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15 th September 2015

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

Who’ll you be meeting?  Mrs K Phillips - Head of Year 11  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 for all of our pupils.  Use FFT targets – we set the most challenging targets for our girls  Most recent set of targets were in their Year 10 report  External exams sat in June – Exam slip already provided

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 daughter’s desire to come to school. It is easier to solve any issues earlier rather than later.

Wellbeing  Form tutors  Head of Year 11  Pastoral Support officers – Mrs Homer / Mrs Thomas  Additional external specialist support All Year 11 pupils will also have access to a mentor

Mentoring  Each Form Tutor has an hour a fortnight for mentoring. All Year 11 pupils will be mentored by their Form Tutor.  Additional mentoring is in place for pupils who have been identified as borderline C/D in Maths. This mentoring will take place every week with the Form Tutor until November.  All staff are aware of the pupils being mentored and will update Form Tutors weekly.  After the Maths examination in November, the mentoring will be offered to C/D borderline pupils in English.

Key Dates 2015/16 September 24 th 2015 Drama filmed workshop Unit 1 September 25 th 2015 Drama filmed workshop Unit 2 October 8 th 2015 Drama theatre trip (to complete theatre review) October Half Term Geography controlled assessment deadline November 4 th 2015 Maths GCSE examination November 10 th 2015 Maths GCSE examination December 12 th 2015 Drama final deadline for all coursework W/C December 14 th 2015 Music performing deadline Unit 1 December 18 th 2015 Music composition deadline Unit 2 January 2016 Art, photography and textiles external examination paper issued January 5 th 2016 Year 11 options trawl to determine subjects offered in VI form January 6 th 2016 English Literature GCSE re-sit (Of Mice and Men) examination January 8 th 2016 English Language GCSE (fiction) examination January 11 th 2016 Year 11 options booklet issued and put on school website January 21 st 2016 Year 11 options evening at Barry Comprehensive January – March 2016 Spanish controlled assessment (in class) February 9 th 2016 Year 11 parents’ evening W/C February 22 nd 2016 English speaking and listening assessments Feb/March 2016 Music performing exams external (awaiting date) First week March 2016 Art, photography and textiles external practical examination March 21 st -22 nd 2016 Drama provisional GCSE practical examination (may change) March 23 rd 2016 Child Development, Health and Social and Food Technology controlled assessment deadline March 24 th 2016 Welsh controlled assessment deadline Easter 2016 Art, photography and textiles coursework deadline April/May 2015 Music composition submission (awaiting date) April 1 st 2016 DT controlled assessment deadline First week of April 2016 IVQ Science controlled assessment deadline May 5 th 2016 ICT coursework deadline May 13 th 2016 ICT re-sit examination May/June 2016 GCSE examinations (awaiting dates)

And finally…  If you have any individual questions please see Miss Phillips or myself this evening or contact us via the school phone number.  Use the parental support booklet, particularly if the issue is subject specific. Contacting the appropriate HOD may gain you a more accurate answer.  Alternatively, I can be emailed on cbrown.bhcs@valelearning.com Thanks once again for your continued support and for attending this evening.

TWO SEPARATE GCSE QUALIFICATIONS En English lish En English lish Lan anguage uage Liter erature ature

ENGLISH LANGUAGE – TWO EXAMS Un Unit t 1: Fictio tion n – 30% Jan 2016 Non Non-fic ictio tion n – 30% June 2016 Reading ing: : Read d an unseen n story Reading ing: : Read two wo transac saction tional al and answ swer questions ions texts and answer r questions tions Writing ting: : Pupil pils will be i instruct tructed d to write a piece of trans nsactional actional Writing ting: : Pupil pils have a list of five writing ting which ch is usual ally y inspire pired d titles s from whic ich h to choose for by what they’ve read. It will the inspi pira ration tion for r their r state e the intende nded d audie ience nce and d narrati ative writin ting purpo rpose e Types of texts: s: lett etters, , reports ts, , We advise ise reviews ws, , articl icles, s, leaflet ets pupils s to speeche hes. s. write a stor ory befor oreha ehand. d. Spelling, elling, punctuation nctuation an and gram amma mar is worth th 50% % of th the e wr writi ting ng ma mark rks

ENGLISH LANGUAGE – CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS Indi divid idual Pres esen enta tati tion on Rea eadi ding g 10% 0% 10% 0% - do done ne in in Yea ear 10 Topi pic of choic oice. e. Feb eb 2016 Writ itin ing Group up di discuss ssion ion 10% 0% - do done in e in Yea ear 10 10% 0% In c n clas ass s bef efore ore May 2016

ENGLISH LITERATURE – TWO EXAMS Unit 1 35% Uni 5% Unit 2 40% Uni 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 Uns Unsee 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 Re Re-sit it in in Ja Jan 2 2016 Jun une e 2016

ENGLISH LITERATURE – ONE CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT 25% 25% Shak akesp espea eare re an and d po poetr etry: y: Pu Pupi pils compa pare re the e pr pres esen entati tion on of a spe pecif ific ic them eme e across oss thes ese e texts. s. Compl plet eted ed in in Y Yea ear 10.

TIMELINE Lit Lang g Lang g Writing ing Shakespe espeare are Lit Un Unit 1 Reading ing CA CA CA CA CA Lit Un Unit t 1 Lang Un Unit t 1 Lang Lang Un Unit t 1 Lit Un Unit t 2 Lang Un Unit t 2 Re Re-sit sit Jan exam am Jan Speak eaking ing & re re-sit sit June e May 2016 June e 2016 2016 2016 Listen enin ing 2016

FINAL NOTES • The be e best way to revis ise e for r Engl glis ish h is is to rea ead. d. • Accuracy curacy of spe pellin ing, g, pu punc nctua uati tion on an and d gr gramma mar r is is w worth th a sig ignif ific icant t number er of marks. rks. Get et pr practi tisin sing! g! • Don’t watch any Lord of the Flies films! The black and white version is the closest but it’s stil ill quit ite e di differ eren ent. t. • The bo e booklet oklet has lots s of extra ra in informa rmati tion on and d revis ision ion tip ips. • Revis ision ion is is on on a M a Mond nday af after er school hool. • Follo low w me on e on twit itter er: : @BHEngl glis ish (# (#LOTFp Fprep rep)

Exam dates Paper 1 (Non-calculator) We Wednesday, nesday, 4 th th Nove vember ber – morning ning at 08.45 Paper 2 (Calculator) Tuesd sday, y, 10 th th Nove vember ber – morning ning at 08.45

Mock ck exa xamin minatio ations: ns: Thursday 24 th September Paper 1 (Non-Calulator paper) Friday 2 nd October Paper 2 (Calculator paper)

What help does the mathematics department offer?

 After school revision  Saturday morning revision  Past paper revision  ‘Maths watch’ website  ‘My maths’ website

Wh What at can an yo you do to help lp yo your r dau aughte ghter? r?  Encourage her to attend the revision sessions  Ensure she is completing the past papers  Ensure that she has the correct equipment including a calculator

Yr 11 Science

Our Success story!  95% of all Yr 11 pupils 2015 gained at least a C grade/equivalent !

OCR GCSE Science Assessment  All students have gained a GCSE from their work in year 10.  All students will sit 2 external examinations in June 2016. They will have a Mock Module 3 examination at the end of this term in December 2015.  The students in Yr 11 have already completed their controlled assessment.

OCR GCSE Science Homework & Testing  Pupils are set homework regularly from their Black Collins Revision Guide. They mark and correct this themselves with a green pen and bring it to class by a set deadline.  Pupils also have regular tests set throughout each Topic (they have one tomorrow!). These tests are made up from past examination questions.