Chace Community School Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Thursday 12th October 2017

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning

High expectations

All can succeed

Confidence and courage

Everyone valued equally

Welcome to Year 10 and Key Stage 4!

Miss O’Connor – Head of Learning for Year 10

Welcome to Year 10 and Key Stage 4!

Ms A Roper– Year 10 Head of Learning

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Begin with the End in Mind

● New specifications in almost all subjects

● Loss of controlled assessments

● Greater number of exams

● Higher thresholds for gaining places in sixth

form or college

● New grading system of 9-1 replaces the old

style system of A*-G

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

New GCSEs

● New specifications in English and Maths - 2015

● New specifications in all other subjects – 2016 and

2017

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

New GCSEs

• Controlled assessments or coursework components

only remain in

• Technology Subjects

• Expressive Arts: Music, Drama, Art and PE BTEC

• Media Studies

• Business Studies BTEC

• Health and Social Care BTEC

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

New GCSEs

● English, Maths, Science, French, Spanish, History,

Geography, RE and Sociology

● Two year linear courses - everything is assessed

externally at the end of Year 11

● 100% exam

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

New GCSEs

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

New grading

system

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Begin with the End in Mind

• Reports and grading

• Attendance

• Rewards

• Year 10 Calendar

• Show My Homework and Revision Guides

• Extended Learning Opportunities

• Work Experience update

• Brief opportunity to visit the subject fayre – with a longer opportunity in Year 11

• 7pm – Study skills talk

• Refreshments

Classroom Sessions with Tutors

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Tutor Workshops - Rooms

A11 SFE and TGO

A12 AGY PB

A13 AC and EW

A14 ED and DCO

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Chace Community School Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Workshop Session

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

• Reports and grading

• Attendance

• Year 10 Calendar

• Show My Homework and Revision Guides

• Extended Learning Opportunities

• Work Experience update

• Post 16 student experiences of KS4

• Example copies of KS4 work and controlled assessments

Classroom Sessions with Tutors

Chace Community School: Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Reports and Grading The new grading system for

GCSEs is 9-1.

This table shows how these

correlate to the old style

grading system of A*-G.

All new GCSEs will now be

assessed on the 9-1 scale,

old GCSEs will still be

assessed as A*-G.

All reports that are sent home will reflect these changes in grading.

They will still indicate whether a student is working below, at or above target.

Attendance

Percentage Attendance Weekly

90% = ½ day

80% = 1 day

70% = 1 ½ days

60% = 2 days

50% = 2 ½ days

40% = 3 days

30% = 3 ½ days

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Attendance

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

SOL Attendance Monitoring and supporting attendance at Chace

•Tutors can quickly pick

up any issues with

attendance

•Visually clear to

students if their

attendance is improving

•Students’ increased

attendance is

recognised even if they

have had a period of

absence

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Rewards

50 positive points – bronze

100 positive points – silver

150 positive points – gold

200 positive points – platinum

Half termly rewards

Christmas: film and popcorn afternoon

Easter: trip to Thorpe Park

Summer: Summer Fayre 18

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The Rumours are True! Thursday March 29th – Invite is for combination of rewards Bronze (50) or higher! & 97+%

Attendance! Deadline for Invite is March 5th!

Those invited = No –uniform, WHOLE DAY of FUN with travel for £20!

Careers and Work Experience

•We are delighted to be working with Reed in

Partnership to support our careers programme.

There will NOT be a dedicated work experience

week in the summer term.

•Danny Murphy from Reed In Partnership will be

coordinating career interviews and offering

opportunities for excellent work experience

placements – these can be arranged in school

holidays.

•We will continue to offer workshops and

seminars run by employers from a variety of

sectors, such as the science workshop run by

army officers.

•There will be a careers workshop on 18th July 20

Key Dates:

• Parents’ Consultation Evening

–Thursday 22nd February 201

•Work Experience – NO work experience during school term.

• 18th July careers workshop

•Pre Public Exams

•20-24 November, 2017

•26 February – 2 March,. 2018

•25-29 June 2018

Year 10 Calendar

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

• Students should be receiving 1 piece of homework from each subject per week.

• They should be working for at least 1 hour per day on homework or revision.

• Students need to check Show My Homework daily to ensure they are keeping up to date with their homework.

• Deadlines for coursework will also be shown on SMH for individual subjects. Students must ensure they keep to deadlines to avoid getting behind in their work.

SMH demonstration, including how to access homework on the school calendar.

Show My Homework

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Revision guides can be purchased via Parent Pay. Some are available now – but more will become available. Some are still being published because of the new specifications!

Year 10 Revision Guides

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

KS4: Extended Learning Opportunities

Sowing the seeds of learning now, to reap the

future harvest

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KS4: Extended Learning Opportunities Sowing the seeds of learning now, to reap the future harvest

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

PE Extra-Curricular Clubs

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before

School

Basketball Football

BTEC Sports

Basketball

Football

BTEC Sports

Football

BTEC Sports

Basketball

Lunch Dodgeball Futsal - boys Badminton Basketball Futsal - girls

After School Netball club

(girls)

Trampoline

club

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before

School

LRC – 8am-

830am

LRC – 8am-

830am

BTEC Sports

LRC – 8am-

830am

BTEC Sports

LRC – 8am-

830am

BTEC Sports

LRC – 8am-

830am

Lunch LRC LRC LRC LRC

Homework and

study club –

invitation only

LRC

After

School

LRC 3.10-4pm

Food club

Science Support

LRC 3.10-4pm

LRC 3.10-4pm

Art club

Vocational

studies support

LRC 3.10-4pm

One voice choir

Spanish support

Vocational

studies support

LRC 3.10-4pm

Commitment to and responsibility for your learning

Hard work consistently….clubs/revision

Aim high….don’t accept less than your very best

Confidence to listen to advice and guidance from staff

Exceed expectations…we believe you CAN succeed

Be prepared to make a commitment to learning, set yourself high standards and have high expectations of yourself

YES YOU WILL….

...if you try hard and believe in yourself

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Chace Community School Y10 GCSE Q&A Evening

Commitment to learning High expectations All can succeed Confidence and courage Everyone valued equally

Please join us in the hall for a presentation from Ms Legg on how best to support

your child with revision over the course of their KS4 journey.

Thank you for attending this evening, we hope you have found the event helpful.