Year 11...Year 11 Parents’ Information Evening Welcome Year 11 (2020) Aims •Closure and...
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Year 11 Parents’ Information Evening
Welcome
Year 11 (2020)
Aims
• Closure and Reopening• Key Diary Dates• Attendance• GCSE grading and Flight Paths• Middle School Recovery, Study Skills and Habits of
Learning Sessions• Exams and Revision Skills• Mentoring• Expectations and Responsibility• Examinations • Post 16 • A word from past students
This Evening’s Staff
• Mr Charlie Armstrong – SLT link / Assistant Head
• Mrs Mandy Warner-Bradshaw– AHoY
• Mrs Kathryn Denman - PSO
• Mrs Heather Smith – Careers and Post 16 Advisor
You can do it!
Diary Dates
9 October 2020 Elevate Education
5 November 2020 TBC Post 16 Evening Options Evening: Virtual details to be announced
2-13 November 2020 Mock Examinations
24 November 2020 Mock Results
26 November 2020 PPTC and Predicted Grades
11 January 2021 Post 16 Options Deadline
4 February 2021 Full Report
Attendance
GCSE Grading
Predictions: Fine Grading
Study Skills and Learning Habits
✓ Compliments the KS3 Learn to Learn Programme and LFL
✓ Thursday form sessions✓ Highly focussed on mentoring and
reflection✓ Linked to the ‘process’ in revision,
guidance issued to parents✓ Elevate Education resources and
strategies embedded✓ Will link to Elevate Study Session
pre-mocks✓ Wellbeing and Positive Mental
Health
Understand Summarise MemoriseTrack/
Review
Topics covered this yearReview Your Top 5 Actions
Tutor Small Group MentoringTop Ten Memory-hacks
Active Revision Skills‘Parent Evening’ Reflection
Review ‘Postcard to Self’Revision Time TablesGoals and Motivation
Physical, Mental HealthHydration
Preparation - Mock Exams
Understand Summarise MemoriseTrack/
Review
Revision Strategies
Understand Summarise MemoriseTrack/
Review
• flash cards • mind maps • making audiotapes• using mnemonics • make up a song • act it out • create posters• invent a game• put your note up about the house
Revision Strategies
Elevate Education
https://get.elevatecoaching.info/uk/register/
22/09 - Independent Learning: How to know that your child is focusing on the right kind of work that gets top marks.
14/10 - Time Management: How to resolve battles over homework and workload, get on the same page and help balance life & academics.
10/11 – Exams: Developing a pre-exam road map with your child to maximise their chances of success and keep overwhelm at bay.
01/12 - Stress & Wellbeing: Understanding your child’s stress triggers, symptoms, and a tool-kit for stabilising during tough periods.
The live webinars run online from 6pm – 7pm: with a senior presenter sharing Elevate’s key research and skills, and on hand to answer questions so parents can get the specific tools they need.
What should revision look like?
As Parents how can you help? Students, what does effective revision look like?
Provide a suitable time and space for revision. Put the time table on the fridge?
Planned, use a time table.
Remove the phone and online distractions.
Focussed - not distracted.
Get some revision guides and exam SPECs.
Using past question papers to practise.
Supply with healthy snacks and water. 30 minute bursts with 10 minute breaks.
Offer to test and track progress. Confident, mentally healthy, not sleep deprived.
Ask questions. Creative and Fun!
Successful in exam outcomes
DfE Responsibility
GCSE Alteration
Art & Design Component 2
English Language Speaking and Listening
English Literature Pre 1900 text
Geography < exam time, student personal fieldwork
History Power and Democracy paper
Modern Foreign Language Speaking, Optional Questions
Science Student practicals
Sports Studies 2 not 3 Activities??
Drama Assessment of Performance???
Responsibility
• Learning Buddy
• Teacher
• Resources
• Lunch Time Opportunities?
• Year 11 AHoY, PSO, SEND and PP
• Mentor
• Homework Club
Examinations
• Exams Officer Mr Donajgrodzki
• School Website
• Exam Conduct and Malpractice
• Exam Regulations
• Summer 2021 Statement of Entry
Mock Exams
• Attend school every day
• No study leave; recovery
• A fair but realistic test
• Preparation and Support
• Letter with full details to follow
• Year 11 Pupil Briefings to follow
Sixth Form @ King’s
• 2019 Achievement at A* to B Grades was one of our highest years ever at 71%
• 2019 Pass rate at A Level 99%
• Extensive extra curricular opportunities
• ePassport
• Roles & Responsibilities
• 6th Form Cafe
• Dedicated workspaces
• Improved environment
Sixth Form @ King’s
• No application process
• General Entry Criteria (Admissions Code)
• 3 A Level Options
Preparation for Post 16 choices
• Employability Day (ESDP)
• Careers Fair
• Small group ILP Meetings
• Independent External Careers Adviser
• LFL lessons
What to Choose?
• Aerospace Engineering
• Broadcast Journalism
• Law
• Civil Engineering with a Year in Industry
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Politics and Sociology
• Political Science and International Relations
• History of Art & Spanish
And further beyond…
• Go on University Open Days and Summer Schools –virtual events are also valuable
• Research pathways to your career interest
• After your exams - work experience, NCS or volunteering
• Research, question Sixth Form students, parents and teachers
Mrs Denman
• Looking after yourself- Positive Mental Health
• Routine
• Sleep pattern
• Healthy Diet
• Exercise
• Open door
• Team around you
Letter Box
• Letter to your child – name and tutor group
• Distribution pre-summer exam leave
The Team for Success
• The Student
• Parents
• Tutors
• Mr Charlie Armstrong – SLT link / Assistant Head
• Mrs Warner-Bradshaw - AHoY
• Mrs Kathryn Denman - PSO
• Mr Mark Donajgrodzki – Exams Officer
• Mrs Heather Smith– Careers and Post 16 Advisor
• Mrs Julia Hartley – Learning Support SENDCO
• Mrs Sahiemah Qureshi – Pupil Premium Leader