WELCOME TO YEAR 10

OUTLINE OF THE EVENING

➢ Welcome

➢ Year 12 Advice

➢ Careers

➢ Calendar – the year ahead

➢ Core Subjects and changes to grading in English and Maths

➢ Resilience

KEY PERSONNEL

➢ Miss Brigden – Assistant Head for KS4

➢ Mrs Crafts – Head of Year 10 (A, C, H)

➢ Mrs Johnson – Head of Year 10 (M, S, W)

➢ Mrs Faulkner – Pastoral Support Assistant

KEY PERSONNEL

Mrs Taylor – Careers Coordinator

Mrs Westcott - Student Welfare Coordinator

Laura Franklin – Connexions Careers

ADVICE FROM YEAR 12Sara Safi, Helen Tilby, Emily Beazley

▪ Balance

▪ Revision

▪ Be organised

▪ Ask for help

▪ Motivated

▪ Extra Curricular

▪ Sleep

▪ Deadlines

ATTENDANCE

80% of success is showing up

Woody Allen

NEW THINGS TO GET INVOLVED IN...

Sport clubs

Music clubs

Other clubs

House events

CAREERS

CAREERS

“Schools and colleges should be encouraged to prioritise longer internships for older students, reflecting the fact that almost no young people move into full-time employment at 16; and government should correspondingly remove their statutory duty to provide every young person at KS4 with a standard amount of work-related learning.”

Wolf Report Review February 2015

EXTERNAL

SPEAKERSCONNEXIONS CAREERS ADVICE

THE YEAR AHEAD

➢ 16th September - Welcome to Year 10 Evening

➢ 12th November - Year 10 Consultation Evening

➢ December Term 1 Data Home➢ March Term 2 Data Home➢ 3-6th May - Year 10 Exam Week➢ 11th July - Year 10 Reports Home➢ November 2016 - A-level Options

Elevate

21st October - Study Sensei

1st December - Parents’ Seminar

3rd February - Memory Mnemonics

A letter about these sessions will follow shortly

ACTIVITY DAYS

▪ International Day

▪ Health Day

▪ Citizenship - half-course GCSE

▪ Coursework done in Year 9 - 60%

▪ Exam - May 2016 (results Summer 2016)

▪ Two taught topics: ▪ Community Action and Active Citizenship

▪ Fairness and Justice

▪ No homework, but …▪ Read a quality newspaper

ONE GCSE EXAM IN YEAR 10

Rest of GCSEs taken at end of Year 11

CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS

▪ Different levels of control

▪ Spread out over the GCSE course – timetable of dates and subjects on the Year 10 website page.

FINDING OUT MORE

➢ www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk

GCSE SCIENCE

AQA SPECIFICATIONS

➢ 4401 Biology

➢ 4402 Chemistry

➢ 4403 Physics

TRIPLE AWARD

➢ All students

➢ Taught by subject specialists

➢ Three separate GCSEs

➢ 1 for each discipline

THE ISA PART 1

➢ Section 1 (45 minutes, 20 marks)

➢ Questions relating to student’s own research

➢ Candidates develop hypothesis

➢ Research methods to test hypothesis

➢ Prepare Risk assessment and results table

➢ Carry out investigation

➢ Record and analyse results

PART 2 THE WRITTEN TEST

➢ Section 2 (50 minutes, 30 marks)

➢ Questions related to the experiment

➢ Data sheet provided

➢ Compare own results with Case Studies

➢ Suggest how their ideas could be used in a new context

English and Maths GCSE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE

CHANGES in ENGLISH 2015➢ Assessment by 9-1➢ No Controlled Assessments➢ Assessment by terminal exam at the end

of Year 11➢ Closed book examination➢ More emphasis on Literary Heritage➢ Emphasis on wider reading➢ ‘Top down’ approach to curriculum from A

levels to GCSE➢ Ease of transition through content and

skills to A level➢ Change from AQA to Edexcel

ENGLISH LANGUAGEComponent 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing (40%)

Content➢ Study selections from a range of prose fiction➢ Develop skills to analyse and evaluate C19 fiction extracts➢ Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader➢ Use SPaG accurately

Assessment➢ Section A: Reading- questions on unseen C19 fiction extract➢ Section B: Writing - choice of 2 writing tasks, linked thematically to the

reading extract➢ Total marks = 64➢ Exam duration: 1hr 45 mins

ENGLISH LANGUAGE cont..

Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing (60%)

Content➢ Study a range of C20 and C21 non-fiction texts➢ Develop skills to analyse, evaluate and compare non-fiction extracts➢ Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of forms, purposes and

audiences➢ Use SPaG accurately

➢ Assessment➢ Section A: Reading- questions on 2 unseen non- fiction extracts➢ Section B: Writing - choice of 2 writing tasks, linked thematically to the

reading extracts➢ Total marks = 96➢ Exam duration: 2hrs

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature (50%)

Content

➢ Shakespeare play and a post-1914 British play or novel➢ Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and

context of texts can create meanings and effects➢ Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal

response

Assessment

➢ Section A: Shakespeare - 2 part question on an extract and then the relevance of the theme throughout the play

➢ Section B: Post-1914 British play or novel- 1 essay question➢ Total marks = 80➢ Exam duration: 1hr 45mins

ENGLISH LITERATURE cont...

Component 2: C19 Novel and Poetry since 1789 (50%)

Content

➢ C19 novel and poetry from the Edexcel anthology➢ Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and

context of texts can create meanings and effects➢ Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal

response➢ develop comparison skills

Assessment

➢ Section A: C19 novel - 2 part question on an extract and then the relevance of the theme throughout the novel

➢ Section B: 1. One question comparing 2 poems from the anthology 2. One question comparing 2 unseen poems

➢ Section B: Total marks = 80➢ Exam duration: 2hrs 15mins

GCSE MATHEMATICS

AQA GCSE MATHS

New GCSE with grades 9 to 1

All exams sat in summer 2017

Three 1 hour 30 minute papers

One paper will be without a calculator

All students entered for Higher Level

Maths Setting

Students split into two bands depending on their option choices

Within each band split into sets

All sets doing Higher GCSE

Sets 1 and 2 may also have the chance to study for additional mathematics qualifications

RESILIENCE

Things to consider

➢ Recent research shows that an extra hour a day of TV, Internet or games in Year 10, results in two grades lower at GCSE.

➢ A recent highly publicised report highlights the problem of students using social media at night, for example waking up for messages. This has the effect of disrupting sleep and can have a significant impact on mental health. Our advice is to leave mobile phones downstairs at night.

Advice➢ At Home➢ Exercise

➢ Eat

➢ Sleep

➢ Talk

➢ At School➢ Get involved

➢ Nurture friendships

➢ Recognise when you need help

➢ Enjoy

DON’T STRUGGLE ALONE!

➢ Tell us early

➢ Don’t let work pile up

➢ We can support you….

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