Year 10INFORMATION EVENING

Parents Supporting LearningHow to help your child achieve success

22 February 2018

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This is a year of change

GCSEs

Maths, English Language and English Literaturegraded 9-1

(from 2017)

Art, biology, chemistry, computer science, drama, food preparation and nutrition, geography, history, modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish), music, physical education, physics, religious studies, science (double/combined – trilogy)

graded 9-1(first time 2018)

Level 2 Pass – 9-4 (former A*-C)Level 1 Pass – 3-1 (former D-G)

This is a year of change

DfE – Level 2 pass: “Good Pass” 9-5; “Awarding” 4

• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as used to achieve a grade C and above

• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as used to achieve a grade A and above

• broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 1 and above as used to achieve a grade G and above

• The government’s definition of a ‘good pass’ will be set at grade 5 for GCSEs. A grade 4 will continue to be a level 2 achievement. The Department for Education does not expect employers, colleges or universities to raise the bar to a grade 5 if a grade 4 would meet their requirements.

Mock Exams Year 10Date P1/2 P3/4 P5/6

Monday 9 AprilYEAR GROUPEnglish, 105mins

Computer Science, 90mins

Drama, 75mins

Business Studies, 60mins

Music in MU1, 75mins

Tuesday 10 April

Food, Product Design, RE, all 105mins

Resistant Materials, 90mins

Geography 1, 60minsYEAR GROUPMaths, 90mins

Wednesday 11 April History, 105minsYEAR GROUPBiology, Science, both 90mins

Chemistry, 90mins

Thursday 12 AprilModern Foreign Languages, 45mins + 70mins

Media, 90mins Physics, 90mins

Friday 13 April Geography 2, 60mins Psychology, 90mins

These are very important exams.There are currently three mock exam sessions in Year 11.The actual GCSE exam session is likely to be mid-May until the end of June.

Preparation

Experience of Work Programme for Year 10 Students.

What we expect of students

• Proactive in securing their own placement

• Behave in a polite and professional manner

• Be open to learning from the experience

• Ask questions and be enthusiastic

6th Form

College

Apprenticeship

University

Apprenticeship

Permanent job

Higher

CA

REE

R!

Planning for the future

Work Experience

Qualifications

How do you know how well your child is doing?

Parents’ Evening – 8 March 2018

An opportunity to find out how your child has done up that point.

How can I further

support my child?

How can a parent be more proactive?

Please check Go4schools regularly to note any changes in behaviour.

Please go to Go4schools when a report is issued to see assessments that have taken place.

www.go4schools.com any problems please email steer@sbeschool.org.uk.

“Parental involvement in

children’s learning is a

key factor in improving

children’s academic

attainment and

achievements, as well as

their overall behaviour

and attendance”

“Parents have the

greatest influence

on achievement”

(Harris & Goodall

University of Warwick

DfE 2007)

“Good quality home learning contributes more to

children’s intellectual and social development than

parental occupation, education or income”

(DfE 2012)

“The level of interest that parents take in their children’s

education is six times more important for a pupil’s

eventual grades than the child’s own effort.

Parental effort is also four times more important than

how hard the school works to help children’s progress.”

(Universities of Leicester and Leeds, May 2013)

So ... the biggest influence on attainment is PARENTS

“It is their support of learning

within the home environment

that makes the maximum

difference to achievement” (DfE 2007)

So now what??

Student Progress

• Aim: To support Year 10 students maximise their academic potential

• Expectation of Students: To try their best– Results’ day “feeling”

Supporting Progress

• Report home in July

• Students reflect on how they can move forward

• Track and support in the right way

The government issued a booklet a few years ago called:

Coaching Your Teenager

Dates• 8 March – Parents’ Evening• 15-23 March Experience of Work• 9-13 April – Mock Exams• 2 July – Report

• Summer break – Revision?!• September – Year 11

• Expectation of students• Information Evening• GCSE grades last long into the future!