Year 11 Information
Evening
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Welcome and thank you for dedicating your time
tonight
Please complete your
Learning Styles
Questionnaire before
we start
Review of Options pathways available
post 16
 Reflection on progress towards these
pathways; student’s latest Traffic Light
Reports
 Grade Boundary challenges
 What the College will do
 What parents can do
 What students should do
 Advice and guidance from English and
Maths leaders
 Revision Guides
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Agenda
Year
Group
No of
students
Monday 3rd December
11/12/13
45/4/3
Tuesday 4th December
11/12/13
45/4/3
11
8
Date
Subject
Length
Start
Finish
Art
5 hrs
08.30
14.45
Art
5 hrs
08.30
14.45
1 hr, 15 mins
1 hr
09.00
11.15
09.45
12.15
13.00
14.00
1 hr
09.00
10.00
50 mins
13.00
13.40
Week 1
Week 2
Monday 10th December
Music (Listening)
11
80
Geography
Mock
and
Jan March dates1 etc
11
74
Biology
hr
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11
74
Chemistry
11
35
RE
11
74
Physics
1 hr
08.45
09.45
11
32
Catering
1 hr, 15 mins
13.00
14.15
Friday 14th December
11
150
English
2 hrs, 15 mins
09.00
11.15
Week 1
Monday 17th December
11
29
French Reading
1 hr
11.15
12.15
11
56
History (Surgery)
11
14
German Reading
1 hr, 15 mins
1 hr
09.00
11.15
10.15
12.15
11
26
Maths - Linear non calc
11
119
Maths - unit 3 (calc)
11
26
Maths - Linear calc
Tuesday 11th December
Thursday 13th December
Wednesday 19th December
Thursday 20th December
1 hr, 45 mins
1 hr, 15 mins
1 hr, 45 mins
11
119
13.00
Maths - unit 2 (non calc)
Exams, exams, exams….
14.45
14.15
13.00
14.45
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Mock Results Day follows these exams on Thursday
17th January
Thursday 17th January is also Parents Evening –
plenty to discuss
January exams for many students e.g. Geography is
Monday 23rd Jan
March exams for some
Summer 2013 exams begin from May 13th
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Controlled Assessments will be on-going throughout
the year
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BTEC and OCR National assignments; 99%
completion = no qualification, only 100%
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NO HOLIDAYS in term time
Exams, exams, exams….
Options post 16
Why is attaining the most C grades ( and above)
necessary?
 How achieving a C grade in 5 subjects became
harder last year, including any exams sat in Year
10
 These was highlighted for English in the media
but was a factor in many subjects, e.g.
Geography boundary for a C had varied but on
average was 54%. This rose to 60% and is most
likely to remain around this level.
 Aiming to scrape a C grade is not an option!
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Grade boundary
challenges
Extra curriculum time for target groups
 Time afterschool, revision & catch-up
sessions & period 6
 AFL and students’ response
 HW – independent study habits
 Mock Exams – last fortnight this termtiering
 Exam paper practise and regular
assessments
 Tracking and reporting progress e.g.
check your child’s business studies
tracker via their school email address
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Newmarket College
Close collaboration with MCT our
partner sixth form provider
 Aspiration – Alumni and Employer
presentations in assembly
 Maths Workshop on 7th December
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Newmarket College
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“Parental support is eight times
more important in determining a
child’s academic success than any
other factor. The campaign for
learning found that parental
involvement in a child’s education
can mean the difference between an
A* and an “also-ran” at GCSE”
Parents
The most common frustrations of parents….
You don’t have to be an expert
 You don’t have to be a “superparent”
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And the good news for
parents ……
Check in
 Resource gatherer
 Social life monitorer
 A keeper tracker of the
excuses
 A structurer of the
revision tasks
 A bag emptier
 A rewarder
 A feeder
 A stress manager
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Provider of the tools
 Project manager
 Go between
 Information provider
 Question asker
 Encourager
 Getter out of bedder
 Knower of key dates
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What can parents do?
Some practical suggestions
http://www.thesource.me.uk/
 http://www.fasttomato.com/
 www.parentscentre.gov.uk
 www.connexions-direct.com/parentcarer
 www.projecteducation.co.uk
 www.parentslineplus.org.uk – also
confidential helpline 0808 800 2222
 www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/supportforyou
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Useful Websites
Year 11 Success CHECKLIST
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Students
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100% attendance
Start revising now
Revise in 15 minute bursts, taking breaks in between
Active revision, not just reading your exercise book –
posters, recording, flash cards, notes, parents & friends
(set up your own study group)
Plan revision, make a weekly timetable, know your
exam topics, times, lengths, equipment needed
Past Papers – use websites in your planner to
download, practise and show to your teachers
Revision guides – ask your teacher if they have one or
sell one, show them the one you’ve bought
Time afterschool – ask your teachers for some help
with topics you’re unsure on
Research next year & your future – Where are you
going? What will you need from school?
Essential equipment – fully stocked pencil case and
calculator, use our school library stationary shop
Meet all deadlines for controlled assessments and
vocational course assignments
You will only remember 8-10% of this
slide if you read it only once
 Only 10% of most people’s brains are
active
 You will have forgotten 80% of what you
learn today within one week
 The brain needs exercise and food to work
effectively
 Stress is the biggest barrier to effective
functioning of the brain
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How do we learn?
Pictures to remember numbers
 Rhymes – zero = hero, one = gun
 Mnemonics – My Very Easy Method Just
Speeds Up Naming Planets
 Collective memories
 Mind Mapping
 Bullet Points
 Summarising
 Musical association
 Walk the story
 Acronyms
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Memory Techniques
Prefer to learn by seeing.
 Prefer communicating by pictures, graphs,
visual effects – flow diagrams, brain maps,
key word cards and displays
 29% of students
 Tend to visualise things when trying to
remember them – may for instance use
pictures when trying to remember things
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Visual Learners
Walk about reading your study notes as
you learn
 Do practical experiments
 Build models
 Highlight your notes
 Use the walk to school method/virtual
tour of your house
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Learning Techniques:
Lookers
34% of students
 Prefer to communicate by sound –
speaking
 Preferred learning styles are: discussion,
tapes, debates, spoken language
exercises, raps, music.
 Tend to remember things by sound –
chunk things into memorable patterns of
sounds
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Auditory Learners
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Repeat things to yourself
Record your notes on tape/Ipod etc
Discuss topics with friends
Use mnemonics to remember lists
Create raps, rhymes, chants to remember facts
If you really need to concentrate, close your
eyes so that your listening is emphasised
Learning Techniques:
Listeners
37% of students
 Prefer to engage with the task physically – by
doing it or something which we associate
with the task
 Tend to be much more physical – preferring
to move hands and body
 Learn through experience, movement,
modelling, visits
 Don’t like sitting still
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Kinaesthetic Learners
Walk about reading your study notes as you
learn
 Do practical experiments
 Build models
 Highlight your notes
 Use the walk to school method/virtual tour
of your house
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Learning Techniques:
Doers
Tell a story – the more ridiculous the
better
 Rhymes
 Words to remember numbers – 3.14159 –
“Yes I have a super technique”
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Memory Techniques
A Pen
 A toddler
 A Ferrari
 A data projector
 A lighthouse
 A water filter
 Mr Weston
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Two carrots
 A warhammer
figure
 A daffodil
 A football
 The invention of
the flushing toilet
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Memory Techniques
Short spurts of revision (20-25 minutes) with 5
– 10 minute breaks (+rewards)
Peace and quiet
Revise all your subjects – not just your
favourite!
Make your own revision notes – we remember
nearly 30% of what we write
Re-write your notes – summarise them – say
them out loud
Top Revision Tips
Use a variety of techniques
 Practice past papers
 Ask/phone a friend. Get parents to test
you.
 Eat properly
 Be positive
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More top revision techniques
Make it fun
 Make it SMART
 Start now
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Summary
Website will have this PPT and
resources such as Revision
Plans and Key Words
From All the Staff at
the College
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Good Luck
We have never had a group of students who
deserve success more than your sons and
daughters.
ENGLISH ON
INFORMATION EVENING
ENGLISH X 2
• English Language is English. Along with maths, this is
the one that matters more than any other subject.
• English Literature needs to be taken seriously
because it can easily be one of your 5 GCSEs.
• But it’s not quite as important as English Language
and maths.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS:
• In English Language there is nothing to revise.
THE BAD NEWS IS THIS:
• In English Language, there is nothing to revise.
RESPONSIBILITY AND URGENCY IN
LESSONS
•Daniela Ferreira
•Zak Ollington
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MY
SON/DAUGHTER?
• Later, I’ll gave you a special, DIY pack ……
WRITING
• Students to do a 25 minute writing task 2-3 times per
week.
• Follow the guidelines that we will be working on in
class
• And which are listed in the pack
• PARENTS TO EVALUATE IT ……
PARENTS: MANY OF THE TARGETS DON’T
REQUIRE SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
• 1. Evidence that they have tried to generate a list of
possible topics
• 2. Evidence that they have tried to turn this list into a
clear plan with at least 3 main topics
• 3. That they written a brief introduction and a brief
conclusion
• 4. The first sentence of each main paragraph /
section should indicate clearly what that paragraph
will be about (topic sentence)
READING: FIND AN ARTICLE
(NEWSPAPER OR INTERNET)
• In the headline, the word “……” suggests ………….
• The introduction is engaging. In the phrase “
……………………….,” the word “……” suggests
…………………..
• Another interesting use of language is where it says
“………………..,” because the word “……..” suggests
…………………….
• In the picture, one detail I can pick out is …………………..
and this links to the article because
………………………………..
IN SHORT
• We will be giving the students a clear consistent
method to follow for each task.
• We will be practising these processes in lessons.
• You can help them to practise at home.
• BUT IF THE STUDENT IS TRULY MOTIVATED FROM
WITHIN, EVERYTHING BECOMES SO MUCH EASIER.
MATHS ON
INFORMATION EVENING
WHERE ARE WE?
•Modular v Linear the
political landscape
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
PAST PAPERS
•Do not be afraid to show
your child your ways, you
can not break them!
•Write down everything
(points mean prizes)
MY MATHS
•The entire syllabus has a
lesson
http://www.mymaths.co.uk/
indexLog.asp?h=92950
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
•Show them the electricity
meter!
CALCULATOR
• They must buy their own SCIENTIFIC
calculator
• We have them here for £3.75
• The longer they have their calculator
the better they become at using them
and they are all slightly different
ENJOY
•Enjoy supporting them, have a
snack, drink, chat whilst you
are helping them. Make it as
positive an experience as you
can for both of you.
•They will appreciate your time
(on the inside).