Year 11 Information Evening Welcome
NET Vision We constantly focus on standards as we understand outcomes are paramount . Our decision making is driven entirely by what is best for children . By doing this we enhance the life chances of the children and young people in our care. Rob Tarn, CEO
Support for your child at Freebrough • Director Masterclass • 1-2-1 Sessions • Subject Specific Flash Cards • Revision Guides • Exam Paper Packs • Hegarty Maths • Educake • PM Progress Clubs • Holiday Homeworks. • Mock Exams and QLA (Question Level analysis).
Year 11 English Revision J Craven – NET Senior Director of English J Goodwill Director of English/Associate Assistant Principal
GCSE English Language GCSE English Literature May-June 2019 How to Revise
Overvie iew GCSE English Language GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19 th -Century Novel Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing • Analysing Modern Fiction • Macbeth • Descriptive / Narrative Writing • A Christmas Carol Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry • Analysing Nineteenth Century and Modern Non- • An Inspector Calls • Power and Conflict (poetry cluster) Fiction • Persuasive Writing • Unseen poetry Paper 1: June 2020 Paper 1: May 2020 Paper 2: June 2020 Paper 2: May 2020
'You can’t revise for English’
KNOW the exam KNOW the content KNOW the approaches 'You can revise for English’ For Literature… For Language… • Re-read the texts • Read texts • Organise your ideas • Memorise terminology, features and effects • Memorise quotations • Practise the question formats and skills • Practise the questions / skills • Expand your vocabulary • Discuss ideas with people • Check your knowledge of spelling and punctuation
General Revision Advice • 1 hour of English revision each week (minimum). • There is no substitute for working through sample questions – these are easy to get hold of and just as easy to create. • Use things ( terminology, creative writing features, paragraphing structures, planning models ) – the more you use them, the easier it becomes (build the schema!) • Practise the timings – get used to how the questions feel… in real time…and at the right time. • Keep revisiting things – the best way to learn is to keep returning to them, keep trying them again. • Little and often works – cramming doesn’t. • Regular snacks and drinks help you to concentrate! Give yourself rewards, build positive associations. • Organise your space and avoid distractions . Make sure you’re not going to be interrupted (no phones, technology, people, TV). • Set yourself times and targets (and stick to them). Stick to the same times each night – get home, have tea, revise from 18.00-21.00, relax for a bit, go to bed . • Revise with others … get someone to test you, choose someone to bounce ideas about a text around with, have a conversation about a character … pester your parents, bribe your brother. • Get enough sleep … 8-10 hours a night to help concentration. Be sensible.
So How Do We Revise? Post-Its and Index Cards • Stick them everywhere with quotations on (and re-order them). Write, cover, repeat, write • Annotate quotations – key features and ideas (tie to pictures!) … practise with the key words (highlight) • Quiz yourself (and each other) Re-Read the Texts! • Practise summarising the story • List the key events • Practise making links between different points Head Online! • Read poems and practise commenting on them • Quiz questions and quotations • Online study guides • Video clips and podcasts
So How Do We Revise? Post-Its and Index Cards • Stick them everywhere with terminology and effects on (and re-order them). Write, cover, repeat, write • Quiz yourself (and each other) • Practise matching the words to definitions - dominoes Read Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts • Find examples of fiction and non-fiction and read them • Practise the skills (words and phrases, structure etc.) • Try to write your own in the same style
Materia ials Provid ided: CGP Revis isio ion Guid ides
In Interventio ions and Lookin ing Ahead
Year 11 Maths Revision G Knox – Senior Director of Maths B Bonner Director of Maths
1 4 e x Key dates: Paper Duration Date/Time Paper 1: Non- 21 st May AM 1 hour 30 minutes Calculator 6 th June AM Paper 2: Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 11 th June AM Paper 3: Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes
What students get from us Mock Exams and QLA (Question Level analysis). Director Masterclass 1-2-1 Sessions. PM Progress Clubs Holiday Homeworks. Revision Guides. Exam paper packs. Hegarty Maths
What You Can Do: 1) Little and often. • Revise in small chunks of 20-30 mins.
What You Can Do: 2) Use useful websites • hegartymaths.com • corbettmaths.com
What You Can Do: 3) Practice makes permanent • Complete past test papers • Use the Review Sections in the revision guide
Hegarty maths with QLA • How could we forget!? • Hegarty • Use your QLA to choose topics you got wrong on your STEP exam • Working through your weaknesses if the only way you will get better next time!
Year 11 Science Revision L Moore – NET Associate Director of Science
Year 11 Science Revision • when are the exams and what’s in them? • how will the school help with revision? • how can you help your child to revise?
When are the science exams? biology paper 1 chemistry paper 1 physics paper 1 Tues 12 May Thurs 14 May Weds 20 May biology paper 2 chemistry paper 2 physics paper 2 Mon 1 June Weds 10 June Fri 12 June
What is in the science exams? biology paper 1 chemistry paper 1 physics paper 1 cells, organisation, atoms, bonding, energy, electricity, Tues 14 May Thurs 16 May Weds 22 May infection, bioenergetics chemical changes, radioactivity calculations biology paper 2 chemistry paper 2 physics paper 2 rate of reaction, organic homeostasis, forces, waves, Fri 7 June Weds 12 June Fri 14 June chemistry, atmosphere, inheritance, evolution, magnetism environment ecology (Triple only; space) maths maths maths 10% 20% 30%
What is in the science exams? biology chemistry physics 21 1 2 equations (Triple 23) 6 7 8 required (Triple 8) (Triple 10) (Triple 10) practicals
What is in the science exams?
How can we help? • science revision day • director masterclasses • revision guides • equations cards • seneca learning • teachers available any time
How can you help with science? • make a plan • space out revision (start now!) • mix up topics • don’t just read and highlight • quizzes / flashcards / seneca / past papers
Attendance is important! • You have 1 calendar year left… that’s 52 weeks • An academic year is just 38 weeks though • Exams started 5 weeks ago for year 11 • We have 5 assessment weeks (STEPs) • This means: You leave in 38 weeks, exams start in 33 weeks and you have just 28 weeks of actual teaching… 140 days of teacher input… and that’s if you’re a 100% attender!
Yr 10 Step 6 exam period • Students will have an exam warm up before each exam • For morning exams these will run from 7.45 -8.25 • Breakfast will be from 8.25- 8.40 in the large atrium • An early bus service will run to allow all students to access the early warm up. • If you just want to come in early and revise you can access this early bus and breakfast • If you do not have an exam that morning you do not have to come in early
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