In November, Brighton College routinely conducts the first academic proficiency test of each year for all grades. Judging from the general idea of the school's questions every year, the difficulty of the first exam will be much higher than the quiz in the second term and the final term in the third semester. The reason why the school teachers do this is very simple. They want the students to study harder. In the following year, the students will more clearly recognize their own deficiencies and defects, and make up for the gaps. They also hope that students will achieve better results in the final exams next year, or the GCSE exams faced by Year 11.
十一月份，布莱顿公学会按照惯例对所有年级的学生进行每一年的第一次学术水平测试。以每一年校方的出题总体思路来看，第一次考试的难度会远高于后面第二学期的小考，以及第三学期的期末大考。学校老师这么做的原因也十分简单，就是想让同学们能够更加努力学习，在接下来的一整年中，学生更加清晰的认识到自己的不足和缺陷，补缺补差。他们也希望同学们在来年的期末大考，或者11年级面对的GCSE大考中取得更好的成绩。
In order for the students of each group to be better prepared and review this exam, I have compiled the syllabus of each year for you. You can also prepare your own exam questions based on these outlines, and review the topics I usually mentioned in class.
In addition, students need to pay special attention to the fact that the new knowledge points of each course in each grade are limited due to the recent start of the school year, and the new content learned by the students after the final Trinity exam of the previous school year has not been assessed. Therefore, 40%-50% of the content learned in the previous school year will appear in the examination papers of each grade. For example, Year 10 students will have knowledge points learned in the Year 9 in their test papers, accounting for about 40%.
I will also list the details of the specific test scores for each year group below:
为了每个年级的同学能够更好的准备，复习这次考试，我为大家整理了各个年级的考试大纲。大家也可以根据这些大纲，自行准备考题，复习我平时上课时所提到过的topic。
同学们需要特别注意的是，由于刚刚开学不久，每个年级每一门课新学的知识点有限，再加上上一个学年最后Trinity 大考之后同学们所学的新内容并没有被考核过，所以，每个年级的考试卷中会出现40%-50%的，上个学年学习过的内容。比如，今年的十年级学生，他们的考试卷中就会出现9年级学过的知识点，占比在40%左右。
每个年级具体的考试拿分细节我也将在下面列出：
八年级 Year 8：
Algebra：1.Laws of Indices (103-107 in textbook) 2.Expanding brackets (107-109 and 243-245 in textbook) 3.Factorising algebraic expressions (109-110 and 246-248 in textbook)
Number：1.Evaluating indices (53-57 in textbook) 2.Factors and multiples (9-11 in textbook) 3.Four operations with fractions (17-28 in textbook)
Shape：Angles in parallel lines and in polygons (153, 155-159 in textbook)
九年级 Year 9：
Algebra：1.Factorising expressions 2.Algebraic fractions 3.Solving linear equations and quadratic equations 4.Re-arranging equations
Number：1.Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages 2.HCF and LCM 3.Rounding and Estimation
Shape：1.Angle reasoning (including angles in parallel lines and in polygons) 2. 2D similarity 3. 2D Pythagoras
十年级 Year 10：
Algebra：1.Fractional Indices 2.Surds 3.Quadratic equations: CtS 4,Quadratic equations: QF 5.Algebraic Fractions 6.Basic Coordinates 7.Linear graphs - plotting 8.Linear graphs - parallel & perpendicular 9.Linear graphs - finding equation 10.Equation of perpendicular bisector
From 4th form:
We can clearly find that the tenth grade has a larger span than the ninth grade. There are only dozens of topics in the ninth grade, and the possible topics in the tenth grade exam will suddenly increase to more than 30, so each Grade 10 students should be prepared, carefully review every knowledge point I mentioned, and deal with the more difficult exams in November.
我们可以很清晰的发现，十年级相比于九年级存在着较大的跨度，九年级的课题不过数十个，而十年级的考试可能出现的课题会突然增长至30多个，所以各位十年级的同学要做好准备，认真复习每一个我提到的知识点，应对11月份较为困难的考试。
十一年级 Year 11：
For Year 11 students, you will face mock exams for GCSE mathematics, and all topics from the GCSE stage will be included. So everyone should do more past paper and keep the status. And if you find that you have shortcomings in a particular item, you need to communicate with the teacher immediately to make up for the gaps.
