Year 11: Key Dates • Parents Evening: Thursday 31st October

• English Lit & Maths Mocks: w/c 25th November

• INSET (school closed to students) 22nd & 25th November

• French Speaking Mocks: w/c 25th November

• ‘Practical’ Mock Exams begin: w/c 2nd Dec

• Mock Exams begin: w/c 9th December

• INSET (school closed to students) Mon 20th January 2020

• GCSE Exams begin*: 11th May 2020

• Last GCSE Exam*: 16th June 2020 (*provisional)

Welcome to our

Year 11 Information

Evening

2019

Year 11 Information

Evening

Introduction

Mr C Burns Headteacher

This evening:

• Welcome & Introduction: Mr C Burns (Headteacher)

• Careers/post-16 Ms C Slack (post-16 co-

ordinator)

• Frog VLE Mr T Clarey

• Academic organisation: Mr T Clarey (Deputy

Headteacher

• English: Ms Hughes

• Maths: Miss Davidson

• Science: Mrs Young

Careers & Post-16

Ms C Slack

Careers & Post-16 Advisor

NEXT STEPS

College

A-Levels BTECs Apprenticeships Foundation

Learning

Training provider

Apprenticeships Foundation

Learning

GATHER

INFORMATION

• College open days

• Taster Days

• The apprenticeship Store

• START website www.startprofile.com

• The Apprenticeship website

www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

CAREERS SUPPORT IN

SCHOOL • School website/VLE/Email/Learning co-

ordinators

• Lunchtime drop-ins

• Computing lessons

• Stockport Family

• Mrs Slack

• School Library

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

There are college courses at all

levels:

GCSE entry requirements (check

each institution)

Foundation Learning Entry 2/3 (below GCSE)

Level 1 Grades 1 to 2

Level 2 Grade 3

Level 3 vocational – (usually BTEC) Grades 4-9 (most colleges require 5

GCSEs) Check requirements for English

and/or Maths

Level 3 academic – A-Levels A minimum of 4 to 6 subjects at grades

4-9.

Check individual college requirements,

some colleges ask for at least 2 subjects

at grade 6 and specific English and/or

Maths grades.

Specific A-Level subjects may require a

minimum of level 6 or 7

THINGS TO CONSIDER

• Attendance

• Behaviour

• Attitude to Learning

• Time keeping

Colleges are NOT obliged to offer students a place and can pick

students that meet ALL of the entry requirements!

HOW TO CHOOSE

HOW TO CHOOSE

• Subjects you enjoy

• Subjects you excel in

• Academic

• Practical

• Working

• Size of college

• Travel time

HOW TO CHOOSE

• Subjects you enjoy

• Subjects you excel in

• Academic

• Practical

• Working

• Size of college

• Travel time

WHEN TO APPLY

• College deadlines vary

• Paper application forms for Xaverian College and Loreto College need to be handed in to the school library by

December 5th • Register for apprenticeships online as

soon as possible

• Apply for at least three places

Reminder!

• Something for

everyone here

Frog: Priestnall’s Learning

platform

Mr T Clarey

Deputy Headteacher

Google market place :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.froged

ucation.myfrog

App Store :

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/myfrog-by-frog-

education/id1271376137

When downloaded the web address to be entered on the

Frog App screen is:

vle.priestnall.stockport.sch.uk

You have been issued with username and password to

access WAGs.

Getting the Frog App

‘How to’ Frog App

On the App Start-up screen,

enter the school’s Frog

website address:

vle.priestnall.stockport.sch.uk

This provides access to

Priestnall’s Frog site

‘How to’ Frog App

Log in using your

personal credentials (single log in per family)

If you have forgotten

these, please contact

the school office

Timetable,

Calendar and

Homework; all in

one place: the

Frog App

Available on Apple

and Android

devices

Homework

and

notifications

via the App

Homework

and

notifications

via the App

Homework

and

notifications

via the App

View homework

by due date

Year 11: Exams & Reporting

Mr T Clarey

Deputy Headteacher

Despite what you will hear tonight

IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT TESTING AND

ASSESSMENT!!!!!!

Year 7/8/9/10 Info Evenings

External Exams: schedule

•First GCSE Exam: –Monday 11th May 2020 (Computer Science)

–Last Exam (Catering: on-screen):

Tuesday 16th June 2020

• (Provisional):

• 138 school days to go!

External Exams: schedule

• January 2020 – PE (OCR) exam

• Feb/March 2020 – Catering practical exam

– GCSE PE Practical Assessments (40%)

– Art/Graphics/Textiles practical exam

(10 hrs: 2 days)

– GCSE Dance practical exams

Mock Exams: schedule

– English & Maths mocks: w/c 25th November

– French Speaking mocks: w/c 25th November

– Art, Graphics, Textiles mocks (10 hrs: 2

days): w/c 2nd Dec

– Main mocks begin w/c 9th December

– Mock exams pt.2: w/c 9th March ‘19

‘Practical’ Mocks

• Art

• Catering

• Graphic Communications

• PE

• Dance

• French speaking

• Textiles

Class of 2020: current status

A very positive start to Year 11!

• An assembly focussing on the year ahead

and importance of balancing the many

demands on their time

• College visits/ applications: looking

forward to post-16

Exams: key points

• Rules & regulations – must be followed

• Equipment (eg. black pens/calculators)

• Exams notice boards – need to be read

• Exam Board deadlines: non-negotiable

• Mrs Robson (Exams Manager) needs to

know about anything that relates to exam

admin and illness/access issues

• exams@priestnall.stockport.sch.uk

• Non- Examined Assessments (‘coursework’)

• Critical for overall success

• Some worth up to 60% of final grade!

• [May require time outside the normal school

day to complete to an appropriate standard ]

N.E.A.s

Practical Exams/Performances • Drama (60 %)

• Dance (60 %)

• PE (30 %)

• Art (40 %) 10hrs[M] + 10 hrs

• Graphics [Art] (40%) 10hrs[M] + 10 hrs

• Textiles [Art] (40%) 10hrs[M] + 10 hrs

• Catering (60%)

These matter!

Ongoing tasks

• PE OCR -GCSE equivalents

• Ongoing project-based work

• Also have a formal/terminal exam (25%)

• Students need to be up-to-date and on-

target for these during lessons!

Count down

Weeks

Where we are

Countdown

School Days

Interventions

• This year 11 is a very good year group.

Some students are still off their targets

• Action is in-hand:

– Class/subjects/college/whole-school

• Homework/revision sessions (library after

school

• Additional time (work in school)

• Focused independent work

• Holiday schools

Work with us!

• A key message to the students is to take

advantage of the support offered in school

• Just learning knowledge and facts at home

won’t lead to the best grades

• Revision -& other exam preparation

sessions in school need attending

• Exam technique, skills and familiarity are

essential for the reformed GCSEs

Communications

• Intervention meetings- as appropriate

• Parents’ Evening: 31st October

• Website/Frog Learning Platform

• Exam entries – need checking!

• Exam Timetables

• Y11 Interim report (WAGs) & Action Points

• Y11 Mock Results issued –student event

• Revision timetable document

The key to success?

Commitment &

Organisation! It’s a balancing act…

French

French: Year 11 overview Year 11 topic Year 11 assessment

Half term 1 Local Area and Holidays Mini Vocab

Local Area Hols Travel Vocab/Grammar

Half term 2 Local Area and Holidays Mini Vocab

MOCK EXAMS Speaking (EARLY = 18th Nov)

MOCK EXAMS Listening/Reading/Writing

Half term 3 International and Global

Dimensions

Mini Vocab

Half term 4 International and Global

Dimensions

Mini Vocab

International Glob Dim Vocab/Grammar

MOCK 2 EXAMS Listening/Reading/Writing

Half term 5 EXAMS Mini Vocab

GCSE EXAMS Speaking (EARLY = 2nd April)

GCSE EXAMS Listening/Reading/Writing

Half term 6 N/A N/A

English

Ms D Hughes Curriculum Leader: English

Language and Literature

All students in all ability groups are taking

English Language and English Literature

with AQA.

There are two exams for each GCSE

thus four in total.

English Language and Literature

Exams

The ‘new’ GCSE – reminder of the main

changes for the 2020 exams: • The final award will be a number between 1 and 9 (9 being the highest)

rather than A*-G.

• There will be no tiers of entry.

• Students will be expected to read more challenging unseen and

previously studied texts.

• Students will, for both Language and Literature, have to study texts

from the nineteenth century.

• The duration of the examinations has been extended, the longest

being 2 hours 15 minutes.

• The Literature exams are all ‘closed book’, which means that students

will not be permitted to take a copy of the text into the exam.

English Language: 2 Exams

Both papers have a section on Reading

and Writing Paper 1: ‘Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing.’ 50%

Section A: Reading 25%

Four questions on one literature fiction text from either the 20th or 21st

century.

Section B: Writing 25%

One question, out of a choice of two narrative or descriptive tasks.

Paper 2: ‘Writer’s viewpoints and Perspectives.’ 50%

Section A: Reading 25%

Four questions on two texts, one literary non-fiction and one non-fiction.

One of these texts will be from the nineteenth century

Section B: Writing 25%

One essay question on a discursive task.

English Literature: 2 exams

Paper 1

A Romeo and Juliet

B Frankenstein or A Christmas Carol For both sections of the exam, students will be provided with a key extract from the

play/novel, which they will be expected to analyse. They are then required to links this

to the rest of the novel. There is no choice of questions.

Paper 2

A An Inspector Calls, Lord of the Flies or

Animal Farm For this question there will be no extracts, but there will be a choice of two titles.

B Poems from an Anthology

C Responses to Unseen Poetry

Re-reading Literature Texts

This needs to start as soon as possible.

Re-reading a text takes time so needs to

begin in the next week(s).

The Mock Literature Paper One Exam

takes place at the end of October.

So you can ask your child about ‘Romeo

and Juliet’ or ‘A Christmas Carol’ and they

should be able to tell you something

about the plot or characters or themes or

quote from the play

Revision Guides for Literature

Revision guides are available from the Library

for Literature texts.

• An Inspector Calls, Lord of the Flies, Animal

Farm

• Literature Poetry

• Frankenstein or A Christmas Carol

Additionally there are Target 5 and Target 9

books for Language.

The Breakfast Club

Culture Club

Intervention and Revision If your child is not progressing according to

their target and potential then they might be

invited to be part of one of two intervention

groups we are trialling this year.

The Breakfast Club will focus on

underachieving grades 4 and 5.

Culture Club will focus on grades 7 and

above.

Revision sessions will be after school on a

Wednesday and will start in two weeks’

time.

Mocks and Final Exams: Term Subject, Paper and date

Autumn 1 Paper 1 Literature: ‘Romeo and Juliet’

‘A Christmas Carol’ or ‘Frankenstein’

Mock Exam WB 28th October

Start Paper 2 Language preparation

Autumn 2 Paper 2 Language continued

Mock Exam WB 9th December

Feedback and Therapy

Spring 1 Paper 2 Literature: ‘Lord of the Flies’ or ‘An Inspector Calls’,

Anthology Poetry and Unseen Poetry

Mock Exam WB 27th January

Feedback and Therapy

Spring 2 Paper 1 Language

Mock Exam WB 10th March

Feedback and Therapy

Summer 1 REVISION

EXAMS: Lit P1: Wed 13th May

Lit P2: Thurs 21st May

Lang P1:Tues 2nd June

Lang P2: Fri 5th June

Thinking ahead for Language:

skill based exams

Practise annotating texts (newspapers, fliers,

leaflets etc) for:

• Writers’ arguments and how they try to

convince us of their argument

• Explicit and implicit meaning

• Language features

• How the same topic is dealt with in different

texts (on one of the Language exams a

comparison of texts on the same theme is

required)

There are more ideas in the booklet

Writing:

• Practise discursive and creative writing styles.

• Practise planning answers to sample

questions

• Revise use of punctuation marks

• Read non fiction texts

Again, there are more ideas in the booklet

Parental support is paramount and can be

demonstrated through encouraging your son or

daughter to read and by discussing their

reading choices or preferred genres.

Having access to a Broadsheet newspaper at

least once a week is beneficial in terms of

understanding current affairs and appreciating

good writing. Attending plays and productions is

another enjoyable social event that can

enhance English skills.

READ, READ, READ!

PiXLit App platform

Including:

A Christmas Carol, Animal Farm,

Frankenstein, Romeo and Juliet

Mathematics

Miss K Davidson Curriculum Leader: Mathematics

Assessment

4½ Hours (From 3½)

3 x 1½ Hour Papers

1 Non Calculator

2 Calculator

80 Marks per Paper

Terminal assessment in June 2019

Approximate Grade

Equivalence

A* A

9

B

C

D

E

F G

5

8 7

6

4

3

2

1

Top of A*

Top third of

C, bottom

third of B.

Bottom two

thirds of C.

Assessment

Higher (grades 4 to 9)

50% Targeted at Grades 7-

9 (A/A*)

50% Targeted at Grades 4-

6 (C/B)

Starts at Grade C (4ish)

rather than Grade D.

Foundation (grades 1 to 5)

25% Targeted at Grades 3-

5 (D/C)

25% Targeted at Grade 2

(E)

50% Targeted at Grade 1

(F/G)

How have we approached

the new GCSE?

• 3 Year GCSE started in Year 9.

• Extra lesson per fortnight in KS4.

• GCSE papers used for all internal exams.

• 3 full GCSE papers given in Year 10.

• Collaboration with other Stockport schools.

• Staff CPD including marking scripts.

Issues

• Most appropriate Tier of Entry for

borderline students?

• Crossover Topics.

• Grade boundaries?

• Access to ‘live’ scripts.

• Examiners report.

• Intervention every form time.

Assessments

Week 12 25th November Mock exams (PiXL)

Week 24 9th March Mock Exams (PiXL)

GCSE Exams 19th May Paper 1 (non calc)

4th June Paper 2 (calc)

8th June Paper 3 (calc)

Key Questions

• How do you know?

• Convince me/them.

• Explain why/how/why.

• What if…..?

Resources

Website:

www.vle.mathswatch.co.uk

Username: ddmmyyinitialsinCAPS@priestnall

Password: ddmmyyinitialsinCAPS

Homework tasks Homework deadline

When you score full marks on a question, it turns green.

Type your answer in the box given, then submit

If help is needed to answer the questions, use the video clips at the bottom of the page.

Using Mathswatch to revise/clarify class notes

Open videos

Choose the area of maths and the topic you want here

A selection of options will appear

Username: priest

Login: ddmmyyinitialsincaps

Password: ddmmyyinitialsincaps Website: www.methodmaths.com

Resources

• Revision Guides available from the library.

(new specification)

• Past paper booklets will be available after

Christmas.

Y11 Summer GCSE Grade

Boundaries Grade Foundation Higher

2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019

9 190 202 198

8 157 170 167

7 124 139 137

6 96 109 108

5 158 169 184 68 79 80

4 122 136 149 41 50 52

3 90 101 111 27 35 38

2 58 66 73

1 26 31 36

Science

Ms Young Director of Learning: Science

EDEXCEL GCSE (9-1)

COMBINED SCIENCE (2 GCSEs) (all students who did not choose Separate Science as an

option)

• 6 Exams (B1/B2, C1/C2 and P1/P2) will be taken

in May/June 2020

• Each is 1 hour and 10 minutes in length, with each

exam worth 16.7% of the Combined Science GCSE

grade.

• Mock Exams will take place in December 2019

(Paper 1) and March 2020 (Paper 2)

EDEXCEL GCSE (9-1)

SEPARATE SCIENCE (3 GCSEs)

• 6 Exams (B1/B2, C1/C2 and P1/P2) will be

taken in May/June 2020

• Each 1 hour and 45 minutes in length, with

each exam worth 50% of the Biology,

Chemistry or Physics Science GCSE grade.

• Mock Exams will take place in December

2019 (Paper 1) and March 2020 (Paper 2)

Parental Support is a website for homework, revision

& independent learning for Edexcel Science

• It is matched to the Edexcel specification so all material is relevant to your child’s Science course

• It includes a range of guided, interactive learning activities that include short and extended answer questions. It provides instant, automated marking and feedback as well as an online textbook

• There is also a tracking screen to show your child’s progress and attainment

Active Learn

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Username = school log in (DOB and initials)

eg 100601AB

Password = Password01

Online Revision

Encourage the use of revision websites/revision

material creation software/apps such as:

• www.pearsonactivelearn.com

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/learn

• www.savemyexams.co.uk

• www.gcsescience.com

• A website based on multiple choice

quizzes which uses an algorithm to work

out what students know and where they

need to focus their efforts.

Revision Resources

• Revision Guides and workbooks are

available from the school library at a cost

of £5.50 for Combined Science or £3 each

for Separate Science.

Extra Support from

School • Each Science teacher has set aside time

each week advertised as “Office Hours”,

when they will be available to provide

some help and advice for students (these

have been posted on the school website) • These sessions are to help with classwork,

homework, advice and guidance with exam

questions/technique

Year 11 Information

Evening

2019

Please ensure you have

collected a Curriculum Booklet

Tonight’s slides will be published

on the school’s website

Year 11 Information Evening

2019

Thank you for

attending!

Tonight’s slides will be

published on the school’s

website