1. Welcome Year 10: The Year Ahead and Meet the Tutor
21st September 2017

2. Assistant Headteacher Attached to Year 10
Ms Jerham
Assistant Headteacher
Attached to Year 10

3. Attainment
Elthorne
Ealing
National

4. 62% achieved ‘Strong’ passes in English & Mathematics
Harder GCSEs
62% achieved ‘Strong’ passes in English & Mathematics
Best results in Hanwell
Top 3 in Ealing
Top 5% nationally
Forecast to be in top 100
(not selective) schools
Get into trouble with other local Heads when I give the results for the closest Ealing and Hounslow schools

5. Values & Attributes The 4 P’s
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9. ACTION - ACTION - SANCTION
Your teacher will explain to you that there is an issue with the way you are working and work with you to make a change. They might ask you to move or work in another way.
If you do not make the change after two explanations, you will get a sanction - this is not negotiable
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10. At Elthorne… Why? We straddle the doorway and greet our students
We are interested in treating students as individuals
We plan an engaging starter that is immediately available
We want to maximise learning time and keen to engage learners immediately
We create strategic seating plans that support learning
We want to plan the classroom space to best promote learning behaviours
We use positive language of instruction
We model the language we would like to hear
We avoid raising our voices as it contributes to a negative atmosphere
We would like the school to be a purposeful and calm place
We will have an excellent knowledge of our student’s needs and how best to accelerate individuals’ progress.
We are a research driven school and engage with the latest academic research. We are creative and innovative in personalising learning.
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11. Ms Hagel
Year 10 Leader

12. Student progress at Key Stage 4

13. Tracking your child’s progress...
Home Learning set at least once a week per subject
Detailed feedback will be given on their work at least 12 times across the year for each subject, including exam or coursework grades
Students must act upon the detailed feedback in green or purple pen (GPOP)
Termly reports which is graded for Attitude to Learning, Home Learning, Progress Indicator and Targets for Improvement
GPOP
Green pen of progress
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14. Tracking your child’s progress...
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15. Tracking your child’s progress Weekly reports received from the Data Manager for the tutor
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16. Curriculum Guidance

17. New 9-1 GCSEs New specifications in all subject areas
All exams will be sat in May / June
Some subjects will continue to have a Coursework and/or Controlled Assessment element.
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18. Grade 5 will become new bench mark for ‘strong’ pass
New GCSE grades
Present
New
A* + 9 A* 8
A*/A
7/8 A 7
A/B
6/7 B 6
B/C 5 C
4/5
Grade 5 will become new bench mark for ‘strong’ pass
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19. GCSE Coursework and Controlled Assessments
Art – 60%
Drama – 60%
Graphics Communication – 60%
DT Resistant Materials - 50%
DT Textiles – 60%
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%
Targeted Study Club – Tuesday and Thursday in Room C107
Home Learning Club – Monday and Wednesday in Room C107
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 home
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20. GCSE Mathematics
Two tiers – Higher grades 9-4 and Foundation grades 5-1.
New topics to both tiers.
Three 1½ hour exams
Two calculator papers and one non-calculator paper
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21. How to best help your child prepare for their Maths GCSE
MyMaths – teaching tool
Username – Elthorne
Password – Octagon
MathsWatch – revision tool
Username - 3 or 4
Password – password (unless they have changed it)
Kerboodle website – text book
Username – first initial and surname
Password – their own
Institution code – bg2
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22. Top Revision Tips for English
English Language revision tips
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
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23. Top tips to help revision of English
2) 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 writers use of language and imagery
Explain to you how structure supports the ideas of the poem
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24. Top tips for revision of English
Read, read, read!
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.
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25. Curriculum – GCSE information
Exam Board
Examination information such as how many papers and length of each paper
Types of assessments- Controlled Assessment (CA) or Coursework (CW)
Termly modules of study
Key texts and websites
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27. Working in Partnership

28. Year 10 Team Ms D Hagel – Year Leader Tutors: E Ms K Kolenkiewicz
Ms V Kular - Assistant Year Leader
Ms E Austin - Pastoral Support Worker
Ms J Jerham – Assistant Headteacher
Tutors:
E Ms K Kolenkiewicz
L Ms C Anderson
T Mr R Gunasekera
H Mr T Miller
O Ms T Sugden
R Ms N Daniel / Mr S Bruce
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29. Interform and Charity Events
First Half
Second half
Autumn Term E H
Spring Term L O
Summer Term T R
First Half
Second half
Autumn Term O T
Spring Term R E
Summer Term H L
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30. Meet the Tutor
21 September 2017

31. Working in Partnership
Parental support is eight times more important in determining a child’s academic success than social background

32. Attendance and Punctuality expectations...
Children with 95% attendance are 5 times more likely to get 5+ GCSEs with grades 9-4 than those with 85% attendance
90% attendance is equivalent to missing one and half years of school
Minimum attendance of 97%
If your child is absent, please phone the school on each day of absence and provide a note on their return in the school planner
When your child is absent, they must make sure they catch up on any missed work
Students should be on site at 8.30 am
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33. What can I do to support my child in being prepared for school?
Essential equipment for school and GCSE examinations...
Clear plastic pencil case
At least two blue or black pens
A green pen to act on feedback
Pencils
Ruler
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR
Compass
Protractor
If your child is ready and prepared for the day, it enables them to be focused on the learning in the lessons.
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34. How do I support my child at home?
Students benefit from:
A positive, quiet environment to work in
Talking about what they are doing at school and what time they are finishing
Going through the student planner and discuss the home learning tasks / Coursework / Controlled Assessments
Home - school contact with – tutor, subject teachers, curriculum leaders and pastoral support team
Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of sleep to boost their energy levels, sharpen their memory and improve their concentration
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35. How to best help your child prepare for their Maths GCSE
MyMaths – teaching tool
Username – Elthorne
Password – Octagon
MathsWatch – revision tool
Username - 3 or 4
Password – password (unless they have changed it)
Kerboodle website – text book
Username – first initial and surname
Password – their own
Institution code – bg2

36. How to best help your child prepare for their English GCSE
1) Read non-fiction (either online or paper) taken from quality broadsheet newspapers
Every week read a selection of non-fiction and identify
Author’s viewpoint
Purpose of the text
Techniques deployed to achieve their purpose

37. How to best help your child prepare for their English and Maths GCSE
PiXL Maths App
EP4313
First initial and surname
Password – maths
PiXL English App
EP4313
First initial and surname
Password – english
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38. Does the school offer my child support during the day or after school?
Home Learning Club - Monday and Wednesday pm in room C107 – all welcome
Targeted Study Club - Tuesday and Thursday pm in room C107– compulsory and parents will be advised
Departmental revision sessions – targeted students
Study skills sessions in assembly, tutor time and PSCHE focussed on Mock examinations.
Mentoring
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39. Year 10 Tutor Time Weekly Activities
Monday
Assembly
Tuesday
Maths Challenge (Corbettmaths) or Maths App   
Wednesday
English Challenge or English App
Thursday
Current Affairs (Newsround or The Day)
Friday
Wider Reading*
(Planner and Equipment Checks )
*Please note
that your
child must
have a reading
book in their
bag everyday.
Please explain the types of things you do in each session.

40. How can I help my child set up a revision timetable?
They can create their own revision timetable or use GetRevising
Parental support is eight times more important in determining a child’s academic success than social class
The number of books in a child’s home more accurately predicts their success that their parents’ occupations or level of education
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41. How can I help my child set up a revision timetable?
Your child needs to add the dates and times of their subject assessments / mock exams and block out times when they are busy.
They need to prioritise their revision by working backwards from the final MOCK exam adding in revision sessions for each subject.
A revision session is the time when your child sits down to do several chunks of revision. Therefore, one chunk of revision might be for minutes with a 5 minute break.
They need to develop a revision routine as this will help them stay on track and vary their revision chunks so they cover different subjects through the day.
Parental support is eight times more important in determining a child’s academic success than social class
The number of books in a child’s home more accurately predicts their success that their parents’ occupations or level of education
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42. Are there different ways to revise?
Mindmaps
Index/flash cards
Past papers
Memory skills
Look/cover/write/check
Knowledge organisers
Testing
Games and quizzes
Websites
Group revision
Video/audio
Become a teacher
For more research on how to improve memory, you should visit Daniel Willingham’s website with interesting articles about memory and learning.
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43. Working together to achieve excellence