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13 th October 2015

Welcome / purpose of event  Received feedback from parents – how complicated things have become  Attempt to resolve this  Confidence to contact those relevant to your concern.

Who’ll you be meeting?  Miss T Young - Head of Year 10  Miss L Banks - Head of English  Mrs L Lloyd – Head of Mathematics  Mrs D Conway – Head of Science  Mrs N Jennings – i/c Welsh Baccalaureate

Pupil Targets  We set individual targets.  Use FFT targets – we set the most challenging targets for our girls  Most recent set of targets were in their end of Year 9 report – Grades now not levels  A new interim report will be with parents mid November  Please speak with myself or the team if you have any concerns following

Why is attendance important?  Research shows that just 17 days missed from school can mean a drop of a GCSE grade across ALL subjects  90% Attendance may sound good, but over a year it actually adds up half a day missed each week.  Schools are open to pupils 190 days of the year which leaves 175 days for holidays and visiting family. Holidays can no longer be authorised during the school year.  All pupils should be aiming for an attendance figure of 95% - 100%. Please help us to achieve this for you Daughter.  Please contact us straight away if you have any concerns over your daughters desire to come to school. It is easier to solve any issues earlier rather than later.

Wellbeing  Form tutors  Head of Year 10  Pastoral Support officers – Mrs Homer  Additional external specialist support if required All Year 10 pupils will also have access to a mentor

Mentoring  Each Form Tutor has an hour a fortnight for mentoring. All Year 10 pupils will be mentored by their Form Tutor.  Additional mentoring will be put in place for pupils who have been identified as borderline C/D in Maths and/ or English after half term.  All staff will be aware of the pupils being mentored and will update Form Tutors.

Key Dates 2015/16 Thursday 15 th October 2015 Physics Revision techniques and coursework catch up Friday 16 th October INSET Day Tuesday 20 th October 2015 Physics Revision techniques and coursework catch up Before Half Term Geography Coursework Deadline Half Term Monday 26 th October to Fri 30 th October 2015 Attendance leaflets Thursday 19 th November 2015 Form tutor Parents Evening Thursday 26 th November 2015 Form Tutor Parents Evening Christmas Break Monday 21 st December to Friday 1 st January 2016 Attendance leaflets Half term Monday 15 th February to Friday 19 th February 2016 Attendance leaflets Monday 7 th March to Friday 18 th March 2016 In class mock examinations Tuesday 22 nd March 2016 Year 10 Parents Evening with Subject Teachers Easter Break Friday 25 th March 2016 to Friday 8 th March 2016 Attendance leaflets Revision Week Friday 15 th April 2016 Year 10 reports May 2016 GCSE Examinations start Half Term Monday 30 th May to Friday 3 rd June 2016 Attendance leaflets June 2016 GCSE Examinations finish Summer Holidays start Monday 18 th July Attendance Summary Leaflet August 2016 GCSE Results

Finally from me…  If you have any individual questions please see Miss Young or myself this evening or contact us via the school phone number.  Alternatively, I can be emailed on cbrown.bhcs@valelearning.com if this is easier. Thanks once again for your continued support and for attending this evening.

Miss L Banks Head of English faculty

TWO SEPARATE GCSE QUALIFICATIONS En English lish En English lish Lan anguage uage Literature ature

En Engli glish sh Li Literature erature

ENGLISH LITERATURE – TWO EXAMS Unit 1 35% Uni 5% Uni Unit 2 40% 0% Of Mic ice e an and d Men en: One ne Blood od Brothe thers: s: One ne extract act and d one es e essay extract act and d one es e essay Unsee Uns een po poet etry: y: One es e essay Lord d of the e Fl Flie ies: One e extract act an and d one ne es essay Jan 2 2017 June 2 e 2017 Re-sit it in in M May 2017

ENGLISH LITERATURE – ONE CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT 25% 25% Shak akespe speare are and d poe oetr try: y: 1. 1. Pupils pils study udy the e presentat esentation ion of a specif ecific ic them eme in a Shak akespe espeare are play 2. 2. Pupils pils write a compa pari rison son of two o poem ems s by Welsh lsh writers. s. Spri ring ng term rm 2016

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UNIT T 2 ( (DESCRIPTION, NARRATION AND EXPOSITION ) 40% Writ iting ing Reading ng  One writi ting ng task k to be • Shor ort story select cted ed fr from om a choic hoice of f two • Play that t coul ould be either er • Comic ic strip ip descr cription tion, , narrati rration on or • Geograph raphical ical map exposi sition tion; • Catalogu logue  one proofr oofread ading ing task k • Diagram rams focu cusing sing on writing ing acc ccur urat ately ly. • Essays ys  Assessed ssed through ugh a ran ange of f stru ructure tured d questions; tions;  editing g task sk focusi using ng on under erstand tanding ing shor ort texts at Half of all ava vailable word, , sentence ence and text level. mark rks s will be awarde ded d for writ riting ng accurately ely (lang nguage, e, grammar, , punctuati ation n and spelling) ng).

UNIT T 2 ( (ARGUMENTATION, PERSUASION AND INSTRUCTIONAL) 4 40% Writ iting ing Reading ng • One compu puls lsor ory y • Let etter ers s promo omoti ting ng a PoV • A repor port/ar t/articl ticle e giving ng opi pinion ion argumentat umentation ion writ iting ing • Persuasion: suasion: subjecti jective task; sk; • Speech ch • One compu puls lsor ory y • Review persuasion suasion writ iting ing task sk. Assessed ssed through ugh a ran ange of f  struc ructured tured questions; tions; Half of all ava vailable mark rks s will be awarde ded d for writ riting ng accurately ely (lang nguage, e, grammar, , punctuati ation n and spelling) ng).

TIMELINE Year r 10 Autumn umn term rm Sprin ring g term erm Summer mmer term erm • Lord d of th the Fl Flies s • Shakespeare and • Blood od Bro roth ther ers whilst practising poetry: (and language language skills 1. Pupils study the skills) too. presentation of a specific theme in • Individual a Shakespeare presentation play 2. Pupils write a comparison of two poems by Welsh writers.

Year r 11 Autumn umn term rm Sprin ring g term erm Summer mmer term erm • Of Mice and Men • JAN: : OMAM exam am • Language guage and unseen een • Language guage prepara parati tion on and poetr etry preparati paration on and nd revision ision revisi ision on • LOTF& F&BB BB exam am • Group p discuss ussion ion • 2 x x Lang g exams ams

FINAL NOTES • The be e best way to revis ise e for r Engl glis ish h is is to rea ead. d. READ D ever erythi thing – pa pape pers/gr graph phs/ma s/maps/l ps/lett etter ers pa page ges et etc. • Accuracy curacy of spe pellin ing, g, pu punctuation uation and g d gramma mar r is is worth th a sig ignif ific icant t number er of marks. rks. Get et pr practisi ising! g! • Web ebsit ites es that pr prep epare e for r the e gr gramma mar r schoo ool 11+ 1+ exam wil ill hel elp. p. • Don’t watch any Lord of the Flies films! The black and white version is the closest but it’s still quite di differ eren ent. t. • Follo low w me on e on twit itter er: : @BHEngl glis ish (# (#LOTFp Fprep rep)

Mrs L Lloyd Head of Mathematics faculty

All pupils are preparing for the new WJEC mathematics GCSE. There are two GCSE’s: GCSE Mathematics Numeracy • GCSE Mathematics •

There are 3 tiers of entry: Tier of entry Higher Intermediate Foundation B, C, D, E C, D, E, F, G Grades A*, A, B, C available (U) (U) (U)

 Each GCSE has two examination papers: paper 1 is a non-calculator paper  paper 2 is a calculator paper   The length of each paper varies according to the level of entry  There is NO coursework / controlled assessment – the grades are from the examination paper ONLY

Examination dates  Pupils will sit the GCSE Mathematics Numeracy examination in November 2016  Pupils will then sit the GCSE Mathematics examination in May / June 2017  Pupils will also have the opportunity to resit the Numeracy paper in the May / June 2017

What help does the Mathematics department offer?

 ‘Maths watch’ website  ‘My maths’ website  ‘Drop–in’ sessions every Tuesday lunchtime  In year 11 there will be revision sessions