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Year 11 Examination Success. Year 11 English Language Claire Lockwood – Director of English. GCSE English Language (new from Sep 2015). Both exams are at the end of year 11 20% of the course is oracy (recorded) 10% individually researched presentation
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Year 11 English Language Claire Lockwood – Director of English
GCSE English Language (new from Sep 2015) • Both exams are at the end of year 11 • 20% of the course is oracy (recorded) • 10% individually researched presentation • 10% interacting and responding (discussion) • 80% is externally examined • Unit 2 (40%) description, narration or exposition, including editing and proof-reading, and a choice of 2 writing tasks • Unit 3 (40%) persuasion and argumentation and 2 pieces of writing • Writing accuracy features as 50% of all writing tasks (sentence structure, punctuation, spelling and grammar)
Skills Students have been and will be regularly assessed. The language papers test a variety of reading and writing skills, and the reading section includes both continuous and non-continuous, texts, both fiction and non-fiction. Writing skills: Proof-reading Narration: Describe an occasion when … Write an account of … Exposition: Essay Persuasion and Argumentation Letter (formal or informal) Speech Report Article Review Leaflet Guide Reading Skills: • Deduction & retrieval • Verbal reasoning • Explanation • Interpreting word meaning • Summarising • Inference • Synthesis • Sequencing • Editing
£4.95 Amazon £7.99 Amazon Ways of supporting your child £4.95 Amazon • Apps (BBC Bitesize, Gojimo) • WJEC website – educational resources • Recommended revision book from WJEC • Homework – parents have been contacted regarding the schedule of homework until the exams • Expose them to as many different text types a possible: newspapers, magazines, blogs, documentaries, fiction texts. £7.99 Amazon
Year 11 Science Philippa Wallington – Science Coordinator
Two Science qualifications IVQ or GCSE • Both course types (IVQ and GCSE) are examined • All students are currently entered for at least two GCSEs or IVQs • GCSEs progress to traditional A levels • IVQs progress to level 3 courses
Assessment for GCSEs and IVQs aredifferent GCSEs IVQs IVQs are 75% controlled assessment 25 % examination IVQs Distinction (A*/A) Merit (B) Level 2 Pass C Level 1 Pass D fail. No tiers– but we will withdraw students if they have not completed all controlled assessments • GCSEs are 75% examination 25% controlled assessment • GCSEs are scored A* to G • GCSE exams are tiered Foundation up to C; Higher A* to D • HOWEVER you can get a B from foundation tier exams if your coursework is good enough with high marks on the paper. This has been a successful strategy for some who find harder questions in exams stressful.
Exam Dates GCSE • Biology – afternoon 16th May • Chemistry – morning 18th May • Physics – afternoon 24th May IVQ • Applied science – afternoon 5th June • Science in work – afternoon 12th June
Ways of supporting your child • For recommended GCSE revision book from WJEC (additional only) • WJEC website – digital resources revision guide, question bank • Check planners and question your child about the work they have been producing in lessons. £7.99 Amazon £7.9 Amazon ISBN-10: 1444171623 Available from Amazon
Year 11 Mathematics Dan White – Director of Mathematics
New Specifications (new from Sep 2015) • Your son or daughter will be sitting the Mathematics-Numeracy and Mathematics GCSE examination in June 2017. • The only pupils who will not be sitting those, are pupils who have had A/A* who are doing Additional Mathematics. • They are the first year group to sit the new double GCSE. • There are two papers for Mathematics-Numeracy and two papers for Mathematics. • The first paper of each is Non-Calculator and the second is Calculator allowed. • Mathematics-Numeracy focuses on the application of Mathematics with questions being put into a real life context. Very detailed worded questions. • Mathematics covers a wider range of topics and is assessing pupils knowledge and understanding of Mathematical Methods.
Key Dates • Mathematics-Numeracy Unit 1 Non Calculator Thursday 25th May 2017 (AM) • Mathematics-Numeracy Unit 2 Calculator Thursday 8th June 2017 (AM) • Mathematics Unit 1 Non Calculator Tuesday 13th June 2017 (AM) • Mathematics Unit 2 Calculator Tuesday 20th June 2017 (AM) • Additional Mathematics examination Thursday 22nd June 2017 (AM) All Foundation examinations are 1 hour 30 minutes and all Intermediate a and Higher Tier examinations are 1 Hour 45 Minutes.
Tiers of Entry • The New GCSE have three tiers of entry - • Foundation Tier Grades G to D • Intermediate Tier Grades E to B • Higher Tier A* to C
How to help your Son/Daughter? Useful websites available – • Hegarty Maths Username: Their Name Password: They have already set up a password/if not it is their DOB • Corbett Maths No login required • Wjec Question Bank • https://padlet.com/mrashtonmaths/NumeracyGCSEInt1 https://padlet.com/mrashtonmaths/NumeracyGCSEInt2
Things in place to support your Son/Daughter • After school and lunchtime revision available for all tiers. • Additional intervention lessons being run with our numeracy specialist. • Revision sessions during Easter and May half term. • Sunday revision sessions. • Weekly past papers being set for homework and item level feedback given for completed papers.
Wellbeing during exam season Year 11Success Evening Mrs Davies Psychology/ Health & Social Care
Teens and stress • We know that… • teens are under more stress than at any other time of life because of….. • Physical • Emotional • Social • ACADEMIC changes
Big changes in year 11 • More work and it’s harder! • Controlled assessments • ‘Proper’ exams GCSE’s! • Great expectations
Are they ready? • If not they (and you) may be feeling stressed….. • Anxious • Lack concentration • Lack of confidence • Poor performance in studies – you may need subject help here • Just feeling it’s all too much and you can’t cope
They may have a time management problem. • Lots of people use more “crisis management” than time management: • This can happen if you have missed school – attendance is VERY important.
A possible solution! • Work out how much time you have for studying • Organise to avoid stress (list some things on your mind) • What is urgent? Any controlled assessments • What is important? Summer exams • What can be put off? Playing games. • What is unimportant? (can be ignored) TV you can watch again all summer holidays!
It’s all in the planning! • Fail to prepare – prepare to fail! • The REAL exams are not far away!!!! So start planning for them too. • FACT – from today…. • 8 school weeks to Easter Holidays (2 weeks off) • 4 weeks to GCSE’s after Easter
Where to start? • Reflect on your • mock exam results • January report • January Parents Evening! • Work out where you need to improve and ACT on it ASAP– ask for help, revision guides, past paper practise, time management, planning etc • Start a slow and steady revision schedule – help available in school.