In the next hour Reformed GCSEs update Changes

In the next hour… • • • Reformed GCSEs update Changes in reporting Technology enhanced learning Access arrangements for public exams How to succeed at GCSE Personal learning targets

This year students sat the reformed GCSEs in nearly all subjects. The number of students gaining a 4 was comparable with the number of those who gained a grade C under the old system. The same applied to the those achieving grade 7 against the old A grade. Will this apply to results in summer 2019 and beyond?

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams ? • Added challenge of AS level content in GCSE exams • An end to tiered entry (higher and foundation) in most subjects • Linear rather than modular exams • Limited coursework

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams in English and Maths? The mathematics GCSE will include more problem solving and everyday examples. The new English language GCSE places greater weight on accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Changes in reporting home • Paperless reporting home - via Edulink • Technology enhanced learning • Simplifying the reporting The ‘WITTAGTG’ Grade • Or, to give it’s full title, • The ‘What I Think They Are Going To Get Grade’ • This will be abbreviated to: • The ‘Most Likely’ Grade

The ‘Most Likely’ grade Homework Classwork Attitude to Learning Prior Attainment Formal Assessment Professional Judgement MOST LIKELY GRADE

Technology Enhanced Learning and ‘Edulink. One’ i. Pad orders received by 10 th August will be available for collection on Monday 17 th September 2018 between 5. 30 pm and 7. 30 pm in the main hall. A parent or carer must collect and sign for the device. We cannot issue them directly to students. If you are unable to collect on this date, please email Mr Froggatt with your availability to collect and sign for the device. Missed the deadline? Don’t worry we have a second window of opportunity open from today until 30 th September. Sign up online via our website at www. campden. school/TEL/signup. Devices will be delivered before October half term. Edulink. One – get the app or visit the website! www. Campden. school/edulinkone

Access Arrangements Disability – ‘physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on that person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities’. Long term – lasting, or likely to last, for at least 12 months. JCQ – Regulating body Not an entitlement History of need Normal way of working Medical Need – Consultant letter is necessary but this only initiates investigations in school regarding the impact on learning. • Timetable for screening – contact Mrs N Troth, Assistant Principal (SENCO) ntroth@ccsacademy. net • •

Lessons learned • • Level of challenge vs. feeling successful Those who learn content Consistent good quality revision Mocks matter! • Grit/determination + parental support

The average ATL of students who achieved 5 grades 4 -9 including English and Maths 2. 2 The average ATL of students who did not achieve 5 grades 4 -9 incl. English and Maths 3. 0

% chance of getting 5 or more grades 4 -9 at GCSE No less vital than effort…

In the KS 4 booklets…

From the ‘horse’s mouth’! • The students you are going to hear from or about are students who made the most significant progress from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 in last year’s Year 11 • They all surpassed our own very high targets

Each and every individual is uniquely complex and wonderfully made.

The human body itself is made up of 100 million, million (that’s 100 trillion) cells.

So there are, give-or-take, as many cells in your body as there are stars in the biggest galaxy in the entire universe.

So remember that next time someone tells you how insignificant you are: it takes 100, 000, 000 cells to make something as insignificant as us.

And then, there is the power of your mind. .

A computer comparable to the human brain would need to be able to perform more than 38 000 trillion operations per second and hold about 3, 584 terabytes of memory.

Even IBM’s Blue. Gene supercomputer, one of the world’s most powerful, only has a computational capability of 92 trillion operations per second a mere 8 terabytes of memory.

Even if we could bring that much raw processing power together in one computer it still wouldn’t be able to achieve all that each one of us can achieve, because we have not yet fully characterized the nature of memory, let alone consciousness.

“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we make. ” Wayne Dyer – American author and motivational speaker

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ” J. K. Rowling - British novelist and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series which have won multiple awards and sold more than 400 million copies worldwide

“Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ” Ralph Marston – Motivational Coach

Jessica Ennis - 2012

“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are right. ” Henry Ford - American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company

“Create your own destiny. If you don’t, someone else will. ”

“Fall down seven times, get up eight times. ” Japanese proverb

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. T. Armstrong - ex President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Lewis Hamilton

GB Super-Heavyweight Champion - Anthony Joshua “The only time success occurs before work is in the dictionary. ”

“Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. ”

With two years of GCSE studies ahead of you…. ……. dream the dreams, make the right choices, work hard, and maximise your true potential…. .

…be a true champion…

…and let’s celebrate together in August 2020 Good luck we’ll be with you every step of the way.

SUMMIT X X X BASE CAMP X

Understanding the data These ‘chance graphs’ are entirely personalised and based around your performance at Key Stage 2. They are put together using decades of historical data – they depict what pupils who gained the same KS 2 levels as you went on to get when studying this subject at GCSE. You are in no way limited by prior attainment though!

Understanding the data What is to stop you from being one of the 10% who will get the very highest grade? Aim for the sky and if you fall short…? The most likely grade to get for pupils who make better than expected progress. Expected progress = 3 levels over KS 3 and 4. L 4 s > grade 4/5 (C) L 5 s > grade 6/7 (B/A) and above This is the grade that most pupils who gained the same KS 2 levels as you went on to get when studying this subject at GCSE.

Personal learning targets Tutor group: _____ Name: _____________________ Subject Maths English Science French Geography etc… Personal Learning Target 8 6 7 6 8

Thank you for coming tonight! As you leave tonight, we would be grateful if you would hand these two things to one of the Prefects on the doors: • Your personal learning target grades • Your enveloped letter to your son/daughter. Please put both NAME and TUTOR GROUP on this If you have any questions, do let one of us know and we will be happy to help!