YEAR 11 STEPPING UPFriday, 23 September 2016

2017 - THE YEAR THAT DECIDES YOUR FUTURE

‘Currently one in five employers (22%) would not

recruit someone with less than five GCSE’s’

Learning Skills Council

‘Research shows employers will pay an extra £3,261

per year to new staff with 5 A*- C GCSEs compared

to someone with no qualifications.’

Learning Skills Council

Because by 2020 there will be 3 million fewer lower

skilled jobs in the UK and …

... there will be a 50% increase in the number of jobs

which need high level skills.

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT YOU CHOOSE HOW YOU GET THERE

CHOOSE YOUR TICKET TO THE FUTUREFirst Class?

Third Class?

Second Class?

Some important numbers for you

46 School Days until your

December mock exams

130 School Days until your Actualexams

• You are beginning the final year of your compulsory education.

• Make the most of every opportunity you have.

• Always aim to do your best, whether it be coursework, homework, classwork or exams.

• Your teachers will provide you with the knowledge and skills that you need to succeed.

• Only YOU can turn the knowledge and skills into exam grades – Your ticket to the future.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO

• Full offer of study support for y11 students at lunch and after school

(please collect you study support timetables before you leave)

• L4S Booster Sessions – Year 11 Tutor Groups

• Subject Interventions

• Revision Guides

• Holiday masterclasses

• Lesson visits – aim to be the best when we come knocking!

WHO CAN HELP?

• Heads and Assistant Heads of House

• Curriculum Leaders

• Class Teachers

• Tutors

• Keep an active

interest in what your

child is doing.

• Discuss future plans

and career options.

Help your child to stay

motivated.

• Keep up to date in terms of

examination changes.

• Attend Parents evenings and

Target setting Day.

• Be prepared to contact Us

outside of these times when

necessary.

ARE GCSES BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT ?

• The amount of marks needed to achieve certain grades has risen over the last few years.

•Questions have become less structured and increasingly complex (move beyond description to evaluation, compare and contrast, weighing up evidence, giving examples in context.)

•A higher degree of literacy is required in understanding of what is being asked -understanding of the command words and key subject vocabulary.

GCSE ENGLISHMR NEDJAT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AQA 8700 8702

Two exams for language

Totalling 3 hours and 30 minutes -

both 50%

Full mock has already been

undertaken to provide

diagnostic

Separate endorsement of S&L

counts as 0% to GCSE

Only one tier exam

According to Renaissance

Learning the average reading

age of the GCSE exam is 15 years

Timed practice crucial

Reading meaningful texts

Key

considerations:

-Learn correct

terminology

-Explain and

explore the

effects of

language

-Read a range of

texts

-Effective time

management

-Begin early

revision through

timed responses

and familiarity

with text types

-Complete S&L

activity

Two exams – one worth an

extra 20% more

Exam time for both

qualifications: 7 hours and

30 minutes (excluding S&L)

Our texts are Much Ado

about Nothing and Jekyll

and Hyde for Paper 1

For Paper 2 our texts are An

Inspector Calls and Conflict

poetry (15 poems)

Content heavy – delivered

in year 10 but needs revision

in year 11

One tier – no texts allowed

in the exam

Key considerations:

-Learn correct terminology

-Content heavy – know all the texts – revise

early

--Effective time management

-Secondary reading of texts

-Learn key quotes

-Annotate poetry anthology

-Learn to be analytical with unseen poems

-Appreciate the time periods in which the

texts were written

-Understand authorial intention

Study Support sessions Thursday afterschool

Online material on student drive

Course materials provided

Range of mocks to take place

GCSE MATHSMR QAMAR

MATHS GCSE CHANGES 2017

NEW MORE DEMANDING GCSEGRADES 1 TO 9

3 EXAM PAPERS

MATHSExam grades from Summer 2016 given out earlier this week

Mock exam to take place in October – dates tbc

Further mock exam in December during mock season

GCSE exams

Paper 1 (Non Calculator)

1 hour 30 mins

Thursday 25th May 2017

Paper 2 (Calculator)

1 hour 30 mins

Tuesday 13th June 2017

Paper 3 (Calculator)

1 hour 30 mins

Thursday 8th June 2017

100% EXAMNo Coursework

MATHS SUPPORT• Tuesday afternoon support sessions

• Half Term & Easter Booster Classes

• 6 Week Mathswatch Revision programme

• MATHSWATCH VLE

• GCSE PAST PAPERS - regular practice

• New specimen exam papers from Edexcel

• MYMATHS

• SAM LEARNING

• CGP REVISION GUIDES

GCSE SCIENCEMR. TOMLINSON & MR. HILL

SCIENCE AQA GCSE Science course ( All 6 exams in May/June 2017 )

Biology 1 Exam Chemistry 1 Exam Physics 1 Exam Coursework

25% 16-05 25% 18-05 25% 24-05 25%

Biology 2 Exam Chemistry 2 Exam Physics 2 Exam Coursework

25% 09-06 25% 14-06 25% 16-06 25%

Biology 3 Exam Chemistry 3 Exam Physics 3 Exam Coursework

25% 09-06 25% 14-06 25% 16-06 25%

Core

Science

Additional

Science

Triple

Science

SCIENCE SUPPORT Key points: –

GCSE exam board is AQA

Materials

• Revision guides: Collins Core & Additional Science (available from Mr. Tomlinson for £3)

• BBC GCSE bitesize

• My-gcsescience.com

• Kerboodle

• SAM learning

THE SCIENCE TEAM – HERE TO SUPPORT

Miss Bano

STEM club

Mr Hill

Lead

Practitioner

Mr Nguyen

Assistant

Curriculum Leader

Mr Beattie

Progress Director

KS4 Science

Miss Moyo

Teacher

Mr Tiso

Literacy

Champion

Mr Tomlinson

Curriculum

Leader

Miss Price

Teacher

SCIENCE CAREERS• Engineering (482)

• Information Technology (455)

• Biology (439)

• Molecular Biology (385)

• Biochemistry (364)

• Chemistry (236)

• Genetics (224)

• Genomics (208)

• Bioinformatics (206)

• Cell Biology (204)

• Computer Sciences (200)

Also over 30 industrial science companies in Sandwell are offering

apprenticeships and placements for degree-level students

• Immunology (177)

• Biomedical Sciences (148)

• Neuroscience (136)

• Microbiology (133)

• Computational Biology (123)

• Physics (115)

• Cancer Research (105)

• Developmental Biology (103)

• Biotechnology (89)

• Healthcare (89)

• Evolutionary Biology (66)

• Virology (60)

• Medicine (89)

• Environmental Science (85)

• Oncology (85)

• Physiology (83)

• Clinical Medicine (76)

• Pharmacology (73)

• Biophysics (71)

• Forensic Science (70)

• Translational Research (69)

• Stem Cells (68)

• Bioengineering (67)

• Structural Biology (67)

GCSE GEOGRAPHYMR. KETTLE

Effort = Success

Specification A

GEOGRAPHY GCSE

OverviewThe course is broken

down into 6 units and one controlled assessment.

Assessment

Development

Coasts

Population

Paper 1 -37.5%

3 topics –plate

tectonics, coasts and

rivers

Exam Date:Mid May

2017

Paper 2

37.5%

3 topics –

Developmen

t, tourism

and

Population

Exam Date:

June 2017

CCACoursework

25%

Provisional deadline –

October half term

AQA submission deadline –

7th May 2017

SUPPORT FOR THE YEAR AHEAD….

Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4

Exam Season

Events

Complete Coursework

tasks

First CCA submission

October half term

MOCK EXAM

CCA completion

MOCK EXAM

Exam skillsData / graphs / analysis of

maps

Exam skills –decoding and

structuring extended

writing questions

Support

Revisionsessions after school Fridays

Two week CCA

interventionfor final

submission

Geography Revision sessions

based on QLA

Intervention sessions based on

exam diagnostics

Creation of revision

materials

Structured revision

program after school –

Aiming for an A*

Creation of revision

materials

Geography Revision Pack Location

Student Drive – Geography – Geography Revision Pack

CGP KS3 Geography Complete Study & Practice (with online

edition) £5.50

Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Geography: Revision Guide £4.99

GCSE HISTORYMISS MADELEY

Specification

A

HISTORY GCSE

OverviewThe course is broken

down into 2 units and one controlled assessment.

Assessment

Paper 1 45%

2 Hours

Medicine Through Time

&Nazi Germany

Exam Date:Monday 5th

June AM

Paper 230%

1 hour 30 mins

Historical Source InvestigationBritish Public

Health 1800-1914

Exam Date: Wednesday 14th

June PM

Controlled Assessment

2,000 words!

Coursework25%

Deadline –Christmas 2016

SUPPORT FOR THE YEAR AHEAD….

Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4

Exam Season

Events

CompleteMedicine Through

Time.

Begin study of Warwick

Castle.

MOCK EXAM

Controlled Assessment completion

MOCK EXAM

Exam skills-content

Exam skills –decoding and

structuring extended

writing questions

Support

Revisionsessions after

school ThursdaysGM & SK

Ongoing all year

Revision packs

distributed

Intervention sessions based on

exam diagnostics

Small group sessions.

Structured revision

program after school –

Aiming for an A*

History Revision Pack Location

Student Drive –Humanities–History Revision

ANDwww.hodderplus.co.uk/myrev

isionnotes

Hodder Education ‘My Revision Notes’.

£7.99 or reduced in the Academy.

There are many revision books available but this is

the ONLY ONE written exclusively for our

specification!

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

• Please use the rest of this evening to take the opportunity speak with Curriculum Leaders, our

Academic Mentors or a member of our SLT.

• I will be available for any specific questions.