Working Together for Success

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Working Together for Success
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The Key Stage 4 Manager

• My aim is to help solve any issues that may arise
  concerning the curriculum.
• Concerns in lessons
• Falling behind with work
• Underachievement
• Advice on revision strategies
• Provide support to individuals

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Positive Partnerships

• Research indicates that family involvement in
  schools increases student achievement
• (Henderson Berla, 1994 Ballen Moles, 1994
  Epstein, 1995).
• It is important to work in partnership to 'get it
  right for every child'.

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Changes to GCSEs

• All terminal assessment
• Revision becomes very important
• Good notes to look back on will be key
• Mock exam revision much more important
• Controlled assessment grades crucial
• Learning/ revising homeworks normal
• More in class tests

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What is Controlled Assessment?

• Controlled assessment is the internal assessment
  component of the GCSE courses that is completed
  in school.
• It is completed in the classroom so it is
  supervised, so students are not able to work on
  it at home.
• It replaces coursework.

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What are the advantages?

• It allows students to demonstrate their skills in
  class. A percentage of a GCSE is awarded for
  controlled assessment.
• Controlled assessment is carried out IN THE
  CLASSROOM, so time outside school can be spent
  preparing for vital examinations and class tests.

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Is it for all subjects?

• No
• Maths and Religious Studies GCSEs are courses
  that are based on examinations only.
• They include no controlled assessment.

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Is it for all subjects?

• No BTECs are different
• BTEC courses have no examinations, assessment is
  carried out using a range of assignments, case
  studies and practical activities.
• Students complete a portfolio of evidence that
  shows the work they have completed.
• Students may work on this outside the classroom.

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My Expectations

• Continue to foster positive relationships.
• Show resilience dont give up!
• Ask for help.
• Be punctual and improve attendance.
• Be prepared equipment / homework
• Meet deadlines seek help and dont fall behind.

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Students should take responsibility

• Some subjects have as much as 60 of their
  course as controlled assessment, others have only
  25, so attendance is important.
• Catching up can prove difficult as it must be
  done in school, extended after school sessions
  are necessary to facilitate this.
• (Prep_at_thepatch)

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Attendance Punctuality

• Punctuality is also important as it an mean
  missing
• registration or
• assembly,
• two of the most important parts of the week in
  making sure you are prepared for learning/
  getting the key messages

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Journey So far

• Progress was judged as good against Key Stage 3
  targets.
• Yr 9 GCSE courses - Philosophy and Ethics 17
  A-A and 51 A to C grade But also 24 F-U.
  Revision skills need to improve for some.
• In general the attendance could have been much
  better in Yr9 (90.9). This is an average of
  around one day a fortnight off for each student.
  At KS4, this means missed controlled assessment
  missed topics for exams.

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Attendance Punctuality

• The government says that 95 attendance should be
  a target for all students.
• Two days off a month is a 10 learning loss.
• One day off per week is a 20 learning loss.

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Working with the School

• Check your child is aware of deadlines and is
  meeting them. Make sure that they are using
  their planner regularly.
• Check your child knows when exams, tests or
  controlled assessments are and that they revise
• Check they are fully equipped for school
• Communicate with school if you need to ring
  teachers or use the planner
• Make sure your child is attending fully

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Top tips for supporting revising
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Brain Boosters
Sleep
Music
Oxygenation
Hydration
Brain gym
Nutrition
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Helping with revision
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Learning is Emotional

• Students should make learning colourful,
  exciting,
• musical
• Give students a reason for learning.
• Set students goals for learning reward their
  efforts
• Revising with music, breaks, food is good!

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Some statistics to consider

• We Remember
• 5 of what we read once
• 20 of what we read a few times
• 30 of what we hear
• 40 of what we see
• 50 of what we say
• 60 of what we do
• 90 of what we see, hear, say and do

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Record it!
Tape the key points, or make a podcast! Use
different peoples voices Play it last thing at
night - your subconscious will process it whilst
you are asleep Most MP3s have a microphone
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A variety of approaches to writing and
remembering
Lists and Notes
Fact Sheets
Flash Cards
Posters
Revision walls
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Study Buddy

• One of the most effective ways of learning is to
  teach someone else let students explain things
  to you
• Test your child you could build in a testing
  period each day in the run up to exams
• Use on-line tests

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Long Term Memory
recall
100
50
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Time (days)
1
5
15
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To Make Learning stick

• Learn a topic
• Repeat in 24 hours
• Repeat for ten minutes at the end of a week
• Repeat again for 10 minutes a week later
• etc

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• English and Maths Key