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The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College

Welcome

Year 11 Information Evening

Key Dates For Students in Year 11 – 2019 / 2020

2019 Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 7th November Mock Exams Begin – W/C Monday 18th November Mock Results Day – Monday 16th December 2020 Parents Evening - Thursday 16th January Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 6th February Mock Exams Begin – W/C Monday 24th March Leavers Mass – Friday 1st May

Exams Begin – Monday 11th May (ends 26th June)

Prom – Thursday 25th June Sixth Form Taster Day – In the Summer Term

GCSE Results Day & Sixth Form Enrolment Thursday 20th August Keep up to date with everything on the App, Website, Facebook, Twitter & Instagram www.emshartlepool.org

Student School Parent

Attendance and Success

Attendance Rate Chances of GCSE Success

93.5% +

74.3% chance of 5 (A*-Cs)

92.5% – 93.4%

60.4% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)

91.5% - 92.4%

53.1% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)

90% - 91.4%

44.6% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)

88% - 89.9%

34% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)

Less than 88%

26% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)

• English Martyrs continues to have the best

results in the area.

• We are well-above local and national

averages on the DfE performance tables.

• Our Progress 8 Value-added is the best it has

ever been.

• Our Year 11 students achieved 66 grade 9s

and 19.66% of grades were 7-9.

Key Facts

2019 recorded the best ever VA at +0.13 at EMS6

Reasons To Celebrate

1 in every 5 grades were A* - A. Half were A* - B grades. 7 subject areas secured A* results and 23 subjects had a 100% pass rate. In EMS6 we have more students going to top universities than any other college.

So A8 Eng (14) + Maths (12) + Ebac (7 + 6 + 6 ) + Others (6 + 6 + 5 ) = 62 / 10 = 6.2 P8 = 6.2-6.85 = -0.65

English – A English Lit - B Maths – B Core Science – A Additional Science – C Spanish – B Geography B BTEC Sport – Pass RE - B

Bob – GCSE Results Day…

Support To Enhance Progress

• Target area of focus.
• Must be specific.
• Identified from

examinations and Progress Reviews

Session 1: Baseline Assessment

• STEP session to help

bridge the gap between what they know and what they need to know.

• Needs to have a specific

focus.

Regular Assessment in STEP sessions-Are they making any progress?

• Final session
• Assessment on area of

focus.

Progress made? Sign off STEP session.

Purpose

6-8 week programme 2 Assessment points

Lastly, important habits that should surround effective revision

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/01/nine-ways-to-stay-calm-in-a-crisis

Student A Student K Student I Student G Student C Student E Student B Student M Student H Student J Student L Student N Student F Student D

Mock Exams Commence 18th November 2019

• 1. The Basics

Provide a quiet space for study Help to reduce distractions: smart phones should be

removed until study session is over; research shows that listening to music during study time actually reduces concentration – no matter how much students insist they “need” it!

Ensure your son/daughter takes plenty of breaks Ensure any discussion or chat around revision or exams is positive

• 2. Revision Timetable

Once a revision timetable has been devised, place it/a copy in a central area Chat about what’s been done, what’s still to do, how it’s going, (being positive), are there any events coming up that might mean changing study sessions around etc

• 3. Strategies for revision - Spaced Practice

• 3. Strategies for revision - Interleaving

• 3. Strategies for revision – Retrieval practice

• 3. Strategies for revision – Quizzing/recall
• Self-quizzing
• Teach it back
• Timed response
• Summarise
• Flash cards
• Revision clocks

Summarising key information to mind-maps and/or flash cards

Remember…

• Reading over notes and highlighting are not effective

revision strategies! Very little will be retained.

• Summarising, condensing, repeating information, making

links, and quizzing will all help to ensure knowledge is “fixed” in the long term memory.

• Once it’s in the long term memory, something has been

learned.

Science – Exam board information

• All Science GCSEs are administered by the AQA board.
• The courses are:
• Combined science: Trilogy (double award)
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

Science – Key information

• 1st Exam Tuesday 12th May 2020 (Biology)
• 6 Exams in total (2 in Biology, 2 in Chemistry, 2 in Physics)
• No coursework
• Combined science – exams are 1hr 15mins
• Separate Sciences – exams are 1hr 45mins
• Combined science students will achieve a single qualification

called combined science worth 2 GCSEs. Grades will look like this 6- 6 or 8-7.

• Separate science students will achieve 3 grades e.g. Biology 6,

Chemistry 7, Physics 9.

Support in School

• Monday night STEP – Small group targeted intervention
• Wednesday night
• Physics GCSE drop in
• Chemistry GCSE drop in
• Thursday night
• Biology GCSE drop in
• Revision guides available to order from Monday 7th

October via the parent app and parent pay. (Many students already have one)

Support outside school

• BBC Bitesize website
• Microsoft TEAMS
• Shared resources from teachers in school – Students access

using their school email address and password.

• SENECA learning
• Online revision tool – free to sign up contains revision materials

and has online quizzes

• AQA.org.uk
• Exam board website – lots of past papers and information

English Language and English Literature GCSE

• Two distinct qualifications.
• Important in terms of any career

path.

• Help and revision available

throughout the year:

• Step,
• Exam Revision,
• Drop in,
• Poet-tea.

Revision guides will be available through Parent Pay and differ for each student. We recommend one guide for English Language and separate shorter guides for English Literature. English Language – Reading and writing fiction/non-fiction. English Literature: An Inspector Calls, Power and Conflict poetry, Romeo &Juliet / Macbeth A 19th Century Novel

The new qualifications are different to the old ones in several ways:

• There is new, more demanding content
• A greater focus on problem solving

The balance of entries between tiers has therefore changed. The percentage of 16-year-old students in England sitting higher in summer 2016 was 76%

2017 2018 2019 2020 Higher Foundation Higher Foundation Higher Foundation Higher Foundation National 53% 47% 56% 44% 57% 43% EMS 65% 35% 67% 33% 64% 36% 65% 35%

• Students given homework every Friday
• Students hand in homework on a Tuesday
• Teachers give students feedback on a Thursday

NOTE: Teachers go over similar questions on a Friday to help students with the homework due on a Tuesday https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse.html lmurray@ems.hartlepool.sch.uk

Year 11 Parents’ Evening

Date for your Diary

Thursday 16th January 2020