YEAR 11 CURRICULUM EVENING2010-2011

Purpose of evening:• To explore ways and discuss how school and

home can work together to achieve the best possible outcome for your daughters.

• To share ideas about how best to support your daughters leading up to the exams.

Diamond 9 ranking activity

Which of these attributes do you think are the mostImportant to succeed. Use the diamond nine to prioritize.

Motivation, punctuality, organisation, socialising,Attendance, revision, target setting, coursework,Behaviour for learning.

Organisation

punctuality attendance

motivationBehaviourFor learning coursework

revisionTarget setting

socialising

Year 11 Priorities

Revision timetable

Using the dates and exam information, map out a revision timetable for your daughter’s half term.

Learning Environment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6voDp_R9KQ

Facebook Fact

• Students who have facebook on their computers when revising (even if minimised) do 20% less well than others in exams.

Learning Environment

• What does your child need to learn?• In your groups discuss some of the issues

surrounding what your child needs to learn, e.g. • Where do they work? when do they work ?what do

they have? what mood are they in? what mood are you in?What changes could you make to ensure they get the best out of their learning.

Revision tools

• Read the newspaper article. You have 4 minutes to use a revision technique to remember key points. Be prepared to feedback stating:

• Which technique you used? • Why you used it?• How successful was it?

Firm fined after dead mouse found in loaf of breadA food production company was ordered to pay

nearly £17,000 after a man found a dead mouse in a loaf of bread as he made sandwiches for his children.Stephen Forse, of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, had already

used some slices when he came across the mouse.Mr Forse purchased the loaf online, through a Tesco branch

in Bicester in January 2009. Premier Foods was fined £5,500 and ordered to pay £11,109.47 in costs at Oxford Crown Court.

Initially I thought it was where the dough had not mixed properly prior to baking. As I looked closer I saw that the object had fur on it” In July, the company, which makes Hovis bread, Branston pickle and

Bisto gravy, admitted to having failed to maintain acceptable standards at its British Bakeries site in London.

Mr Forse said he had already used some of the bread when he noticed "a dark-coloured object embedded in the corner of three or four slices"

."Initially I thought it was where the dough had not mixed properly prior to baking," he said. "As I looked closer I saw

that the object had fur on it."Mr Forse said he continued to prepare some sandwiches for his children and their friends from another loaf of bread. "I checked carefully each slice in turn as I felt quite shaken," he added."As I was feeling ill I couldn't face eating anything myself. I sat with the

children as they ate theirs."

Managing Stress

• Many students may fall behind, feel overwhelmed, de-motivated or struggle with the balance.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlwMidd-VMs - 2.46

What can you do to reduce stress?

Parents get stressed too

• Figures from the Mental Health charity Young Minds, cite that parental calls to their helpline relating to worries about exams have increased by nearly a third totalling 1088 compared to 693 in 2009.

Parental StylesWhich one are you?

• Demanding, telling, challenging, organising, dominating

• Controlling, managing, protecting, fussing, manipulating

• Guiding, suggesting, directing, encouraging, shaping• Consulting, listening, involving, valuing, growing• Spectating, avoiding, overlooking, apologising,

denyingMost parents are probably all of the above at any one time, sometimes all 5 styles are used in the space of 5 minutes!

Parental styles

• Discuss what works well for you currently?• What can you develop/introduce or change?

Tips for exam day

• Look at the exam tips on your table and rank them in order of importance with the most important at the top and least at the bottom.

• Please add any additional statements that you think may be important in preparing your daughter for the exam.

What does success look like?

As one journey endsanother begins.

Top Tips from Sixth Form Students