The County High School, Leftwich

Year 10 Information

Evening

An Overview of Year 10

OctoberCareers Fair (2nd)Target Grades SetLionheart Challenge (29th)

Targets

• Re-set later this term.• Based on measures of ability - eg Key Stage 2

Test Results.• Minimum performance targets - many students

will do even better!• Reported to parents and reporting system will

reflect the progress made towards those targets.

An Overview of Year 10

Throughout Year 10Controlled Assessments

Controlled Assessments• Replacement for coursework.• The task may be set directly by the Awarding

Body, or it may be adapted by the school to suit the students’ learning.

• Research can be done unsupervised out of the classroom.

• Writing-up will need to be done in the classroom in normal lesson times.

• The usual practice is that controlled assessments are marked by teaching staff (and then moderated by the Awarding Body).

An Overview of Year 10

NovemberStudent Tracking issued (11th)

An Overview of Year 10

DecemberKS4 ‘Exam Window’ (Mon 2nd)

An Overview of Year 10

FebruaryStudent Tracking Issued (3rd)Parental Consultation Day (7th)

An Overview of Year 10March

KS4 ‘Exam Window’ (Mon 3rd)English Trial Exams (w/b 3rd)Mock Interviews (10th)Student Tracking issued (31st)

An Overview of Year 10

May

English Trial Exams (w/b 5th)

An Overview of Year 10

JuneGCSE English ExamsGCSE Maths ExamsGCSE Science Exams

An Overview of Year 10

July

Sports Day (1st)Media Arts Day (3rd)Student Tracking issued (7th)

English(all students)

Year 10 English

• Complete all of the English Language Controlled Assessments (worth 40% of the GCSE)

• English Language Trial Exams (w/b Mon 3rd March & w/b Mon 5th May)

• Weekly English Language Revision Classes after school from Easter

• Students will be given revision materials; recommended revision book available from Amazon

English Language Exam (60%)

• Unit 1 (Reading, 1 hour)- Tuesday 3rd June (am)

• Unit 2 (Writing, 1 hour)- Tuesday 3rd June (am)

Year 11 English

• GCSE English Literature

• NB Students may be re-grouped for English following receipt of the Summer 2014 results

Maths(**some students)

Year 10 Maths Sets

• Set a1a – Mr Mowl• Set a2a** – Mrs Balmer• Set a2b** – Mr Chau

• Set b1a** - Mr Mowl• Set b1b – Mrs Balmer• Set b1c – Mr Kinder• Set b2a** – Mr Watson• Set b2b** – Miss Rodgers

**Set b1a

• In June 2014, do Higher Level GCSE Maths (Grades A*, A, B, C and D available)

• Following exam, study for OCR Level 3 Additional Maths qualification (exam May/June 2015)

Sets a1a, b1b, b1c

•In May/June 2015, do Higher Level GCSE Maths (Grades A*, A, B, C and D available)

**Sets a2a, a2b, b2a, b2b

• In June 2014, do Foundation Level GCSE Maths (Grades C, D, E, F and G available)

• Following exam, begin Higher Level GCSE Maths course

• In Year 11, do either Foundation or Higher Level GCSE Maths (to improve upon Year 10 grade)

**Year 10 Maths

• Complete course

• Trial Exams

• Past-paper practice tests – one in lessons and one at home each week (2h each)

• Weekly Revision Classes after-school from Easter

• Mathswatch on-line, Revision Guides and Workbooks (£2 each) available from school

**Maths Exam (100%)

• Paper 1 (2 hours)- Monday 9th June (am)- non-calculator paper

• Paper 2 (2 hours)- Tuesday 17th June (am)- calculator paper

Science(‘Double’ Science

students)

Year 10 Science• Complete the Controlled Assessments (ISAs,

worth 25% of the GCSE)• Plan, do and answer questions on an experiment and then

answer questions on data from a similar experiment (2 papers per ISA)

• 2 ISAs: starting w/b Mon 28th October (‘Carbonates’) and w/b Mon 24th February (‘Reflection’)• 2 weeks per ISA; best mark counts; undertaken in lessons with

opportunity to do research outside of lessons

• Regular tests, with Trial Exams in April/May

• Revision Classes – although students encouraged throughout year to ‘drop-in’ (eg lunchtimes) in pairs/groups to go over topics/concepts

• Factsheets / revision notes provided

Science Exams (25% each)

• Biology Unit 1 (1 hour)- Friday 6th June (pm)

• Chemistry Unit 1 (1 hour)- Tuesday 10th June (pm)

• Physics Unit 1 (1 hour)- Thursday 12th June (am)

Summer 2014 Results

• Given to students in their first English, Maths or Science lessons back in September 2014

Further Details

•Presentation available on www.leftwichhigh.com

•NB Parent Portal:– Passwords need resetting every 180 days– New passwords must contain letters and

numbers– Help available via

parentsupport@leftwichhigh.com