Crickhowell High School Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11 th - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Running Order for this evening: 1 Welcome – Mrs K Jones 2 Target Setting/ Monitoring/ Interventions –Mrs A Hand 3 GCSE POD / Revision– Mrs K Jones 4 The WBQ– Miss C Jones 5 Future Pathways– Mrs A Hand / Miss C Jones

Welcome Mrs K Jones Progress Leader Year 11

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

One of the most highly successful schools in Wales

• 77% of all Year 11 students obtained at least 5 A* – C passes, including

English and Maths

• 29% of all Year 11 students achieved 5 or more A* / A grades
• 84% of all students taking GCSE exams this year achieved at least

5 A* – C passes

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Target Setting/ Monitoring/ Interventions Mrs A Hand

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Setting Challenging / realistic targets

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

How we set Targets

• FFT Aspire
• CAT4 Tests
• Alps
• Teacher judgement

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

• Silver and Gold targets set by LT
• Projected targets set by class teacher
• Regular comparison between Silver target and

projected target

Monitoring

• Progress checks
• Weekly core subject meetings
• On-going discussions between

student wellbeing and student achievement teams

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Intervention and Support

• Specific Subject intervention held during the school day
• General support and revision sessions held after school
• Specific subject targeted grade support

Mentoring Interviews

Should students be identified as underachieving / struggling to achieve projected grades then a variety of interviews are held :-

• Progress Leader interviews
• Leadership Team interviews

The aim of these interviews are to identify what concrete steps can be put in place in order to support students to improve and to achieve their potential.

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Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

GCSE POD / Revision Mrs K Jones

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

• Draw up a revision timetable – plan in advance
• Exercise
• Find a quiet space
• Get down to it in the morning
• Spice up your revision
• Do plenty of past papers with mark schemes – know your course!
• Use GCSEPOD & BBC Bitesize for online-digital revision
• Use your family and friends
• Think positive – this is a stepping stone leading to the next stage

Making your own success at Year 11

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Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

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Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

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Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Attendance

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Crickhowell Website Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

SCHOOL ID: 20521

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Community and Wellbeing Miss C Jones

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

The Importance of Welsh Baccalaureate Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Growth Mindset/Careers Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Future Pathways Mrs A Hand and Miss C Jones

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Why Crickhowell?

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Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Why Crickhowell?

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Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

• 24 A Levels
• Level 3 Sport BTEC
• Delivered on site by experienced and skilled staff

• ART
• BIOLOGY
• BUSINESS
• CHEMISTRY
• DT
• ENGLISH
• FRENCH
• GEOGRAPHY
• GERMAN
• PSYCHOLOGY
• ICT
• HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
• HISTORY
• LAW
• MATHS MECHANICS
• MATHS STATISTICS
• FURTHER MATHS
• MUSIC
• PE
• PERFORMING ARTS
• PHYSICS
• RS
• WELSH

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Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018 Range of Subjects

Structured programme of preparation for HE

A structured Programme of Preparation from the start of Year 12 A Medical Application Programme An Oxbridge Application Programme Parents evenings Extracurricular activities to support competitive applications

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Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

Other HE support

• UCAS Days – during Year 12 and early Year 13. Personal

statement writing, application process, degrees abroad, research

• Alumni visits
• Interview preparation and ‘mock’ interviews

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Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

• A Levels

@ CHS

Option A

• A Levels @ CHS
• College Course (Level 2/3)
• Apprenticeship
• Employment

Option B

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Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018

The Year 12 Sixth Form Team

Crickhowell High School

Year 11 Guidance Evening Thursday 11th October 2018