Alleynes High School A Tradition of Caring for Success

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Alleynes High SchoolA Tradition of Caring for
Success

• Year 10 Parents/Carers
• Information Evening
• A warm welcome to all

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Ms K Lockett - Headteacher

• Partnership Success

School
Student
Parent
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Partnership
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Mr M Kerridge Deputy Headteacher

• Children are the best thing and the most
  impossible thing.
• Allison Pearson.
• How can parents help, support and guide their
  children to success in Year 10 and beyond?

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Key stage 4 / GCSE guide

• Contact information
• Dates for assessments
• Online reminders school website
• Exam calendar
• Revision tips Building Learning Power
• Revision guides

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Assessment / Exams

• See p4-6 of the welcome to GCSE booklet
• Coursework (English, ICT)
• Controlled assessment (Business, MFL)
• Controlled practical assessment (PE, Technology)
• Modular examinations (Science, Geography)
• Continuous assessment (Drama, Fashion)

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Support Strategies

• Mentoring
• Tuition
• After school clinics/clubs
• After school revision sessions
• Team/Study skills days
• Mock results days

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Monitoring

• Attainment grades each half-term
• New this year Attitude to Learning (ATL)
  grades Excellent, Good, Satisfactory and
  Unsatisfactory to allow you to monitor effort
• Parental contact
• Intervention support
• PRAISE - reward

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Mathematics
Mr D Bradbury, Assistant Headteacher

• A) BOARD AQA
• B) ASSESSMENT
• 2 written papers at the end of the course.
• Paper 1 - Non-calculator 50
• Paper 2 - Calculator 50
• NO COURSEWORK.
• C) EARLY ENTRY
• In the present Year 11 ALL students are being
  entered in November to convert potential D grades
  to C grades.

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Maths contd.

• D) LEVELS OF ENTRY

E) MODULAR COURSE A small number of students
follow this course which involves sitting a
series of module tests throughout Years 10 and
11 with a terminal examination.
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Maths contd.

• F) MATHS CLINIC
• All courses are supported by the weekly after
  school sessions on a Wednesday and Thursday where
  students can gain extra advice on relevant topics
  or can complete homework.

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English
Mrs C Davies, Head of English

• Coursework
• Year 9 Romeo and Juliet
• Year 10 Great Expectations (Prose)
• Educating Rita (Drama)
• (All to be completed by December 2009)
• Original Writing (Feb 2010)
• Media (March 2010)

(EASTER - END OF THE YEAR) Poetry for the English
Paper Exam skills for English
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English contd. (Into Y11)

• Exams
• Year 11 (November) -
• English Language
• Year 11 (June) -
• English Literature

Continued acquisition and practice of exam
skills. ENGLISH EXAM (November) Of Mice and
Men Literature Poetry ENGLISH LITERATURE EXAM
(June) RESIT ENGLISH
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English contd.

• What we expect from Students
• Hard work
• Responsibility for coursework and texts
• Take full advantage of Revision Sessions
• How parents can help
• Check work / dates for completion etc.
• Purchase Student Handbook for English (and Of
  Mice and Men when appropriate)
• Encourage!
• Praise!

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Science
Mrs R Cash, Associate Head of Science

• Changes from previous years
• 2 Single GCSEs to make up the double award Core
  Science Additional Science
• From 2010 Triple Science GCSE
• Separate grades for each GCSE e.g. Core Science B
  Additional Science A
• No coursework Investigative Skills Assessments
  (ISAs)

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Science contd.

• Core Science
• Began Teaching in January 2009 and will be
  assessed in November 2009 and March 2010.
• Focus on How Science Works the process of doing
  science and judging the value of scientific data
• Theory concentrates on key scientific ideas e.g.
  atomic theory, energy, human biology
• Contexts from current science issues
• Module tests plus ISA

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Science contd.

• Additional Science
• Taught from Summer Term of Year 10 assessed in
  Year 11
• Focus on the detailed scientific knowledge
• End exam plus ISA (no module tests)
• Makes the combination equivalent to the old
  double award Science and provides access to
  A-level Biology/Chemistry/Physics.

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Science contd.

• Additional Applied Science
• Taught from Summer Term of Year 10 and assessed
  in Year 11
• Alternative to Additional Science
• Focus on technical uses of science (e.g. sports
  science, food science)
• 60 coursework, 40 end exam
• Preparation for A-level Applied Science or (not
  for A-level sciences)

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Science contd.

• Triple Science (Separate sciences)
• Taught and assessed in Year 11
• Builds on Additional Science to provide highest
  ability students with a combination of three
  GCSEs in biology, chemistry and physics
• A strong foundation for A-level sciences.

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Science contd.

• How parents can help
• Emphasise the module exams count!
• Talk about science issues the Year 10 course
  uses science that is in the news as its context
• Revision guide (available through science
  teaching staff)
• Support with homework, etc.
• Attendance
• www.aqa.org.uk

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• Mrs A Fury - Key Stage 4 Co-ordinator
• Mrs R Eldershaw - Head of Year 10

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Mrs Fury and Mrs Eldershaw Present
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• Once upon a time in a school far, far away, a war
  had been raging for many generations. The Rebel
  Alliance led by Obi Wan Fury and Princess
  Eldershaw have been fighting bravely against the
  evil Darth Grader Lord of Apathy.