Sociology is a research subject, so students are expected to go out and investigate the real world around them in order to understand it. Students can do this by reading newspapers, watching the new and documentaries, and asking questions. Students will have two exams at the end of Year 11.

• Component 1:Cultural Transmission, Families, Education, Research Methods
• Component 2: Crime and Deviance, Social stratification and differentiation, Applied methods

• Two examinations, 100 minutes each
• Throughout the course, students will be assessed through example and past paper exam questions, comprising of 4, 5, 8, and 15 mark questions.

• • Laura Bates, Everday sexism
  • William Golding,Lord of the Flies

    Margaret Atwood,The Handmaid Tale

    George Orwell,Animal Farm

    George Orwell,1984

    Joseph Heller,Catch 22

• Researcher
• Politician
• Community development worker
• Teacher/ lecturer
• International aid worker
• Policy officer
• Social/ youth worker
• Youth worker
• Journalist
• Police officer

Sociology activity – Prep learning booklet (GCSE)

The course is delivered by experienced teachers, who teach unit content to help you build your subject knowledge. Facilities such as a care room, which consists of a care home, reception area and doctor’s surgery, as well as a realistic hospital ward with specialised equipment, are used for simulation exercises and to aid learning of best practice in a work-based environment. You will have the opportunity to visit care settings, such as hospitals, care homes or nurseries, and care practitioners will be invited in from specialised fields to deliver talks and workshops on various topics.

You will learn set units of work that will consist of 1 exam and 3 pieces of coursework, which you will be assessed on throughout the course.  In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to gain work experience. You will write reports, get involved in drama, role plays and collaborative work that will form parts of the units of work.

Year 1

• Unit R021:Essential values of care for use with individuals in care settings
• Unit R022:Communicating and working with individuals in health, social care and early years setting

Year 2

• Unit R025: Understanding life stages
• Unit R028: Understanding the development and protection of young children in an early years setting

Year 1

• Unit R021:30 GLH – Examined
• Unit R022:30 GLH – Coursework

Year 2

• Unit R025:30 GLH – Coursework
• Unit R028: 30 GLH – Coursework

Cambridge National Level 1 / 2 Health and social Care (OCR and Hodder) – Judith Adams, Mary Riley, Maria Ferreiro Peteiro (2017)

After completing the course, you may want to consider entering the Level 2 or Level 3 Health and Social Care course, which will enable you to further build on your knowledge and skills.

Health & Social Care activities

• Health & Social Care Induction Presentation
• Keeping Healthy
• Promoting Health Campaigns
• Health Promotion Campaign Table

The course is made up of three components: two that are internally assessed and one that’s externally assessed. The three-block structure, explore, develop and apply, has been developed to allow students to build on and embed their knowledge. This allows them to grow in confidence and then put into practice what they have learned. The BTEC assessment structure is also designed so that students can build on what they learn, and develop their skills, as they move through the course.

Component 1:  Exploring the Performing Arts 

• Students explore the processes used to create a performance
• Aim: get a taste of what it is like to be a professional actor or designer.
• Assessment: internally assessed assignment
• Weighting: 30% of total course

During Component 1, you will:

• explore performance styles, creative intentions and purpose
• investigate how practitioners create and influence what is performed
• discover performance roles, skills, techniques and processes.

Component 2: Developing Skills and Techniques in the Performing Arts

• Students develop performance and design skills and techniques by reproducing existing performances
• Aim: develop skills and techniques in the chosen discipline(s) of acting or design.
• Assessment: internally assessed assignment
• Weighting: 30% of total course

During Component 2, you will:

• take part in workshops, classes and rehearsals
• gain physical, interpretative, vocal, rehearsal and design skills
• apply these skills in performance
• reflect on your progress, your performance or production design and how you could improve.

Component 3: Performing to a Brief

• Students pull together all they have learned and apply their knowledge in a performance
• Aim: consider how practitioners adapt their skills for different contexts, and put this into practice in a performance.
• Assessment: externally assessed task, where students work in groups of between 3 and 7 members to create a performance based on a set brief.
• Weighting: 40% of total course

To achieve this aim, you will:

• use the brief and previous learnings to come up with ideas
• build on skills in classes, workshops and rehearsals
• review the process using an ideas and skills log
• perform a piece to a chosen audience
• reflect on performance in an evaluation report.

• Berry, C., Voice and the Actor
• Reid, F., Stage Lighting Handbook
• Chase, M., Mask, Making, Using and Performing

Study of the qualification as part of Key Stage 4 learning will help learners to make more informed choices for further learning, either generally or in this sector. It will also help them to develop transferable skills including communication, team work, presentation skills, confidence and creativity, interpretation and report writing.

Creative Industries: Head Start

We’re really excited that you have chosen a MUTC Creative Industries specialism to study for your future career. Current subject areas include Media & Film, Performing Arts and Literature.

If you would like to know more about Creative Industries and prepare for life as a Creative Industries student please send an email to admissions@mulberryutc.org. Our friendly team will put you in touch with members of staff from the Creative Industries department, who will grant you personalised access to our ‘Head Start’ page.

When you receive the login details, you can begin to explore and learn more about the team and our subjects, as well as having a go at some of the challenges we have prepared for you!

We look forward to hearing from you.

Creative Industries Team