Welcome Year 11: The Year Ahead 20th September 2018

Assistant Headteacher Mr Morgan Assistant Headteacher

Attainment Elthorne Ealing National In 2017 top 100 schools nationally - those that don’t select by gender, ability, religion or parental income

Progress 8 is forecast to be +0.42 Achieving Progress 8 is forecast to be +0.42 Every student achieves around half a GCSE grade higher in every subject Ebacc pass 48 ealing 36 nat 24 Good eng 86 and 80, 74 and 64 top 5% nationally Good maths 80% ealing 73, 64 and 57 top 20% strong 64% ealing 57

Achieving Year 11 & Sixth Form Top 3 High school/Sixth form for GCSE/A levels/BTECs in Ealing Top 20% nationally Forecast to be in top 100 (not selective) schools P8 is +0.42 (0.33)

Attendance and Learning Children with 96% attendance are 5 times more likely to get 5 or more GCSE grades 9 - 4 than those with 85%

Mr S Ward Deputy Headteacher

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Mr Hardy       Year 11 Leader

We are a growing Sixth Form with Outstanding Results 140 students in Year 12 30 applicants have chosen to enrol at Elthorne Park having complete their Year 11 studies elsewhere. 260+ students in the Sixth Form overall   Key Dates: Sixth Form Open Evening: Wednesday 16th October Year 11 into 12 taster day: January Sixth Form application interview with SLT: January Application deadline: February

Dates of Key Events 6th January Students Return 17th February Spring Half Term 2nd – 13th March Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs)  6th April Easter Holidays – Revision Sessions  20th April Students Return 4th May Bank Holiday 11th May GCSE Examinations Start (TBC)  29th May Summer Half Term 21st June Year 11 Prom (TBC) 30th & 1st & 3rd October Music Solo Exams 2rd October School Photographs 16th October Sixth Form Open Evening 21st October Autumn Half Term 11th – 22rd November Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) 11th December Parents’ Consultation Evening 20th December Final Day for Students

Curriculum Guidance

New 9-1 GCSEs All exams will be sat in May / June 2020. Some subjects will continue to have a Coursework and/or Controlled Assessment element.

Coursework and Controlled Assessment Art – 60% Drama – 60% Graphics Communication – 60% DT Resistant Materials - 50% DT Textiles – 50% Food and Nutrition – 50% Computing – 20% Music - 60% Physical education – 40% Business studies BTEC – 75% Health and Social Care BTEC -75% Sport BTEC – 75% Media BTEC – 75% Subject revision and catch-up sessions will be run throughout the year Students will be informed in class and parents via the newsletter and/or email home

GCSEs Information

Subject Information Exam Board How many papers Length of each paper Assessments- Controlled Assessment (CA) or Coursework (CW) Termly modules of study Key texts and websites

Mr Ward Head of English

GCSE English All students are likely to be entered for both English Language and English Literature GCSEs. There are no longer ‘foundation’ and ‘higher’ tiers in English. All students will sit the same exams at the end of year 11. Students will be graded from 9-1 in each subject. There are no longer any controlled assessments in English. The course is examined entirely through examination at the end of year 11.

Key English Assessments October 2019: English Language Paper 1 PPE (wk:28 Oct) November 2019: English Language Paper 2 PPE November 2019: English Literature Paper 1 February 2020: English Literature Paper 2 March 2020: English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2

Top Revision Tips for English Language 25% of this qualification assesses students’ abilities to interpret and analyse non-fiction. The unseen extracts used for this exam are taken in part from contemporary journalism. Read non-fiction (either online or paper) taken from quality broadsheet newspapers and identify: Author’s viewpoint Purpose of the text Techniques deployed to achieve their purpose

Top Revision Tips for English Literature Teach parents the poems Your child could teach you a poem a week. Ask them to teach you: The themes of the poem Explain to you the writer’s use of language and imagery Explain to you how structure supports the ideas of the poem

Top Revision Tips for English Literature Quiz your child on quotes. Students should remember a wide range of quotes from every examination text. In PPE seasons and Summer exam season, place quotes around the home is visible places.

Top Revision Tips for English Literature Read the exam text yourself so that you can discuss and debate alternative interpretations. Watch DVDs of the examination texts together as family. Film adaptations of all examination texts are available to be borrow for free from the EPHS Library.

Top Revision Tips for English Literature Read, read, read! The most active independent readers do gain the top grades. The Library have suggested reading lists of books to stretch your child and develop their reading journey. Re-read the exam texts and formulate your own ideas. Ideas that you have arrived at independently will often be phrased in a much more confident and assertive tone.

Ms Jennings Joint Head of Maths

GCSE Mathematics Two tiers – Higher grades 9-4 and Foundation grades 5-1. Three 1½ hour exams One non-calculator paper and two calculator papers.

Maximise your achievements in maths It’s not too late… No one is good at maths without hard work. Practise exam questions and past papers under timed conditions. 80 marks = 90 mins Always mark your work, even when you’re at home. Use green pen. Look up each of the topics that you found hard in your notes or your maths textbook Make friends with your calculator Start today! And do maths everyday so that it goes into your long term memory

Key dates for Maths assessments November 2019: Full set of 3 papers PPE March 2029: Full set of 3 papers PPE Decisions on set and tier changes will be made after both assessment points.

PPE Analysis

How best to help your child revise maths MyMaths – teaching tool Username – Elthorne Password – Octagon MathsWatch – revision tool Username - 3 or 4 numbers @ephs Password – password (unless they have changed it) Kerboodle website – text book Username – first initial and surname Password – their own Institution code – bg2

How best to help your child revise maths We sell Target Grade books (at Grades 3,5 7 and 9) £3 each Revision Workbooks (at Foundation and Higher Tier) £2 each Students have already received revision lists/plans and should have revision sheets from each unit of work that they have been building up since year 9. Please check that they have all of this organised in a revision folder.

Ms Hagel Key Stage 4 Achievement

Year 11 Intervention

Intervention Programme Intervention programme for students underachieving in English and Maths (Tuesday and Thursday) Half term (Oct / Feb) and Easter intervention programme with a subject focus on coursework, controlled assessment and underachievers Assessment programme – two Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) in November and March Co-ordination of targeted after-school catch up /revision sessions Increased subject specific revision sessions during our tutor time

Catch up and Support Sessions

Tutor Time Please note that your child must have a reading book in their bag every day.

PiXL Revision Apps Maths English Literature History Geography Times tables

Effective Revision Strategies Retrieval Practice Dual Coding Concrete Examples Elaboration Interleaving Spaced Practice

Being prepared for Revision

Year 11 Leader Key Stage 4 Achievement Ms Hagel Year 11 Leader Key Stage 4 Achievement

Working in Partnership

Year 11 Team

What can my child look forward to in Year 11? Sixth Form Applications – assembly and advice Prefects Careers Advice – assembly and Connexions support Final Year 11 Assembly Hoodies Yearbook – collection on GCSE results day Prom – boat trip on the Thames (Friday 21 June - TBC)

Year 11 Prom

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