1. Year 10 Parent Information Evening
Welcome
Year 10 Parent Information Evening

2. Year 10 Parent Information Evening:      Wednesday 3rd October 2017 6-7pm
Year 10 Parents Evening:                          Thursday 9th November pm
Year 10 Reports Sent Home:                     Reports should be sent out  mid December )
Work Experience:                                       8th January 2018 final deadline for Work Experience placements
Year 10 Exams:                                          11th – 29th June 2018 (Language oral exams w/c 4th June)
Work Experience:                                       2nd – 13th July 2018

3. What will this mean for my daughter?
GCSE Reform
What will this mean for my daughter?

4. Reformed GCSEs
English, English Literature, Maths –first examined summer 2017 Most other subjects –first examined summer 2018 D & T –first examined summer 2019

5. New examination specifications
Move to terminal examination Foundation and higher tier permitted only in maths, science and modern foreign languages Closed book examinations Reduced % of practical element Increased knowledge requirement- more content to memorise

6. WSFG Website information

7. Examination boards

8. Long term plans

9. New 9-1 grading system A* A*+ A*- A A+ A- B B+ B- C C+ C- D D+ D- E E+F F+ F- G U 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U

10. New GCSE grading structure
In the first year, the same proportion of students will
achieve a grade 7 and above as currently get A and above
achieve a grade 4 and above as currently get C and above
achieve a grade 1 and above as currently get G and above

11. Results at WSFG following first reformed GCSE

12. Value Added Measures
2014
2015
2016
2017
Progress 8
0.57
0.58
0.63
0.73
FFT Rank
Top 6% of schools
Top 5% of schools
Top 3% of schools -

13. Progress 8
What:
Average progress made across 8 qualifying subjects (pupil)
Average progress grade for school
Why:
Related to starting points (KS2)
‘Fairer’ comparison measure

14. Progress 8 measure
20%
20%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
100%

15. Progress 8

16. Grade 9! Highest 3% of marks
Mathematics - 7 x Grade 9 English Language -7 x grade 9 English Literature -26 x grade9
Attainment: Grade/Entries%
2014
2015
2016
2017 1
9 to 8 / A*s
8.8
10.7
8.5
13.8
9 to 7 / A*-As
27.8
31.8
29.6
30.3

17. Target setting for students
Expected progress target (EP) – a target set projecting progress in the top 20% of students nationally for this subject from the same Key Stage 2 starting point Exceptional progress target (XP) -a target set projecting progress in the top 5% of students nationally for this subject from the same Key Stage 2 starting point

18. Targets Fischer Family Trust
End of primary school external assessments and teacher assessments
Previous 3 years of GCSE results
EP = Expected Progress
XP = Exceptional Progress

21. E-Safety

22. E-Safety Issues Cyber Bullying
Cyberbullying is the use of new technology, in particular mobile phones and the internet, to deliberately upset someone else.

23. E-Safety Issues Online Grooming
Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. 

24. E-Safety Issues Sexting
'Sexting' describes the use of technology to share sexual and sexually implied content.
This content includes texts, photos of partial nudity and sexual images or video.
This could be shared between partners, peers and strangers.

25. E-Safety Issues Location Services
There are many location- based apps available for mobile devices, making it easier than ever to show your friends and family where you are at any given time.
Do you want everyone to know where you are?

26. E-Safety Issues Livestreaming
Livestreaming is becoming a very popular way for people to broadcast themselves on apps such as Instagram Live, Facebook Live, Periscope, Twitch and YouTube Live.
Do you know what you will see?

27. E-Safety Issues Gaming Communities
There are so many ways for users to play games online. Many online games are multi-player and you cannot be sure who you are playing with.

28. E-Safety Issues Illegal File Sharing
Copyright law applies to downloading, sharing and streaming.
If you make content available to others on a file-sharing network, download from an illegal site, or sell copies without the permission of those who own the copyright, then you could face serious penalties.

29. What do we do at WSFG to protect your daughter?
E-Safety issues taught in computing and citizenship lessons.

30. What do we do at WSFG to protect your daughter?
Impero is used to ensure students are making educational use of online services. Inappropriate use can be acted upon.

31. What do we do at WSFG to protect your daughter?
The Internet is filtered to prevent access to inappropriate websites.

32. What do we do at WSFG to protect your daughter?
No mobile phones policy – Students must hand in their mobile phone to the school office when they arrive in school.

33. What can you do to protect your daughter?
Have a conversation with your daughter - encourage them to talk to you about their internet use.
Tell your daughter that she should tell you or a teacher if they see something inappropriate online.
Use a filter e.g. Net nanny to block inappropriate content.

34. What can you do to protect your daughter?
Encourage your daughter to think before she posts to a social network.
Make sure that you and your daughter understand how to manage privacy settings on social networks.
If your child is being cyber-bullied save all evidence and report this to the school or in the case of more serious issues the police.

35. What can you do to protect your daughter?
Set up a family address that your daughter can use to set up new online accounts.
Encourage your daughter to use a nickname, rather than her real name, to protect her online identity.
Make sure that your daughter uses a strong password and changes this for each online account and any devices that she has access to.

36. More Information

37. GREEN Sims Rewards

40. Thank you for your time
Parent forum slips – collect from the back and hand in to Ms Desbenoit or Ms Philippou
‘GCSE Revision: How parents can help’ – booklets £1