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Year 12 Raising Achievement Evening Monday 23 rd September 2013. College Improvement Plan. Supporting the old while building the new. Achievement. Plan for the year ahead. If you don ’ t have a target, chances are you will miss!. Raising the bar!. GCSE results 2013.
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Year 12 Raising Achievement Evening Monday 23rd September 2013 College Improvement Plan Supporting the old while building the new Achievement
Plan for the year ahead If you don’t have a target, chances are you will miss!
GCSE results 2013 • 11 A*/A grades Sam Jordan, Patrick Osborne, Abe Farquharson, Ian Hawthorne and Marcus Rea • 10 A*/A grades Alistair Bissett, Ross Carrigan, Joshua Catherall, Conor Johnston, Andrew Martin, Ben McDowell, Jamie Robinson and Adam Walmsley • 9 A*/A gradesSeb Haley, Josh Harbinson, Corrin Penman, Timothy Rolston, Benny Tang and Joshua Thompson • 8 A*/A grades Jack Beattie, Patrick Butler, Rory Butler, Conor Hill, Alistair Hunter, Aaron McMaster, JJ Ong and Michael Simpson
GCSE results 2013 • 31% of total GCSEs were awarded A*/A grades, up from 26% in 2012 and 21% in 2011 • 86% of total GCSEs were awarded A*-C grades,up from 81% in 2012 and 78% in 2011.
Raising the bar! Over 125 Year 12 boys achieved the increased tariff for Sixth Form
23 pts 5 pts Year 12 What will you achieve next June?
Waste time William Y11 result – 59% Will you obtain 5 points ? (5C’s)
Average Joe Y11 result – 58% Will you obtain 15 points ? (5 B’s and 5 C’s)
Academic Albert Y11 result – 61% Will you obtain 25 points ? (3A*s, 3A’s & 2B’s)
Positively Negatively Opportunities for you to make a difference!
Some basic facts of life! • Year 12 is busy • Year 12 demands hard work • Year 12 is competitive - not just within Campbell College • Year 12 invites you to make choices
Some basic facts of life The choices you make now, COUNT!
What are you going to do? • Back to school for A-Levels? • Leave school and go to FE? • Leave school and get a job? • Hide?
Tonight You have the opportunity to contribute to this process by discussing each subject grade with your son and coming to agreement with them. The target grade will be recorded in school and progress monitored.
Year 12 Making your points prediction… A*/A = 3 pts B = 2 pts C = 1 pt 14 points (4 B’s, 6C’s) 22 Points (4 A’s, 4 B’s, 2 C’s) 30 Points (10 A’s)
Be SMART about your targets • Specific • Measurable • Agreed • Realistic • Time-bound
Learn from your mistakes… “Incremental improvement”
Influencing your own destiny Mostly school Mostly you
Helping yourself • Course content • Assessment • Coursework Give up Lose your temper Blame someone else
Good Practice is essential Fitness is not a spectator sport, nor can you get some magic prescription to get you fit Learning is exactly the same! Practice does not make perfect – it confirms habits, good or bad
Good practice encourages active learning. Learning is not a spectator sport.You learn as you • talk about what you are learning, • write about it and • participate in class
Year 12 The Year Ahead 24 weeks 120 days 12 days per subject
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can Cut GCSEs down to size. “ I knew what I had to do. Ahead of me was Business Studies Coursework. I decided I would make the October deadline my goal. I persevered with it, using my time wisely. When I finally got finished I picked another piece of coursework and started all over again”… Year 12 Student 2012
If you have any queries please do not hesitate totalk to any member of staff.Thank you for coming.After target-setting in your tutor groups, please join us for refreshments in the Dining Hall.