Teachers will be setting work for each teaching group on Show My Homework, intended to provide a reasonable curriculum. All work will be set for online submission, with students saving work and using the Submit Work feature on SMHW.

Intent

Psychology students at Barnwell School will be inquisitive and motivated to learn more about the key issues and debates within the study of human behaviour. They will develop a greater sense of ethical issues surrounding the study of human behaviour and in turn develop a greater sense of tolerance and understanding. They will explore how understanding psychology has real world applications and how it is crucial to our everyday life. They will learn to challenge and question the power of social influence, conformity and enhance their understanding of mental health related illnesses making them feel more confident, autonomous and equipped for their future lives.

Learning Journey

Curriculum Map

KS4

Course:

Y10 Content

Y10 Key Assessment

Y11 Content

Y11 Key Assessment

Autumn 1

Introduction to Psychology Approaches

Criminal Psychology

Formative Task:

Exam questions on approaches – peer assessed

Summative Unit: Criminal Psychology Exam

Social Influence

Formative Task: Revision layering activities

Summative Assessment: Social Influence exam questions

Autumn 2

Experiments

Formative Task: Conducting own experiments

Summative Task: Experimental Write Up

Descriptive Statistics

Memory

Formative Task:

Maths skills

Summative Assessment: Memory exam questions

Spring 1

Development

Formative Task: Long answer exam question prepared and assessed together

Summative Task: Exam questions on Development

Graphs

Formative Tasks: Graph drawing activities

Summative Assessment: Research methods overview exam questions

Spring 2

Self Reports

Psychological Problems

Formative Assessment: Case studies of Mental Health

Summative Assessment: Self reports written report

Sleep and Dreaming

Formative Assessment: Exam Skills

Summative Assessment: Sleep and Dreaming exam questions

Summer 1

Psychological Problems

Observations

Formative Assessment: Observation practical work

Summative Assessment: Psychological problems exam questions

Bias

Revision

Formative Assessment: Peer Assessed past papers

Summative Assessment: Past exam papers under exam conditions

Summer 2

Correlations

Revision

Formative Assessment: Correlations practical work

Summative Assessment: End of year Mock exam

GCSE

Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and behaviour. The OCR course allows students to develop an understanding of their self and others and helps them to explain how psychology can be used to explain everyday social phenomena. Furthermore, students are able to investigate how psychological research is conducted and are given opportunities to collect and analyse their own data.

Psychology is a popular subject which often leads to further study at A level. Whilst the GCSE course is not essential for studying the subject at A level it does provide a really good foundation for students who wish to study the subject further. Psychology students go on to a wide variety of careers as not only does the subject provide knowledge for careers within the psychology field itself it also develops transferable skills. A few possible career options include working within the police force, counselling, working within the sport environment, education, personnel and working within the healthcare sector

The course is assessed in two examinations at the end of the second year of study. Both papers are 1 hour 30 minutes long with each being worth 50% of the total GCSE grade. Within each paper a selection of psychological topics and research methods will be covered.

Further details here, and from H.Pritchard@barnwell.herts.sch.uk

KS5 Course:	Y12 Content	Y12 Key Assessment	Y13 Content	Y13 Key Assessment
Autumn 1	Core Studies and Experiments	Formative Task: Completion of own experimental investigation Summative Unit Test on experimental techniques and Social Approach	Mental Health and Approaches	Formative Task: Assessed Essay on Medical Model Summative Unit Assessment on Mental Health
Autumn 2	Core studies and descriptive statistics	Formative Task: Descriptive statistics analysis task Summative Unit Test on descriptive statistics and the cognitive approach	Criminal Psychology	Formative Task: Assessed essay on criminal psychology Summative Unit Mock exam 1 – Research Methods
Spring 1	Core studies and Observations	Formative Task: Conduct own observational investigation Summative Unit Test on observational techniques and Mock exam 1	Criminal Psychology Environmental Psychology	Formative Assessment: Assessed Essay on Environmental Psychology Summative Assessment: Criminal Psychology end of unit examination
Spring 2	Core studies and Self reports	Formative Task: Conduct own self report investigation Summative Unit Test on self report techniques and developmental studies	Environmental Psychology	Formative Assessment: Assessed essay on Biological Rhythms Summative Assessment: Mock exam 2 – Psychological Themes
Summer 1	Core studies and Correlations	Formative Task: conduct own correlational investigation Summative Unit Test on individual differences approach and correlational techniques	Approaches/Debates/ Methodological issues	Formative Task: PALS tasks Summative Unit Mock exam 3 – Applied Psychology
Summer 2	Inferential Statistics and Approaches	Formative Task: Inferential Statistics task Summative Unit Mock exam 2	Revision

A level

Within A level Psychology, knowledge and understanding are developed at a deeper level. This involves studying 20 core studies which enables students to gain a broad perspective of the subject. Then in Year 13 in depth analyses of Mental Health, Criminal Psychology and Environmental Psychology are carried out. This is accompanied by further studies into the techniques used by psychologists to gather data and the opportunities to carry out experiments, observations and self reports to investigate areas of interest within the subject.

The course is assessed in three written exams at the end of the two year course. Paper 1, which counts for 30% of the course, focuses specifically on research methods, Paper 2, which counts for 35% of the course focuses on knowledge and understanding of the core studies and finally Paper 3, which counts for the final 35%, focuses on the option subjects – mental health, criminal psychology and environmental psychology.

Further details here, and from H.Pritchard@barnwell.herts.sch.uk