This document provides information for parents on how to support their child's learning in Year 10. It discusses the benefits of parental engagement in education and examples of how parents can be involved, such as helping with homework and communicating with the school. It outlines expectations for Year 10, including key dates and exams. Resources are recommended for core subjects like English, maths, and science. The school's online tools for communication and homework are also introduced. The goal is to empower parents to help their child succeed in secondary education.
1. Year 10:
Power to Perform
• To give you an
overview of how you
can become engaged
with the college to
support your child’s
learning.
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3. ‘The more parents are engaged
in the education of their children,
the more likely their children are
to succeed in the education
system. School improvement and
school effectiveness research
consistently shows that parental
engagement is one of the key
factors in securing higher student
achievement’. (DFE Research
report 2010)
4. What
does this
look like?
• Learning at home: help with
homework, subject skills, other
skills and talents, attitudes, values,
aspirations and behaviour
• Communication: school-home;
home-school
• In-school activities: volunteering;
parents’ evenings, field trips;
• Decision making: undertaking role
as school governor or other
committees
12. SmithProforma
Diagnosis - These are the skills and areas of knowledge I
need to secure:
1. Technology vocabulary
2. Charity vocabulary
3. Opinion phrases
4. Formulating the future tense
5. Formulating the perfect tense
6. Using modal verbs
7. Idioms
8. Recognising subjunctive mood
Name: Subject : French Target: 5
Therapy - This is when and where I will secure the knowledge:
Every Monday from 1/10/15 - 21/10/15 in E3 with Mr Smith
Testing - This is when and where I will be tested on my new knowledge:
Wednesday 23/10/15 in the main hall
13. Rhythm of the Year
2019-20
• What to expect
• Key dates
• Things to keep an eye out for
14. Year 10: Key
Dates for
Parents
2019-2020
30th September
Latest performance and effort sent to parents this
week (1)
20th January
Latest performance and effort with written report
sent to parents this week (2)
22nd April Year 10 End of Year Examinations (for two weeks)
11th May (TBC)
Year 10 Mock Interviews (Careers Activity with
local business volunteers)
9th June Year 10 Results Day
9th June
Year 10 Parents' Evening - results and latest effort
given out at the evening (3)
10th June Post exam results intervention cycle begins
26th June Festival on the Field
29th June Work Experience (one week)
6th July
Anti-regression work set for the summer in
English, maths and science
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17. Getting Started
• Download the app
• Select the correct school
• The phone number of your
phone must be one stored in
our system to link up
• Once confirmed you are sent a
pin to type in
• This can take up to 24 hours.
• Any problems email:
myed@clcc.college
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20. Ensure notifications are switched
on – otherwise you will get the
messages but not the alert to say
they are there.
23. Your Child’s Name
A similar page will show for behaviour.
Please note that if your child receives a
detention there will be two entries. (1)
The original behaviour and (2) the
detention – this usually appears the
next day.
25. Speak to me at the end if you want a new pin for this
and we’ll get one sent out to you.
26. Key Actions for
Maths Year 10
• Keep the motivation up
• Get ready for revision
• Encourage good study skills
• Make sure they have a revision guide for
GCSE Maths 9-1 at the correct tier and a
scientific calculator
• Get them to make use of the following
resources –
PIXL MATHS APP
MY MATHS
Corbett Maths
27. Key Actions for
English Year 10
Ensure your child has copies of all
English Literature set texts and read
them yourselves!
Ensure homework is completed, using a
stop watch as appropriate to improve
time management.
Encourage your child to read quality
fiction and non-fiction to help improve
technical accuracy and widen their
vocabulary
Investigate different apps and websites
to find ones which your child likes, such
as Sparknotes, The Student Room, Mr
Bruff on YouTube and the PiXL Lit app
Look into going to performances of our
key Literature texts: Macbeth, A
Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls.
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3rd September 2019
General English Maths
Ensure you have
downloaded My Ed and
Show My Homework apps
Ensure notifications are
switched on so you receive
messages and check
regularly.
Key dates in the diary / on
the fridge.
Get in touch if you have
any questions. We want to
support and form tutors
(pastoral) and subject
teachers (academic) are
the best starting point.
Buy your child copies of all
English Literature set texts and
read them yourselves!
Ensure homework is
completed, using a stop watch
as appropriate to improve time
management.
Encourage your child to read
quality fiction and non-fiction to
help improve technical accuracy
and widen their vocabulary.
Investigate different apps and
websites to find ones which
your child likes, such as
Sparknotes, The Student Room,
Mr Bruff on YouTube and the
PiXL Lit app.
Look into going to
performances of our key
Literature texts, Macbeth, A
Christmas Carol and An
Inspector Calls.
Keep the motivation up
Get ready for revision
Encourage good study skills
Make sure they have a revision
guide for GCSE Maths 9-1 at
the correct tier and a scientific
calculator
Ensure they work through past
papers regularly at home
Get them to make use of the
following resources –
PIXL MATHS APP
MY MATHS
Corbett Maths
(My Maths username: Leysland
Password: Octagon)
Login for PiXL is cl4199 – personal
logins will follow
Year 10 Power to Perform Evening
Editor's Notes
PiXL Endurance is a strategy (with supporting resource) designed to help students develop exam related stamina and resilience in the period before they take their exams. We know that students are being well prepared at school for the content they will face in their exams and all of us are working hard to help them identify their weaknesses and to address them, assess them regularly and equip them as best we are able. However, sometimes students fail to help themselves. We know of the students who after eating a doughnut, some fizzy sw eets and a can of energy drink, think they are prepared to sit their exams. We know that some of them are not sleeping enough, not developing good working habits, finding it difficult t o know what to do first. We also know that issues around mental health are on the rise – s tudents who find the pressure and intensity of an exam period overwhelming and the expectation on them crippling.
The PiXL Endurance strategy is focused on the whole child through the lens of the 3Cs: how to help them understand and grasp the Currency, how to help them develop their Character and how to help them create a Culture that is conducive to effective learning. The strategy is made up of 3 parts:
Each area focuses on different elements of resilience and stamina with stories taken from the world of sport and from other successful people in the world of business and education. The material will be used by teachers for assemblies and in lessons plus we’ll be sharing it with parents of Year 11 at a workshop on the 13th February – just before the final run in to exams.
Students in KS4 and KS5 face a huge challenge – 100% terminal exams. They will sit more exams, for a longer period of time and they will be harder. Students will need to develop their stamina in order to succeed.
As busy adults, many of us bemoan our inability t o find the time to exercise; we suffer aches and pains from sitting all day at a desk and yet never more has the ‘wellness’ lifestyle been seen as a badge of honour. In short, we are fast becoming a nation of two halves, not so much the haves and have-nots so much as the movers and move-nots. Power to perform focuses in on the health and well-being elements and provides resources and strategies
We have a range of strategies to assist students with their examinations.
Many of the terms we use may be new to you so I thought I’d share them with you
PiXL – An organisation that comprises about half the schools in the UK. They offer support and advice to schools and we buy some of their services – like the PiXL Maths and English Lit apps you’ll hear about in a minute
Walking Talking Mocks
Keep the motivation up – Encourage hard work in lessons and getting on to extension and problem solving tasks. At home agree a work/social life balance, agree ‘a cannot do it yet’ attitude – not to give up if they find a topic hard or do badly on an assessment
Get ready for revision – ask them to show you their Maths book regularly , make sure they bring it home and read through notes made in lessons, ask them to show you their homework and how much work they have completed – they could start to make summary notes in a separate book of key learning –in Maths we ask the students to write down important key learning in Pink pen so it is easy to identify when they look back – ensure they have one
Encourage good study skills – In Year 10 and Year 11 they are doing homework every week – do you see them doing it at home – have they take time to write out the questions and worked solutions – ask, do they have a designated quiet space to work?
If you can engage with and discuss key themes, characters and the general plot with your child they will naturally begin to deepen their comprehension of the text.
We ensure students are aware of how much time they have for each question in the exam and as the year progresses they will hone these skills in school When they are given practice questions, or indeed do their own work they should limit their time in order to replicate the exam scenarios.
- If your child has access to quality fiction it will only sharpen and develop their vocabulary base – which will mean more sophisticated use of language and hopefully higher grades.
-Apps are quick and accessible – We will cover revision techniques in class but The Student Room is a great website for advice and support on revision techniques too, flashcards, mindmaps, note making, quizs.
- A theatre visit will provide an alternative way of accessing the text for some students – they will also be more aware that it was originally intended to be performed as a drama.