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Parents are a child’s first A Proven Fact: When parents are actively involved in their child’s education student achievement improves. and most important teacher. Family participation in education is TWICE as predictive of students’ Research has highlighted a academic success as family correlation between socioeconomic status. parental involvement and 86% of the general public believes that student achievement in support from parents is the most school, however the "how" important way to improve schools. of parental involvement School age children spend 70% of their continues to be a challenge waking hours outside of school (Greenwood & Hickman, 1991; Seefeldt, 1985; Catholic Principals’ Council Voydanoff & Donnelly, 1996, In schools where student in Peña, 2000; Gutman & Midgley, 2000). achievement was reported, Loucks (1992) found that parent involvement was a Parent involvement has been linked with student significant factor in both outcomes including increased achievement exam accelerated and sustained results, a decrease in dropout rate, improved student academic attendance, improved student behaviour, higher performance. grades, higher grade point average, greater commitment to schoolwork, and improved attitude Parent Involvement: The Key To Improved Student Achievement Steven R. Hara and Daniel J. School toward school. Community Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall/Winter 1998 Parent Involvement and Student Achievement Summary #18, 2000

The Year 11 Parent Exam and Revision Evening Support and resources available at the following link on the School’s Website: http://www.whitleyacademy.com/learning/exam- intervention/

Arrangements for the evening:  Parents arrive 5.45pm for welcome talk BDU  5.50pm – 5.55pm Careers Information AEL  5.55pm – 6.00pm General Revision Strategies DCR At 6.00pm parents of children who do Humanities and Languages will then be divided into 2 groups - Group A and Group B and go to Languages / Humanities as per the timetable below. Parents of students who do not do Humanities or Languages Remain in the hall for the English, Science, Maths Talk Group A Surname A-K Group B Surname L-Z Time Subject Room Staff Time Subject Room Staff 6.00pm – Humanities 6.00pm – Languages 6.10pm Geography G03 6.10pm French G05 History G04 Spanish G06 6.15pm – Languages 6.15pm – Humanities 6.25pm French G05 6.25pm Geography G03 Spanish G06 History G04 Following this talk parents to Following this talk parents to go go back to the hall for 6.30 back to the hall for 6.30  6.00pm – 6.10pm English Support Talk (For parents / carers whose children do not do Humanities / Languages) KSE  6.10pm – 6.20pm Science Support Talk (For parents / carers whose children do not do Humanities / Languages) VMA  6.20pm – 6.30pm Maths Support Talk (For parents / carers whose children do not do Humanities / Languages) STB

Arrangements for the evening continued: At 6.30pm parents / carers of children do not do Humanities / Languages can leave.  6.30pm – 6.40pm English Support Talk (For parents / carers who have just been to the Humanities / Languages talk) KSE  6.40pm – 6.50pm Science Support Talk (For parents / carers who have just been to the Humanities / Languages talk) VMA  6.50pm – 7.00pm Maths Support Talk (For parents / carers who have just been to the Humanities / Languages talk) STB  7.00pm Final thoughts & closing BDU

Exams….when, where, why, how?…help The summer exams range from Tuesday 14 th May 2019 to Wednesday 19 th June 2019. Results day is Thursday 22 nd August 2019. We aim to issue individual timetables and supporting information around the end of March.

UNDER PRESSURE?..... Tips for your children  Believe in yourself!  Ask for help from teachers at school  Tell your parents if you are worried  Don’t let other’s expectations get on top of you  Make sure you have time to relax

Healthy Body = Healthy Mind Eating a variety of healthy foods doesn’t just give your body a boost, it also benefits your brain cells.  Don’t skip meals - this will make you bad- tempered and unable to concentrate.  Eat regularly - this helps to stop those lows and highs in your blood sugar levels.

BRAIN FUEL  WATER, WATER and, yes, even more WATER! If your brain is dehydrated you will not perform to your full potential.  Bananas  Fish  Bread, cereal, pasta and potatoes

REVISION STRESS How to beat revision stress:  Do some exercise or sport  Make sure you get some fresh air and time out during the day  Give yourself a treat when you have achieved a revision goal  Make time for your friends, share your worries  Make sure you get between 7 or 8 hours sleep per night

Good Revision tips  Make a list of all your subjects and then prioritise in exam order (identify topics)  Give yourself realistic time allowances e.g 1 hour of revision per night or 2 hours per day at the weekend  Take short breaks every 40mins  Make a revision timetable and stick to it!  Revision Guides: Make sure you have the correct exam board! Make sure they have activities to do and include the answers! (

How can you support your child’s revision  Remove distractions (phones/consoles/laptops/ i watches)  Provide a quiet place to revise with a table ideally  Reminded of when to revise based on their revision plan (avoids procrastination) – Nag them!  Get involved and test them using revision guides/notes/exam mark schemes (add in rewards for doing well)

After school support! Week Beginning 25/2/19 until end of Subject Intervention the year Start at 3.10pm MONDAY English TUESDAY Maths & Science WEDNESDAY Languages & Art THURSDAY Geography & History FRIDAY

3 OPTIONS FOR CURRENT YEAR 11 COLLEGE POST 16 APPRENTICESHIP WHITLEY ACADEMY COVENTRY COLLEGE L3 COURSES INTERMEDIATE HENLEY CAMPUS 3 A LEVELS ADVANCED CITY CAMPUS 3 BTECS WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE GROUP COMBINATION COURSE MORETON MORREL L2 GCSE MATHS/ENGLISH LEAMINGTON COLLEGE HEART OF ENGLAND TRAINING COVENTRY WARWICKSHIRE TRAINING Armed Forces

Conditional place Back-up plan YEAR 11 CV Written Apprenticeships – check start date

PARENTS • • • SUPPORT APPLICATIONS CHECK YOUR CHILD HAS A HELP THEM WITH THEIR CV PROFESSIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS • • SUPPORT THEM IN ATTENDING RELEVANT SUBJECT INTERVENTIONS • OPEN EVENTS ACTION PLAN – SUPPORT WITH • PART-TIME JOB AT 16 COMPLETING CAREER ACTIONS • WORK EXPERIENCE DURING HOLIDAYS • NCS CHALLENGE

CAREERS ADVICE • MRS ELLIOTT • CONTACT : A.ELLIOTT@WHITLEYACADEMY.COM • TEL. 02476 302580

“You can’t revise for English!” Oh yes you can! Tips for parents and carers

G C S E ENGLISH LANGUAGE

G C S E ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 – TUESDAY 4 TH JUNE (1h45m) PAPER 2 – FRIDAY 7 TH JUNE (1h45m)

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English Language • Read sections of novels or newspaper/ magazine articles • Watch the clips on YouTube • Know the skills – use the revision guides • Do practise papers The key to success on English Language is to practise and know what skill is being tested and where .

G C S E ENGLISH LITERATURE

G C S E ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 1 – WEDNESDAY 15 TH MAY (1h45m) PAPER 2 – THURSDAY 23 RD MAY (2h15m)

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English Literature • For each text students need to know, remember and recall: • What happens (the plot) • The characters • Short quotations • The context • The themes • The style (language, structure and form)

English Literature • Create a mind map / revision poster for each text.

English Literature • Use the revision guides to make revision cards for each of the characters in each of the texts.

English Literature • Use the revision guides to make revision cards for each of the themes in each of the texts.

English Literature

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY GOT YOURS… Six revision guides for £6 Please see Mrs Secker (G04) for your copies

Developing confidence • Once you have made the revision notes/ cards: • Ask friends and family to test you. • Make games to help you to remember. Read your cards, remember what’s on there and rewrite the information in bullet points or in less words.

How to Succeed in in Science Content / Knowledge Practical Skills Maths Skills Biology / Chemistry Methods for RPAs & Data Analysis & /Physics Variables Physics formula Factual Recall Investigative Skills Analyse results of Tassomai & Revision related to 21 required experiments and Guide practical's apply 24 equations YouTube clips via school Tassomai / Revision Guide website / Tassomai / Revision / Practice Questions Guide