inspiring challenging achieving year 11 maths and english parental learning evening 4 th october
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Year 11 Maths and English Parental Learning Evening
4th October
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Key dates ahead
• Monday 15th October – Monday 22nd October ENGLISH COACHING WEEK
• During this week your child will have only English (with the exception of a few periods of maths)
• They will complete their Speaking and Listening exam as well as their coursework
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Key dates ahead
• Tuesday 23rd October – English IGCSE exam
• Wednesday 24th October – Friday 26th October – Maths Coaching
• Your child will attend no lessons except maths
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Key dates ahead
• Monday 5th November – Intensive maths day
• Tuesday 6th November – Maths paper 1
• Wednesday 7th November – Maths day to prepare for paper 2
• Thursday 8th November – Maths paper 2
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The English IGCSE
• International Qualification
• Many schools already enter it – and many more will do so this year
• Different paper to AQA but similar skills
• Offers a further opportunity to gain that all important GCSE C and above
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• 3 parts:
• Exam
• Coursework
• Speaking and listening assessment
• We will do all three in the next three weeks
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BUT…
• Students must also sit a Literature paper in the summer too
• The grade on the literature does not affect the GCSE English grade – as long as the paper is sat
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What happens after the exam
• Results don’t come out until 22nd January
• Students will use the time between Nov and Jan to prepare for the AQA English exam
• Once IGCSE exam results are known different students will follow different paths
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What can you do to help?
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Weekend Revision
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Mathematics GCSE
9.00am: Tuesday 6th NovemberNon-calculator
And 1.00pm: Thursday 8th November
Calculator
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What happens after the exam• Results don’t come out until 10th January
• Students will use the time between Nov and Jan to continue to improve their mathematical skills
• Once GCSE exam results are known pupils will be regrouped to refocus on specific skills
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This is only …
3 Full
School weeks
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All pupils will sit the Higher tier
Most pupils who miss out on a grade C
make their mistakes on these questions.
Foundation
G F E D C
D C B A A*
Higher
Pupils need to understand that there are some of these question they can not do.
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Your child has already started working on this.
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Structure: Since they returned in September your child will
have seen the following in lessons every week:• A ‘Weeks to go’ sheet – a selection of about 15
exam style questions• A 10 for 10 – 10 repetitive exam questions
designed to be completed in 10 minutes• A number of key topics – for the last time• An exam paper – to be completed for homework
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Revision SessionsEvery week your child
should be attending on a Tuesday and Thursday
1 x Key topic
1 x Exam paper
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So how can you help?
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Encourage your child to turn up to every
lessonEvery lesson missed will be a topic
missed
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Encourage your child to turn up to every revision
sessionEvery session missed will be another
topic missed
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Encourage your child to complete all homework
We will be working hard to mark papers and give you appropriate feedback and
help
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How can you support their work at home ?
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We recommend the following websites: www.mymaths.co.uk
www.mathswatchvle.com
http://www.gcsepod.co.uk/school-login/woodlandscommunity2011/
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www.mymaths.co.uk
Login: wcc
Password: circle
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www.mymaths.co.uk
Your child has their own Login
details
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www.mymaths.co.uk
Your child should go to
MyBoosterPacks
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www.mymaths.co.uk
They can then choose the appropriate
booster pack
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www.mymaths.co.uk
Finally they can select the topic and skill they wish
to practise
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www.mathswatchvle.com
Centre ID: wcc
Username:
Name
Password:
Surname
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www.mathswatchvle.com
Your child should
then select ‘Higher’
(or 1 minute maths)
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www.mathswatchvle.com
They can then select
‘Topic’
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www.mathswatchvle.com
They can then select the topic
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www.mathswatchvle.com
Finally they can
select the topic they
wish to practise
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GCSE Pod
Click on Resources
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GCSE Pod
Click on GCSE Pod
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GCSE Pod
Click on the GCSE Pod logo
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GCSE Pod
first.surname for both
sections to log in
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GCSE Pod
Click on the subject that you wish to
study
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GCSE Pod
Click on the topic
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GCSE Pod
Click on the skill
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GCSE Pod
Choose the part of the video
you require
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Thank you for your time
• There should be a leaflet on your chair which includes the details about the three websites
• The computer room will be available for you to investigate these websites further
• A number of the Maths and English team will be available to answer any quick questions you may have.