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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
.Slide6Slide7Slide8
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.Slide10Slide11Slide12
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.Slide18Slide19Slide20Slide21
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.Slide23Slide24
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.Slide29Slide30Slide31Slide32Slide33
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 topicSlide42Slide43
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
?Slide49Slide50
How does it all fit together?Slide51
How does it all fit together?Slide52Slide53Slide54
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 availableSlide63Slide64Slide65Slide66Slide67Slide68Slide69Slide70Slide71Slide72
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.