Aspirations Evening

Supporting

you

and your son/daughter

Year 10

AttendanceAttendance Matters

92.6% Attendance

Attendance for the last academic year.

90% attendance means

1 day off per fortnight

Miss 19 school days per year

Target97% Attendance

Attendance for this academic year.

Intervention and Support Strategies

Individual, form and year group targets. Both for the year and for each term.

Holidays cannot and will not be authorised in Year 11.Weekly monitoring and discussions with pupils with attendance

issues. Fixed penalty notices and fines for unauthorised absences.

Tips for success

Don’t do this!

When the going gets tough…

Maintaining motivation and encouraging persistence

Key tasks for pupils•Don’t stop working in lessons that you find hard.

•Revise your homework schedule if necessary and stick to it – even if you don’t feel like it.•Resist the temptation to bury your head in the sand – talk to someone

•Ignore what your friends or others are saying they are doing – you are working for your life•Keep yourself going by – making a list!!!!!!

Tips for parents•Agree the balance between work and social life.

•When it goes pear shaped talk to them about the issues – berating will have a negative effect.•Consider a reward structure – little and often is more rewarding.

•Be flexible•If they say they have no homework ……………chances are it is not true.

•If your child is anxious or withdrawn, encourage them to talk to you or another trusted adult.•Teenagers often have an all or nothing ‘catastrophic’ approach to difficulties, again encourage

them to talk to you or a trusted adult.

Revision – re-looking at work you lave learnt previously.Start revision early

Make a realistic revision timetable and rope your parents into helping you create it.

Get one good revision aide for each subject.Keep everything you need in one place.

Go to the revision sessions and make them work for you.Find out about the best revision techniques for that subject.

Have a start and finish time and stick to them.Get into the routine of your revision plan

Stop and take a break.Don’t be influenced by friends who talk about how little they are doing.

Tips for parentsTalk to your child about how you can help

Provide the pens etc that they need, is it really worth a battle over a 10p pen.

Support them in sticking to their revision planMake them take a break

Praise themProvide snacks and water.

Be flexible, if a change is made agree when they are going to make it up.

Show an interest

Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

9-10 Maths PE Science

10-11 English Art Maths

11-12 Break Football Break

12-1 Lunch Lunch Lunch

1-2 Art Maths English

2-3 Science Break Evening

3-4 Shopping English Off

Possible revision timetable

getrevising.co.uk

Maths and English

intervention programme

1:1 Support

Individual Timetable

restructure

Occasional 1 to 1 support

Coursework catch up

Specific support for students with additional needs

External agencies

Academic and

Vocational routes

Homework and revision

sessions

Modifying whole class and group

teaching

Some interventions

Lesson 6

EXAM CHALLENGE – BEAT THE PARENTDo our brains work more slowly as we get older? Take this general knowledge timed test after your

parent has completed it to find out.Results

Adult time Pupil Time

1. Write your name in the top left hand corner of the page.

2. Write, and underline, the date on the second line down

3. Write down the numbers 1-8 in a column on the left hand side of the page.

4. Next to number 1, write the capital of France.

5. Next to number 2, write the answer to the sum 321-67

6. Next to number 3, write the past tense of the verb ‘to walk.’

7. Next to number 4, write down 4 states of the USA.

8. Next to number 5, write down the colours of the rainbow in order.

9. Next to number 6, write down the names of the planets, in order of closeness to the sun.

10. Make sure you only answer questions 1 – 3.

11. Thank you for taking the time to complete the test.

TargetsSouth Cheshire CollegeReaseheathConnexions………………are all available in the Brownson Centre.

Form Tutors and Pastoral Manager are available in the Brownson Centre…….along with refreshments in the dining room. Mrs K Atkinson (Examination Officer) is available in the Conference room