1. Opportunity and achievement for all

2. Opportunity and achievement for all
Aims of the Evening
Share key dates/events in Year 11
How to achieve full potential
English specific advice
Maths specific advice
Support systems in School
School - home communication
To keep you ‘in the loop!’
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3. Dates Student review 1 30th October Yr 11 reports 23rd November
Sixth Form Open Evening 18th October
Year 11 mock exams w/b 11th December and 3rd - 5th January
Student review 2 15th January
Year 11 mock results 19th January
Parents’ evening 25th January
Student review 3 5th March
External GCSE exams start 14th May
Last exam 22nd June

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24 weeks to go!
We have 24 weeks in school before the first external exam
We have 151 school days left in school for Year 11
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5. What is the recipe for success?
Outstanding record at GCSE and A level
Students who were ‘bright’ at primary school did not necessarily do best
Students who succeeded were the ones who worked hard, attended regularly and showed resilience
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6. Early revision is essential
ZMC: Important revision not left until the last minute. Revisiting topics again and again increases memory of them.
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Mindset: Praise
Praise and reward effort above everything
Promote independent reading
Keep talking about the future (teenagers are very ‘here and now’)
During student review weeks
discuss what’s going well and what isn’t…
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8. Opportunity and achievement for all
Mindset: Aspiration
Look towards the final goal now
Better GCSEs lead to more and better options (if you have no idea what you want to do!)
We have a careers advisor and Unifrog to help
Carrots are better than sticks…..
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9. Opportunity and achievement for all
BOOKLET
Key dates
FAQ around new 1-9 gradings
Tips for parents
Tips for students
Ways to manage stress
Specific information for each GCSE (exam board, resources and websites)
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10. GCSE Grades are Changing

11. AQA English Language and AQA English Literature GCSE
English Language Paper 1:
5th June 1 hr 45 mins – 4 reading questions on a fictional text and a written task of a description or story
English Language Paper 2:
8th June (1hrs 45 minutes – 4 reading questions on 2 non fiction texts and a non fiction written task where you give a viewpoint)
Literature Paper 1:
22nd May (1hr 45 minutes) Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol
Literature Paper 2:
25th May. 2 hr 15 minutes. An Inspector Calls, Poetry Anthology (a selection of pre studied poems) and unseen poetry
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12. AQA English Language and AQA English Literature GCSE
Pupils have already:
Studied both Language Paper 1 and Language Paper 2 and sat a mock exam on each (January and June)
Studied a selection of unseen poetry.
Studied Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol and completed mock assessments on these texts (Jan and June)
Been given a poetry anthology homework booklet that should have completed over the summer holidays and some writing tasks too.
Completed their spoken language presentation (a required component but not part of their grade)
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13. English: What will they be doing in Year 11?
Autumn term
Studying An Inspector Calls and the poetry anthology.
Revisiting Language Paper 2 reading questions and writing skills
Sitting a mock exam in January on Language Paper 2 and Literature Paper 2.
Spring term
Revising Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol
Revisiting Language Paper 1 reading questions and writing skills
Sitting mock exams in March on Language Paper 1 and Lit Paper 1
Revisiting unseen poetry
Summer term
Revision for all exams
End of May / start of June - exams
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14. English: Expectations
That pupils work hard to achieve (or exceed) their target grade, completing all homework and classwork on time.
That they take responsibility for their progress and learning – engaging with texts, skills and tasks as well as acting on targets, challenge tasks and feedback given both by teacher assessment and peer assessment.
That pupils prepare fully for mock exams
That pupils speak to their teacher if they have any concerns about their progress or understanding in order to reach a solution together.
That pupils take advantage of opportunities outside of time tabled lessons to improve their skills and understanding..
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15. Opportunity and achievement for all
English: Support
Throughout Year 11, there will be opportunities for pupils to benefit from additional support.
-Revision sessions for an hour every Thursday after school beginning first week in October.
-Google classroom – where resources, reminders and tips are shared. Pupils will receive a code to access this.
-Additional booster / revision sessions throughout that pupils will be invited to.
-KS4 homework club every Tuesday lunchtime in E3 where pupils can receive help with classwork or complete quiet independent revision
-The opportunity to purchase revision guides
-Revision materials supplied by the department.
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16. English: What should pupils be doing at home?
Homework
Revision for mock and real exams
Re reading the texts
Reading about the texts
Making use of the google classroom
Reading a range of non fiction (articles, newspapers etc)
Using recommended internet sites to improve punctuation and grammar
Practise writing short stories, articles, letters, speeches. descriptions
Learning spellings / new vocabulary
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17. Invitation code: 4rac65

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Maths: OCR GCSE J560
Graded 9-1, where 9 is the highest grade
5 is considered a ‘strong pass’, which can be achieved at Higher or Foundation tier
Students will sit 3 papers; 2 calculator and 1 non- calculator.
Each paper is out of 100 marks and is an hour and a half long.
The mock exam in January is crucial- it is the students’ first opportunity to sit papers in strict exam conditions.
PCB
RHA to check
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19. Opportunity and achievement for all
Maths: OCR GCSE J560
The Maths Curriculum is split into 3 strands: Fluency, Reasoning and Problem Solving.
The new Maths GCSE has a much bigger focus on the Reasoning and Problem Solving strands.
We need all students to have a ‘never give up’ attitude to succeed with these type of questions.
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20. Opportunity and achievement for all
Maths: Support
There are many opportunities for pupils to get support with Maths:
A lunchtime Maths Surgery every Tuesday
Pupils can work either with a teacher or on the computer. Usually optional
Curriculum Leader drop-in every Friday (starts 15th September in room M4)
Pupils can drop-in for help with their Maths. Optional
Timetabled sessions with our specialist Intervention TA
Focussed, personalised support. Compulsory
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21. Opportunity and achievement for all
Maths: Support
There are many opportunities for pupils to get support with Maths:
After school intervention and revision on a Tuesday
Small group work with a specialist teacher. Compulsory
This support in particular has been extremely successful so we ask that students attend when requested.
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22. Opportunity and achievement for all
Hegarty Maths
All students have a login for the website.
Over 600 tasks to complete on every aspect of the Maths GCSE.
There is a help video accompanying each task, produced by Colin Hegarty, UK teacher of the year 2015.
The website also generates and updates a ‘Fix Up 5’ assessment which focuses on the weaknesses of the individual.
Excellent for independent revision and study
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23. Opportunity and achievement for all
Maths: Expectations
We have very high expectations of our pupils and expect that they:
Attend all intervention sessions or revision classes as required
Put in 100% effort in all lessons and intervention sessions
Ask for help and support as soon as they need it
Be fully equipped for all lessons including a SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR (£7.50 from the Maths Department in either black, blue or pink!)
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24. Opportunity and achievement for all
Attendance
School target 96%
Year 11 is a really important year
Please inform school via absence line
Medical reason for longer than three days need to be evidenced by doctors note
SJN
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25. Impact of attendance on GCSE outcomes
Impact on your achievement
% attendance
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26. Help? Opportunity and achievement for all
3. Controlled Assessment / Exam Support and Sanctions
1. ELC and Library
2. On-line resources
7. Student Mentoring / Intervention
4. Support forms
5. Academic panels / meetings
6. Student Tracking
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30. SAM Learning

31. ‘Summer Timetable’

32. Opportunity and achievement for all
Communication
Contact details in the booklet
Facebook; and
(addresses on web-site).
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33. E-learning Please come up to the ELC to find out more about:
Hegarty Maths
Sam Learning
GCSE pod
Unifrog