inspiring challenging achieving year 11 maths and english parental learning evening 4 th october

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Year 11 Maths and English Parental Learning Evening

4th October

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Key dates ahead

• Monday 15th October – Monday 22nd October ENGLISH COACHING WEEK

• During this week your child will have only English (with the exception of a few periods of maths)

• They will complete their Speaking and Listening exam as well as their coursework

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Key dates ahead

• Tuesday 23rd October – English IGCSE exam

• Wednesday 24th October – Friday 26th October – Maths Coaching

• Your child will attend no lessons except maths

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Key dates ahead

• Monday 5th November – Intensive maths day

• Tuesday 6th November – Maths paper 1

• Wednesday 7th November – Maths day to prepare for paper 2

• Thursday 8th November – Maths paper 2

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The English IGCSE

• International Qualification

• Many schools already enter it – and many more will do so this year

• Different paper to AQA but similar skills

• Offers a further opportunity to gain that all important GCSE C and above

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• 3 parts:

• Exam

• Coursework

• Speaking and listening assessment

• We will do all three in the next three weeks

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BUT…

• Students must also sit a Literature paper in the summer too

• The grade on the literature does not affect the GCSE English grade – as long as the paper is sat

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What happens after the exam

• Results don’t come out until 22nd January

• Students will use the time between Nov and Jan to prepare for the AQA English exam

• Once IGCSE exam results are known different students will follow different paths

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What can you do to help?

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Weekend Revision

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Mathematics GCSE

9.00am: Tuesday 6th NovemberNon-calculator

And 1.00pm: Thursday 8th November

Calculator

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What happens after the exam• Results don’t come out until 10th January

• Students will use the time between Nov and Jan to continue to improve their mathematical skills

• Once GCSE exam results are known pupils will be regrouped to refocus on specific skills

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This is only …

3 Full

School weeks

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All pupils will sit the Higher tier

Most pupils who miss out on a grade C

make their mistakes on these questions.

Foundation

G F E D C

D C B A A*

Higher

Pupils need to understand that there are some of these question they can not do.

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Your child has already started working on this.

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Structure: Since they returned in September your child will

have seen the following in lessons every week:• A ‘Weeks to go’ sheet – a selection of about 15

exam style questions• A 10 for 10 – 10 repetitive exam questions

designed to be completed in 10 minutes• A number of key topics – for the last time• An exam paper – to be completed for homework

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Revision SessionsEvery week your child

should be attending on a Tuesday and Thursday

1 x Key topic

1 x Exam paper

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So how can you help?

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Encourage your child to turn up to every

lessonEvery lesson missed will be a topic

missed

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Encourage your child to turn up to every revision

sessionEvery session missed will be another

topic missed

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Encourage your child to complete all homework

We will be working hard to mark papers and give you appropriate feedback and

help

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How can you support their work at home ?

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We recommend the following websites: www.mymaths.co.uk

www.mathswatchvle.com

http://www.gcsepod.co.uk/school-login/woodlandscommunity2011/

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www.mymaths.co.uk

Login: wcc

Password: circle

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www.mymaths.co.uk

Your child has their own Login

details

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www.mymaths.co.uk

Your child should go to

MyBoosterPacks

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www.mymaths.co.uk

They can then choose the appropriate

booster pack

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www.mymaths.co.uk

Finally they can select the topic and skill they wish

to practise

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www.mathswatchvle.com

Centre ID: wcc

Username:

Name

Password:

Surname

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www.mathswatchvle.com

Your child should

then select ‘Higher’

(or 1 minute maths)

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www.mathswatchvle.com

They can then select

‘Topic’

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www.mathswatchvle.com

They can then select the topic

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www.mathswatchvle.com

Finally they can

select the topic they

wish to practise

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GCSE Pod

Click on Resources

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GCSE Pod

Click on GCSE Pod

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GCSE Pod

Click on the GCSE Pod logo

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GCSE Pod

first.surname for both

sections to log in

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GCSE Pod

Click on the subject that you wish to

study

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GCSE Pod

Click on the topic

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GCSE Pod

Click on the skill

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GCSE Pod

Choose the part of the video

you require

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Thank you for your time

• There should be a leaflet on your chair which includes the details about the three websites

• The computer room will be available for you to investigate these websites further

• A number of the Maths and English team will be available to answer any quick questions you may have.