GCSE STANDARDS

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• GCSE STANDARDS
• EVENING
• Working together to inspire, challenge and achieve

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• Dr R Footitt Deputy Headteacher
• Option choices
• Resistant Materials will not be offered as a GCSE
  Option this year.
• Oversubscription Textiles/Food

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Numbers of lessons/double lessons
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• Teaching timetable
• Start date June 1st
• Staffing first half term/Year 10
• Red groups/ Blue groups

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PSHE

• This includes
• Citizenship, Drugs Education, Sex and
  Relationships Education, Careers Education, Work
  Related Learning, Enterprise Education

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Key Stage 4 PSHE

• Co-ordinators Mrs Kratt, Miss Cuthbertson, Ms
  Whitfield
• Year 9
• Environmental education - are you green enough?
• First Aid do you know what to do in an
  emergency?
• Years 10 and 11
• Sex and Relationships do you know where to get
  advice?
• HIV/AIDS do you know why people care about this
  virus?
• Human rights do we care enough about whats
  gong on in the world today?

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Key Stage 4 PSHE

• Years 10 and 11 cont.
• Drugs education are the media to blame for
  encouraging a drugs culture?
• Debating does immigration benefit Britain?
• Politics why should you care about politicians?
• Health how can you look after yourself?
  Training from Bytomic Tae Kwondo and St Johns
  Ambulance.

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• GCSE Citizenship (Short Course)
• Opportunity for two teaching group during PSHE
  to follow a GCSE course
• Students will have to be prepared to learn
  independently to make up additional time

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• Homework
• Quantity
• Range
• Organisation and deadlines

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• Mr Hunter - Faculty Leader English
• Mrs Arnold - Faculty Leader
  Mathematics

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• Mr Dwyer - Director of Science
• Mr Maddocks Faculty Leader Modern Foreign
  Languages

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• 100
• 5 A- C including
• Mathematics
• and English

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• How do you know how well your child is doing?
• Key Stage 3 Levels to GCSE grades
• Level 5 to achieve C
• Level 6 to achieve B
• Level 7 to achieve A/A
• Target grades
• Predicted grades
• Working at grades progressive and modular
  subjects

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• On target?

Target grade
Working above target
Working on target
Working below target
Working at grade
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GCSE EXAM
PREDICTED GRADE
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• Attainment there are two styles of GCSE
• Modular start at highest level right from the
  start so can be working at A/A throughout course
  e.g. sciences
• Progressive start at D/E grade and then gain
  knowledge, greater skills and more maturity they
  progress gradually towards target grade
  e.g.mathematics

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• Communicating progress
• current calendar
• Attitude to Learning and Deadlines
• October
• December Working At Grades
• March
• July Working At Grades
• Parents evenings
• Annual report
• Student-tutor review

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• Year 11 students
• Elliot Bernard and Mel Wade
• Roles and responsibilities
• Extra-curricular opportunities
• Managing workload and coursework use of the
  Planner
• Short term pain long term gain!
• Exams Year 10, mocks
• Dealing with stress
• What parents/carers can do to help their child
  achieve their potential

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• What can parents do to help?
• www.parentscentre.gov.uk/webchatsinterviewsvideos/
  gettinginvolvedshortfilm

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• Communicating your concerns
• The role of
• Tutors
• Subject teachers
• Subject Leaders
• Year Leader, Mrs Barber
• Head of Upper School, Mrs Williams

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• Pastoral Care and monitoring
• Home-school partnership agreement
• Uniform and personal appearance
• Support for underachievers
• Mentoring
• Blue sheet/Red sheet system

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Attendance and punctuality
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• Student Well-being
• Leave of absence
• Long term illness and planned absence
• Part-time employment
• Physical, social and mental health

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• Looking ahead to Year 11
• Lunchtime privilege
• Study leave current arrangements vs. government
  policy
• Greater emphasis on independent learning,
  self-motivation and personal responsibility

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• School target
• 60 GCSE entries graded at A/A

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• Beyond GCSE
• 98 enter the Sixth Form
• Entry requirements
• Minimum 46 points from best 8 GCSEs
• A 8, A 7, B 6, C 5
• Maths and English grade C or better

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• University applications UCAS
• Russell group of universities
• Oxbridge
• Excellent GCSE passes should be seen as money in
  the bank

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• And finally ..
• Displays
• Refreshments
• Thank you for attending
• Feedback forms
• Any questions?