BEECHEN CLIFF Physics Department Year 10 GCSE Information Evening Tuesday 3rd October 7pm
Reasons For This Evening • Good opportunity to pass on important information at the start of GCSE courses • Parents requesting guidance on how to support • Fourth year we have run this evening and hopefully it will provide useful information.
Outline For This Evening • Assessment and Examination Information Mr Tim Markall – Assistant Head • Careers Guidance Mr J Forrest – Head of Careers • Subject specific guidance on how to support your son through GCSE Miss S O’Higgins– Head of English Mr E Gill – Head of Maths Dr W Wilkinson – Deputy Head of Science
GCSE Assessments • Reformed GCSEs in all GCSE subjects (9-1) • Greater emphasis on terminal examinations, much less coursework • Significant change - but we are well prepared • A few Level 1/Level 2 courses – various grading
Old Around the top 3% nationally Strong GCSE pass Standard GCSE pass
Assessments • Year 10 Summer Exams – June • Trial (Mock) Exams - Nov Year 11 • Some coursework throughout Year 10/11 (only in some subjects e.g Technology) • GCSE Exams at the end of Year 11
Where To Find Information Hand-out of Exam Board and revision information Lots more information on our website …. • Advice for parents • Advice for pupils • Key dates • Assessment information for each subject http://www.beechencliff.org.uk/school-life/academic/exams-assessment/gcse/
Reporting To Parents • Progress Report – January • Parents Evening – January • Progress Report – March • Full Report - July
Reporting To Parents • Current working grade – Result of recent assessment or aggregate of assessment results so far (Numerical and Letter grades e.g. Grade 6 (B) , Grade 8 (A*/A) • Target Grade - aspirational GCSE target - moveable • Application – Effort & behaviour (1-5) • Homework Grade (1-4) • Teacher/Tutor/HoH Comments – Full report only
Revision Support In School • On-going individual subject guidance • Year 10 - Tutor based guidance before Summer Exams • Year 11 – Revision skills afternoon before Trial Exams • Year 11 – GCSE Revision Evening (for parents) before Trial Exams • Year 11 – Revision skills seminars in February • January Year 11 onwards - after-school revision sessions in all subjects (details in Wednesday Newsletter) • Year 11 - Tutor based mentoring support and support for all in creating revision timetables
Supporting At Home • Encouragement • Keeping up/catching up on missed work • Keeping on top of homework – use SMHW • Providing access to relevant support materials • Agreement over the balance between school work, social life, sporting activities etc. • Key dates in your diary • Helping with organisation • Contact the school with any concerns/issues
If you are concerned… • Specific subject concern – contact subject teacher or Head of Faculty • General concern – contact tutor or Head of House • Exam timetable queries – contact Exams Officer
Careers Physics Department Careers Guidance & Support
Careers Information, Education and Guidance Careers Department Objectives… 1. Provide students with opportunities to develop an understanding of themselves as individuals (their strengths, skills, personal qualities, interests, attainments and capabilities). 2. Increase student awareness of the world of work and opportunities available to them after school (further/higher education, training and employment). 3. Promote the schools core values of Aspiration and Independence and stimulate students to develop skills and personal qualities necessary to gain admission to higher/further education courses and employment.
KS4 Program of Study Year 10 Year 11 • • Personal Preferences to Writing a CV • working Conditions. Job Hunting • • Interview Skills Choosing A-Levels • • Aspiration in Practice Apprenticeships • • Competition for Jobs Entrepreneurship • • NEET Choosing A-Levels • • Employability Introduction to Future • Post-16 Options Horizons • • National Citizen Service Keynote Careers Speakers • Barclays Life Skills • Work Experience
Apprenticeships • www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship is the national apprenticeship vacancy website. • It has vacancies from all over the UK – although you can focus your search on your nearest town and surrounding areas. • You can register your details and set up alerts so you will be emailed when vacancies become available – but remember: not all vacancies are listed here. Top tip: Searching for all types of vacancy in a particular geographical area ensures you don’t miss any – under 'keywords' click 'all'.
English GCSE Physics Department English
English GCSE AQA English Language and English Literature TWO GCSE qualifications Syllabus information www.AQA.org.uk 0800 English Language Change from IGCSE 0802 English Literature Specification change, due to GCSE reform, means this is best for our pupils
English GCSE English Language Assessment Three examinations in 2019 Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and ● Writing (Fiction) Paper 2 Writer’s Viewpoints and Perspectives ● (Non-fiction) Speaking and Listening is separately endorsed ●
English GCSE English Literature Assessment Two examinations in 2019 - Closed Text* Paper 1- Shakespeare and 19 th Century Fiction 1 hr 45 min Both extract based essay questions with a need to refer to the ● text as a whole Paper 2- Modern texts and Poetry 2 hr 15 One non-extract based essay question ● One poem will be printed with students needing to compare it ● to another from their anthology (No anthology provided in the exam) One unseen poetry question requiring analysis and ● interpretation One comparative question requiring students to compare ● methods used in two unseen poems
English GCSE Closed Text* This means that pupils do not have their texts ● with them in the examination. Pupils must know the texts well and learn ● quotations 'by heart' Assessment is straight-forward ● Boys will benefit from having their own ● copies of the texts
English GCSE Please supply boys with their own copies of the texts…
English GCSE Please buy a copy of An Inspector Calls by Arthur Miller Please buy a copy of either Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet or The Tempest
English GCSE Towards the end of Year 10 we will study poems from the AQA Anthology - we will provide students with this In year 11, students will study their 19 th century text. Students will be informed of which this will be prior to Summer break.
English GCSE In Year 10 Boys will study at least two of the set texts and explore a range of other texts In Year 11 Boys will study one further set text and revise those studied in Year 10 They will practise the skills needed for the examinations
English GCSE Homework and preparation tasks may include: Reading and annotating or making notes Drafting or rewriting essays Memorising quotations Paraphrasing or summarising Arguing for or against a topic Discussing and reorganising ideas Watching a film of a play or novel Correcting and editing GPS Listening to a discussion on a topic or text
English GCSE Revision ● We will set essays in class and for homework so that boys can practise organising their material and managing their time. ● Boys should do their tasks at the earliest, not the latest, opportunity. ● Do it on the night it is set!
Maths GCSE Physics Department Maths
Maths GCSE Physics Department Maths • Schedule • Exam structure • Weekly expectations • Revision • Equipment
Maths GCSE Physics Department Schedule GCSE Maths is 100% terminal – no coursework, no controlled assessment, just THREE exams at the end of year 11, 33⅓% each, 1hr 30 each, one non -calc. Termly internal assessments, end of year 10 exam, TWO mock exams in November and February of year 11. Setting arrangements are constantly monitored.
Maths GCSE Physics Department Exam structure AQA 2015 GCSE 9-1 (8300) Two tiers Higher: 9 - 4 Foundation: 5 - 1 Broadly speaking, sets 1-4a/4b will sit Higher, sets 5a/5b (Mr Markall and Mr Appleton) will sit Foundation. However, this is NOT set in stone and we will monitor progress of boys in sets 4a/4b and 5a/5b.
Maths GCSE Physics Department Setting structure Set 1 (also GCSE Further Maths) Set 2 Sets 3a and 3b (parallel) Sets 4a and 4b (parallel) Sets 5a and 5b (parallel)
Maths GCSE Physics Department What’s different about the new GCSE? Apart from the change to the grading system and 3 papers (from 2 under the old system) there is now... (i) More content for BOTH tiers (ii) A greater emphasis on problem solving – pupils will be expected to answer problems that are a little bit different from what they’ve seen before (iii)Greater emphasis on learning formulas (far fewer will be given in the exam)
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