Transcript KS4 Year 10 Parents Information Evening

Year 10
Parent/Carer
Information Evening
11th September 2014
Paul Williams Assistant Headteacher
Welcome & Overview
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Introductions
Subjects in Year 10
New demands upon your child
Parent support
Key dates
Recent results
5+ A* - C GRADES INCLUDING ENGLISH AND MATHS
2010
56%
2011
60%
2012
70%
2013
68%
2014
70%
Recent Results
• 20+ students achieved 8 or more
A and A* grades
• 98% achieved 5 or more A* - G grades
Subjects in Year 10/11
CORE SUBJECTS (ALL WILL DO)
• MATHS (7 hours) GCSE
• ENGLISH (8 hours) GCSE
• SCIENCE (8 hours) + 5 hours for separate
sciences
• MFL (5 Hours) GCSE
• PE ( 4 Hours) GCSE
• RS (2 hours) GCSE Full/Half course
• Study Skills (1 hour)
• OPTIONS X 3 (5 hours)
Course Details
Each course is different, they can include
elements of:
• Coursework
• Controlled assessment
• Practical exams
• Written exams
• Teacher witness statements
Coursework…
Traditional sense
• One or more pieces of work to be completed
by the student
• Can usually work on this outside of lessons
• Strict deadlines to be met
Coursework – parental help
• Proof read draft coursework
• Support with planning (if needed)
Controlled Assessment…
• A task or series of tasks that are set by the
examination board –usually on a given topic
• To be completed within lessons at school
• Controlled conditions
• Number of hours allowed
• ‘Normal’ exam rules
Examinations…
• End of year 11
• Full examination conditions marked externally
• Notified in advance usually 5 months for summer exams
Parental help…
• Pupils will be issued with their exam timetable in advance of the
examination period
• Remind pupils about exam rules – e.g. no mobile phones,
• Arriving at least 15 minutes before having eaten and exercised
• Remind pupils to revise – in advance!
• Support with correct equipment – pens, pencils, rules etc
(differs for each exam)
Who’s job is it?
Isn’t it the schools’ job to get them through
their exams?
• School clearly has an important and integral role to
play
• Provide the expertise and resources to help your child
acquire the knowledge, skills and understanding they
need to do their best in each subject.
• New expectations of your child in Years 10 and 11
expectations which for many children, even the very
brightest, are hard to meet.
• You don’t need to know anything about maths,
science or resistant materials to help them with these
things – you’ve been doing it all their lives!
New Demands on your
child:
• Being more-self motivated, and taking
more responsibility for their own learning.
• Asking when they do not understand!
• Developing their abilities to overcome
frustrations, and strategies for persisting when
they are finding it challenging.
• Organising themselves.
• Completing work independently
• Organising and planning their time over longer
periods
More New Demands….
• Understanding the exam structure and the
relative importance of each piece of work to
their final grade.
• Planning out and carrying out revision.
• Perfecting their ‘exam technique’.
• BUT the hardest demand…is that of
understanding the long term importance of
doing the best they can, and learning to shelve
short-term fun at times in the interest of long
term benefits!
And this is where you
come in!
You are the expert on your own child and
always have been his/her most important
teacher. Your support, encouragement and
interest can make a spectacular difference to
your child’s motivation and ability to cope with
the academic and organisational demands of
the exam years.
Parental Support
Parental support is eight times more important in
determining a child’s academic success than social
class, according to a new study. The Campaign for
Learning found that parental involvement in a child’s
education can mean the difference between an A*
and an ‘also-ran’ at GCSE.
Times Educational Supplement
Your role (in partnership with
the school)
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Attendance officer
Partner with school
Tool Box provider!
Study Buddy ( not doing it for them )
Project manager
Go-between for your child and school
He always leaves everything to the last minute
– one moment he has all the time in the world –
the next it’s all stress and stropping because
it has to be in tomorrow and he hasn’t got the
stuff he needs to do it…
Surely she
shouldn’t be going
out again when
she’s got exams
coming up?
I don’t understand all
this coursework, levels
and module exams – it’s
completely different
from when I was at
school.
She’s always got
an excuse – I don’t
know what to believe.
He’s always
panicked in exams
– when I try to help
him it always ends
in a slanging match
– it always seems to
end in me making him
more stressed.
Tips for Parents, from Parents
who survived!!
• Stay in touch with school (via website) and
your child's teachers.
• Know the course structure and requirements,
such as timings of coursework and
examinations.
• Plan the schedule for work and formulate an
agreed routine for study.
• Agree regular ‘check-ins’. Once a half- term is
a good aim in Year 10. Discuss, in relation to
timetable, where up to in each subject.
Further Support
• www.hartfordhigh.org.uk
• ‘Getting involved’ starring James Nesbitt
• www.parentscentre.gov.uk/webchatsintervi
ewsvideos/gettinginvolvedshortfilm
• GCSE's - What Can a Parent Do? (101 tips to
ensure success) (available amazon)
• Exam board websites
• www.projecteducation.co.uk/gcse
And so…
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Attend all lessons
Keep an organised file for each subject
Know deadline dates and plan run in time
Get draft work in before the dead-line, give your
teacher chance to make suggestions
• Balance the social life and study
• Don’t get a new job that drains your energy and
takes time from studies.
• Put key dates & dead-lines in your diary phone
with warning points along the way!
Friends?
• Ignore what friends and others are
doing or saying- you are working for an
easy life for YOU now and later- let them
have the hassle of redoing coursework
and the last minute panics over finding
notes, and books etc.
Further information
• www.bbc.co.uk/teens offers an A-Z of life
with advice on a whole range of issues
that might worry your son/daughter
• www.childline.org.uk/Examstress.asp
Tel 0800 11111
Offers tips and advice on exam stress as
well as a downloadable booklet
‘Exam stress and how to beat it!’
Key dates for Year 10
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September 30
December
January 26
March
April 30
June
July
Careers Fayre
CRU
Progress Day
CRU
Parent Evening
CRU & Report
College Taster Days
And finally.
• Careers Advisor
• Colleges
• Term-Time Holidays
Please stay and ask any further questions you
may have
Good Luck….