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WELCOME Y9 ‘Preparing for Success Evening’

ACADEMY. WELCOME Y9 ‘Preparing for Success Evening’. Thursday 24 th November 2011. Rebecca Hibberd. Vice Principal. Y9 – Y11 is our new Keystage 4. Welcome 1, 2 and 3 year courses Exams in all years Targets, working to target and monitoring information The ‘English Baccalaureate’

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WELCOME Y9 ‘Preparing for Success Evening’

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  1. ACADEMY WELCOMEY9 ‘Preparing for Success Evening’ Thursday 24th November 2011

  2. Rebecca Hibberd Vice Principal

  3. Y9 – Y11 is our new Keystage 4 • Welcome • 1, 2 and 3 year courses • Exams in all years • Targets, working to target and monitoring information • The ‘English Baccalaureate’ • 5A* - C including maths and English • ‘Option’ choices • ‘Education’ until 18 years old for our Y9s

  4. James Graham Assistant Headteacher Y9

  5. Making a Difference Student School Parent

  6. Research suggests that 17 missed school daysa year=GCSEgradeDROPin achievement The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.

  7. PunctualityEvery Minute Counts

  8. Good Exam Results - What's the Secret? STAGE 1 Learning the content first time round: (EVERY lesson counts) STAGE 2 Revision: (Every student needs to revise for all exams) STAGE 3 The exam itself:

  9. REVISE AND SURVIVE • Impact of Review • Unless what you have learnt is reviewed within 24 hours up to 80% ofknowledge is lost • Frequent review improves recall

  10. How much do we remember? • This is the forgetting curve – within 30 days, we only remember around 20% of information learnt

  11. Jo Layden Year Manager – Y9

  12. What the ‘School’ can do Access to computers and VLE to catch up with work. Access VLE at home if off school or wanting to catch up. After school revision sessions and revision guides to lend or buy and revise at home with Give us revision techniques so that we know how to revise properly Go to see teachers more to get on target

  13. What the ‘Students’ can do Try to eradicate ‘silly’ errors caused by mistakes. I can do all of the questions but may drop some marks because of avoidable mistakes Attend after school revision early so you have a better chance of remembering topics Get my attendance back up. And go to see teacher at lunch or break to catch up Always work to full potential in lessons

  14. What we have found… The Good…. What needs work… Students don’t always record ELT. Come to school prepared to learn – equipment, books. Lessons are difficult. • Students are proud of work and want to show it. • All students have a favourite subject • Students think about the future

  15. Clare Dwan Assistant Headteacher/Head of Faculty English

  16. English All pathways Controlled Assessment Of Mice and Men

  17. ‘Of Mice and Men’English Language GCSE Controlled Assessment:TheExtended Literary Text • The Extended Literary Text response has a word limit guidance of approximately 800-1000 words and is marked out of a total of 40. • The students are allowed up to two hours to complete the assignment in class time. • They will be doing this in 4 blocks of 30 minutes each.

  18. Students will begin preparing for theirthe Controlled Assessment in June.The actual written Controlled Assessment will take place at the beginning of July • The Question: • Examine how John Steinbeck presents Crooks. • Refer closely to the text in your answer to support your views.

  19. The A4 Notes…. • These notes must notcontain a draft of the essay. • They must be prepared by the student, and may be handwritten or typed • Theses notes mustbe included with the finished work • What the notes are allowed to contain: • Page references for significant sections of the novel • Key quotations • General notes on relevant characters • The spelling of particular words (e.g. names of characters, places etc.)

  20. This is an example of Controlled Assessment notes for the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

  21. Example of notes (use TKAM, remove notes and leave headings) • Mind map

  22. Ways to help your child prepare for the Controlled Assessment • Read the book – be able to discuss the themes and characters • Watch the film (but only after the book has been finished) • Help create a mind map about Crooks which includes important quotations

  23. Examine how John Steinbeck presents Crooks. Refer closely to the text in your answer to support your views. Crooks’ bunk How is it described? How does Crooks treat Lennie? Key Quotes Loneliness How does Steinbeck show he is lonely? How does Steinbeck describe Crooks? How does Curley’s Wife treat Crooks? Racism – How do the men on the ranch show their racism?

  24. The book and the study guide

  25. The film

  26. Handy websites • www.sparknotes.com/lit/micemen • www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/prose/ofmiceandmen.htm • www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english.../prosemicemen/

  27. Green Pathway Students Controlled assessments: Descriptive and Narrative writing GCSE examination in May 2012

  28. Unit 3: Writing (Using Language)Examples of tasks • The Writing requirements will include a piece of descriptive writing and a piece of narrativewriting • Candidates will be required to complete ONE piece of first person and ONE piece of third person writing • Students are allowed up to two hours in total for the two pieces (one hour for each piece) Time allowance for all the writing work: 2 hours

  29. Studying spoken language: Variations, choices, change in spoken language (10%) • Each candidate must complete an assignment based on one of the following areas of study: • How spoken language is used in different contexts (we will be looking at the language of Lord Sugar and the Junior Apprentice) Time allowance for the Spoken Language controlled assessment: 2 hours

  30. Unit 1 Studying Written Language: 10th January 2011 1 hour • 2 non-fiction reading texts, taken from a variety of media all linked by the topic. • Newspaper articles • Websites • biographies • interviews • leaflets. • There are 4 questions – each worth 10 marks each. Time allowance for unit 1: 1 hour

  31. This exam runs immediately after Unit 1 Unit 2 Using Written Language: 10th January 20111 hour • Two writing tasks - both worth 20 marks each. • Students are advised to divide the time equally, 30 minutes on each task. • The tasks can include: • letters (formal or informal) • articles/reviews • reports • leaflets • speeches Time allowance for unit 2: 1 hour

  32. To summarise… • Red and Blue Pathways students will complete one Controlled Assessment on the novel Of Mice and Men • Green Pathway students will complete 4 controlled assessments • Green Pathway students will complete their GCSE English Language examination in May 2012

  33. Lynne Selkirk Associate Senior Leader/Leadership Team link to the Mathematics Faculty

  34. Preparing for Success Mathematics – Y9

  35. GCSE Mathematics • AQA GCSE Mathematics B (Modular, no coursework) at Foundation or Higher tier • OCR GCSE Mathematics A J562, only applies to Foundation tier students • AQA Functional skills (Selected classes)

  36. AQAGCSE Mathematics B (Modular, no coursework) Students take 3 unit exams • Unit 2 (33.3%) • This unit examines Algebra and Number • Students will sit this for the first time on 11June 2012 • 1hour 15 minutes non-calculator paper

  37. AQA GCSE Mathematics B (Modular, no coursework) • Unit 1 (26.6%) • This unit examines Statistics and Number • Students will sit this for the first time in November of Y10. • 1hour calculator paper

  38. AQA GCSE Mathematics B (Modular, no coursework) • Unit 3 (40%) • This unit examines Geometry and Algebra (with some Number) • All students will take this exam in June and November 2013 • 1 hour 30 minute Calculator paper

  39. OCR GCSE Mathematics A – J562 • Linear specification – whole syllabus is examined in 2 separate 2 hour papers • Foundation tier – grades C to G • Paper 1 (calculator not allowed) – 11th June 2012 • Paper 2 (calculator allowed) – 13th June 2012

  40. AQA- Functional Skills • Students sit this in both English and Maths and a pass in both subjects at level 2 is equivalent to a GCSE at grade B • This exam is based very much around real life problems and only concentrates on maths topics up to a grade C. • Students will sit this on 27th January • 1hour 30 minutes calculator paper

  41. Free Resources • Most staff offer revision after school – check with class teacher • MyMaths – site username is “aston”, password is “xbox360”. • AQA web site – www.aqa.org.uk • OCR web site – www.ocr.org.uk

  42. In Class • Be there • Be on time • Bring the right equipment • Recommended calculator is Casio fx-83ES or fx-83GT PLUS (later version), “natural display” • Be prepared to complete the work set

  43. Adam Goddard Head of Faculty - Science

  44. Preparing for Success In Science

  45. What do Y9s study in Science?

  46. What is Core Science? • Module 2 • B2, C2 and P2 are examined in May or June • Worth 40% • Module 1 • B1,C1 and P1 are examined in January • Worth 35% • Controlled assessment • Worth 25%

  47. What is triple Science? • 3 separate GCSEs • Chemistry • Physics • Biology

  48. What is Triple Science? • Module 2 • Examined summer 2013 • Worth 40% • Module 1 • Examined summer 2012 • Worth 35% • Controlled assessment • Worth 25%

  49. The format of the controlled assessment The assessment is out of 48 marks. It is in 3 sections: • Research and collecting secondary data • Planning an investigation and collecting primary data • Analysis and Evaluation

  50. Part 1 – Research and collecting secondary data This section is worth 10% of the marks

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