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Y10 Expectations Evening September 2017
- 1. Welcome to Y10 ExpectationsEvening Mrs Ahmet & Mr Pooley
- 2. Vision for Y10 Highaspirations, high expectation.
- 3. How you cansupport? Check Go for Schools regularly Make sure homework is being completed after school Check books and read through work Ask questions Making sure students are properly equipped
- 4. Support in school Allstaff emails available online Parents evening HOY performance clinic Revision sessions at lunch and after school Learning for Life Well being
- 16. Science - Revisionguides can be purchased from the prep room Triple science - three individual revision guides (£3 each) Double - one revision guide (£3.50) Geography - Field trip to Norfolk in March Information on cost out later in the year Revision guide included into the price of trip MFL - Weekly homework to learn vocabulary. Followed by a weekly vocabulary, grammar or translation test. Students will be using the vocabulary express. Please encourage the use of the at home.
- 17. Importance of Attendance Studentsmust be in school every day If off for illness, students should email the class teacher and catch up before the next lesson Parents to key evening New form
- 18. Y10 Booklet -Website Grades Revision guidance Key Dates Exam specification - Head of Department, exam details
- 19. Key dates -Roadmap November - Performance clinics 21st February - Parents evening 26th-29th March - Geography field trip 2nd-9th May - Internal exams
- 20. GCSEs: overhaul meansresults are ‘incomparable to previous years’ 2017 Results Threshold measure 2015 2016 2017 5A*-C inc Eng and Maths 73% 80% 76% 2+ A*-C inc Science 75% 84% 81% Ebac 41 32 34
- 21. Y11’s looking back Keepworking hard throughout the year
- 22. SBAS 2017 Headlines– New Grades 1-9 Attainment 8 - Average per student is 5.7 which is between a grade A(7) and B (5.5) 76% of students gained level 4 and above in English and Maths English 32% grade 7 (previous A grade) and above 9 students achieving grade 9 (national average is 3.2 - SBAS is 5.8%) Maths 30% grade 7 (previous A grade) and above 8 students achieving grade 9 (national average is 3% - SBAS is 5%)
- 23. New Climate Parent Factsheet https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626681/GCSE_Factsheet_parentFormatted1.pdf The main conversion points are as follows: Grades 4 and higher are equivalent to grades C and above. Grades A and A* are being replaced by numerical grades 7, 8 and 9
- 24. Steve: YR12 Student ● Inthe summer of 2016 he took GCSEs in: -English Language -Maths -Additional Science -Spanish -RE -Resistant Materials -History -Drama ● He already had GCSEs from the previous summer in: -English Literature -Core Science
- 25. GCSE Assessment inYR 11 for Steve -English Language - One 2¼hr exam worth 60% of assessment, plus 40% CA - Maths - Two 1¾ hr exams -Science - Three 1 hr exams (75%), plus ISA (25%) -Spanish - One 50 min exam (20%), one 40 min exam (20%), plus 60%CA -PRE - Two 1½ hrs exams -Product Design - One 2hr exam worth 40% of assessment, plus 60% CA -History - One exam 2 hrs (45%) and one exam 1½ hr (30%), plus 25% CA -Drama - No exam, 100% practical assessment with written elements Total number of exam - 13 Total exam length - 18 hrs Year 11 summer exams represent 49% of total GCSE assessment
- 26. Steph: Currently year 10 ●In the summer of 2019 she will take GCSEs in: - English Language - English Literature - Maths - Combined Science - Spanish - PRE - Product Design - History
- 27. GCSE Assessment inY11 for Steph ● In the summer of 2019 she will take GCSEs in: - English Language - Two 1¾ hr exams - English Literature - One 2¼ hr exam, one 1¾ hr exam - Maths - Three 1 hr exams - Combined Science - Six 1¼ hr exams - Spanish - One 45 min exam, one 1hr exam, one 1¼ hr exam plus 25% NEA - PRE - Two 1¾ hr exams - History - Two 1 hr exams - Drama - One 1½ hr exam (40%), plus 60% NEA
- 28. Key messaging forstudents ● Grade 4 equivalent to a low to medium grade C, the threshold for a level 2 qualification. ● A grade 5 is broadly equivalent to a high C to low B. ● Fewer students are expected to get a grade 9 than previously got and A* ● Employers and post 16 providers encouraged to ask for a 4 where they would have asked for a C ● A level study ● University
- 29. Go 4 Schools- Targets Regular monitoring of progress, homework and attendance. Targets – They will be targets for the End of Y11. They are aspirational. Reports are created and published on go4Schools after each half term Some reports include data only Twice a year reports include brief comments from subject teachers – what is going well, what needs to improve and targets One report, towards the end of the year, will include a character report from a student’s form tutor All reports include a current grade (where your child currently is) which is colour coded to show if they are on track or not. They also include an attitude to learning (ATL) grade. Behaviour points - You will be emailed and have to then log into Go4schools to see more detail.
- 30. Post 16 Pathways Studentsneed the equivalent of at least 5 4 grades to enter the sixth form Average GCSE Points Curriculum Paths Length of Course Sixth Form Course 6 or above in most subjects Pathway 1 2 Year 3 A levels may also include and EPQ or a 4th A level Mixture of 5s with a few 6s Pathway 2 2 Year A mixture of 1 or 2 A Levels and 1 or 2 of the technical subjects listed below. Mainly 4s with some 5s Pathway 3 2 Year OCR Technicals in ICT or Business Studies BTEC Sport, BTEC Health and Social Care some of these may be the equivalent of more than 1 A level GCSE English/Maths re-sit if needed
- 31. Why aim forSimon Balle Sixth Form?
- 32. Why choose SimonBalle Sixth Form? ● Range of subjects for all abilities at level 4 ● Designated support for all students ● Opportunities for extra curricular and involvement around school ● More autonomy but still with the support network you are used to at SBS ● Own area that has sections for silent or group study plus your own coffee shop
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