Friday 26 September 2014

What languages can I do at JFS?

Chinese Mandarin
普通

Every Monday after school in room 52, all students welcome. Option to get a GCSE after a few year’s work. Teachers from the Nihao Mandarin language club, special price for JFS students.


Portuguese and Italian
Português and Italiano

Every Monday after school in rooms 54 and 53a for students with already some knowledge to native level speakers of the language. EDEXCEL GCSE and A level option. Very low price, co-financed by the Portuguese and Italian embassies.


Spanish, French and German
Español, Français and Deutsch

Mother tongue students (of the above or any other language if the family can support them in their studies and there is a GCSE available in EDEXCEL exam panels. If Edexcel does not have your language, we can consider other panels) need to speak with Mr. Ordóñez about their GCSE options.


Polish
Polszczyzna

Students are referred to their local Polish school. Please ask Mr. Ordóñez for more details.


Latin
Lingua latina


For year 9 and 10 groups only. There will be a free course in Latin at Trinity School, 4-5pm on Thursdays, commencing on Thursday 21st of September. 

Where can I find past papers?

Past papers are available online from the Edexcel website here: http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html

Criteria for a 9 exam in the new 9-1 GCSE

Please find bellow the links to the Edexcel and our version's criteria (with Spanish examples, but valid for all languages) for a top mark in GCSE speaking and writing assessments are: