Saffron Walden

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Saffron Walden County High School Year 11 Ahead
Evening
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How can we ensure that students achieve their
personal best?

• A Culture of Achievement
• Ethos
• Confident but not complacent
• Rewarding effort
• Supporting Success
• Form Tutors and tutorials
• Mentoring and targeted support
• Academic and Pastoral Liaison

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How can we ensure that students achieve their
personal best?

• Assessment
• - Coursework Catch ups
• - Most completed Spring Term
• Preparing for Examinations
• - Revision
• - Mock Exams
• - Learning Skills
• Preparing for the Future
• - EWB lessons to consider and apply
• - Careers appointments

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Key Dates Autumn Term
04/11 Reports timetable collapse 14/11 Sixth
Form Open Evening 14 22 /11 Language
orals w/b 18/11 Year 11 Reports Issued 20/01
onwards Mock Exams 2/ 12 Deadline for Sixth
Form Applications
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Key Dates Spring Term

27/01 onwards Sixth Form Guidance
Discussions 09/01 Year 11 Parents Evening w/b
13 /01 Languages writing exam w/b
24/02 Progress Check 1 issued w/b
24/02 Language orals w/b 21/04 Progress Check
2 issued
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Key Dates Summer Term
12/05 20/06 Provisional period for GCSE
exams w/b 23/06 Year 11 into 12
induction 27/06 Year 11 Ball 21/08 GCSE
Results Day!!
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Attendance

• Absolutely vital in Year 11 controlled
  assessments, revision and exam planning
• Attendance below 85 discussed with Educational
  Welfare Officer and classed as Persistent Absence
  
• Please do not book holidays in school time and
  avoid unnecessary absence.

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RPA
From summer 2013, young people will be required
to continue in education or training until at
least the end of the academic year in which they
turn 18. This does not have to be in school.
Full-time education, such as school or college
An Apprenticeship Part-time education or
training if they are employed, self-employed or
volunteering for 20 hours or more a week.
http//education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/you
ngpeople/participation/rpa
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Saffron Walden County High School Sixth Form Ms
H. Cox, Director of Sixth Form
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Why think about post -16 progression now?

• Its important to have plans for post 16
  progression.
• The plans will depend on forecast GCSE grades.
• This is the same wherever students apply, here or
  elsewhere.
• If students apply here (and we hope they will)
  they have the following options

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• 10 A- B or more students could select 4 A
  levels of their choice.
• 5 A- B students have a limited choice of 4 A
  level subjects.
• 5 Cs students have a more limited choice of
  subjects and will choose fewer A levels
• fewer than 5Cs students will probably be
  choosing level 2 qualifications (GCSEs)
• Not achieving Cs in Maths and English language
  students will be doing re-sits

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The better the GCSE performance, the more options
students have!
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Application process
End September 6th form assembly
Start November Sixth Form prospectus available
6th form students in tutor time
Thursday 14th November Sixth Form Open Evening
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Application process
2nd December 2013 Deadline for applications
to Sixth Form
27th January to 14th February 2014 Guidance
discussions for Sixth Form
28th March 2014 Offers of places in Sixth
Form- may be deferred
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What can you do in the meantime?

• Find out what A Levels are needed. for
  particular careers, for courses or employment
  routes- eg Informed choices and university and
  careers websites
• http//russellgroup.org/Informed20Choices20final
  .pdf
• A careers interview arranged via Mrs Potter.
• Consider their strengths- course-work versus exam
  performance. How does this match to particular
  courses in the 6th form.
• Investigate what the A level courses are all
  about content and assessment. The prospectus and
  parental handbook are on the web site.

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• YEAR 11 MATHEMATICS
• 2013-14
• Mrs Jane Watts
• Acting Director of Mathematics

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Year 11 Mathematics

• NO COURSEWORK
• Assessed by examination at the end of the course
  different sessions for different sets
• Higher/Foundation Levels
• Both have a calculator and non-calculator paper
• Equipment

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Three key events

• January mock full analysis sent home
• Feb half term after school revision starts
• March re-mock another full analysis sent home

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Revision Classes

• Revision classes run by the mathematics
  department staff will run after school.
• Different grades are on different nights.
• Parent mail will tell you what is on and when.
• Classes open to all but some students who really
  need to attend are specifically invited.

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Resources

• Revision Guides and Work books (approx 3-5) will
  be available from the Maths resources room.
• The Shared Network /Maths for Student contains
  lots of resources and information
• Copies of past papers and answers will be
  available nearer to the examination
• My Maths

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www.mymaths.co.uk

• Ideal site for practising skills
• Plenty of questions on each topic
• worksheets can be downloaded
• Can be used at home as well as in school
• each student has a unique log-in and password
• Automatic assessments

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• YEAR 11 ENGLISH
• 2013-14
• Miss Helen Loizou
• Acting Area Co-ordinator of English

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The removal of speaking and listening

• Speaking and Listening will no longer represent
  20 of the overall English / English Language
  GCSE qualification.
• The English Language exam in the summer of 2014
  will now be worth 60.
• Speaking and Listening will remain on the
  syllabus and your child will be awarded a
  separate Speaking and Listening qualification.

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Implications

• We will dedicate more time to the teaching of the
  Unit 1 exam, and students should do the same at
  home when revising.
• Students who were hoping to pick up marks via
  speaking and listening will instead need to focus
  on their reading and writing skills.

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2 GCSE route GCSE English Language and English
Literature

• English Language
• Completed Creative Writing Controlled Assessment
  15
• Novel Controlled Assessment 15
• Spoken Language Study Controlled Assessment
  10
• Still to do Unit 1 Exam 60
• English Literature
• Completed Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage
  CA 25
• Still to do Unit 1 Exam (Modern Prose/Drama)
  40
• Of Mice and Men or To Kill a Mockingbird along
  with either
• Lord of the Flies or An Inspector Calls
  Unit 2 Exam (Poetry) 35
• Poetry Across Time and Unseen Poetry

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Key dates

• 1x English Language exam 3rd June
• 2 x Literature exams 20th and 22nd May
• Mocks
• Literature mocks will take place in January.
• A Language mock will happen in March.
• Feedback from all mocks will be sent home.

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1 GCSE route English

• Unit 1 Exam 60
• Unit 3 Understanding and Producing Creative
  Texts 5 Controlled Assessments 40 (weve
  already completed one of these)
• Controlled Assessments will take place towards
  the end of each half term, and then the exam will
  be on 3rd June.
• A first mock will take place in March, followed
  by a re-mock in April. Feedback will be sent
  home.

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Resources

• Keep reading! Newspapers, websites, leaflets,
  autobiography, travel writing.
• GCSE Bitesize has been updated for new
  specification.
• Revision guides will be available to buy from
  school.
• Past paper questions online AQA website
• English Language 4705/ English Literature 4710
• English 4700
• Copies of past papers and sample answers will be
  available from class teachers nearer to the
  examination.
• Revision sessions will be organised prior to the
  exams and details sent home via parent mail.

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Improve your English grade!

• Strategies to help your child achieve his/her
  potential.

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YEAR 11 SCIENCE

• 2013-14

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A personalised curriculum

DARWIN FRANKLIN STEPHENSON
Biology Chemistry Physics Core Science Additional Science Applied Science BTEC
11AB1 11AB2 11AB3 11AB4 11AB5 11AB6 11AB7 11DE1 11DE2 11AB8 11DE3 11Sk1 11Sk2
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DARWIN course

• Already studied B1, C1, P1 in year 9
• B2, C2, P2 in year 10
• To do-
• Study extension units B3, C3, P3
• Revise all previous work
• Complete a minimum of one Controlled Assessment
  in each subject

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DARWIN assessment

• All subject assessment consists of FOUR units,
  each contributing 25 to the overall mark.
• Hence
• a minimum of 3 controlled assessments, internally
  marked
• 9 exams in the summer (13th May-23rd June)
• also
• mock exams in January (and April)
• end of topic tests

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FRANKLIN course

• Exams taken B1, C1, P1
• plus controlled assessments
• GCSE Core Science qualification awarded 2013
• To do-
• Additional Science units P2 (started last term),
  B2 C2
• a minimum of one Controlled Assessment

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FRANKLIN assessment

• Additional Science consists of FOUR units, each
  contributing 25 to the overall mark.
• Hence
• a minimum of 1 controlled assessment, internally
  marked
• 3 exams in the summer (6, 10 and 12 June)
• also
• mock exams in January (and April)
• end of topic tests

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STEPHENSON course

• BTEC Applied Science
• Students to complete one qualification-
• 75 coursework, 25 exam
• To do
• complete coursework units (2, 3 and 4)
• complete unit 1 and revise for exam

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STEPHENSON assessment

• Grades Level 1 (D)
• Level 2 Pass (C)
• Level 2 Merit (B)
• Level 2 Distinction (A)
• as long as ALL the work is completed
• 3 coursework units internally assessed
• 1 exam (November 14th, re-sits possible) -
• mock exam before half term

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Resources

• Mock exams and tests
• Past exam papers and on-line exams and mark
  schemes
• Revision websites
• GCSE revision guides and workbooks to buy
• BTEC revision guides and workbooks to buy
• Revision sessions after school and prior to exams
• After school Controlled Assessment sessions and
  BTEC coursework catch-up (optional and compulsory)

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Year 11 RPE
2013-14
Mrs Una Brunwin Head of RPE
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Majority of students in year 11 are taking full
course Religious Studies GCSE (WJEC) , a mixture
of ethics and philosophy, a new exam for us this
year. Two exam papers, no coursework. 12th May
and 4th June. January mocks Revision guide
issued to all students including all past
questions. Revision classes Very important
that students keep up with current affairs to
inform their opinions and illustrate the topics
studied e.g. medical ethics, conflict,
punishment, sex and relationships, religion in
society.
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Saffron Walden County High School Year 11 Ahead
Evening
What parents do with their children at home
through the age range, is much more significant
than any other factor open to educational
influence. DFE Research report
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Rooms for Form tutor presentations
B1 11 Cresswell B2 11 Canning B3 11Wilde B4
11 Marshall B5 11 Lock B6 11 Talbot B10
11 Gosden B11 11Smith B12 11 Mackay B13 11Bell