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Year 11 Final Push Evening
2018 – 2019
Tuesday 30th April 2019
Purpose of the Evening
Clarify the examination timetable and process
Share examination timetables and PPE Results
Final advice for Core Subjects
Arrangements for Term 6
Examination Timetable
Examination Timetable
Check that all subjects are included on the timetable
Check that any tiers of entry are correct (Maths and Science)
Check the dates and times of all exams
Any concerns or errors needed to be reported to Miss Smith by Friday 3rd May
Examination Process
All morning examinations will start at 9.00am.
If you have an exam in the morning session, after tutor go directly to the main school hall.
All afternoon examinations will start at 1.30pm.
If you have an exam in the afternoon session, after lunch go directly to the main school hall.
Secrets of Success sessions will take place before all examinations.
A number of the afternoon examinations will finish after the end of the school day, arrangements will need to be made to get home.
NO STUDENT IS PERMITTED TO LEAVE EARLY FROM ANY EXAMINATION
Examination Process - Absence
Full attendance is a requirement for all examinations.
Absent through illness is likely to result in a zero for the examination paper.
Examination papers will not be rescheduled.
Are able to apply for special consideration for serious illness however this is not a guarantee a grade will be awarded.
Better option to attend and complete the examination. Retrospectively special consideration can be applied for and may result in a slight mark increase.
Examination Process – General Information
Routines and structure are important during the exams
Important eat, drink and sleep well – avoid late night revision
Avoid foods and drinks high in sugar or caffeine
Arrive at school early to avoid stressing and worrying about being late.
Focus one week at a time, use a tick list to cross off exams as they are completed.
English
Exam Board and exam format:
• AQA Language (2 written exams & 1 Speaking and Listening assessment)
• AQA Literature (2 written exams)
LiteraturePaper 1:
• A Christmas Carol OR DrJekyll and Mr Hyde
• Romeo and Juliet OR Macbeth
Paper 2:
• An Inspector Calls
• Poetry (Power and Conflict)
• Poetry (Unseen)
LanguagePaper 1: Fiction
• Reading and writing
• Descriptive language techniques
• Structural devices
Paper 2: Non-fiction
• Reading and writing
• Persuasive language techniques
• Writing opinion
LiteratureDo you know the key moments in
each text?• Mind-map each Act,
Stave or chapter
THEMES• Revise the key themes
for each text
• Plan an essay response for each theme
• Revise the key moments, quotations and contextual details which link to each text
Characters• Mind-map each key
character
• Revise key moments and quotations linked to each character
• What is the function of each character in the text?
Writer’s purpose• E.G. Why did Priestley
write this play? What was his message to the audience?
Context• When was each text written and set?
• What was life like at the time?
Literature (Poetry)Do you know
what happens in each poem?
• Annotate all 15 poems in your anthology
• Add notes to revision flashcards
THEMES• Revise the key themes
• Mind-map which poems link best under each theme
Writer’s method• Revise poetic terms
• Revise structural features of each poem
Writer’s purpose• E.G. What is the message
in ‘Bayonet Charge’? What was Hughes saying about war?
Essay writing• Read back over past exams
• Re-draft and edit
• Practice planning and writing exam responses
Language• Revise subject terminology for analysis of language
and structure
• Revise structure and timing of each question
• Practise using AFOREST
• Read feature articles in newspapers
• Practise writing persuasive articles, letters and speeches
• Practise writing descriptively
• Read over and edit mock exams
Revision Resources
•Revision Guides
•Mr Bruff (YouTube)
•BBC Bitesize
•Sparknotes
•www.genius.com
•Period 6 - Tuesday
Maths
Maths
Use the QLA to identify and focus upon areas of weakness.
Having identified the key areas refer to the revision guides, Hegarty or the other online packages that are available.
Your mock data has been uploaded to pinpoint learning. This will generate papers for you to complete https://www.pinpointlearning.co.uk/indexschool.php
Question Question Title Score HM CLIP
A1 Place value - digit value 0 / 1 1 13
A2 Compound area - rectangle & triangle 3 / 3
2 554, 557
A3 Fraction of an amount - reverse 0 / 2 3 79
A4 Bidmas - fractions 0 / 2 4 24
A5 Expand single bracket 1 / 1 5 160
A6 2 step linear equation 2 / 2 6 179
A7 Ratio -share in a given ratio - problem solving 4 / 4
7
332
B1 Ratio as a fraction 1 / 1 8 330
B2 Standard form 3 / 3 9 123, 122
B3 Expand double brackets 1 / 2 10 162
B4 Angles in parallel lines and triangle 0 / 3 11 488, 489
B5 Percentage - problem solving 1 / 4 12 86
B6 Changing the subject 0 / 1 13 283
B7 Factorising quadratics 0 / 2 14 223
B8 Solving linear inequalities - division by negative 0 / 1
15
270
B9 Compound interest 1 / 1 16 94
B10 Probability trees 0 / 4 17 361
B11 Simultaneous equations 0 / 3 18 191
C1 Bounds - identify LB and UB 2 / 2 19 137-138
C2 Substitution 0 / 2 20 278
C3 Surds - simplify improper fraction 1 / 1 21 115
C4 Graphs - identify cubic 0 / 1 22 299
C5 Equation of a parallel line 0 / 3 23 214
C6 Simplify surds and index laws 1 / 3 24 103, 115
C7 Recurring decimals - identify 1 / 1 25 74
C8 Bounds - Perimeter 2 / 2 26 138-139
C9 Inverse proportion 0 / 4 27 346
C10 Changing the subject 0 / 4 28 286
C11 Equation of a circle 0 / 1 29
C12 Compound interest 0 / 1 30 94
C13 Recurring decimal to fraction 0 / 3 31 54
C14 Surds - rationalise the denominator 0 / 3 32 119
C15 Bounds - calculation 1 / 3 33 139
C16 Growth & Decay 0 / 3 34
C17 Surds - rationalise the denominator 0 / 3 35 119
0 / 0 36
0 / 0 37
0 / 0 38
0 / 0 39
0 / 0 40
0 / 0 41
0 / 0 42
Total 25 / 80
Maths
Take time to complete any of the Easter pack that has not been completed.
Look at past papers – easiest way of achieving this is through https://www.onmaths.com/
After completing paper 1, a paper will be provided to help support revision for the calculator papers
Science
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zw8qpbk https://revisionscience.com/gcs
e-revision/science/science-
gcse-past-papers/aqa-gcse-
science-past-papers
Past
papers
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=mKYQ-K23Mr4
Primrose Kitten- on
Youtube
Revision GuidesWorkbooks
Past papers and mark schemes
Our exam board is AQA, the course name is GCSE Combined Science Trilogy.
Period 6 and Twilight sessions
Period 6 is still running afterschool on Mondays with Miss Brookes,
Mrs Godwin, Miss McCaig and Mr Beesley, and on Thursdays with
Mr Hafernik.
Twilight sessions will run the afternoon the day before the first three
science papers. Letters will be going out this week.
You can set your own tests on Educake…
Quizlet
BBC Bitesize – remember we do Combined Science for AQA, Trilogy.
This
one!
Required practicals…
Use the Focus website
(Our school link:
http://www.focuselearning.co.uk/u/32002/noxaoCkewhpbegcbwiigClbiAypqvvodd)
It has all the required practicals.
How Much Revision Should I do?
School LRC will be open until 5pm Monday – Thursday in the lead up to exams.
Revision should always be structured and planned.
On a week day students should aim for 2-3 hours revision per night broken into 30 minute sections.
At weekends and holidays students should aim for 5-6 hours revision broken into 30 minute sections.
As a parent / carer you are able to help by asking questions linked to the subject that has just been completed. This will allow the student to check they have retained the information.
Arrangements for Term 6
The examinations are spread over five weeks.
There are 2 weeks of exams that take place during Term 6.
Any period that is no longer required will be used to provide a revision session for another subject.
Each week a schedule will be produced showing all sessions and rooms.
This will be shared with students and displayed on the school website for parents
Closing Thoughts
Remember you are not alone – 700,000 other Year 11 students sitting exams.
Only 5 weeks left (25 days) of secondary school education remaining.
Prom as a celebration for completing your time at Seahaven.
For the pain of the exams you are rewarded with a summer holiday in the region of 10-12 weeks.
It will be worth it in the end – All Year 11 have confirmed destinations for next year.