Year 9 Assessment Information Event 10th March 2016 Welcome

Aims; Effort Rubric -Termly Progress Review Style of Assessment throughout the year Changes to GCSEs English Maths Science School support systems

EFFORT RUBRIC 1 Student making excellent effort  Highly organised and self-disciplined.  Continuously strives for excellence.  Listens to the teacher intently at all times.  Takes ownership of their own learning.  Continuously seeks, reflects and acts on all feedback.  Actively participates and contributes for the benefit of all.  Always completes homework to a very high standard.  Models higher level thinking and consistent regard for the beliefs and values of others. 2 Student making good effort  Well organised and meets expectations.  Responds well to all learning opportunities.  Always tries to produce good quality work.  Listens to the teacher at all times.  Responds positively and acts on all feedback.  Contributes well when asked to.  Always completes homework to the best of their ability.  Demonstrates willingness to question and re-consider their opinions, whilst considering the beliefs and values of others.

EFFORT RUBRIC 3 Student making variable effort  Sometimes needs direction to organise themselves & meet expectations.  Sometimes tries to produce good quality work.  Sometimes gets distracted when the teacher is talking.  Responds to learning opportunities but not consistently.  Responds inconsistently to feedback.  Makes limited contributions.  Homework effort variable. Not always completed.  Needs to actively listen, respect and engage with the viewpoints of others. 4 Student making inadequate effort  Regularly fails to meet expectations despite clear direction.  Rarely tries to produce good quality work.  Rarely listens to the teacher.  Chooses not to respond to learning opportunities.  Responds poorly to feedback, or not at all.  Does not contribute positively.  Never completes homework.  Shows disregard for the values and beliefs of others.

We believe assessment should; be meaningful and simple; reflect what has happened; reflect what should now take place; go two ways between staff and student; help to inform all stakeholders of progress.

Summative and formative Formative: process of learning – what the students know so far and how to move on. Summative: outcome of everything learned. Both are signposts to progress.

Formative assessment in books can be: Self-assessment or peer assessment; A ‘purple page of progress’ WWW: what went well…… EBI: even better if……. In some cases, where there is a re-draft expected, a student response is required.

Summative assessment can be: A KAHOOT quiz; An end of topic test; Exam (during exam week – 20/6/2016); The end product following a series of re- drafts.

GCSEs: the main changes The new GCSEs will: more demands of students make more demands of students, to help them achieve as much as students in countries with the best education systems. awarded in grades from 1 up to 9 be awarded in grades from 1 up to 9, with grade 9 being the highest grade.

2015 English and mathematics GCSEs The new maths GCSE More content More content to study, and more stretching maths at the higher grades. deeper and broader understanding Supports a deeper and broader understanding of the subject. The new English language GCSE Robust foundation Robust foundation in reading, and writing good English. 20% of marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar. The new English literature GCSE Encourages students to read, write and think critically. Range of challenging and substantial whole texts, and unseen texts

2016 GCSE subject content changes Science: includes new, up to date content such as the human genome, life cycle analysis and space physics; includes more challenging maths. Geography: use of maths and statistics; more on UK geography; at least two pieces of fieldwork. History: more historical periods, over three eras - medieval, early modern and modern – and more on British history. Modern foreign languages : more demanding, and most exam questions in modern languages will be in the foreign language.

2016 GCSE subject content changes Computer Science: includes key mathematical principles; the key components of computer systems; and program writing. Music: more critical appreciation; writing staff notation; chord symbols and analysing unfamiliar music. Art and Design: more focus on creativity and drawing. Drama: more on performance texts and their historical, social and cultural context.

2016 GCSE subject content changes Citizenship: more focus on knowledge of key citizenship concepts; includes an in-depth investigation. Food Preparation and Nutrition: replaces existing range of subjects related to food. Strong food science and practical content. Physical Education: more theoretical content. Students assessed in three activities. Religious Studies: greater understanding of religion itself, with students assessed on at least two religions.

Exams Calendar Key dates for Year 9: 20 June 2016 exams commence 08 July 2016 exam results collection day

GCSE English English exams will assess reading and writing GCSE English Language & Literature is rigorous KS4 pupils will study challenging texts: ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ or ‘A Christmas Carol’ All exam material will be ‘unseen’ Students must confidently respond to unseen texts

LanguageLiterature Reading: 3 unseen literary fiction and non- fiction texts: one of which 19 th Century 80% of reading mark is on analysis, comparison and evaluation Writing Spelling, punctuation and grammar is 40% of writing mark All closed book exam 1 compulsory Victorian novel Compulsory Romantic poetry Compulsory unseen poetry Increase in British Literary heritage texts Spelling punctuation and grammar 5% GCSE English

What will pupils need to succeed? Higher-order reading skills ‘Cultural capital’ Ability to analyse texts Accuracy in writing Opportunities to revisit texts A wide and diverse vocabulary A bank of quotes for a variety of texts

What are we doing? The KS4 Curriculum has been revised to help pupils develop a cultural capital. 3 Year KS4 allows sufficient time to study the GCSE Literature texts Pupils develop skills for English Language, through English Literature Pupils have assessments, on each text, that mirror the final assessment.

Assessment in English Mark schemes from all exam boards, for English Language and Literature, now give marks, within bands, which do not equate to grades. Therefore we have applied a judgement which reflects how final grades may be awarded: ExcellingSecureDevelopingEmerging

How can you help? Increase cultural capital through a variety of activities and multi-media texts. Encourage reading widely, and ensure that texts are challenging and varied: fiction and non-fiction. Look at the Hampshire Library Services reading list on the Eggar’s website.

GCSE Mathematics in context GCSE’s first examined in 1988 A* was introduced in 1994 New exams in maths have appeared in 1999, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012 and new GCSE will in 2017

What are the changes? The volume of content has increased The demand of the content has been increased. The total time for the examinations has increased from 3½hours to 4½hours Fewer marks available at the lower grades and more marks for the higher grades In the exams there is more emphasis on problem solving and mathematical reasoning Students have to learn all mathematical formulas by heart and these will no longer be provided

“All papers may assess any content domains and all assessment objectives in roughly same proportions across all three papers.’’

Foundation Tier Grades 1-5 Half marks on each paper targeting grades 1-3 (lower part) & other half at 3-5 (upper part)

Higher Tier Grades 4-9 (allowable grade 3) Half marks on each paper targeting grades 4-6 and other half at 7-9

New GCSE 9-1 No formulas provided Current GCSE 9-1 The provision of formulae

Problem solving and Mathematical Reasoning Exam Questions

Katy invests £2000 in a savings account for 3 years. The account pays compound interest at an annual rate of 2.5% for the first year x % for the second year x % for the third year There is a total amount of £ in the savings account at the end of 3 years. (a)Work out the rate of interest in the second year.

What does it all mean? More periods maths More problem solving tasks More reasoning questions Learning more facts by heart Less students will end up taking Higher exams? More topics to master

Science - National Picture We just don’t know yet! March 2015 Ofqual launched the consultation into Science GCSE. Two options in KS4 to be examined in 2018: Separate Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) 3.5 hours of examination each 8 ‘practicals’ for each science Maths to be assessed: 10% in Biology; 20% Chemistry; 30% Physics Combined Science 7 hours of examination 16 ‘practicals’ covering apparatus and techniques set by DfE 15% of the assessment will be allocated to practical skills Maths to be assessed 20%

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