Year 11 Passport to Success Evening Thursday 21 September 2017 - - PDF document

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Year 11

Passport to Success Evening

Thursday 21 September 2017

Welcome from the Headteacher, Dr Tracey Jones.

Ten things that are vital in Year 11

1. Work hard at home on homework and independent learning. 2. Start revising now! Especially Year 9 and Year 10 work. 3. Attend revision sessions. 4. Take your work very seriously in lessons. 5. Plan for next year. 6. Don’t leave the hard work until the last minute! 7. Turn off electronic gadgets! 8. Stay calm. 9. Keep chipping away at work bit by bit; don’t get

• ver-whelmed – but never give up.

10. Talk to mum and dad!

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CTECH PE Psychology, Sociology, Health & Social Care, ICT, Media, Film Studies, Product Design and Business Studies. Art, Art Textiles, Citizenship, Dance, Drama, English, Food, French, Geography, German, History, Maths, Music, RS and Science.

Distinction A* A 9 8 7 Merit Pass B C 6 5 A ‘good’ pass 4 A ‘standard’ pass D E F G 3 2 1 The Grading System

Key Factors to Success

• Attendance. Some facts:
• Below 80% = Average of 2 grades below target.
• 80.1% - 90% = Average of 1.6 grades below target.
• 90.1% - 95.9% =Average of 1 grade below target.
• All students who achieved or exceeded their Minimum Target Pathway had

an average of 96%+ plus attendance.

• Equipment; perfect practice makes perfect, come equipped every day to

learn, and learn with the tools you need in an exam.

• Positive Attitude to Learning

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Planning for Success

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Procrastination

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More Procrastination- The Ostrich!

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2017 21 September Passport to Success Evening 23 October – 27 October Half Term Revision Sessions TBC 15 November Sixth Form Open Evening 23 November Parents’ Evening 04 December – 15 December Internal Examinations 2018 12-16 February Half Term Revision Sessions TBC 22 February Academic Progress Meeting 19 March - 23 March Internal Examinations —— 12 March Year 11 Subject Clinic (Targeted students only) ———— 23 March - 06 April Half term Revision Sessions TBC 15 May - 23 June GCSE Exams 11 July Year 11 Prom July TBC Leavers’ Assembly July TBC Post 16 Taster Sessions 23 August GCSE Exam Results Day

Important Dates

Week Beginning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 04.09.17 11.09.17 18.09.17 125 Days to English 25.09.17 120 Days to Maths 02.10.17 09.10.17 16.10.17 23.10.16 30.10.17 06.11.17 13.11.17 20.11.17 Staff Training Day 27.11.17 04.12.17 Year 11 Trial Exams (Week 1) 11.12.17 Year 11 Trial Exams (Week 2) 18.12.17 01.01.18 08.01.18 15.01.18 22.01.18 29.01.18 05.02.18 Food Preparation Practical Exam 12.02.18

My Revision Planner

19.02.18 Yr 11 Additional Internal Exams (English, Maths and Science) 26.02.18 05.03.18 12.03.18 19.03.18 26.03.18 02.04.18 09.04.18 Art & Textiles (to be confirmed) 16.04.18 23.04.17 30.04.18 07.05.18 Bank Holiday 14.05.18 ICT (AM) RS Paper 1 (PM) French (Read and Listen) AM Biology Paper 1 & 7 PM CNAT Sport (AM) RS Paper 2 (PM) Chemistry Paper 3 & 9 French (Writing) Drama: Component 3 PM 21.05.18 Sociology Paper 1 & 3 English Lit Comp. 1 Geography B Component 1 Psychology Unit 1 GCSE Business 1 Physics Paper 5 & 11 PM Maths Paper 1 (Non Calc) English Lit Comp 2 Sociology Paper 2 28.05.17 04.06.18 Psychology Unit 2 History Paper 1 (AM) Media Studies PM English Lang Comp 1 Geography B Component 2 GCSE Business 2 Music (PM) Maths Paper 2 (Calc) English Lang Comp 2 History Paper 2 (PM) 11.06.18 Biology Paper 2 & 8 Geography B 3(PM) Maths Paper 3 (Calc) Chemistry Paper 4 & 10 Health & Social Care Film Studies Paper 1 AM Food Prep & Nutrition Physics Paper 6 & 12 AM Citizenship Paper 1 PM 18.06.18 Citizenship Paper 2 AM German(Read and Listen) Dance Theory Film Studies Paper 2 PM German (Writing) Product Design 25.06.18 02.07.18 Staff Training Day 09.07.18 Year 11 Prom 16.07.18 23.07.18 French Speaking Tests- will be conducted between 9th April 2018 and 11th May 2018. German Speaking Tests- will be conducted between 9th April 2018 and 11th May 2018.

SUBJECT EXAM BOARD EXAM DATES English Literature Component 1 WJEC Tuesday 22nd May English Literature Component 2 WJEC Friday 25th May English Language Component 1 WJEC Tuesday 05th June English Language Component 2 WJEC Friday 08th June Maths Non- Calculator AQA Thursday 24th May Maths Calculator AQA Thursday 07th June Maths Calculator AQA Tuesday 12th June Biology 1 OCR Tuesday 15th May Chemistry 1 OCR Thursday 17th May Physics 1 OCR Wednesday 23rd May Biology 2 OCR Monday 11th June Chemistry 2 OCR Wednesday 13th June Physics 2 OCR Friday 15th June

5 Internal Exams 4 – 15 Dec

• Performance under full examination

conditions (see booklet)

• Staff assess strengths and weaknesses –

redirect learning

• Students develop experience the pressure

and learn about themselves

• They provide valuable information for

you as parents

Basic Revision Techniques

• Your son/daughter needs to be organised

Transforming class notes into revision tools

• Mind- mapping
• Mnemonics – DAFORREST
• “Roman Room”
• Label your bathroom!
• Journey game
• Use the Internet

Mnemonics

Direct address Alliteration Fact Opinion Rhetorical questions Repetition Emotive language, exaggeration Statistics The power of 3

Revision Techniques

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REVI VISI SION CARD

Year 11

WORK HARD, PLAN AHEAD, ATTEND REVISION SESSIONS, EARN HOUSE POINTS!

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Revision is essential in supporting students to succeed in their examinations. Therefore, Year 11 students will be issued with a Lord Grey Revision Card so that we can monitor how many revision sessions have been attended and how many online revision activities have been carried out. We would expect to see students attending a significantly higher number of sessions in the lead up to the Internal Examinations in December, and the final GCSE Examinations in the summer. In order to be eligible to go to the school Prom, students must carry out a minimum of 20 revision sessions per term These sessions will be signed off by the session teacher. In addition to this students must have 96% attendance. When required, revision sessions may take place before school, at lunchtime and after school. In some circumstances revision sessions may take place during the holidays and on a Saturday by invitation only. Students must not assume that revision sessions will happen as part of the course, they are add on and a privilege. It is essential that the completed Revision Card is presented to the relevant Head of House to be authorised in order to purchase a ticket to the school Prom. We want everyone to be able to attend the Prom, so to ensure you succeed, make sure you attend and revise.

Revision Card

How Do We Support Your Child?

• Target groups.. who get extra help
• Mentoring
• Revision sessions
• Summer timetable
• Breakfast sessions before key exams
• Training in study skills and revision skills
• Additional practical sessions
• Revision materials
• Careers and Sixth Form guidance

7 What Parents Can Do To Help…

• A dedicated quiet space – with good light and with no

distractions

• Discuss your child’s revision timetable
• Encourage working in short bursts, changing subject

and revision techniques regularly to stay fresh

• Ensure that your son or daughter takes regular breaks
• Monitor Internet usage
• Know and discuss the date, time and location for

each exam and incorporate this into the revision plan and preparation

• Inform us about medical conditions
• Inform us about other circumstances

Introductions

• Nick Marr
• Sam Learning
• Miss Hannah-Jayne Horne

Assistant Head of English

• Mr Stephen Patey

Director of Maths

• Dr Liz Nourshargh

Director of Science

• Mrs Michelle White

Independent & Impartial Careers Advice & Guidance Officer

English

Miss Hannah-Jayne Horne- Assistant Head of English.

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GCSE English language and GCSE English Literature Points to Note:

• Literature and Language are now equally weighted, as from this

year either can be listed on applications

• There are no tiers of entry – EVERYONE sits the same exam papers
• At Lord Grey we have differentiated texts for Literature to assist

with access and to support higher grades

• There is no coursework element
• The Spoken Language component does not count in the final mark

BUT does have its own line on the exam certificate

• A grade 9 will be determined after all exams are marked
• The top slice will be allocated this grade

English Literature Component One Section A – Shakespeare – 20% Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet Section B – Poetry – 20% 1789 to the present day Students must study the entire WJEC Anthology

Tuesday 22nd May (am) 40%

2 hours English Literature Component Two Section A – Post 1914 Prose/Drama Oranges are not the only fruit, Curious Incident or Blood Brothers Section B – 19th Century Prose e.g. A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde Section C – Unseen Poetry Two questions on unseen poems, one of which involves comparison

Friday 25th May (am) 60%

2 ½ hours

• Develop a generally coherent and engaged response to

explicit and implicit meanings of texts

• Develop a clear understanding of the ways in which writers use

language, form and structure

• Use apt textual references to support responses
• Use understanding of contexts to inform responses to texts
• Make credible comparisons between texts

Grade 5 English Literature

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• Sustain a convincing, informed personal response to explicit and

implicit meanings of texts

• Sustain a perceptive critical analysis of the ways in which writers use

language, form and structure

• Use judicious and well-integrated textual references to develop

personal responses

• Show perceptive understanding of how contexts shape texts and

responses to texts

• Make illuminating comparisons between texts

Grade 8 English Literature

English Language Component One 20th Century Literature Reading Study Structured series of questions regarding an unseen 20th Century text, Creative Prose Writing Choose ONE of four titles, will be narrative or recount Tuesday 5th June (am) 40% 1 hour 45 mins English Language Component Two 19th and 21st Century non-fiction study Both unseen texts will be tested through a series of structured questions Transactional /Persuasive Writing TWO equally weighted tasks, writing for a range of audiences. Tasks to include letters, speeches, reviews etc. Friday 8th June (am) 60% 2 hours

What will the exam look like Component 2?

You will have six sections

• f questions to respond to.
• The examiner will judge

whether you understand the text

• Can recognise the

techniques used to show the writer’s point of view and

• How confidently you

compare the first text with the ideas of the second text. You will also be expected to

• Consider the contextual

relevance for both texts

• How is the time that the

text was written important?

Eduqas GCSE English Language:

Distinction, Merit, Pass.

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Writing

• To achieve Grade 5, candidates will be able to
• communicate effectively, sustaining the reader’s interest
• produce coherent, well-structured and purposeful texts
• vary sentence types and structures and use vocabulary

appropriate to purpose and effect

• spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately with occasional

errors

Grade 5 English Language

Writing

• Communicate with impact and influence
• Produce ambitious, accomplished and effectively-structured

texts

• Use a wide range of well-selected sentence types and structures

and precise vocabulary to enhance impact

• Spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately so that writing is

virtually error-free

Grade 8 English Language

Closed book exam, not closed book course...

Chunking up the text Focus on Characters Themes GCSE English Literature learning and understanding, not memory READING

Consider the quality of what is read as well as the quantity.

• Classics
• Biographies
• Magazines
• Guardian or Times sport section…

How Can You Help Support Your Child?

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REVISION

Make revision MATERIALS NOW!

• Mood boards
• Questions/quizzes
• Cue cards
• Booklets
• Read key texts again

How Can You Help Support Your Child?

MATHS

Stephen Patey, Director of Maths

The Main Changes

• New grading system 9-1 (A*-G)
• Higher Tier 9-4 (A*-D)
• Foundation Tier 5-1 (C-G)
• The exam board has changed to AQA (Specification 8300)
• Students will sit 3 papers (2)
• Each paper is out of 80 marks (100)
• Students will have 90 minutes to complete each paper (105)
• 1 paper is non-calculator, the other 2 are calculator allowed.
• The formulae page has gone (see next slide)
• The papers are harder, but now provide more of a challenge

for the highest achievers.

Formulae that was given in the Foundation Paper

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Formulae that was given in the Higher Paper

Formulae that will be given if relevant (Given with the question)

Kinematics formulae Where a is constant acceleration, u is initial velocity, v is final velocity, s is displacement from the position when t = 0 and t is time:

Key Dates 2018

• Paper 1 24 May 2018, Thursday Morning

90 minutes - non-calculator Half Term Saturday 26 May 2018 – Sunday 3 June 2018

• Paper 2 7 June 2018, Thursday Morning

90 minutes – calculator.

• Paper 3 12 June 2018, Tuesday Morning

90 minutes – calculator

• Results Day Thursday 23th August 2018

35 Weeks 245 Days away 34 Weeks 32 Weeks 31 Weeks 29 Weeks

What Content is New?

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What’s New

• n the Foundation Paper (previously
• nly on the Higher Paper?)

Foundation Tier Higher Tier Grade Boundaries

71 61 51 41 31 85 70 53 35 18 9 Foundation Highe r

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Online/Apps/VLE

• Hegarty Maths (online)
• SAM Learning (online)
• Practice papers on Moodle
• Some new style papers (9 hours of work)
• Mark schemes – See what is required to get the marks.

Online/Apps/VLE

Foundation Practice Papers for Summer 2018 Examinations Set 3, 4 and 5

Higher Practice Papers for Summer 2018 Examinations Set 1 and 2

How Can You Help Your Child?

• Talk about their targets and what they need to do
• Ask to see their revision card
• Get a revision guide for them (Student Services £4 – New ones

are being ordered)

• Ensure they start revising now
• Ensure all homework is completed to a high standard
• Ask to see their homework
• Look at Insight to see what was set
• ‘Encourage’ to attend revision sessions (Every Tuesday)
• These start on Tuesday 26th September
• Compulsory for some students
• A games console isn’t a distraction if it’s locked

away... (or the power lead is hidden)

SCIENCE

Dr Liz Nourshargh - Director of Science

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GCSE Gateway 9-1 Combined Science

• New qualification for this year.
• Worth two GCSEs eg 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3 etc

to 9-9

• Foundation tier – grades 1 to 5
• Higher tier – grades 3 – 9

GCSE Gateway 9-1 Combined Science

• Most students in 11x1a, 11x1b, 11y1a,

11y1b are expected to sit the higher tier papers.

• All other students will sit the foundation tier

papers.

• Final decisions will be made following the

trial exams

GCSE Gateway 9-1 Combined Science

• There is no controlled assessment
• All students will sit six seventy minute exams

Date Examination Tuesday 15th May Biology 1 Thursday 17th May Chemistry 1 Wednesday 23rd May Physics 1 Monday 11th June Biology 2 Wednesday 13th June Chemistry 2 Friday 15th June Physics 2

GCSE Gateway 9-1 Combined Science

• Practical work is tested as part of the exam
• More emphasis on application of knowledge and understanding and

less emphasis on recall

– Eg plot a graph – Draw a circuit diagram – Calculate a mean

• To access the exam questions, students need to learn information

too:

– Physics equations will not be given – Definitions – Key terms

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GCSE Gateway 9-1 Combined Science

• Past papers from the old specification for homework to

improve exam technique

• SAM Learning to improve understanding and consolidate

knowledge

• Regular testing of new subject material as well as material

covered in Years 9 and 10.

• Collins Connect textbooks are on the school website.
• Revision guides
• Most students have these now
• If not they are available from the Science Prep Room.
• Calculator – needed in all Science lessons

Careers Advice and Guidance

• Research shows that young people with clear career

goals outperform those without clear goals, regardless

• f any other factors.
• Research shows young people with more developed

skills in exploring career choices were more positive and confident about the decisions that they made post 16 and more likely to make a successful transition

• Research shows that careers talks and education can

be linked to higher earnings in adulthood. Accessing 6 careers related sessions was shown in a recent study to equate to an additional £2,000 per year in earnings. Benefits of Considering Your Next Step

• There are many benefits of having clear

goals and being highly motivated can lead to better grades, which in turn can have a knock-on effect on pay.

Benefits of having clear goals

Qualification Level Average hourly pay rate £ Degree or degree apprenticeship 16.10 HE or Higher Apprenticeship 12.60 A Levels or Advanced Apprenticeship 10.00 GCSEs A-C or Intermediate qualifications 8.68 No qualifications 6.93

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• It is not about telling you what to do!
• It is about helping and supporting you to plan for

your future. Planning to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future.

• It is also about helping you to identify opportunities

and to be aspirational about your future.

• Helping you to develop the skills to search and

source information and to interpret what it means to you.

• Career planning is a life process.
• You need to develop these skills for the future.

What is careers advice?

A LIFE PROCESS?

• Very few people remain in the same job throughout their
• lives. It is likely that you won’t stay in the same job

forever.

• It is important to find a rewarding occupation, but it is not

likely to be a final decision.

• The job you may end up doing in 10, 20 or 30 years may

not even exist now!

• That is why developing an understanding of the world of

work, job search skills and action planning is so important.

A Life Process

• Individual appointments – pop into T17 to book an

appointment, email me or ask your tutor to do so

• Drop-in sessions – No appointment needed, just

come along to T17 most lunchtimes.

• Attend an talk – throughout the year we have a

number of talks and guests speakers planned

• Make use of the careers resources on Moodle

http://moodle.lordgrey.org/course/view.php?id=261

• Ask you tutor to book a tutorial session – I can come

and talk to you about a range of subjects.

• Attend all the Year 11 Tutorial Sessions this year.
• Make the most of any careers talks or guest

speakers that are offered to you!

What is available?

HOW CAN PARENTS/CARERS HELP?

• Encourage your son/daughter to access the service
• If they have an individual appointment they will have a

record of their interview. There will be vital information on here about open events, website addresses etc. It might help to look at the action plan together.

• Take regular opportunities to talk to them about their

choices, your experience of work and the world of work around them. For example you might consider attending the MK Jobs Show at CMK this weekend.

• Contact me if I can help – michelle.white@lordgrey.org.uk

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• Careers resources on Moodle – especially

the Job Explorer Database http://moodle.lordgrey.org/course/view.php?id =261

• www.icould.com
• www.studentladder.co.uk
• www.getingofar.gov.uk
• https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk

Useful Websites

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to approach our staff and ask questions. Please check:

• You have signed in
• You have a copy of the parents information booklet and the

exams information booklet

• Students have a copy of the student Passport to Success.