BEECHEN CLIFF Physics Department Year 10 GCSE Information Evening Tuesday 4 th 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 • Third 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 Ms A H Baker – Head of English Mr E Gill – Head of Maths Mr A Seal – Head of Science
GCSE Assessments • Reformed GCSEs in most subjects (9-1) • Greater emphasis on terminal examinations • ‘Old - style’ GCSEs in Italian and Technology (A*-G) • A few Level 1/Level 2 courses – various grading
Good GCSE pass Around the top 3% nationally
Assessments • Year 10 Summer Exams – June • Trial (Mock) Exams - Nov Year 11 • Some coursework throughout Year 10/11 • 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 (Trial of online bookings this year) • Progress Report – March/April • 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) • Target Grade - Aspirational GCSE Target based on what the pupil is capable of achieving with the relevant hard work • 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
2015
Job Families in decline and on the Rise 2015
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.
Principals of CEIAG
KS4 Program of Study Year 10 Year 11 • • Personal Preferences to Writing a CV • working Conditions. Interview Skills • • Interview Skills Entrepreneurship • • Aspiration in Practice Post 16 Options • • Competition for Jobs Job Hunting • • NEET Choosing A-Levels • • Employability Introduction to Future • Careers Research Horizons • Employment – What's important for you.
Year 10 Work Experience • 35-40 targeted students studying Creative/Vocational subjects. • BET award Employability programme (minimum 25hours Work Experience, attendance at 3x1hour ‘Master Classes’, minimum of 10hours volunteering). • Private Placements – require ‘Duty of Care Visit’ by EBP -SW Work Experience Liaison Officer.
English GCSE Physics Department English
English GCSE Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) English Language and English Literature TWO GCSE qualifications Syllabus information www.cie.org.uk 0627 First Language English 0477 English Literature
English GCSE English Language Assessment Three examinations in 2018 1 Reading Passages 50% 2 hrs 10 mins 2 Directed Writing and Composition 50% 2 hrs 3 Speaking and Listening is separately endorsed
English GCSE English Literature Assessment Three examinations in 2018 - Closed Text* ● Paper 1 two questions; Poetry and Prose . 1 hr 30 m (35%) ● Paper 2 two questions; Shakespeare and modern Drama . One passage-based question and one essay question. 1 hr 30 m (35%) ● Paper 3 one question. Compare either two poems or two prose texts, unseen . 1 hr 30 m 30% ● GPS up to 7 marks on Paper 3 (total 40 marks)
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 A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Please buy a copy of either The Secret River by Kate Granville or Spies by Michael Frayn
English GCSE Towards the end of Year 10 we will study poems from the CIE Anthology - we will produce a booklet - and Shakespeare either Henry V or Macbeth WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN TO BUY THESE TEXTS!
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 two further set texts 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 Learning 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! • There are many revision books and websites for the set texts • CIE produce workbooks for pupils to practise English skills http://www.cie.org.uk/i-want-to/resource-centre/
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 1-5 will sit Higher, sets 6 and 7 (Mr Henly/Markall and Mr Appleton) will sit Foundation. However, this is NOT set in stone and we will monitor progress of boys in sets 5, 6 and 7.
Maths GCSE Physics Department What’s different about the new GCSE? Apart from the change to the grading system and 3 papers (from 2) there will be... (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)
Maths GCSE Physics Department What your son should be aiming for We will set aspirational targets for your son which we think are challenging but achievable. Sets 1: 8/9 Sets 2,3,4: 6/7/8 Set 5 : 5/6 Sets 6 and 7: 3/4/5
Maths GCSE Physics Department Weekly expectations All boys have 4 lessons a week and two homeworks. Homework will usually be one online homework (MyMaths) and one written homework. The written homework should take the best part of 30 minutes and boys should focus on neatness and care! MyMaths can take less time, but boys should not be happy with scoring any less than their best (e.g. minimum 75%) on it. There are tutorials attached to each homework, boys can attempt the homework as many times as they like and they can ALWAYS ask for help if they are unsure.
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