Year 10INFORMATION EVENING
Parents Supporting LearningHow to help your child achieve success
22 February 2018
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This is a year of change
GCSEs
Maths, English Language and English Literaturegraded 9-1
(from 2017)
Art, biology, chemistry, computer science, drama, food preparation and nutrition, geography, history, modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish), music, physical education, physics, religious studies, science (double/combined – trilogy)
graded 9-1(first time 2018)
Level 2 Pass – 9-4 (former A*-C)Level 1 Pass – 3-1 (former D-G)
This is a year of change
DfE – Level 2 pass: “Good Pass” 9-5; “Awarding” 4
• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as used to achieve a grade C and above
• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as used to achieve a grade A and above
• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 1 and above as used to achieve a grade G and above
• The government’s definition of a ‘good pass’ will be set at grade 5 for GCSEs. A grade 4 will continue to be a level 2 achievement. The Department for Education does not expect employers, colleges or universities to raise the bar to a grade 5 if a grade 4 would meet their requirements.
Mock Exams Year 10Date P1/2 P3/4 P5/6
Monday 9 AprilYEAR GROUPEnglish, 105mins
Computer Science, 90mins
Drama, 75mins
Business Studies, 60mins
Music in MU1, 75mins
Tuesday 10 April
Food, Product Design, RE, all 105mins
Resistant Materials, 90mins
Geography 1, 60minsYEAR GROUPMaths, 90mins
Wednesday 11 April History, 105minsYEAR GROUPBiology, Science, both 90mins
Chemistry, 90mins
Thursday 12 AprilModern Foreign Languages, 45mins + 70mins
Media, 90mins Physics, 90mins
Friday 13 April Geography 2, 60mins Psychology, 90mins
These are very important exams.There are currently three mock exam sessions in Year 11.The actual GCSE exam session is likely to be mid-May until the end of June.
Preparation
Experience of Work Programme for Year 10 Students.
What we expect of students
• Proactive in securing their own placement
• Behave in a polite and professional manner
• Be open to learning from the experience
• Ask questions and be enthusiastic
6th Form
College
Apprenticeship
University
Apprenticeship
Permanent job
Higher
CA
REE
R!
Planning for the future
Work Experience
Qualifications
How do you know how well your child is doing?
Parents’ Evening – 8 March 2018
An opportunity to find out how your child has done up that point.
How can I further
support my child?
How can a parent be more proactive?
Please check Go4schools regularly to note any changes in behaviour.
Please go to Go4schools when a report is issued to see assessments that have taken place.
www.go4schools.com any problems please email [email protected].
“Parental involvement in
children’s learning is a
key factor in improving
children’s academic
attainment and
achievements, as well as
their overall behaviour
and attendance”
“Parents have the
greatest influence
on achievement”
(Harris & Goodall
University of Warwick
DfE 2007)
“Good quality home learning contributes more to
children’s intellectual and social development than
parental occupation, education or income”
(DfE 2012)
“The level of interest that parents take in their children’s
education is six times more important for a pupil’s
eventual grades than the child’s own effort.
Parental effort is also four times more important than
how hard the school works to help children’s progress.”
(Universities of Leicester and Leeds, May 2013)
So ... the biggest influence on attainment is PARENTS
“It is their support of learning
within the home environment
that makes the maximum
difference to achievement” (DfE 2007)
So now what??
Student Progress
• Aim: To support Year 10 students maximise their academic potential
• Expectation of Students: To try their best– Results’ day “feeling”
Supporting Progress
• Report home in July
• Students reflect on how they can move forward
• Track and support in the right way
The government issued a booklet a few years ago called:
Coaching Your Teenager
Dates• 8 March – Parents’ Evening• 15-23 March Experience of Work• 9-13 April – Mock Exams• 2 July – Report
• Summer break – Revision?!• September – Year 11
• Expectation of students• Information Evening• GCSE grades last long into the future!