Hazelveare House Handbook

GCSE HouseReforms Life CARS • All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using the new 9-1 structure; From the Summer Term of Lower 6th, 6th Formers may be allowed to bring their cars to school if they • 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 have been granted permission by the Senior Deputy Headmaster. Permission forms are available from candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’; the VLE. • You In every the content is more demanding and pupil the assessment more rigorous than previously; maysubject, not travel in a car driven by another unless we received written (or email) permission from your parents and the parents of the driver.

• The assessment will be mainly by exam. In some subjects such as Drama and Art, other types of assessment will be used only where they are needed to test essential skills. For further information about assessment, please speak Your parents permission for you to travel with the parents/friend of another pupil. to the relevanthave Headto of give Department.

Tiering of exams Car keys must be handed into Matron or Mr Shedden at morning registration.

The new GCSEs are only split into foundation tier and higher tier if one single exam paper does not give all students COMPUTERS/EMAIL the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently, exams are tiered in Biology, Chemistry, French,

German, Maths, Physics and Spanish.

The house computers are for academic work only.

Please do not fiddle with any of the computer settings – if there New Currentis a problem please report it to a grading structure grading structure member of staff.

9 is awarded to those Save your work on to the school network - you will then be able to pick it up on any computer in pupils achieving what 9 school - or at home!

A* would currently be 8 a top A*: perhaps at own lap-top to school but it is your responsibility to look after it.

You may bring your A around Ink and 96%+ paper are expensive - please stuff!

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structure, the ‘good 6 College GOOD PASS (DfE) Access to your email address and the network: B pass’ for Maths and 5 and above = top of C and above

5 English is a 5, which is Schools are no longer Your username for the school network will be your surname followed by your firston initial. e.g. Joe Smith AWARDING the border between C 4 and above = bottom of C and above 4 =assessed smithj. on A*-C a C and a B under the statistics, but on ‘9-4’ D old system.

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First and second initials are used in cases where the username is already in use by another pupil or E 2 staff member. e.g. James Smith = smithja F

1 Houseparents will be given a list of usernames and passwords for G their pupils for the start of the academic year by the IT Office.

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When you first arrive at the College, in order to access the system you need to log onto a school computer. There are computers in your House, the library and the ICT rooms for you to use.

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