Year 11 Raising Achievement Evening

Plan

• Grading Information

• How to use our half-termly Tracking

• How to revise and revision techniques

• How to revise the big 3

• Revision lists

Where do your target levels come from?

Targets are generated from KS2 levels, completed in primary school.

• Maths and English: 9 – 1

• All other subjects: A* - G

Old and New Grades

Tracking reports

Understand your child’s tracking

Here is a quick guide to what the information means

Green Highlight Amber Highlight Red Highlight

Making excellent progress against End of Year target

Making satisfactory progress towards End of Year target

Not making sufficient progress towards End of Year target

Outstanding or positive attitude to learning

Inconsistent attitude to learning

Poor attitude to learning

What is your child's tracking telling you?

Attitude to Learning and Homework

1 Outstanding

2 Positive

3 Inconsistent

4 Poor

What does the fine grade tell you?

1 Likely to go up to the next grade

2 Working solidly at this grade

3 Likely to drop down a grade

What do you need to do to move from

3 to 2

2 to 1

Current Attainment and Good Progress Target?

How does your current attainment compare against your good progress target?

Are you 2 or more grades away from your good progress target?

What is your target?

Do you know…… ??????

Which paper are you entered for, Foundation or Higher

How many papers are there

How long is each paper

Do you have to answer all of the questions

How many marks are on each paper

What % of the subject is coursework

GCSE Maths

Revision Topics Year 11 – Foundation – List of topics

Chapter: Topic Topic break-down (sub-topics)

1: Number: Basic number 1.1 Place value and ordering numbers 1.3 The four rules 1.2 Order of operations and BIDMAS

2: Geometry and measures: Measures and scale drawings

2.1 Systems of measurement

2.2 Conversion factors 2.3 Scale drawings 2.4 Nets 2.5 Using an isometric grid

Review and revision 1 Number 3: Statistics: Charts, tables and averages

3.1 Frequency tables 3.2 Statistical diagrams 3.3 Line graphs

3.4 Statistical averages

Year 11 – Higher – List of topics

Chapter: Topic Topic break-down (sub-topics)

1: Basic number 1.1 Solving real-life problems 1.2 Multiplication and division with decimals 1.3 Approximation of calculations 1.4 Multiples, factors, prime numbers, powers and roots 1.5 Prime factors, LCM, HCF 1.6 Negative numbers

2: Fractions, ratio and proportion

2.1 One quantity as a fraction of another 2.2 Adding, subtracting and calculating with fractions 2.3 Multiplying and dividing fractions 2.4 Fractions on a calculator 2.5 Increasing and decreasing quantities by a percentage 2.6 Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another

Review and revision 1 Number 3: Statistical diagrams and averages

3.1 Statistical representation

Maths

Revision technique:

• Practise one particular topic at a time

• Use the mark scheme to mark the work

• If not happy with the marks revise the topic again using a different source

• Mark your answers using mark scheme

Understand the Mark Scheme

GCSE English Revision

Mocks – Think “Paper 2”

9.00 AM

Monday, 12th December

English Language – 2hrs

Wednesday, 14th December

English Literature – 2h 15mins

English Language – Paper 2

Non-Fiction – 2 extracts • Underline the key words in the question. What SKILLS do

they want to see? Info retrieval/Analysing LSF/Evaluating effect of LSF? Comparing content /comparing ideas and perspectives?

• Look how many marks they want. Don’t over-do the little questions! (2marks)

English Language – Paper 2

Non-Fiction Tips

Analyse Evaluate

English Language – Paper 2

Non-Fiction Tips

• Don’t forget the effect on the READER • How would they respond to techniques used? • What would they be thinking/wondering/feeling?

English Language – Paper 2

Transactional Writing - write a letter/article/blog etc.

• Linguistic and Literary terminology

• Rhetorical devices

• Range of punctuation

• Adventurous vocabulary

English Language – Paper 2

Transactional Writing Tips

• .,?!”-…(:; www.grammar-monster.com

• AFOREST

• Practise being interesting

Revision Useful websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z8n487h

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z9m6tfr/revision

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z2b2tyc

English Literature – Paper 2

C19th Novel

a) Extract question. Explore how the writer presents…

b) Elsewhere question. In this extract, this happens/this effect is created. Explain how the writer presents this in another part of the novel.

• ONLY DO ONE!

English Literature – Paper 2

C19th Novel Tips

• Know your novel

• Identify key themes/characters

• Create a quotation table

English Literature – Paper 2

C19th Novel Tips – Quotes

“with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim underfoot”

“the bystreet was very solitary, and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent"

English Literature – Paper 2

C19th Novel Tips

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize

/english_literature/prosejekyllhyde/ • A Christmas Carol • http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zcs

8qty

English Literature – Paper 2

Poetry Anthology

• Compare named poem (provided) with one of your choice (closed)

• Compare two unseen poems

English Literature – Paper 2

Poetry Anthology Tips

English Literature – Paper 2

Poetry Anthology Tips

• Identify themes and make links – Flash cards

• Key quotations - images

English Literature – Paper 2

Poetry Anthology Tips

I remember you, child

As I stood in a hot, white

Room at the window watching

The people and cars taking

Turn at the traffic lights.

Context – modern, clinical hospital, cars, modern technology

English Literature – Paper 2

Poetry Anthology Tips • Use the other collections in your

anthology as unseen practice.

• Relationships • Clashes and Collisions • Time and Place

After School Revision

There will be after school English revision sessions on Wednesdays; however, these are invitation only. Please do not attend sessions unless you have been asked. If you are not on a sessions list this time, you can always hand in practice essays to your teacher for feedback, or ask for practice questions to get you going; you will have plenty of homework! All students will be attending revision sessions after the Christmas Holidays.

GCSE Science

GCSE Science Pathways

3 pathways – Exam Board AQA

• Triple Science Achieve 3 GCSEs - Biology, Chemistry, Physics 11mCh1, 11mCh2, 11mCh3, 11mCh4

• Core and Additional Science Achieve 2 GCSEs (study all 3 sciences) 11mSc1, 11mSc2, 11mSc3

• Core Science and Entry Level Science Achieve 1 GCSE and Entry Level qualification 11mSc4

AT1 Tracking

• Triple Science Grade obtained in a paper from the core component of each science qualification

• Core and Additional Science Core Grade: Average of core papers from each science Additional Grade: Average of additional papers from Year 10 mocks

• Core Science and Entry Level Science Core Grade: Grade obtained in a combined core science paper

Summer Examinations

• Triple Science 3 examination papers for each science (9 total) 3 ISA coursework submissions

• Core and Additional Science 3 Core Science and 3 Additional Science papers (6 total) 2 ISA coursework submissions

• Core Science and Entry Level Science

3 Core Science papers

1 ISA coursework submission

• Triple Science – 6 exams Core papers in Biology, Chemistry, Physics Additional papers in Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• Core and Additional Science – 6 exams Core papers in Biology, Chemistry, Physics Additional papers in Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• Core Science and Entry Level Science – 3 exams

Core papers in Biology, Chemistry, Physics

December Mock Examinations

• All students will have completed the required number

of ISA modules for their pathway by the end of autumn

term

• Students not reaching their target grade will undertake

further ISA modules in SP1/2

• These “resits” may occur after school or in half term

• Final Deadline – May 7th 2017

Coursework Deadlines

• December mock results and ISA coursework grades

will be used to decide if any students should move

from Triple Science to Core and Additional Science

• Students and parents will be involved in any such

decisions early in the Spring term

Pathway Moves

Revision and Examination tips

• Buy the revision guides for your pathway

• Use the AQA website to access past examination

papers

• Practise the application of scientific ideas to

examination contexts

Revision guides • CGP Available from the science department £5 each

• Alternatively Amazon, WHSmith etc

AQA Website – Past papers • Google “aqa gcse past papers”

• http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes

• Remember to select the old specifications Biology 4401, Chemistry 4402, Physics 4403 Core Science 4405, Additional Science 4408

• Cells and simple cell transport

• Tissues, organs and organ systems

• Photosynthesis

• Organisms and their environment

• Proteins – their functions and uses

• Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

• Cell division and inheritance

• Speciation

• Keeping healthy

• Nerves and hormones

• The use and abuse of drugs

• Interdependence and adaptation

• Energy and biomass in food chains

• Waste materials from plans and

animals

• Genetic variation and its control

• Evolution

Mock examination – Biology

Core Biology Additional Biology

• Structure and bonding

• How structure influences the

properties and uses of substances

• Atomic structure, analysis and

quantitative chemistry

• Rates of reaction

• Exothermic and endothermic

reactions

• Acids, bases and salts

• Electrolysis

• The fundamental ideas in chemistry

• Limestone and building materials

• Metals and their uses

• Crude oil and fuels

• Other useful substances from

crude oil

• Plant oils and their uses

• Changes in the Earth and its

atmosphere

Mock examination – Chemistry

Core Chemistry Additional Chemistry

• Forces and their effects

• The kinetic energy of objects

speeding up or slowing down

• Currents in electrical circuits

• Using mains electricity safely and

the power of electrical appliances

• What happens when radioactive

substances decay, and the uses

and dangers of their emissions

• Nuclear fission and fusion

• The transfer of energy by heating

processes and the factors that

affect the rate of energy transfer

• Energy and efficiency

• The usefulness of electrical

appliances

• Methods we use to generate

electricity

• The use of waves for

communication and to provide

evidence that the universe is

expanding

Mock examination – Physics

Core Physics Additional Physics

What can you do to improve?

Take the initiative for your own learning…

What can you do to improve?

What can you do to improve?

Attendance to school

Punctuality to lessons

Attending revision classes – do you know when they are

Do you know what to revise – seek support from teachers

Homework

How do I revise?

Have you got a revision timetable Do you stick to it

Do you have a quiet area to work Revise in small chunks Give yourself breaks and rewards Refer to revision guides Do past papers Look at markschemes Read the examiners report

What can I do to help me remember?

Mnemonics Revision cards Mind maps Make up a story Key words and points Use colour Rewrite notes in your words, don’t just copy Don’t just read, do Work with a friend and test each other

Exam techniques

Get a good nights sleep

Bring the necessary equipment

Arrive at least 15 mins before the start of an exam

Take time to read the questions and highlight the keys points

Expect at least one difficult question

Check your work

The Bulmershe Sixth Form

Timeline

• Oct-Nov: Students start to think about subject options

• Jan 26th : Sixth Form Open Evening

• Feb: Online applications made to join the sixth form

• March: Student interviews held for place in sixth form

• April: Acceptance letters handed out to students

Entry Requirements

• With government changes students will be receiving a ‘cocktail’ of grades in the summer

• English and Maths graded 1-9 with 5 being the equivalent of the old C grades

• Our entry requirements will be a minimum of grade 5’s in English and Maths and 3 other A*-C grades to access our Level 3 courses

Sixth Form Pathways

Year 12 Level 2 courses Year 12 Level 3 courses

Year 13 Level 3 courses

University/ Apprenticeships/ Work

College/ Apprenticeship/ Work

5 GCSE A- E 5 A*-C grades including English And Maths (at grade 5)

Subject Specific Entry Requirements

Level 3 Courses Science: GCSE higher student, Higher B grade Maths: GCSE higher student, Grade 6 English: GCSE higher student, Grade 5 MFL: a grade B ICT, History, Geog, Preferably a B in the subject Drama, Media, Psychology, RS: Preferably a B in English Individual conversations will need to take place if students want to study subjects not taken at GCSE The entry requirement for all L3 courses are 5A*- C including English and Maths (Level 5)

Key Dates

Year 11 Mock exams session 1, week commencing Monday 12th December 2016 Year 11 Parents' Evening, Thursday 19th January 2017 Year 11 Mock exams session 2, week commencing Monday 20th February 2017 Public exams from Monday 15th May 2017 - Thursday 29th June 2017