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Year 10 Information Evening 2019
Year 10 Information Evening
Changes to GCSE
English
Maths
Science
Your role as parents
Child wellbeing
The New GCSE Grading
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NEW GCSE GRADE
9
8
7
6
5 = new strong pass
4 = new standard pass
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2
1
The New GCSE Grading (English, Literature, Mathematics)
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OLD GCSE GRADE NEW GCSE GRADE
Top 20% of A/ A* will achieve a grade 9 9
A+/A* 8
A 7
B/B+ 6
C+/B- 5 = new strong pass
C 4= new standard pass
E+/D 3
F/E 2
G/F- 1
Your role…
Q8: Did anybody in particular motivate you to start working/work harder/revise?
Q7: With hindsight do you feel you started at the right time or do you wish you had started earlier/later?
So what do we mean by ‘juggling’?
• Checking SMH regularly
• Having a homework routine – where, when
• Getting into the habit of taking responsibility for their learning – doing it well, rather than ‘getting it done’
• Return and review
Marbles…. The way forward
There are 2 key activities required to ‘make marbles’ – Retrieval Practice and Spaced Learning
Two students… • Student A
• 4a maths 4b English
• Mum tries to enforce rules around homework – ROWS. Mum retreats…
• Results?
• Several 3s a few 4s and a 5
• Devastated student
• Mum has to PLEAD to get her into college
• Student B
• 4a maths 4b English
• Mum ENFORCES rules around homework
• Results?
• 9 9 9
• 8 8 8 A* A*
• 7 6 6
• Elated student – great springboard for A levels and University applications
RMA Website – Parents, KS4 Support
Go to the school website, Student Portal.Follow link to GCSE PodEnter your name and DOB to activate your account and download the podcasts.
English GCSE
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE
SHAKESPEARERomeo and Juliet or Macbeth
MODERN NOVEL OR PLAYAnimal Farm or Inspector calls
19TH CENTURY NOVELJekyll and Hyde or Sign of Four
POETRY15 Power and Conflict Poems
FICTION:1x Unseen reading paper
1x Creative writing task
NON-FICTION:1x Unseen reading paper
1x non-fiction writing task.
• Students require a grade 5 in English for most A Level courses.
• Most employers will ask that staff have a grade 5 or above in English.
• The skills taught will enable students to be effective communicators in the future – written and verbal.
• English reading and writing skills enable students to access the whole curriculum.
• English develops critical thought and the appreciation of the very best that has been thought and written in the English language.
Why is English such an important subject?
Language
• Regular exam practices.
• Work on individual feedback.
• Reading Skills – skimming, scanning, notes & annotations.
• Timings – practice timed conditions.
• Reading newspaper articles & literary extracts.
• Revise writing skills and techniques.
• Revise grammar & spelling skills.
• Revise subject terminology.
Literature
• Own copies of exam texts with own annotated notes for revision.
• Work on individual feedback
• Exam style practices on extracts.
• Regularly re-read and analyse writer’s methods and ideas.
• Revise vocabulary, plot, characters and language methods.
• Read model exemplar answers and imitate style.
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How do students prepare
How can your child revise for the reading exam?
• Read regularly – a minimum of 15 minutes private reading each day.
• Read newspaper articles – either physical or online copies.
• Visit the local library.
• Practise exam questions.
• Use the KS3 Weebly website to access reading extracts.
Grade 9/8 Reading Skills:• Shows perceptive and detailed understanding.• Critical evaluation of text.• Analyses the effects of a range of writer’s choices.• Judicious range of quotations or examples to support.• Analyses language use and effects.• Uses sophisticated subject terminology accurately
Reading
How can your child revise for the writing exam?
• Revise literacy skills using ‘BBC Skillswise’.
• Practise exam paper questions.
• Use a dictionary/thesaurus to correct spelling and widen vocabulary.
• Regular reading will have a positive effect on writing.
• Use reading texts to ‘steal’ vocabulary, phrases and sentence starts.
Planning Timing Checking
ESSAY SKILLS:
Students need to write 6 literature essays for their exam – so they must be proficient at essay planning and writing:
• Read model essays to learn what works.• Plan responses for essay questions.• Write powerful essay openers.• Create a ‘thesis’ for their own essays.
1. SHAKESPEARE 2. MODERN NOVEL/PLAY 3. 19TH CENTURY NOVEL 4. POETRYMacbeth Jekyll and Hyde Animal Farm Power andRomeo and Juliet A Sign of Four An Inspector Calls Conflict poems
KEY KNOWLEDGE:
Students must recall the following for all texts:• Plot• Characters• Themes and historical context.• Key quotations.• Language methods.• Structural features.• Sentence types and effects.
WEBSITES:
• www.missryansgcseenglish.com
• GCSE Pod
• Sparknotes or Litcharts
• AQA website for past papers.
DOCUMENTS:
• CPG or YORK NOTES literature guides.
• Revision cards.
• Knowledge organisers.
• Past papers.
• Exercise books!
Useful revision sources for English
Watch and read the news together.
Discuss current affairs.
Have quality newspapers or
other literature in the home.
Regularly visit the library.
Monitor reading –are they reading a
minimum of 15 minutes a day?
Allow your child to fill their walls with
post-its or other notes.
Help students to text/quiz key knowledge.
Limit phones and consoles.
CONTACT: Ms K Ryan [email protected] Ms S Aldis [email protected]
GCSE Mathematics Specification
Exam board: AQA Specification code: 8300
Grading Foundation tier Grades 1-5 system: Higher tier Grades 4-9
Assessment: Three terminal examinations- Paper 1 non calculator 90 minutes - Paper 2 calculator 90 minutes- Paper 3 calculator 90 minutes
How you can help your child
Resources: Equipment required every lesson:PEN, PENCIL, RULER, SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR, PROTRACTOR
Homework: Homework is set on Show My Homework and includes:- 10 questions on a variety of topics relevant to the GCSE exam- A set of questions on MathsWatch which include video
tutorials and instant feedback- A set of GCSE exam questions set on variety of topics from
DrFrostmaths
Other support: Revision guides (AQA 8300)Knowledge QuizzesRushey Mead Maths websiteStudy groupsCorbettmaths/onmaths
How we will support your child in maths
Scheme 12 units across Year 10 and Year 11 of work: Mastery of key concepts in each pathway
Assessment: End of unit assessments Regular assessments using GCSE questions Mock examinations
Feedback: Verbal feedback in lessonsWritten feedback on assessments and homeworkTargets to meet and guidance on how to do so
Other sources Additional support in class and via emailof support: Study club Tuesday 3-4pm
Revision and support sessions
MathsWatch /DrFrostmaths tutorials and practice questions
Knowing what to revise
Students receive regular feedback from their teacher on which specific areas they need to revise.Individual Question Analysis from assessments:
Topic test feedback:
Homework:
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Plan for revision - revisiting areas of weakness, practicing exam questions
and self-marking…
Useful websites
Website What it contains
https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle Videos and online quizzes for all maths topics
www.drfrostmaths.com Online learning platform, videos and bank of exam
questions
www.corbettmaths.com Videos and past paper questions for all maths topics
Daily revision tasks
www.justmaths.com New style GCSE questions and answers for most
maths topics
www.onmaths.com Exam papers which are immediately marked online
http://rusheymeadmaths.weebly.com Homework tasks and links to lots of revision
material
www.aqa.org.uk Specification, guidance and specimen exam papers
Key messages
• Regular use of MathsWatch and DrFrostmaths is ESSENTIAL to developing key skills in mathematics
• Successful revision techniques – self quizzing, memorisation of key formulae, practice papers and topic test booklets
• There is lots of support in school – Study Clubs, break and lunch support, equipment and revision guides (kiosk at breaktime), maths website,
http://rusheymeadmaths.weebly.com/
Ms L Bridges (Curriculum Leader: Maths) Mr A Rajput (Second in Faculty)
[email protected] [email protected] V Barwell (Vice Principal)[email protected]
Exam board: AQA
Use the AQA website to print off past papers, markschemes and the
specification
For the Separate sciences Triple Award:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-8461
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/chemistry-8462
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-8463
For Combined Science Double Award:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-
trilogy-8464
Go to the school Website:
Log onto Foldr
Student shared area
Faculty of science
GCSE:
Past exam questions
Equations
Ideas about how to revise
A folder for each topic with the required practical
details, the contents of each topic, the words and
meanings, a powerpoint summary for each topic, a
quiz.
Extra
resources
Buy a CGP revision guide to revise from the Kiosk (£3:00 for each of Biology,
Chemistry and Physics, or £5:50 for Combined science)
Attend science revision on Thursdays after school in room D008
Use https://connect.collins.co.uk/ to view the text books we use in class.
(password is your son / daughters DOB and name)
Log on to www.doddlelearn.co.uk . Use the browse tab to see powerpoints,
revision lessons and interactive resources for every aspect of your GCSEs.
Use www.freesciencelessons.co.uk for free video tutorials of the course.
Watch short films and complete the quizzes on www.Twig-world.com(Username is the same as the school network user name, password
rusheymead)
You can help by ensuring your child
knows how to access these
resources, can show you the
material they have printed / down
loaded / completed and can show
you their detailed study plan with
topics and times.
How to be successful The Basics to get a Good A2L. Consistently:
Attend all lessons, with equipment and books, arriving on time
Behave and listen. Class is for work.
Try hard to complete all the work in class
Do all homework to the best of ability
Catch up by borrowing notes and doing the work from CollinsConnect for the lesson you missed.
Take full part in the practical work.
Revise from the start of year 10:
Use Foldr for the Knowledge Organisers and Key words,
Make Cue Cards from the book page on Collins connect
Using Doddlelearn to read the PowerPoints
Do extra work from the start of year 10:
Look ahead on CollinsConnect
Practice extra exam questions from AQA.org
You can help by making sure
students’ A2L is an A or B, and
checking their Show my homework
and quizzing them on their
completed topics / up coming
assessments.
All students science assessments
are available for you to view online
via School Gateway.
Contact
If you have any questions or would like
further advice please contact your son /
daughter’s science teacher or Mr Stopp
Student Group A
• Good routines• Works hard• Starts revising
early• Works well in
lessons• Is aware of the
importance but knows that the world won’t end if they don’t get what they want
Student Group B
• Good routines• Works hard• Starts revising
early• Works well in
lessons• Struggling to
manage the pressure
Student Group C
• Poor routines• Doesn’t
particularly work hard
• Next to no revision
• Is aware that they are ‘clever’ so they don’t need to revise (apparently)
Student Group D
• Poor routines• Doesn’t
particularly work hard
• Next to no revision
EXCEPTIONAL PROGRESS
GOOD PROGRESS
SOME PROGRESS
NO PROGRESS/NEGATIVE PROGRESS
STUDENT 1
STUDENT 2
STUDENT 3
STUDENT 4
Know the enemy!
However these can be used as
Rewards!
Write a ‘Contract’…
Parental Control Apps – e.g. OurPact
How to be Happy and SuccessfulPositive habits for good mental health also matter…
• Sleep
• Diet
• Exercise
• Friends
• Moderate screen time
• Breathing techniques
• Adopting positive thought patterns
• Music
• Use an app
• Borrow a book
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