Year 11 Core Information Evening 2018

GCSE English LanguageGCSE English Literature

GCSE English Language Linear exams

Paper 1 (50% of grade) 5th June 2018

Paper 2 (50% of grade) 8th June 2018

Both papers cover reading and writing skills

Bigger weighting on Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)

Spoken Language Assessment

How can you help?

How can you help?

Knowledge Organiser

GCSE English Literature Linear exams

Paper 1 Shakespeare and 19th Century (50% of grade)

22nd May 2018

Paper 2 Modern text and Poetry (50% of grade)

25th May 2018

PIXLit password

Username: CAPSTICKN

Password: CAPSTICKN

Monday after school until Christmas

• 4 GCSE Examiners in the team

• High quality lessons & effective feedback

• Ethic of working hard in lessons

• Expectation of completing all homework to the best standard

GCSE Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics

20% of students improved by over 50 marks in 5 months

• 101 marks was the record, just below a 4 grade improvement for that student.

• Year 11 students have 8 months!

Linear GCSE (100% of GCSE Grade)

Examinations on:24th May (Paper 1 – Non-calculator)7th June (Paper 2 - Calculator)12th June (Paper 3 - Calculator)

How can you help?

We would like you to support us by:• Emphasising the importance of improvement on topics not

grades

• Supporting your child to complete all homework tasks set;=

• Sitting with them when they are working on their maths (you don’t have to teach them!)

• Maintaining a positive attitude towards maths!

What students can do

A quick note

Hegarty Maths (Videos, questions and exercises)Corbett Maths (Videos, questions and exercises)Pixl Maths App (Questions with instant feedback, therapy videos)Pinpoint Learning (Analysis of exams with videos and questions linked to key areas of development)

Hegarty Maths

Science courses

GCSE Biology, Chemistry and PhysicsGCSE Combined Science

Separate Science

Linear GCSEs

Each GCSE consists of 2 unit exams

Both exams are equally weighted

Each exam lasts 1 hr 45 minutes

Specific topics will only be assessed on a particular exam

Separate Science - When will they be assessed?

Exam Dates

Biology 1 = Tuesday 15th May

Biology 2 = Monday 11th June

Chemistry 1 = Thursday 17th May

Chemistry 2 = Wednesday 13th June

Physics 1 = Wednesday 23rd May

Physics 2 = Friday 15th June

Combined Science

Linear GCSE

GCSE consists of 6 unit exams

All exams are equally weighted

Each exam lasts 1 hr 15 minutes

Specific topics will only be assessed on a particular exam

Combined Science - When will they be assessed?

Exam Dates

Biology 1 = Tuesday 15th May

Biology 2 = Monday 11th June

Chemistry 1 = Thursday 17th May

Chemistry 2 = Wednesday 13th June

Physics 1 = Wednesday 23rd May

Physics 2 = Friday 15th June

What will they be assessed on?

Knowledge recall

Application of knowledge

Application of knowledge in a practical context

Linked to specific unit content

Lists supplied to all students breaking down topics and skills

Specifications available on Academy and AQA website

What will we do?The Science department will provide the following:

High impact lessons and homework activities

Access to online textbooks and revision support

Mentoring to support individual needs and requirements

Small group revision-focus before each exam with class teachers

Drop in clinic every Thursday night after school

Pre-exam booster sessions

Lunch time intervention slots

How can you help?We would like you to support us by:

Ensuring attendance is as near to 100% as possible

Emphasising the importance of achieving the standard required

Encouraging your child to participate in any revision sessions offered

Supporting your child to complete all homework tasks includingTassomai

Encouraging students to catch up missed work and read around the topics

Informing the school immediately of any issues or problems that we should be aware of.

Revision Guides

Available online

Past exam papers available online also

Letters for revision books can be collected from G9 or G10 during the week before October half term

Support online

BBC Bitesize

Google drive

Doc Browns

Tassomai

Welcome to

How does Tassomai work?

Tassomai filtersthe syllabus into ‘micro-quizzes’

How does Tassomai work?

Tassomai filtersthe syllabus into ‘micro-quizzes’

Tassomai will decidewhat you need to do each day to learn the syllabus in time for your exams

The algorithm adapts to each student, identifying gaps in your knowledgeand helping you learn

How does Tassomai work?

Tassomai filtersthe syllabus into ‘micro-quizzes’

Tassomai will decidewhat you need to do each day to learn the syllabus in time for your exams

How does Tassomai work?

Each student will have a completely uniquejourney through the program

The algorithm adapts to each student, identifying gaps in your knowledgeand helping you learn

Tassomai filtersthe syllabus into ‘micro-quizzes’

Tassomai will decidewhat you need to do each day to learn the syllabus in time for your exams

Your course is tailored to theboardspecifications, so you can have peace of mindthat everything you’re learning is relevant for school and for your exams.

Tassomai filtersthe syllabus into ‘micro-quizzes’

The algorithm adapts to each student, identifying gaps in your knowledgeand helping you learn

Tassomai will decidewhat you need to do each day to learn the syllabus in time for your exams

Each student will have a completely uniquejourney through the program

How does Tassomai work?

The Quizzes

The Quizzes This is what the quiz questions look like

The Quizzes When you answer a question correctly, the box will turn green and then you’ll move on to the next question.

The Quizzes

When you answer a question wrong, the question box will go red…

The Quizzes

When you answer a question wrong, the question box will go red…

…and you will see the correct answer turn green.

The QuizzesThe quizzes get longer the better you do, so you don’t have to do that topic so often…

The Student Dashboard

The Student Dashboard

The Student DashboardThe Performance Wheel

Any green portions of the wheel show you which topics are ON TRACK.

Blue portions represent topics where you are AHEAD.

Your wheel will change colour depending on how many quizzes you do, and how accurate your answers are.