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Year 11 Supporting Success Evening 2017
The document outlines the academic schedule and support strategies for Year 11 students preparing for GCSE exams, including mock exam dates and progress checks. It emphasizes the importance of effective revision and offers various resources and interventions to help students excel in subjects such as maths and English. Key features include tiered assessments, homework plans, and a focus on building strong study habits to improve performance.
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Year 11 Supporting Success Evening 2017
- 1. ‘To inspire andenable all students to be the best they can be’ The Year Ahead
- 2. Weeks to mockexams (1) Weeks to mock exams (2) Weeks to start of GCSE exams
- 4. What does theyear look like? Date What’s happening? 31st August Goal setting 5th September Supporting success 13th September Progress check (1) 25th September Information about Sixth Form at CLCC 2nd October Sixth Form tasters 9th October Exam Preparation 23rd October Progress Check (2) Exam Preparation - Elevate 9th November Sixth Form Open Evening 13th November Year 11 Mock Exams (1) including WTMs 14th December Results Day and Progress Check (3) Date What’s happening? 8th Jan Exam reward programme launched - Reach for the Stars 11th January Year 11 Parents Evening 22nd Jan Exam Preparation – Elevate Progress Check (4) 29th Jan Exam Preparation 19th Feb Maths, English, Science – registration time focus 26th Feb Year 11 Mock exams (2) 12th March Progress check (5) 16th April Year 11 Reports 14th May Exam Preparation Programme and start of exams 20th June Year 11 Awards Evening 28th June Year 11 Prom
- 5. What does aprogress check do? Teachers review tests/assessments and classwork in each subject This determines a Current Working At Grade (CWAG) in relation to GCSE grades and Projected Grade (PG) The CWAG is compared to the target grade so we can see whether students are:- - on target - above target - below target Planned Intervention then takes place
- 6. What is differentabout new GCSEs? No coursework Longer exams More challenging questions 9-1 grading
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- 9. How can youhelp them?
- 11. A mock examevery month Then every fortnight Then every week Plan the exam preparation Train in the shoes you are going to run in Make every workout count (try to reduce time and increase speed).
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- 13. What is it? Thisis our recommendation of how to spend each hour when revising. Why? Students can engage in ineffective revision which can limit their performance in examinations. Also, we are aware that it can be challenging to change students’ ingrained study habits. Therefore, we have designed a simple model to help clarify the most effective strategies and what these might look like over a period of an hour. It is our hope that this will help inform all students about the most effective strategies.
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- 16. Studying Maths • Allstudents do GCSE. • Homework is set weekly • There are two tiers of assessment: • Foundation giving GCSE grades 1-5 • Higher giving GCSE grades 4-9
- 17. GCSE Tiers andTargets • We would expect : • Sets 1 and 2: Higher Tier • Sets 3 : Higher or Foundation Tier • Set 4 and below: Foundation Tier
- 18. GCSE Maths Assessments •GCSE Maths is assessed by 2 exams both at the end of Year 11 June 2018 • Top set students who excel, will be offered the opportunity to do a Level 2 in Further Mathematics at the end of Year 11 We offer: • EDUQAS Higher to students likely to gain at least a grade 5 • EDUQAS Foundation to students who are working towards a grade 5 • AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics for the most able.
- 19. Homework • Pre-planned forthe year, set weekly • Advanced notice • Emailed to the student and as a booklet via their school email address or can be purchased from the cashier office • Teachers will check that homework is completed and provide answers • Specific pieces of work will be marked in greater detail
- 20. How Students Excel •Take responsibility – review learning, plan revision • Do their homework every week and take time to show methods • Know what to revise and use the appropriate resources • Use the PMA (PiXL Maths app) • Analysis of previous tests/APP • Revision Guides and Work Books • Past papers • www.mymaths.co.uk (User: Leysland, Password: octagon) • Access support from teachers, parents and friends
- 21. What is thePMA? It is an assessment program that accurately identifies strengths and areas to develop – using the online assessment bank or by assessing written papers
- 22. PiXL Maths App PiXLAPP for iOS / android or standalone School id: CL4199 Usernames/passwords: School username with no hyphens Eg “14LWiles”
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- 27. Further Resources tosupport learning and revision • Drop-in sessions run twice a week throughout the year ( open to all) • Intervention sessions to which students are invited ( you will receive a letter) • Every Tuesday and Thursday there are Maths specialists to help with homework topics covered that week ( posters around the Maths department)
- 28. We will supportall students to achieve their best • We identify students who are underachieving and intervene to boost their performance. This is particularly the case for those on grade borderlines • We have mocks in December and March but additional Walking Talking Mocks are also offered throughout the year. • As the final exam approaches we will provide additional revision opportunities. Sessions after school run every week on a Tuesday and a Thursday – the late bus runs on these days
- 29. GCSE Maths Students willthen take the linear exam in the June assessment series: Provisional Examination Dates: EDUQAS 24th May 2018 7th June 2018 AQA Further Maths 19th June 2018 21st June 2018
- 30. Find out aboutGCSE English by clicking the link below https://biteable.com/watch/year-11-supporting-success- 1523920/856dfa13499edc1be128053fe780f18c65624bec