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GCSE & IGCSE Mathematics 72 videos Play all on YouTube
- Number skills: order of operations and written methods
- The language of algebra
- Shapes, angles and coordinates
- Measures: scales, time and money
- How GCSE Maths is assessed
- Place value, ordering and negative numbers
- Prime factors, HCF and LCM
- Fraction arithmetic
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Laws of indices
- Fractional and negative indices
- Standard form
- Simplifying surds
- Recurring decimals to fractions
- Rounding and estimation
- Upper and lower bounds
- The product rule for counting
- Expressions, substitution and formulae
- Expanding and factorising
- Changing the subject of a formula
- Solving linear equations
- Linear inequalities
- Sequences and the nth term
- Straight-line graphs: y = mx + c
- Real-life graphs
- Parallel and perpendicular lines
- Solving quadratics by factorising
- Quadratic graphs and their roots
- Harder quadratics: factorising, the formula and completing the square
- Simultaneous linear equations
- Simultaneous equations with a quadratic
- Quadratic inequalities
- Functions, composite and inverse
- Algebraic fractions
- Algebraic proof
- Iteration
- Cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphs
- Equation of a circle and tangents
- Transformations of graphs
- Ratio and sharing
- Percentages and percentage change
- Reverse percentages, compound interest and decay
- Compound measures: speed, density and pressure
- Direct and inverse proportion
- Proportion with algebra
- Units, conversions and scale
- Angle facts and parallel lines
- Angles in polygons
- Area and perimeter
- Circles, arcs and sectors
- Volume and surface area
- Transformations
- Similarity and congruence
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Right-angled trigonometry
- Exact trigonometric values
- Sine rule, cosine rule and area of a triangle
- Pythagoras and trigonometry in 3D
- Circle theorems
- Vectors
- Bearings, constructions and loci
- Probability basics and relative frequency
- Tree diagrams and combined events
- Set language and notation
- Venn diagrams and probability
- Conditional probability
- Sampling and data collection
- Averages and range
- Charts and diagrams
- Scatter graphs and correlation
- Cumulative frequency and box plots
- Histograms
GCSE & IGCSE English Language 38 videos Play all on YouTube
- Reading for meaning: explicit, implicit and inference
- Your toolkit: word classes and language terms
- Sentence control and punctuation for effect
- Writing an analytical paragraph: PEE and PETAL
- Audience, purpose and form in your own writing
- Your English Language exams at a glance
- Exam timing and question-by-question plan
- Reading 19th-century fiction with confidence
- Finding information and inference
- Paper 1 Questions 1 and 2: short answers
- Analysing language
- Analysing structure
- Paper 1 Question 3: language and structure
- Analysing characters in fiction
- Evaluating a text: Paper 1 Question 4
- Evaluation in practice: tension and suspense
- Paper 1 Section B: choosing your task
- Planning a story
- Openings, endings and story structure
- Descriptive writing
- Writing and punctuating dialogue
- Non-fiction and literary non-fiction
- Paper 2 short questions: 1, 2, 4 and 5
- Reading non-fiction: viewpoint
- Paper 2 Question 3: analysing non-fiction
- Paper 2 Question 6: evaluating non-fiction
- Synthesis: Paper 2 Question 7(a)
- Comparing ideas and perspectives: Question 7(b)
- Transactional writing forms
- Articles, speeches, reviews, guides and leaflets
- Planning and structuring an argument
- Persuasive and rhetorical devices
- Tone, register and audience
- Sentences and punctuation
- Spelling and commonly confused words
- Grammar for accurate writing
- Paragraphs and cohesion
- Spoken Language endorsement
GCSE & IGCSE English Literature 55 videos Play all on YouTube
- How literature is studied: what, how and why
- Characters: how writers build them
- Themes and context
- Reading a play: the language of drama
- Writing about literature: an analytical paragraph
- GCSE English Literature: the exams and the AOs
- Macbeth: the plot
- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
- Macbeth: Banquo, Macduff, the witches and the kings
- Macbeth: context and themes
- Exam skills: the Shakespeare questions
- The Tempest: the plot
- The Tempest: the characters
- The Tempest: themes
- The Tempest: context
- Romeo and Juliet: the plot
- Romeo and Juliet: the characters
- Romeo and Juliet: themes
- Romeo and Juliet: context
- Much Ado About Nothing: the plot
- Much Ado About Nothing: the characters
- Much Ado About Nothing: themes
- Much Ado About Nothing: context
- Twelfth Night: the plot
- Twelfth Night: the characters
- Twelfth Night: themes and context
- The Merchant of Venice: the plot
- The Merchant of Venice: the characters
- The Merchant of Venice: themes
- The Merchant of Venice: context
- An Inspector Calls: the plot
- An Inspector Calls: the characters
- An Inspector Calls: themes and context
- An Inspector Calls: structure and dramatic devices
- Exam skills: the post-1914 essay
- Hobson's Choice: the plot
- Hobson's Choice: the characters
- Hobson's Choice: themes and context
- Blood Brothers: the plot
- Blood Brothers: the characters
- Blood Brothers: themes and context
- Journey's End: the plot
- Journey's End: the characters
- Journey's End: themes and context
- Animal Farm: the plot
- Animal Farm: the characters and the allegory
- Animal Farm: themes and context
- Lord of the Flies: the plot
- Lord of the Flies: the characters
- Lord of the Flies: themes, symbols and context
- Anita and Me: the plot
- Anita and Me: the characters
- Anita and Me: themes and context
- The Woman in Black: the plot
- The Woman in Black: the characters