1. Alexandra Frettsome alex.frettsome@durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk
GCSE Resit
Alexandra Frettsome

2. I have a fair five sided spinner
Place a different number on each section of the spinner so that
The probability of spinning a prime number is 0.4
The probability of spinning a square number is 1/5
The probability of spinning an even number is 0.6

3. Overview
Share my experiences of delivering GCSE Mathematics to Year 12 and 13 students
Share some resources that have worked well
Share experience of OFSTED
Consider the implications of the new GCSE

4. GCSE Cumulative percentages for students aged 17 and over – June 2016

5. Durham Sixth Form Centre
A Sixth Form School
Approximately 1200 students
Last Year we got 31 out of 56 grade C’s
48 started this academic year without grade C in Maths (including 13 in Year 13)
Predominately D grades (37) but also E’s and F’s

6. I’m not sure, I tried my hardest and had extra teaching at home
Can’t understand maths, get distracted easily and didn’t try as hard as I could have
Didn’t take it serious until the end also I easily get distracted by others
I’m not sure, I tried my hardest and had extra teaching at home
Didn’t really get a long with the teacher
Maths teacher didn’t help me one on one, don’t get maths overall. I struggle on simple math tasks, like timesing

7. Find the area of the triangle

8. Strategies
November resit?
Higher or Foundation?
Programme of Study

9. Starters

10. Are these three linked?
Give out cards 1a and 1b

11. Thinking proportionally
‘These transition lessons from the National Strategies have been developed to support transfer from middle to upper schools but will also support year-on-year transition in Key Stage Three for all secondary schools.’

12. Using the cards
Identify pairs – you must be able to justify your decisions

13. Make a set of 4 cards with 1 odd

14. Classify your cards in to three groups
Add cards 1c at this point

15. Standards unit N6 Developing proportional reasoning

17. Listing Systematically
Find two numbers that sum to give 25 and have a difference of 3

18. Ofsted
‘Why do students make better progress in GCSE English than in Maths?’

19. Draw me a diagram to show that this isn’t true
A misconception
Draw me a diagram to show that this isn’t true

20. Things to think about… Resit for 4 or 5 Entry for Foundation or Higher
How to deal with students in Year 13