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2015 2014 2013 2012
5A*-C 77.8(186)
73.3(181)
88.9(217)
84.9(208)
5A*-G 98.3(235)
96.0(237)
99.2(242)
96.3(236)
EBACC 17.5(41)
21.5 (53)
23.3(57)
9.4(23)
5A*-Cinc Eng & Ma
71(170)
64(158)
68(167)
62(153)
A*-C Science 80(191)
69.2 (171)
66.4(162)
62.0(154)
Key Stage 4 2015
2015 2014 2013 2012
Expected Progress English
87.7(207)
90.0(215)
73.4(179)
75.9(186)
Expected Progress Maths
76.7(181)
69.2(166)
76.2(186)
70.2 (172)
More Than Expected English
55.5(137)
53(131)
30(74)
40(99)
More ThanExpected Maths
39(93)
40(99)
37(91)
30(74)
Key Stage 4 2015
Welcome back to Middle School
• Welcome back and welcome to Year 10.
• Our team does not change – Year Manager, Guidance, Form Tutors
• Our expectations also remain the same:
- Attendance
- Punctuality
- Leave of Absence
- Communication
- Effort
- Attitude
The Step up to Key Stage 4
• Excellent results are possible but have to be earned
• Every second counts at Key Stage 4
• 2 years to complete up to 11 GCSEs
Expectations:
• Know target grades and what working towards
• Study beyond the classroom - before/after school and at home
• Desire to improve
• No lead in time …. It starts NOW!
How will you know how your child is doing?
• Their books and homework set by Show My Homework
• Target grades and tracking sheets
• Half termly progress reviews
• Parents’ Evening
• School exams and intervention evenings after the exams
• Communication with teaching staff …[email protected]
• Communication with the year team
National changes
All GCSE courses are linear.
Reformed GCSE in English Language,
Literature and Mathematics from
September 2015.
New language of assessment for
reformed GCSEs. Currently an eight point
A* - G grading system.
Students sit all examinations at the end of year
11. No early entry. Resits only for English and
Mathematics in November 2017
New specifications for English and Mathematics.
No controlled assessment in English.
New specifications will be assessed using a new
nine point scale. Nine will be the top grade and
one the lowest.
Consultation on grade boundaries – harder to
achieve what is currently a grade C and A*
• There is a greater emphasis on problem-solving and mathematical reasoning, with more marks in the GCSE exams being allocated to these higher-order skills.
AO: Assessment Objective
In 2015 there is less AO1
at Higher and roughly
the same at Foundation
compared to 2010.
Quality of written
communication (QWC)
is also now included as
part of AO2.
This is now a stand alone
area of content
Less Statistics and
Probability tested
than in 2010
Half the marks at the
foundation tier will be
testing Number and
Ratio, Proportion and
Change
Less Statistics and
Probability tested than
in 2010
More Algebra tested
than in 2010
This is now a stand
alone area of
content
Changes to an exam question
PRS and TWY are parallel straight lines.
QRWZ is a straight line.
Work out the value of x
Give reasons for your answer Old
Changes to an exam question
AB, CD and YZ are straight lines.
All angles are in degrees.
Show that AB is parallel to CDNew
• Students will also have to memorise formulae.
Foundation tier students need to recall and use
• Pythagoras theorem
• Trigonometric ratios
• Area of a trapezium
• Volume of a prism
Higher tier students need to recall and use
• The quadratic formula
• The sine rule
• The cosine rule
• Area of a triangle
• The total time for the examinations is increasing, from 3 ½ hours to 4 ½ hours.
• There will be 3 examinations and all will be sat at the end of the course in Year 11.
Students
should have
their own
calculator
and bring it to
lesson
Available at
the LRC
English Language / English Literature GCSEs
• English Language – Reading and Writing – letters/ speeches/ reports articles
• English Literature- Shakespeare/ Poetry/ Drama/ Novel
• Two Separate GCSE qualifications (Graded 1 to 9)
Key Changes : English Language
• No Coursework / Controlled Assignments / No tiers
• 100% Examination at end of 2017
• Reading Paper: 50% - includes pre 20th Century extracts.
• Writing Paper: 50% - includes letters/ speech/ reports/
creative writing
Grammar/ spelling / technical accuracy
key element = 40% of marks
Example question:
A proposal has been made to hold a motorcycle race
on the roads in your area. Write an article for your
community magazine to share your views on this
proposal. You can write in favour or against the proposal.
English Literature GCSE 2015-2017
• 100% Examination - no tiers
• Two examination papers in
2017
• Focus on Pre-20th Century
writing
• 5% of total marks for accurate
spelling/punctuation and
grammar
Texts Studied
• One Shakespeare Play – Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet / Merchant of Venice
• 19th Century novel – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [Stevenson] / Silas Marner - [Elliot]
• Poetry Selection - 1798-2014 - Wordsworth / Duffy/ Owen/ Blake
• An Inspector Calls - Priestley
• Unseen poetry comparisons
Working Together
• Students will need to take and learn effective notes on texts across the year.
• School will provide all texts - poetry anthology and Dr Jekyll can be annotated.
• Parents will be given the opportunity to buy Shakespeare play Inspector Calls to enable son/daughter to annotate own copy.
• Notes must be learned/quotes committed to memory (closed book).
• All homework completed – show my homework (1 hr per week approx)
• Be organised to learn each lesson.
How much homework will a child be set?
• A minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 60 minutes per week
for each option subject, the core subjects (English, Maths and
each of the Science subjects), Citizenship and RE.
• Extra time for controlled assessment or preparation for examinations will be required at times throughout year 10 and 11.
• Students can do additional work at home to consolidate their
learning.
• Please contact Heads of Department if you have any questions about homework.
A simple online homework calendar showing homework information, deadlines and
attachments to support students when completing their homework.
From September 7th, all homework will be displayed online, using Show My Homework.
What is Show My Homework?
Benefits of SMHW for your child
• They can see all of their homework at the click of a button - 24/7
• Support materials can be uploaded to help them with their homework
• Teachers can set differentiated homework
• It provides a personalised experience to help your child stay organised and plan ahead
- Automatic due date reminders
• Parental support
Benefits of SMHW for Parents
• You can see exactly how much homework has been set for your child.
• It’s much easier to take part in supporting your child’s learning at home
• Improved communication with school
• Select the link on our school website to view the homework calendar.
• Here, all the school’s homework tasks are displayed, and can be filtered to find what you need.
• The homework calendar is here so that if you forget your login details, you can still find your child’s
homework.
• Click login to access your child’s personalised account.
Coloured blocks represent tasks.
The number in the corner of the block counts
down to its due date.
If a block is greyed out, the deadline has
passed.
A grey block with a coloured outline is a
deadline.
Highfields
School
• When you log in, if you have more than one child, they will appear on the
same page. From here you can find their homework.
• When you log in, your child’s homework appears in the calendar as a block, stretching from
the issue date to the due date.
• You can select a piece of homework for more details.
• In this view we can see a task’s title and description, how long the homework is expected
to take, and how it should be submitted.
• Helpful resources – files & websites – are displayed below the homework.
• When your child has logged in, they have a personalised to-do list.
• Homework is in order of deadlines, the nearest being at the top.
• On the right, they can see any Announcements or Events that apply to them.
Tick the boxes as you complete each task
to remove them from your to-do list.
• Parents and students can download the Show
My Homework App, for iPhone, iPad, iPod
Touch and Android Devices.
Support
Once you input the school email address on Show My Homework, you can
contact them if you need any support.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0207 197 9550
Twitter: @showmyhomework
School - [email protected]
Key Dates for 2015/16
Event Week Beginning
Progress Review 1 2nd November 2015
Progress Review 2 14th December 2015
Year 10 Parents’ Evening Tuesday 2nd February 2016 5.30pm
Progress Review 3 8th February 2016
School Exams Core Exams 21st March 2016
Option Exams 20th June 2016
Progress Review 4 2nd May 2016
Year 10 Final Reports 11th July 2016
Your Voice Matters
• As you leave tonight please take the time to complete an evaluation form.
• There are two forms:
• Form 1 - general opinions about Highfields and your relationship with the school as a parent.
• Form 2 - based on what you have heard tonight whether there is anything that you would like to follow up on in more detail.
• Based on your responses we will provide further sessions to help you support your child.
Thank you for attending the
Year 10 Welcome Evening
Our contacts are:
Emails for all staff are now @hswv.co.uk
We look forward to seeing on
Tuesday 2nd February 2016