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Welcome to our Year 9 and Year 10 Curriculum Information Evening Curriculum: Mr Moore Attendance and Behaviour: Mr Moore Teaching, Learning and Assessment : Mr Verow Helping your child revise: Mrs Gripton Science: Mrs

  1. Welcome to our Year 9 and Year 10 Curriculum Information Evening

  2. • Curriculum: Mr Moore • Attendance and Behaviour: Mr Moore • Teaching, Learning and Assessment : Mr Verow • Helping your child revise: Mrs Gripton • Science: Mrs Postlethwaite • English: Mrs Mellor • Maths: Mr Smith

  3. Curriculum Broad and Balanced Personalised

  4. GOOD Pass STANDARD Pass

  5. Year 10 Key Dates • Progress report week beginning 18 th December • Parents’ Evening: Thursday 18 th Jan Written report week beginning 18 th April • Internal exams 18 th to 19 th June • Final progress report week beginning 18 th July • Potential set changes after each report • Pre Public Exams: Nov / Dec 2018

  6. Year 9 Key Dates Progress report: week beginning 4 th December • Internal exams: 8 th to 19 th January (all subjects except Maths • English and Science ) Written report: week beginning 5 th March • Y9 options day and parents’ evening: Thursday 8 th March • Progress report: week beginning 7 th May • Internal Exams (Maths English Science only) 18 th to 29 th June • Y9 Graduation ceremony: Friday 6 th July afternoon • Final progress report week beginning 18 th July • • Potential set changes after each report

  7. Year 9 options • PSHCE lessons now until option choices are made • Thursday 8 th March options focus day • On line career programme • Taster session of option subjects • Careers fair • Analysing most recent data • Parents’ presentation at 6pm

  10. Attendance and Behaviour

  13. Rewards

  14. Rewards for good behaviour  R1 Arrive on time wearing correct uniform correctly  Bring Top 5 equipment  Respectful to all in the room  R2 Complete all tasks to a high standard  Positively engaged with other class members  An outstanding piece of classwork  R3 Excellent contribution in a lesson  Being a good citizen in the school community e.g. charity event  Form of the week – attendance  R4 100% attendance over a term (Bronze star badge)  Awards Evening (winning award)  Running a competition/club  Organising an event for charity or school

  15.  Early lunch pass R5  Celebration breakfast  Games afternoon  In house cinema afternoon  Prom  Silver star Badge  Trip out R6  Roller blading  Lazer quest  Reward meal (Off site)  Gold star badge

  16. Sanctions

  17. Consequences for poor behaviour  Failing to meet any of the non-negotiables C1  Late to lessonShouting out/answering back (Verbal )  Distraction of another student  Repeat of C1 – or any C1 offence after C2 (10 minutes) already receiving a C1 warning  Lack of respect displayed to another person  Inadequate attempt at classwork

  18. C3 C5 (15 minutes) (60 minsHoY) C4 C6 (30 mins HoD) (60 mins SLT)  C5 Failed to attend C4 detention  (60 minsHoY) Use of inappropriate language  Getting phone out in lesson  Truancy  C6 Failure to attend C4/C5 detention  (60 mins SLT) Refusal to follow request from a member of staff/defiance  Rudeness to staff  Smoking or suspicion of smoking including vapes etc.

  19.  C7 Foul/abusive/aggressive behaviour towards other Isolation person  SAS Fail to attend C6 detention  Exclusion Persistent disruptive behaviour  Persistent non-co-operation with staff  Vandalism  Theft  C8 Constant inability to correct behaviour despite Managed Move sanctions and support Alternative curriculum Permanent exclusion

  20. Let’s focus on the positive Let’s get the rewards Let’s get the grades

  21. As parents what can we do? • Know the teachers — and what they're looking for. • Set up a homework-friendly area. • Schedule a regular study time. • Help your child make a plan. • Keep distractions to a minimum • Make sure your child does their own work. • Be a motivator and monitor . • Set a good example. • Praise their work and efforts. • If there are continuing problems with homework, get help.

  22. SHORT TERM vs LONG TERM MEMORY The aim of revision is GCSE exams will to help move info from require more info short term memory than they can store which can only hold a in their short term! short amount, into your THIS TAKES long term memory TIME! which can hold much more.

  23. Revision is a process that needs to be: - active - repetitive - focused ‘Learn to learn’

  24. Types of revision

  25. Ways YOU CAN help your CHILD’s brain

  27. We have a 5 year curriculum in Science Year 7 6 PPF Key Stage 3 AQA Activate Year 8 6 PPF Year 9 7 PPF Key Stage 4 AQA Year 10 9 PPF Trilogy (2 GCSEs) Year 11 9 PPF Triple (3 GCSEs)

  28. Knowledge & Understanding Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Biology B1- B4 B5-11 B12-17 Chemistry C1- C4 C5- C9 C10-C12 Physics P1- P4 P5-P7 P8-P13

  29. Skills • Practical skills – Required practicals • Extended answer questions [6 marks] • Examination terminology

  30. Assessment When? Format? End of unit At the end of every unit End of unit tests at Higher or Foundation tier. assessments Mixture of low demand and high demand questions. End of year exams June 2018 End of year exam paper which covers all topics that students have learnt up to that point. Higher and Foundation tier. Assessed practicals Throughout each unit Students complete practical work throughout all units. During some of these practicals, their practical skills are assessed. This links in directly with our KS4 course.

  31. Support- Kerboodle

  32. Support- Kerboodle

  34. Year 9 overview Unit Half term 1: Novel Half term 2: Contemporary Play: “An Inspector Calls” Half term 3: Monsters and gothic fiction Half term 4: Power and Conflict Poetry Half term 5: Writing Skills Half term 6: Shakespeare play: “Macbeth.”

  35. Year 10 overview Unit Half term 1: Inspirational People 19 th century text: “A Christmas Carol.” Half term 2: Half term 3: English Language Paper 1: Explorations of Creative Reading and Writing Half term 4: Power and Conflict Poetry Half term 5: English Language 2:Writers’ viewpoints and Perspectives Half term 6: Modern play: “DNA.”

  36. Encourage reading and make time to listen to your son/daughter reading

  39. Mathematics

  40. Mathematics • Students follow a 3 Year GCSE course from Y9 to Y11 leading to the Pearson Edexcel 9 -1 GCSE in Mathematics. • There is a Foundation course leading to grades 1 to 5 and a Higher course which targets grades 4 – 9. • Progress is assessed regularly - Key Questions throughout each unit using Exit tickets, Unit tests at the end of each unit, End of term cumulative assessments to assess understanding across a range of topics and an End of year exam.

  43. What can you do to help and support your child with Maths? The more maths pupils do, the better they will become – Please encourage them to practise as much as possible. Support with homework & watch the help videos with them - www.hegartymaths.com and the PiXL Maths App. Ensure past exam questions are completed (Y10 & Y11). Encourage weekly revision: www.onmaths.com www.mrbartonmaths.com www.corbettmaths.com Ensure that they have their own calculator.

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