year 10 curriculum evening 2016

The Sacred Heart Language CollegeYear 10 Curriculum Evening – Thursday 6th October 2016

The Sacred Heart Language College

Academic Achievement

89% 5 or more A*-C GCSE passes

85% achieving English and mathematics

82% achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSE passes including English and mathematics

40% A* and A grades

Academic Achievement

The Sacred Heart Language CollegeOutstanding Progress

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Past Pupil’s Experience of GCSE

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EnglishMr Flinn

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GCSE 9-1English Language and Literature(Edexcel)

LANGUAGE, EXAM 1

LANGUAGE, EXAM 2

LITERATURE, EXAM 1

Shakespeare: Macbeth

Post-1914 Play:An Inspector Calls

LITERATURE, EXAM 2

19th Century Novel: Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

HydePoetry

Anthology:Relationships

Read, Understand, and Respond to Texts – Using

Textual References(37%)

Analyse how Language, Form and Structure are

Used to Create Meanings (42%)

Explain, Comment on, and Analyse Language

(15%)

Identify and Interpret, selecting evidence

(7%)

LIT ASSESSMENT LANG ASSESSMENT

Vocabulary, Sentence Structure, Spelling and

Punctuation(20%)

Communicate Effectively using Structure and

Grammar(30%)

LANG AND WRITING

“Transferable Skills”

“In recent years, higher education institutions and employers have consistently flagged the need for students to develop a range of transferable skills to enable them to respond with confidence to the demands of undergraduate study and the world of work.”

Edexcel GCSE English Language Specification, p.29

“Transferable Skills”

Cognitive skills ● Non-routine problem solving – expert thinking,

metacognition, creativity. ● Systems thinking – decision making and

reasoning. ● Critical thinking – analysing, synthesising and

reasoning skills.

Edexcel GCSE English Language Specification, p.29

• Y7 19th Century Novel • 4 Shakespeare Plays• 8 Essays at KS3, all of

which analyse language

• Y9 Transactional Writing for Speech

• Y9 Shakespeare exam (GCSE question)

• Y9 Writing Unit studying Gothic Texts

• KS3 Reading – over 3000 books read and reviewed last year

• Y10 – 6 Practice Questions and Reflection Folders

Why Should You Be Confident?

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

1141

1020

899

• Rather than sitting part of the course as Year 10 students, you will have had 2 years of

preparation• Past Exam Success – Same teachers and same

systems in place

Why Should You Be Confident?

CHALLENGES: 1. MEMORY

Literature 1:Q1 – Text GivenQ2 – From MemoryQ3 – From Memory

Literature 2:Q1 – Text Given Q2 – From MemoryQ3 – Unseen Q4 – From Memory

1. MEMORY

What do I need to Know?

What don’t I know?

How do I get the info I need to know?

2. CONTENT

2. CONTENT

2. CONTENT

2. CONTENT and ORGANISTION

The Sacred Heart Language College“Drop Down Days”

Extended, 4-lesson English Sessions where the entire Year Group will revise and prepare

English Conferences

Trips involving specialist speakers and examiners who will give students direction re: the course and assessment

Literature App

Tool available to electronic devices which helps students prepare and learn quotes, themes, characters and key scenes

What happened to Year 10?

“Also, in light of recent events, as a special

school treat, all exams have been cancelled!”

Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling

[The system] ‘brings only a sense of worthlessness and hopelessness. It brings fear and shame and

anxiety. It separates from those who have passed, rocks confidence, ruins self esteem. You disappoint yourself, disappoint others. You give up. I gave up.’

REFLECTION and RESILIENCE

REFLECTION AND PROGRESS

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MathematicsMs Thenuwara

Success in 2016

• Increased assessment time (4½ hours)• Three papers, worth 80 marks each• Paper 1 non-calculator• Paper 2 and 3 calculator• Fewer formulae available in examinations Your daughter will have to learn the formulae!

Examination specifics

Formulae to Learn

Formulae to Learn

• Content area• Number • Algebra• Ratio, proportion, rates of

change• Geometry• Probability & Statistics

Higher Foundation 25% 15% 20% 30% 25% 20% 15% 20% 15% 15%

Content

• Coverage of broader and deeper mathematical content, delivered through a single extended GCSE• Problem-solving at the heart of teaching and learning and

of the assessment• Higher tier will include questions that will stretch the most

able• Foundation tier will focus on core mathematical

understanding and skills for all students to master• A greater focus on problem-solving• Additional requirements to provide clear mathematical

arguments

Implications

• New to Foundation tier: 14 topics

• use of pi and surds• reverse percentages• factorising quadratics • basic trigonometry • circle properties • vectors • Venn and tree diagrams

• New to Higher tier: 6 topics• gradient at a point on a curve as rate of change • areas under graphs • Venn diagrams (conditional probability)

• standard form • compound interest• simultaneous equations• direct and inverse proportion• fractional scale enlargements• conditional probabilities• frequency trees

• functions • geometric progressions• frequency trees

New content

New grading

CURRENT GRADE NEW STEP DEFINITION

A* Grade 9/8

A Grade 7 B Grade 5/6 C Grade 4/5 Mostly grade 4, some grade 5

D Grade 4 E Grade 3 F

Grade 2

G Grade 1 U Grade 0

Grade definitions

• An optional maths clinic will run on Monday lunchtimes 1:00-1:30• Mymaths• Kite• Mathswatch• Pixl app-Easter and May conference available for pupils• Departmental intervention

Support given

My maths

Main Page Worksheets from eBook

Maths watch

Pixl

Kite

• High standards of behaviour• Homework completed on time• Motivated and Focused• No substitute for hard work• Practice makes perfect-using PIXL WTM and WTmark• Take control of independent Learning• Take personal notes• Identify areas of weakness • Research• Learn something new each week

Expectations

There is no substitute for hard work

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Head of Year 10Ms Kalinoe

• 18th November 2016 – Progress 1

• 27th January 2017 – Progress 2

• 1st February 2017 – Parents’ evening • 18th April 2017 – Exams begin

• 26th May 2017 – Progress 3

• 26th June 2017 – Year 10 study week

• 18th July 2017 – Business day

Key Dates

• Helpful advice on pages 17 and 23 of the Parents’ Handbook, which can be found on our school website.

• Attendance and punctuality

• Homework

• Revision/Study (‘regular check ins’)

Efficient use of time

• Providing a quiet work space

• Extra curricular activities

• Social activities/social networking/watching television

Efficient use of time

Time (hour) Activity

33.6 Internet 33.75 School

12 homework 63 sleep

27.65 Family life, Extra-curricular activities and revision

Efficient use of time

1 week = 7 days 7 days × 24 hours = 168 hours in a week

Source: BBC survey

Efficient use of time

33.6; 20%

33.75; 20%

10; 6%

63; 38%

27.65; 16%

• Establishing and enforcing routines

• Revision

• Healthy eating habits

• Exercise/sports

• Family time

Efficient use of time