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

2. Y10 Parent Information Evening Tuesday 18 September 2018
New GCSE curriculum/Measuring progress
Mr Shackson, Assistant Head
GCSE Expectations and Revision techniques
English – Ms Schaber, HoF English
Maths – Mr Salmon, HoF Maths
Science – Mr Kerr, HoF Science
E-Safety awareness for KS4 students – Mr Shackson
Work Experience – Ms Philippou, Assistant Head
Parent App – Ms Jean-Baptiste, Y10 SPL

3. Y10 Key Dates Year 10 Parent Information Evening
Jack Petchey Speak Out: Thursday 18 October (all day)
Year 10 Parents Evening: Thursday 8 November pm
Year 10 Reports Sent Home: Reports sent out mid-December
Work Experience: February 2019 final deadline for placements
Duke Of Edinburgh practice trip: May 2019 (Fri-Sat)
Year 10 Exams: 10 – 28 June 2019
(Language oral exams w/c 3 June)
Work Experience: 2 – 13 July 2019
Duke of Edinburgh qualifying trip: July 2019 (Sat-Sun)

4. Mr Shackson Assistant Headteacher
GCSE Reform
Mr Shackson
Assistant Headteacher

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

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

7. 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

8. WSFG Website information

9. Examination boards

10. Long term plans

11. 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

12. 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

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. 20%
Progress 8 measure
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15. 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

16. 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

18. Ms Schaber Head of Faculty
GCSE English
Ms Schaber
Head of Faculty

19. GCSE Overview
GCSE English comprised of two courses: English Literature and English Language
Both courses taught side by side in Year 10 and Year 11
Exam results for English Literature and English Language listed separately
Speaking and Listening component a separate endorsement
Each course requires two exams
No coursework component

20. Exams Overview: Language
All texts unseen
Component 1: 20th Century Reading, Creative Writing
Key Skills: Analysing language and structure, exploring effects, writing to describe or narrate
Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction, Transactional Writing
Key Skills: Analysing language and its effects, comparing ideas and methods across texts, writing to argue/persuade/advise/inform
Component 3: Speaking and Listening
Pupils present a speech and answer questions from their peers
Assessed in lesson
Separate endorsement

21. Exams Overview: Literature
Component 1: Shakespeare, Poetry Anthology
‘Romeo and Juliet’
WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology
Component 2: Post 1914 Drama, 19th Century Prose, Unseen Poetry
‘An Inspector Calls’
Jane Eyre
Unseen poetry practice

22. Developing GCSE Language Skills
GCSE Language is often the more difficult paper.
Pupils expected to analyse non-fiction from the 19th, 20th and 21st century, as well as make comparisons between texts.
How to Develop GCSE Language Skills:
Watch documentaries to improve contextual knowledge
Read broadsheet newspapers (in print or online)
Use online revision tools (e.g. BBC Bitesize)

23. Developing GCSE Literature Skills
GCSE Literature requires in depth understanding of characters, themes and ideas.
Pupils expected to analyse writers’ methods, including contextual factors, to explore writers’ meanings and messages.
How to Develop GCSE Literature Skills:
Revise key texts to keep content in working memory
Revise classwork and checkpoint assessments
Use online revision tools (e.g. BBC Bitesize, Shmoop)

24. Tracking progress
Half termly checkpoint assessments using GCSE style questions and marked using GCSE mark scheme.
Assessments modelled on GCSE questions, using similar language and phrasing.
Assessments focus on key characters, themes, ideas, and extracts from key texts to support Literature exams.
Targeted Language skills teaching for all pupils.
Targeted intervention available after each checkpoint.
Formal end of year mock exams.

25. What you can do to support
Encourage your daughter to watch documentaries and read broadsheet newspapers to improve her language analysis skills.
Encourage your daughter to revise literature texts regularly.
Ask your daughter to summarise key scenes, characters, and themes from her literature texts, to reinforce her own understanding.
Ask your daughter to explain where she scored marks on an assessment, and what she could do to improve her work, to reinforce her understanding of GCSE style assessments.
Call the school and speak with your daughter’s English teacher, should you have any questions or concerns.

26. Mr Salmon Head of Faculty
GCSE Maths
Mr Salmon
Head of Faculty

27. Supporting your daughter to achieve her potential Summer 2020
GCSE Maths
Supporting your daughter to achieve her potential
Summer 2020

28. The Exam Paper 1 Non-Calculator Paper 2 Calculator Paper 3 Calculator
No controlled assessment – 100% exam
Higher Grades - 4 – 9
Foundation Grades

29. Where to get help Attend Maths Support for extra help.
Tuesday 3.30 to 4.30
Ask your teacher!
Ask your peers!
Ask your family and friends!

30. How to practice and revise
Use vle.mathswatch.com
Use Kerboodle.com
Use MyMaths.co.uk
Use PiXL Maths App
Use Revision Guide and Workbook
Use textbook and practice book
Past Exam & walking talking Papers
Websites such as Bitesize, mathsgenie
There are a huge number of resources on the school MLE

31. What Works Best
We are setting Past Exam Papers monthly, going through them
and assessing them.
Any questions that were not answered correctly need to be
revised and tried again.
We will be tracking progress using past exam papers and end of
chapter tests.
Revise the most common topics first – use the blue topic list
(available later in the year)
Short bursts of revision and don’t do a paper all at once
(VLE.Mathswatch is great for this)

32. What parents can do to help
Remind your daughter to attend maths support on
Tuesdays.
Discuss her successes, for example a good homework
or result in a test.
Our LRC has some books for parents explaining how
they can help their children with Maths.
Ask your daughter to explain maths questions to you
as this reinforces her learning of the topic.

33. And finally... Please feel free to call the school if you would
like to talk to your daughter’s maths teacher
if there is anything that you are not sure about.
Your daughter’s maths teacher will always be
happy to help.

34. GCSE Science
Mr Kerr
Head of Faculty

35. How to revise effectively for Science
KS4
AQA Trilogy Science GCSE

36. Why revise? Helps you to remember things Improved test scores
Higher overall exam grades
Gain more qualifications
Guaranteed college and university places
Get your dream job
More money and the opportunity to pursue your dreams

37. Neural connection
Remembering things is based on neural connections in your brain, essentially links between your brain cells
A strong neural connection means this thing will be remembered

38. Hippocampus Your long term memory is housed mostly in your hippocampus
This is where you need to store information for your exams

39. Making memories
The more you go over something by repetition the stronger the neural connection
This is stored in your hippocampus in your long term memory
As it is a strong neural connection it is quickly accessed and can then be applied
Essentially well remembered

40. PHASE 1: Knowledge PHASE 2: Memorise PHASE 3: Apply
GREEN Skill: Growth & Newness
PHASE 2:
Memorise
GREEN Skill: Resilience
PHASE 3:
Apply
GREEN Skill: Energy

41. Phase 1: Knowledge Making notes A4 paper/ Cue cards notebook
Student overview
Identify topic
Specification
Revision guide / Collins online text book
Exercise book
Revision websites-bitesize, passmyexams, revisionscience, S-cool,
Free Science Lesson videos – YouTube
Teacher
A4 paper/
notebook
Cue cards
Making notes
Brainstorm:
A5 or A4 or A3

42. Phase 2: Memorise Visual memory = Images Diagrams
Look / cover / write
Say it out loud
Repetition
Teach someone else
Verbal memory =
Acronyms
Acrostics
Word associations
Rhymes
Songs
Visual memory =
Images
Diagrams
Words linked to diagrams
Reiterate that each student learns and memorises differently. They must find what works for them – experiment and try different methods.

43. Phase 3: Apply Revision guide questions
Collins text book questions (accessible online)
Exam questions
Online
MLE
Class resources (exercise books)
Mark schemes
Self-assess
Friends/parents/guardians
Emphasise the importance of using, analysing and interpreting mark schemes.

44. How long for each phase
Phase 1: Making notes 10% Phase 2: Memorise 20% Phase 3: Apply 70%

45. Setting the scene
The following is advice from a neuro-scientist specialising in memory and revision
Avoid distractions eg music, television in the background
Revise in a quiet setting
Revise by yourself not in groups
Repetition in different ways helps build strong memories eg, write it down, draw a picture, answer exam questions on it
Get plenty of sleep
Control your emotions as this affects memory access

46. E-Safety
Mr Shackson

47. Online Safety & Responsible Use
nationalonlinesafety.com

48. E-Safety Issues
Cyber Bullying Cyberbullying is the use of new technology, in particular mobile phones and the internet, to deliberately upset someone else. 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. Sexting 'Sexting' describes the use of technology to share sexual and sexually implied content.

49. What do we do at WSFG Impero is used to ensure students are
E-Safety issues taught in computing and
citizenship lessons.
Impero is used to ensure students are
making educational use of online services.
Inappropriate use can be acted upon.
The Internet is filtered to prevent access to inappropriate
websites.
No mobile phones policy – Students must hand
in their mobile phone to the school office
when they arrive in school.

50. At home Think before posting online. Understand privacy settings.
Understand “ownership.”
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.

52. At home Set up a family email address that your daughter
can use to set up new online accounts.
Use nicknames for public social media.
Use strong passwords.
Have a separate for college applications
from your social one

53. Studying Sleep is valuable – no devices in the bedroom overnight.
Social Media – cuts both ways for studying

54. Ms Philippou Assistant Headteacher
Work Experience
Ms Philippou
Assistant Headteacher

55. Ms Jean-Baptiste Year 10 Student Progress Leader
Parent App
Ms Jean-Baptiste
Year 10 Student Progress Leader

56. Parent App