Transcript Staff Meeting - Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College

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Director of studies KS4
Monitoring and support
English department
Units
% of final GCSE mark
Examination 1 hour
Unit 1 – Studying Written Language
(Reading non-fiction)
20%
Examination 1 hour
Unit 2 – Using Written Language
(Writing information and ideas)
20%
Controlled Assessments
Unit 3
1) Studying Written Language – one assignment on a 15%
novel or play
2) Using language – two creative writing assignments 15%
, descriptive and narrative
Unit 4 – Studying spoken language
10%
A written evaluation and comparison of spoken
language
Speaking and Listening Oral Assessments
Three assessments – one individual, one group and
one drama focus
20%
Units
% of final GCSE mark
Examination
Unit 1 – Prose and Poetry (2 hours)
Section A, Individual texts in context –
Different Cultures novel study (21%)
Section B, Unseen contemporary poetry
comparison (14%)
35%
Examination
Unit 2B – Contemporary Drama and Literary
Heritage Prose (2 hours)
Section A, Contemporary Drama (20%)
Section B, Literary Heritage Prose (20%)
40%
Controlled Assessment
Unit 3 – Shakespeare and Poetry
25%
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Students have completed their 5 controlled
assessments.
Where these controlled assessments are
below target grade students are being asked
to retake these assessments.
English Language controlled assessments =
40% of the final GCSE mark.
English Literature controlled assessment =
25% of the final GCSE mark.
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Extended Literary Text
(completed)
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing
Shakespeare and Poetry
Spoken Language
*dates to be finalised
16th September
wk b 17th October
wk b 17th October
December*
January*
Science department
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Physics structured paper 8th Nov (10%)
Physics multiple choice paper 14th Nov (10%)
Chemistry structured paper 1st March (10%)
Chemistry multiple choice paper 2nd March (10%)
Biology structured paper 30th May (10%)
Biology multiple choice paper 12th June (10%)
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Practical skills assessment – ongoing (10%)
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There will be three internal assessments in class based
around practical investigations through the 2 terms which
account for the final 30%
Resources – CBEC Moodle, edexcel website, BBC bitesize
Head of Maths
Year 11 Curriculum evening
•Linear (not modular)
•Functional element
•QWC (Quality of written communication)
•My Maths
•Maths Watch
Maths Watch Clip
Director of Studies KS4
Exam procedures
Y11 Progress Manager
Transitions support