1. Getting everyone through it
Year 11
Getting everyone through it

2. Scary Facts ! 183 School Days 915 Lessons
If you are here all the time, working in every lesson!

3. Striving for Success Targets and goals – short term and long term
Behaviour
The correct attitude for effective learning
Attendance
Punctuality
Meeting deadlines
Being well organised

4. Results
Most students achieving Level 5+ at the end of KS3 are capable of achieving at least a GCSE grade C
Getting less than a grade C is not necessarily a failure but…
The majority of students in this year group should be aiming for 5 + A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and Maths

5. What happens in Year 11? October Grade card and parents evening
November
Target groups for early entry iGCSE English
Full mock exams
9th November – 6th Form application deadline
December
Mock interviews
College applications deadlines
If early entry is taken, another opportunity may be given if it is deemed to be helpful.
Mock results day will replicate the real day…….hopefully be happy faces.

6. What happens in Year 11? January Mock Results Day February
Second mock exams
May
First exam 11th May
If early entry is taken, another opportunity may be given if it is deemed to be helpful.
Mock results day will replicate the real day…….hopefully be happy faces.

7. Progress Tracking Current Performance Grade Predicted Grades
Prediction based on current performance
Note: C1 – Confident C, achievable B
C2 – Solid C
C3 – Solid D, potential C
Predicted Grades
Potential grade based on teacher judgment

8. How do we help students? Individual Interviews One to One Tutoring
Early Entry
Revision Classes
Extra lessons
Additional courses
Withdrawal for additional intervention

9. It is more important this year
than ever before!
All students need to achieve a C in Maths and English.
If not they will be required to retake these over the next two years until a C is achieved.
All College places are in demand. You need to earn your place.

10. GCSEs are the beginning, not the end!

11. Information and support to all young people aged between 13 and 19.
What is Careers advice?
Information and support to all young people aged between 13 and 19.

12. Exciting Times Ahead Now it’s your time to choose.
What do you want from life?
What are your hopes and dreams?
Whatever you want, it is your choice – you need to make an informed decision.
This evening is about giving you an overview of Post 16 Options, explaining the different qualification routes and informing you of support available for you.
It is important that you attend college open evenings. Dates can be found in the Open Evening Booklets, which were distributed to students via their tutors last week. Can also be found on KS4-5 Transition board (FWI/JED) and are in the Fernhill Post. Remember you all attended the Careers Fair day in July, maybe its time to dig out everything you collected and start having a serious look.
More important than ever before, as Students are required to remain in Education until the academic year of their 18 birthday.

13. Post 16 Options 2) Further Education 1) Further Education
‘A’ Levels – 5 GCSEs at A*-C with English and Maths required.
Farnborough Sixth Form College
Farnborough College of Technology
Guildford/Farnham College
2) Further Education
Vocational Courses such as Engineering, Catering, Construction, Hair & Beauty (A range of entry requirements)
Basingstoke College of Technology
Guildford/Merrist Wood
3) Apprenticeships
Employment with formal training
Contact employer direct or use the National Vacancy
Matching Service website –www. apprenticeships.org For more information -
No AS level, two year A level.
A level entry …..B in most cases, but speak about individual courses with college staff
Introduce main Staff
Introduce Rooms

14. Who can help you?
Tutors Subject Staff Senior Leadership Team Mr Thatcher – Raising Standards Leader Upper School Transition Leader Miss Griffiths Careers Advisor Chris Jones Librarian & Careers Coordinator Mrs Murdoch
All Year 11 students are entitled to an interview with a Careers Adviser. At the end of Year 10, students completed a ‘Year Ahead’ planning form. This is used by the careers service to prioritise need but students can be pro-active and self refer.
Students can book their own appointment, SMU/DGR

15. Revision strategies

16. Student myths they want you to believe
I work better with the TV on
But I have to work on the computer
I must listen to my music when I revise
I’m going round to Bernard’s house to revise
I’ve already done it.
(Some of these might actually be true)

17. Why is it so hard for the adults?
You have to tread the fine line of supporting, nagging and demanding.
You need to be aware of what they need to do so that you can keep a watchful eye.
If they do not do it then you must step in – it will benefit them in the long run.

18. What is revision?
Exams test a student’s knowledge as well as their ability to apply that knowledge.
To apply it they have to be able to remember it in the first place.
If in doubt ‘go and do some revision!’

19. Revision Strategies
There are lots of different ways of revising – and there are no right or wrong ways.
The trick is to find the way or ways that work best for each student.
Active revision however has been shown to be more effective than more passive ways.

20. Students could …. Read through their class notes.
Buy a revision guide and read that.
How effective would this be?

21. Or they could…. Use class notes to make summary notes.
Create mind maps for each topic covered.

23. Use technology
There are many very good internet based revision sources.
SAM Learning, GCSE POD, resources on the VLE
Youtube
BBC Bitesize
Many contain elements of testing which helps identify where there needs to be focus.

24. Podcasts
Students could record themselves reading their notes and then listen to them on their MP3 players.

25. Talking
Talking is great because you cannot speak unless you know what to say!
Students can talk to themselves
Students can ask each other questions (they could record these)
Parents can ask students to explain a topic – does not matter if you are unaware of the details – ask the student and if they don’t know they need to find out.

26. Make a video Easy to do and also a lot of fun.
Students can film themselves presenting a programme, act out an event or make a film.

27. Linking points
Write down all the words related to a topic you can think of.
Select three at random
See how you can then link them to each other.

28. M.A.D
Detente
Castro
Iron curtain
Khrushchev
Churchill
Stalin
Apollo-Soyuz
Spies
SALT
Cuba
Space Race
Berlin wall
ICBM’s
Brain Drain
SALT 1972
MIRV’s
Hot Line
Marshall Plan
Gary Powers – U2
Secret Speech
Time to react
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
ABM’s
Helsinki Agreements
NATO
Hungarian Uprising 1956

29. Past Paper For each subject at GCSE there are past exam papers.
They can be found on the web and in school.
The more students do then the better prepared they will be for the real thing.

30. What to revise?
Students should get copies of the course details from all their teachers.
This is the basis of all their revision.
Identify what they are confident about and what they are less secure on.

32. Plan Revision timetables should be created.
Work back from the final exam dates.
Be specific – don’t write English Romeo and Juliet. Say identify quotations to show Romeo loves Juliet.
Keep revision to short bursts – 30 minutes then a break.
Build in free time – must not feel guilty about this.

33. Pressure
Likely that your son/daughter will put themselves under more pressure than you ever will.
Guide them and support them.
Be interested in what they are doing and know their timetables.

34. Thank you and good luck