please help yourself to complimentary tea and coffee from the canteen year 10 english and maths...

Please help yourself to complimentary tea and coffee from the canteen

Year 10English and Maths

Evening12th October 2015

The new English and Maths GCSEs began this

September; the first exams will be in the Summer of 2017.

Results will be graded 1 to 9 instead of A* to G.

New GCSE Grades: English and Maths

New grading structure for GCSE

Grade 5 will be the new ‘good pass’ for GCSE Mathematics and English

Report Card/Target Grades

This year, for English and Maths only, students will receive a target grade with a number and either the letter a, b, or c.6a = very secure in the grade (B+)6b = mostly secure in the grade (B) 6c = insecure in the grade (B-)

English at KS4

Year 10 EnglishAll of our current Year 10 will be sitting the brand new English Literature and Language GCSEs in the summer of 2017.

They started to prepare for both of these qualifications this September.

2 for the price of

1

2 for the price of 1GCSE Language

Two exams: Both are 1hr 45minEach worth 50%+Non-assessed Spoken Language tasks

All reading material is previously unseen

GCSE Literature

Two exams: Paper 1 is 1hr 45min long and worth 40%Paper 2 is 2hr 15min long and worth 60%

Both are closed text exams – this means students are not allowed to have copies of the texts with them

GCSE English LanguagePaper 1Section A) Reading a literature fiction text from the 20th or 21st CenturySection B) Descriptive or narrative writing

Paper 2Section A) Reading 2 non-fiction texts from the 19th, 20th, or 21st Century Section B) Writing to present a view

GCSE English LiteraturePaper 1Section A) Shakespeare:

Romeo and JulietSection B) 19th Century Novel:

A Christmas CarolPaper 2Section A) Modern Texts:

An Inspector Calls and Animal FarmSection B) AQA Poetry AnthologySection C) Unseen poetry

How can you help?

To read is to succeed

–Encourage your child to read something for pleasure for at least 15 minutes a day:

–Novels, newspapers, magazines, film/game reviews, graphic novels, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, travel writing, letters, essays.

(But Facebook doesn’t count ) –Then practise writing in these styles–We highly recommend buying cheap

copies of the set texts so that notes can be made at home

How can you help?

How can you help?• It is all about the S.P.a.G.

–Spelling –Punctuation–and Grammar

• There are lots of free apps that help with spellings – 4pics1word - Linkee– The logo quiz - Ruzzle– Scrabble - Miss Spell’s Class

Useful Websites for English

• BBC Bitesize/Skillswise• Englishbiz.co.uk (SPaG)• Youtube (especially for

literature as there are lots of revision screencasts)

Maths at KS4

Key Stage 4 Maths

1. Foundation Edexcel Certificate in Maths GCSE.

2. Higher Edexcel Certificate in Maths GCSE

Both qualifications involve three exams at the end of year 11, one Calculator and two Non-Calculator, all with equal weighting.

Foundation Edexcel Certificate

• This course has a heavy emphasis on number and functional skills of mathematics that are needed in adult life.

• There is an increase in breadth and depth of study in the new GCSE.

• And content moving down from the Higher Tier to the Foundation tier at GCSE

Higher Edexcel Certificate

• This course has a heavy emphasis on algebra and application of mathematics.

• There is an increase in breadth and depth of study in the new GCSE.

• And content moving down from A Level maths to the Higher tier at GCSE.

Six Strands

• The new GCSE covers six strands of maths, with increasing difficulty.

1. Algebra2. Geometry and measures3. Statistics4. Number5. Probability6. Ratio, proportion and rates of change

How can you help?

• A little maths everyday helps!!!– Encourage your child to practice a skill

everyday: times tables, long multiplication.– Talk about time with them: get them to read

timetables for bus routes or trains.– Ask them to measure ingredients when

cooking, discuss metric and imperial measures.

– Revise with flashcards the formulas they need to remember.

Useful Websites for Maths

• BBC Bitesize• corbettmaths.com• ixl.com

Maths Emails

Mrs G Sargent. Team Leader. gsargent@castlepartnership.org.uk

Miss M Kempen . mkempen@castlepartnership.org.uk

Mrs M Humphry. mhumphry@castlepartnership.org.uk

Miss V Lacostevlacoste@castlepartnership.org.uk

Mr B Libli@castlepartnership.org.uk

English EmailsMiss Morse KS4 & 5 Team Leader = jmorse3@castlepartnership.org.ukMiss Grimstone KS3 Team Leader =agrimstone@castlepartnership.org.ukMiss Cianciola = gcianciola@castlepartnership.org.ukMiss Towers = ltowers@castlepartnership.org.ukMrs Crawford = gcrawford@castlepartnership.org.ukMiss Haynes = mhaynes@castlepartnership.org.ukMr Gardiner = pgardiner@castlepartnership.org.ukMrs Spicer = jspicer@castlepartnership.org.uk Mrs Horne = vhorne@castlepartnership.org.ukMrs Stoneham = estoneham@castlepartnership.org.uk

General help

• Sleep!• Keep Hydrated• Eat Healthily• Full Attendance

Questions

There is now the opportunity for a short Q&A session with both teams.

The English Team will be in the Library behind you.The Maths team will be available in the Maths’ corridor.