Welcome Year 10 Parents Information Evening. Introduction Miss A Gill Head of Year 10.

Welcome

Year 10 Parents Information Evening

Introduction

Miss A Gill

Head of Year 10

Key Stage 4

Qualifications achieved in Key Stage 4 will be required for future career

Performance at Key Stage 4 is now looked at by Universities and Higher Education establishments.

Performance at Key Stage 4 will be on Curriculum Vitae for the rest of their working life.

Results based society. Grades matter.

Far more competitive than ever before for university places, apprenticeships and jobs. Students need to be fully prepared.

Key Stage 4

From this point on students in Year 10 have

just over 5 academic terms remaining of their compulsory education.

This amounts to around 66 Academy weeks or 330 days

Controlled assessments which contribute to final grades are starting this term.

First GCSE examination will take place on January 12 2012. It is worth 33%.

TIME IS TICKING!

Year 10 Student Expectations

Work hard in lessons.

Complete classwork and homework to the highest standards.

Prepare fully for controlled assessments and GCSE examinations

Work at a constant level throughout BTEC courses.

Show commitment.

Be consistent.

Aim high

Do the best they can.

Help and Support

Accessing subject support during enrichment time.

Asking teachers for help when needed.

In the run-up to examinations, utilising revision sessions put on by each department during enrichment time.

During the Easter holidays, attending revision sessions put on by each department.

Using GCSE Bitesize and other appropriate revision websites.

Doing past papers to improve exam technique.

Use the Careers services available.

Success at Key Stage 4

Consistent approach

Aiming high! Target grade of a C or higher.

Have a plan for Post 16. Research it and know what you need to get it.

Accessing all the support at Macmillan that is available.

Assessment

Mrs Lloyd

Assistant Principal

Controlled Assessment

Controlled Assessment has replaced coursework in a number of GCSEs

Controlled Assessments are taken under controlled conditions usually in a classroom environment

Not all GCSE subjects include Controlled Assessment All Controlled Assessments are mandatory and are worth

between 20-40% of the final GCSE grade


‘If you use someone else’s ideas in your work without giving them credit for the original, this is plagiarism (trying to pass someone else’s work off as your own). If this work is submitted for your qualification this constitutes malpractice and you will be penalised, which could result in disqualification from the examination or examination series.’

Using Sources, Ofqual 2010

Controlled Assessment Booklet

Time plan of all subjects in Years 10 & 11

Marks available

Outline of the assessment

Resources needed

Preparation work

Dates and times


Help from Parents

May encourage child and discuss planning and timing of their work

May provide access to resource materials

Must not give direct advice on what should or should not be included

Avoiding Plagiarism, Ofqual 2010


Different levels of control for different subjects

Everything attracting marks to be done under supervision

Research can be done without supervision – but worthless without annotation

Never use Wikipedia as a sole source

Annotation must be under supervision

Writing frames are restrictive for higher grade candidates

GCSE Modularisation

Increased focus on modular approach

All external modular examinations are mandatory and are worth between 20-40% of the final GCSE grade

Modular examinations take place in January, March, May/June & November (Y10)

Timetables are available on the Macmillan Academy Calendar and on the Exam Information section on the website

No internal examinations in Y10

Internal examinations in most subjects in Y11

Reporting to Parents

Progress Data

weeks beginning 17 October 2011& 16 January 2012

Annual Report

week beginning 7 May 2012

Parent Teacher Consultation Evening

week beginning 6 February 2012

Academic Tutoring

week beginning 31 October 2011

Parent contact

Maths

Miss Cook

Head of Maths

GCSE Maths

AQA modular course

No controlled assessment

This will be examined in March 2012.

If a resit is required it will be taken in June 2012.

Unit 2 Number and Algebra

Written exam (no calculator) 1 hour 15 minutes

Available in November, March and June

66 marks 33.3% Foundation and Higher tiers

Content includes:

•Working with numbers and the number system

•Fractions, decimals and percentages

•Ratio and proportion

•Expressions and equations

•Sequences and linear functions

This will be examined in June 2012.

If a resit is required it will be taken in November 2012.

Unit 1Statistics and Number

Written exam (calculator) 1 hour


54 marks 26.7% Foundation and Higher tiers

Content includes:

•The data handling cycle

•Data Collection

•Data presentation and analysis

•Data interpretation

•Probability

This will be examined in June 2013.

Unit 3 Geometry and Algebra

Written exam (calculator) 1 hour 30 minutes


80 marks 40% Foundation and Higher tiers

Content includes:

•Properties of angles and shapes

•Geometrical reasoning and calculation

•Mensuration

•Graphical methods

•Solving problems with algebra

English

Mrs Colabella

Head of English

Edexcel GCSE English

Running from September 2010

English GCSE

The course is delivered over 2 years Each module can only be re-sit once English is taken on its own – you cannot take

Literature with this option

The course overview

Unit 1: 20%

English Today

Unit 2: 40%

The Writer’s Craft

Unit 3: 40%

Creative EnglishControlled Assessment

Reading response to two media/non-fiction texts

Writing task

Examination

Questions on Shakespeare

Question on prose from different cultures

Practical writing task

Controlled assessment

3 Speaking and Listening pieces

Response to poetry

Creative writing task


Tasks are pre-set by Edexcel

Brief notes and clean texts only

Edexcel – GCSE Language and Literature

Running From September 2010

The Course

• Runs over two years

• A lot to fit in

• Just for sets 1 and 2a

The Language course overview

Unit 1: 20%

English Today

Unit 2: 40%

The Writer’s Voice

Unit 3: 40%

Spoken Language


Reading response to two media/non-fiction texts

Writing task

Examination

Reading response to Different Cultures text

Practical writing task

Controlled assessment

3 Speaking and Listening pieces

Spoken Language Study

Writing for the spoken voice

Science

Mr Shaw

Head of Science

Gateway Suite

Gateway Separate Sciences

B1, B2, B3 B4, B5, B6Controlled

assessment B

GCSEBiology

35% 75 min 40% 90 min 25%

C1, C2, C3 C4, C5, C6 Controlled

assessment C

GCSEChemistry

35% 75 min 40% 90 min 25%

P1, P2, P3 P4, P5, P6Controlled

assessment P GCSEPhysics

35% 75 min 40% 90 min 25%

Gateway Science & Additional Science

B1, C1, P1 B2, C2, P2Controlled

assessment S

GCSEScience

35% 75 min 40% 90 min 25%

B3, C3, P3 B4, C4, C4 Controlled

assessment A GCSE

Additional Science35% 75 min 40% 90 min 25%

Each mixed paper includes questions from biology, chemistry and physics

Terminal Requirement

40% of assessment must be taken in final series, when certification is requested

Any combination of units: Controlled Assessment and Written Paper

Units which are part of the 40% must ‘count’

Requirement must be met again if candidate subsequently re-certificates

Thank you for coming.

Staff will be in attendance should you have any questions.

Welcome Year 10 Parents Information Evening. Introduction Miss A Gill Head of Year 10.

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