Y11 GCSE Parental

Advice and Guidance2017

Exam timetable – May MAYM T W T F

8 9 10 11 12

Photography Photography Art Art

15 16 17 18 19

AM

Media 60 min

French unit 1

F - 35min H -

45min

French unit 2

F - 30 min H - 50

min PM

Biology unit 1 60

min Science A unit

1 60 min

AM

Health & Social Care

60 min

AM

Chemistry unit 1 60

min

AM

Spanish unit 1 45

min Spanish unit 2

50 min

22 23 24 25 26

AM

English Lit paper 1

1hr 45 PM

Geography unit 1 1hr

30

AM

Chinese unit 1 45

min

AM

Business 60 min

Engineering unit 1 60

min PM

Physics unit 1 60 min

Science A unit 2 60

min

AM

Maths non-calc 1hr

30

AM

English Lit paper 2

2hr 15

29 30 31 1 2

Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term

Exam timetable – JuneJUNEM T W T F

5 6 7 8 9

AM

History unit 1 1hr

45

PM

Chinese unit 2 50

min

AM

English paper 1 1hr

45

PM

Geography unit 2 1hr

30

AM

German unit 1

F - 35 min H - 45

min German

unit 2 F -

30 min H - 50 min

Computer Science

1hr30

AM

Maths paper 2 calc

1hr 30

AM

Biology unit 2 60

mins Biology

unit 3 60 mins

Additional Science

unit 1 1hr 30

PM

Music 1hr 30

12 13 14 15 16

AM

English paper 2

1hr 45

AM

Maths paper 3

1hr 30

AM

Chemistry unit 2 60

mins

Chemistry unit 3 60

mins

PM

History unit 2 1hr

45

AM

Construction 60

min

PM

Polish unit 1 50

min

Computer Science

2hr

AM

Physics unit 2 60

mins Physics

unit 3 60 mins

Additional Science

unit 2 1hr 30

PM

Hospitality 1hr 15

19 20 21 22 23

AM

Polish unit 2 60 min

Polish unit 4 60 min

PM

Additional Maths 2hr

What are the best conditions for

exam preparation?

• Students need to be well rested

• This will require them to go to bed sufficiently early to get enough sleep

• During the exam period it is essential students do not go out partying the day before an exam

How can parents help?

• Allow time for your child to revise; they may have less time for family commitments and socialising, when revising.

• Suggest that they revise in half-hour bursts with short breaks in between.

• Provide them with a quiet space to work if possible, free from distractions.

How can parents help?

• Sit and listen to your child if they want to read work aloud to you.

• Encourage them to use revision guides and you test them on key points

• BUT, you cannot do it for them!!!

Structured Revision

• Encourage the use of a revision timetable

• Identify how many subjects are going to be examined

• Plan with them what they need to study after school Monday to Friday and what revision will take place over the Saturday and Sunday

• Remember to include breaks and social time

Revision Techniques

Explain to

someone else

BBC GCSE Bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z9

8jmp3

What can you do when things go

wrong?

I hate this subject – I’m going to

drop it!

• This is all or nothing thinking

• Issues are over exaggerated in importance

• Discuss the issue with your child and try to help them solve it

• The trick is to help them see that the problem is manageable with a solution

I’ve left it too late to revise

• This can result in demotivation and an attitude that there is no point – this is again all or nothing thinking

• It is never too late until you enter the exam room

• With revision – a little knowledge is better than none

Adverse Circumstances

• These are things like severe illness or bereavement which may cause a student to perform badly in an exam or in the very worst circumstances, to miss it altogether

• It is ESSENTIAL you communicate this to the academy immediately

Stress

• This is normal and actually necessary to successfully tackle exams

• However, too much stress can lead to excessive tiredness, headaches and loss of interest

• The remedy is to encourage time away from work, maybe exercise which releases hormones which counter stress

English

Key Dates

Monday 22nd May - am

English Literature Paper 1:

Romeo and Juliet/A Christmas Carol

1hr 45 mins

Friday 26th May - am

English Literature Paper 2:

An Inspector Calls/Conflict poetry/Unseen poetry

2hr 15mins

Key Dates

Tuesday 6th June - am

English Language Paper 1:

Explorations in creative reading and writing

1hr 45mins

Monday 12th June - am

English Language Paper 2:

Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives

1hr 45 mins

Resources for the students to use:• English staff will provide students with sources and writing tasks to

develop/practise your exam skills. It’s essential that home work is completed.

• GCSE Bitesize is a great resource for both Language and Literature.

• Read newspapers (preferably broadsheets like the Guardian and the Times) and practise your analytical skills.

• AQA/CGP revision guides are available to buy online but please make sure they are appropriate for the new GCSEs – if you need guidance with this, students can ask their teacher.

Mr Birling

Use of dramatic irony: “unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”

Refusal to change and see the error of his way: “I can’t accept any responsibility”

“Look, you better ask Gerald for that ring you gave back to him, hadn’t you?”

Capitalist attitude of ‘profit over people’, he’d even compromise his own daughter

to climb the social ladder.

“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can” Mr B. has learnt nothing

from the experience and prioritises image and status over

social responsibility.

Links to the themes of: Generational

differences/age,class, family, social

responsibility

Revision sessions• Every Thursday night (or Tuesday night if they’re taken for

science on a Thursday) 3pm -4pm

• Saturday mornings:

20th May

10th June

• Half term for English Language

MathsThe Parent’s Guide

Practice makes grades!

• Personal checklist• Past papers• Mathswatch• Practice Papers and YouTube OAWMaths• After school intervention

All students have a personal checklist

Mathswatch

Practice papers and YouTubeWe have 3 practice papers left

Marked by theirteacher

Students GRITPaper using YouTube

Teacher selects key areas to learn that week

OAWMaths YouTube 4000 views

OAWMaths YouTube 4000 views

After school intervention: Wednesdays!

Y11 GCSE SCIENCE

2017

Science exams• Students will have anywhere between 4 and 9

science exams depending upon the class they are in.

• Students will be aware of these:– 11Sc1 9 examinations (3 in each discipline), 1 hour

each;– 11Sc2 – 4 6 examinations (2 in each discipline), 1

hour each;– 11Sc5 – 6 4 examinations (combined papers), 1 ½

hours each.If you are unsure, just ask after the presentation and I will be able to help you. We have some cards outlining which classes do which combination.

Science exams

• Different skills will be assessed during each examination.

• Overall, approximately:

– 38% are knowledge recall learn the facts, recall them;

– 35% are application of knowledge and skills;

– 27% are analysis and evaluation of evidence.

11Sc1:

B1 Tuesday 16th May PMB2 Friday 9th June AMB3 Friday 9th June AM

C1 Thursday 18th May AMC2 Wednesday 14th June AMC3 Wednesday 14th June AM

P1 Wednesday 24th May PMP2 Friday 16th June AMP3 Friday 16th June AM

Specification references and past papers:

Available from www.aqa.org.uk

Biology: AQA GCSE 4401http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-4401

Chemistry: AQA GCSE 4402http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/chemistry-4402

Physics: AQA GCSE 4403http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-4403

11Sc2, 3 & 4:

B1 Tuesday 16th May PMB2 Friday 9th June AM

C1 Thursday 18th May AMC2 Wednesday 14th June AM

P1 Wednesday 24th May PMP2 Friday 16th June AM

Specification references and past papers:

Available from www.aqa.org.uk

GCSE Science A (Core): AQA GCSE 4405http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/science-a-4405

GCSE Additional Science: AQA GCSE 4408http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/additional-science-4408

11Sc5 & 6:

B1a C1a P1a Tuesday 16th May PMB1b C1b P1b Wednesday 24th May PM

B2a C2a P2a Friday 9th June AMB2b C2b P2b Friday 16th June AM

Specification references and past papers:

Available from www.aqa.org.uk

GCSE Science A (Core): AQA GCSE 4405http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/science-a-4405

GCSE Additional Science: AQA GCSE 4408http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/additional-science-4408