well support you
all the way with weekly tutorials to help you achieve your goals.
After your course...
At the end of your course you will be guaranteed a place on an appropriate A Level or
other Level 3 course at Suffolk New College; providing you meet the entry requirements
for that course. You could also consider progressing on to an Apprenticeship which the
college can help you with.

GCSE
ONE YEAR
PROGRAMME
at Suffolk New College

Our one-year, full-time GCSE programme will


help you bridge the gap between GCSEs and
A Levels, or other Level 3 courses.
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GCSE ONE YEAR PROGRAMME

GCSE English

GCSE Film Studies

The course will be delivered through


a mixture of traditional classroom
teaching, combined with the hands-on
study of a range of films which will be
viewed in the class.

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements.

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements.

Course content:
The English GCSE (sometimes called
GCSE English Language) combines many
aspects of English in a single qualification.
Students will study Shakespeare, a
selection of poetry and a novel while
constructing argumentative essays, pieces
of fiction, reviews and biographies. They
will also learn to analyse media texts and a
range of non-fiction extracts. Written and
oral controlled assessment will be from
a variety of contexts and there are two
exams one in January and one in May.

Course content:
This new GCSE specification is designed to
take students everyday experience of film
and to extend it into learning about the
language and techniques that filmmakers
use. It begins by looking at films the
students will already be familiar with
Hollywood films through study of a genre
set by the examination board and then
encourages students to perhaps watch
films from outside Hollywood for the first
time through the study of one set nonHollywood film.

The course also allows students to


undertake some basic production skills
within the course assessment. This can
include pitches, adverts, storyboards,
posters, press packs or magazine articles.

Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0

I needed to do my GCSEs because I didnt get to do them in


high school due to illness. I have really enjoyed my time at
the college and I have made so many good lifetime friends.
The teachers treated me like an adult, I felt like I fitted in, like
I belonged. I would recommend the college and course to
anyone, it has given me a lot of confidence and help to know
were I am going next.

I am going on to do Health & Social Care (Sciences). This will


help me get into university and become a midwife. I love
Suffolk New College; it has completely changed my life for the
better after being ill for so long. I will be deeply sad when I have
to leave it permanently, I will miss all my fantastic teachers,
they have helped me so much. But most of all I will miss the
experience of being there because really there is nothing like
having the college experience of a lifetime.

FULL-TIME GCSEs

The learning environment is great. It doesnt matter if there


arent any library computers free, you can always ask the
teacher if you can use a computer in the class rooms. They are
always trying to give you as much help as they can and they are
very supportive if they know you are taking the course seriously.

Charlotte Wallace

I CHOSE
SUFFOLK NEW
COLLEGE...

Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0

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GCSE ONE YEAR PROGRAMME

GCSE History

GCSE Humanities

GCSE Mathematics

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements.

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements.

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements and GCSE Maths grade D.

Course Content:
GCSE History is a modular course. Students
will study Media Through Time which will
enable them to gain an overview of the
main changes and trends in the media,
with a focus on Britain from early times to
the present, Elizabethan England which
concentrates on various aspects of the
government, life and culture of the England
of Elizabeth I and they will carry out an
historical enquiry related to the Tower of
London. There will be a compulsory trip to
the Tower of London as part of this course.

Course content:
The Humanities course involves an
exploration of some of the issues
that challenge society and extends
understanding of the wider world locally,
nationally and globally.

Course content:
This course aims to enable students to
build on their previous experience of
studying maths and to help them to
develop their understanding and their
confidence. The Maths GCSE that we offer
is a modular course, which many students
like as they can study topics, take the exam
and move on to new topics. Modules are
taken throughout the year sitting in March
and June and build up gradually to reflect
students growing skills and confidence.

Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92FO

Media Through Time and Elizabethan


England will be assessed by means of an
exam while the historical enquiry will be
assessed by the new controlled assessment.

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Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0

The core topics covered are culture and


beliefs, conflict and co-operation, and
environmental issues. As well as studying
these, students will study two further topics.
The course blends together elements
of other subjects such as citizenship,
geography, history, religious studies
and sociology.

Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0

Those students who do not have a grade


D at GCSE Maths will follow a Functional
Skills course at an appropriate level. It
is an excellent preparation for a GCSE
Maths course the following year, and some
courses/professions accept it instead of
GCSE Maths grade C.

GCSE ONE YEAR PROGRAMME

GCSE Psychology
Course Length: One year
Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0

What you need to join the course:


Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements. GCSE Maths grade D preferred.
Course content:
Psychology is the study of the mind and
human behaviour. Questions that will
be considered within GCSE Psychology
are: How do visual illusions work?
How do we learn? Are first impressions
important? Why are some people
prejudiced? Why do we obey authority
figures? Why do children form different
types of attachments with different
people? How does a child develop
different skills? What are morals and
how we acquire them? Why do people
help others? What causes aggression?
and How do we carry out psychological
research? All these questions and more
will be addressed throughout the course.

GCSE Science
(Single Award)

Course Length: One year


Course Level: 2
Course Code: TUF92F0
What you need to join the course:
Standard full-time GCSE programme
requirements and GCSE grade D in a
Science subject.
Course content:
This is a new and exciting science course
with emphasis on the application of
science. The course consists of 3 teaching

units made up of the traditional subjects


of biology, physics and chemistry. These are
however taught from an applied science
perspective. For example in biology a
section looks at how to keep our bodies
healthy, in chemistry a section looks at
how plant oils may be used and in physics
a section looks at changes in the universe.
Your performance on this course is based
on completion of a series of multiplechoice papers and an internally
assessed research project.

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