The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Year 11 Information Evening Welcome
Key Dates For Students in Year 11 – 2019 / 2020 2019 Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 7th November Mock Exams Begin – W/C Monday 18th November Mock Results Day – Monday 16 th December 2020 Parents Evening - Thursday 16th January Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 6 th February Mock Exams Begin – W/C Monday 24 th March Leavers Mass – Friday 1st May Exams Begin – Monday 11 th May (ends 26 th June) Prom – Thursday 25 th June Sixth Form Taster Day – In the Summer Term GCSE Results Day & Sixth Form Enrolment Thursday 20th August Keep up to date with everything on the App, Website, Facebook, Twitter & Instagram www.emshartlepool.org
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Attendance and Success Attendance Rate Chances of GCSE Success 93.5% + 74.3% chance of 5 (A*-Cs) 92.5% – 93.4% 60.4% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs) 91.5% - 92.4% 53.1% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs) 90% - 91.4% 44.6% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs) 88% - 89.9% 34% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs) Less than 88% 26% chance of grades 9-5 (5 A*-Cs)
Key Facts English Martyrs continues to have the best • results in the area. We are well-above local and national • averages on the DfE performance tables. Our Progress 8 Value-added is the best it has • ever been. Our Year 11 students achieved 66 grade 9s • and 19.66% of grades were 7-9.
Reasons To Celebrate 2019 recorded the best ever VA at +0.13 at EMS6 1 in every 5 grades were A* - A. Half were A* - B grades. 7 subject areas secured A* results and 23 subjects had a 100% pass rate. In EMS6 we have more students going to top universities than any other college.
Bob – GCSE Results Day… English – A English Lit - B Maths – B Core Science – A Additional Science – C Spanish – B Geography B BTEC Sport – Pass RE - B So A8 Eng (14) + Maths (12) + Ebac (7 + 6 + 6 ) + Others (6 + 6 + 5 ) = 62 / 10 = 6.2 P8 = 6.2-6.85 = -0.65
Support To Enhance Progress
Purpose 6-8 week programme 2 Assessment points Regular Assessment in STEP sessions-Are they • Target area of focus. making any progress? • Must be specific. • Final session • STEP session to help • Identified from • Assessment on area of bridge the gap between focus. examinations and what they know and Progress Reviews what they need to know. • Needs to have a specific focus. Session 1: Progress made? Baseline Assessment Sign off STEP session.
Lastly, important habits that should surround effective revision
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/01/nine-ways-to-stay-calm-in-a-crisis
Student A Student B Student C Student D Student E Student F Student G Student H Student I Student J Student K Student L Student M Student N
Mock Exams Commence 18 th November 2019
1. The Basics Provide a quiet space for study Help to reduce distractions: smart phones should be removed until study session is over; research shows that listening to music during study time actually reduces concentration – no matter how much students insist they “need” it! Ensure your son/daughter takes plenty of breaks Ensure any discussion or chat around revision or exams is positive
2. Revision Timetable Once a revision timetable has been devised, place it/a copy in a central area Chat about what’s been done, what’s still to do, how it’s going, (being positive), are there any events coming up that might mean changing study sessions around etc
3. Strategies for revision - Spaced Practice
3 . Strategies for revision - Interleaving
3. Strategies for revision – Retrieval practice
3. Strategies for revision – Quizzing/recall • Self-quizzing • Teach it back • Timed response • Summarise • Flash cards • Revision clocks
Summarising key information to mind-maps and/or flash cards
Remember… • Reading over notes and highlighting are not effective revision strategies! Very little will be retained. • Summarising, condensing, repeating information, making links, and quizzing will all help to ensure knowledge is “fixed” in the long term memory. • Once it’s in the long term memory, something has been learned.
Science – Exam board information • All Science GCSEs are administered by the AQA board. • The courses are: • Combined science: Trilogy (double award) • Biology • Chemistry • Physics
Science – Key information • 1 st Exam Tuesday 12th May 2020 (Biology) • 6 Exams in total (2 in Biology, 2 in Chemistry, 2 in Physics) • No coursework • Combined science – exams are 1hr 15mins • Separate Sciences – exams are 1hr 45mins • Combined science students will achieve a single qualification called combined science worth 2 GCSEs. Grades will look like this 6- 6 or 8-7. • Separate science students will achieve 3 grades e.g. Biology 6, Chemistry 7, Physics 9.
Support in School • Monday night STEP – Small group targeted intervention • Wednesday night • Physics GCSE drop in • Chemistry GCSE drop in • Thursday night • Biology GCSE drop in • Revision guides available to order from Monday 7 th October via the parent app and parent pay. (Many students already have one)
Support outside school • BBC Bitesize website • Microsoft TEAMS • Shared resources from teachers in school – Students access using their school email address and password. • SENECA learning • Online revision tool – free to sign up contains revision materials and has online quizzes • AQA.org.uk • Exam board website – lots of past papers and information
English Language and English Literature GCSE • Two distinct qualifications. • Important in terms of any career Revision guides will be available through Parent Pay and differ for each student. path. • Help and revision available We recommend one guide for English Language and separate shorter guides for throughout the year: English Literature. • Step, English Language – Reading and writing • Exam Revision, fiction/non-fiction. • Drop in, English Literature: • Poet-tea. An Inspector Calls, Power and Conflict poetry, Romeo &Juliet / Macbeth A 19 th Century Novel
The new qualifications are different to the old ones in several ways: • There is new, more demanding content • A greater focus on problem solving The balance of entries between tiers has therefore changed. The percentage of 16-year-old students in England sitting higher in summer 2016 was 76% 2017 2018 2019 2020 Higher Foundation Higher Foundation Higher Foundation Higher Foundation National 53% 47% 56% 44% 57% 43% EMS 65% 35% 67% 33% 64% 36% 65% 35%
• Students given homework every Friday • Students hand in homework on a Tuesday • Teachers give students feedback on a Thursday NOTE: Teachers go over similar questions on a Friday to help students with the homework due on a Tuesday https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse.html lmurray@ems.hartlepool.sch.uk
Year 11 Parents’ Evening Date for your Diary Thursday 16 th January 2020
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