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Year 10 Information Evening

Join us for an informative evening discussing exam changes, the GCSE course calendar, mathematics, English, RE, homework, well-being, and early revision tips. Learn about the growth mindset and how it can benefit your child's future success. Don't miss this opportunity to support your child's education!

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Year 10 Information Evening

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  1. Year 10 Information Evening October 18th 2018

  2. mconnell@stfrancis.cc agriggs@stfrancis.cc

  3. Aims of this Evening

  4. Programme for this Evening • Welcome • Exam Changes – an update • Calendar for the GCSE Course • Mathematics • English • RE • Homework • Well Being • Early Revision Tips

  5. The Growth Mind Set • Who you child is now will not necessarily be who they are in the future. • A fixed mindset” assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way. Success is down to inherent intelligence”. • A growth mindset “thrives on challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligence but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities”.

  6. Middle Prior Achievement Average 2.24 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  7. Middle Prior Achievement Average 2.36 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  8. Middle Prior Achievement Average 2.61 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  9. Middle Prior Achievement Average 3.30 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  10. Middle Prior Achievement Average 4.03 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  11. Lower Prior Achievement Average 1.62 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  12. Lower Prior Achievement Average 2.61 grades above expectation compared to other students nationally.

  13. A Little Context Challenge NILS SATIS OPTIMUM A personal challenge to each student to be the best they can be, achieve the most they can achieve. Competition Every student in this year group will be competing for places with around 160,000 other year 10s in apprenticeships, sixth forms, universities and jobs. They need to be ready for that. 3. The Real World Students need to learn the independence they will need outside of school. This starts with their studies and develops from there.

  14. Why aren’t all the grades letters anymore?

  15. Tiering To gain a grade 5: Chemistry French Mathematics

  16. Top Tips

  17. Top Tips 1

  18. Top Tips 2 If you started these exams now and sat them continuously you would finish… About 4.15 on Saturday afternoon

  19. GCSE Course plan

  20. The Next Year: Year 10 • Information Evening – Thursday 18th October • Parents Evening - December • Year 10 Mock Examinations – April • Year 10 Reports – May • Half termly progress checks • Individual group support and intervention from departments

  21. Year 11 • Year 11 Mocks –December • Year 11 Parents evening – February • Second Mocks - March • Year 11 Examinations - May – June • Prom – July • Results Day – August 2020 • Half termly progress checks • Individual group support and intervention from departments

  22. 9-1 GCSE maths

  23. 9-1 GCSE maths Miss Humphries – Head of Mathematics Contact – thumphries@stfrancis.cc

  24. Maths – How is it different? • The volume of subject content has increased • Harder topics are being introduced at both Higher and Foundation • Total time for the examinations has increased from 3 ½ hours to 4 ½ hours • 3 papers each of 1 hour 30 minutes • Fewer marks at the lower grades for both Higher and Foundation • Greater emphasis on problem solving and mathematical reasoning • Students have to memorise certain formulae

  25. Maths – Foundation (Grades 5 – 1)

  26. Maths – Higher (Grades 9 – 4)

  27. Maths – Higher (Grades 9 – 4) All taken from the old A Level specification

  28. Maths – How is it assessed?

  29. Maths – What is each paper worth?

  30. What has the department done in response? • GCSE teaching began in Year 9 • New curriculum maps and schemes of work have been produced to ensure complete coverage of new specification • Regular assessment opportunities built into curriculum • Opportunities for revision built into curriculum after mock exams • Greater emphasis on reasoning and problem solving in lessons

  31. Resources available HOMEWORK SET ON THIS WEEKLY

  32. Revision Guides and Workbooks – Available through Parent Pay

  33. Top Tips 3

  34. Top Tips

  35. Diagram Added Extras Key Information Topic Subtitles Diagram Diagram

  36. English

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