1. Supporting Achievement for Every Y11 Student

2. Why? We are all here to support your child’s achievement.
Your child is competing against every other child nationally.
There is an added level of difficulty in new GCSEs.
The next few months are crucial to your child’s future.
An effective collaboration between student, school and home is essential.

3. The National Picture
Your child is competing against every other child.
Greater emphasis on memory and recall.
Concepts are tested instead of processes – deep understanding.
2 types of GCSE add to the confusion.
Uncertainty with Maths and English grading’s.
We know that 5% nationally will achieve a grade 9 and a grade A is a grade 7.
National benchmark – Grade 4.
Sixth form expectations are a grade 6 to study that subject

4. Progress 8 Our improvement journey so far…
October
December
February
April
Results Day
-0.55
-0.33 ?
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5. How we are Supporting Y11 achievement
Quality first teaching
Additional lessons during Life Studies/PE
Personal Learning Checklists
Period 7
Pre-Public Exams
Form Tutors and Co-Tutor intervention
How we are Supporting Y11 achievement
Forensic analysis of progress – Achievement Leader
Pupil Premium Mentors
Career Interviews
Growth Mindset approaches

6. Period 7 Monday 27th February up to the exams.
Every Day (Monday to Friday).
50 additional lessons to support your child.
PLCs will inform the content of the sessions.
Personalised timetables.
Each lesson delivered by one or more teachers.
Your child is expected to attend.
If there are any transport issues please come and speak to us.

7. Period 7 – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Mondays – Maths/English Tuesdays – Option subjects Wednesdays – English/Science Thursdays – Maths/Science Fridays – Option Subjects

8. Personal Learning checklists (PLCs)
Diagnosis Therapy testing

9. Personal Learning checklists (PLCs)

10. Flexible approaches to learning
Intervention groups
Large group teaching (with more staff)
Online packages
SMHW

11. Pre-Public Exams (Mocks)
The Second round of PPEs start on Friday 3rd March.
Students will receive detailed feedback.
PPE results will be on progress checks in April.

12. Skeleton GCSE Summer Exam timetable
Week before HT nd - 26th May 2017
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Eng Literature
Geography
Business
Physics
Maths
ICT PE

13. Week After HT 5th June – 9th June
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
History
Food Tech
Eng Language
Geography
Computer Sci
German
Business
Maths
Biology
Music

14. Week 12th June – 16th June Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Eng Language
H&SC
Maths
Chemistry
History RE
Physics
DT Res Mat

15. Lessons during exams – study leave
Lessons will continue up to Friday 9th June.
Teachers will continue to teach.
Access to experts is crucial.
Students should attend these lessons as normal

16. How you can support your child
Know your child’s Personal Learning Checklists
Encourage and support period 7
Reward effort
Attendance
Revision timetable support
How you can support your child
Routines – diet, sleep, rewards
Test your child
Support Homework completion
(SMHW)
Help to mark practice papers
Work commitments do not help
Online packages

17. Attendance

18. The Curve of forgetting

19. Revision at home
40 minutes is the recommended time for each revision ‘session’
Students should concentrate on what they don’t know
Use Active Revision Techniques:
lists, mind-maps, flash cards, practise timed questions/mark schemes, reduce notes, internet websites, develop case studies, mnemonics, flow charts, links, post-its, practice drawing diagrams, testing, quizzes
WHATEVER WORKS!

20. Practice papers Practice makes perfect.
Completing past exam papers significantly boosts the chances of success.
Learn the mark schemes.

21. APPs and websites

22. Thursday 24th August @ 9:00am
Exam Results Day 2017
Thursday 24th 9:00am

23. Maths Information

24. Key Revision Strategies – Past Papers
Past papers will start to be released shortly.
These will form a mixture of homework, classwork and extra independent study if students wish.
These recent questions will be the main place your son/daughter can see recent, exam style questions.

25. www.mymaths.co.uk (MyMaths)
Good for covering all topics which give student immediate feedback.
GCSE Statistics is on here!
Some A-Level content as well.
For Usernames and Passwords ask the Maths Department.
Students can obtain a second level password from their maths teacher if needed.

26. https://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk/PMA.swf (PiXL Maths App)
If Darth Vader was trying to log on:
CentreID: JP3700
For Usernames and Passwords ask the Maths Department.
Has videos, extension PowerPoints, immediate feedback on answers, really useful!
Has up-to-date problem solving, thinking questions.
Available on all phones, IPAD’s etc.

27. https://www.vle.mathswatch.com/vle/ (MathsWatch VLE)
Helpful videos. (Listen on the way to school…no one needs to know!)
Online worksheets with answers.
Just had a launch of a new style website.
For Usernames and Passwords ask the Maths Department.

28. Science Information

33. What do the students have to do?
Log in regularly and complete the assignments at the top of the list – keep the wheel of progress at least green The mission is to keep up the pace – it only takes a few minutes each day. Tassomai will continue to test and evaluate knowledge and understanding ready for the exam date.