Making the Grade Year 10 evening
3 30 minute Workshops tonight: • English – Ms Blondel/Ms Harrington - Library (Great Expectations) • Science – Mr Mannion/Mr Collins – D15 (How to achieve the best grade- tips and tricks) • Maths - Mr Wheeley/Mr Davies - Hall (Key areas for revision and how you can help at home)
Making the Grade • Attendance and Punctuality • Progress measures • What is making the grade? • Preparation
Attendance & Punctuality
A pupil with 90% attendance throughout their school life will have missed a whole school year – nearly one thousand hours of learning.
So what?
• Missing just 17 days in one year can mean dropping a full grade at GCSE. • The rate of offending by young people who truant school is 3 times higher than those who do not truant. • School truants are 6 times more likely to be unemployed. • 5 or more GCSEs can increase wages by 42%.
The good news is …..
Progress Measures
So in 2017, we have a mixture of grades happening… English and math will be graded on a 9-1 grade scale whilst all other GCSEs will retain the A*-G grades for this year. New GCSE Grade Old GCSE Grade 1 G 2 F 3 E 4 D 5 C 6 B 7 A 8 A* 9 A**
What is tonight's making the grade all about?
• Finding out about the new progress measures • Fining out about the new English & Maths GCSEs • Building relationships • Offer support at home • Knowing what's in store • But most importantly you are not in this alone
preparation
3 30 minute Workshops tonight: • English – Ms Blondel/Ms Harrington - Library (Great Expectations) • Science – Mr Mannion/Mr Collins – D15 (How to achieve the best grade- tips and tricks) • Maths - Mr Wheeley/Mr Davies - Hall (Key areas for revision and how you can help at home)
Making The Grade Year 10 Maths GCSE
Overview • General Information – GCSE Course Information – Year 10 information • Pointers and techniques for improving outcomes – Mastery – Worked examples – Key information – Clear working – Pictorial representations – Memory supports • Questions
GCSE Course Overview • Exam Board - AQA 33.3% non calculator (Paper 1) 66.6% calculator (Paper 2) • Foundation or Higher Tier • New grading structure – Foundation Tier 1 - 5 – Higher Tier 4 – 9
Grading Structure
Year 10 Mathematics overview • Half – termly assessments – Penultimate week of each half-term – Assessed against progress towards personal Target Grade – Topics covered in that half-term, alongside prior learning • Homework structure – 2 per half-term – Mini assessments • End of year assessment – Full mock exam
Equipment for every lesson • Scientific calculator £7.00 • Geometry set £1.00
Mathematics study club • Thursday 3:05 – 4:00pm • Room: D22 • Please bring along work. Homework is ideal.
Pointers and techniques for improving student’s outcomes in Mathematics
Mastering • If you don’t understand something, focus on mastering before moving on • Homework Tasks – Focus on specific areas – Revisit after homework assessments • E-mail teachers for question banks – http://www.mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcs emathsrevisiontopics.htm
Worked examples • Hegarty Maths – Website – YouTube channel
Worked examples https://youtu.be/Q6FUVCl4BpE
Highlighting key information • Highlight key prompt words • Remove superfluous information • Supports in structuring the answer
Highlighting key information
Highlighting key information
Highlighting key information
Clear working out • Avoid scratching out incorrect working • Keep solutions neat and line-by-line
Clear working out
Draw a picture
Memory supports • Flash cards • Games and Apps • Regular engagement
Memory supports
Memory supports – Parallel Line Facts – Angles in Polygons – Right angle trigonometry (SOHCAHTOA) – Pythagoras – Area of trapezium – Area/Circumference of circles – exact values of sin, cos and tan at 0, 30, 45, 60, 90 degrees – Command words – Index laws • Foundation • Higher – Prime, squares, cubes – Circle Theorems – 2-D and 3-D shape names – Graphs of Trigonometric and facts functions – Fraction, Decimal, – Quadratic formula percentage equivalent – Vol/SA of spheres, cones
Questions??
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