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Year 11 Welcome Parents Evening

Year 11 Welcome Parents Evening. School. Home. Student. How can we assist students to achieve their full potential?. School. Home. Student. Does this sound familiar?. “ I don’t have any homework”. But…. The mock exams are just a few weeks off….

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Year 11 Welcome Parents Evening

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  1. Year 11 Welcome Parents Evening School Home Student

  2. How can we assist students to achieve their full potential? School Home Student

  3. Does this sound familiar? • “I don’t have any homework”

  4. But….. • The mock exams are just a few weeks off…. • They start on 1 December and will run for approximately 3 weeks. • This is the students only chance to have a trail run • They produce very important information for us • They must be taken seriously

  5. How can you assist at home? • Allow students to take ownership • 3 different approaches: • Subtle approach • Negotiate • Encouragement School Home Student

  6. Things you can do • Ensure that everyone in the family knows the importance of external examinations and that study rooms are free from disturbance • Equipping: provide pens, paper, cards highlighters, folders, etc • Offer support and advice School Home Student

  7. Negotiate • Periods of time for revision well in advance, during holiday times, especially at Easter • Paid work should be kept to a sensible amount of time & may need to be reduced during examinations • The most appropriate revision periods during the day, when distractions are least likely • Reduce distractions in the revision room (e.g. TV, radio, and switch off mobile phones)

  8. Encouragement • Assist with timetable preparation so that you are aware of the weekly programme • Provide space to relax and take refreshments after a maximum 2 hour revision period (outside of the revision room) • Offer to test material • Use of revision websites, e.g. BBC Bitesize,exam board websites (past papers)

  9. Revision Timetables • www.myrevisionplan.com • Suggest 2 sessions per day (during term time) • Discuss the best times to revise, their most alert/receptive times. Plan to revise the most difficult topics at these times • Study more than 1 subject each day (e.g. Science in the morning, English in the afternoon)

  10. Revision Timetables • Keep the sessions short Set targets to be met for each session • Take regular breaks- every 40 minutes -hour • Ensure time is allocated for: • Repetition and recall • Frequent testing- at different levels of difficulty • Re-testing

  11. Making a Mind Map • Turn paper Landscape • Put title in the middle • Split into sections • Use different colours for each section • Keep splitting up the sections • Use pictures when needed • Keep viewing the mind map

  12. Revision method 2 The cards • Can make them out of paper if you want • Or buy a set of cards • Wilkinson, Tesco and WH Smith all sell these cards

  13. Making the cards • The idea is that you put the things you must know on, • 1 concept or topic per card • Can design them how you want • Can include colours if you want and pictures • These are kept and can be used to revise in a short space of time.

  14. What will we be doing at school? Tracking of Data • Grade Gathers of current grades • MOCK PERIOD – Full reports • Target grades • Teacher Predictions • Effort grades

  15. What will we be doing at school? Interventions • 1-1 mentoring • Reward Trip • Post Mock Clinic • Motivational Group

  16. Controlled Assessment • GCSE Coursework has gone • It has been replaced by controlled assessment • All work has to be completed at school under controlled conditions within a set time limit • Timetable is on the website!

  17. “Study Leave” • No longer exists. There is now whole school planned revision. • Targeted revision sessions for all students based on examination and revision timetables • Departments organise sessions based on ability and the papers being taken

  18. English Language GCSE – current position • Modular examinations were removed at the end of the academic year 2012-13. Students now only have one chance to gain their qualification. • The Speaking and listening element has been removed and is no longer part of the overall qualification grade. This 20% has now been added to the examination. • The weightings of the qualification is now 40% controlled assessment and 60% terminal exam. • English is essential to progress to most other courses.

  19. SPAG • Spelling, punctuation and grammar marks are awarded in any subject that has a significant written element for example, RE, Geography, History and English etc. • When spellings are corrected in work students need to learn them especially key words and specialist terms.

  20. Maths • Students will not be entered for the statistics examination in addition to maths

  21. Important Dates • Week beginning 15/9 interview evening • 23 October 2014: 6th Form Information Evening • 13 November 2014: Parents Evening • 1-19 December 2014: Mock Period • Week beginning 19 January 2015: Mock Results Day • Week beginning 9 February 2015:Post mock clinic • Week beginning 9 & 23 February English and Maths mocks • Week beginning 23 March Final countdown evening • 11 May 2015: Summer Exam Series begins • Week beginning 22 June 2015: Prom ( 26/6to be confirmed) • 25 June 2015: 6th Form Induction Day • 20 August 2015: Results Day (to be confirmed)

  22. Contact • Mrs S Martin: HOY 11 or tutor s.Martin@overtongrange.sutton.sch.uk

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