BIOLOGY
1ST YEAR LIVE LESSONS TUESDAY 9AM - 9.45AM
2ND YEAR LIVE LESSONS TUESDAY 10.45AM - 11.30AM
SEP 25 - JUNE 27
Double scientists do not complete lessons in red AND PARTIALLY COMPLETE LESSONS IN GREEN. THESE ARE LABELLED IN THE LESSON FOLDER.
YEAR 1
02/09/2025 Cells (T1L1 - term 1 lesson 1)
09/09/2025 Specialised cells & stem cells (T1L2)
16/09/2025 Diffusion (T1L3)
23/09/2025 Osmosis (T1L4)
30/09/2025 Active transport (T1L5)
07/10/2025 Maths for biology (T1L6)
14/10/2025 Animals, plants & fungi (T1L7)
21/10/2025 Protoctists, bacteria & viruses (T1L8)
HALF TERM
04/11/2025 Hormones (T1L9)
11/11/2025 Kidneys (T1L10)
18/11/2025 Blood (T1L11)
25/11/2025 White blood cells (T1L12)
02/12/2025 Heart (T1L13)
09/12/2025 Nervous & endocrine system (T1L14)
16/12/2025 End of term 1 test
HOLIDAY
06/01/2026 The eye (T2L1)
13/01/2026 Biological molecules (T2L2)
20/01/2026 Diet (T2L3)
27/01/2026 Energy in food (T2L4)
03/02/2026 Digestive enzymes (T2L5)
10/02/2026 Alimentary canal (T2L6)
HALF TERM
24/02/2026 Respiration & diabetes (T2L7)
03/03/2026 Ventilation (T2L8)
10/03/2026 Gas exchange & smoking (T2L9)
17/03/2026 Photosynthesis (T2L10)
24/03/2026 Respiration practicals (T2L11)
31/03/2026 End of term 2 test
HOLIDAY
21/04/2026 Rate of photosynthesis (T3L1)
28/04/2026 Responses in plants (T3L2)
05/05/2026 Gas exchange in flowering plants (T3L3)
12/05/2026 Plant minerals AND transpiration (T3L4 AND 5)
19/05/2026 Gas production in humans and plants (T3L6)
HALF TERM
02/06/2026 Asexual reproduction in plants and germination (T3L7)
09/06/2026 Sexual reproduction in plants (T3L8)
16/06/2026 Enzymes (T3L9)
23/06/2026 Human reproduction and the menstrual cycle (T3L10)
30/07/2026 Transcription and translation (T3L11)
07/07/2026 Genetic diagrams (T3L12)
14/07/2026 Mitosis (T3L13) AND Meiosis (T3L14)
21/07/2026 End of term 3 test
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
--> MARKED Teacher assessed predicted grade (end of term 3 folder)
If you're 'behind' schedule see absolute final marking deadlines here.
YEAR 2
08/09/2026 Mutations & antibiotic resistance (T4L1)
15/09/2026 Evolution & adaptations (T4L2)
22/09/2026 Ecosystems, pyramids & quadrats (T4L3)
29/09/2026 Energy transfer & food webs (T4L4)
06/10/2026 Carbon and nitrogen cycle (T4L5)
13/10/2026 Greenhouse effect & air pollution (T4L6)
20/10/2026 Water pollution (T4L7)
HALF TERM
03/11/2026 Deforestation (T4L8)
10/11/2026 Increasing crop yields (T4L9)
17/11/2026 Yeast and beer (T4L10)
24/11/2026 Bacteria & yoghurt (T4L11)
01/12/2026 Selective breeding (T4L12)
08/12/2026 Fish farming (T4L13)
15/12/2026 Genetic engineering (T4L14)
HOLIDAY
05/01/2027 Cloning (T4L15)
12/01/2027 End of term 4 test
17/01/2027 PRACTICAL TEST 1 - (work through files in T5L1 1 (first black button). You can complete the test in the live lesson or your own time. The live lesson will be your normal zoom, with instructions on screen and a tutor in the Q&A. There will be no 'teaching'. It is purely time to complete your test online.
26/01/2027 PRACTICAL TEST 2
02/02/2027 Term 1 leaderboard quiz (T5L2)
09/02/2027 Term 2 leaderboard quiz (T5L3)
HALF TERM
23/02/2027 Term 3 leaderboard quiz (T5L4)
02/03/2027 Term 4 leaderboard quiz (T5L5)
LIVE LESSONS FINISH. You can revise as you wish. However, we recommend continuing to follow term 5 lessons.
09/03/2027 Walk through paper 1 (T5L6)
16/03/2027 Walk through paper 1 and 2 (T5L7)
23/03/2027 Walk through paper 1 and 2 (T5L8)
30/03/2027 Walk through paper 1 and 2 (T5L9)
06/04/2027 PAPER 1 MOCK SUBMITTED (here are marking deadlines)
06/04/2027 Revise as you wish
13/04/2027 PAPER 2 MOCK SUBMITTED
20/04/2027 Revise as you wish
27/04/2027 Revise as you wish
04/05/2027 Revise as you wish
EXAM SEASON BEGINS! Please find exam dates as they are released here.
The timetable is adaptable to you. The aim is to take as many past papers as possible. However, it is quality and quantity. We don't want to take 30 papers
and fail them all. We want to use them like worksheets. Learn and revise with them!
Use the revision sheets to answer and repeat until you get close to 100%.
