Year 11
Welcome Parents Evening
School Home
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How can we assist students to achieve their full potential?
School Home
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Does this sound familiar?
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But…..
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The mock exams are just a few weeks off….
They start on 1 December and will run for approximately 3 weeks.
This is the students only chance to have a trail run
They produce very important information for us
They must be taken seriously

How can you assist at home?
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Allow students to take ownership
3 different approaches:
Subtle approach
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Negotiate
Encouragement
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Things you can do
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Ensure that everyone in the family knows the importance of external examinations and that study rooms are free from disturbance
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Equipping: provide pens, paper, cards highlighters, folders, etc
School Home
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Offer support and advice
Student

Negotiate
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Periods of time for revision well in advance, during holiday times, especially at Easter
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Paid work should be kept to a sensible amount of time & may need to be reduced during examinations
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The most appropriate revision periods during the day, when distractions are least likely
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Reduce distractions in the revision room
(e.g. TV, radio, and switch off mobile phones)

Encouragement
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Assist with timetable preparation so that you are aware of the weekly programme
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Provide space to relax and take refreshments after a maximum 2 hour revision period (outside of the revision room)
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Offer to test material
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Use of revision websites, e.g. BBC Bitesize,exam board websites (past papers)

Revision Timetables
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 www.myrevisionplan.com
Suggest 2 sessions per day (during term time)
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Discuss the best times to revise, their most alert/receptive times. Plan to revise the most difficult topics at these times
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Study more than 1 subject each day (e.g.
Science in the morning, English in the afternoon)

Revision Timetables
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Keep the sessions short
Set targets to be met for each session
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Take regular breaks- every 40 minutes -hour
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Ensure time is allocated for:
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Repetition and recall
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Frequent testing- at different levels of difficulty
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Re-testing

Making a Mind Map
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Turn paper Landscape
Put title in the middle
Split into sections
Use different colours for each section
Keep splitting up the sections
Use pictures when needed
Keep viewing the mind map

Revision method 2 The cards
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Can make them out of paper if you want
Or buy a set of cards
Wilkinson, Tesco and WH Smith all sell these cards

Making the cards
 The idea is that you put the things you must know on,
 1 concept or topic per card
 Can design them how you want
 Can include colours if you want and pictures
 These are kept and can be used to revise in a short space of time.

What will we be doing at school?
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Tracking of Data
Grade Gathers of current grades
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MOCK PERIOD – Full reports
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Target grades
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Teacher Predictions
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Effort grades

What will we be doing at school?
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Interventions
1-1 mentoring
Reward Trip
Post Mock Clinic
Motivational Group

Controlled Assessment
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GCSE Coursework has gone
It has been replaced by controlled assessment
All work has to be completed at school under controlled conditions within a set time limit
Timetable is on the website!

“Study Leave”
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No longer exists. There is now whole school planned revision.
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Targeted revision sessions for all students based on examination and revision timetables
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Departments organise sessions based on ability and the papers being taken

English Language GCSE – current position
 Modular examinations were removed at the end of the academic year 2012-13. Students now only have one chance to gain their qualification.
 The Speaking and listening element has been removed and is no longer part of the overall qualification grade.
This 20% has now been added to the examination.
 The weightings of the qualification is now 40% controlled assessment and 60% terminal exam.
 English is essential to progress to most other courses.

SPAG
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Spelling, punctuation and grammar marks are awarded in any subject that has a significant written element for example,
RE, Geography, History and English etc.
When spellings are corrected in work students need to learn them especially key words and specialist terms.

Maths
 Students will not be entered for the statistics examination in addition to maths

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Important Dates
Week beginning 15/9 interview evening
23 October 2014: 6 th Form Information Evening
13 November 2014: Parents Evening
1-19 December 2014: Mock Period
Week beginning 19 January 2015: Mock Results Day
Week beginning 9 February 2015:Post mock clinic
Week beginning 9 & 23 February English and Maths mocks
Week beginning 23 March Final countdown evening
11 May 2015: Summer Exam Series begins
Week beginning 22 June 2015: Prom ( 26/6to be confirmed)
25 June 2015: 6 th Form Induction Day
20 August 2015: Results Day (to be confirmed)

Contact
• Mrs S Martin: HOY 11 or tutor s.Martin@overtongrange.sutton.sch.uk