Welcome to. Year

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1 Welcome to Year

2 OUTLINE OF THE EVENING Welcome Careers Calendar the year ahead Core Subjects and changes to grading Resilience Elevate Education

3 KEY PERSONNEL Miss Brigden - Assistant Head KS4 Link Mrs Westcott - Student Welfare Co-ordinator Mrs Rust Head of Year 10 Laura Franklin Connexions Careers Mrs Faulkner - KS4 Pastoral Support Assistant

4 NEW THINGS TO GET INVOLVED IN... Sport clubs Music clubs Other clubs House events

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6 CAREERS

7 CAREERS Careers lunches Connexions appointments PSHE lessons

8 THE YEAR AHEAD

9 12 Oct Elevate Study Sensei 4pm 11 Dec Autumn Term Data Home (with predicted grades) 4 Jan Consultation Evening 5pm 8 Feb Elevate Memory Mnemonics 4pm 26 Mar Spring Term Data Home 8 May Y10 Exam Week w/b 2 Jul Y10 Reports Home

10 ACTIVITY DAYS International Day Wellbeing Day

11 SCHOOL WEBSITE

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18 Building a Brighter Future

19 Harding Hall Reception Music Dance Main Hall Dining Room Sports Hall PE & RS Gym Tower Block Geography Maths ICT Science Business Studies Art Languages Psychology Languages Library Study Centre Sixth Form History Technology Drama English Netball courts (floodlit)

20 Building the future

21 Building a Brighter Future On our to-do list: One science lab (S17) Tower Block classrooms Lighting and security Longer-term plans

22 S17 - old 22

23 S15 - new 23

24 Tower Block classrooms 24

25 Building a Brighter Future On our to-do list: One science lab (S17) Tower Block classrooms Lighting and security Longer-term plans We would love everyone to contribute!

26 EXAMS

27 CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS Different levels of control Spread out over the GCSE course timetable of dates and subjects on the Yr 10 website page

28 DATA GCSE grades A* to U no longer exist for the majority of subjects

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30 Data is very useful as a guide but 30 does not perfectly predict the future!

31 GCSE MATHEMATICS

32 AQA GCSE MATHS New GCSE with grades 9 to 1 All exams in summer 2019 Three 1 hour 30 minute papers One paper without a calculator All students entered for Higher Level

33 MATHS SETTING Students split into two bands (M & N) depending on option choices Within each band split into sets All sets do Higher GCSE (AQA 8300) Sets 1 and 2 may also study Further Maths (Level 2)

34 GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE

35 CHANGES in ENGLISH 2016 Edexcel exam board Assessment 9-1 No Controlled Assessments Assessment by terminal exam at the end of Y11 Closed book examination More emphasis on Literary Heritage Emphasis on wider reading

36 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing (40%) Content Study selections from a range of prose fiction Develop skills to analyse and evaluate C19 fiction extracts Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader Use SPaG accurately Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing (60%) Content Study a range of C20 and C21 non-fiction texts Develop skills to analyse, evaluate and compare non-fiction extracts Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of forms, purposes and audiences Use SPaG accurately

37 ENGLISH LITERATURE Overview Develop skills to analyse how the language, form, structure and context of texts can create meanings and effects Develop skills to maintain a critical style and informed personal response Develop comparison skills Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature (50%) Macbeth and Lord of the Flies as set texts Component 2: C19 Novel and Poetry since 1789 (50%) Jekyll and Hyde and poetry from the Edexcel anthology

38 GCSE SCIENCES

39 AQA SPECIFICATIONS 8461 Biology 8462 Chemistry 8463 Physics

40 TRIPLE AWARD All students Taught by subject specialists Three separate GCSEs Biology Chemistry Physics

41 STRUCTURE OF THE 3 COURSES Each science assessed by two written exams Each exam worth 100 marks and constitutes 50% of the GCSE Each paper covers a different range of topics and contains a mixture of multiple choice, structured, closed short answer and open questions All exams taken at the end of Year 11, resulting in a grade from 9-1 Foundation Tier (target grades 5 to 1) Higher Tier (target grades 9 to 5) Biology Chemistry Physics Paper 1 (Topics 1-4) Paper 2 (Topics 5-7) Paper 1 (Topics 1-5) Paper 2 (Topics 6-10) Paper 1 (Topics 2, 4, 6 & 7) Paper 2 (Topics 1, 3, 5 & 8) Cell biology; Organisation; Infection and response and Bioenergetics. Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution and Ecology. Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry, Chemical changes and Energy changes. The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere and Using resources. Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter; Atomic structure. Forces; Waves; Magnetism and electromagnetism; Space physics

42 PRACTICAL ENDORSEMENT Students must complete 7 or 8 Required Practicals in each separate Science Required Practicals take place in lessons as a standard part of the curriculum Pupils complete practical write-ups and AHS must satisfy AQA that pupils have completed each task Although not a graded unit, it is a pre-requisite for being awarded the GCSE Absences?

43 RESILIENCE

44 RESILIENCE Using your personal strengths and coping ability to adapt to challenges in life Self-esteem Problem-solving Confidence Independence Self-belief/Self-worth Perspective Open-mindedness Communication

45 What you can do to help At Home Encourage a healthy balance of manageable chores, school work and play! Encourage a healthy and balanced diet Sleep is important Keep communications open about how they are feeling and why At School Encourage participation in extra-curricular activities Promote positive school experiences: friendships and academic Encourage your daughter to discuss a range of strategies to tackle a situation to see what works best

46 ATTENDANCE 80% of success is showing up Woody Allen

47 DON T STRUGGLE ALONE! Tell us early Don t let work pile up We can support you.

48 TIME FOR A QUICK REFRESHMENT BREAK!

49 STUDY AND REVISION SKILLS

50 Anti Procrastination Apps FocusMe (Windows) Cold Turkey (Windows) SelfControl (Mac) F.lux/Night-Shift Mode (Sleep) Above applications block websites/apps for a specific amount of time.

51 APPS & RESOURCES Anki (Cue cards) Quizlet (Cue cards) Memrise (Quizzes) Memorize (Quizzes) imindmap/lucid chart (Mind-map) Dictaphones (Auditory) Quickvoice (Auditory) Whiteboard Best resource

52 Elevate Education Website Your daughter will be given the premium password at her first session to access extra materials The Science of Student Success Video Series Various Articles Free practice questions across 12+ subjects Ask a question Videos from past top students 52

53 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAY BEHIND