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Year 10 Information Evening for Parents 2015
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Key personnel Information about Key Stage four Relevance of good attendance Key dates Work Experience information Answer questions Aims of The Evening
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Mr P Adams – Headteacher Dr J Tinker – Deputy Headteacher Mr G Simms – Assistant Headteacher (Teaching & Learning) Mrs A Millward – Assistant Headteacher (Pupil Support) Mrs R Stokes – Assistant Headteacher (SENCo) Mr M Hartshorn –Learning Manager Key Personnel
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Different from Key Stage 3 Increased demands on pupil time Increased responsibility Increased issues with homework, revision, coursework Life in Key Stage 4
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Link between good attendance and high achievement is well proven One half day’s absence per week results in a pupil attaining only a 90% attendance Equates to the pupil having missed four whole weeks of lessons in the school year Over five years this would total half of a school year Attendance
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Attendance officer Partner with school Provider of tools Banker Study buddy Entertainments officer Sounding board and adviser Project manager Role of Parents
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Some subjects will do coursework / assignments during Year 10 Some work will need to be completed at home Pupils will be closely monitored if they do not meet deadlines or fall behind Pupils need a disciplined approach Coursework / Assignments / Controlled Assessments
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Encourage students to read a greater range of high quality, challenging literature Reading and writing will be equally weighted Greater focus on making sure that students are able to write clearly and accurately, in good Standard English Increased emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar including the use of vocabulary Tiers will be removed GCSE English Language (Ofqual)
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Encourage students to read a wide range of classic literature fluently with the assessment of ….. Tiers will be removed Increased assessment of unseen texts Quality of writing in the response to texts will be assessed GCSE English Literature (Ofqual)
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More demanding with additional content and greater assessment More focus on making sure that every student masters the fundamentals of maths. More emphasis on reasoning and problem solving Tiering structure will remain the same, with an overlap between the tiers at grades 4 and 5. GCSE Maths (Ofqual)
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Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve an A and above Top 20% of those who get grade 7 or above will get a grade 9 The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G Grade 5 will be positioned in the top third of the marks for a current Grade C and bottom third of the marks for a current Grade B Greater demand than the present grade C 1-9 Grading System (Ofqual)
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Monitoring – December 2015 Parent’s evening – December 2015 Monitoring – March 2016 Year 10 exams – May 2016 Reports – June 2016 Work experience – July 2016 Key Dates in Year 10
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Monitoring – October 2016 College talks - October 2016 Careers evening – October 2016 College taster days – November 2016 College open evenings – November 2016 Parent’s evening – November 2016 Mock exams – November & December 2016 Reports – January 2017 College applications – February 2017 Monitoring – May 2017 GCSE examinations – May/June 2017 Key Dates in Year 11
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Various forms of intervention in place for pupils requiring additional support Pupils will be monitored and highlighted if they are underachieving Year 10 & 11 academic mentoring programme Intervention
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Starts Monday 4 th July 2016 for a fortnight Placements Pupil responsibility Family links / businesses Placement forms List of placements Health & Safety checks Different circumstances Additional information Work Experience
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Letters Student planners Emails Text messages Facebook School website Newsletter Communication from school
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Questions? www.corbetschool.net Click on ‘contact us’ and complete the ‘message form’
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