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Welcome to Y10
Parents’ Information
Evening20TH SEPTEMBER 2016
Structure of the evening
Mrs Gilligan – Assistant Head Teacher
Introduction to new GCSEs and grades
The years ahead
How to be successful
Mrs Henderson-Head of English
Mr Goddard-Head of Maths
Mrs Elliot-Head of Science
Mrs Wilson-Assistant Head-Work Experience
Reformed GCSEs
From September 2015, students in year 10
will begin to take new reformed GCSEs.
Current Y10 will be the first year group to
do all new GCSEs
Reformed GCSEs
will be more demanding
have been designed for a two-year period of
study so students will take all of their exams at
the end of the course
‘Untiered’ test papers in most subjects-all
students sit the same papers
non-exam assessment (ie coursework) will be
removed or reduced in the majority of GCSEs
will have a new grading scale from 9 to 1
Progress 8
Old:
How many GCSE’s they achieve at A*-C
including English and Mathematics
New
From 2016 all students and schools will be
measured on how much progress they make
from Year 7 to Year 11.
Based on students’ progress measured across
eight subjects
What does a progress 8 Score
mean?
0 means the student has made the same
progress as other students across the whole
country in their exams
Below 0 would mean less progress than others
Above 0 would mean more progress than others
Progress 8 score=0.5 would mean that on
average the student’s progress is half a grade
above the average across the country
We use Progress 8 estimates to help track
how students are doing
2016 Results and Current Y11
0.25
0.49
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
Forecast
Target
0.46
0.61
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
Forecast
Actual
2016 GCSE Results Current Y11
High quality
teaching
P5-after school
sessionsTargeted and drop in
Holiday/Saturday
revision sessions
Making sure you
are on track
Peer
Mentoring
Form tutor
mentoring
HOH/SLT
mentoring
Revision
days
Careers
advice
Motivational
assemblies
SJF Revision
guideLearning how
to study
sessions
Work hard in
class and at
home
Meet
coursework deadlines-help
us to help you
improve Work with your
teachers-we’re
on the same
side!
Beware of
self
sabotage!
If you are
struggling, ask
for help
Take PPEs
seriously
Help each
other
Bring the correct
equipment
Attendance
How can you help your child?
Come to Parent’s evenings-22nd November
Provider of the tools-equipment
Information provider - revision guides
Sounding board and adviser
Project manager – help them organise
themselves
Go – between
How can you help your child?
Agree the balance between work and social life and
stick to the agreement
Consider a reward structure for working hard
Consider their use of devices!
“Students who use Facebook while
they study get significantly lower
grades than those who do not, according to psychologists.”
Professor Paul Kirschner
Key Dates
Parents Evenings
22nd November 2016
23rd April 2017
Mock Exams (PPEs)
8th May 2017
Reports
21st October 2016
3rd February 2017
26th May 2017
EnglishMRS HENDERSON
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
SKILLS TESTED:
READING COMPREHENSION
ANALYSIS OF
LANGUAGE/STRUCTURE
SPELLING,PUNCTUATION,
GRAMMAR
CREATIVE WRITING
ENGLISH
LITERATURE
SET TEXTS:
MACBETH
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
JEKYLL AND HYDE
CONFLICT POETRY
Recommended
Language
revision guides
Recommended
Literature
revision guides
MathematicsMR GODDARD
Structure of Mathematics GCSE
Both calculator and non-calculator
papers
Grades awarded:
Higher Tier: 9-5
Foundation Tier grades: 4-1
Statistics GCSE (Set 1 only) Edexcel exam board
Terminal exams
3 written papers
AQA exam board
Problem solving skills and some multiple-choice
CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT
The syllabus for the new GCSE has been expanded
greatly with new topics making an appearance at both
tiers (Still have Higher and Foundation)
There has been a vast shift of content from the higher to
the foundation.
E.g.
Use the Sin, Cos and Tan ratios for right angled triangles
Use congruence criteria for triangle proofs
Solve quadratic equations by factorising
CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT
In January Mr Patel’s electricity meter reading is 36 517. During the next three months he uses 1084 units of electricity.
a What is the reading on his meter at the end of these three months?
b In January Mr Patel’s gas meter reading is 51 314. Three months later it is 51 809. How many units of gas has he used?
c Electricity costs 12 pence per unit. Gas costs 8.6 pence per unit. Work out the total cost of Mr Patel’s gas and electricity for these three months. Give your answer in pounds (£).
CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT
Andy has £145 in his bank account. He pays in a
cheque for £256 and another for £108. Later he
withdraws £560.
If the account is overdrawn by more than £50, his bank
charges him £25.
Does the account become overdrawn?
Dedicated team of specialist Mathematics teachers
Access to MyMaths
Regular use of exam style questions in lessons and independent study
Regular homework
Path to success
Students desire to succeed!
Students require own geometry set & scientific calculator
Test them on formulas they need to remember
Adding up in shops
Weights and measures when cooking
Get them doing maths at home/out and about!
Support of Parents/ Carers
Get them to teach you a topic!
How parents can help
Students require own geometry set & scientific calculator
Reductions in shops
ScienceMRS ELLIOTT
Structure of Science GCSE
• AQA Combined Science: Trilogy specification
• Double award: equivalent to 2 GCSEs
• Qualification covers all 3 science subjects; Biology, Chemistry
and Physics.
• Six examinations to be sat in May/June 2018• Higher and Foundation papers
• No coursework
• 16 required practicals to be completed throughout the course.• 15% of exam marks to be allocated to assess students relating
to practical skills.
• 20% of exam marks to be allocated to assessing mathematical
skills.
The Examinations
• Six equally weighted examinations.
• 1 hr 15 minutes
• Two Biology papers, two Chemistry papers and two
Physics papers.
• Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and
open response questions
Preparation
• Period 5 revision sessions closer to dates of
examinations.
• Revision guides.
• Continued assessment within class and Pre-public
Examinations to track progress towards target grades.
Thank you for
coming
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS PLEASE COME
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