PPE Preparation Evening Thursday 20th October 2016

Important Dates 7th October – Attitude to Learning Report sent home 10th November – Progress Evening for selected parents and students 28th November – PPE Exam fortnight starts 5th January – Interim results afternoon 12th January – Year 11 Parents Evening May 2017 – GCSE Exam season

Revision Guidance Start now Be organised. Use Show my Homework Use help available in school especially after school sessions Vary how you revise. Little and often! Use websites like: samlearning.com getrevising.co.uk

Mathematics Exams 2017 All students will sit 3 papers: Paper 1 – 25th May Paper 2 – 8th June Paper 3 – 13th June Higher Papers Foundation Papers Miss Lukaszewska Mrs Rennie Miss Gledhill Mrs Dade Mr Whitmore Miss Wilson Mrs Ayres (Miss Harrison) Mrs Terry Miss Pettit Miss Carlton Question: Which board? Functional Skills / IGCSE Paper? AQA Functional Maths Level 2 is on 17th May

A* and Additional Skills/Content Maths Grades Old GCSE Grades   U G F E D C B A A* and Additional Skills/Content New GCSE Grades 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9 Grades 9 to 1 instead of A*-G W grades for those below a G grade What’s a W grade? Why does it say U?

Tips for getting the best grade possible: In the exam itself: Attempt every question Show all working out, even on a calculator paper Before then: Bring your calculator to every lesson and know how to use it Have a mathematical equipment set and know how to use it Ask for help Listen to the advice your teacher gives you Do some iGCSE past papers Do your homework! Revise

Which topic should I revise? RAG sheets – repeated after every exam paper. How to use them: First work on your amber topics. Turn them into greens. Then pick a red topic to revise. Choose one you know you should be able to do, but can’t do yet (closer to the top of the page is a good place to start as these are generally easier!) Use Jo’s pictures of RAG sheets

How should I revise? Revision Sessions – Monday Week A until 4pm Are these the right ones?

How should I revise? Revision Guides and Workbooks - £4 each Are these the right ones?

How should I revise? Maths Watch Free apps available App Store Print screens of the support App Store Google Play

How should I revise? My Maths Puffin Academy browser Print screens of the support

How should I revise? KESH Maths – www.keshmaths.com Print screens of the support

English Language and Literature What do you need to revise for the new GCSE exams

Key changes 100% exams 4 exams in total 2 for English Language 2 for English Literature Graded using the new 1-9 scale

English Language 2 exams Both worth 50% of the overall course Both sat at the end of year 11 (summer 2017)

English Language paper 1 Section A – 20th Century Prose 4 questions based on an unseen extract from a 20th century prose text Section B – Descriptive or narrative writing - One extended writing task where students create a piece of writing based on an image

English Language paper 2 Section A – Non-fiction extracts from the 19th and 20th century 4 questions based on at least 2 unseen piece of non-fiction from the 19th and 20th century Section B – Writing to present a viewpoint - One extended writing task where students write to present their viewpoint on the topic provided

English Literature 2 exams Both worth 50% of the overall course Both sat at the end of year 11 (summer 2017)

English Literature paper 1 Section A – Shakespeare’s Macbeth - 1 extended response based on an extract from the play Section B – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - 1 extended response based on an extract from the novel

English Literature paper 2 Section A – An Inspector Calls - A choice of 2 questions based on the whole play Section B – Love and Relationships poetry 1 question about a poem in the anthology 1 question comparing two poems from the cluster of poems Section C – Unseen poetry 1 question about an unseen poem 1 question comparing 2 unseen poems

Revising for English CGP Revision Guides Revision guides for all exam topics AQA exam board and 1-9 grades Revision websites BBC Bitesize SAM Learning Revision World Youtube resources - Mr Bruff videos

The Apps, Exam Board and other useful ideas Mrs Schofield

Core or Additional Exam format

Useful Science links. OCR Science: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrkw2hv General Science: http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/maths-science/ http://revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision Revision: http://getrevising.co.uk/resources/level/gcse/subjects/science http://www.s-cool.co.uk/

Is there an APP for that?

Revision Guides Revision sections Questions for each section Revision sessions, Thursday eve week A A we will hold targeted revisions in preparation for the PPE exam and then Summer exams

What we provide Sam learning Revision packs containing revision mats and past papers Tests take place each ½ term and students progress and predicted grades focus on these results. Around the end of every ½ term students should be looking at show my homework and completing revision materials provided