This document contains information about Plumstead Manor School's Year 10 Pastoral Evening. It includes an agenda with topics to be covered by subject teachers from 5:30-6:30pm. Students are encouraged to ask questions during the question period from 6:30pm onwards. The document also provides information about attendance expectations, tutor time schedules, mock exams, and GCSE subject overviews and exam structures.

1. Plumstead Manor Schoo
Welcome to Year 10
Pastoral Evening
Ms Reynolds – Head of Year 10

2. 5.30-5.45 Introduction to Year 10 Pastoral evening
Ms Reynolds
5.45-5.55 Data
Mr Brunt
5.55-6.05 Science
Ms Bhadare
6.05-6.15 English
Ms Brickley
6.15 – 6.25 Maths
Mr Kennedy
6.25 – 6.30 Paige Ansary
Y11 student
6.30 onwards Questions and meet the form tutors!

3. Plumstead Manor Schoo
All students should be aiming
for 96% attendance as a
minimum.
Anything below this severely
hinders your chances of
reaching your full potential.

4. Plumstead Manor Schoo
Tutor Time
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Planner,
equipment
and uniform
check.
Assembly Silent
reading or
revision
Tutorial
programme
Current
affairs
• Students should be in their tutor bases at 8.30am for
registration. After this time, they will be asked to sign in.
• 1 late = 10 minute same day detention with the tutor.
• 2 lates = 10 minute same day detention with the tutor.
• 3 lates = 45 minute detention with Ms Reynolds.
• 4 or more lates = 1 hour SLT detention.
• This is taken from AM and PM registration.

5. Plumstead Manor Schoo
Mock Exams
Students must have their student ID card.
Students must be in full and correct uniform.
Students should ensure they have appropriate equipment
(black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, pencil sharpener and
calculator for examinations that allow this).
For examinations students will muster in the space at
the time set out below:
P1 and 2 – 8.15am muster
P3 and 4 – 10.45am muster
P5 and 6 – 1pm muster

6. Plumstead Manor Schoo
Any questions…?

8. Practice Exam Questions
Exam Board: AQA

9. Exams
Core Science
• Biology Unit 1
• Chemistry Unit
1
• Physics Unit 1
Additional
Science
• Biology Unit 2
• Chemistry Unit 2
• Physics Unit 2
Triple Science
• Biology Unit 3
• Chemistry Unit
3
• Physics Unit 3
Investigative
Skills Assessment
• Core
• Additional
• (Triple)

10. Plumstead Manor Schoo
Sources to support your revision

11. Revision sessions – Thursdays
3.15-4.15pm in run up to exams

12. How to revise?

13. Revision Resources
• BBC bitesize
• mygcsescience.com
• Youtube
• Sam learning
• Revision guides - £2.99

14. Take breaks and give
yourself rewards

16. GCSE English Language
GCSE English Literature
and

17. Exam Board: AQA
GCSE English Language (8700)
GCSE English Literature (8702)

18. Language Exams:
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and
Writing ( 1hour 45 minutes) 50%
• 4 comprehension questions on an unseen
fiction extract
• 1 creative writing task using an image as
stimulus
Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives (1
hour 45 minutes) 50%
• 4 comprehension questions on 2 unseen
non-fiction sources
• 1 argumentative writing task responding to a
statement

19. Literature Exams:
Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel
(1hour 45 minutes) 40%
• Macbeth – an essay question on character or
theme based on a short extract and linked to the
rest of the play
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - an
essay question on character or theme based on a
short extract and linked to the rest of the novel
Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry (2 hours 15
minutes) 60%
• An Inspector Calls – an essay on character or
theme
• Anthology Poetry – a comparative essay on a
theme in 2 poems
• Unseen poetry – 2 questions on 2 unseen poems

20. English 1-9
New GCSEs will be graded 9–1, rather than
A*–G, with grade 5 considered a good pass
and grade 9 being the highest and set above
the current A*.

21. Sources to support your
revision

22. How and what to
revise?The Literature mock will be on Macbeth.
This is a closed text exam – meaning you
need some quotations memorised, as well
as to be able to discuss how and
why your character or theme
develops. Try:
Character
timelines
Mindmap
s

23. How and what to
revise?The Language mock will be Paper 1:
Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing.
To prepare for the unseen element, get used
to reading often.
http://www.everywritersresource.com/shortst
ories/by-email/
BBC Bitesize English has a good section on
writing for Section B.

24. Revision sessions – Wednesdays 3.15 -
4.15pm in run up to exams

25. Revision Resources
• BBC bitesize
• Shmoop
• Youtube
• Revision guides – about £5
• Slideshare
• No Fear Shakespeare

26. Year 10/11 Schedule
 Week beginning 27th June – End of year exams
 End of year reports highlighting the following
1) Updated GCSE predictions (all fine graded)
2) End of KS4 targets
3) Progress
4) Learning qualities – Collaboration,
imagination
Discipline, Resilience and Curiosity
5) Tutor comments
 Baseline data for the start of Year 11

27. Year 11 Schedule
 Term 1 and 2 – Series of internal assessments.
 Reports generated to provide students and
parents with updated predictions, progress
and current attainment.
 Term 3 – Year 11 mocks in all subjects.
 Mock results day with current attainment
reports given to all students and sent home.
 Parents evening – all parents and carers
invited in to discuss mock results and
progress with teachers and staff.
 Term 4 – final mock examination.
 Final progress updates leading into GCSE
exams.

28. GCSE Grades to Band
conversions
Old GCSE
Grade
New GCSE
Band
A** 9
A* 8
A 7
B 6
C1 5
C2 C3 4
D 3
E 2
F 1

29. Keeping informed
• Visit our school website to keep
informed of latest news and events at
school
• Visit us on @plumsteadmanor
@plumsteadmanorschool