Welcome to Y10

Parents’ Information

Evening20TH SEPTEMBER 2016

Structure of the evening

Mrs Gilligan – Assistant Head Teacher

Introduction to new GCSEs and grades

The years ahead

How to be successful

Mrs Henderson-Head of English

Mr Goddard-Head of Maths

Mrs Elliot-Head of Science

Mrs Wilson-Assistant Head-Work Experience

Reformed GCSEs

From September 2015, students in year 10

will begin to take new reformed GCSEs.

Current Y10 will be the first year group to

do all new GCSEs

Reformed GCSEs

will be more demanding

have been designed for a two-year period of

study so students will take all of their exams at

the end of the course

‘Untiered’ test papers in most subjects-all

students sit the same papers

non-exam assessment (ie coursework) will be

removed or reduced in the majority of GCSEs

will have a new grading scale from 9 to 1

Progress 8

Old:

How many GCSE’s they achieve at A*-C

including English and Mathematics

New

From 2016 all students and schools will be

measured on how much progress they make

from Year 7 to Year 11.

Based on students’ progress measured across

eight subjects

What does a progress 8 Score

mean?

0 means the student has made the same

progress as other students across the whole

country in their exams

Below 0 would mean less progress than others

Above 0 would mean more progress than others

Progress 8 score=0.5 would mean that on

average the student’s progress is half a grade

above the average across the country

We use Progress 8 estimates to help track

how students are doing

2016 Results and Current Y11

0.25

0.49

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Forecast

Target

0.46

0.61

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

Forecast

Actual

2016 GCSE Results Current Y11

High quality

teaching

P5-after school

sessionsTargeted and drop in

Holiday/Saturday

revision sessions

Making sure you

are on track

Peer

Mentoring

Form tutor

mentoring

HOH/SLT

mentoring

Revision

days

Careers

advice

Motivational

assemblies

SJF Revision

guideLearning how

to study

sessions

Work hard in

class and at

home

Meet

coursework deadlines-help

us to help you

improve Work with your

teachers-we’re

on the same

side!

Beware of

self

sabotage!

If you are

struggling, ask

for help

Take PPEs

seriously

Help each

other

Bring the correct

equipment

Attendance

How can you help your child?

Come to Parent’s evenings-22nd November

Provider of the tools-equipment

Information provider - revision guides

Sounding board and adviser

Project manager – help them organise

themselves

Go – between

How can you help your child?

Agree the balance between work and social life and

stick to the agreement

Consider a reward structure for working hard

Consider their use of devices!

“Students who use Facebook while

they study get significantly lower

grades than those who do not, according to psychologists.”

Professor Paul Kirschner

Key Dates

Parents Evenings

22nd November 2016

23rd April 2017

Mock Exams (PPEs)

8th May 2017

Reports

21st October 2016

3rd February 2017

26th May 2017

EnglishMRS HENDERSON

ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

SKILLS TESTED:

READING COMPREHENSION

ANALYSIS OF

LANGUAGE/STRUCTURE

SPELLING,PUNCTUATION,

GRAMMAR

CREATIVE WRITING

ENGLISH

LITERATURE

SET TEXTS:

MACBETH

AN INSPECTOR CALLS

JEKYLL AND HYDE

CONFLICT POETRY

Recommended

Language

revision guides

Recommended

Literature

revision guides

MathematicsMR GODDARD

Structure of Mathematics GCSE

Both calculator and non-calculator

papers

Grades awarded:

Higher Tier: 9-5

Foundation Tier grades: 4-1

Statistics GCSE (Set 1 only) Edexcel exam board

Terminal exams

3 written papers

AQA exam board

Problem solving skills and some multiple-choice

CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT

The syllabus for the new GCSE has been expanded

greatly with new topics making an appearance at both

tiers (Still have Higher and Foundation)

There has been a vast shift of content from the higher to

the foundation.

E.g.

Use the Sin, Cos and Tan ratios for right angled triangles

Use congruence criteria for triangle proofs

Solve quadratic equations by factorising

CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT

In January Mr Patel’s electricity meter reading is 36 517. During the next three months he uses 1084 units of electricity.

a What is the reading on his meter at the end of these three months?

b In January Mr Patel’s gas meter reading is 51 314. Three months later it is 51 809. How many units of gas has he used?

c Electricity costs 12 pence per unit. Gas costs 8.6 pence per unit. Work out the total cost of Mr Patel’s gas and electricity for these three months. Give your answer in pounds (£).

CHANGE IN COURSE CONTENT

Andy has £145 in his bank account. He pays in a

cheque for £256 and another for £108. Later he

withdraws £560.

If the account is overdrawn by more than £50, his bank

charges him £25.

Does the account become overdrawn?

Dedicated team of specialist Mathematics teachers

Access to MyMaths

Regular use of exam style questions in lessons and independent study

Regular homework

Path to success

Students desire to succeed!

Students require own geometry set & scientific calculator

Test them on formulas they need to remember

Adding up in shops

Weights and measures when cooking

Get them doing maths at home/out and about!

Support of Parents/ Carers

Get them to teach you a topic!

How parents can help

Students require own geometry set & scientific calculator

Reductions in shops

ScienceMRS ELLIOTT

Structure of Science GCSE

• AQA Combined Science: Trilogy specification

• Double award: equivalent to 2 GCSEs

• Qualification covers all 3 science subjects; Biology, Chemistry

and Physics.

• Six examinations to be sat in May/June 2018• Higher and Foundation papers

• No coursework

• 16 required practicals to be completed throughout the course.• 15% of exam marks to be allocated to assess students relating

to practical skills.

• 20% of exam marks to be allocated to assessing mathematical

skills.

The Examinations

• Six equally weighted examinations.

• 1 hr 15 minutes

• Two Biology papers, two Chemistry papers and two

Physics papers.

• Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and

open response questions

Preparation

• Period 5 revision sessions closer to dates of

examinations.

• Revision guides.

• Continued assessment within class and Pre-public

Examinations to track progress towards target grades.

Thank you for

coming

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