Year 11 Information Evening 2019: Achieving Success Together

1. Please note… • Visiting Post 16 education providers can be found in the LRC (upstairs) until the start of tonight's presentation.

2. Welcome to our Year 11 Information Evening 2019 An overview of what to expect in this final GCSE year and how to get the most out of it.

3. Ms Lowney Deputy Headteacher

4. Our priorities for your child • That every child feels, and is, safe and secure; and that they are supported; • That students are taught through the values of character education and the Christian ethos of the school; • That they are given the highest quality learning opportunities; • That every student is supported in reaching their potential; • That all students, and staff, uphold and respect our core values: Love, Forgiveness, Respect and Responsibility.

5. Our priorities for your child • 96% attendance • Much better than average/national progress in all subjects • Clear guidance on their post-16 options • Positive behaviour for learning, leading to development of mature character for life

6. What is success? Success can mean: achieving the outcome you have been seeking feeling that tingle of excitement about what you do sticking with what matters through hard times living a life you can feel proud of in retrospect

7. How do we achieve that? “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out” Every day counts Every lesson counts Every piece of work counts

8. How do we achieve that? “Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of the success” We must fail in order to become stronger We must fail in order to grow We must fail in order to learn

9. Why do we want to ‘fail’? 1. It will give you the need to take chances 2. You will learn something from failure 3. Failure can force you to rethink every assumption 4. It means you actually did something 5. Failure helps you to focus your energy on what really matters 6. You will be more open to changes 7. Real change involves failure

10. Attendance • Do you know what your child’s attendance was for last year? • Do you know exactly what that figure means?

11. Is 90% ‘good’ attendance? 90% attendance =½ day missed every week!

12. Percentage Attendance Termly/Yearly • 90% = 1 week 2 days = 4 weeks • 80% = 2 weeks 4 days = 8 weeks • 70% = 4 weeks 1 day = 12 weeks • 60% = 5 weeks 3 days = 16 weeks • 50% = 7 weeks = 20 weeks • 40% = 8 weeks 2 days = 24 weeks • 30% = 9 weeks 1 day = 28 weeks Termly Yearly

13. The impact? Research suggests that 17 missed school daysa year = a GCSE grade DROPin achievement. (DfES) The greater the attendance the greater the attainment.

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18. Attend and Achieve! • If your child can improve their attendance by 1%,you will see a 5-6%improvement in attainment. (Department for Education and Skills) • Getting their attendance above 95% will help them to achieve theirpotential.

19. How can you help? • Ensure your child is only absent when absolutely necessary • Let us know if there is a reason your child might not want to come in to school If they are absent… • Help them complete any work they may have been given to help catch up with missed lessons

20. Mrs Wood Head of Year 11

21. Attendance – Focus - Commitment

22. The final year and the process… • Period 7 & 8 support sessions • Holiday intervention • Two sets of mock exams • Tutor time support • GCSE Pod or online revision • Homework • Revision skills sessions – Elevate and Tutor time • Revision resources – see the VLE for a starting point • College applications • College interviews • Leavers committee • Leavers’ hoodies • Leavers’ assembly • Leavers’ book • Leavers’ fundraising • Summer Ball

23. Exam boards for revision guides

24. Important dates

25. College open evenings

26. College application process • BHASVIC, Brighton MET and Varndean have a coordinated application process to streamline the process. • Priority is given to applications received on or before the first Friday in December (6th December 2019) • Other sixth form providers have different dates. Please check with them directly

27. Attendance – Focus - Commitment

28. Mr Cooke Deputy Headteacher

29. Commit to the process, believe in yourself and work hard every day • In 2019 we improved upon our already impressive 2018 results. • 78% achieved pass grades in both English and Maths. • The average grade for our students was above a grade 5 • 30% of all grades were at grade 7 or above with 50% of our students achieving at least 1 grade 7 or better. • 15% of all grades were the prestigious top grades 8 and 9. • 1 student placed as the joint 12th highest achieving student nationally (out of approx. 540,000 students) • What we do works. Trust and support the process.

30. Motivation ‘Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.’ Dwight D. Eisenhower (US Army General and then US President)

31. The emotional journey • Year 11 often requires a change in lifestyle as the work load increases and the sense of “importance” goes up. • Change always brings on an emotional reaction. Negative emotions are motivation killers. • Understanding the emotional journey helps us recognise and name the stages. If we know why we feel this way it can help us move beyond the negative emotions quicker.

33. Understanding Motivation • I have never taught anyone who didn’t want todo well. It’s often the motivation to do what’s needed that is the stumbling block. • Do you remember hearing about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation last year?

34. What motivates? Extrinsic motivation is difficult to sustain over even the short term. Think weekly not monthly.

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36. This is a zoo tiger • High comfort • Low risk • Low Challenge

37. This is a jungle tiger • Low comfort • High risk • High Challenge

38. What happens when you place a zoo tiger in the jungle?

39. Practical Summary • Your involvement as parents will make a difference. • All of our pupils are motivated to some degree butsome might be lost in “emotional transition”. • You need to either use • Light tough accountability - take an interest, talk it through, celebrate success & talk through frustrations. • Close supervision – Set short term goals, monitor the achievement of these, praise achievements & solve problems. • Keeping communication open is key. Talk about it. Plan for it.

40. Commit to the process Believe in yourself Work hard every day