Passport to Success Evening Year 11

Lord Grey Academy Aspire, Learn, Achieve

Welcome

Mr J Parker Principal

LORD GREY CAN!

Achievement and The Year Ahead– Mr S Killen

English- Mrs E Cliffe

Maths- Mr S Patey

Science- Dr L Nourshargh

FORMAT FOR THIS EVENING

Achievement & The Year Ahead

Director of Upper School

Achievement

• To ensure your child makes AT LEAST the expected progress throughout the Upper School, in order to fully prepare them for the challenges they face when preparing for their GCSEs.

• To ensure your child enjoys their learning.

My Role

• By working closely with faculties to ensure lessons are well planned, engaging, highly differentiated and challenging.

• By ensuring that appropriate intervention strategies are implemented to support student progress and achievement of targets.

• By ensuring that the teaching is of high quality and prepares students for the more challenging subsequent study, as they commence their GCSEs.

How?

Working in Partnership

Year 11 Students First 15 days back at Lord Grey

Key Factors to Success

Attendance Facts:

• 90.1% - 95.9% =Average of 1 grade below target.

• 80.1% - 90% = Average of 1.6 grades below target.

• Below 80% = Average of 2 grades below target.

• All students who achieved or exceeded their Minimum Target Pathway had an average of 96%+ plus attendance.

• Equipment; perfect practice makes perfect, come equipped every day to learn, and learn with the tools you need in an exam.

• Positive Attitude to Learning.

Planning for Success

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Procrastination

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More Procrastination- The Ostrich!

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Weeks until the first exam

Basic Revision Techniques

• Your son/daughter needs to be organised

Transforming class notes into revision tools

• Mind- mapping

• Mnemonics – DAFORREST

• “Roman Room”

• Label your bathroom!

• Journey game

• Use the Internet

Mnemonics Direct address

Alliteration

Fact

Opinion

Rhetorical questions

Repetition

Emotive language, exaggeration

Statistics

The power of 3

Revision Techniques

Gateway to the Prom, all students must have over 96% attendance, be on time to school and all le ssons...

20 hours revision between 06 Sept—19 Dec 25 hours revision between 03 Jan-23 Mar 20 hours revision between 09 Apr—25 May

NAME:

TUTOR: TUTOR GROUP:

CARD NUMBER:

DATE OF ISSUE:

Lord Grey School, Rickley Lane, Bletchley, MK3 6EW T: 01908 626110 W: www.lordgrey.org.uk

REVISION CARD

Year 11

WORK HARD, PLAN AHEAD, ATTEND REVISION SESSIONS, EARN HOUSE POINTS!

Revision Card

How Do We Support Your Child?

• Mentoring • Revision sessions • Summer timetable • Breakfast sessions before key exams • Training in study skills and revision skills • Additional practical sessions • Revision materials • Careers and Sixth Form guidance

How does the inclusive learning faculty support my child?

• Informally

– Breakfast Club – 8am every day

– Break/Lunch Club

– Homework Club – 3.15pm-4.30pm every day (3.15 pm - 4pm Friday)

• Formally

– In-class support

– Intervention groups

– Mentoring

– Counselling

– Meetings with parents

Communication

• sally.cass@lordgrey.org.uk

(Head of the Inclusive Learning

Faculty)

• Linda.bowen@lordgrey.org.uk (Lorenz) • Ross.green@lordgrey.org.uk (Colossus) • Karen.wasway@lordgrey.org.uk (Turing) • Jayne.dunn@lordgrey.org.uk (Enigma) Class teacher: firstname.surname@lordgrey.org.uk

What Parents Can Do To Help… • A dedicated quiet space – with good light and with no

distractions • Discuss your child’s revision timetable • Encourage working in short bursts, changing subject and

revision techniques regularly to stay fresh • Ensure that your son or daughter takes regular breaks • Monitor Internet usage and restrict phone access • Know and discuss the date, time and location for each

exam and incorporate this into the revision plan and preparation

• Inform us about medical conditions • Inform us about other circumstances

Assessment

Assessment

How we set targets and assess students at

Lord Grey Academy

5 plus ‘strong pass’

4 plus ‘standard pass’

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Achieving a GCSE grade 9 will depend on how students perform nationally in that

subject.

We use a national data base comparing how students with similar SATs achieve at GCSE

Is a target fixed?

• Student targets will be constantly reviewed, compared to how similar students achieve nationally.

• The EXPECTED grade is a minimum expectation.

• Students can be projected by their subject teacher to achieve higher than their EXPECTED grade (or lower).

• Students are challenged to achieve beyond their EXPECTED grade.

Reporting

GO 4 Schools Our new method or reporting and

assessing

GO 4 Schools. This is changing the way we share data, reports and homework. Using GO 4 Schools will enable you to view your child’s progress online and access the following information at any time:

• Homework – Homework tasks due in the next 7 days. • Detailed Progress – Providing a summary of a range of assessments throughout the year. • Attendance – Shown from the start of the academic year. • Timetable – Your child’s daily and weekly timetable. • Progress Reports – Which are published each year and termly Grade Updates. • Behaviour Record – Which shows both positive and negative behaviours over time.

Your child’s page is automatically updated, providing you with the latest information. When a new grade or report is available, we will contact you to let you know.

Accessing Go 4 Schools • To access the site, please go to

www.go4schools.com and click on the Parents icon at the top of the main page to arrive at the log-in screen.

• Or click on the parents tab from the GO 4 Schools link on our website.

• Students must do the same, but click on the students icon.

What to look for

• If you cannot access GO 4 Schools for any reason, please email: simon.killen@lordgrey.org.uk • Students are also expected to log in. • A student must log in via the student tab and repeat the steps using their P-number.

Enter your email address here.

• The email address you use to enter the site must be the one we have registered in our database for you. At the moment, we currently have the two priority access email addresses with linked parental responsibility.

• If you do not have an email address we can send the reports out on

paper via individual requests.

• To request a password for GO 4 Schools, please enter your email address into the First-time User field and click ‘Please send me a password’. A randomised password will then be generated and sent to your email address. You will then be able to log into the site and view your child’s page.

• Example of a strong password: @S1mon123

What will you see? Progress at a glance

Above Target On Target Below Target Well Below Target

Homework

Detailed Progress

More regular and detailed progress

Attendance- Updated overnight

Academic Mentoring

Behaviour Reports

Reports Over Time

Course Information Faculty Subject Level Examining Body

Creative Technology

Fine Art / Textile Design GCSE Edexcel/Pearson

Food & Cookery Level 2 NCFE

Design & Technology GCSE AQA

Creative Craft Level 2 NCFE

Communication

Business Studies GCSE OCR

Business & Enterprise Level 2 NCFE

Workskills BTEC Edexcel/Pearson

French GCSE AQA Spanish GCSE AQA

Citizenship Studies GCSE AQA

English English Language GCSE EDUQAS/WJEC

English Literature GCSE EDUQAS/WJEC

Humanities

Geography GCSE EDUQAS/WJEC

History GCSE AQA

Psychology GCSE AQA

Sociology GCSE AQA

Mathematics Maths GCSE AQA

Statistics GCSE AQA

Performing Arts

Dance GCSE AQA

Drama GCSE Edexcel/Pearson Film Studies GCSE EDUQAS/WJEC

Media Studies GCSE EDUQAS/WJEC

Music GCSE AQA

Science

Combined Science GCSE OCR

Biology GCSE OCR

Chemistry GCSE OCR Physics GCSE OCR

Wellbeing Sports Science CNAT OCR

Dates for your diary • Year 11 Parents’ Evening: Thursday 13th December 2018

• Pre- Public Exams:

- First round: Thursday 15th November – Tuesday 27th November 2018

- Second round: Tuesday 26th February – Tuesday 4th March 2019

- Public Exams: Monday 13th May – Friday 21st June 2019

- GCSE Contingency Day: Wednesday 26th June 2019

• Year 11 Prom: Thursday 11th July 2019

• Progress Points:

• Results Day Thursday 22nd August 2019

17th October 2018

12th December 2018

6th February 2019

27th March 2019

MORNING AFTERNOON DATE

Maths - Paper 1 Non-Calculator Foundation/Higher - 1hr 30m

Thursday 15th

November

Options B Business Paper 1 - 1hr 30m

Dance - 1h 30m Media Studies - 1h 30m

Music - 1h 30m Product Design - 2h

Psychology Paper 1 - 1h 45m Sports Science - 1hr

English Literature - Paper 1 - 2h Friday 16th November

Combined Science (Biology) - 1h 10m Biology - 1h 45m

Maths - Paper 2 Calculator Foundation/Higher - 1hr 30m

Monday 19th

November

Geography - Paper 1 - 1h 45m History - Paper 1 - 1h 45m

Option C Business Studies

Drama Sociology

Film Studies Sports Studies

Citizenship Psychology

Tuesday 20th

November

French - Reading Foundation 45m / Higher 1hr

Spanish - Writing Foundation 45m / Higher 1hr

Combined Science (Chemistry) - 1h 10m Chemistry - 1h 45m

Wednesday 21st

November

Maths - Paper 3 Calculator Foundation/Higher - 1hr 30m

English Language - Paper 1 - 1h 45m Thursday

22nd November

Geography - Paper 2 - 1h 30m History - Paper 2 - 1h 45m

French - Writing Foundation 1hr / Higher 1hr 15m

Spanish - Writing Foundation 1hr / Higher 1hr 15m

Friday 23rd

November

Options Paper 2 Business Studies

Psychology Citizenship Sociology

Combined Science (Physics) - 1h 10m Physics - 1h 45m

Monday 26th

November English Language - Paper 2 - 2h

Art & Art Textiles - All Day Tuesday

27th November

Art & Art Textiles - All Day

Pre- Public Exams Round 1 Schedule

English Mrs Emma Cliffe- Director of English

GCSE English language and GCSE English Literature

Points to note • Literature and Language are now equally weighted, as of

this year either can be listed on applications.

• There are no tiers of entry – EVERYONE sits the same exam papers.

• At Lord Grey we have differentiated texts for Literature to assist with access and to support higher grades.

• There is no coursework element.

• The Spoken Language component does not count in the final mark BUT does have its own line on the exam certificate.

• A grade 9 will be determined after all exams are marked. The top slice will be allocated this grade.

• The descriptors for level 5 equate generally to old grade C+ / B-.

• Grade 8 descriptors generally refer to previous A* expectations.

Pathways will be tracked through the criteria and a series of trial exams.

What does 9-1 mean in English Language and Literature?

English Literature Component One

Section A – Shakespeare – 20% – Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet Section B – Poetry – 20% - 1789 to the present day – Students must study the entire WJEC Anthology

Wed 15th May (am) 40%

2 hours

English Literature Component Two

Section A – Post 1914 prose/drama Lord of the Flies, Curious incident, Woman in Black or Blood Brothers Section B – 19th Century prose – e.g A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, War of the Worlds Section C – Unseen poetry - Two questions on unseen poems, one of which involves comparison.

Thu 23rd May (am) 60%

2 ½ hours

• develop a generally coherent and engaged response to explicit and implicit meanings of texts

• develop a clear understanding of the ways in which writers use language, form and structure

• use apt textual references to support responses

• use understanding of contexts to inform responses to texts

• make credible comparisons between texts

Grade 5 English Literature

• sustain a convincing, informed personal response to explicit and implicit meanings of texts

• sustain a perceptive critical analysis of the ways in which writers use language, form and structure

• use judicious and well-integrated textual references to develop personal responses

• show perceptive understanding of how contexts shape texts and responses to texts

• make illuminating comparisons between texts

Grade 8 English Literature

English Language Component One

20th Century Literature reading study Structured series of questions regarding an unseen 20th Century text. Creative prose writing – choose ONE of four titles, will be narrative or recount.

Tuesday 4th June (am) 40%

1 hour 45 mins

English Language Component Two

19th and 21st Century non-fiction study Both unseen texts will be tested through a series of structured questions. Transactional / Persuasive writing - TWO equally weighted tasks, writing for a range of audiences. Tasks to include letters, speeches, reviews etc

Friday 7th June (am) 60%

2 hours

What will the exam look like- component 2?

You will have six sections of questions to respond to. The examiner will judge as to whether you understand the text, can recognise the techniques used to show the writer’s point of view and how confidently you compare the first text with the ideas of the second text. You will also be expected to consider the contextual relevance for both texts- how is the time that the text was written important?

Is this person writing positively or negatively about Puraquequara? How do you know?

Inside Brazil's overcrowded

prisons, where 600,000 inmates

are crammed together (but still

find space to play football) •Harrowing pictures taken at three prisons in Amazonian city of Manaus

•Puraquequara, with 1,400 inmates, holds twice as many as it's designed for

•Prison system in the country holds 61 per cent over capacity

•Number of prisoners in Brazil has grown by 33% between 2008 and 2014

Write the opening forty words to the news report.

Eduqas GCSE English Language

Writing • To achieve grade 5, candidates will be able to: • communicate effectively, sustaining the reader’s

interest • produce coherent, well-structured and purposeful

texts • vary sentence types and structures and use

vocabulary appropriate to purpose and effect • spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately with

occasional errors

Grade 5 English Language

Writing

• communicate with impact and influence

• produce ambitious, accomplished and effectively-structured texts

• use a wide range of well-selected sentence types and structures and precise vocabulary to enhance impact

• spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately so that writing is virtually error-free

Grade 8 English Language

Closed book exam, not closed book course...

Chunking up the text

Focus on Characters

Themes

GCSE English literature – learning and understanding, not memory #LORD GREY CAN!

How can you help support your child? READING: Consider the quality of what is read as well as the quantity. Re-read the set texts Classics Biographies Magazines Guardian or Times sport section on line

How can you help support your child? REVISION MAKE REVISION MATERIALS NOW! Mood boards Questions / quizzes Cue cards Booklets Individual questions – 10 minute timed Read key texts again

LORD GREY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Dates for the diary – provisional timetable

English Literature Component One

Wednesday 15th May (am) 2 hours

English Literature Component Two

Thursday 23rd May (am) 2 ½ hours

English Language Component One

Tuesday 4th June (am) 1 hour 45 minutes

English Language Component Two

Friday 7th June (am) 2 hours

Maths Mr Stephen Patey- Director of Maths

About the exams • Grading system 9-1

• Higher Tier 9-4 (A*-D)

• Foundation Tier 5-1 (C-G)

• The exam board is AQA (Specification 8300)

• Students will sit 3 papers

• Each paper is out of 80 marks

• Students will have 90 minutes

• 1 paper is non-calculator, the other 2 are calculator allowed.

• There is no formula page (see next slide)

• The papers are harder, but now provide more of a challenge for the highest achievers.

Formulae that will be given if relevant (Given with the question)

Kinematics formulae Where a is constant acceleration, u is initial velocity, v is final velocity, s is displacement from the position when t = 0 and t is time:

Key Dates 2018 • Paper 1 21 May 2019, Tuesday Morning

90 minutes - non-calculator

Half Term

Saturday 25 May 2018 – Sunday 2 June 2018

• Paper 2 6 June 2019, Thursday Morning 90 minutes – calculator.

• Paper 3 11 June 2019, Tuesday Morning 90 minutes – calculator

243 Days away 34 weeks 5 days 110 lessons

Foundation Tier

Higher Tier

Grade Boundaries

• The papers may be more challenging or slightly easier.

• Rare for grade boundaries to go down.

• In 2018 70 students were within 10 marks of the next grade.

• REVISE REVISE REVISE

• In 2018, 15 students were within 3 marks.

Online/Apps/VLE

• Hegarty Maths (online) • SAM Learning (online) • Practice papers on Moodle** • Some new style papers (9 hours of work) • Mark schemes – See what is required to get the marks.

Online/Apps/VLE

Foundation Practice Papers for Summer 2018 Examinations

Set 3, 4 and 5

Higher Practice Papers for Summer 2018 Examinations

Set 1 and 2

How Can You Help Your Child? • Talk about their targets and what they need to do • Ask to see their revision card • Get a revision guide for them (Maths Office from Monday £4) • Ensure they start revising now • Ensure all homework is completed to a high standard • Ask to see their homework • Look at Go4Schools to see what was set • ‘Encourage’ to attend revision sessions • These start on Thursday 24th September • A games console isn’t a distraction if it’s locked away... (or the power lead is hidden)

Science Dr Liz Nourshargh- Director of Science

Year 11 Modules

Biology Chemistry Physics

P6 Global Challenges inn

Biology

P6 Global Challenges in

Chemistry

P6 Radiation

P7 Energy

P8 Global Challenges in

Physics

• Completion of the course in the Spring term

• Revisit required practicals

• Practise exam style questions

Pre-public Exams Date Exam

September 18 OCR Practise papers for unit 1 (3 papers)

November 18 June 18 Unit 1 Exams (3 papers)

February / March 19 OCR Practise papers for unit 2 (3 papers)

April 19 June 18 Unit 2 Exams (3 papers)

• Some exams may take place in class

• Separate Sciences exams taking place in class may be split across two lessons

• Tests will also be undertaken at the end of each module

• Final decisions about tier of entry and qualification will be taken following in January 2019 and will be based on performance in pre-public exams and end of modules tests

Science Qualifications Set Qualification Number of GCSE

Qualifications

Tier of Entry GCSE Grades

Available

X1A, X1B,

Y1A, Y1B

GCSE Biology,

GCSE

Physics,

GCSE

Chemistry

3

Higher 9,8,7,6,5,4,3

Foundation 5,4,3,2,1

X2A, X2B,

X3, Y2A,

Y2B

GCSE

Combined

Science

2 Higher 9-9, 9-8, 8-8, 8-7,

7-7, 7-6, 6-6, 6-5,

5-5, 5-4, 4-4, 4-3

Foundation 5-5, 5-4, 4-4, 4-3,

3-3, 3-2, 2-2, 2-1,

1-1

Separate Science Grade Boundaries (2018)

HIGHER Max Mark

Grade 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

Raw Score 180 134 120 106 90 74 59 43

% 74.4 66.6 59.1 50.2 41.3 32.8 24.3

FOUNDATION Max Mark

Grade 5 4 3 2 1

Raw Score 180 94 80 59 38 17

% 52.2 44.6 32.6 20.9 9.6

Combined Science Grade Boundaries (2018)

HIGHER Max Mark

Grade 360 9-9 9-8 8-8 8-7 7-7 7-6 6-6 6-5 5-5 5-4 4-4 4-3

Raw Score 256 240 224 208 193 176 159 142 126 110 94 78

%

71.1 66.7 62.2 57.8 53.6 48.9 44.2 39.4 35.0 30.6 26.1 21.7

FOUNDATION Max Mark

Grade 360 5-5 5-4 4-4 4-3 3-3 3-2 2-2 2-1 1-1

Raw Score 183 165 147 128 109 90 71 53 35

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GCSE Gateway 9-1 Science Suite

• There is no controlled assessment

• All students will sit six exams – Combined Science 70 minutes each

– Separate Sciences 1 hour 45 minutes each

Date Examination

Tuesday 14th May 2019 Biology 1

Thursday 16th May 2019 Chemistry 1

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 Physics 1

Friday 7th June 2019 Biology 2

Wednesday 12th June 2019 Chemistry 2

Friday 14th June 2019 Physics 2

GCSE Gateway 9-1 Science Suite

• Practical work is tested as part of the exam

• More emphasis on application of knowledge and understanding and less emphasis on recall – Eg plot a graph

– Draw a circuit diagram

– Calculate a mean

• To access the exam questions, students need to learn information too: – Physics equations will not be given

– Definitions

– Key terms

GCSE Gateway 9-1 Science Suite

• How can you help? – Support students to learn key facts and information eg Physics formulae and units

– Ensure that they bring their calculator to ALL Science lessons

– Ensure that they have the correct revision guides (available from the Science Prep room)

• Other sources of help: – Science Help Session Friday 3.20 – 4.20 in S01, S02, S03

– Educake

– Collins Connect textbooks (on the school website)

– Isaac Physics

– BBC Bitesize

Finally

Please communicate with us:

• Encourage students to make appointments to see our careers advisor.

• Keep an eye on our Twitter feed: @LordGreyAcademy

• Look out for emails via ParentMail.

• Please view the website regularly.

• Thank you for your support.