Transcript Year 11 Aiming For Success Power Point 10/2015

Year 11 – Aiming For Success
Aims of the evening
 To give a picture of the year ahead including key dates
and how we at school support your son or daughter.
 To give some practical advice and guidance on how
you as parents can support.
 To demonstrate some active revision skills.
2015 GCSE results – the context
 82.2% achieved 5A*-C including English and
Maths
 83% achieved A*-C in both English and Maths
 21% of students achieved at least 5 A*-A grades
 88% of students achieved A*-C in English
 89.2% of students achieved A*-C in Mathematics
Good news but… we are all aiming for even higher
than this for this group of students
Key Dates
 Sixth Form Open Evening Thursday 26th November.
 Mock exams start Monday 30th November ( 1 week)
 Mock results day Thursday 17th December
 Full report –Issued end January
 Friday 22nd January – A level Taster Day
 Sixth Form interviews start 8th February
 Parents Evening Thursday 4th February
 Friday 11th March – Year 11 Study Skills
 Conference (all day)
Parent information to take away
 “Revision Cracked”.
 Key dates. Plan those Open Days.
 Finham Park Parent Guide – department specific
support
How we support your son or daughter.
 We carefully track progress.
 We mentor and monitor individually all Year 11
students. 5 formal sessions throughout year.
 We offer February half term sessions to improve
coursework/ controlled conditions
 We offer Easter revision sessions.
 We offer subject after school sessions.
Year 11 Study Skills Conference
March 2015
 We support all Year 11 students on revision techniques
and revision planning
 We use a highly effective outside speakers to support
motivation, memory techniques and revision
planning. One day off timetable.
 Student feedback – “extremely useful”
The impact of parental
involvement on pupil achievement
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Research shows us that parents make 80% difference/school
20%
Attendance really counts..
SUMMER 2013 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTENDANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT
>=95%
19%
5A*-C EM: Y
5A*-C EM: N
81%
Attendance Percentage
>=90%
5A*-C EM: Y
163
5A*-C EM: N
38
201
<95%
40%
60%
5A*-C EM: Y
5A*-C EM: N
How you can really make that
difference….
 Help to get the learning environment right.
 Help your son or daughter to make the best use of time
 Help to plan study
 Positive talk
 Talking the talk
Getting the learning environment right.
 Study area needs to be clutter free – time for
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a big clean up!
Internet switch off. Facebook/ Snap Chat
off etc
Encourage lots of water/ fruit
Allow space to be quiet/ minimise family
demands
Being the banker
 Revision guides
 Equipment
 Calculators
Mock exams
December
th
30 November
–
th
7
 They are important as results will guide exam entries.
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Foundation/ Higher tier.
They show “Working at grades”. This supports next
steps.
They provide the basis for offers to 6th Form/ college
places
They provide basis for one-to- intervention.
In the event of “Special Consideration” may be used to
provide evidence of achievement.
Draft Mock Exam timetable 2015
Day
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Monday 30th Nov
History 1
Film Studies 1
Computing
Music
Geography
Tuesday 1st Dec
English Language
Wednesday 2nd
Maths 2
Triple Science
Biology
Citizenship
Double Science
Triple Science
(Chem / Physics)
Thursday 3rd
PE
Mandarin
History
French
Spanish
Friday 4th
RE (Core)
RS (Options)
Psychology
DT Product
Design
Child Dev
French Listening
Monday 7th Dec
Business Studies
Geography
Spanish listening
Maths 1
Study sessions – a good model
 Students should have a revision plan.
 Use “Revision Cracked “ model OR
 www.getrevising.co.uk - an on-line planning device
 Students should first of all plan in free time as reward.
 Aim for 7-9 revision sessions in a week.
These should last
about 2 hours
Students should
take a break every
40 minutes or so.
Supporting a
revision session
Breaks to last 5
minutes – need to
be strict
5 minutes recap at
end
Positive talk
May have
self doubt
in
difficult
subjects
Remind
them
often of
times
succeeded
Remind
them of
what
makes
them
special.
Listen to
them when
feel low and
put back on
track
but did you know…?
 The brain remembers context rather
than content.
 Everyone learns best in different ways
 So we need to review the information in
as many ways as possible.
 Using memory tricks will best enable us
to do this.
The brain remembers context
rather than content.
Everyone learns best in different
ways
So we need to review the
information in as many ways as
possible.
Using memory tricks will best
enable us to do this.
Now find your own mnemonic
The 7 life processes
Movement
Nutrition
Excretion
Respiration
Reproduction
Growth
Sensitivity
Kenya, Indonesia, Nigeria,
Name
4 LEDCs.
Bangladesh
Attrition, hydraulic action,
Nameabrasion,
the 4 types
of erosion.
corrosion
Poor housing, poor access to
Causes
of low
migration:
Give 4 push
services,
job opportunities,
highfactors.
crime rate.
We have two verbs
Describe and explain 4
in the past tense
quality of life indicators.
e.g. j’ai joué
The first verb is usually avoir: j’ai
Define long shore drift.
or il a etc.
The past
participle
Explain
2 ways
the Welsh
often ends
in é new
government
attracted
e.g. to
j’aiSouth
mangéWales.
industry
We2put
ne…the
paseconomy
around was
Explain
ways
the
verb
affected
byfirst
the Auto-Europa
to make
it negative
plant
opening
in Setubal.
Name one way humans
With
ne…pas
du, de la + des
interrupt
the Hydrological
cycle
change
to
DE
and explain it’s effects on
je n’aithe
passystem.
fait de velo
Use of colour and shapes…
A
E
B
D
C
…or imagery.
 Un tapis
 (French for ‘rug’)
Mind maps
Climate change- predicted effects for next 100yrs
3◦c increase:
Environmental refugees
Food shortages
Amazon RF collapses.
2 ◦C increase:
Greenland melts
Polar bears extinct
Water supply affected
1 ◦C increase:
Rare species become extinct
Coral reefs destroyed
Island nations under water.
Climate change predicted effects for next 100yrs
3◦c increase:
Environmental refugees
Food shortages
Amazon RF collapses.
2 ◦C increase:
Greenland melts
Polar bears extinct
Water supply effected
1 ◦C increase:
Rare species become extinct
Coral reefs destroyed
Island nations under water.
MA JOURNÉE
Je me lève, je me lave
Je me brosse les dents
Je m'habille, je fais pipi
et Je quitte la maison
OH!
À huit heures je prends le bus
Et je vois mes amis
Et quand j'arrive au collège
Il est huit heures et demie
Acronyms
 Make up a tune for English revision techniques
P E E ( Point,example, explanation)
 L I T ( Links, ideas, techniques)
Apply learning- it may make the
difference!
 Use exam websites.
 Access exam papers.
 Practice them to a set time.
 Use mark scheme not just to check if right but how to
score the maximum points in higher value questions (
Questions do sometimes come up more than once).
Teach it..
Young person can review their learning by teaching it to
you or a younger sibling..
Checklist…
1) What’s did you learn today in…?
2) What were the main points?
3) What did you enjoy the most and why?
4) What about…?
5) What do you think you’ll do next lesson?
WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW
Your memory works best
when it is given a work out…
Do something with the information
Review the work regularly
Review it in as many ways as possible
Encourage them to talk about
what they have done or even teach it
How has the session helped YOU?
 1. Do you have a better idea of the support WE can
offer your child?
 2. Do you have a clear idea of how YOU can support
your child?
 3. Do you have some practical ideas on memory
techniques?