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WELCOME TO

WELCOME TO. Welcome. Aims of this evening: Information on progression options and next steps Information on supporting your child with their revision Opportunity to talk to staff. Expectations. Full attendance and punctuality High level of effort to produce high quality work

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WELCOME TO

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  1. WELCOME TO

  2. Welcome • Aims of this evening: • Information on progression options and next steps • Information on supporting your child with their revision • Opportunity to talk to staff

  3. Expectations • Full attendance and punctuality • High level of effort to produce high quality work • No holidays, appointments to be taken in term time • As much work undertaken outside the classroom as done in the classroom (i.e. 5 hours per subject of independent study per week) • Meeting deadlines for coursework and full attendance to support/revision sessions • Revising what has been learnt in class to ensure embedded understanding • Completing QRT’s, homework • Engaging in all aspects of the course • REVISION. REVISION. REVISION .

  4. National Data – Progress by Attendance Band

  5. Expectations – Assessment/Exams & Process • Students will complete four assessments in Year 2 • Marks available on student andparent-portal • All academic assessments will take place in exam conditions (timed and without supporting notes) • All assessments are past/specimen questions • Exam assessments need to check all prior learning (spiral) and include a proportion of previously taught topics, as well as the current topic • Formal mock exam w/c 13th January 2020 .

  6. ACADEMIC SUPPORT WORKSHOPS • Teaching staff in each subject aim to offer workshop and booster classes for the subject that they teach.  • The purpose and content of these additional sessions are varied - one to one support, assessment feedback/technique, revision sessions or development of practical skills.  • All have the underlying aim of trying to improve your performance on the particular course that you are studying.  • These sessions may take place either in a teaching slot, a lunch time or at the end of the working day.  If a teacher refers you to a teaching slot then attendance to this slot is compulsory. However, if you are interested in improving your performance, you are also encouraged to book into any session with availability. 

  7. ACADEMIC/NEXT STEPS SUPPORT STUDY SUPPORT • Available by direct appointment individually or in small groups with Mike Fyles – Newcastle and Clare Briscoe – Stafford CAREERS ADVICE • Mary Bradshaw at Newcastle and Claire Owen at Stafford – college careers advisors UCAS SUPPORT • Personal tutors support with UCAS statements and general advice on next steps • Mary and Claire will guide students through the application process NOT HE? • Apprenticeship hub on both campuses – to help give guidance on apprenticeship vacancies and preparing for employment

  8. AMBITION • What is your intended destination after college? • National picture • Students aspiring to the top universities and most competitive courses achieve higher grades….these students expect more from themselves from day one. • Students with unconditional offers from university underachieve relative to their forecast grades…take their foot off the gas? • Students with no destination in mind significantly underperform……lack of aspiration and ambition impacts on performance.

  9. Destinations Examples 2018/2019……… Destination Examples 2018/19 APPRENTICESHIPS • Apprenticeship in a Law Firm    • Morrison’s • Airbus and Unilever • NHS – Nursing apprenticeship • Barclays • SCFC •  Cabin Crew with B.A. • Accounting apprenticeship with Siemens, UNITAS • Medicine (Manchester) • Veterinary Science (Royal Veterinary College) • Graphic Design (£2000 scholarships) • Nottingham Trent university for Set design for Film and TV • Cartoon and Comic Arts at Staffordshire University • Psychology or Criminology  • International Security and Anti-Terrorism at Birmingham City • Midwifery  -Staffs/Leeds • Film Production – Staffs • Computer Science – Uni of Birmingham • Marine Biology (Edinburgh) • Building Surveying (Birmingham City) • Architecture (Uni of West England, Birmingham City) • Diagnostic Radiology (Keele) • Mental Health Nursing (Keele) • Pharmacy (Manchester) • Microbiology (Bristol) • Forensic science (Keele, Nottingham Trent, Huddersfield) • International Business (Leeds, Bath) • Neuroscience, Physiotherapy (Keele) • Computer Games Programming (Staffs) • Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Birmingham City) • Mechanical Engineering (Coventry)

  10. Progression Options • Higher Education (University) • Apprenticeships and traineeships • Studying abroad • Gap year • Employment • Understand the options available at • www.ucas.com/alternatives-to-university

  11. Higher Education

  12. When to apply for 2020 entry • Reply dates to UCAS The date you reply to UCAS to accept your place depends on the date you received your last decision from UCAS i.e. on or before 31 March 2020, your reply date is 5 May 2020; on or before 6 May 2020, your reply date is 4 June 2020; on or before 4 June 2020, your reply date is 18 June 2020(except if you're using Extra to find a place; if you receive your last decision on or before 13 July 2020, your reply date is 20 July 2020). • THE KEY IS TO REPLY BASED ON THE DATE UCAS TELLS YOU TO INDIVIDUALLY REPLY • 21 May UCAS Undergraduate Apply opens for 2020 entry. • 4 September First day for receipt of completed applications. • 15 October* Application deadline for courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science and dentistry, and courses at Oxford or Cambridge. • 15 January* Equal consideration application deadline. • 25 February Extra opens. • 30 June* Last date for applications before Clearing. • It’s not too late to apply now – or up to 30th June – or in Clearing • Mary in the LRC at Newcastle or Claire at Stafford

  13. Applicant Replies Applicants should wait for all decisions from all choices, then they can choose one: • firm –if all conditions are met, this is where they will be placed • insurance – usually lower conditions, in case firm conditions are not met Any other offers must be declined. Applicants don’t have to have an insurance choice (14 day CMA cooling off period). If a student firmly accepts an unconditional offer, they must decline any/all others.

  14. Supporting your child with revision

  15. Helping with revision • Students must have effective notes from their lessons AND a variety of other sources (websites, videos etc.) – if they do not understand something, they need to speak to their teacher straightaway • Revision should be done in a clutter-free space at a table (not in bed) with no distractions like TV, phones etc… • Students should create a structure which allows them to cover all the material repeatedly • Repeatedly testing themselves is key! • Students should try and explain ideas and topics to others – if they can’t explain it clearly, then they do not understand it fully • PAST PAPER QUESTIONS AND MARK SCHEMES ARE CRUCIAL!

  16. Revision Strategies Researchers have explored different strategies which students use to revise, to determine which are the most effective… They looked at the following methods: Cramming (leaving everything until the last minute) Spacing (doing revision consistently throughout the whole course) Blocking (revision of one topic, then the next, then the next… Leaving a topic once it’s been done) Interleaving (mixing up the topics which relate to each other and constantly going back over previous material) Note-reading (just reading and re-reading notes or other materials as revision) ‘Retrieval Practice’ or testing (using past paper questions and mark schemes to test yourself on what you have read AND made notes on)

  17. 4 Habits of successful students

  18. 1) They invest their time and effort What can I do now? • 20 hours a week should be your baseline for strong performance compared to your competition. 14x20= 280 • Be imaginative about when you can fit in more revision. If you are behind consider more than 20 hours.

  19. Classwork Proactive Study (Work you set yourself) 2) They set themselves work. Reactive Study (Notes & Homework) What can I do now? • Consider your personal weaknesses. What work would improve that skill / your understanding. • There is ALWAYS something else to do. Look at past papers, compare to the specification and write questions that haven’t appeared yet and set them for yourself or friends. Make them as hard as possible.

  20. 3) They have a goal What can I do now? • If you have a plan, make it visible every day. For example, stick a picture of the university on your desk at home. • If you don’t have a plan right now, make one. Make a late application to uni, apprenticeship or an organised gap year. You can change your mind on results day if the plan is no longer right for you. MY MOTIVATION!MY LIFE IN 5 MONTHS! LET’S DO THIS!!

  21. 4) They pick their peer group carefully What can I do now? • Be aware of the influence your friends have on you. Don’t assume what they do is “normal” student behaviour. • Be the friend you want to have. In your peer group be the one who suggests to study, not to sneak off. If you have someone like that in your social group, don’t study with them.

  22. Active revision, not passive revision • It’s not about what you like, or what is enjoyable, it’s about what works. • Revision should be challenging. • You need to find out what you don’t know yet.

  23. Better learning outcomes with less stress

  24. SNAPREVISE SnapRevise is a fantastic online revision tool to help you with improving your understanding at A-level. The targeting of the specification through the videos helps identify exactly what examiners are looking for. Independent learning is easy to facilitate and the clarity of the videos is exceptional.

  25. Key Dates • Assessment 1 Week beginning 16th September • Half term Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November • CPD day Monday 4th November • Assessment 2 Week beginning 18th November • Transition evening October 22nd • UCAS deadline (internal) October 24th • Targeted Parents’ Evening Week beginning 9th December • Christmas Break Monday 23rd December – Friday 3rd January • Mock Exam Week beginning 13th January • CPD day Wednesday 22nd January • Half Term Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February • CPD day Thursday 5th March • Assessment 3 Week beginning 9th March • Easter Holiday Monday 6th April – Friday 17th April • Bank Holiday Friday 8th May • CPD day Tuesday 19th May • Half Term Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May • Exam Starts May 2020 .

  26. So….. • Approx. 24 (College) weeks before end of year exams week • Work hard in and out of class • Attend sessions, including any support/revision sessions • Plan for the future! • Ask for help!!! .

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