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Year 10 Parents/Carers

GCSE Preparation Evening September 2014

Mrs Monk

Purpose of the evening

By the end of the evening you should have:

1. A full understanding of the key expectations, events and challenges of Year 10.

2. A variety of strategies to use to support your daughter in her learning.

Our Expectations

• Committed to turning potential into exceptional achievement

• Centred on students, learning and achievement

• Committed to working partnership with parents and students

• To have high expectations of ALL students in ALL respects.

Targets

Attendance

• Attendance is something that our academy takes very seriously.

• Girls are expected to arrive on time to their tutor rooms by 8:40 to ensure that tutors start the day on time 08:45

• Each student aims for a minimum 95% attendance throughout the year

• Each day that a student is ill it is important to call the attendance line before 09:30 to ensure we know your daughter is safe 01424 757986

E-safety

Mr E Clarke

• Website / App

• VLE

• Social Media

• eSafety

E-safety

• Friends and followers

• Information about your child

• Ownership of the technology

• The dangers

• Bullying

• Strangers

• Reputation

• Apps

• Tips and tricks children use to get online

• What you can do as parents

E-safety

• Our forum / workshops

• Next parents forum is Wednesday 22nd October at 6pm

• Our committee

• Join us and help shape policy / procedure

• Open discussions with staff / governors

• Email [email protected]

Year 10 English Language and English Literature

What is your daughter studying in Year 10?

IGCSE English Language

3 pieces of coursework

• Persuasive Writing

• Creative Writing

• Argumentative Writing

40% of their English Language IGCSE

GCSE English Literature

• English Literature CA

• Of Mice and Men (initial reading and analysis)

25% of their English Literature GCSE

Year 10 – An Overview

Year 10

WEEKS A UT UM N 1 WEEKS A UT UM N 2 WEEKS SP R IN G 1 WEEKS SP R IN G 2 WEEKS SUM M ER 1 WEEKS SUM M ER 2

1/ 9/ 14 3/ 11/ 14 5/ 1/ 15 23/ 2/ 15 13/ 4/ 15 1/ 6/ 15

8/ 9/ 14 10/ 11/ 14 12/ 1/ 15 2/ 3/ 15 20/ 4/ 15 8/ 6/ 15

15/ 9/ 14 17/ 11/ 14 19/ 1/ 15

IGC SE

A ssignment 1 9/ 3/ 15 27/ 4/ 15 15/ 6/ 15

22/ 9/ 14 24/ 11/ 14 26/ 1/ 15 16/ 3/ 15 4/ 5/ 15 22/ 6/ 15

29/ 9/ 14 1/ 12/ 14 2/ 2/ 15 23/ 3/ 15 11/ 5/ 15 29/ 6/ 15

6/ 10/ 14 8/ 12/ 14 9/ 2/ 15 18/ 5/ 15 6/ 7/ 15

13/ 10/ 14 15/ 12/ 14 13/ 7/ 15

20/ 10/ 2014 20/ 7/ 15

WJEC English

Literature Unit 3

C A -

Shakespeare

and

P o etry

IGC SE

A ssignment 2 IGC SE

A ssignment 3

Of M ice and

M enWJEC English

Literature Unit 3

C A -

Shakespeare

and

P o etry

Literacy Intervention – Set 4

• Weekly intervention to develop basic skills;

• Based on the ‘English Mastery’ programme.

What next?

• Please check your daughter’s homework;

• Support the completion of coursework to the highest standard;

• Contact either your daughter’s class teacher or Mr. Richards with concerns or questions.

[email protected]

Maths – The exam

• Two papers – Calculator and non-calculator

• No coursework, purely exam based

• Two tiers

• Higher = A* - E

• Foundation = C – G

• Early entry to the exams is no longer available. All students will sit their Maths GCSE in June 2016.

Maths - Resources

• MyMaths• We have found that those students who regularly access

MyMaths feel more confident about their own ability• Immediate marks given

• Red/Amber/Green indicated

• Booster packs

• Levelled tasks

• Lessons provided online to support independent study

• www.mymaths.co.uk

• Username: helenswood Password: mathsrocks

Maths - Resources• Revision guides and

workbooks

• Half price if bought through the school at £5 for the pair.

• Use early and target their revision.

Maths – What can we do?

• Provide high quality lessons

• Target students that are underachieving through regular and thorough analysis of any MOCK examinations.

• Give you any information that you require.

[email protected]

Maths – What can you do?

• Support students and encourage them to use MyMaths or revision guides regularly.

• Persuade and coax or nag and moan?

• Remain positive – Maths can be learnt

• Get involved – Ask them to explain what they have worked on in lesson to you.

What does a C question look like?

The diagram below shows a triangular prism.

Calculate the volume of this triangular prism.

Homework , Revision, Exam details

• Homework will be set once a week, one of them being from a homework booklet and another one accessible using the MyMaths website mentioned earlier.

• The exam details are as follows:

Students will sit alternating Maths GCSE papers every term. Term 1 will be non-calculator, Term 2 will be calculator and so on.

In Term 6 students will sit a full Maths GCSE paper (both non-calculator and calculator).

Science• 2 styles of qualification

• GCSE (more exam; less controlled assessment)

• BTEC (less exam; more controlled assessment)

• Both equivalent to each other and accepted by colleges / FE / etc

GCSE – what’s involved?

• 3 one year courses

• Core, Additional, Further Additional

• Each 1 GCSE

• 75% exam; 25% coursework

• Combine Biology, Chemistry and Physics

• Triple Science

• all three courses studied over two years

• Double Science

• Core and Additional studied over two years

GCSE – what is your daughter doing?

• 10H1,2,3 and 10A1,2,3

• All GCSE students in Year 10 study the Core GCSE

• Entered for Core in Summer if consistently meeting targets

• If not entered then examined in summer of the following year

• Controlled assessment by beginning of May

GCSE ScienceHow to support your daughter

• Revision guides (BEWARE!)

• “Homework” club each week – Thursday’s after school

• Textbooks

• Discuss work

• Science websites

• Revision!

BTEC Science• Two qualifications – each 1 GCSE equivalent (new 2012 BTEC

Principles and Applications. The new BTEC are separate qualifications.• One year each (Principles Year 10; Applications Year 11)

• More bias towards controlled assessment (75%)

• Controlled assessment MUST be completed in school

• Students create a portfolio of evidence towards their final grade• Grades = Pass [C], Merit [B], Distinction [A]

• Students complete Units that award points towards the final grade

• Each course is 25% exam – November, March, June

• Exam is 1 hr 15 mins

• Homework – focus on exam

BTEC – what is your daughter doing?

You may be completing the BTEC.

• All BTEC students in Year 10 study the Principles of Science

• Entered for the exam unit in November, retakes March and Summer

• Controlled assessment on-going until the end of the year

BTEC ScienceHow to support your daughter

• Extra research for portfolio

• Revision guides (BEWARE!)

• “Homework” club each week – Thursday’s after school

• Discuss controlled assessment – portfolio progress

• Revision!

Year 10 Pastoral Manager

[email protected]

Question and answer time