1. Parent Information Evening
Year

2. Parent Information Evening
Partnership / Independent Learning
English
Mathematics
Assessment and Reporting
Attendance
RRSA
The shape of Year 10

4. Partnership

5. Student
Parent
School

6. Independent learning Essential to your child’s success.
Contributes significantly to progress

7. Two GCSEs for English English Language English Literature
Both GCSEs are now assessed through 100% terminal exams.
There are two exams for English Language and two exams for English Literature

8. English Language
Two exams – both test students’ reading and writing skills.
The Reading Section of the Language papers now includes texts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries and expects students to make direct comparisons between them.
The Writing Section of each paper has a writing task which is worth 50% of the whole paper and 40% of the marks in the writing section are awarded for spelling, punctuation and grammar.

9. English Literature Key texts:
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding
Poetry Anthology – cluster (‘Power and Conflict’)
‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare
Students’ own copies of the texts are recommended and students should re-read the books at home to secure and embed understanding.
Exams will be ‘closed book’ – this means that they cannot take the book in and will need to memorise quotes.
Study guides are very useful – recommend CGP GCSE (AQA)
‘PIX Lit’ App – free to download

10. Reading
Accuracy
20 minutes a day

11. Mathematics
Maths GCSE has 3 papers – one non- calculator and two calculator
Total exam length time 4 ½ hours.
Can enter at higher or foundation tier.

12. Assessment Knowing Maths
These are basic straightforward maths questions.
These test the student’s maths knowledge of each topic.
Using Maths
For these questions students need to select which maths to use to solve a real life problem
Applying Maths
The students need to decide how to answer these questions and explain why.
It is the using and applying type questions that students are finding the most difficult and these are the areas in which parents can help the most.

13. Real Life Questions that have come up recently
Buying goods, calculating change
Finding the cost of 8 cakes if you know the cost of 5.
Filling the missing amounts in a bank statement or invoice
Changing money into different currencies
Reading an electricity meter and calculating the bill
Finding areas involving gardens, wallpaper, carpet, paint
Planning a visit to Grandma given a bus timetable
Calculating best buys
Working out postage & packing charges for online goods

14. MATHSWATCH
After each exam we analyse how our students perform and provide them with an analysis sheet.
We have found that one of the most effective ways of improving is for students to use the Mathswatch website to revise topics that they are red or amber on.
We have subscribed to this and so it is free for our students, all they need is their username and login.
FirstnameLastnameYear – MartinFuller Password alns
There are also worksheets that the students can print out using their school printing budget.

16. Calculators
For the calculator papers students need a scientific calculator. Every brand of calculator works differently so it is essential students are using a calculator they are familiar with in the exam. In school we use CASIO calculators and would recommend them as they are very clear to use.

17. Trips Clubs English English Lit Maths Science X 2 Option 1 Option 2
Language / Media
History / Geography
Personal Development
Trips
Clubs
Independent Learning
Work Experience

20. Ongoing
Formative
Summative
GCSE’s
Assessment

21. Targets
Expected
Challenge

22. AOB

23. New GCSE’s New grades 1 to 9 instead of G to A*
New GCSEs that are ‘bigger’ and require more content
Mostly 100% exam all at the end of Year 11

24. Attitude to Learning

27. Personal Development UNCRC Personal Development Curriculum
Personal Development Days

28. 90% Attendance Equates to: 4 weeks a year missed
Over 5 Years that’s half a year missed
One grade lower in each GCSE

30. PARENTPAY
Parent Pay is the preferred method of payment for items such as school meals, trips etc.
Login and password already issued with the vast majority of parents already making use of this facility
More information about Parent Pay on the school website.

31. Key Dates 17th November – Work Experience Launch
12th January – Yr 10 Parents evening –
1ST March – Mentoring Day
19th June – YR 10 Exams week
3rd July – YR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
26TH July - Last day of term

32. Thank you for coming this evening

33. Homework Reading Attendance You
Habits
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