Keep Calm—and get the best grade you can GCSE Mathematics 9-1 Keep Calm—and get the best grade you can

From 2017 GCSE maths has a new syllabus with new-style exams and a numeric grading structure. The new GCSE puts more emphasis on problem-solving skills and longer, multi-stage questions. New Exam A local football club have just reached the county cup final. They want to bring 29 coaches to the final. Each coach has 52 seats. How many supporters are going to the final? Old Exam Work out 29 x 52

Tiers of entry: Foundation or Higher Exam Board: EDEXCEL GCSE MATHS Exam dates: Paper 1 24th of May 2018 Paper 2 7th of June 2018 Paper 3 12th of June 2018 Tiers of entry: Foundation or Higher

Foundation (Grades 1 to 5) Higher (Grades 4 to 9)

Equipment Most students bring all the correct equipment but often they don’t use it properly! Pupils will need: Pens Pencils Ruler Protractor Scientific calculator (and you need to know how to use them)

Calculators Casio Fx-85GT Casio Fx-991Ex Know your own calculator Do not rely on a school calculator—it may do things differently, and the buttons may be in different places Bring it to school EVERY DAY and get used to using it Casio Fx-991Ex

Identify areas of weaknesses

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Saturday Revision 9:30 am 11:30 am D10 INTERVENTIONS Breakfast Club Monday & Tuesday 8 am to 9 am D23, D25 & S55 Saturday Revision 9:30 am to 11:30 am D10 Lunch Club Monday D25

Identify topics to work on Start Now! Work through a past paper. Use red pen to show where you needed screencast support. Try a past paper Identify topics to work on Make a list of topics to work on based on the red ink parts of your past paper. Revise / Clarify understanding Use the various learning resources to revise or clarify each red topic. Test your understanding Test your revised understanding using the various quizzes, questions and exercises available. Feeling happier? Yes No

Mrs Stephen Melvina.Stephen@stantonbury.org.uk Questions Mrs Stephen Melvina.Stephen@stantonbury.org.uk Mrs Kurylowicz Marta.Kurylowicz@stantonbury.org.uk Mr Milburn Joel.milburn@stantonbury.org.uk