1. Keep Calm—and get the best grade you can
GCSE Mathematics 9-1
Keep Calm—and get the best grade you can

2. From 2017 GCSE maths has a new syllabus with new-style exams and a numeric grading structure. The new GCSE puts more emphasis on problem-solving skills and longer, multi-stage questions.
New Exam
A local football club have just reached the county cup final. They want to bring 29 coaches to the final. Each coach has 52 seats. How many supporters are going to the final?
Old Exam
Work out 29 x 52

3. Tiers of entry: Foundation or Higher
Exam Board: EDEXCEL
GCSE MATHS Exam dates:
Paper 1 24th of May 2018
Paper 2 7th of June 2018
Paper 3 12th of June 2018
Tiers of entry: Foundation or Higher

4. Foundation (Grades 1 to 5)
Higher
(Grades 4 to 9)

6. Equipment
Most students bring all the correct equipment but often they don’t use it properly!
Pupils will need:
Pens
Pencils
Ruler
Protractor
Scientific calculator (and you need to know how to use them)

7. Calculators Casio Fx-85GT Casio Fx-991Ex Know your own calculator
Do not rely on a school calculator—it may do things differently, and the buttons may be in different places
Bring it to school EVERY DAY and get used to using it
Casio Fx-991Ex

9. Identify areas of weaknesses

10. £5.00 for a set (Workbook and Revision guides)
Closing The Gap
Revision Guides and work books
£5.00 for a set (Workbook and Revision guides)

11. Closing The Gap
Revision Cards
£6.00 for the set

13. https://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk/
THE PIXL APP
SC668

14. Saturday Revision 9:30 am 11:30 am D10
INTERVENTIONS
Breakfast Club
Monday & Tuesday
8 am to 9 am
D23, D25 & S55
Saturday Revision
9:30 am to
11:30 am
D10
Lunch Club
Monday
D25

15. Identify topics to work on
Start Now!
Work through a past paper. Use red pen to show where you needed screencast support.
Try a past paper
Identify topics to work on
Make a list of topics to work on based on the red ink parts of your past paper.
Revise / Clarify understanding
Use the various learning resources to revise or clarify each red topic.
Test your understanding
Test your revised understanding using the various quizzes, questions and exercises available.
Feeling happier?
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16. Mrs Stephen Melvina.Stephen@stantonbury.org.uk
Questions
Mrs Stephen
Mrs Kurylowicz
Mr Milburn