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A Specialist Sports College
Welcome to the Year 11
Information Evening
K. Koupis- Director of Learning Year 11
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Purpose
The purpose of this evening is to:
 Keep parents informed about the requirements of
the various areas of the Year 11 curriculum,
particularly with reference to controlled
assessment and final exams.
 Provide parents with practical information so they
can help their children to meet the demands of
Year 11 work, in partnership with the students
and the school.
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Our Pastoral Team Aim
 To support all students in
Year 11 to achieve their
GPGs
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Our Year 11 Team
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Mr Koupis- Director of Learning Year 11
Mr Smith- Assistant Head SLT link to Year 11
Mrs Lewin- Form Tutor 11F
Mr Lower and Mrs Moretto- Form Tutors 11R
Ms Sayers- Form Tutor 11E
Mrs Malewicz- Form Tutor 11S
Miss Scourfield- Form Tutor 11B
Mr Brophy- Form Tutor 11N
Mrs Terry- Link Tutor
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Why parental support is needed
 “Parental involvement in a child’s
education can mean the difference
between an A* and an “also-ran” at GCSE”
The Times Educational Supplement.
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Introduction:
common
frustrations
for
parents in Year 11
 He seems he is not motivated in his
studies- how will I change this?
 She is not sure what to do after GCSEshelp!
 She always leaves everything to the last
minute – one minute she has all the time
in the world the next it’s all stress and
panic!
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Students’ experiences
 Last Year 11 students will share strategies
used in their studies.
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Recently in the News…
 An extra hour a day of television, internet or
computer game time in Year 10 is linked to poorer
grades at GCSE, a Cambridge University study
suggests.
 The researchers recorded the activities of more than 800
14-year-olds and analysed their GCSE results at 16.
 Those spending an extra hour a day on screens saw a
fall in GCSE results equivalent to two grades overall.
 "Reducing screen time could have important benefits,"
said co-author Dr Esther van Sluijs.
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Getting off to a good start
 Attendance – the most important thing is
that your child attends lessons.
95%+
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Attendance matters 2
 90% attendance = ½ a day missed every
week
 90% over the school year = 4 whole
weeks of lessons missed
 In order to achieve their GPGs, students
MUST ATTEND EVERY DAY
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Attendance matters 3
 Research has shown that 17 missed
school days in a year = a drop in one
GCSE grade (Dept. for Education & Skills).
 Attendance needs to be at least 96% for
potential to be achieved.
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Getting off to a good start
 Daily discuss what your children are
learning in their lessons
 Encourage them to see the relevance of
every lesson to the final exams
 By all means, help with homework …. but
only by support and encouragement
 Praise is a very effective motivator
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The partnership with school 1
 Contact subject staff if subject related
information is needed.
 Use the school’s website for information
about work.
 Many students may fall behind, feel
overwhelmed or struggle with finding the
balance between social, work and school
demands.
 Check the student planner for homework
and coursework information and please
sign it!
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The partnership with school 2
 Put key dates and deadlines in your own diary
so that you can support before the “panic stage”.
 Support the strategies the school will put in
place in order to raise the students’ achievement
 Extra sessions tend to take place after school
hours to prepare for modules or coursework
deadlines
 Several students will be invited to join
“intervention” groups working with a variety of
people who will act as a Mentor.
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MATHS FACULTY
Examinations
• Two examinations at the end of the two
year GCSE course (May/June 2016)
(provisional dates 26th May and 9th of
June)
• Non Calculator paper (50%)
• Calculator paper (50%)
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MATHS FACULTY
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Exam Board – EDEXCEL
Course codes:
1MAOH – for higher tier
1MAOF – for foundation tier
Sets 1-4 follow higher course
Sets 5-6 follow foundation course
For set 5, a decision will be made later on in the
year on tier of entry, depending on pupil
performance throughout the year.
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Self help & guidance
 Maths Faculty revision sessions/intervention
sessions when they become available.
 Students will be given regular exam papers to
complete.
 Strongly recommend frequent use of: mymaths,
GCSE bitesize, Samlearning websites and use of
revision guides and workbooks.
 Extra exam papers and mark schemes available
on the EDEXCEL website.
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Help & guidance this year
 Lessons – be prepared
(equipment/calculator)
 Homework (Completion/deadlines)
 Each student should be spending 1.5
hours on Maths homework per week.
 Revision guide/workbooks
 Practice, Practice , Practice!!!
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English IGCSE
Year 7
Year 11Parent Information
Evening
40% exam “Achieving Success Together”
40% Coursework
20% Speaking &
Listening
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Curriculum
Year 7
Heroes
text
for
Literature
exam
Parent Information Evening
Revisit and improve coursework
“Achieving
Together”
Preparation for
mockSuccess
exams
Mini exam practice throughout
Preparation for Speaking and Listening
exam
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Expectations
Students will have to meet tight deadlines in order to complete all
coursework and allow enough time for exam preparation
Students will be required to attend intervention session where
appropriate and attend all lessons without exception
Absence or missing work must be addressed as soon as possible
Students who work hard and invest time will be rewarded with strong
coursework and Speaking and Listening marks which puts them in a
very strong position prior to the final exam
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How will the English Department support the students?
Coursework will be marked rapidly to allow improvements within days
Year 7
Parent
Information
Evening
Students will have significant
exam
preparation
time
Registration, Lunchtime and After school sessions will be made available – initially
“Achieving
Success
Together”
for coursework but ultimately
for exam
practice
too
Students will be pushed to achieve challenging target grades
Revision materials will be made available.
Students will sit mock exams and opportunities to learn from these experiences
Parents can contact the Department with any issues at any time
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Course structure
 GCSE; OCR 21st Century Science
 Double; Core (May 2016), Additional (June ‘16)
 Triple; 3 GCSEs – Biology, Chemistry and Physics. 9
exams – May/June 2016.
 Both;
 25% controlled assessment (Autumn 2 and Spring 1), and
 offered at Foundation and Higher.
 BTEC; Edexcel, 2 Awards; Principles and Applications. 75%
portfolio – throughout the year, 25% exam – March/June.
 Additional support; revision classes, tutorial
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sessions, after school clinics.
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ensuring the best outcomes.
Action;
 Complete independent study; build
confidence and knowledge base.
 Revise early; use BBC Bitesize,
Samlearning, OCR website, revision guides.
 Practice writing and reading; past papers.
 Get involved with current science.
 Apply yourself – now.
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At home 1
 Help your child to organise a work area.
 Distractions!
 Your child’s expectations about work.
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At home 2
 Working with the TV or music on?
 Fuel & Relaxation
 Agree regular “check-ins”.
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At home 3
 Work and social life.
 Motivation
 Rewards.
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Now that you are at the start of Year 11 you
still need to think about what you will do
afterwards.
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Questions to ask yourself:
 Where can I go?
 What can I do?
 Why am I doing it?
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Where can I go?
Sixth Form at school, as part of the Welwyn
and Hatfield 14-19 consortium.
A college, either locally or further away.
Full-time employment, apprenticeships or
training schemes.
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Post 16 (APS):
 All courses at Key Stage 4 count towards
an average points score (APS).
 Courses at Sixth Form, College and
Apprentices all require a certain APS to
move on to them.
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APS Explained:
 Each GCSE grade is worth points e.g. A* = 58
points. The points decrease by 6 for each grade
decrease e.g. A = 52 points.
 Each grade that a student achieves is added
together and then divided by the number of
GCSE’s (or equivalent) that they did.
 Every student will have their total points divided
by at least a minimum of 8 if not more.
 This is a directive from the Government.
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APS Explained:
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A*=58
A = 52
B = 46
C= 40
D = 34
E = 28
F = 22
G = 16
 If you add all your grades together and then divide
them by the number of grades you have. This will give
you your APS.
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Academic Courses
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Entry Requirements:
School/Consortium:
4x AS Levels (or equivalent) = 46+ points
3x AS Levels (or equivalent) = 40+ points
1 BTEC and 1x AS Level = 38.5 points
 Oaklands College:
 AS/A2 Courses = 6+ A*-C Grades at GCSE (40
points)
 Oaklands do not accept BTEC grades within the
6+ A*-C Grades.
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Vocational (Job related) courses
 Entry Requirements:
 School/Consortium:
 29.5 points APS
 College:
 Similar to school although changes for
particular courses – check with individual
colleges.
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Homework
 In Year 11 all subjects set weekly Homework
relevant to the Exam Board requirements,
including pieces of coursework.
 All subjects put the homework on ‘Show My
Homework’
 Homework timetable/recording.
 Homework should be completed to a GCSE
standard, spending approximately 45 minutes
per subject for completion.
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SAM Learning
 Students who use it for over the 10 task
hours should expect an improvement by
5% in achieving 5 A* to Cs.
 2 years ago 2649 task hours were
completed in our school across the Years
while the National average was 1658
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Key Dates- part 1
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Year 11 Information Evening 7h September
Open Evening 24th September
MFL Mocks 20/21/22/23 October
Half Term 26th – 31st October
Sixth Form Consortium Information Evening 11th November
MFL Oral exams 17/18/19 November
Occasional Day 27th November
Year 11 Mock Examinations (two weeks) w/b 30th November
Upper School Presentation Evening 17th December
End of Autumn Term 19th December
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Key Dates-part 2
Start of Spring Term 5th January, 2016
 Year 11 Parents’ Evening 21st January
 INSET 12TH February
 Half Term 15th – 19th February
 English Speaking and Listening Exams 7 – 11Th March
 End of Term 1st April
 Summer Term Starts 19th April
 Half Term 31st May – 4th June
 External Exams start 3rd May
 External Exams end 24th June
 Year 11 into Year 12 Induction Days 24th – 26th June
 Year 11 Leavers Assembly and Proms 15th July
 GCSE Results 25th August
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And finally…
A very big thank you for attending this
session tonight and don’t forget to keep
up-to-date by logging onto our website:
www.sfosborn.herts.sch.uk/
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Before you leave...
 Please pick up an information booklet from
the front.
 If you have any questions please talk to
anyone of us.
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