What is the most important factor in your child s success at school? School? Lessons? Teachers? Revision? Tuition?

What is the most important factor in your child s success at school? School? Lessons? Teachers? Revision? Tuition?

You!

School Expectations 100% attendance and punctuality. Completing of all home learning tasks. Use of planners each week we ask that you review your child s week and sign that you have seen and spoken to them about it. Please add a comment if you wish. Following all school rules and expectations. Ask for help early we will help any way we can, and early intervention stops small issues becoming big ones.

Parent s Evening Wednesday 28th November 4 pm 6.30 pm Speak to all teachers as all subjects are important Your child will be filling in the times in their planners please check in the 2 weeks beforehand that they have made appointments.

Raise Your Child s Attendance, -Raise their achievement! What does Good attendance mean?

Do you know what your child's attendance is? Do you know what it means?

This is Simon. He is in Year 9 and has 90% attendance. Is that good? What does this mean?

Simon thinks this is pretty good, so do his parents. Are they right? 90% attendance = ½ day missed every week!! (Would your boss like you to be off work this much??). That s practically part time! Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri? Absent half a day every week

Lets looks a little closer.. 1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 whole weeks of lessons MISSED!!! Sept 38 school weeks July? Absent for 4 weeks

90% attendance over 5 years of secondary school. = ½ a school year missed! Sept July Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 ½ a year absent from school

Percentage Attendance Termly/Yearly/ 5 years 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% = = = = = 1 2 4 5 7 week 2 days = 4 weeks = 1 ½ terms weeks 4 days = 8 weeks = 1 YEAR weeks 1 day = 12 weeks = 1 ½ YEARS weeks 3 days = 16 weeks = 2 YEARS weeks = 20 weeks = 2 ½ YEARS

What impact might this have on Simon s life? Research suggests that: 17 missed school days a year = 1 GCSE grade DROP in achievement. (DfES) The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.

DfE 2008/9

Consequences of poor attendance Young people who are frequently absent from school are more likely to become involved in, or be a victim of crime and anti-social behaviour. Colleges are much less likely to accept a student onto their courses. Less likely to gain employment

Changes to government legislation From 1 September 2013, a change to government legislation means that schools are no longer allowed to authorise requests for children to be taken out of school for a holiday during term time. Attendance below 90% may lead to: Penalty notices Prosecution and fines (up to 2500 per parent) 3 Months imprisonment (typically for the Mother)

Your responsibilities as a parent All children aged between 5 and 16 are required by law to receive an education, and it is the duty of parents and carers to ensure that they are supported to do so. Children sometimes have to miss school because of illness or if they have long term medical issues. If this is the case, parents should contact school the same day to let them know the reason that their child is not in school and provide a note and evidence when they return to school. But, remember, you are not alone we are here to help. Please contact us if you want help or advice.

Every Lesson Counts. And the countdown begins now. Thank you for attending.

Why is working at home important? To consolidate the knowledge from lessons To identify gaps in learning/understanding Develop independent learning skills To work to your own pace

Why are revision timetable helpful? It will help your child to complete all his/her work within the deadline given by their teacher. They will avoid revising too much in an area and not enough in and other. It will help them balance current H/W and revision for assessment/exams. It will avoid cramming. They would feel in control of their work and not the other way round.

Keep your revision session 40 minutes long with a short break in between Revision Strategies: Work through past exam papers Mind map Revision notes Flashcards. Spider diagrams with colour and images. Using Apps, videos, websites, revision guides. Create raps, songs, chants etc using knowledge. Record key points on your phone. Create posters and post-its stick these around their room. (Another suggestion was using rolls of plain wallpaper, blu-tac to a wall, useful for recording notes and rewriting ideas down. 9. Explain a topic to a friend, sibling, parent or teacher. 10. Write out/edit notes several times. 11. Read notes, exam answers etc out aloud and walk around. This stimulates the brain. DO NOT simply read through your exercise book or revision guide. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. DO NOT be distracted by music, TV and Social Media

Core Subject Areas English Maths Science A grade 4 is required in English and Maths to enroll on college courses without resits.

Year 9 English We are here...

How can you support your child at home? Read through non-fiction texts with them, including newspapers, preferably broadsheets. Discuss the news and encourage them to have an opinion about them. Talk about how views/opinions should be expressed in a formal setting. Encourage your child to read the set texts: A Christmas Carol and Macbeth. Please go through the homework booklet with your child and ensure that they are completing it each week! Please go through the termly bulletin for information regarding their assessment.

Useful texts you can buy on Amazon!

Google Classroom For revision material, useful websites and example responses, please join the classroom! F44d5cb Year 9 English bulletin will be on our website!

Little Ilford School Year 9 GCSE Maths CTL Mr Rahman KS4 Coordinator Mr Singh

Little Ilford School Key points for tonight New GCSE Curriculum Exam preparation and revision resources How parents can help

Little Ilford School Greater focus on problem-solving. Requirement to provide clear mathematical arguments. New added content at both Higher and Foundation level. Fewer formulae provided (students expected to remember them!)

Little Ilford School Foundation Tier Grades 1 to 5

Little Ilford School More content has been added in order to stretch and challenge the most able students Prepare students for A level mathematics Grades 4 to 9

Little Ilford School www.vle.mathswatch.com Username: school login@littleilford Password: littleilford

Little Ilford School Username: school login Password: littleilford

Little Ilford School What can you do to help? Act as a Project Manager Know your child s target grade Help them to organise themselves Get your child to explain

Little Ilford School 4

Little Ilford School S1 S2 S3 S4 Make a checklist of topics Watch Mathswatch video Complete interactive exercises Print of exam paper on topic selected If all correct move onto next topic If not use another resource and try again Repeat for each topic

Little Ilford School Revision

Year 9

Science Courses Combined Science (three GCSEs) Students are tested on what they have learned from Year 9-11 6 papers (x2 Biology, x2 Chemistry x2 Physics) Students will start off learning Combined Science Triple Science (three GCSEs) Triple Science potential students will be monitored from Year 9 Entrance into Triple Science will depend on Year 9 achievement and Year 10 mock exam (November) Extra after school lessons & independent work For students who are struggling with Combined Science Decision to be made in Year 11 Single Science (one GCSE) Entry Level Certificate One GCSE in Science (Biology, Chemistry or Physics) Entry level certificate in Science

How many exam papers are there for each GCSE? How long is each exam? How many marks is each paper worth? How many experiments need to be carried out and learnt for the exams? Biology 2 papers 1 hour 15 minutes 70 marks 8 experiments Chemistry 2 papers 1 hour 15 minutes 70 marks 7 experiments Physics 2 papers 1 hour 15 minutes 70 marks 8 experiments Combined Science-Trilogy There is no coursework for these GCSEs What's assessed Biology paper 1- Biology topics 1 4: Cell Biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics. Biology paper 2- Biology topics 5 7: Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology. Chemistry paper 1 - Chemistry topics 8 12: Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry; Chemical changes; and Energy changes. Chemistry paper 2- Chemistry topics 13 17: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis; Chemistry of the atmosphere; and Using resources. Physics paper 1-Physics topics 18 21: Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter; and Atomic structure. Exam dates: Provisional date - Tuesday 14th May 2019 (pm)- Biology Paper 1 (1hr 15mins) Provisional date - Thursday 16th May 2019 (am)- Chemistry Paper 1 (1hr 15mins) Provisional date - Wednesday 22nd May 2019 (pm)- Physics Paper 1 (1hr 15mins) Provisional date - Monday 7th June 2019 (pm)- Biology Paper 2 (1hr 15mins) Physics paper 2- Physics topics 22 24: Forces; Waves; and Magnetism and electromagnetism All papers will consist of : multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. Provisional date - Wednesday 12th June 2019 (am)- Chemistry Paper 2 (1hr 15mins) Provisional date - Friday 14th June 2019 (am)- Physics Paper 2 (1hr 15mins)