YEAR 10 GCSE SUCCESS EVENING 2018 Welcome
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Key dates: Wednesday 7 th November – GCSE Success Evening – It’s your 18 months ahead! Friday 9 th November – Progress Check 1 Thursday 15 th November – Careers Workshops Tuesday 20 th November – LSCC Sixth Form Open Evening Friday 8 th February – Progress Check 2 Wednesday 6 th March – Year 10 Parents Evening 19 th /20 th March – RSE/PSHE Brook Workshops Friday 17 th May – Progress Check 3 24 th June – 5 th July – Year 10 Mock Exams 15 th – 20 th July – Work Experience Year 11 September – Year 10 Mock Results FIRST UP 3 CONSUL TANTS
Prepare now and develop the stamina to succeed #itsyouryear FIRST UP 4 CONSUL TANTS
English, Maths and Science Key Messages Mrs Leon Mrs Hubartt Mrs Inger FIRST UP 5 CONSUL TANTS
The new grades 1 - 9 New GCSE 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Grade GCSE A* A B C D E F G Grade #itsyouryear FIRST UP 6 CONSUL TANTS
Year 11 KS4 Year 10 KS3 Year 9 You have a lot more time Year 8 This is what I showed Year 11 – They Year 7 have less than 115 school days left! Approximately 280 School Days KS2 Year 6 2180 Year 5 School Make the most of every Days Year 4 opportunity Year 3 KS1 Year 2 You are only in school for less than Year 1 a fifth of your time Pre Age 4 School #itsyouryear FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
Students who attend school achieve on average a grade higher than students who attend less. #itsyouryear FIRST UP 8 CONSUL TANTS
Students who achieved success for themselves in their exams: 1. Attended school every day 2. Made the most of every lesson #itsyouryear FIRST UP 9 CONSUL TANTS
Emotional health and well-being Get into Get enough sleep – 8 hours min. per night • the Drink plenty of water • good Eat regular healthy meals and snacks • habit of Talk to someone if you are worried • looking Ask for help • after Get the balance right – do enough but not • yourself too much. in Plan nice things to do and make sure you • Year 10 do them. Manage your FEAR factor • ( F alse E xpectations A ppearing R eal) Reduce your screen time - unplug • FIRST UP 10 CONSUL TANTS
Students who achieved success for themselves in their exams: 1. Attended school every day 2. Made the most of every lesson 3. Looked after themselves #itsyouryear FIRST UP 11 CONSUL TANTS
Revision Strategies Metacognition #itsyouryear FIRST UP 12 CONSUL TANTS
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1. SPACE IT OUT We learn better if we work in short, intensive bursts rather than marathon sessions FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
2. RETRIEVE The use of low-stakes tests are repeatedly highlighted as the most effective way of remembering key knowledge FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
3. ELABORATE Asking questions and then explaining the answer is a powerful way of internalising knowledge and understanding FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
4. INTER-LEAVE The brain gets bored easily. We learn better when we switch between topics and activities. FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
5. USE EXAMPLES Concrete examples enable us to demonstrate, understand and explain abstract concepts FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
6. DUAL CODE Combining words with visuals gives you two ways to remember information FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
5 4 5 5 a day Have you done yours? 5 cards for 5 days 5 5 5 5 5 5 is the magic number FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
Revision Apps – Free to download and use How to log on to the PIXL Apps: School ID: LK3749 Username ID: surname 1 st initial e.g. PENBERTHYD Password: Same as Username ID above SENECA FIRST UP 21 CONSUL TANTS
Know…… Which exam board you are studying The units and content you need to learn How many exam papers? Structure? Timings? Your teachers will regularly go over this FIRST UP 22 CONSUL TANTS
Students who achieved success for themselves in their exams: 1. Attended school every day 2. Made the most of every lesson 3. Looked after themselves 4. Planned-revised-reviewed-repeated FIRST UP 23 CONSUL TANTS
Parental Support We are all working towards the same goal! The parental effect on test results is around five times more powerful than the influence of pupils’ schooling, it was revealed FIRST UP 24 CONSUL TANTS
How you can help your child? 1. Ensure attendance is excellent 2. Ensure they are sleeping, relaxing, drinking water and eating healthy meals and snacks. 3. Ask about their lessons. What did they learn? Enjoy? Need to do for homework? What are they unsure of? 4. Help them plan and start their revision now in year 10. 5. Put all the key dates on the family calendar, phones etc. 6. Actively help with the metacognitive revision strategies. 7. Encourage the use of a wide range of revision tools and apps – these can often be fitted in around other activities. 8. Ensure they have access to revision guides now in year 10. 9. Help encourage and facilitate them attending after school support sessions. 10. Work in partnership with the school for our shared goal FIRST UP 25 CONSUL TANTS
11. Help them to unplug from technology It found 41% of children who used portable gaming devices at least twice a day achieved at least five GCSE A* to C grades, compared with 77% of those who used them less than once a week. FIRST UP 26 CONSUL TANTS
Students who achieved success for themselves in their exams: 1. Attended school every day 2. Made the most of every lesson 3. Looked after themselves 4. Planned-revised-reviewed – repeated 5. Worked with their teachers and parents FIRST UP 27 CONSUL TANTS
Now: 1. EARN – Library (Tues & Thurs) 2. Quiet study area at lunchtime – VCR (Mon & Thurs) 3. In-class interventions Later: 1. Tutor time intervention – Before mocks 2. Booster sessions – Before mocks FIRST UP 28 CONSUL TANTS
Students who achieved success for themselves in their exams: 1. Attended school every day 2. Made the most of every lesson 3. Looked after themselves 4. Planned-revised-reviewed – repeated 5. Worked with their teachers and parents 6. Engaged with support sessions FIRST UP 29 CONSUL TANTS
AFTER YOUR GCSE EXAMS • To do A LEVELS, you must get 5 or more grade 5s including a 5 in English and Maths. • You need to get grade 6s in some courses to continue them to A Level If you don’t pass English and/or Maths (gain a Grade 4) by the end of Year 11… …you will have to continue studying English and/or Maths until you do or until you are 19 . FIRST UP CONSUL TANTS
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