The changing landscape
Year Ten and beyond...an information evening for parents.
Familiar Landscape
Self-Confident
Organised
Cooperative
Motivated
Tolerant
Enthusiastic
Punctual
Determined
The Ideal Adults
rGCSE Skills
• Finding things out
for yourself
• Working with others
• Thinking things over
• Not giving up
• Being accountable
The educational landscape has shifted
BBC News EDUCATION & FAMILY
GCSE exam brand name under scrutiny
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education correspondent
MailOnline English oral exam is cut from GCSE: Teachers
accused of marking it too generously
Telegraph.co.uk
MailOnline Endless re-sits devaluing GCSEs: Employers and
parents hit out at schools that churn out 'exam
robots' as tougher tests see biggest drop in top
grades
Tuesday 17 September 2013
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Michael Gove: my revolution for culture in
classroom
Why we must raise education standards
so children can compete with rest of the
world
Exams: a linear landscape
Linear Landscape Overview
• Two year courses June 2015 Exams
• Controlled Assessments from Sept 2013 to
May 2015 across most subjects
Exceptions
• Science at the end of Y10
• Foundation Exam for Level 4-6 Maths
students
The teenage landscape?
Or the teenage landscape?
Study Habits and Independent Learning
Y10 Subject Support
Every Wednesday
3.45 – 4.45pm
The wider landscape:
“Busy students are successful students.”
• Developing positive relationships beyond the
classroom.
• Encouraging participation in other aspects of
school life for CV building
Attendance & Leave of Absence
• The Government has changed the regulations
so that there is no assumption that students
can be granted ten days leave of
absence/holiday.
• We are now instructed to allow time off only
for “exceptional circumstances.”
• This means that we will not be granting leave
for family holidays.
• Please fill in a request form - available on
website or from office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCuGvsThE
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Connect Four
You may have come up with the
connection of fairy tales.
Two key skills required for
GCSE English Language and
Literature.
The images are all posters of
modern interpretations of well
known fairy tales.
Two GCSEs
English Language and English Literature
Both courses comprise a mixture of exams and
controlled assessment.
Our students take the AQA course.
English Language Course
English Language Unit One – Reading and
Writing Non-fiction texts. An exam worth 60%.
English Language Unit Two – Speaking and
Listening. Teacher assessed and doesn’t
contribute to final grade.
English Language Unit Three – Controlled
Assessment. Teacher assessed worth 40%.
English Language Course
English Language Unit One – exam worth 60%
Section A: Reading
• Retrieving information
and making inferences.
• Making and explaining
connections.
• Interpreting texts.
• Comparing two texts and
analysing the effects of
language.
Section B: Writing
• Writing for a specific
purpose.
• Writing for a specific
audience.
• Writing in a particular
form.
• Using language, form and
structure for effect.
English Language Course
• English Language Unit Three – Controlled
Assessment worth 40%
• Two creative writing tasks – writing for in a
particular form, for a specific audience and purpose.
• One piece of writing analysing Spoken Language
(could be their own use of spoken language).
• One essay that assesses reading. Students respond to
a question about character of themes in ‘Of Mice
and Men’.
English Literature Course
• Unit One, Exploring Modern Texts – exam
worth 40%
• Unit Two, Poetry Across Time – exam worth
35%
• Unit Three, Shakespeare and the English
Literary Heritage – controlled assessment
worth 25%
Year Ten
• We concentrate on completing Unit Three English
Language Controlled Assessment.
• This allows students to develop the skills required to
be successful in both the Language and Literature
exams at the end of year eleven.
Understanding Interpretation Analysis Comparison
UnderstandingInterpretation
Analysis
Comparison
We could develop all of these skills
using the images that we started
with this evening.
There is one other reason why I
started with an image . . .
Year ten’s first controlled assessment
task . . .
• Unit Three Language Controlled Assessment,
Creative Writing:
Use a still image from a film as inspiration for
your own writing.
Week beginning 7th October
English Controlled Assessment – High
Control
• We can give lots of help and advice before the
assessment week but not during.
• As well as being assessed on the quality of
their ideas and creativity students are
assessed on the accuracy of their writing.
• It is important that students learn to draft and
edit their own work.
‘I believe more in
the scissors than I
do in the pencil.’
The Challenge
Reducing their notes
And then expand them again
Key Skills for this Year
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Read widely
Writing, drafting and redrafting
Using language and structure for effect
Varying vocabulary
Accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar
Thorough preparation beforehand.
Ask your child to tell you about
the significance of Austin’s
butterfly – we believe that this
is the key to success with the
first controlled assessment
Year 10 Science @ WBHS
Core Science (OCR J241)
Biology : 13th May
Chemistry: 15th May
Physics: 19rd May
Each exam on Modules 1-3.
25% of Award
Controlled assessment
25% of award
Triple Scientists
(OCR J243,244,245)
No exams until summer
2015. 3 exams, each 25%
Controlled assessment
25% of each award.
www.whitleybayscience.net
Username : parent.yr10
Password : science
Username : firstname.lastname
Password : science
18 marks out of 60
for each paper.
(3x 6 mark
questions).
3 papers per
qualification .
The Return of the Extended answer
OXBOX
Module P2 Upgrade: Model answers 4
Ozone
Foundation tier question
Click anywhere on this screen to proceed.
Navigate using the links at the bottom of every screen.
© Oxford University Press 2011
Module P2 Upgrade: Model answers 4
Question
The Sun gives off radiation which then reaches the Earth. Some of this radiation is
very dangerous to living organisms, including humans, but a chemical found high in
the atmosphere protects us from it
Explain why this radiation is dangerous and describe the process by which the
chemical in the atmosphere protects us. Make sure that you use correct scientific
terms in your answer.
[4]
Question
Explanation of question
Answer
© Oxford University Press 2011
Module P2 Upgrade: Model answers 4
Explanation of question
This is a free response question worth four marks. You need to recall and explain
that ultraviolet radiation from the Sun is absorbed by ozone in the atmosphere, and
that ultraviolet is ionising and causes damage to living cells. There are four marks
available which suggests that you should make four distinct points.
Question
Explanation of question
Answer
© Oxford University Press 2011
Module P2 Upgrade: Model answers 4
G–E answer
comment
The light from the sun includes
dangerous radiation, and it is absorbed
by the greenhouse gases.
This candidate is confused between
greenhouse effect and the ozone layer.
However, one mark is awarded here for
the word ‘absorbs’, even though ozone
is not mentioned. Ozone is, in fact, a
greenhouse gas, but does not
contribute significantly to greenhouse
effect.
Previous . Next
Question
Explanation of question
Answer
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Module P2 Upgrade: Model answers 4
D–C answer
comment
Ultra violet from the Sun is dangerous,
because it can give you skin cancer. It
does this by ionising DNA in your skin
cells. It is blocked by the ozone like this:
This candidate gets marks for using the
terms ‘ultraviolet’ and ‘ozone’. Another mark
is awarded for stating that ozone ‘blocks’
radiation, although it is much better to use
the word ‘absorbs’. This idea is backed up
by the diagram. The candidate gains a fourth
mark for stating that radiation damages
living cells and is ionising. The candidate
has gained full marks, even though ‘ionising
DNA’ is a mixture of two ideas rather than a
coherent explanation.
The diagram alone would have been enough
to gain the ozone and ultraviolet Previous
marks. . Next
Question
Explanation of question
Answer
© Oxford University Press 2011
Rachel Thurlow
Head of Maths
Maths GCSE
• Assessed by two equally weighted exams –
one calculator, one non-calculator OR three
exams – two calculator and one non-calculator
• No controlled assessment element
• Available at two tiers
– Higher level grades A* - D
– Foundation level grades C – G
Opportunity to take Foundation level in Year 10
KS3 Level
4, 5, 6
7+
FOUNDATION
Exam: June Year 10
C
D
E, F, G
FOUNDATION
Exam: Nov Year 11
C
D
HIGHER
FOUNDATION
Exam: June Year 11
Exam: June Year 11
Support available in school
Carefully selected individual routes to maximise grades
Regular assessments to monitor progress
Weekly support sessions – Thursday
lunchtime, B16 - plus targeted
boosters to prepare for exams
Year 11 trial exam week
Past papers available
Support at home
Encourage students to spend time on weekly homework
tasks, adding their own questions when appropriate
www.mymaths.co.uk - all students provided with an
individual login.
Revision guides available for £3,
workbooks for £2.
Ensure students are well-equipped.
A Snapshot of Year 10
• Please refer to the booklet for all course
information - but note that it may be subject to
change.
• You will receive three reports on Progress this
year before the Parents’ Evening in the summer
term.
• Please continue to contact us when those
inevitable little problems occur. There is a slip
on your chair if you have any immediate
questions.