GCSE English Language and Literature

Miss Martin

The English GCSE courses

The course(s)

All exams will be closed text!

EDEXCEL English Language

Paper 1 Creative Reading & Writing (19C) EXAM

Paper 2 Non Fiction Reading & Writing (20,C 21 C) EXAM

S&L Endorsement Presentation in front of an audience

AQA English Literature

Paper 1 Shakespeare and 19th century fiction EXAM

Paper 2 Modern fiction and poetry EXAM

In year 10

EDEXCEL English Language

Paper 1 Creative Reading & Writing (19C) EXAM

Paper 2 Non Fiction Reading & Writing (20,C 21 C) EXAM

S&L Endorsement Presentation in front of an audience

AQA English Literature

Paper 1 Shakespeare and 19th century fiction EXAM

Paper 2 Modern fiction and poetry EXAM

How are they different? English Literature: Knowledge English Language – skills

For English Lit you will need to know the texts you have studied really well. There are a few things you can do now to help you: Keep your exercise book neat this will become one of your most effective revision tools – keep it organised and ensure you have access to everything you need to know when the time comes Check anything you don’t understand NOW there will not be time to find it out later Talk about what you are learning – every time you do this you articulate your knowledge – exactly what you need to do in the exam Use Active Revision Techniques: Active revision is around 80% more effective than passive revision.

There is only one way to improve skills in any subject –practise! Revise your key words and make yourself use them in written work and when you are discussing Keep a spelling log Go back to basics and learn and test yourself on spellings you have previously gotten wrong Use correct grammar even if you are only sending a text message Keep up to date with your green penning

Successful Students READ

Active Revision

GOLDEN RULES

1. Know the papers 2. Know your words3. Know your gaps

Today’s Key Words

Revise Your Key

Words Every

Lesson.

Check that you can spell your key words, you

know what they mean and you can use them

in a sentence.

Tell your parents how they relate to your learning from the

lesson

Revision exercises we LOVE

Tools to help you practise

Instructions for each question Read through the instructions. Make flashcards with success criteria and sentence stemsAnnotated Exemplars Read through these. Identify what the student has done well and how. Annotate with your own notes. Practise Papers Use your PLC. Focus on the questions you find hardMark-schemes (exam board and my version) Have a go at marking your answer. Key word lists (toolkits) Make flash cards. Test yourself. Test each other. Ask your parents to test you. Read an article and find word types / devices / sentence forms

How we will help…

GCSE mathsMrs Hutchinson

AQA 8300

There are 2 tiers of entry

• Higher or foundation

• Students are being put in groups based on where we think they will be

• It is flexible, they can move up and down depending on how they work

• If students want to get a 5 or higher they need to be doing higher

What we are Teaching

•Numbers and the number system

• Calculation

•Geometry and measure

• Statistics

• Probability

• Algebra

Much more problem solving and reasoning

•Huge increase in this in the last 2 years

• Students need to have a deeper understanding of why they are doing things in maths rather than just learning procedures

•Main difference between a Grade 4 candidate and a Grade 5 candidate

•Using mastery approaches in lessons

An example question

Basic question to test knowledge

Expanded question to test their understanding of this topic in a different context or with increased complexity

What you can do to help?

•Make sure they are in school as much as is possible

•Make sure homework is done properly

•Make sure they have a calculator and all the equipment that they need

•Make sure they are getting enough sleep etc

•Make sure students are prepared for end of term tests

Useful websites

•Hegartymaths.com

• Justmaths.co.uk

• Corbettmaths.com

• Bbc.com/bitesize

• Pixl maths app

Revision Guides

•These will be sold in year 11.

•Need to know what tier they will be doing, so they have the right guide

•Other resources are available. Corbettmaths flash cards

Science GCSE

Miss Swannack

Changes to Science GCSE.

GCSE Combined Science:

Trilogy (double award)

All sat in June 2020

6 X 1hr 15mins exams –

2 X Biology

2 X Chemistry

2 X Physics

GCSE Biology

GCSE Chemistry

GCSE Physics

All sat in June 2020

2 X 1hr 45 min exams

for each subject

2 X Biology

2 X Chemistry

2 X Physics

The Science Exams – what you need to

know.Basically two types of question -

• Closed − multiple-choice, link boxes, sentence completion, labelling diagrams.

• Open − labelling/drawing diagrams, short answer, calculations, extended response.

More scaffold questions in Foundation Tier papers. There will be a higher proportion of multiple-choice and short answer questions in the Foundation Tier too.

In Higher Tier papers there will be more marks for open and extended response questions.

How to be successful at Science

Revise for every test – i.e. Little

and often.

Use the objective sheets given

in every lesson – check your

learning.

Make revision

cards/posters/mind maps

Go over your work that evening

– ask for help.

Use Kerboodle

We will offer –

Revision Guides (£2.75 -£5.50)

Student Text Book (£6.50-£10)

Keyword Lists

Content Checklists

Revision Sessions (Next year)

Intervention (if necessary)

Effective revision

strategies

What is your approach?

MATHS SPECIFIC REVISION

REVISION T-SHIRTS

MATHS SPECIFIC REVISION

SILLY RHYMES

SOH CAH TOA

SIMON OFTEN HIDES 'CAUSE A HAPPY

TOBY OFFERS AFFECTION

How to make

revision….

pro active

interactive

kinaesthetic

collaborative

focused

retrievable:

How do we store

information?

Too much

info...

How do we

work out

which bits

we really

need?

• Consolidation

• Recall

• Memory

• Interpretation

• Selection skills

Condense information to create a

revision wall...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/english/

If music be the food of .....

success?

distraction?

relevant?

linked?

timed?

or... or...

get-togethers

note-taking

skim reading

mnemonics

summary

sheets

subject maps

visual

symbols

• 20 minute bursts

• concentrate on weak areas

• spend time wisely

• turn off all distractions

• playlist music only!

• sleep is the best preparation

• get all equipment ready the night before an

exam

There is no such thing as

'No Homework!

How Can Parents Support…

•Build confidence

•Tough love

•Be the student

•Let them impress you

•If you’re concerned….

•You know what’s best

•Call us