year 10 curriculum evening 2016
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The Sacred Heart Language CollegeYear 10 Curriculum Evening – Thursday 6th October 2016
The Sacred Heart Language College
Academic Achievement
89% 5 or more A*-C GCSE passes
85% achieving English and mathematics
82% achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSE passes including English and mathematics
40% A* and A grades
Academic Achievement
The Sacred Heart Language CollegeOutstanding Progress
The Sacred Heart Language College
Past Pupil’s Experience of GCSE
The Sacred Heart Language College
EnglishMr Flinn
The Sacred Heart Language College
GCSE 9-1English Language and Literature(Edexcel)
LANGUAGE, EXAM 1
LANGUAGE, EXAM 2
LITERATURE, EXAM 1
Shakespeare: Macbeth
Post-1914 Play:An Inspector Calls
LITERATURE, EXAM 2
19th Century Novel: Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
HydePoetry
Anthology:Relationships
Read, Understand, and Respond to Texts – Using
Textual References(37%)
Analyse how Language, Form and Structure are
Used to Create Meanings (42%)
Explain, Comment on, and Analyse Language
(15%)
Identify and Interpret, selecting evidence
(7%)
LIT ASSESSMENT LANG ASSESSMENT
Vocabulary, Sentence Structure, Spelling and
Punctuation(20%)
Communicate Effectively using Structure and
Grammar(30%)
LANG AND WRITING
“Transferable Skills”
“In recent years, higher education institutions and employers have consistently flagged the need for students to develop a range of transferable skills to enable them to respond with confidence to the demands of undergraduate study and the world of work.”
Edexcel GCSE English Language Specification, p.29
“Transferable Skills”
Cognitive skills ● Non-routine problem solving – expert thinking,
metacognition, creativity. ● Systems thinking – decision making and
reasoning. ● Critical thinking – analysing, synthesising and
reasoning skills.
Edexcel GCSE English Language Specification, p.29
• Y7 19th Century Novel • 4 Shakespeare Plays• 8 Essays at KS3, all of
which analyse language
• Y9 Transactional Writing for Speech
• Y9 Shakespeare exam (GCSE question)
• Y9 Writing Unit studying Gothic Texts
• KS3 Reading – over 3000 books read and reviewed last year
• Y10 – 6 Practice Questions and Reflection Folders
Why Should You Be Confident?
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
1141
1020
899
• Rather than sitting part of the course as Year 10 students, you will have had 2 years of
preparation• Past Exam Success – Same teachers and same
systems in place
Why Should You Be Confident?
CHALLENGES: 1. MEMORY
Literature 1:Q1 – Text GivenQ2 – From MemoryQ3 – From Memory
Literature 2:Q1 – Text Given Q2 – From MemoryQ3 – Unseen Q4 – From Memory
1. MEMORY
What do I need to Know?
What don’t I know?
How do I get the info I need to know?
2. CONTENT
2. CONTENT
2. CONTENT
2. CONTENT and ORGANISTION
The Sacred Heart Language College“Drop Down Days”
Extended, 4-lesson English Sessions where the entire Year Group will revise and prepare
English Conferences
Trips involving specialist speakers and examiners who will give students direction re: the course and assessment
Literature App
Tool available to electronic devices which helps students prepare and learn quotes, themes, characters and key scenes
What happened to Year 10?
“Also, in light of recent events, as a special
school treat, all exams have been cancelled!”
Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling
[The system] ‘brings only a sense of worthlessness and hopelessness. It brings fear and shame and
anxiety. It separates from those who have passed, rocks confidence, ruins self esteem. You disappoint yourself, disappoint others. You give up. I gave up.’
REFLECTION and RESILIENCE
REFLECTION AND PROGRESS
The Sacred Heart Language College
MathematicsMs Thenuwara
Success in 2016
• Increased assessment time (4½ hours)• Three papers, worth 80 marks each• Paper 1 non-calculator• Paper 2 and 3 calculator• Fewer formulae available in examinations Your daughter will have to learn the formulae!
Examination specifics
Formulae to Learn
Formulae to Learn
• Content area• Number • Algebra• Ratio, proportion, rates of
change• Geometry• Probability & Statistics
Higher Foundation 25% 15% 20% 30% 25% 20% 15% 20% 15% 15%
Content
• Coverage of broader and deeper mathematical content, delivered through a single extended GCSE• Problem-solving at the heart of teaching and learning and
of the assessment• Higher tier will include questions that will stretch the most
able• Foundation tier will focus on core mathematical
understanding and skills for all students to master• A greater focus on problem-solving• Additional requirements to provide clear mathematical
arguments
Implications
• New to Foundation tier: 14 topics
• use of pi and surds• reverse percentages• factorising quadratics • basic trigonometry • circle properties • vectors • Venn and tree diagrams
• New to Higher tier: 6 topics• gradient at a point on a curve as rate of change • areas under graphs • Venn diagrams (conditional probability)
• standard form • compound interest• simultaneous equations• direct and inverse proportion• fractional scale enlargements• conditional probabilities• frequency trees
• functions • geometric progressions• frequency trees
New content
New grading
CURRENT GRADE NEW STEP DEFINITION
A* Grade 9/8
A Grade 7 B Grade 5/6 C Grade 4/5 Mostly grade 4, some grade 5
D Grade 4 E Grade 3 F
Grade 2
G Grade 1 U Grade 0
Grade definitions
• An optional maths clinic will run on Monday lunchtimes 1:00-1:30• Mymaths• Kite• Mathswatch• Pixl app-Easter and May conference available for pupils• Departmental intervention
Support given
My maths
Main Page Worksheets from eBook
Maths watch
Pixl
Kite
• High standards of behaviour• Homework completed on time• Motivated and Focused• No substitute for hard work• Practice makes perfect-using PIXL WTM and WTmark• Take control of independent Learning• Take personal notes• Identify areas of weakness • Research• Learn something new each week
Expectations
There is no substitute for hard work
The Sacred Heart Language College
Head of Year 10Ms Kalinoe
• 18th November 2016 – Progress 1
• 27th January 2017 – Progress 2
• 1st February 2017 – Parents’ evening • 18th April 2017 – Exams begin
• 26th May 2017 – Progress 3
• 26th June 2017 – Year 10 study week
• 18th July 2017 – Business day
Key Dates
• Helpful advice on pages 17 and 23 of the Parents’ Handbook, which can be found on our school website.
• Attendance and punctuality
• Homework
• Revision/Study (‘regular check ins’)
Efficient use of time
• Providing a quiet work space
• Extra curricular activities
• Social activities/social networking/watching television
Efficient use of time
Time (hour) Activity
33.6 Internet 33.75 School
12 homework 63 sleep
27.65 Family life, Extra-curricular activities and revision
Efficient use of time
1 week = 7 days 7 days × 24 hours = 168 hours in a week
Source: BBC survey
Efficient use of time
33.6; 20%
33.75; 20%
10; 6%
63; 38%
27.65; 16%
• Establishing and enforcing routines
• Revision
• Healthy eating habits
• Exercise/sports
• Family time
Efficient use of time