Brain Teasers
1. Johnny's Mother had three children. The first child
was named April. The second child was named May.
What was the third child’s name?
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches
tall and wears size 13 trainers. What does he weigh?
3. What's full of holes but can still hold water?
Brain Teasers
1. Johnny's Mother had three children. The first child
was named April. The second child was named May.
What was the third child’s name?
Johnny
2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches
tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Meat
3. What's full of holes but can still hold water?
A sponge
Year 10 Welcome Evening
Maximising Success
Programme
• Welcome – Mr Carter (Headteacher)
• Strategies to support your child – Miss Duckers
(HOY)
• What is your child doing? – Miss Duckers
• Changes to English and Maths – Mr Finniear and
Mrs McNeil (Heads of Department)
• Target Grades & Key Dates– Mr O’Brien (Deputy
Headteacher)
• Revision Techniques – Mr Carter (Headteacher)
Strategies to Support Your Child
1. Attendance – 97 %
Strategies to Support Your Child
Attendance
Over a
Fortnight
Over the Over 5 Years
School Year
95%
= absent for
½ day
1 ¼ weeks
½ term
90%
= absent for
1 day
4 weeks
½ a school year
85%
= absent for
1 ½ days
6 weeks
¾ a school year
80%
= absent for
2 days
7 ½ weeks
1 school year
75%
= absent for
2 ½ days
10 weeks
1 school year +
½ a term
70%
= absent for
3 days
11 ¼ weeks
1 school year +
1 term
Strategies to Support Your Child
• Research suggests that a Year 10/11 pupil
who misses 17 days or more during their
school year, will get one grade less at
GCSE
• Students with 95 % attendance, 73% attain
5 GCSEs or more at A*-C including English
and Maths
Strategies to Support Your Child
1. Attendance – 97 %
2. Singing from the same hymn sheet –
attendance, punctuality, uniform,
homework and behaviour
3. Encourage your son or daughter to
produce revision materials at the end of
each unit
Strategies to Support Your Child
4. Ensure they have a quiet place to work at
home with all the equipment they require
5. Ask them to teach you what they have
been learning
6. Check planners every night
7. Perseverance
School v Home
• Time spent at school and home – 15/85%
• Time left at school – 5 terms, 35%
• Homework time –
2 hours per night
Characteristics of a successful student
• Well organised – planner, to do list
• Independent – takes ownership of
learning, RAG
• Time management
• Target setter
Changes to English Syllabus
• 100% exam
• Closed book
• More focus on spelling, grammar and
punctuation
• Shakespeare play, Frankenstein, 20thC
novel, poetry (seen and unseen)
• Overview of Programme of Study available
• AQA GCSE English Literature (first teaching
September 2015)
How can I support my child in English?
• Encourage them to read the books several
times over the next two years.
• Stick key quotations up in bedroom, bathroom,
garage etc…
• Encourage reading generally and widely. Model
reading yourself. Read the books to them.
• Ban X-Box during the week.
• Go and see the Shakespeare play. (Check with class
teacher.) Globe = £5
• Revision books/study guides.
• Spelling tests.
• Zero tolerance of comma-splicing and failure to use capital
letters.
Changes to Maths Syllabus
• Two tiers are available: Foundation and Higher .
• The qualification consists of three equally-weighted written
examination papers.
• Paper 1 is a non-calculator assessment and a calculator is
allowed for Paper 2
and Paper 3.
• Each paper is 1 hour and 30 minutes long.
• Each paper has 80 marks.
• The qualification will be graded and certificated on a ninegrade scale from
9 to 1 using the total mark across all three papers where 9 is
the highest grade.
• Foundation tier: grades 1 to 5.
• Higher tier: grades 4 to 9 (grade 3 allowed).
What support is required?
AT SCHOOL:
Regular assessment to monitor progress
Intervention when necessary
Past Paper Booklets in Year 11
Mock Examinations in Year 11
AT HOME:
Basic numeracy
Homework
Independent study
Good websites: mymaths, mathedup (GCSE TAKEAWAY)
Minimum target grades
• We use an external group called
• Fischer Family Trust (FFT) to help us
identify individual target grades for each
subject
• FFT is used by the vast majority of schools
Minimum target grades
• We then adjust the estimates to be in line
with the top 25% of similar schools in the
country.
• We then increase the target grade by one.
• Teachers are asked to review the targets
generated –they can be increased further
by the teacher!
Target grade example
•
•
•
•
In the top 25% of schools this student has a:
90% chance of getting a C grade or higher
64% chance of getting a B Grade or higher
31% chance of getting an A grade or higher
• The Target Grade will be the one in the green box,
where the chance of achieving this grade (or higher) is
31%.
Assessment Dates
Report
Interim 1
Interim 2
Full Report
Interim 3
Interim 4
Interim 5
Date
21st October, 2015
17th December, 2015
26th February, 2016
23rd March, 2016
23rd May, 2016
18th July, 2016
Key Dates
• Work Experience – 7th to 11th March, 2016
• Parent Consultation Evening – 17th March,
2016
• Presentation Afternoon – 14th July, 2016
Strategies to learn & revise
“Think in terms of possibilities not limitations”
General Principles
• Be inquisitive
• Be persistent
• Be interested
• Work out how you learn best.
If your unsure on a topic speak to your teachers
How we learn best…
We remember…
• 20% of what we READ
• 30% of what we HEAR
• 40% of what we SEE
• 50% of what we SAY
• 60% of what we DO
• 90% of what we SEE, SAY
and DO!
The 12 Techniques
• Put them up on your
fridge!
• Test them out for yourself
• BUY the folder and
dividers!
• Get into a routine
• Check it, learn from it!
Journey It
• Just make up a journey
around your house or
somewhere familiar to you
Journey It
• How many of these things
can you remember in 30
seconds (no cheating!)
Mnemonic It
SPICE IT UP!
KNOW YOUR
BUSINESS
&
ECONOMICS?
IMPACT OF
A STRONG
POUND?
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Flip It
• WHSmith
• TESCO
• Rymans
• Etc
Decorate the house
Decorate the house
Key Contacts
Staff
St. Cuthman’s
Email
St. Dunstan's
Mr Brooks/
Mrs Topham
Mr Fell
nbrooks@sphcs.co.uk
btopham@sphcs.co.uk
rfell@sphcs.co.uk
St. Edmunds
Miss Downes cdownes@sphcs.co.uk
St. Richard’s
Miss Thomas mthomas@sphcs.co.uk
St. Wilfrid’s
Mr Watson/
Mrs Clark
HOY
Miss Duckers rduckers@sphcs.co.uk
kwatson@sphcs.co.uk
jclark@sphcs.co.uk