Year 11 Information Evening, 26th September 2023

1. 226 days 32 weeks 110 school days

2. Mr Pearson
• Exam Information, revision and supporting your child.
Mrs Reid
Head of year and tutor team information.
KS4 core subject leads
• Information and top tips from English, maths and science
Mrs Steadman
• Sixth form information
Mr Towsey
Careers and aspirations

3. •Students achieving 4+ in English
& Maths: 72%
•
•Students achieving 5+ in English
& Maths: 48%
•
•Students achieving 5+ in English: 69%
•
•Students achieving 5+ Math's: 54%
GCSE Results headlines

4. What does this mean for our current year 11?
• Results dropped 2019 levels and will remain roughly there.
• No allowance or adaptations to exams due to COVID impact.
• Target grades are within reach, although the top grade boundaries
were higher this year
• Those who worked hard got what they deserved (at all levels of
ability)
• Attended after school intervention
• Good revision techniques – practice and learn from mock exams
• Sustained effort throughout the year
• Managed their coursework deadlines well
• Listened to our advice
• Knew what they needed for their next stage in their education

5. DPR-Dynamic progress reporting

7. How are students assessed in year 11?
Use of DPR system
PPE (pre public examinations)
• Marked and fed back to students (percentage score of
assessment)
• DAG (grade 1 to 9)
Attitude to learning scores (1 to 4)
• Lesson contribution. Independent study. Response to
feedback.

8. Important dates for year 11
PPE1 (all subjects) Wednesday 20th November
PPE2 (core only) Monday 26th of February
Year 11 parents evening 18th January 2023
Year 11 prom 26th June 2023

9. Date Start
Length of
Exam
Subject
Component
Title
Level Year Group Location(s)
Wed 23 Nov 08:45 01:45 Science: Physics Physics Exam Paper 1 GCSE 11
110 - Hall
132 - Gym
Break time
Wed 23 Nov 11:05 01:30 Computer Science
Paper 1 - Computer
Systems
GCSE 11
Hall
Lunch time
Wed 23 Nov 13:30 01:15 Business GCSE Business - Paper 1 GCSE 11 Hall
Wed 23 Nov 13:30 01:30 Media Studies
Component 1 - Exploring
the Media
GCSE 11
Hall
End of school day
Thu 24 Nov 08:45 01:45 English Language
English Lang - Paper 1 -
Writers' Viewpoint & Pers
GCSE 11
110 - Hall
133 - Gym
Break time
Thu 24 Nov 11:05 01:15 Economics Economics - Paper 1 GCSE 11
Hall
Thu 24 Nov 11:05 01:00 Drama
Drama: Performance and
Response
GCSE 11
Hall
Lunch time
Thu 24 Nov 13:30 01:00 Economics GCE Economics - Paper 1 GCE 13 Gym
Thu 24 Nov 13:30 01:45 Geography
Component 1 -
Investigating Geographical
Issues
GCSE 11 110 - Hall
64 - Gym
End of school day
Example PPE timetable
This is an example of
the PPE’s and their
structure.
There will be exams at
the following times of
the day
• 08:45
• 11.00
• 13:30

10. Student PPE timetable
Students will receive a
timetable for each of
their exams for the
PPE.s
This will be emailed
out to students and
parents in advance of
the PPE

11. Attendance and punctuality
100% = 0.23 of a grade above expected in each subject
96% = 0.15 of a grade above expected in each subject
Less than 90% = 0.93 of a grade below expected in each
subject
Punctuality
0 lates = average of 0.49 above expected in each subject
10 lates+ = average of 0.45 below expected in each
subject
•93% attendance will give a student a 73% chance of
achieving their GCSE target grades.
•Below 90% attendance will give students only a 27%
chance of achieving their GCSE target grades.
•If attendance improves by 1%, attainment improves by 5-
6% (DfE).

12. • Normal high standard of teaching and support where needed in the classroom.
• Emphasis on low stakes retrieval testing at start of lessons to identify learning gaps.
• New lesson structures to enable the use of DPR feedback and one to one support.
• Timetabled subject intervention opportunities.
• Coursework support leading up to fixed deadlines
• Study spaces and study hall set up on Wednesdays and Thursdays after school.
• Revision guidance documents to be shared in advance of mock exams.
• Form time intervention (targeted intervention or revision time)
• Careers and next steps guidance during form time
• Use of new technologies such as MS Teams and online learning platforms to
support independent study and access to resources
What regular support is on offer during year 11?

14. Importance of revision and making it stick
The graph shown here is called "The
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve".
It indicates the rate at which human
beings forget new information.
As you can see, we forget almost 70% of
what we learn within 24 hours.
Even in the first 1 hour, you’ll forget more
than half of what you've learned,
probably, although we all have different
rates of retention.

15. One hour of form
time is assigned
for revision!
226 days 32 weeks 110 school days

16. •List all the subjects that you need to do revision for.
•Now rank them in order, with the first being the subject in
which you need to do the most revision.
• Look at your last report (year 10PC3). Think about your target
grades and current attainment to work this out. Discuss with
teachers if you need to.
Revision timetables-getting started

17. Subjects to revise for:
•Maths
•English
•Science
•Geography
•History
•Music
•Business Studies
Rank order (most revision needed)
1st. Science
2nd. Maths
3rd. Geography
4th. English
5th. Business Studies
6th. Music
7th. History
Ranking subjects for revision

18. Revision timetables-Creating the timetable
• Colour-code subjects so that your timetable is easy to read and you can
glance at it quickly and know what you’re doing.
• Make sure you put sessions in that allow you to relax and unwind. Try to
find time to see friends and family and do the things that you enjoy.
• Be realistic! For example: Don’t plan to revise maths for 12 hours solid on
a Saturday, because it won’t happen and you won’t benefit from it. Break
the day up into manageable pieces and do spend hours trying to do the
same thing – it won’t help you.
• Have your revision timetable somewhere where you will see it everyday,
so it acts as a reminder of what you need to do.
• Put a copy on your phone or set alarms/reminders that will help you stick
to your plan.

21. What can parents do-making it stick
1. Check that your child has the tools for the job –
revision guides, books, coloured pens, past exam
papers.
2. Be a revision partner – test them on flash cards,
time them doing an exam question, get them to
explain topics to you.
3. Motivate and encourage. Are they spending enough
time revising? Are they taking rest breaks? Plenty of
food, drink, exercise and sleep!
4. Understand the stress and keep them positive!
Make sure there’s somewhere quiet where they can
work uninterrupted

22. The testing effect-making it stick

23. (3) Effective Study Strategies: Webinar for parents and carers - YouTube

24. Head of year
Mrs Reid

27. Issues/ Support being put in to place for
pupils
• Pupils stressing that they will not get the grades they want.
• We have a range of intervention classes in place.
• Wednesday/Thursday after school compulsory catch up classes.
• Pastoral team
• Lates/attendance- as of Friday 22nd September-
• Prom/Leavers day/
• Silly Behaviour ( break time and disruption of lessons)
• Removal from the lesson/loss of break and lunch times ( please
support this)

28. If you do not do the right thing…
• Last year …..pupils were not allowed to prom
• Last year ……. pupils were not allowed to leavers day
• ….. students had to sit their exam at another school
or had to be escorted in to their exam and then
straight off site.
• …….were not allowed in for revision sessions
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29. Leavers day

30. Prom

31. Yearbook

33. Concerns or questions
• First port of call is the form tutor.
• Any safeguarding concerns go to Miss Bolashodun.
• Any detentions or subject questions go to the class teacher or HOD.
• Any severe incidents go to Mrs Reid.
• If you would like your son/ daughter to drop a subject, you will need
to discuss this with the HOD and they will fill in a form.

34. Tutor time
• Most forms will be getting at least an hour of revision time per week.
• We will be teaching the students how to revise over the next few
weeks.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Uniform and
equipment
check.
Briefing from
HOY.
PSEC.
No form-
straight to L2.
Uniform and
equipment
check.
Intervention
sessions or
Pupil catch up
Uniform and
equipment
check.
Student-led
independent
revision.
Uniform and
equipment
check.
Intervention s
essions
or Pupil catch
up

35. Wellbeing and strategies for stress
• Sleep
• Phones
• ‘Switching off’ time
• Healthy diet
• Being prepared
• Being in school
• Belief

36. Being in school
• One study showed that
absence from class was
highly significant in
lowering the grade of a
student. 10 absences in
a given term would
lower a grade by 0.6,
which would be the
difference between a 4
and a 5. (Shiming, 2009)

39. Links for home
• Home - Kooth –chat to qualified people online if you are feeling down/
worried
• Childline | Childline – useful videos and has a number you can call to talk to
someone
• Essex EWMHS (@ewmhs_nhs) • Instagram photos and videos- you can talk
to someone on Instagram from 9am-5pm
• meditation music - YouTube – meditation music can be calming.
• Meditation for Teenagers Stress & Anxiety - Guided Meditation for Teens -
YouTube – there’s lots of videos on YouTube that guide you through
meditation sessions

40. Core subject information
English, Maths and Science

41. Year 11 English Language
and English Literature
Ms Rudz - English KS4 Coordinator
srudz@westhatch.net

42. Year 11 Mathematics
Mr Heek’s - Maths KS4 Coordinator
Oheeks@westhatch.net

43. Science
Mr Hikel – Head of science
GHikel@westhatch.net
OCR Gateway Science A

44. Sixth form
Mrs Steadman

45. WELCOME TO
WEST HATCH SIXTH FORM
www.westhatch.net

46. Careers and aspirations
Mr G. Towsey

47. Careers Education, Information, Advice &
Guidance (CEIAG).
Life after Year 11!
Mr G. Towsey
e:gtowsey@westhatch.net
t: 020 8504 8216

48. Options after Year 11
Apprenticeship
College
Sixth Form

49. All the information you need!
tinyurl.com/PostYear11

50. Top Tip 1
Go to Open Days/Evening and
get your applications in sooner,
rather than later.
Apply for the right course.

52. Top Tip 2
If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
I’m not psychic,
but I am happy to help!

53. Top Tip 3
Make sure you’re nice to me…
I’ll be writing your reference!
Mr Geoffrey Towsey ¦ Careers Leader ¦e:gtowsey@westhatch.net ¦ t: 020 8504 8216

54. Important dates for year 11
PPE1 (all subjects) Wednesday 20th November
PPE2 (core only) Monday 26th of February
Year 11 parents evening 18th January 2023
Year 11 prom 26th June 2023

55. 226 days 32 weeks 110 school days