Year 10 – Media Studies

Head of Subject: Mr S Birmingham


Intended Outcomes

The development of media knowledge alongside putting their learning into practice by creating a media product based on an externally written brief.  

  • Course Implementation

    Media context 

    Students will understand how the media affects society focusing on political, cultural and social impacts, using case studies to support their knowledge. Students will be shown a series of potential exam questions and will use their exercise books to support their learning. Real-life scenarios will support learning to help with their personal development of media.  

    NEA – Create media products for an intended audience 

    Students will participate in a practice brief to gain an awareness and understanding of the assessment, as well as expectations before embarking on their final assessment. Students will have their initial product marked with suggestions of improvements and outlines positives before the complete their actual assessment, which is externally assessed.  

    Media Industries 

    Students will understand how media conglomerates operate and gain a clearer insight into decision making within varying media industries. Students will be shown a series of potential exam questions and will use their exercise books to support their learning. Real-life scenarios will support learning to help with their personal development of media.  

     

Learning Impact

All classroom-based modules will have exercise books and work sheets which are marked following the schools’ marking policy, which also provides opportunities for students to improve work with the practice NEA being assessed internally using the marking criteria provided by the exam board and communicated back both written and verbally to the students prior the live brief competition. 


Parents will be informed through the use of a mix of school reports, parents evenings and intervention from the classroom teacher as needed.  

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