Year 10 GCSE. Parents Information Evening

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1 Year 10 GCSE Parents Information Evening

2 Year 10 / 11 Curriculum Core: English, English Lit, Maths, Science Foundation: 3 Options + GCSE RE Non Examination: PE + Citizenship

3 School Performance measures 5+ Basics Eng Lang/Lit + Maths Progress/Attainment 8 English/Maths % 5+ Ebacc %

4 Attainment 8 / Progress 8 English & Maths Double weighted Ebacc qualifications: Sciences, Computer Science, History, Geography, Languages Remaining qualifications: Ebacc subjects, approved GCSEs, approved vocational qualifications Attainment 8 Uses 0, 1 8 Scale Total Points divided by 10 Shown as a grade e.g. B+ Progress 8 Value-Added Calculation Difference between each pupil s Attainment 8 score and the national average for pupils with same KS2 score

5 Fine grading Mock exams = Pre Public Exams (PPEs) Exam Concessions

6 English at Key Stage 4

7 Overview WJEC Eduqas English Language and English Literature GCSE Assessed entirely by 100% end of course exam Numerical grading 1-9

8 Eduqas Language GCSE Unit 1-1 hour 45 minutes (40%) Comprehension and analysis of a 20 th century fiction extract Creative writing task. Unit 2-2 hours (60%) Comprehension and analysis of a 21 st century nonfiction text and a 19 th century non-fiction text Two functional writing tasks (letters, leaflets, reviews etc).

9 Eduqas Language GCSE Compulsory speaking and listening presentation - Pass/ merit/ distinction - Must be completed in order to fulfil the course - Filmed and sent to the exam board - DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO FINAL GRADE - Mark appears on certificate

10 Eduqas Literature GCSE Unit 1 2 hours (40%) Much Ado About Nothing extract and essay Two questions based on poems from the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology Unit 2 2 hours and 30 minutes (60%) Lord of the Flies essay A Christmas Carol essay Unseen 20 th /21 st century poetry

11 Revision guides English Language workbook Much Ado About Nothing revision guide - 6 Lord of the Flies revision guide A Christmas Carol revision guide

12 Mathematics at the Vyne It s all about effort

13 Mathematics at the Vyne Exams

14 Mathematics at the Vyne GCSE Maths Edexcel GCSE Statistics Edexcel Level 2 Further Maths - AQA

15 Mathematics at the Vyne How can you help?

16 Mathematics at the Vyne Homework

17 Mathematics at the Vyne

18 Mathematics at the Vyne Intervention

19 Mathematics at the Vyne

20 Science 2018/19 exams AQA Trilogy and Separate Sciences

21 Trilogy Assessment 2 GCSE s Six exams in total, equally weighted. Exams are 1 hour 30 minutes in duration 2 Biology exams 2 Chemistry exams 2 Physics exams

22 Triple Science (Separate Science) 3 GCSE s Six exams in total, equally weighted. Exams are 1 hour 45 minutes in duration 2 Biology exams 2 Chemistry exams 2 Physics exams

23 No coursework Assessment No exam support material apart from a Periodic table and a limited equations sheet. 28 set practicals

24 Biology Cell biology Paper 1 Organisation Infection and response Bioenergetics Homeostasis and response Paper 2 Inheritance, variation and evolution Ecology Key Ideas (Biology Only)

25 Chemistry Atomic structure and the periodic table Paper 1 Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter Quantitative chemistry Chemical changes Energy changes The rate and extent of chemical change Paper 2 Organic chemistry Chemical analysis Chemistry of the atmosphere Using resources

26 Physics Energy Paper 1 Electricity Particle model of matter Atomic structure Forces Paper 2 Waves Magnetism and electromagnetism Space Physics (Physics Only)