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Y ear 10 parent evening. Welcome – Mrs Dean What grades – Mr Hurley Key dates and communication – Mrs Merluk Learning Pathways – Mrs Mellor. Alfred Binet (1857 –1911) invented the first practical intelligence test.
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Year 10 parent evening Welcome – Mrs Dean What grades – Mr Hurley Key dates and communication – Mrs Merluk Learning Pathways – Mrs Mellor
Alfred Binet (1857 –1911) invented the first practical intelligence test
“Some recent philosophers have given their moral approval to the deplorable verdict that an individual’s intelligence is a fixed quantity, one which cannot be augmented. We must protest the act against this brutal pessimism. It has no foundation whatsoever.”
So what can we do? School Success is earned through effort Effective feedback Resilience Active learning – peer support Intervention Home • Success is earned through effort • Have them read the feedback • Praise resilience not success • Work with your child
Controlled Assessment‘Internal assessment under controlled conditions’
Direct supervision of the teacher • Silent - formal conditions • Absences from school – MUST do catch up • Complete work independently • Work collected in at end of each lesson • Varies between subjects • Bibliography needed
Plagiarism • No pupil must pass work off from another author as their own • Copying from other texts, internet, another pupil • Exam boards have sophisticated electronic systems to detect copying from text and other pupils • Two pupils with similar work – full investigation • All acts of plagiarism we must inform exam board • In breach of examination board conditions results in no grade in all subjects
Key Dates for Year 10 December 13th First progress grades January 30th Parents evening March 10th Exam week April 3rd Second progress grades and PLRs July 11th Full profile issued
Importance of the planner • Please look out for H L and P as this is telling you deadlines are being missed and your child is not prepared or lacks focus.
The wider Community ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull Boy’ Volunteer Play sport Learn to coach Play a musical instrument Try something different Raise money for charity