1. Please help yourself to complimentary tea and coffee from the canteen
Year 10 English and Maths Evening 12th October 2015
Please help yourself to complimentary tea and coffee from the canteen

2. Results will be graded 1 to 9 instead of A* to G.
The new English and Maths GCSEs began this September; the first exams will be in the Summer of 2017.
Results will be graded 1 to 9 instead of A* to G.

3. New GCSE Grades: English and Maths

4. New grading structure for GCSE
Grade 5 will be the new ‘good pass’ for GCSE Mathematics and English

5. Report Card/Target Grades
This year, for English and Maths only, students will receive a target grade with a number and either the letter a, b, or c. 6a = very secure in the grade (B+) 6b = mostly secure in the grade (B) 6c = insecure in the grade (B-)

6. English at KS4

7. Year 10 English 2 for the price of 1
All of our current Year 10 will be sitting the brand new English Literature and Language GCSEs in the summer of They started to prepare for both of these qualifications this September.
2 for the price of 1

8. 2 for the price of 1 GCSE Language GCSE Literature
Two exams: Both are 1hr 45min Each worth 50% + Non-assessed Spoken Language tasks All reading material is previously unseen
Two exams: Paper 1 is 1hr 45min long and worth 40% Paper 2 is 2hr 15min long and worth 60% Both are closed text exams – this means students are not allowed to have copies of the texts with them

9. GCSE English Language Paper 1
Section A) Reading a literature fiction text from the 20th or 21st Century
Section B) Descriptive or narrative writing
Paper 2
Section A) Reading 2 non-fiction texts from the 19th, 20th, or 21st Century
Section B) Writing to present a view

10. GCSE English Literature
Paper 1 Section A) Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Section B) 19th Century Novel: A Christmas Carol Paper 2 Section A) Modern Texts: An Inspector Calls and Animal Farm Section B) AQA Poetry Anthology Section C) Unseen poetry

11. How can you help?

12. To read is to succeed

13. How can you help?
Encourage your child to read something for pleasure for at least 15 minutes a day:
Novels, newspapers, magazines, film/game reviews, graphic novels, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, travel writing, letters, essays.
(But Facebook doesn’t count )
Then practise writing in these styles
We highly recommend buying cheap copies of the set texts so that notes can be made at home

14. How can you help? It is all about the S.P.a.G. Spelling Punctuation
and Grammar
There are lots of free apps that help with spellings
4pics1word - Linkee
The logo quiz - Ruzzle
Scrabble - Miss Spell’s Class

15. Useful Websites for English
BBC Bitesize/Skillswise
Englishbiz.co.uk (SPaG)
Youtube (especially for literature as there are lots of revision screencasts)

16. Maths at KS4

17. Key Stage 4 Maths Foundation Edexcel Certificate in Maths GCSE.
Higher Edexcel Certificate in Maths GCSE
Both qualifications involve three exams at the end of year 11, one Calculator and two Non-Calculator, all with equal weighting.

18. Foundation Edexcel Certificate
This course has a heavy emphasis on number and functional skills of mathematics that are needed in adult life.
There is an increase in breadth and depth of study in the new GCSE.
And content moving down from the Higher Tier to the Foundation tier at GCSE

19. Higher Edexcel Certificate
This course has a heavy emphasis on algebra and application of mathematics.
There is an increase in breadth and depth of study in the new GCSE.
And content moving down from A Level maths to the Higher tier at GCSE.

20. Six Strands
The new GCSE covers six strands of maths, with increasing difficulty.
Algebra
Geometry and measures
Statistics
4. Number
5. Probability
6. Ratio, proportion and rates of change

21. How can you help? A little maths everyday helps!!!
Encourage your child to practice a skill everyday: times tables, long multiplication.
Talk about time with them: get them to read timetables for bus routes or trains.
Ask them to measure ingredients when cooking, discuss metric and imperial measures.
Revise with flashcards the formulas they need to remember.

23. Useful Websites for Maths
BBC Bitesize
corbettmaths.com
ixl.com

24. Maths s
Mrs G Sargent. Team Leader.
Miss M Kempen .
Mrs M Humphry.
Miss V Lacoste
Mr B Li

25. English s
Miss Morse KS4 & 5 Team Leader = Miss Grimstone KS3 Team Leader = Miss Cianciola = Miss Towers = Mrs Crawford = Miss Haynes = Mr Gardiner = Mrs Spicer = Mrs Horne = Mrs Stoneham =

26. General help
Sleep!
Keep Hydrated
Eat Healthily
Full Attendance

28. Questions
There is now the opportunity for a short Q&A session with both teams. The English Team will be in the Library behind you. The Maths team will be available in the Maths’ corridor.