Year 10 Partnership Evening

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Year 10 Partnership Evening

• Welcome

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WORK EXPERIENCE 24th 28th May 2010
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WHY NOW?

• Placements can be difficult to obtain
• Some firms need six months notice
• Insurance information must be acquired, and a
  Health and Safety check has to be carried out by
  a company called Staffordshire Partnership
  which the school will contact once the placement
  has been agreed and insurance information is
  received. They require a minimum of 8 weeks
  notice to do a check. If a Health and Safety
  check is not carried out the placement will NOT
  be allowed.
• Students need to be ready.

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WHY DO STUDENTS HAVE TO DO WORK EXPERIENCE ?

• Its exciting
• To find out what its like to be at work
• To enable them to develop their social and
  personal skills in a working environment
• To get a taste of the kind of work environment
  they may be interested in.

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TYPES OF PLACEMENTS

• TYPE 1
• The placements are on the list provided by Mrs
  Roden on the website from 18/09/08
• Health and safety and insurance checks have
  already been done
• Mrs Roden will contact the company on your
  childs behalf
• Primary School Placements students cannot apply
  for a placement in a school they attended.

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Or

• TYPE 2
• These placements are listed on the website and
  are placements that the school has used in
  previous years. It must not be a type 1 placement
  or any school
• Students will need to contact the company and
  print the documentation off the website to send
  to the company.
• Health and safety and insurance checks may have
  already been done.

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Or

• TYPE 3
• Students find the placement.
• Sources could be
• Local papers
• Telephone directory
• Internet
• It must not be a type 1 or 2 placement or any
  school
• Students will need to contact the company and
  print the documentation off the website to send
  to the company.
• Health and safety checks and Insurance checks
  have to be organised

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Booking Placements Enter the Kingsmead Intranet
Home page.
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WWW.apps.ktconline.org.uk
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TYPE 1

• If there is a Type 1 placement your child would
  like to apply for, they reserve it on the
  website. The application will automatically be
  sent to their Learning Tutor to confirm their
  suitability. If they have been successful with
  their application they will be informed as
  quickly as possible via the Kingsmead website.

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TYPE 2/3

• After checking on the website that it is not a
  Type 1.
• Students either make a phone call, visit the
  company or write a letter of application. Only
  when they get a positive response should they
  register online and then download the forms from
  the website under the Type 2/3 heading. These
  forms need to be taken/sent to the placement to
  be completed by the company to confirm the
  placement. The completed forms must be handed in
  to Mrs Roden.

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ROUTE THROUGH TYPE 1/2/3

• Parental Consent Letter returned
• Students apply online (Type1) or by
  phone/visit/letter (Type2/3)
• Students can only register for one placement at a
  time
• Type 2/3 only - Students take/send the company
  the relevant forms from the website including
  possibly a letter of application and a stamped
  addressed envelope. Completed Forms are returned
  to Mrs Roden
• Placement confirmed
• Deadline for placements is 11/12/09
• March Students complete Personal Details Form
  (To be returned to Learning Tutors when
  completed). Student should contact the company
  and if required, students should arrange an
  interview.
• April Health and safety prepared and diary
  completed.

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EXPECTATIONS

• Student behaviour determines work placements on
  offer next year
• Work experience is not optional

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Trouble shooting

• Type 1 they register then change their minds.
  The website will not allow them pick another
  place.
• Type 2/3 they register before they have asked
  the company and the company says no.
• Type 2/3 they register but forget to print off
  the paper work.
• See Mrs Mist/Mrs Roden

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And finally..Students should...

• See work experience as a learning opportunity
  about employment and themselves
• Book early to avoid disappointment
• Use the information booklets to guide them
  through the process
• Enjoy!

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Academic milestones

• Key Dates and events

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Milestones

• Courses in Year 10 and 11 are assessed in a
  variety of ways
• Coursework.
• Module exams.
• Practical assessments.
• Final exams.

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Coursework

• Different for different subjects.
• Much done in school.
• Expectation that work is done at home.
• Some departments set interim deadlines for parts
  of the work.
• Some done in Year 10, some in Year 11.

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Coursework

• All departments have a final deadline.
• Teachers are also working to a deadline.
• Mark the work and moderate within the school to
  ensure that all are interpreting the criteria in
  the same way.
• Send some or all of the work to exam board.

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Examinations

• End of course exams in April June of Year 11
• Language orals
• Art practical
• PE practical
• Modular subjects Maths and Science -
• exams throughout the two years which count
  towards the final GCSE grade.

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English

• English Language
• Writing - 20
• Speaking listening - 20
• Examinations Nov or June Y11- 60
• English Literature
• Additions to the coursework folder
• Examinations June Y11

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Maths

• For most of the year group
• Modules in November June Y10 50
• Final Exams (2) June Y11 - 50

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Early Entry

• Some students will complete ALL their Maths GCSE
  in Year 10 and follow this with an appropriate
  course in Year 11
• Some students will complete their GCSE English
  course in November of Year 11

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Gateway / Additional Science

• GCSE Science completed in Y10
• - exams - January and June Y10
• - coursework
• Additional Science GCSE completed in Y11
• - exams - January and June Y11
• - coursework

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Applied Science

• 2 GCSEs
• - Coursework 2/3
• - Examination January Y11 - 1/3

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Year 11

• Public examinations start in April 2009 and
  finish at the end of June 2009
• Please do not book holidays in this period

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More help needed?

• Refer to curriculum information.
• Contact Curriculum Leader for subject
  information.
• Contact Learning Tutor for general guidance.

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SAM Learning
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SAM Learning?

• Used by more than half of all English
• state secondary schools
• 750,000 students will use SAM Learning this year
• Second most hit site UK web site
• during May 2008

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Use it!

• Students who use SAM Learning for 10 task hours
  or more get better results

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Were here to help

• Its really easy to use
• Login from anywhere at anytime using the school
  centre ID - WS12KH and your own ID based on your
  date of birth and initials
• eg 230994jp

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A word of advice warning

• SAM Learning is not a magic bullet
• It must be used as part of a structured revision
  programme

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Year 10 Mentoring Programme

• What is mentoring?
• A programme to support and encourage individual
  pupils with their academic progress

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What are the main aims?

• To raise pupil achievement
• To encourage maximum effort
• To help build pupils self confidence and ambition
• Ensuring pupils meet coursework deadlines
• Preparing for GCSE exams

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When will it start?

• A group of students have started their programme
  this week
• Other pupils will be identified in October and
  throughout the year
• Parents will be informed by letter if their child
  is selected

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Saturday Study Club

• From September 26th school will be open on
  Saturday mornings
• 10.00am 1.00pm
• Based in the school library

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A different school experience

• Pupils decide when to arrive and when to leave
• No school uniform
• A relaxed working atmosphere

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Why come?

• To complete homework
• To complete or improve coursework
• To receive specialist help
• To revise

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What's available?

• Broadband internet access
• Water and fresh fruit
• The school library
• Three members of the teaching staff
• Revision materials