Year 10Year 10Information EveningInformation Evening

Wednesday 11th September 2013

Year 10 Support Team

Mrs CromptonAssistant

Principal – KS4

 

Mr ReeveYear 10 Manager

Mrs CoulterStudent Support &

Child Protection Manager

 

Worship

Miss Houghton:Christan Youth Worker

English in year 10

Course outline

Controlled assessments

External exams: Module 1

o Focus on readingo Worth 30% of total mark/ gradeo Students have to read 2 media texts and

answer 4 questions, which have different levels of difficulty

External exams: Module 2

o Focus on writingo Worth 30% of total mark/ gradeo Students have to write 2 non-fiction textso Spelling, punctuation and sentence

organisation are worth 1/3 of the total marks available on this paper

How to help your childo Keep an eye on the Programme of Study for the

year then you know what your child is studyingo Ensure that your child completes English

homework on time and to the highest standard he or she can

o Talk to your child about what they are studying in English and ask if you can support and/ or help them

o When we are focusing on exam preparation in school, use the shared reading and writing ideas to develop skills from lessons

After year 10

Core CurriculumMaths•Linear paper for all•Staff will be working with individual groups for entry appropriate entry porthole•June 2014, November 2014 and / or June 2015•Higher and Foundation level entry

Core CurriculumScience•Separate Science: GCSE exams June 2015•Double award: GCSE Core paper June 2014

GCSE Additional paper June 2015•Btec Science: ongoing assessment and exam June 2014

Core GCSE paper June 2015

Staff Management

It’s about aspiration…

… But not about overstretching

Courses

GCSE’s – single or double awards

BTEC courses – coursework focus

ASDAN – vocational coursework focus

Curriculum outline

Attendance leads to success!

Do you know the level of your child’s attendance? What does good attendance mean?

90% Attendance?1 School year at 90% attendance = 4 whole weeks of lessons missed!90% attendance over 5 school years = half a school year missed!!Research suggests that 17school days missed a year = 1 GCSE grade drop (DfE)The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.

Holidays• New government guidelines

• No authorisation will be given for holidays taken during term time.

Access to progress through Access to progress through PAW...PAW...

• Accompanying the termly reports is our online PAW (Parent Access Window) system.

• Allows parents to have ‘live’ access to attendance, behaviour and achievement information, assessment.

• Messages from the academy can be viewed.

Parental Access Window

ipad Scheme and year 10

Rewards•Merits•Certificates •Rewards Trip Day•Form Raffle:

– Half termly– Individual forms– 1 entry for each demerit free week– 1 prize per form (voucher/credit towards reward

trip)

• Uniform:– Zero tolerance– 15 min lunchtime detention – Failure to attend lunchtime = 40 min after school

ideally the same night

• Behaviour Flow Chart:

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Use of PSPs

How can you help?• encourage positive behaviour• keep KS4 POD informed of any issues that may

be affecting your child• tell us about achievements outside of school

so we can celebrate your child’s success with them

• attend Parent’s Evening and Intervention Evening (if requested)

What will we do?• keep you informed about any concerns we

have regarding your child’s attainment or behaviour

• celebrate your child’s achievements in school and keep you informed of these

Important Dates in the CalendarImportant Dates in the Calendar

• Data Capture w/c 4th November6th January17th March

• Parents Evening 13th March• Exams Week w/c 12th May• Reports w/c 7th July

General InformationGeneral Information

• If your child is ill or unable to attend the academy please phone 01254 604000

• Please use the planner for dental/hospital appointments.

• Your opinions are important to us (Kirkland Rowell survey)