supporting your child through gcses. the most important point is that… …it is your child who is...
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Supporting your child through GCSEs
The most important point is that……it is your child who is sitting the exams not you
Aims or objectives
Help you to help your child plan their revision Show you how you can support your child with the
pressure of exams Show you different revision techniques and aids
available to help your child to succeed. Show you were you can get advice and support
when things aren’t going to plan Explain the Level system Answer any questions you may have.
Level system 1-3 Following Progress Check , we will grade all
students from 1-3
Level 1- Everything is going well- Rewarded and praised in Assemblies
Level 2- Most things are going well, but some areas need improvement• Not going to the Prom but going to the Celebration
day• On target card for improvement stickersLevel 3- Several areas need improvement (mentored by SLT link following PC)• Not going to the Prom or Celebration day • On target card for improvement stickers- doing
weekly catch up
What makes someone successful?
Planning Motivation Knowing how to learn Ability to deal with the pressure of exams
Helping your child plan their revision
Set the scene – What are GCSEs? GCSEs are a compilation of competitions
Your child against… Themselves Their friends and classmates The rest of the UK International students
Planning- Get them to visualise their future
GCSEs are the key to their future career… where do they want to be…
In Sept 2015 In Sept 2017 In 2021
Motivation – how to get them motivated
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic… “Should I offer them cash?” – “should I reward
them” This is personal choice, however studies suggest
that intrinsic gets better results that extrinsic…. Therefore Get them to set themselves personal goals and
revisit them regularly
Keep the long term goal at the forefront of what they are doing… why are you revising; so that I can become a ….. Doctor, nurse, lawyer…
Get them to know their strengths and weaknesses
What do they need to focus on? What are their key subjects? Don’t let them be too self critical… just be honest
Fixed and Growth Mindset
We have introduced this concept to Year 11 students this year and
promoted that students should have a growth mindset and not fixed.
Fixed Mindset
Intelligence is fixed and you are born bright
You are born bright or clever
Success at all cost
Growth Mindset
Success is determined by hard work
The harder you work the more successful you will be
You learn from failure- failure is good
Fixed and Growth Mindset- in action….
Your child gets a mock result back a week after the Easter holiday. Their target is a B (minimum 38/50) but they get 26/50) which their teacher tells them would be “around a D”.
What do you say to them? “Better luck next time?” “You were probably unlucky” “It doesn’t matter” “A ‘D’… You’re a Disaster”
Or “OK… what do you need to do differently next time to get
more marks”….. “what help do you need”…. “what areas do you need to focus on”.
Where do you start?Do they: Know where their Yr 10 notes and exercise books
are? They know the topics they need to revise for the
mock and actual exams They know what exam board they are studying and
what paper they are sitting- Foundation or Higher Know when they are doing Controlled Assessment
(coursework- see information for term 2) Know how to download past paper questions and
mark schemes Know how to traffic light their knowledge to get a
focus for what they can do in their revision
Ensure they have the right environment
Somewhere clear and quiet to work at home Phone, email, social media are OFF The correct equipment Friends who want to work too
Who or what could get in their way
On an average day in Britain … For how long does someone watch television? 3 hrs 45
minutes How many minutes does someone browse the internet on
their phone? 24 minutes How many hours will someone spend on their smartphone? 2
hours
And in total for all of Britain… How many hours per day are spent on Facebook? 34 million
hours How many hours per day are spent on Twitter? 28 million
hours How many KitKat fingers are eaten per day? 50 million
Therefore there is always time!
How to plantheir time
Key points to planning a revision timetable
How often? It must be realistic and achievable Factor in relaxation points What about their job? Focus on subject and revision style Works best if combined with their friends revision
timetable Factor in the timings of their exams- see exam
timetable
Study Leave
There is no study leave in Term 5 Students will be expected to be in every
day In Term 6 they should be in for their
exams or for the subject they are waiting to do exams in.
Exam timetable
Students should have an exam timetable pinned up on the fridge so you and they know when they have exams.
An up to date link can be found on our website
Dealing with Stress
Don’t over emphasise the importance of exams results Turn off Electronic devices Keep relaxation time built in Don’t focus on grades only on hard work Steer away from “competitive stressing” with friends
Revision
Students have been given an How to revise guide and have been shown how to use various technique to help them revise. Again this can be found on our website
Where can they access support
Team Leaders email addresses are opposite
Subject Area Teachers NameHistory Adam Shanks
[email protected] Alicia Nowik
[email protected] Andy Davies
[email protected] Andy Marshall
[email protected] Design Andy Sharp
[email protected] Education Andy Young
[email protected] Caitlin Murphy
[email protected] Studies Caroline Phillips
[email protected] Emma Rogers
[email protected] Kate Stanleigh
[email protected] Louise Adams
[email protected] and Design Rebecca Colquhoun
[email protected] Rich Williams
[email protected] Sadie McCombe
[email protected] Modern Foreign Langauges (French, German and Spanish)
Sarah Lockyer [email protected]
CRS Sophie Nattress [email protected]
Psychology Tara Haste [email protected]
Maxine Houghton [email protected]
Where can they access support
Student support email addresses
Support staff name Teachers NameMatt Smith [email protected] Davis [email protected] Cordukes [email protected]
Where can they access support
Exam Boards
www.aqa.org
www.edexcel.com
www.ocr.org.uk
www.wjec.co.uk