1. Year 11 Information Evening
2017

2. Aims of the evening Summary of what subjects are covering
Strategies to support parents
To promote a dialogue
To support progress and wellbeing
You are welcome at any time after school.
Please phone the school to schedule an appointment.

3. An opportunity to see staff.
Timings:
18:00-18:30:
An opportunity to see staff.
16:00
Introduction
16:05
English Presentation
16:20
Maths Presentation
16:35
Science Presentation
16:50
Languages Presentation
History Presentation
17:20
Geography Presentation
17:35
 Art Presentation
17:50
Computer Science Presentation

4. Year 11 Internal Examinations
Across Subjects
A detailed analysis of strengths and areas for development

5. Science
Year 11

6. Why AQA? Specification AQA - http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics OR
Combined Science (Trilogy) 8464
Why AQA?

7. Exams Biology Paper 1 - May 15 th Paper 2 - June 11 th Chemistry
Physics
Paper 1 - May 23 rd
Paper 2 - June 15 th
3 exams before May half term and three after.
Triple Science Papers mins 100 Marks
Combined Science Papers mins 70 marks
Mathematical content of papers
Biology 10%
Chemistry 20%
Physics 30%
Physics formulae no longer provided in papers

8. Science Assessments in Year 11
In order to develop exam technique.
Autumn 1 - Three exam papers - Set as homework. Marked by teachers with feedback and improvement given.
Autumn 2 - Three exam papers - Mock examinations
Spring 1 - Three exam papers - Set as homework. Marked by teachers with feedback and improvement given.
Spring 2 - Three exam papers - Mock examinations
AQA releasing secure materials November 2018

9. Resources and Revision
Wednesday Science Intervention - WMc - IT3
Class teachers have offered intervention to their students as alternate afterschool sessions.

10. Resources and Revision
Kerboodle - Digital version of textbook used in school.

11. Resources and Revision
GCSEpod - pods (short animations/videos). Content is mapped to AQA specifications. These can be accessed on ipad, computers, virtually any internet enabled device.

12. Resources and Revision
BBC Bitesize

13. Resources and Revision
Revision guides -

14. GCSE Geography - AQA
This is a brand new GCSE with the first exams being sat in 2018.
There are three papers, each with a different focus.
Paper 1 is a physical geography paper split into three sections, we studied the content in year 9. All three papers have a mixture of short (1-4 marks) and long (9 mark) answers.
Paper 2 is a human geography paper with three topics, which we completed studying in year 10.
Paper 3 is a Geographical applications paper in which students will be asked about the fieldwork that they have completed as of their course. They will also have a geographical problem with a booklet of information provided to them and they will need to use that information to answer questions and provide a reasoned solution.

15. How can students succeed in GCSE Geography?
At this point in the year, students should be focusing on revising the content of the GCSE.
Students MUST use case studies and real life examples in their longer answer questions in order to receive more than half marks and therefore students revision should be focused on these as well as geographical theory. Watching the news and being aware of what is happening in the world will help!
In lessons, we will be focusing on exam technique and structuring answers in order to achieve maximum marks, so high attendance is key
Geography Intervention runs every Wednesday week 2 from for homework help or extra guidance on the timetabled topic.

16. How can parents help?
Having discussions with students about current affairs and real life examples to help build their confidence as geographers.
Many different revision guides are available, Amazon is the cheapest place with the best range. Students have access to different versions in lessons and many have a preference!
In the weeks running up to the November mock exams, students will receive a set of "knowledge organisers", one for each topic in paper 1 and 2. These are revision overview sheets for the topic and contain key phrases and some of the content students should know. They can be used to test students and as a guide for you if they are stuck.
There are lots of online revision resources, such as GCSEPod and Cool Geography. There is a list of these in the revision letter you have received.
Plenty of tea and biscuits!

17. GCSE Art & Design Coursework = 60% 2 Projects
1st Project completed in Year 10
2nd Project started in Year 10 with 5 hour Mock exam
2nd Project continues in Year 11 until Dec 2017
Deadline for Coursework: January 4th 2018

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20. This is a practical exam over 2 days
GCSE Art & Design
Exam Paper = 60%
Students will pick from a choice of 7 themes set by the examination board to base their exam on.
They will have 12 weeks to produce all there prep work before sitting the 10 hour Final Exam
This is a practical exam over 2 days

21. Computer Science
Yr 11 Guide

22. How is the Qualification organised?
Exam Board: OCR
2 exams:
1: Computer Systems - Hardware, Software & Ethics (40%) 2: Computational Thinking, Algorithms and Programming (40%)
1 piece of coursework - the Non Examined Assessment (20%)
Programming project set by OCR, which the students have to complete in exam conditions in lessons during the Autumn term

23. How can I support my child?
Moral support! It is a challenging qualification and can be difficult to maintain a positive attitude when your programs don’t do what you need them to do!
Encourage use of Codecademy website to practice Python programming
Remind them they have access to Cambridge GCSE Computing text book on their iPad
Weekly Homework revision sheets to recap work from years 9 & 10
All have been given CGP revision guides and workbooks covering the whole course.