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Mr Latham Principal This evenings information Key dates Mr Latham Advice for students Mr Jordan Mrs Hodgson English and maths Mrs Colabella Mr Jordan Revision resources Miss Jones ID: 748364

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Welcome to the Year 11 Parents’ Information Evening

Mr Latham, PrincipalSlide2

This evening’s informationKey dates Mr Latham

Advice for students Mr Jordan / Mrs Hodgson

English and maths

Mrs

Colabella

/ Mr Jordan

Revision resources Miss Jones

A Head of Year Perspective  Mrs ScottSlide3

Key Dates

w/c 19 November

Revision week

10 – 21 December

January

Mock examinations

Year 11

Jobs Fair

21 January

Year 11 Subject Teacher Consultation Evening

24 January

Year 11 GCSE Drama Performance

7 February 

Year 11 Fashion Show

19, 20, 21 March

Year 11 Art GCSE Examination

25 March – 5 April

Mock examinations

13 May – 28 June

External GCSE Examinations

15 – 19 July

Post 16

Taster Week

22 August

GCSE Results

DaySlide4

Helping your child to prepare for GCSE examsSlide5

Understand the challengeReformed GCSEs are very demanding - most courses 100% exam

- more content to revise

- ‘A level’ content

Students will have to work hard and revise to do well

Reinforce why they have to revise, explain the rewards of doing well

Mock exams are more important than you think

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Winter 2018Slide9

Help them to get organisedHave they got the right equipment they need to revise?

Have they got access to the right revision guides?

Do they understand the exam timetable?

- When/where exams are

- What is examined on different papers.Slide10
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This evening’s informationKey dates Mr Latham

Advice for students Mr Jordan / Mrs Hodgson

English and maths Mr Syed / Mrs

Colabella

Revision resources Miss Jones

A Head of Year Perspective 

Mrs

ScottSlide13

Preparing for exams

ORGANISE

REVISE

REHEARSESlide14

The ‘Forgetting Curve (Ebbinghaus

)Slide15

Organisation

Start revision early. The sooner you start the less you will have to do each day and the less stressed out you will be

The most important thing is to make a realistic revision timetable that you will stick to

Get one good revision book or aid for every subject. They do much of the initial work for you by breaking the subject down into ‘do-able’ chunks

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Prepare a revision timetablePlan short spells of revision, about 30 minutes to an hour at a time, as this is the most effective way to learn.

Your concentration lapses after about an hour and you need to take a short break of about 10 minutes.Slide17

Plan your calendarWhen you prepare your revision timetable, make sure you plot in your school timetable, your exam dates, and the things you don’t want to miss out on e.g. half term revision.

Important events e.g. Middlesbrough’s games / your friend’s birthday party etc. need to be made part of your planning.Slide18
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Reward yourselfBuild reward time into your timetable. For instance, a full day of revision could equal a trip to the cinema.Slide22

One last thing on planning …Don’t spend ages making the timetable, or your revision notes, look pretty. Exam timetables are great as long as they don’t become a revision avoidance technique.Slide23
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Working environmentFind somewhere quiet to revise – your bedroom, school, your gran’s house – and refuse to be interrupted and distracted.

Don’t revise in front of the television, or while listening to the radio. Sit at a proper table or desk if you can. Bed isn’t a great place to revise as snoozing is far too tempting. Slide25

Revision

Understand it

Condense it

Repeat it

Review itSlide26

Revision week…W/C 26th NovW/C 3rd DecW/C 10th

Dec – Mock Exams

W/C 17

th

Dec –

Mock Exams

Day

Focus

Monday 19

th

November

General Revision Techniques

Tuesday 20

th

November

English

Wednesday 21

st

November

Mathematics

Thursday 22

nd

November

Science

Friday 23

rd

November

Looking After

YourselfSlide27

What you might see…Slide28

Note taking

5-5-1

Reduce the article to:

5 key ideas

2) 5 key words

3) Finally, to most important word.Slide29
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Review it

After a one hour memorising session:

10 minutes later revise the topic for 10 minutes

1 day later revise the topic for 5 minutes

1 week later revise the topic for 2-5 minutes

1 month later revise the topic for 2-5 minutes

Before exams revise the topic as required.

Each time knowledge is reinforced; it enters deeper into the long-term memory and becomes more stable and easier to recall.Slide34

Question grids…Slide35

Past questions…Do not forget the success criteria!Slide36

Preparing for exams

ORGANISE

REVISE

REHEARSESlide37

Rehearse it

Practise on past exam papers and revision tests.

There are lots available on the web. Initially, do one section at a time - and progress to doing the entire paper against the clock.Slide38

This evening’s informationKey dates

Mr

Latham

Advice for

students

Mr Jordan

English and

maths

Mrs

Colabella

and Mr Jordan

Revision resources Miss Jones

A Head of Year Perspective Mrs ScottSlide39

AQA English LanguagePaper 2 – Writers’ perspectivesSlide40

Read two texts (non fiction can be 19th, 20th and 21st texts)Texts will be linked by topic and clearly present a perspective

15

mins

reading time- go SLOW!

Take 1 text at a time.Slide41

Students have 5 questions to answer on this paper (80 marks available -50% of GCSE)4 marks – select the 4 true statements8 marks - write a summary of the differences/similarities between the 2 texts 12 marks – how is language used to….. (one source only)

16 marks – compare how the writers’ convey their different attitudes on the topic

40 marks (24 and 16) – write a transactional text (speech, letter, leaflet, article or essay) on a set topicSlide42
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Section ASlide44

Section B

On FROG you will find:

What marks are given for

PPTs will advice on meeting mark scheme

Reminders of what each text type needs.

Ask your son/daughter to:

Select a topic – everyone should contribute to their community; inter-generational relationships are important; healthy life-styles are necessary for happiness; the education system doesn’t prepare students for life etc.

Agree OR disagree.

2 BIG ideas they could make to support their view.

How would they develop their ideas.

Draft – could be whole; intro, one point, conclusion etc.

Edit.Slide45

AQA English LiteraturePaper 2: Modern Texts and PoetrySlide46

Students will answer 3 sectionsA) ‘An Inspector Calls’ – choice of 2 questions 34 marksB) Anthology Poetry – Power and Conflict 30 marksC) Unseen Poetry – 1 question analysing 1 poem 24 marks 1 question comparing 2 poems 8 marksSlide47

Students need to write an essay.They need to know:The plot and charactersThe structure of the playThe context of the play (Edwardian and post WW2)

The themes of the play

Key quotes (short)

They can do this using their class notes, FROG and York Notes revision book.

Students need to apply this:

Select 3 moments from the play that they would use to answer a question on each character and theme.

For each moment can they add on a quotation; what Priestley was communicating to his audience; how the context helps to understand or explain what Priestley was conveying.

Can they craft paragraph points leading with Priestley….

Can they write a full essay in 40

mins

?Slide48

Students need to write a comparative essay.They need to know:15 poems – at least 2 quotes from each and 1 structure pointThe themes of the poemsHow the poems link together

The context of the poem

They can do this using their class notes, FROG and York Notes revision book.

Students need to apply this:

Can they link poems to themes? Power of nature; power; power of man; conflict; internal conflict; power and identity; conflict and identity etc.

Can they make comparative points about the 2 poems.

Can they explain the effect of language and structure

Can they write a full essay in 40

mins

?Slide49
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How does it all fit together?Slide51

How does it all fit together?Slide52
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Topic Areas

Title

Assessment

Weighting

F / H

1

Number

 

 

  

 

Examination

 

22-28%

12-18%

2

Algebra

17-23%

27-33%

3

Ratio, proportion and rates of change

22-28%

17-23%

4

Geometry and measures

12-18%

17-23%

5

Probability

  

12-18%

12-18%

6

Statistics

What’s in the exams?Slide55

PaperLength

Date / Time

1

(non calculator)

 

 

 

1hr 30m

Tuesday 21

st

May – 9am

2

(calculator)

Thursday 6

th

June – 9am

3

(calculator)

Tuesday 11

th

June – 9am

When are the exams?Slide56

Topic lists (available on Frog)Slide57

We recommend that you purchase this calculator and that all students bring them to every lesson to familiarise themselves.

Other calculators are allowed however staff and students are more familiar with this specific calculator if help is needed.

Students often encounter problems during an exam when they purchase it days before the exam.

We sell these in the Maths Dept. for £7.50

Do you have scientific calculator?Slide58

Students should be working on areas that they need to work on.

These can be found on self-reflection sheets in exercise books and independent learning books. Students will be directed to a particular set of questions on Corbett Maths allowing them opportunities to work on this area

Where can you find revision material?Slide59

Students can access Edexcel past exam papers on the website:

www.Methodmaths.com

While this is useful to assess roughly what grade students are working at – it is vital that students are working on areas that they need to develop in order to make progress.

All students have individual logins details.Slide60

This evening’s informationKey dates Mr Latham

Advice for students Mr Jordan

English and maths

Mrs

Colabella

and Mr Jordan

Revision resources Miss Jones

A Head of Year Perspective 

Mrs

ScottSlide61

Revision GuidesExam board approved

Covers required content

Practice exam questionsSlide62

Support sessionsAll inclusive academy day

Over 50 tutorial, lunch and after school sessions availableSlide63
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This evening’s informationKey dates Mr Latham

Advice for students Mr Jordan

English and maths

Mrs

Colabella

/ Mr Jordan

Revision resources Miss Jones

A Head of Year Perspective   Mrs ScottSlide73

A Head of Year PerspectiveSlide74

Fear

of failure

Motivation

Friendships

Student expectations

Parental

expectations

Teacher expectations

Fear

of success

Immaturity

Hormonal changes

Peer pressure

Desire to do well

Options at Post 16

Career choice

?

Social

media

Confidence

Work ethicSlide75

TEAM EFFORTSlide76

Parental Support

Open lines of communication 

Subject Teacher

Support

Tutor/

HOY 

Support

Diet

and Exercise

Sleep

Work

/life balance

Peer

 Support

Confidence building

Praise

and rewards

Positivity

Hobbies/

relaxation

"Unplugging

"

Perseverance 

Acknowledging

small achievementsSlide77

Don’t forget that there is plenty of help and support for you in the academy from: Subject teachers

Personal tutors

Head of Year

Mrs Scott – a.scott@macademy.org.ukSlide78

..and finally… Post 16 

January

- Subject taster sessions

Senior leader interviews

Provisional subjects chosen

Taster

week – 15–19 July

Try the subjects

you have provisionally chosen

Results

day – Thursday 22 August

Have results changed anything?

Enrolment

for Year 12 – Wednesday 28 August 

Formal enrolment into Post 16 education

Subject choice interview

Confirm/change the courses you chose in January

Term starts – Monday 2

September 2019Slide79

Thank you for coming.

Staff will be available to answer any questions.