2018 gcse highlights · 2018-09-26 · 2018 gcse highlights 25% of all grades were awarded 7-9...
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2018 GCSE Highlights 25% of all grades were awarded 7-9 across all
subjects.
82.3% of all grades were awarded 4-9 across all
subjects
87.6% of students attained 4-9 in English
82.3% of students attained 4-9 in Maths
Preparing for your GCSE’s
Planning for your future
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Key dates Year 11 Future Planning Day: Tuesday 18th September
Sixth Form Open Evening: Wednesday 3rd October
Mock Exams Commence: Monday 12th November
Year 11 Reports: Wednesday 19th December
Year 11 Parents Evening (encourage students to attend): Wednesday 13th February
Year 11 Leavers Mass: TBC
Year 11 Leave: Friday 24th May
Year 11 Prom: Friday 24th May
6th Form Welcome Day – Early July
Attendance
Mock Exams Mock exams the week beginning Monday 12th November
7.5 weeks away!!
Students are in school for normal school hours during this time.
You must know your candidate number, seat number & room for each exam – each student will receive an exam timetable
Check the ‘Exam Noticeboard’ for your seat number- Science Corridor!
Please eat breakfast before an exam and bring water with you!
Your revision needs to start now
Produce a revision timetable for each week and weekend
Produce a separate one for the week of the exams
Exams Rules On the school website
They are also in every form room and on noticeboards
• Arrive at school to register at 8.45am and 1pm for the exams.
(take into account the traffic around Northwich)
• If you are running late please phone the school
• Students will line up in the Assembly Hall
• No mobile phones, smart watches, ipods and MP3s
• You should not have notes in your possession.
• You must bring black pen NO GEL PENS
• Only clear pencil cases are allowed on your desk
• There is absolutely no talking or communication between students
• Full uniform must be worn for the exam. Your blazer must be worn
to enter the hall and kept under your seat if taken off.
• No food is allowed in the exam hall
• Water bottles are allowed in the exam hall if necessary. These should
be clear bottles with a spill-proof cap. There should be no label on the
bottle.
Preparing for the exams
You will be given an exam timetable – keep
it safe!
Have you got a quiet place to study?
Have you got the necessary revision
guides?
Have you got the class notes?
Have you devised a revision timetable?
REVISION – Do’s and Don’ts DO
1. Make a list of all the topics you need to revise 2. Create a realistic schedule.
3. Plan ahead by working backwards 4. Revise using your preferred learning style.
5. Take breaks and chunk working time (no more than 40 minutes)
DON’T
Just keep going! The body and the mind need regular 'time-outs'.
Use breaks effectively, particularly after completing a task.
• All students have a username and
password
• Parents can also have a username and
password. If you do not have this then
please contact Mrs Parkes at reception.
St Nicholas website:
• Key dates
• Letters to parents
• All relevant information
Revision Methods
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Revision Timetable Put up at home!
What Can you do to help? Attendance
Encourage your son/daughter to be well equipped for exams & lessons.
Study Buddy – question & answer sessions, quiz them,
Entertainment – time to work time to play. Ensure balance between study and rest (and monitoring social networking time)
Reward for effort (not bribery!)
Go-between – contact school for support
Keep students focused on work
Make sure all work is up to date – check journals and FROG; always time needed to revise
Revision timetable - help them plan ahead
Students must have ‘downtime’ throughout.
Please ensure you have collected an Information
Evening booklet!
School Resources
FROG website
Library
Independent Careers Advice
Subject teachers
Revision sessions
Pastoral support
6th form mentoring
Morning intervention sessions
Post 16 Choices What is the right option for you?
A Levels
Vocational courses
Apprenticeship
Exams or coursework?
Academic or practical based courses?
Which level is right for your child?
Level 1 courses:
2 GCSEs at grade 1-2 or an Entry Level qualification
(1 year)
Level 2 courses:
4 GCSEs at grade 3 or above or equivalent (1 year)
Level 3 courses
5-7 GCSEs at grade 4-9 or equivalent (2 years)
Different College Courses
Investigate
different options
as courses get
booked up
quickly
OPEN EVENING
Wednesday 3rd October 6.00pm
Pre-plan which subjects to go to.
Ask questions
Find out whether it is coursework or exam based?
Entry requirements?
What do you learn?
University and Career pathways
Reasons to continue at St
Nicholas
• Outstanding results – Highest achieving school sixth form in
CW&C 2017
• Outstanding pastoral support – help when you need it
• Smaller than average class sizes
• 38% students in 2018 progressed to a Russell Group University
• Daily contact with a form tutor
• Improved facilities
• Enrichment Afternoons
• An inclusive Sixth Form supporting students from 7 Grade 4’s to
10 Grade 9’s
Applications and Interviews Early indications forms will be available at the Open
Evening. Students will then be directed to apply via
the website a few weeks later.
For other applications please quote Mrs Rexha
as your reference.
Complete applications before Christmas as there is
competition for places.
Year 11 Leavers final day
Leavers Assembly Friday 24th May
Prom Friday 24th May
Passport to prom starts in January.
More information in an assembly and a letter home.
All letters will be posted on FROG.
Summer Expectations Exam timetables
Must attend school at all times up to the 24th May!
From Monday 6th June Year 11 students can attend school when
they have an exam.
Students must wear full St Nicholas school uniform and abide
by all school rules.
They are still able to travel on the school bus and if there is an
issue with transport students can come into school from the start
of the day until the end of the day.
Year 11 students will not be allowed to enter and exit school as
they choose throughout the day.
All Year 11’s must be registered if they are on site, or sign out if
they leave.
What to do now?
Produce a revision timetable!
Revise for Mock Exams (grades will go
on reference forms).
Research and Apply for courses or
apprenticeships
Attend Open days/evenings
Please feel free to ask any
questions on your way out or
contact: Head of Year:
Head of 6th Form:
Learning Mentor support:
St Nicholas RC High School RE Department
Welcome to the
Year 11 Information Evening
A year ago…
Your son/daughter started their GCSEs
And we, teachers, were in the dark.
• New syllabus
• New skills
• New grade boundaries
3 Papers
Paper 1: Roman Catholic Paper (50%)
Paper 2: Judaism (25%)
Paper 3: Roman Catholic Paper (25%)
How did we get there?
• Hard work from the students (extra assessments/ high expectations / revision classes)
• Hard work from the teachers within the department (Sweat/ blood and …. Almost tears)
How you can help?
• Have a look at your son/ daughter’s books
• Get a revision guide
• Revise together…
SHEKHINAH
CONSUBSTANTIAL
TABERNACLE
TALLIT
MAGISTERIUM
INCARNATION
PIKUACH NEFESH
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
SUMMA THEOLOGICA
MEZUZAH
Difficult terms? These were the easy ones!!!! Cosmological argument Original Sin Treifah
Tefillin Dominion Mystery Plays
Maimonides Paschal Mystery Minyan
Bimah Eschatology Messianic Age
Ark Encyclical Heresies
Gan Eden Great Commission Fresco
Mitzvoth Vatican 2 ….
Penitential Rite Magisterium
How you can help?
• Have a look at your son/ daughter’s books
• Get a revision guide
• Revise together…
• Encourage to practise possible exam questions…
• Right balance
In omnibus labora
Yr11 Parent Information evening
AQA
Separate Science (Higher Tier – Grades 9 - 1)
Combined Science (Higher Tier–Grade 99-43)
Combined Science (Foundation Tier – Grade 55 – 11)
Tier of entry to be decided by teachers using data from last two years and the upcoming mock exams.
FROG – lesson resources
Kerboodle.com – online textbook and activities
Revision guides and workbooks (Parentpay)
Aqa.org.uk website – specification, past papers and mark schemes
Key indicator of progress and possible outcomes at GCSE….
So preparation is very important…
All students will sit an exam in Biology, Chemistry and Physics during mock week;
This exam will be very important in helping to decide tier of entry for students in June…
Science dept offer the following support sessions at lunchtimes:
Monday - Biology in S10 Tuesday – Physics S8
Thursday - Chemistry in S4
Any questions: [email protected] or your
child's class teacher
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Key Information Set 1a, 1b and 1c – Higher Paper Set 2 and 3 – Foundation Paper At both Higher and Foundation, there are three papers worth 80 marks each. Each paper is an 1 hour 30 minutes in duration. Paper 1 is non calculator, Papers 2 and 3 are calculator.
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Mock Analysis
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Mock Analysis
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Revision Guides/Workbooks
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Revision Guides/Workbooks
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Revision Guides/Workbooks
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Calculators: Make sure you have a scientific calculator, and you know how to use it effectively!
Year 11 Information Evening - Mathematics
Hints and Tips • Show all working
• Present your work clearly
• Spend time improving understanding of ratio and proportion
• Revise all course content
• Check all of your answers
• Memorise the formulae
• Make sure you have the correct equipment for all of the exams
Contact Details: [email protected]
GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE
English Language
• Students will sit TWO exams this year
• Paper 1 asks them to answer 4 questions on 1 text and write a piece of either descriptive or narrative writing
• Paper 2 asks them to answer 4 questions on 2 texts and write a piece of transactional writing
• 50% each: both contribute to the final grade. Some students will need to complete spoken language this term
What students need to do:
• These exams are skills based and so practise is really important
• They are learning how to answer the different reading questions at the moment and this will continue as the year progresses; regular revision of the technique will be important
• Writing was all taught last year and so students can start practising this now – they can make up their own questions based on the ones they practised last year
• 20% of the marks for the whole GCSE come from written accuracy: students must be addressing mistakes
The November mock exam
• There will be one paper: paper 1 which is
4 questions on one text and 1 descriptive
or narrative task
• Students should start to revise descriptive
and narrative from last year and ensure
they are doing regular practise
English Literature
• Students will sit TWO exams this year
• Paper 1 asks them to write about Romeo &
Juliet and Jekyll & Hyde
• Paper 2 asks them to write about An
Inspector Calls, the studied poetry anthology
and an unseen poem
• 50% each: both contribute to the final grade
What students need to do:
• Re-read all of the set texts, at least once. This is absolutely crucial to help them secure plot and characters
• Learn some quotes: there are some on FROG and class teachers will also go through the specifics of this
• Revise the characters and themes of the set texts: revision guides do this in lots of detail and can be bought online for around £5 each
The November mock exam:
• There will be one paper, paper 2: this is
on An Inspector Calls (students read and
studied last year) and poetry, which they
are studying now
• They need to re-read An Inspector Calls
as soon as possible, and start revising the
key themes and characters
How parents can help:
•Encourage students to be reading the texts: they need to do this properly
•Check students have done this as required before signing any homework sticker
•Encourage them to be regularly practising the writing tasks and questions in the English Language exam