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Power of positivity Tiers of entry Change of syllabus
- New foundation content
Exam questions and how to help your child
to mark them
What you can do at home to help Questions
Year 10 GCSE Mathematics Information Evening Year 10 Mathematics - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Year 10 GCSE Mathematics Information Evening Year 10 Mathematics - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Year 10 GCSE Mathematics Information Evening Year 10 Mathematics Curriculum Evening Power of positivity Tiers of entry Change of syllabus New foundation content Exam questions and how to help your child to mark them What
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Being Stuck is Great!
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GCSE specification is AQA 8300
AQA website: www.aqa.org.uk
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New GCSEs
Maths (with English) was the first subject to move to the new GCSE. All subjects are now on these.
- Graded from 9 (highest) down to 1
- Higher tier exam leads to grades 4-9
- Foundation tier exam leads to grades 1-5
The benchmarks are (DfE announcement 28/3/17)
- Grade 4 is a ‘standard pass’
- Grade 5 is a ‘strong pass’
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- Foundation: Grades 1 2 3 4 5
- Higher: 4 5 6 7 8 9
- The final choice of entry for GCSE is made after
the year 11 mocks.
- We will base the decision on which gives the
best chance of achieving the highest possible
- utcome.
- This depends on the child: there is no ‘one size
fits all’ approach.
Change from a C to a 5
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What is examined at GCSE maths?
- Doing calculations in number / algebra / shape / data handling and obtaining the
correct answer
but MUCH more too…
- Written mathematical communication
- Explaining reasoning
- Proof: forming a logical argument
- Problem-solving (not being told where to start)
- Application to ‘real-life’ contexts
When we move into classrooms we will look at some recent past GCSE questions.
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Assessment Objective 1 (AO1)
- Recall information
- Interpret mathematical notation
- Carry out routine procedures
- Taking the steps required
Higher: 40% Foundation: 50%
Examples
“How much of the course is this objective assessed?”
Assessment Objective 2 (AO2) Assessment Objective 3 (AO3)
Higher: 30% Foundation: 25% “How much of the course is this objective assessed?”
- Communicate mathematically
- Interpret information
- Construct chains of reasoning
- Present arguments and proof
Higher: 30% Foundation: 25% “How much of the course is this objective assessed?”
- Solve problems in
different contexts
- Use different parts of
mathematics
- Evaluate methods used and
results obtained
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Useful Websites
http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ Username: Arden Password: Square Contains lessons and practice questions (homework) on every topic in the GCSE http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/ Lots of revision resources including videos, worksheets, exam questions https://corbettmaths.com/ Videos and practice questions on 392 different topics, all indexed
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