OUTLINE OF THE EVENING
➢ Welcome
➢ Year 12 Advice
➢ Careers
➢ Calendar – the year ahead
➢ Core Subjects and changes to grading in English and Maths
➢ Resilience
KEY PERSONNEL
➢ Miss Brigden – Assistant Head for KS4
➢ Mrs Crafts – Head of Year 10 (A, C, H)
➢ Mrs Johnson – Head of Year 10 (M, S, W)
➢ Mrs Faulkner – Pastoral Support Assistant
KEY PERSONNEL
Mrs Taylor – Careers Coordinator
Mrs Westcott - Student Welfare Coordinator
Laura Franklin – Connexions Careers
ADVICE FROM YEAR 12Sara Safi, Helen Tilby, Emily Beazley
▪ Balance
▪ Revision
▪ Be organised
▪ Ask for help
▪ Motivated
▪ Extra Curricular
▪ Sleep
▪ Deadlines
CAREERS
“Schools and colleges should be encouraged to prioritise longer internships for older students, reflecting the fact that almost no young people move into full-time employment at 16; and government should correspondingly remove their statutory duty to provide every young person at KS4 with a standard amount of work-related learning.”
Wolf Report Review February 2015
EXTERNAL
SPEAKERSCONNEXIONS CAREERS ADVICE
➢ 16th September - Welcome to Year 10 Evening
➢ 12th November - Year 10 Consultation Evening
➢ December Term 1 Data Home➢ March Term 2 Data Home➢ 3-6th May - Year 10 Exam Week➢ 11th July - Year 10 Reports Home➢ November 2016 - A-level Options
Elevate
21st October - Study Sensei
1st December - Parents’ Seminar
3rd February - Memory Mnemonics
A letter about these sessions will follow shortly
▪ Citizenship - half-course GCSE
▪ Coursework done in Year 9 - 60%
▪ Exam - May 2016 (results Summer 2016)
▪ Two taught topics: ▪ Community Action and Active Citizenship
▪ Fairness and Justice
▪ No homework, but …▪ Read a quality newspaper
ONE GCSE EXAM IN YEAR 10
Rest of GCSEs taken at end of Year 11
CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS
▪ Different levels of control
▪ Spread out over the GCSE course – timetable of dates and subjects on the Year 10 website page.
TRIPLE AWARD
➢ All students
➢ Taught by subject specialists
➢ Three separate GCSEs
➢ 1 for each discipline
THE ISA PART 1
➢ Section 1 (45 minutes, 20 marks)
➢ Questions relating to student’s own research
➢ Candidates develop hypothesis
➢ Research methods to test hypothesis
➢ Prepare Risk assessment and results table
➢ Carry out investigation
➢ Record and analyse results
PART 2 THE WRITTEN TEST
➢ Section 2 (50 minutes, 30 marks)
➢ Questions related to the experiment
➢ Data sheet provided
➢ Compare own results with Case Studies
➢ Suggest how their ideas could be used in a new context
CHANGES in ENGLISH 2015➢ Assessment by 9-1➢ No Controlled Assessments➢ Assessment by terminal exam at the end
of Year 11➢ Closed book examination➢ More emphasis on Literary Heritage➢ Emphasis on wider reading➢ ‘Top down’ approach to curriculum from A
levels to GCSE➢ Ease of transition through content and
skills to A level➢ Change from AQA to Edexcel
ENGLISH LANGUAGEComponent 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing (40%)
Content➢ Study selections from a range of prose fiction➢ Develop skills to analyse and evaluate C19 fiction extracts➢ Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader➢ Use SPaG accurately
Assessment➢ Section A: Reading- questions on unseen C19 fiction extract➢ Section B: Writing - choice of 2 writing tasks, linked thematically to the
reading extract➢ Total marks = 64➢ Exam duration: 1hr 45 mins
ENGLISH LANGUAGE cont..
Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing (60%)
Content➢ Study a range of C20 and C21 non-fiction texts➢ Develop skills to analyse, evaluate and compare non-fiction extracts➢ Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of forms, purposes and
audiences➢ Use SPaG accurately
➢ Assessment➢ Section A: Reading- questions on 2 unseen non- fiction extracts➢ Section B: Writing - choice of 2 writing tasks, linked thematically to the
reading extracts➢ Total marks = 96➢ Exam duration: 2hrs
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature (50%)
Content
➢ Shakespeare play and a post-1914 British play or novel➢ Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and
context of texts can create meanings and effects➢ Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal
response
Assessment
➢ Section A: Shakespeare - 2 part question on an extract and then the relevance of the theme throughout the play
➢ Section B: Post-1914 British play or novel- 1 essay question➢ Total marks = 80➢ Exam duration: 1hr 45mins
ENGLISH LITERATURE cont...
Component 2: C19 Novel and Poetry since 1789 (50%)
Content
➢ C19 novel and poetry from the Edexcel anthology➢ Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and
context of texts can create meanings and effects➢ Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal
response➢ develop comparison skills
Assessment
➢ Section A: C19 novel - 2 part question on an extract and then the relevance of the theme throughout the novel
➢ Section B: 1. One question comparing 2 poems from the anthology 2. One question comparing 2 unseen poems
➢ Section B: Total marks = 80➢ Exam duration: 2hrs 15mins
AQA GCSE MATHS
New GCSE with grades 9 to 1
All exams sat in summer 2017
Three 1 hour 30 minute papers
One paper will be without a calculator
All students entered for Higher Level
Maths Setting
Students split into two bands depending on their option choices
Within each band split into sets
All sets doing Higher GCSE
Sets 1 and 2 may also have the chance to study for additional mathematics qualifications
Things to consider
➢ Recent research shows that an extra hour a day of TV, Internet or games in Year 10, results in two grades lower at GCSE.
➢ A recent highly publicised report highlights the problem of students using social media at night, for example waking up for messages. This has the effect of disrupting sleep and can have a significant impact on mental health. Our advice is to leave mobile phones downstairs at night.
Advice➢ At Home➢ Exercise
➢ Eat
➢ Sleep
➢ Talk
➢ At School➢ Get involved
➢ Nurture friendships
➢ Recognise when you need help
➢ Enjoy