Tuesday 2nd December 2014

Not really a year 28 vs 37 school weeks 135 vs 195 days Leaving date: Friday 8th May – 3 weeks after Easter 3 school days until Mocks 4 school days until Christmas 33 school days until February Half Term 62 school days until Easter 76 school days until you Leave

YOU HAVE NO TIME LEFT TO WASTE

60:00 mins

26:13 mins

Starting public examinations GCSEs Next step in your academic career

Post 16 & Post 18 qualifications essential GCSEs open doors to both GCSEs used as a discriminator

Will be looked at Will stay with you for life

YOU will get the grades YOU deserve

Are you pleased with your outcomes so far? What were your results like?

What did you do well? What do you need to replicate?

Where do you need to improve? What can you do differently?

Science - 97% A*-C

BTEC Science – 100% pass

Maths - 100% A*-C

Business Studies – 91% A*-C What did you do so well to get these results?

Spoken to your teacher about mocks? Ensured your notes are up to date?

Asked what is examinable?

Located and collected past papers?

Been using and understanding mark schemes?

Been seeing your teachers if you don’t understand

questions or solutions?

90% - Good or Bad? 90% attendance = ½ day missed each

week 1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 whole

weeks of lessons missed (20 days)

90% attendance over 5 years of secondary school = ½ a school year missed

ATTENDANCE % % CHANCE OF 5A*-C INC ENG & MA

100 85

98 - 99 62

96 -98 48

93 - 96 26

87 - 93 18

80 - 87 4

< 80 0

‘Improving attendance at school’ Charlie Taylor

DfE 2010

What do you want to do this time next year? Where do you want to be? Are you on course for this? What can you do to make it happen?

Are you taking the right actions to meet the challenges ahead?

Do you have: A weekly schedule

Routine for work completion

Space and time in which to work at home

Revision timetables & plans for the completion of coursework?

Plans for how you can effectively use your non contact time? Past papers & mark schemes key to success

Don’t leave things to the last minute

Teachers always available

Revision Planners

Mock Exam Support Programme

New sessions TT – Jan 15

1-2-1 Mentoring Programme post mocks

Be Proactive

Have a revision timetable Know when revision sessions are

Break revision time down hour by hour

Get revision guides

Use the techniques that work for your son

Lots of ink and paper for past papers

Go through school notes with your son or listen while they revise a topic

Read through assignments and notes

Time attempts at practice papers

Minimise distractions

Controlled Assessment

December Computing A453 Programming CA Geography Cambridge Tourism CA Music Composition CA DT Food Cooking CA DT RM CA Drama Written CA Media Studies B321 Indiv Portfolio CA A1 ICT Unit 3 CA

January DT Food Cooking CA DT RM CA Geography Cambridge Tourism CA Media Studies B321 Indiv Portfolio CA

February DT Food Cooking CA DT RM CA Media Studies B324 Film Production

March Media Studies B321 Indiv Portfolio CA

April Media Studies B321 Indiv Portfolio CA A2/A3

May

Not date specific IGCSE Chemistry Coursework Bus Comms Unit 10 CA All MFL CAs All PE CAs Remaining English Literature CAs All ASDAN CAs

Final assembly - 19th December Mock results publication - 13th January Y11 Parents Evening - 20th January Y11 last day in school - 7th May Y11 leavers day - 8th May Public examinations start - 11th May

GCSE Results Day – 20th August