Transcript YR 11 MATHS INTERVENTION

The C/D Borderline
“Opening Doors”
Research has highlighted that the parent-child relationship
could be the most important factor in a child’s academic
and social development.
Professor Tanya Byron reported:
parental or carer engagement is key to a child’s educational success,
but many parents are struggling to get involved with their child’s
learning.
Just 16% of children actively share any information with their parents
about their school day. 43% of parents find it either difficult to extract
information from their child about their day at school.
31% of parents admit to feeling ‘excluded’ when their child won’t tell
them what they’ve done at school that day.
Fulfilling Your Child’s Potential
Steps to success
 Support the school in supporting your child
 Discuss progress with them
 Encourage them to get grade 1’s (outstanding) for their
Effort, Homework & Attitude
 Support their efforts to achieve C grades or better
 Take decisive action when 3, 4 or 5 grades regularly
crop up.
 Come to Parents’ Consultation evenings & Progress
Review Days
Reporting and Assessment –
Year 11
 Academic Progress Review Days
November 20th
 Monitoring
November 13th
January 29th
March 26th
 Trial Examination Results
January 29th
 Parents’ Consultation Evening
February 3rd
The Importance of
Attendance
All data based on Shelley College
Year 11 students 2008-09
2008-09 Attendance
Group
% Attend
Year 9
93.8
Year 10
93.5
Year 11
94.7
Totals
94.0
Figures based on 2008/09 Academic Year at
Shelley College
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades Achieved
for best 8 subjects
100%
A and B
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades
Achieved for best 8 subjects
95+%
to 99.9%
B
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades
Achieved for best 8 subjects
93 to 95%
C
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades
Achieved for best 8 subjects
90-92%
D
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades
Achieved for best 8 subjects
Under 90%
E
Attendance and Achievement at GCSE
Level of
Attendance
Average GCSE Grades
Achieved for best 8 subjects
Under 80 %
F
The Importance of GCSE Maths
 All schools and colleges require at least grade C if you
want to study As & A levels
 All Universities require at least a minimum of grade C
in English & Maths
 The majority of employers will require a minimum of
GCSE grade C
Impact & Reality
 If staying in 6th form – many students have to drop an
As subject to allow them to re sit their Maths
 This will possibly impact on University and job
applications
MODULE 5 EXAM
 Module 1 & 3 provide 45% of your final grade
 Module 5 is the remaining 55% (the most important)
 69% of last years Yr 11 students had A*-C in modules 1
& 3, however 8% of these achieved a grade D overall –
due to poor performance in Module 5
 Much of this was due to a lack of preparation &
complacency
PB/PSHEE LESSONS
 All students must attend every Blue week. This will
support Module 3 re sits and preparation for Module 5
 Year offices and SLT will check attendance and chase
up any absentees
 This is a support mechanism, not a punishment
The Key Statistics
The Key Statistics
Parental Support
 Be aware of support on offer and key exam dates,
hence pressure points in the year.
 Help your son/daughter access the department Virtual
Learning Environment
 Use websites to help your son/daughter revise
 Insist your son/daughter ‘actively’ revises. Revision is
far more effective if you DO Maths as opposed to just
read Maths.
English
Intervention
Course Outline
All students in sets 1-6 do two GCSEs in English and
English Literature
Pilot group of five
teaching classes
taking English
Exam in November
2009 and English
Literature June
2010.
The other seven
teaching classes
taking both English
and English
Literature in June
2010.
The Importance of
English GCSE
Being able to speak, read and write accurately
is acutely important in today’s society. A c
grade in GCSE English is essential to gain a
place on any A Level course and subsequent
University course. It is also the
communication standard that employers
expect.
Boys Performance – GCSE English
 The National Trend shows Boys perform less well
than Girls
 This trends is also apparent at Shelley College
 Evidence suggests that boys respond well to male
role models
 Reading & writing are crucial
 Speaking & listening are crucial
 Coursework is crucial
Types of intervention
A variety of intervention strategies will be implemented
throughout year 11 in English and will cater for individual
student’s needs.
The strategies will depend upon when each student is
taking their English exam and will focus on weaknesses
in coursework and/or exam performance.
English GCSE - coursework
Worth 40% : 4 written essays – Original Writing
Media
Shakespeare
Pre-1914 Prose
 3 Speaking and Listening assessed tasks
English GCSE – Exams
Paper 1 30%
Paper 2
30%
Section A –
Reading (unseen
media texts)
Section A – Reading
Poetry from Different
Cultures
Section B – Writing
to argue, persuade
or advise
Section B – Writing to
inform, explain,
describe
PB / PSHEE Lessons
There are three English Intervention classes running in
PB / PSHEE lessons in Yellow week.
All classes will follow the same revision module in that
time with three very strong English teachers.
Attendance at these revision classes is essential and any
absence will be reported to the year 11 Office and SLT.
Parental Support
 Re-iterate the importance of attendance at revision
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sessions
Support English teachers, by encouraging the
completion/improvement of coursework and reinforce the
importance of deadlines
Refer to the revision guide
Encourage your child to read newspaper articles and
summarise the main points of the argument
Use websites nearer the exam for interactive revision
Intervention sessions after
school
There will be several intervention sessions running after
school: Coursework catch up/ improvement sessions
 Exam revision classes this term for those entered for
their English Exam in November.
 Exam revision sessions starting after Christmas for those
entered in June.
Exam Board/Websites
 Exam Board – AQA www.aqa.org.uk Specification -
English A
 The English Moodle has many links to websites
 www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
 www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse