Teachers giving us A-level material for 9-1 GCSEs

I go to a V good school and my whole year is doing higher triple science.
In Biology, since year 9 our teacher has extended us and we know about T-lymphocytes, Humoral immunity defences, Macrophages, the presence of MHC1 on all nucleated cells etc and everytime we do a mock we have to write this down even though it isn't on the mark scheme and the head of science (who works for OCR) encourages us to do so etc etc. I haven't followed along and I missed school for 1 week due to illness but should I really be learning and revising EXTRA A-LEVEL stuff for gcse exams in 40 days? Kind of frantic now since for physics we're learning about the atom yet our TEACHER keeps talking about photons and energy levels and not everyone is grasping it!

I think I should rephrase this to "Am I allowed/should I even bother writing a-level answers in GCSE"

No as the mark scheme will be based around the GCSEs syllabus. e.g. in economics if there is a ten marker on GDP and you start talking about macroeconomic theory you will not gain any marks for this.

p.s. photons is in the GCSE spec

my bad about photons but I don't think examiners strictly stick to mark schemes, I'm asking here whether or not I should bother trying to be extra and learn a-level content (which I have, I just need to revise).
I mean my school has 100 girls get an A* in biology, chemistry and physics and we all learn a-level content regardless of what set we are in.

I edited my post answering your question

Why even bother.

No I edited my post before you replied when I realised it didn't answer your question. If you dont want people to bother to answer your questions then just delete the thread.

You clearly can't answer my question nor do you understand what people in my school go through during exam time when teachers are trying to churn A*s out of the whole 106 of us.

1) I just answered your question. If you cant interpret my answer and understand what I mean then you should seriously start questioning your brain capacity and your ability to achieve a high grade.
2)You have not told me anything about your school for me to understand what people in your school goes through.
3) You thought that a topic as easy as photons was A-level and your class struggles to grasp this topic. I would really start questioning if you are capable of achieving a high grade if you cant understand this topic.
4) We dont use A*'s anymore, we use 9-1

Macrophages, the presence of MHC1 on all nucleated cells are not on ocr syllabus whatsoever, atleast for ocr gateway

I wouldn't bother. As others have said, examiners will stick to the mark scheme (otherwise there wouldn't be one - they're all subject specialists and don't need a piece of paper to tell them the right answers, but they do need one to tell them the right way of phrasing their answers). So as far as I'm concerned, spewing out A level content isn't going to get you any marks unlike in essay subjects like English Lit where the mark schemes are not definite. The danger of revising A level content so close to the exams is that you'll neglect the GCSE stuff. It's more than possible to get A*s only including GCSE content, and after all your school won't know what you've written in the exams. Good luck

I got an a in all three sciences and am now taking chemistry and biology at a level.

My teacher would often include a level information into our learning, similar things to what you mentioned. After taking my gcse I’d honestly advise not to waste your time on anything that’s not in the spec. If it’s not on the spec it’s not in the testpaper.

In summary, check the spec, if it’s not on there it won’t be in the exam. If you want to be safe you could do a little revision on these topics but I’d definitely focus of GCSE as the gap between a level and GCSE is enormous and they really wouldn’t expect you to have grasped something so challenging. A levels are hard! ☹️😂

Good luck! I’m sure you’ll do amazing! You sound very organised and I’m sure you’ll walk into that exam properly prepared to answer any question they give you.

Using 9-1s, 78 girls achieved over 3 8s. 59 girls got straight A* and in physics, 97 out of 106 got an A*.
Also you must be “thekidwhogames” because your pretentious nature is incredulous and you continue to make fake accounts 😂😂 I pray for you. Anyway, please don’t doubt my capacity to obtain great grades based on my discernment over 1 topic not quite accurately displayed on a less than 200 character post. Also, as you’ve said “you’re good enough to get into Harvard at 16” so why don’t you work at that and be like the 20 odd girls in my school who went and studied at an American university last year and the girl in my year who has already been invited to meet with professors as Trinity Cambridge as a result of her essay prize. You know what, just stop with the pretences and trying to get a rise out of someone who is clearly much more sophisticated in rhetoric than you. Good luck😊 I should post a picture of how effortlessly smug I am