1. Believe 2 Achieve YEAR 11 ASSEMBLY 25 TH FEBRUARY 2016

2. 34 school days to go…… TO THE START OF THE MAIN GCSE EXAM PERIOD (EARLIER IF YOU DO ART!)

3. How do you feel?

4. Running the Race….. “Got to keep going, you can’t relax. It’s not easy, it’s a tough run, the pressures are there all the time.”

5. Measuring Progress National expectation is 3 levels of progress from KS2 to KS4. KS2 LevelKS3 Level3 Levels of Progress 4 Levels of Progress 3b5bDC 4b6bCB 5c7cBA 5b7bBA 5a7aAA* 68A/A*A*

6. All about buckets….. Bucket 1 English and Maths Bucket 2 Ebacc Subjects Bucket 3 Open English Language OR English Literature WITH Maths Sciences History/Geography MFL (French/Spanish) All other subjects BTEC subjects

7. Weightings 20% 10% 100% Moving your grade in NON-Core subjects up by one grade will mean a move of 0.1 on your progress score. Moving your grade in a CORE subject up by one grade will mean a move of 0.2 on your progress score because they ‘double-count.’

8. Student information cards Focus Group information PiXl V-Group Attendance English and Maths – Match up Current and Predicted What is the gap? Progress Score by bucket Important to look at this as headline attainment does not tell the full picture! M Mouse

9. Negative ALL buckets (RED GROUP) Negative in some buckets (AMBER GROUP) Positive in ALL buckets (Green Group) Who can maximise their Progress score by the end of the exam period? Compete with your friends, compete with your class, can you become a ‘green student?’ PRIZES ARE AVAILABLE!

10. Year 11 revision market Second Year 11 ‘Parent Power’ event of the year 16 th March @ 6:30pm

11. DiagnosisTherapy Testing DTT Check your understanding: 1)Mark some practice questions 2) Get a friend to test you. Do something about it….. 1)Attend intervention 2)Practice some past papers 3)Speak to a teacher – pose a question postcard 4)Re-Read your notes 5)Research/visit relevant websites 6)Create some cue cards Use the mock exam gap analysis, progress tests, your own revision to find out what gaps you have in your knowledge…….what do you NOT know?

12. Steps to Success Pro Formas! These will be key documents to support students in Year 11 as they complete their final prep for their external exams. They can be found on the Shared Drive:- PiXl Resources Steps to Success They can be personalised to your own subject area but under the ‘steps to success’ branding.

13. Raising Achievement Team LEARNING ADVISORS TEAM MRS J SION MRS C DUNFORD MRS G WOOLFORD Based in the LRC Available to help support you at break and lunchtimes (bring your lunch with you) How can we help you? Show you how to produce cue cards Traffic lighting Organisational skills Someone to talk through any barriers to learning Support with controlled assessment Support with revision for exams Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I LEARN

14. Raising Achievement Team Working alone you can be smart…………. Next week:- Please complete Questionnaire in tutor time Please put some thought into it We need to know how you would like us to support you! A post box will be placed in the LRC with “postcards” available in tutor bases for you to ask us for support. But working together you can be brilliant!!