Dear Parents and Carers,

Science Exam dates for Sets 2-6 ONLY

Your child will be sitting Science exams in May 2013. These exams are for CORE Science or BTEC (units 1, 2 and 3).

Which exams is your child doing?

If your child is in Set 1, they do not have any exams until the end of year 11 as they are sitting Traditional Triple Science

If your child is in Set 2 and completing the new Alternative Triple Science, they will be sitting Core exams in May 2013 and Additional and Further Additional exams in May 2014

If your child is in Sets 3-5 completing the Double Science, they will sit Core Science in May 2013 and Additional Science in May 2014

If your Child is in Set 6 they will complete BTEC Exam 1 in May 2013 and BTEC Exam 2 in May 2014

Exam dates

Please make a note of these dates, and your child will receive an exam entry slip confirming the exam module, time and date nearer the time of the exams.

Module	Tier	Date	Time	Which Sets?
B1, B2, B3	Foundation	Tue 14 May	am	2-5
B1, B2, B3	Higher	Tue 14 May	am	2-5
C1, C2, C3	Foundation	Mon 20 May	pm	2-5
C1, C2, C3	Higher	Mon 20 May	pm	2-5
P1, P2, P3	Foundation	Thu 23 May	am	2-5
P1, P2, P3	Higher	Thu 23 May	am	2-5
BTEC Exam 1	n/a	Tue 18 June	am	6

If you would like to speak further about the exams your child has been entered for, please do not hesitate to contact the Science Department.

Yours sincerely,

Ms. Zahra Shaikh	and	Ms. Denise Armstrong

Director of Science	Head of Year 10

zshaikh@thomastallis.org.uk	darmstrong@thomastallis.org.uk