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Year 11 GCSE Information Evening
Welcome from The Senior Leadership Team Thursday 8th February2018
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What are year 11 expected to do?
Bucket Bucket Bucket 3 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 English Double-weighted* Maths Double-weighted EBacc qualifications (Sciences, Computer Science, Geography, History and Languages) ‘Open group’ Remaining qualifications and other approved qualifications (GCSEs and other approved academic, arts or vocational qualifications) *Higher score of English Language or English Literature double-weighted if a student has taken both qualifications 2
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They are really hard! English- 4 papers- 6 hours 50 minutes
Maths- 3 papers-4 hours 30 minutes Science (Trilogy) 3 papers- 3 hours 45 minutes Science (Separates) 3 papers- 5 hours 15 minutes.
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Here is a flavour of what your child experiences on a daily basis….
Good Luck!! .
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English Literature Texts
Paper 1: Section A: Shakespeare- Macbeth/Romeo & Juliet Section B: Pre 20th Century Novel- A Christmas Carol/Pride & Prejudice Paper 2: Section A: Modern texts- An Inspector Calls/Blood Brothers/DNA/Animal Farm Section B: Power and Conflict Poetry Comparison Section C: Unseen Poetry Section D: Unseen Poetry Comparison These are ALL closed texts exams- so your child will need to know several quotations for each of the texts he/she is studying! Get some Post its, Revision cards, Use GCSE Pod, Pixl Lit App, You tube, Voice recorders, images. Whatever works for you!
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Preparing for Maths GCSE
Recommended websites for Maths revision Mathsbot.com You tube 6
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Preparing for Maths GCSE
Recommended calculators for GCSE Maths (approved by exam board) 7
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Preparing for Maths GCSE
Recommended websites for Maths revision Mathsbot.com You tube 8
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GCSE POD Over to Mrs. Rogers…
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