Year 11 Parents’ Welcome Evening

1. Year 11 Parents’ Welcome Evening

2. What is tonight all about? • Understanding how Year 11 is different • Revision Matters • Mindset Matters • Setting achievable goals • Taking the next step

3. GCSE Results Day Thursday 24th August 2017

5. 2017. Our Best Results Ever.

6. Why should YOU want this?

7. Future Earnings Future Happiness FutureHealth FutureSuccess

8. What do we expect from you?

9. Right Attitude

10. I can’t…yet

12. What can you expect from Us? • We promise to give everyone a fresh start. • We promise to track your progress. • We promise to let you know when there is an issue. • We promise to support you. • We promise to visit you during your lessons. • We promise to meet with you regularly. • We promise to push you to be the best you can be.

13. Take Away Messages: • We know you want this. • The words“can’t + yet”. • Effort is key. • Every day matters. • Every lesson matters.

14. Curriculum • English • Maths • Science • Core PE • 4 options • ICT/RE

15. Additional opportunities Actions to ensure all make the very best of their year 11 and get ready for 2017 and going on in Education

16. Role of Senior Leaders: Ms L Watson & Mr R Stead • Track every student’s progress in all subject areas • Identify key students in need of intervention • Provide intervention to support students Intervention • Attitude to learning trackers • Catch up intervention • Dialogue with parents to support students

17. Role of Inclusion Manager: Mrs Edwards • Support the tracking of every students behaviour for learning and attendance to support progress in all subject areas • Identify key students in need of intervention • Provide intervention to support students

18. Expectations No wasted time…

19. Attendance & Punctuality Weekly Attendance • 100% attendance is a crucial contributing factor to your child’s academic success • 90% or below attendance is now categorised as `persistent absence’ PA • Make appointments during the holidays or at the end of the school day e.g. visiting the dentist • Even if your child is feeling under the weather with a sniffle or a cough, send them to school!!

20. Research suggests that… 17 missed schooldays a year = 1 GCSE grade DROPin achievement per subject So, the greater your child’s attendance the greater their GCSE achievements!

21. Guess the number….. 30 28 43

22. Reaching the summit What will it take to reach the summit? What got you here (base camp) might not get you to the summit

23. Revision Matters • With regular, well planned revision starting now, your son or daughter will achieve and exceed their target grades this summer. • Without regularly revisiting their work, they will not perform to the best of their abilities. • Key to successful revision: • Right conditions – Quiet? Music? Water? No TV & No FB! • Well planned revision timetable – no last minute panics. • Regular breaks – still plan time for hobbies. • Incentives – rewards are allowed.

24. Revision Techniques Different revision techniques work for different people. The student must find the strategies that work best for them. Simply reading over their notes is not revising. They need to do something with the information. • Prompt cards • Mind maps • Post it notes • Summary tables & grids • Practise using command words – describe, explain, analyse, discuss • Teach someone else • Memory games

25. Reaching the summit What will it take to reach the summit? What got you here (base camp) might not get you to the summit

26. Mindset mattersBe open minded…… Students with open mindsets are likely to…… • Embrace Challenge (rather than avoid) • Persist in the face of setbacks (not give up easily) • See effort as the path to success • Learn from criticism (rather than ignore useful feedback) • Find lessons and inspiration in the success of others.

28. POST 16 – WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? Full-time academic or vocational courses at a school/academy sixth form, FE or sixth form college, or training provider An apprenticeship or other work based learning route The Kingsway Academy Sixth Form (Inc. Northern Schools Trust Sixth Form)

29. What happens next… • October 2016 Year 11 Curriculum booklet • October 2016 Celebration of 2015-16 • Oct/Nov 2016 KS5 Assemblies • November 2016 Year 11 Trial examinations • Nov/Dec 2016 Revision Assemblies • December 2016 Year 11 progress evening & Key Stage 5 Event • February 2017 Academy Production • March 2017 Year 11 Trial examinations • May 2017 GCSE Examinations Start • August 2017 Results

31. MathsWatch is a set of mathematics resources (videos, exam papers and worksheets). All students have their own personal login and password. • Can be accessed from anywhere with internet access. • App available for smartphones and tablets. • Written homework is set each week and a MathsWatch clip number given alongside this to support its completion. • Students can use MathsWatch anytime for independent revision. Just simply select tier (Foundation or Higher) and choose an area to focus on.

32. AQA GCSE Media Studies Year 11

33. Media Studies Exam Topic (40% of total GCSE Grade) • TV Game Shows • (1hr 30 minutes – 3 essay questions and 1 practical task) • 23rd May 2017

34. Controlled Tests (60% of the total grade) • Students complete three assignments: • Children’s Comics ( 17%) • Horror Film Promotion (33%) • Teenage Magazines (50%)