St Ursulas Convent School Welcome to the Year

St Ursula’s Convent School Welcome to the Year 11 Curriculum Evening – How to support your daughter.

Welcome & Introduction Mrs Hamilton

Results this year are outstanding - some highlights are: Number of Pupils 116 English Language (Grades 9 -4) 89% English Literature (Grades 9 -4) 97% Mathematics (Grades 9 -4) 85% English Baccalaureate (EBacc) 61% 2 or more 4+ Science 83% 1 or more 4+ MFL 74% Provisional Progress 8 +0. 83 Provisional Attainment 8 59. 30 5 or more GCSEs (Grades 9 -7) 28% 5 or more GCSEs (Grades 9 -4) 86% 5 or more GCSEs (Grades 9 -1) 100% Grades 9 -7 (Total Achieved) 35% (407 grades) Grades 9 -8 (Total Achieved) 19% (225 grades) Grade 9 s (Total Achieved) 8% (94 grades) 3

Subject Results 2019 RE English Language English Literature Maths Computer Science (Combined) Biology Chemistry Physics Food Prep & Nutrition French Design and Technology Art Drama Geography History Music PE Spanish Entries % 9 -7 s % 9 -4 s 116 116 64 34 50 95 89 97 116 24 42 72 74 74 20 48 43 36 13 82 65 13 45 54 29 50 2 29 31 31 20 40 35 50 31 17 34 38 4 24 85 92 67 93 88 88 75 96 86 94 77 82 83 77 69 78 4

There are now significant reforms to the way in which schools are held accountable. In 2019, the headline measures of secondary performance are: �Progress across 8 subjects ( Progress 8) +0. 83 �Attainment across 8 subjects (Attainment 8) 5. 93 (Grade B) �The percentage of pupils achieving a 4 grade or better in both GCSE English and Maths - 84% �The English Baccalaureate 61% 5

Intervention Plan �Weekly RAP meetings – letters home �Masterclasses �Additional Revision sessions �Hill Tops available for Silent Revision at lunch �Peer Mentoring in Maths �Walking Talking Mocks �Literacy support �Saturday learning �One-to-ones �Meetings with individual parents

Head of Religious Education Miss Cushnahan

GCSE Religious Education Exam Board: AQA Specification B • Paper 1: Roman Catholic Christianity 50% • Paper 2: Judaism (25%) and themes (25%)

GCSE Religious Education Paper 1 – 1 hr 45 mins Roman Catholic Christianity involves six areas of study: � Creation � Incarnation � The Triune God � Redemption � Church & The Kingdom of God � Eschatology v In the exam students will be questioned on four of the six.

GCSE Religious Education Paper 2 – 1 hr 45 mins Judaism and Ethical themes involves four areas of study: �Judaism - Beliefs �Judaism - Practices �Religion, Relationships & Families �Religion, Human Rights & Social Justice v. In the exam students will be questioned on all four areas

RE pupil support �Intervention group Monday 3: 10 – 4 pm. �Regular timed question practice and feedback given. �Morning sessions to begin after Christmas.

Textbook/Kerboodle OUP Revision Guide -school ordering- @Mr. Mc. Millan. REvis www. cafod. org. uk Bim. Bam on Youtube www. bbcbitesize. co. uk Mass attendance

Head of English Dept Miss Dias

The Course Yet to be covered… So far your daughter has covered and continues to work English Language GCSE on… Examinations: English Literature GCSE 1. Explorations in Creative 1. Modern texts and poetry Reading and Writing q 2 hours 15 minutes q 1 hour 45 minutes q 60% of the examination q 50% of the examination q Unseen poetry question 2. Writers’ Viewpoints and 2. Shakespeare and the 19 th Perspectives Century novel q 1 hours 45 minutes q 1 hour 45 minutes q 50% of the examination q 40% of the examination 3. Non examination – Spoken �Please note all examinations Language (separate are closed book exams. endorsement) 14

English support programme �Held every Monday after school between 3. 15 -4 pm. �Small groups of students to work intensively on a key skill that has been identified as a weakness. 15

Revision Guides

Revision Guides YORK NOTES FOR A LEVEL

Head of Maths Dept Mr O’Brien

GCSE Mathematics How to support your daughter

Maths revision = practice �Completing revision on a little and often basis will be much more effective than cramming in the final couple of weeks! �The best way to revise for a Maths exam is to complete as many practice questions as possible. �You will then build up confidence in answering Maths questions, will recognise similar questions and will be used to achieving your target grade.

Practice resources available include: �Past Edexcel Maths exam papers and mark schemes available from www. mathsgenie. co. uk �Exam questions and solutions on topics filtered by grade can be found on www. mathsgenie. co. uk

Practice resources available include: �Revision guides and workbook

Practice resources available include: �All students have access to our online learning platform vle. mathswatch. co. uk where they can view videos covering the maths topics which they will be assessed on for their GCSE. Linked to each video is a set of interactive questions which are marked online. There is also a PDF printable worksheet for further practice.

Practice resources available include: �Pinpoint Learning – students upload their GCSE past paper marks onto the website. Pinpoint learning will then create a personalised and differentiated booklet of practice questions focusing on their weaknesses from that particular paper. Students can login to their personal account to see their video links for each paper and also access fully worked solutions for their booklets to self assess. Pinpoint Learning pinpointlearning. co. uk

Further resources available: �Your Maths teacher ! �After School revision sessions (look out for these and make sure you attend these) �Easter and May-half term revision sessions (during the School holidays)