12
CollegeYear
Improvement
Plan
Supporting the
old while
building the new
Achievement
Raising Achievement Evening
Monday 23rd September 2013
Plan for the year ahead
If you don’t have a
target, chances are
you will miss!
Raising the bar!
GCSE results 2013
• 11 A*/A grades
Sam Jordan, Patrick Osborne, Abe Farquharson,
Ian Hawthorne and Marcus Rea
• 10 A*/A grades
Alistair Bissett, Ross Carrigan, Joshua Catherall,
Conor Johnston, Andrew Martin, Ben McDowell,
Jamie Robinson and Adam Walmsley
• 9 A*/A grades
Seb Haley, Josh Harbinson, Corrin Penman,
Timothy Rolston, Benny Tang and Joshua Thompson
• 8 A*/A grades
Jack Beattie, Patrick Butler, Rory Butler, Conor Hill, Alistair
Hunter, Aaron McMaster, JJ Ong and Michael Simpson
GCSE results 2013
• 31% of total GCSEs were awarded A*/A grades,
up from 26% in 2012 and 21% in 2011
• 86% of total GCSEs were awarded A*-C grades,
up from 81% in 2012 and 78% in 2011.
Raising the bar!
Over 125 Year 12 boys achieved
the increased tariff for Sixth Form
Other bars being raised…
Course
2006
2011
2016
Computer
Science
Engineering
3C’s
2B’s + 1C ???
3C’s
3B’s
???
Agriculture
3C’s
3B’s
???
Primary Teaching
(Stranmillis)
3B’s
3A’s
???
23 pts
5 pts
Year 12
What will you achieve next June?
Waste time William
Y11 result – 59%
Will you obtain 5 points ? (5C’s)
Average Joe
Y11 result – 58%
Will you obtain 15 points ?
(5 B’s and 5 C’s)
Academic Albert
Y11 result – 61%
Will you obtain 25 points ? (3A*s, 3A’s & 2B’s)
Positively
Negatively
Opportunities for you to make a difference!
Some basic facts of life!
• Year 12 is busy
• Year 12 demands hard work
• Year 12 is competitive
- not just within Campbell College
• Year 12 invites you to make choices
Some basic facts of life
The choices you make
now,
COUNT!
What are you going to do?
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•
Back to school for A-Levels?
Leave school and go to FE?
Leave school and get a job?
Hide?
Tonight
You have the opportunity
to contribute to this
process by discussing
each subject grade with
your son and coming to
agreement with them.
The target grade will be
recorded in school and
progress monitored.
Year 12
Making your points prediction…
A*/A = 3 pts
B
= 2 pts
C
= 1 pt
14 points
(4 B’s, 6C’s)
22 Points
(4 A’s, 4 B’s, 2 C’s)
30 Points
(10 A’s)
Be SMART about your targets
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•
•
•
•
Specific
Measurable
Agreed
Realistic
Time-bound
Learn from your mistakes…
Original
Grade
Tom Smyth
John Smyth
Ian Smyth
Alan Smyth
Tom Smyth
John Smyth
Ian Smyth
Alan Smyth
Tom Smyth
John Smyth
Tom Smyth
Ian Smyth
205
D
191
D
343
A*
253
B
199
D
224
C
241
C
242
C
258
B
313
A
255
C
335
A
Plus 1
mark per
unit
C
D
A*
B
D
C
C
C
B
A
B
A*
Plus 2
Plus 3
Plus 4
Plus 5
marks per marks per marks per marks per
unit
unit
unit
unit
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
C
A*
A*
A*
A*
B
B
B
B
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
B
B
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
A*
A*
A*
A*
“Incremental improvement”
Influencing your own destiny
Knowledge
Skills
Perseverance
Influencing your own destiny
Knowledge
Skills
Perseverance
Mostly school
Mostly you
Helping yourself
Knowledge
•Course content
Skills
Note taking
Note
Perseverance
making
•Assessment
Give up
•Coursework
Lose your temper
Memory
skills
Summarizing
Blame someone else
Good Practice is essential
Fitness is not a
spectator sport, nor
can you get some
magic prescription to
get you fit
Learning is exactly
the same!
Practice does not make perfect – it confirms
habits, good or bad
Good practice encourages active learning.
Learning is not a spectator sport. You learn as you
• talk about what you are learning,
• write about it and
• participate in class
Year 12
The Year Ahead
5 weeks
Half Term
7 weeks
Christmas
0 weeks
Mocks
3 weeks
Parents’ Evening
7 weeks
Easter
2 weeks
GCSE Exams
24 weeks
120 days
12 days per subject
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can
Cut GCSEs down to size.
“ I knew what I had to do.
Ahead of me was Business
Studies Coursework. I decided
I would make the October
deadline my goal.
I persevered with it, using my
time wisely. When I finally got
finished I picked another piece
of coursework and started all
over again”…
Year 12 Student 2012
Summer 2013
Remove the risk.
A final 4-letter word!
WORK
If you have any queries
please do not hesitate to
talk to any member of
staff.
Thank you for coming.
After target-setting in your
tutor groups, please join us for
refreshments in the Dining Hall.