Saffron Walden
County High School
Year 11 Ahead Evening
How can we ensure that students
achieve their personal best?
• A Culture of Achievement
- Ethos
- Confident but not complacent
- Rewarding effort
• Supporting Success
- Form Tutors and tutorials
- Mentoring and targeted support
- Academic and Pastoral Liaison
How can we ensure that students
achieve their personal best?
• Assessment
- Coursework Catch ups
- Most completed Spring Term
• Preparing for Examinations
- Revision
- Mock Exams
- Learning Skills
• Preparing for the Future
- EWB lessons to consider and apply
- Careers appointments
Key Dates – Autumn Term
04/11
Reports timetable collapse
14/11
Sixth Form Open Evening
14 – 22 /11
Language orals
w/b 18/11
Year 11 Reports Issued
20/01 onwards
Mock Exams
2/ 12
Deadline for Sixth Form Applications
Key Dates – Spring Term
27/01 onwards
Sixth Form Guidance Discussions
09/01
Year 11 Parents Evening
w/b 13 /01
Languages writing exam
w/b 24/02
Progress Check 1 issued
w/b 24/02
Language orals
w/b 21/04
Progress Check 2 issued
Key Dates – Summer Term
12/05 – 20/06
Provisional period for GCSE exams
w/b 23/06
Year 11 into 12 induction
27/06
Year 11 Ball
21/08
GCSE Results Day!!
Attendance
• Absolutely vital in Year 11; controlled
assessments, revision and exam planning
• Attendance below 85% discussed with
Educational Welfare Officer and classed as
Persistent Absence
• Please do not book holidays in school time
and avoid unnecessary absence.
RPA
From summer 2013, young people will be required to
continue in education or training until at least the end of the
academic year in which they turn 18.
This does not have to be in school.
• Full-time education, such as school or college
• An Apprenticeship
• Part-time education or training if they are employed, selfemployed or volunteering for 20 hours or more a week.
http://education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeop
le/participation/rpa
Saffron Walden
County High School
Sixth Form
Ms H. Cox,
Director of Sixth Form
Why think about post -16
progression now?
• It’s important to have plans for post 16 progression.
• The plans will depend on forecast GCSE grades.
• This is the same wherever students apply, here or
elsewhere.
• If students apply here (and we hope they will) they
have the following options:
• 10 A*- B or more ~ students could select 4 A
levels of their choice.
• 5 A*- B ~students have a limited choice of 4 A level
subjects.
• 5 Cs ~ students have a more limited choice of
subjects and will choose fewer A levels
• fewer than 5Cs ~students will probably be choosing
level 2 qualifications (GCSEs)
• Not achieving Cs in Maths and English language~
students will be doing re-sits
The better the GCSE
performance, the more
options students have!
Application process
End September:
6th form assembly
Start November:
Sixth Form prospectus available
6th form students in tutor time
Thursday 14th November:
Sixth Form Open Evening
Application process
2nd December 2013 :
Deadline for applications to Sixth
Form
27th January to 14th February 2014:
Guidance discussions for Sixth Form
28th March 2014:
Offers of places in Sixth Form- may be
deferred
What can you do in the meantime?
 Find out what ‘A’ Levels are needed. for particular careers,
for courses or employment routes- eg Informed choices and
university and careers websites
http://russellgroup.org/Informed%20Choices%20final.pdf
 A careers interview arranged via Mrs Potter.
Consider their strengths- course-work versus exam
performance. How does this match to particular courses in the
6th form.
Investigate what the A level courses are all about content and
assessment. The prospectus and parental handbook are on the
web site.
YEAR 11 MATHEMATICS
2013-14
Mrs Jane Watts
Acting Director of Mathematics
Year 11 Mathematics
• NO COURSEWORK
• Assessed by examination at the end of the course –
different sessions for different sets
• Higher/Foundation Levels
• Both have a calculator and non-calculator paper
• Equipment
Three key events
• January mock – full analysis sent home
• Feb half term – after school revision starts
• March – “re-mock”; another full analysis sent home
Revision Classes
• Revision classes run by the mathematics department
staff will run after school.
• Different grades are on different nights.
• Parent mail will tell you what is on and when.
• Classes open to all but some students who really
need to attend are specifically invited.
Resources
• Revision Guides and Work books (approx £3-5) will be
available from the Maths resources room.
• The Shared Network /Maths for Student contains lots of
resources and information
• Copies of past papers and answers will be available nearer
to the examination
• My Maths
www.mymaths.co.uk
• Ideal site for practising skills
• Plenty of questions on each topic
– worksheets can be downloaded
• Can be used at home as well as in school
– each student has a unique log-in and password
• Automatic assessments
YEAR 11 ENGLISH
2013-14
Miss Helen Loizou
Acting Area Co-ordinator of English
The removal of speaking and
listening:
• Speaking and Listening will no longer represent
20% of the overall English / English Language
GCSE qualification.
• The English Language exam in the summer of 2014
will now be worth 60%.
• Speaking and Listening will remain on the syllabus
and your child will be awarded a separate Speaking
and Listening qualification.
Implications:
• We will dedicate more time to the teaching of the
Unit 1 exam, and students should do the same at
home when revising.
• Students who were hoping to pick up marks via
speaking and listening will instead need to focus on
their reading and writing skills.
2 GCSE route: GCSE English Language
and English Literature
English Language:
Completed: Creative Writing Controlled Assessment – 15%
Novel Controlled Assessment – 15%
Spoken Language Study Controlled Assessment– 10%
Still to do: Unit 1 Exam – 60%
English Literature:
Completed: Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage CA – 25%
Still to do: Unit 1 Exam (Modern Prose/Drama) – 40%
Of Mice and Men or To Kill a Mockingbird along with either
Lord of the Flies or An Inspector Calls
Unit 2 Exam (Poetry) – 35%
Poetry Across Time and Unseen Poetry
Key dates:
• 1x English Language exam: 3rd June
• 2 x Literature exams: 20th and 22nd May
Mocks:
Literature mocks will take place in January.
A Language mock will happen in March.
Feedback from all mocks will be sent home.
1 GCSE route: English
• Unit 1 – Exam – 60%
• Unit 3 – Understanding and Producing Creative
Texts – 5 Controlled Assessments – 40% (we’ve
already completed one of these)
Controlled Assessments will take place towards
the end of each half term, and then the exam will be
on 3rd June.
A first mock will take place in March, followed by a
re-mock in April. Feedback will be sent home.
Resources
• Keep reading! Newspapers, websites, leaflets,
autobiography, travel writing.
• GCSE Bitesize has been updated for new specification.
• Revision guides will be available to buy from school.
• Past paper questions online – AQA website:
– English Language 4705/ English Literature 4710
– English 4700
• Copies of past papers and sample answers will be available
from class teachers nearer to the examination.
• Revision sessions will be organised prior to the exams and
details sent home via parent mail.
Improve your English grade!
• Strategies to help your child achieve his/her
potential.
YEAR 11 SCIENCE
2013-14
A personalised curriculum
DARWIN
FRANKLIN
STEPHENSON
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Core Science
Additional Science
Applied Science
BTEC
11AB1
11AB2
11AB3
11AB4
11AB5
11AB6
11AB7
11DE1
11DE2
11AB8
11DE3
11Sk1
11Sk2
DARWIN course
Already studied: B1, C1, P1 in year 9
B2, C2, P2 in year 10
To do:• Study extension units B3, C3, P3
• Revise all previous work
• Complete a minimum of one Controlled Assessment
in each subject
DARWIN assessment
All subject assessment consists of FOUR units, each
contributing 25% to the overall mark.
Hence
• a minimum of 3 controlled assessments, internally
marked
• 9 exams in the summer (13th May-23rd June)
also
• mock exams in January (and April)
• end of topic tests
FRANKLIN course
Exams taken: B1, C1, P1
plus controlled assessments
GCSE Core Science qualification awarded 2013
To do:• Additional Science units P2 (started last term), B2 &
C2
• a minimum of one Controlled Assessment
FRANKLIN assessment
Additional Science consists of FOUR units, each
contributing 25% to the overall mark.
Hence
• a minimum of 1 controlled assessment, internally
marked
• 3 exams in the summer (6, 10 and 12 June)
also
• mock exams in January (and April)
• end of topic tests
STEPHENSON course
BTEC Applied Science
Students to complete one qualification75% coursework, 25% exam
To do:
complete coursework units (2, 3 and 4)
complete unit 1 and revise for exam
STEPHENSON assessment
Grades: Level 1
(D)
Level 2 Pass
(C)
Level 2 Merit
(B)
Level 2 Distinction
(A)
as long as ALL the work is completed
• 3 coursework units internally assessed
• 1 exam (November 14th, re-sits possible) mock exam before half term
Resources
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Mock exams and tests
Past exam papers and on-line exams and mark schemes
Revision websites
GCSE revision guides and workbooks to buy
BTEC revision guides and workbooks to buy
Revision sessions after school and prior to exams
After school Controlled Assessment sessions and BTEC
coursework catch-up (optional and compulsory)
Year 11 RPE
2013-14
Mrs Una Brunwin
Head of RPE
Majority of students in year 11 are taking full course
Religious Studies GCSE (WJEC) , a mixture of ethics and
philosophy, a new exam for us this year.
Two exam papers, no coursework. 12th May and 4th June.
January mocks
Revision guide issued to all students including all past
questions.
Revision classes
Very important that students keep up with current affairs to
inform their opinions and illustrate the topics studied e.g.
medical ethics, conflict, punishment, sex and relationships,
religion in society.
Saffron Walden
County High School
Year 11 Ahead Evening
“What parents do with their children at home
through the age range, is much more
significant than any other factor open to
educational influence.”
DFE Research report
Rooms for Form tutor presentations
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