The document provides information about an upcoming Year 10 Information Evening at a school. It includes details about exam information, revision tips, sixth form options, careers advice and work experience opportunities. Statistics are presented showing improved GCSE results in recent years. The importance of attendance, punctuality and developing good study habits are emphasized. Parents are given tips on how to support their children during Years 10-11, including setting goals, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and believing in them.

1. Year 10 Information Evening 2022
‘Being the best I can be’

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

3. 601 days 68 weeks 318 school days

4. 2019 results 2022 results National
Threshold at 4 and above 60% 74% 76% (2019)
Threshold at 5 and above 33% 58% 43% (2019)
% of students getting 7+,
A*-A
15% 26% 27% (JCQ 2022)
% of students getting 5+ 45% 61% 60% (JCQ 2022)
% of students getting 4+ 66% 76% 75% (JCQ 2022)
5+ 9-5 including Eng/Mat 30% 55%
4+ 9-4 including Eng/Mat 55% 60%
• 25% increase in student achieving a strong pass (5+ in English and maths
• 5% increase in students achieving a standard pass (4+) in English and
maths

5. 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).

6. Developing habits of hard work
Questions to ask yourself
• Am I engaged in the lesson? Am I focussed on my learning?
• Do my daily routines enable me to be the best I can be?
• How often am I revising?
• How do I revise? What works for me?
• What interventions can I attend?
• What do I need to change?

8. Year 10 and 11
children still require
support.
There is a range of
subjects and deadlines
to navigate.
Avoid ‘they should be
able to do it
themselves by now’
Supporting your child

9. How can you help your child
and prepare them to perform?
1. Being a role model
2. Help them set goals
3. Keep them active
4. Healthy eating
5. Time out
6. Sleep patterns
7. Unplugging
8. Belief
Each day you can
support your child to
make choices which can
impact how they perform
during KS4

10. Be a role model
Set a good example by
modelling the behaviour you
want your child to adopt…
• Planning for the week
• Eating healthily and well
• Keeping hydrated
• Leading an active life
• Staying calm
• Being organised
• Good sleep habits

11. Goal Setting
• Encourage them to keep their
goals planner visible – e.g.
printed and displayed on their
bedroom wall.
• Help focus them and talk to
them about their goals
regularly
• Give positive reinforcement
• Connect with them about
‘why’ and ‘what’ they want to
achieve

12. Keep Active 60
minutes
per day
• Encourage them to keep active on a daily
basis
• Carry out exercise in manageable chunks
e.g. 3 x 20 min sessions throughout the
day
• Plan to do active things together on a
weekend
• Go out for a walk together and get some
fresh air
• Plan weekly exercise sessions.
• After exercise your brain functions well, so
encourage a revision session afterwards

13. Healthy Eating
• Plan your family meals for the week
– breakfast, snacks, lunches and
evening meals
• Avoid high sugary and fatty foods or
drinks
• Encourage them to eat breakfast
everyday
• Hydration is key to brain functioning
so make sure your child carries a
bottle of water with them

14. 5. Time Out
Encourage them to build in opportunities to take some
time out every week, away from study. For example:
• Going out for food
• Seeing friends
• Having a bath
• Listening to music
• Reading a book
• Doing a hobby
• Going shopping
• Going to the cinema

15. 6.Sleep Patterns
• Young people need between 8 – 9
hours sleep per night
• Help your child create a relaxing
evening routine
• Make sure they don’t eat too late at
night
• Avoid giving them caffeine or
sugary drinks late at night
• Make sure they don’t work or revise
too late before going to bed
• Encourage them to switch off from
social media / technology at least
an hour before bedtime

16. 7. Unplugging
 Encourage them to unplug from
technology everyday
 Help them switch off from technology at
least 30 mins- 1 hr before going to sleep
 Make sure they put their phone away, &
on silent, while they are concentrating on
tasks / revision / homework
 Help them learn to have the control to not
be obsessed with their phone by having
set time without it each week

17. 8. Belief
• Give them positive reinforcement
• Boost their confidence daily
• Celebrate any successes and reward
them e.g. if they have achieved their
mini-goals
• Try not to set your expectations too high
• Show them how proud of them you are
• Highlight things to make them feel good
• Give them the belief in themselves to
help them achieve

18. Head of year
Ms Reid

19. Mrs Reid- Who Am I??
• 17 years at West Hatch
• 12 Years as Head of PE
• Deputy Head of Year 11 2021/22
• Mum to two girls.

20. Let me introduce you to our team….
MRS REID
Miss
Cox
Mr
Vimalanthan
Mr
Wallis
Miss
Marks
Miss
Fahy
Miss
Huggins
Miss
Judge
Mr
Luxmore
Miss
Forbes
9A1 9A2 9B1 9B2 9F1 9F2 9N1 9N2 9R1 9R2
Miss Young
Miss
Pizzo

21. Our Team’s steps to
success….
TURN
UP!!
TRY!!
TREAT
!!
TAKE
RESPONSIBILIT
Y!!
TEAM!
!

22. Form Time
• It is now 30 minutes in the morning.
• Crucial to build relationships with tutors
Monday PSHE ( Delivered by tutor)
Tuesday No Form- Straight to lesson 2
Wednesday RSE ( delivered by specialists) or Independent Revision
Thursday Big Read
Friday Uniform/behaviour/equipment check/ Independent revision
1 Families
2 Respectful relationships, including
friendships
3 Online and media
4 Being safe
5 Intimate and sexual relationships
Personal, Social and Health Education
Relationships and Sex Education

23. Other
opportunities
for your
children in
Year 10…………
DUKE OF
EDINBOROUGH
WORK EXPERIENCE
CAREERS INTERVIEW
( Plan for life after
Year 11)
STUDENT
LEADERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
(Form Reps, Student
Voice, Sports
Captains etc)
NUMEROUS EXTRA
CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
GEOGRAPHY FIELD
TRIPS/HISTORY- TRIP
TO BERLIN/ SPORTS
TRIPS

24. • 1 • Form tutor or
subject teacher
( or HoD if still
not solved)
• 2
• Miss Titus/Miss
Young
• 3 • Mrs Reid/
• Mr Tester/Miss Sharma ( for
serious safeguarding issues)

25. What can you do to help?
• Share high expectations-Attendance and Behaviour
• Uniform
• Breakfast
• Equipment
• Homework-Ask to see the results of their revision –
there should be an output

26. What will I give to
your children??
• I will LISTEN
• I will be PRESENT
• I will CARE
• I will be PROUD of you
• I want them to SUCCEED
• If they make a mistake…..I will be there to HELP
• I will have high EXPECTATIONS

27. Careers

28. Careers Education, Information, Advice &
Guidance (CEIAG).
Life after Year 11!
Mr G. Towsey
e:gtowsey@westhatch.net
t: 020 8504 8216 ext. 1058

29. Date for the Diary
Mock Interviews
Thursday 6th July (TBC)

30. Options After Year 11
Apprenticeship
College
Sixth Form

31. Year 10 Options
2022 - 2024
GCSEs
Future
Routes
BTECs
Choices
Advice
My Decision
Sometimes plans change…

32. Get the most out of
the opportunities
you are given!

34. West Hatch High School
Work Experience
10 – 21 July 2023
Parent/student talk

35. Three things!
• Lots of information, so …
1. Own placement – to guarantee choice
2. Deadline not a target – don’t leave own placement
until the last minute
3. Once any placement confirmed … contact
employer!

36. What is Work Experience?
• An unpaid opportunity for you to experience working life, whilst
you are still at school
• A chance for you to develop and practice new skills and become
more confident in your abilities
• A general experience of work, but can be vocational
• May help you refocus on education and form future career
choices

37. ‘Own Placements’
• Placements could be anywhere in the UK
• Employers in some occupations prefer direct approach by
students
• Prepare how you dress and what you will say to the
employer…..why do you want to work there?
• Prepare an introductory email
• Placements should not be with a direct family member
• Check the journey route, times and the cost
• Be realistic about what work you will do in that job role

38. • The employer must have Employer
Liability Insurance (ELI)
• All forms must be fully completed
with all employer contact details
• Must pass a pre-placement check
carried out by an approved person
• Forms must be signed and returned
to the school by 17th March 2023

39. Webview
(Online Work Experience System)
Opens April 2023
www.bepgroup.net
First and Last name
School will issue PIN

40. When you have successfully logged in you will be directed to the
student home page where you will be able start the process of
making selections
There is a student guide to the system available under the ‘work
experience literature’ icon
Click on ‘search’ to
start looking for a
placement

41. Filter by job
category and
location

42. A list of ‘available’
jobs will appear
By clicking on ‘view’
you can see a full job
description for the
placement you are
thinking of selecting
Most jobs available
on the system will be
in administration,
retail and education

43. Parent/carer’s should
also view the
selections to check
location, hours tasks
and health and safety

44. You will need to make a minimum of 3 and up to 6 ‘live job’
selections, put them in choice order and be prepared to go to any
one of your choices.
Submit before 2nd June 2023

45. After allocation
• You may need to reselect, if not allocated a job
• You will receive a job description which includes a risk
assessment for the job and a parental consent form
• This needs to be signed by the student and your parent,
guardian or carer and returned to school
• All students will be issued with a log book to record their work
experience

46. Employer Contact
• BEP informs the employer of the placement details…employers
do sometimes forget!
• On receipt of the parental consent form and job description, you
must contact the employer immediately to confirm your
attendance.
• Some employers may have to withdraw from accepting the
placement, this can be at a late stage
• In many cases, no contact = no work experience!!!

47. During the Placement
• You will be expected to work business hours. This is anything
up to a maximum of 40 hours per week!
• You must contact your employer if you are ill, running late or
attending an appointment
• BEP Group will be advised if you do not attend placement and in
turn will contact the school to find out where you are
• If you have any issues during your placement you must contact
the school

48. Whilst on placement you will be treated as an employee
by the company, you can be dismissed!
Phones
Attitude
Conduct
Timekeeping

49. After the Placement
• On completion of Work Experience employers can leave
feedback in your log book, have a look!
• You may be asked to complete a school evaluation form to
feedback about your placement
• On successful completion of your placement, you will be issued
with a certificate
• Some successful placements can lead to employment or more!

50. Important dates for year 10
Year 10 parents evening Thursday 23rd of February
Year 10 End of Year Tests Monday 5th of June
Year 10 Academic Review Week Monday 3rd of July
Year 10 work experience Monday 10th of July

51. 601 days 68 weeks 318 school days