1. Welcome to Year 10 Parents Evening

2. Year 10 Parents Evening Work Experience Options Exam timetables
Exam rules
Revision
Sixth Form
Contact details

3. Year 10 Parents Evening
WORK EXPERIENCE
3 – 7 July 2017

4. What stage are we at now? Year 10 Parents Evening
Most students have been allocated a placement.
If students are unhappy with their placement they should come and talk to me about it (J22).
Students need to contact the employer to find out if the employer wants to interview them – VERY IMPORTANT THEY DO THIS.

5. Please ask your child Year 10 Parents Evening
If they know where they are going for work experience.
If they have contacted the employer yet to set up an interview (if the employer wants an interview).

6. What happens if…….. Year 10 Parents Evening Your child is ill.
Your child doesn’t enjoy it.
Your child doesn’t turn up or is asked to leave.

7. Visits during Work Experience
Year 10 Parents Evening
Visits during Work Experience
Someone from school will visit your child (if we can’t visit we will call or the employer).
We will ask the employer to complete an evaluation form.
Student will also be asked to complete a Work Experience Diary to keep a record of their experience.

8. Options Year 10 Parents Evening Process starts 3 April.
1 option subject – taught for 12 hours per fortnight.
Increase in English, Maths and Science teaching.

9. Year 10 Parents Evening
Exam Timetables
Wednesday 15 March 2017

10. Exam Rules Year 10 Parents Evening
Not much has changed since we were at school.
Clear pencil cases.
Clear water bottles only.
No food.
Black ink only.
No mobile phones.
No watches.

11. Revision Year 10 Parents Evening Revision guide booklet
Revision timetable

12. Revision Year 10 Parents Evening Start early.
Make a revision timetable.
Take short breaks.
Use revision guides.
Stick revision notes all around the house.
Get drinks and snacks.
Sit at a desk.
Don’t put it off.
Don’t just read, use a variety of revision techniques.
Lots of past exam papers.
Find the right environment.
Don’t pester your child.

13. Revision Timetable Year 10 Parents Evening Time Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
16:00
 History
 40mins
 RE 40mins
 Spanish
 RE 40 Mins
17:00
 Spanish 40 mins
18:00
 History 40mins
19:00
 History 40mins
20:00
Revision Timetable

14. Miss Doherty, Head of Sixth Form
Cheney School Sixth Form
Miss Doherty, Head of Sixth Form

15. Best State School Results in Oxfordshire
100% Distinction at BTEC
“Ecstatic students at Cheney School have broken the school’s A Level record, once again”
“Across the board, results were significantly higher than last year”
Overall pass rate for students leaving school at the end of Year 13 at 99%, up from 97% in 2015
66% of students achieved A* to B grades, up a staggering 11% from last year
4 of our 4 Oxbridge applicants gained their place
the number of A* grades at A level was the highest yet, with thirty three A*s
42% of UCAS applicants going to a Russell Group uni

16. Truly High Aspirations
Best State School Results in Oxfordshire
Headline figures from 2016: A*-A: 40% A*-B: 66% A*-C: 85% A*- E: 99% 42% of Cheney School students went on to Russell Group universities

17. Excellent Teachers and Resources
Student surveys rate our teachers as excellent – and our results prove that our Sixth Form students have brilliant teachers!
Our students get one hour a fortnight of skills teaching – a unique and beneficial resource for Sixth Form students.
We offer Gold Duke of Edinburgh – we’re the largest school cohort in the South East.
Close links with Brookes, off-site access, your own clothes!

19. Gold Duke of Edinburgh

20. It’s never too early to start thinking…
What do you want to study at Sixth Form?
Are you on track to get the entry requirements?
4 or above in English
AND
4 or above in Maths
3 or more C grades or Merits at BTEC
What can you do to get the best possible grades? Your Year 9 and Year 10 GCSEs count towards your Sixth Form entry!

21. Cheney School Sixth Form
Access to a broad and balanced curriculum
Confident young citizens
High Aspirations
Independent learners
Encouraging learning environment
To briefly outline and explain my vision I will use the word ACHIEVE. I believe excellence can be achieved by Access to a broad Confident.....where every student matters
Values of positive, inclusive community
Every student matters

22. Contact details Year 10 Parents Evening
Simon McEvoy – HOY 10 Lynne Owen – AHOY 10 Jason Davies – Work Experience Heather Doherty – Head of Sixth Form Marie-Anne Fischer – Exams Officer