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Making the Grade Year 10 evening 3 30 minute Workshops tonight: English Ms Blondel/Ms Harrington - Library (Great Expectations) Science Mr Mannion/Mr Collins D15 (How to achieve the best grade- tips and tricks) Maths -

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Making the Grade Year 10 evening

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3 30 minute Workshops tonight:

  • English – Ms Blondel/Ms Harrington - Library

(Great Expectations)

  • Science – Mr Mannion/Mr Collins – D15

(How to achieve the best grade- tips and tricks)

  • Maths - Mr Wheeley/Mr Davies - Hall

(Key areas for revision and how you can help at home)

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Making the Grade

  • Attendance and Punctuality
  • Progress measures
  • What is making the grade?
  • Preparation
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Attendance & Punctuality

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A pupil with 90% attendance throughout their school life will have missed a whole school year – nearly one thousand hours of learning.

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So what?

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  • Missing just 17 days in one year can mean

dropping a full grade at GCSE.

  • The rate of offending by young people who

truant school is 3 times higher than those who do not truant.

  • School truants are 6 times more likely to be

unemployed.

  • 5 or more GCSEs can increase wages by

42%.

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The good news is …..

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Progress Measures

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New GCSE Grade Old GCSE Grade 1 G 2 F 3 E 4 D 5 C 6 B 7 A 8 A* 9 A** So in 2017, we have a mixture of grades happening… English and math will be graded on a 9-1 grade scale whilst all other GCSEs will retain the A*-G grades for this year.

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What is tonight's making the grade all about?

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  • Finding out about the new progress measures
  • Fining out about the new English & Maths

GCSEs

  • Building relationships
  • Offer support at home
  • Knowing what's in store
  • But most importantly you are not in this alone
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preparation

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3 30 minute Workshops tonight:

  • English – Ms Blondel/Ms Harrington - Library

(Great Expectations)

  • Science – Mr Mannion/Mr Collins – D15

(How to achieve the best grade- tips and tricks)

  • Maths - Mr Wheeley/Mr Davies - Hall

(Key areas for revision and how you can help at home)

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Making The Grade

Year 10 Maths GCSE

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  • General Information

– GCSE Course Information – Year 10 information

  • Pointers and techniques for

improving outcomes

– Mastery – Worked examples – Key information – Clear working – Pictorial representations – Memory supports

  • Questions

Overview

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GCSE Course Overview

  • Exam Board - AQA

33.3% non calculator (Paper 1)

66.6% calculator (Paper 2)

  • Foundation or Higher Tier
  • New grading structure

– Foundation Tier 1 - 5 – Higher Tier 4 – 9

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Grading Structure

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  • Half – termly assessments

– Penultimate week of each half-term – Assessed against progress towards personal Target Grade – Topics covered in that half-term, alongside prior learning

  • Homework structure

– 2 per half-term – Mini assessments

  • End of year assessment

– Full mock exam

Year 10 Mathematics overview

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  • Scientific calculator

£7.00

  • Geometry set

£1.00

Equipment for every lesson

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  • Thursday 3:05 – 4:00pm
  • Room: D22
  • Please bring along work.

Homework is ideal.

Mathematics study club

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Pointers and techniques for improving student’s outcomes in Mathematics

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  • If you don’t understand something,

focus on mastering before moving

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  • Homework Tasks

– Focus on specific areas – Revisit after homework assessments

  • E-mail teachers for question banks

– http://www.mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcs emathsrevisiontopics.htm

Mastering

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  • Hegarty Maths

– Website – YouTube channel

Worked examples

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Worked examples

https://youtu.be/Q6FUVCl4BpE

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Highlighting key information

  • Highlight key prompt

words

  • Remove superfluous

information

  • Supports in structuring

the answer

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Highlighting key information

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Highlighting key information

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Highlighting key information

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  • Avoid scratching out

incorrect working

  • Keep solutions neat and

line-by-line

Clear working out

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Clear working out

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Draw a picture

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  • Flash cards
  • Games and Apps
  • Regular engagement

Memory supports

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Memory supports

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  • Foundation

– Prime, squares, cubes – 2-D and 3-D shape names and facts – Fraction, Decimal, percentage equivalent

Memory supports

  • Higher

– Circle Theorems – Graphs of Trigonometric functions – Quadratic formula – Vol/SA of spheres, cones – Parallel Line Facts – Angles in Polygons – Right angle trigonometry (SOHCAHTOA) – Pythagoras – Area of trapezium – Area/Circumference of circles – exact values of sin, cos and tan at 0, 30, 45, 60, 90 degrees – Command words – Index laws

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Questions??