Welcome to the Year 11 Information Meeting
DESTINATIONS INCLUDE: Imperial College, University of the Arts, Queen Mary, Bristol, Exeter, UCL, Kings, Manchester and Leeds APPRENTICESHIPS WITH: KPMG and Mclaren
Lauren Zell-Huxley Atiya Ahmed Sumayya Patel Maryam Ahmad Alexandra Virlan Khadijah Ahmed Alice Baxter Denise Campoli Sawdah Bhaimiya Umamah Pathan Hafsah Mohammed Yasmin Namoun
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BTEC Stars
Nasreen Allyjaun D*D*D* (EPQ C) Amina Khatun Sumayyah Abdulla D*D*D* Kamlesh Landa Amina Ahmed D*D*D* Emily Lovetere Sultan Altun D*D*D* Zahra Moghal Zahra Badat D*D*D* Laila Omar Mariam But D*D*D* Mizba Ramjanali Rakia Daoud D*D*D* Zubeda Rawat Zunaira Deen D*D*D* Khansa Sajid Summaya Hussain D*D*D* Emma Silva Maryam Jalalpuria D*D*D* Bhumika Sorthi Jaswendar Kaur D*D*D* Paulina Zak
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Attendance
Results for students with attendance below 90%
• 11 students • Average of 7 entries (10 entries for most students) • 4% grade 9-7 (35% whole year group) • 43% grade 9-4 (85% whole year group)
Ms Gakungu HEAD OF YEAR 11
Mr Kutoya Year 11 ESA
Ms Geldenhuys 11C
Ms Charles Pastoral Engagement Lead
Ms Moran 11L
Mr Cook Assistant Headteacher
Ms Batchelor 11A
Intervention
Year 11 Team
Ms Anderson 11P
Ms Mcleod 11T
Ms Rahman
Ms Hickson 11N
Exams & Data
Careers Ms Walcott-Nelson
Here to support your daughter every day
Ms Storey
Mr Bradbury
Mr Ebblewhite
Year 11 Timeline September Identify gaps in knowledge
January Parents’ evening
November Revision
October Learn content
December PPE & Mock results day
MayJune Exams
March PPE
February Revision
April Revision
July Enjoy the holiday!
PPE = Pre-public exams (mock exams)
PPE’s contributed to us feeling prepared for our actual exams GCSE exams begin on Monday 13th May 2019 End of year 11 achievement event is on Thursday 27th June 2019
Key change - compulsory additional lesson on Wednesdays
Year 11 Wednesday Lesson 6
Block A ASDAN (Ms Gakungu) Geography (Ms Reed) Geography (Ms Claxton) Geography (Mr Barrow) History (Ms Miller) History (Ms Curtis) French(Ms Evans) French (Ms Donkin) Spanish (Mr Leach)
A profile sheet like this will be sent home termly
A profile sheet like this will be sent home monthly
Intervention opportunities at Clapton
• Before and after school, Saturday and holiday intervention sessions • Night club • Supervised study • Maths and English parent curriculum evenings • Subject specific clubs (targeted for certain students) • Maths intervention • English intervention
Key staff in the Sixth Form Ms Reed Director of Sixth Form
Ms Hope Head of Year 12
Ms Celisse Head of Year 13
Timeline for applying to CGA’s sixth form • • • • •
Late October: Progression Meeting with the Sixth Form Team 8 November: Taster Day 22 November: Sixth Form Open Evening 26 January: Closing date for CGA sixth form applications GCSE Results Day: CGA Sixth Form Enrolment
Ms Taplin Sixth Form Learning Assistant
Information from Maths
Maths • Revision Practice • Practice • Practice • And More Practice
Resources • www.hegartymaths.com • www.kerboodle.com • www.mathswatchvle.com • www.mymaths.co.uk • Just Maths 9-1 • Maths Genie • CGP Revision guides and Workbooks • Past Papers • Maths Clinic – Monday 3-4pm P52
Schedule of topics
Teacher View per HW
Student Dashboard
Support videos for every HW set
www.kerboodle.com www.kerboodle.com
Username and password given in information packs
Institution code:
lfu4
www.kerboodle.com
Click on the digital book link to find a list of online textbooks
www.kerboodle.com Foundation textbooks blue. Higher textbooks pink
Additional exercises and practise work available
Each exercise in the textbook has links to teaching videos and MyMaths presentations. Perfect for revision at home.
www.mathswatchvle.com
Username: same as SMHW Password: clapton
Fill in your course information and the topic you would like to revise
Select the specific topic here
Each clip has a worksheet atached. This can be found at the top of the screen
Interactive questions to complete online
Revision Guides • Revision Guides and Workbooks can be bought for £5 from the maths office
Remaining Content to Cover
After Xmas group specific targeted revision based on analysis of November PPEs
Information from English AQA English Language – Paper 1
• Both papers are 1 hour and 45 minutes long • Fiction Focus • Read unseen texts • Creative writing • 4 questions to answer about the texts AQA English Language – Paper 2 • 1 writing task to complete • Non Fiction Focus • 19th and 20th century texts • Writing to argue
AQA English Literature – Paper 1 • Macbeth • Jekyll and Hyde AQA English Literature– Paper 2 • An Inspector Calls • Relationships Poetry • Unseen Poetry
• 1 hour 30 mins and 2 hour 15 mins exams. • Closed book • Paper 1 (Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde) have an extract printed on the paper- must know the whole text. • Students must compare poems • Must memorise quotes and know the whole text in detail.
Succeeding in GCSE English • Assessment is 100% exam based • The papers are long • The exams are closed book • The mark schemes are rigorous • The texts are challenging
Year 11 English Clubs • Targeted interventions - you will receive a leter if your daughter has been targeted.
Supporting your daughter • Discuss current affairs and read newspaper articles together.
Download The Guardian’s app. • Check Show My Homework for home learning and discuss tasks with your daughter • Re-read literature texts at least three times • Students have been given copies of the texts which should be heavily annotated. • Students will be given home learning booklets to support revision. • Put revision material up around the house (key quotes, mind maps).
Information from AQA 9-1 ScienceScience GCSE. 4 pathways offered. 1. Separate sciences (3 GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics) 2. Combined science (2 GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics) 3. Biology + Entry level ( 1 GCSE plus entry level qualification) 4. Entry level
Qualification Number of exams Marks per paper Length of paper
Combined science 6
Separate science 6
Biology + Entry Level 2
Entry Level
70
100
100
Continuous assessment 20
1hr 15
1hr 45
1hr 45
30min
Practical Skills • No coursework on the new GCSE specification • We need to confirm with the board at the end of the year that your daughter has completed all practical activities. • Good atendance is essential • Practical questions will make up to 1/3 of questions on the exam papers • Exam practice is increasingly important
Foundation or Higher? • All science exams must be taken in the same tier • Tier of entry is confirmed in March • Foundation papers can achieve grades 5-1 • Higher papers can achieve grades 3-9
The first science exam is on 14th May and the final exam is on 14th June.
Supporting your daughter • Encourage your daughter to practise questions • Use a ‘litle and often’ approach • Ask if she has checked against the specification/revision guide • Check all three sciences are being revised at home • Purchase revision guides, or swap old OCR revision guides for AQA • Ensure that she atends lessons up to her final exam • Test her on her physics equations (p145 of planner)
Useful Resources • Past paper questions • Student planner (p145-150) • BBC Bitesize (AQA either combined science or Biology, Chemistry and Physics) • Revision guides (available from school) • CGP practice books
• Extra curricular clubs • PSHCE lessons/Focus days • Mindfulness sessions before exams • External agency support • Mentoring • PE lessons
PROGRESS
Planners Needs 100% buy-in from staff, students and parents
Mobile phones Obesity - exposure to advertising of high-calorie foods and snacking while watching screen media Sleep problems - exposure to blue light and stimulating content from screens leading to negative effect on school performance Cyberbullying - can lead to negative
•Avoid exposure to screens for 1 hour before agreed bedtime •Plan media-free times together as family •Decide on media-free locations such as bedrooms •Engage in activities that promote wellbeing e.g. sports, reading and talking with each other Take my mobile phone at certain times
Don’t forget: 1) Correct contact details 2) Fill in evaluation form 3) Download the My Ed app