Year 11 Welcome Parents Evening

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How can we assist students to achieve their full potential?

School Home

Student

Does this sound familiar?

“I don’t have any homework”

But…..The mock exams are just a few weeks off…. They start on 1 December and will run for

approximately 3 weeks.This is the students only chance to have a

trail runThey produce very important information

for usThey must be taken seriously

How can you assist at home?Allow students to take ownership3 different approaches:

- Subtle approach- Negotiate- Encouragement

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Things you can do

Ensure that everyone in the family knows the importance of external examinations and that study rooms are free from disturbance

Equipping: provide pens, paper, cards highlighters, folders, etc

Offer support and advice

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Negotiate

Periods of time for revision well in advance, during holiday times, especially at Easter

Paid work should be kept to a sensible amount of time & may need to be reduced during examinations

The most appropriate revision periods during the day, when distractions are least likely

Reduce distractions in the revision room (e.g. TV, radio, and switch off mobile phones)

EncouragementAssist with timetable preparation so that you

are aware of the weekly programme

Provide space to relax and take refreshments after a maximum 2 hour revision period (outside of the revision room)

Offer to test material

Use of revision websites, e.g. BBC Bitesize,exam board websites (past

papers)

Revision Timetableswww.myrevisionplan.comSuggest 2 sessions per day (during term

time)

Discuss the best times to revise, their most alert/receptive times. Plan to revise the most difficult topics at these times

Study more than 1 subject each day (e.g. Science in the morning, English in the

afternoon)

Revision TimetablesKeep the sessions short Set targets to be met for each session

Take regular breaks- every 40 minutes -hour

Ensure time is allocated for:Repetition and recallFrequent testing- at different levels of

difficultyRe-testing

Making a Mind MapTurn paper LandscapePut title in the middleSplit into sectionsUse different colours for each sectionKeep splitting up the sectionsUse pictures when neededKeep viewing the mind map

Revision method 2 The cardsCan make them out of paper if you wantOr buy a set of cardsWilkinson, Tesco and WH Smith all sell

these cards

Making the cardsThe idea is that you put the things you

must know on,1 concept or topic per cardCan design them how you wantCan include colours if you want and

picturesThese are kept and can be used to

revise in a short space of time.

What will we be doing at school?Tracking of Data• Grade Gathers of current grades

• MOCK PERIOD – Full reports

• Target grades

• Teacher Predictions

• Effort grades

What will we be doing at school?Interventions• 1-1 mentoring• Reward Trip• Post Mock Clinic• Motivational Group

Controlled AssessmentGCSE Coursework has goneIt has been replaced by controlled assessment

All work has to be completed at school under controlled conditions within a set time limit

Timetable is on the website!

“Study Leave”

No longer exists. There is now whole school planned revision.

Targeted revision sessions for all students based on examination and revision timetables

Departments organise sessions based on ability and the papers being taken

English Language GCSE – current position

Modular examinations were removed at the end of the academic year 2012-13. Students now only have one chance to gain their qualification.

The Speaking and listening element has been removed and is no longer part of the overall qualification grade. This 20% has now been added to the examination.

The weightings of the qualification is now 40% controlled assessment and 60% terminal exam.

English is essential to progress to most other courses.

SPAGSpelling, punctuation and grammar marks

are awarded in any subject that has a significant written element for example, RE, Geography, History and English etc.

When spellings are corrected in work students need to learn them especially key words and specialist terms.

MathsStudents will not be entered for the

statistics examination in addition to maths

Important DatesWeek beginning 15/9 interview evening23 October 2014: 6th Form Information Evening13 November 2014: Parents Evening1-19 December 2014: Mock PeriodWeek beginning 19 January 2015: Mock Results DayWeek beginning 9 February 2015:Post mock clinicWeek beginning 9 & 23 February English and Maths

mocksWeek beginning 23 March Final countdown evening11 May 2015: Summer Exam Series begins Week beginning 22 June 2015: Prom ( 26/6to be

confirmed)25 June 2015: 6th Form Induction Day20 August 2015: Results Day (to be confirmed)

Contact

• Mrs S Martin: HOY 11 or tutor s.Martin@overtongrange.sutton.sch.uk