1. Parents’ Information Evening Understanding the New GCSE grades

3. Current Year 11 Current Year 10 Current Year 9 Current Year 8
New GCSE grades:
English
Maths
Science
Only if the exam is taken in Year 11:
Geography
History
MFL PE
Art
Drama
Music
Food preparation
All subjects
Old GCSE grades:
All Option Subjects
All Option Subjects, only if the exam is taken in Year 10
Business studies
D&T

4. Mathematics at Settle College
Some snippets to illustrate…..
raise in standard in recent years
some elements of T and L that have contributed to this
challenges that students now face at KS3 to aim higher yet ; GCSE preparation has to start early!

5. A journey of improving results

6. Raising the bar: from grade C to grade 5

7. Taught in Y7/8:
e.g Trigonometry
adj
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8. English at Settle College
We have redesigned all our assessments to cover different units of the new GCSE Language and Literature specifications. This means that students are working towards their GCSE exams from the moment they arrive.
Each half term students complete one formal, summative assessment of the work they have completed each half term.
The assessments and markschemes have been aligned with the markschemes and exam questions demanded at GCSE.

9. Old versus new Old GCSE:
How does the writer show their views on Fair Trade products?
The writer begins by stating that ‘it has made the biggest impact’ suggesting that their view is positive. They go onto to include statistics ‘5% higher profits’ and quotes from farmers ‘we have a sense of hope’ to give weight to their points…

10. New GCSE
Evaluate how successfully the writer presents their views on Fair Trade farming. Refer to language and structure to support your evaluation.
‘The writer opens with a superlative ‘biggest impact’ to firmly establish that this movement has been of utmost importance in improving the famer’s lives. They successfully support this with the inclusion of statistics ‘5% higher profits’ and the use of a quote ‘a sense of hope’ this emotive vocabulary effectively creates an impact in the reader as we see the impact of this movement not just financially but psychologically for the farmers.
Throughout the text, the writer confidently builds on this first impression by repeated referrals to the ‘hope’ given by the Fair Trade movement. The inclusion of three different perspectives in the form of anecdotes from farmers…

11. Example assessments GCSE unit Yr 7 unit Yr 8 unit
Romeo and Juliet (literature exam) – analysis of language, structure and theme of an extract PLUS essay question on theme or character.
Midsummer Night’s Dream – analysis of language, structure and theme of an extract.
The Tempest - analysis of language, structure and theme of an extract.
Non-fiction reading - 20th C & 21st C (language exam) – analysis of two texts. Questions test analysis of effect of language and evaluation of writer’s methods.

12. An extra hour of television, internet or computer game time in Year 10 is linked with poorer grades at GCSE, Cambridge University research suggests (BBC report)
On average, the 14-year-olds said they spent four hours of their leisure time each day watching TV or in front of a computer.
The researchers found an additional hour of screen-time each day was associated with 9.3 fewer GCSE points at 16 - the equivalent of dropping a grade in two subjects.

13. Helping at home: Be interested in what they can do
But be more interested in what they cannot do
Praise effort even if the result is incorrect - focus on the process (it will result in success)
Questions
Why doesn’t it work?
What could you have done differently?
Can you think of another way to do the same task?

14. Other things that might help
1)Minimize the habits of distraction
Home learning area away from noise and other distractions – mobile phone, mp3 players, internet restrictions
2)Create a consistent work space for study
Posture for Studying, creating a habit
3)Asking key questions regarding home learning:
What are you doing? Why do you have to do that

15. Timetable
Whole year academic timetable – important for GCSE revision, add in key dates so specific timing can be given to home learning / revision
Make sure they are not just reading and copying out notes

16. Core subject workshops
English
Mathematics
Science
Geography
History
MFL