Year 10 Key to Success Evening Wednesday 12 th September Year 10 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Year 10

Key to Success Evening Wednesday 12th September

Year 10 Team

• Mrs M Goodes Vice Principal - Inclusion
• Mr N Megaw Assistant Principal – Curriculum & Year 9 & 10 Inclusion
• Mr S Knowles, Year Achievement Coordinator
• Mr A Duligall, Assistant Year Achievement Coordinator
• Year 10 Form Tutors

Year 10 Tutors

10SDR Miss S Driver 10COV Mr C. Ovia 10MQU Mrs M Quinn 10JMA Ms J Matthew 10DNE Ms D Newman

Students sat the new Mathematics GCSE in June 2018. This was the first year to include the new changes

Edexcel

Key things to know about the new Mathematics GCSE

1.It’s bigger

• There is more content in both the Higher and

Foundation tiers.

• The higher tier in particular stretches pupils to prepare

them for A Level Mathematics

• 2. The assessment objectives have

changed

• There is more emphasis on problem solving and

interpreting

• Greater emphasis is placed on assessing skills in Algebra

and Ratio and Proportion

• 3. Memorising formulae

Formulae will now mostly need to be memorised. A question may provide specific formulae if required but it will assume the student knows the basic ones. Hand out provided with key formulae to memorise

• 4. There are more exam papers for

students to take

Paper Calculator/Non-calculator Length of exam 1 Non-calculator 1 hr 30m 2 Calculator 3 Calculator

5.

• 6. The Assessment Objectives

Foundation Higher

Applying standard techniques

50% 40%

Interpreting and communicating

25% 30%

Problem solving

25% 30%

• Regular exam questions and assessments

• Regular revision – recommended online revision sites/revision

workbooks/exam papers/revision postcards

• Make sure they have the equipment they need.
• Pens, pencils
• Ruler, compass, protractor
• Calculator

How you can support your child’s learning

• Be aware of when and if homework is being completed

….but just as important…

• Ask them about what they are currently learning regularly
• Find out how they are feeling about their exams and the work this

year

• Get them to tell you what they need to do even better
• Communicate with us if you have any concerns, through the form

tutor or maths teacher

Exam dates (will be similar in 2020)

Paper Calculator/Non- calculator Date

1 Non-calculator 21st May 2019 2 Calculator 6th June 2019 3 Calculator 11th June 2019

Revision Workbooks

• No coursework
• No tiers (Higher / Foundation)
• Two GCSEs (Literature and Language)
• Four exams
• 2 English Literature
• 2 English Language
• 9-1 levels
• Compulsory resit

Paper 1 – 4th June Paper 2 – 7th June Read an extract of prose fiction: 4 questions Write a description or a narrative Read an extract of non- fiction: 4 questions Write a letter, speech, article, blog…

English Language

Paper 1 – 15th May Paper 2 – 23rd May Shakespeare’s Macbeth Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Dennis Kelly’s play, DNA AQA Poetry Anthology (Power and Conflict) Unseen poetry

English Literature

At home…

• Reread the texts
• Learn by heart  mini-quotes / whole poems
• Use the internet: BBC Bitesize, Mr Bruff
• See a production
• Ask questions (‘What did Macbeth get up to

today? Why did he do that?’)

• Check homework

• mixed ability
• Wednesday intervention
• facts at home  skills at school

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NEW GCSE SCIENCE

Exam Board Specifications AQA Trilogy

• r

AQA Separate Sciences

Main Changes:

• Students are expected to

memorise a large number of equations.

• Content is more difficult
• Removal of coursework
• Introduction of required

practicals

AQA GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics

• On successful completion

students will be awarded three GCSEs

• Students will sit six exams each

lasting 1 hour 45 minutes

• Each exam is worth 50% of

each Science

• There is no coursework

element

AQA COMBINED SCIENCE

• On successful completion

students will be awarded two GCSEs

• Students will sit six exams
• Each exam is worth 16.7% and

lasts for 1 hour 15minutes

• There is no coursework element

• May 2020 Biology Paper 1
• May 2020 Chemistry Paper 1
• May 2020 Physics Paper 1

 June 2020 Biology 2 June 2020 Chemistry 2 June 2020 Physics 2

Exam Dates

Revision Guides

Revision Guides

Useful Revision Websites

• BBC Bitesize – AQA Science
• freesciencelessons – YouTube
• SENECA learning

Supporting your chil ild through Year 10

Targets – have changed slightly

• A grade that should be achieved by the end of

Year 11 - an end of Key Stage target

• Based on levels at Key Stage 2
• Individual targets for each subject
• Challenging but achievable

Attendance

Prep - should be written in planners and checked by you and the tutor

• All students have prep
• Core
• Minimum 1hr week
• Options
• 45 minutes a fortnight
• Prep timetable
• Post 3pm support

Show My Homework – replaced by Class Charts

• Letters and information to follow – new log ins and Apps
• Class Charts is essentially the same as SMHW

Parent Portal: In Insight

• Details
• Timetable
• Attendance
• Progress Updates
• Achievement points
• Behaviour points
• Teachers

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Supporting your child

• Discuss their end of Year 11 target grade and progress updates
• Looking at work set on Class Charts and in their planners
• Encourage your child to do personal study, independent learning and

reading at home

• Emphasise the importance of good attendance
• Contacting the school (form tutor in the first instance) if you have a

concern

Rewards and Awards

• Achievement points
• Phone calls home
• Postcards home
• Co-curricular
• Leadership opportunities

Some key dates 2018-2019

• Tuesday 25th September finish at 1pm – Open

Evening

• Wednesday 26th September – Staff Training Day

(closed to students)

• Reports every term
• Year 10 Parents’ Evening - Thursday 28th February
• Work Experience – 8-12 July (all week)
• Careers Networking event Thursday 18th July