Year 10 into 11 Parent Information Evening Welcome

Year 10 into 11 Parent Information Evening Welcome! Tonight’s hosts are Vice Principal, Mr Tatham and Mrs Starling, Assistant Principal for Raising Standards. We are also joined by our Executive Head Teacher Mr D’Cunha We are INSPIRED

Key Dates for 21/22 Autumn Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) – Week commencing 18 th October – taking place over two weeks, with half term in between. Autumn PPE Results Day – Friday 26 th November Spring PPEs – Week commencing 7 th February - taking place over two weeks, with half term in between. The main exam series will start around the week commencing 9 th May 2022 and run until the end of June – please do not book any holidays until mid-July at the earliest – as we know, anything can happen! We are INSPIRED

Summer Learning We would like to ensure that students benefit from keeping their brains active and ready for the year ahead… All subjects will set a piece, or pieces (core subjects) of summer learning, to ensure all students keep learning ticking over and in order to ready them for a sharp start in September. Here is what to expect… We are INSPIRED

English Vocabulary and reading comprehension, based on GCSE Language Paper 1 Maths Four tasks on the Hegarty Maths platform, based on gaps identified from the recent practice public examinations and will be set periodically through the summer. Science 2 daily goals per week on Tassomai. In September the top 3 students (most engaged) over the summer will be given a reward. If you have any issues in getting on to Tassomai please let Mr Hughes (Science) know. We are INSPIRED

Humanities History: Revision of ‘Medicine over Time’ Geography: Revision material for the Living World and Urban Issues and Challenges topics including their case studies. R. S: Religion, human rights and social justice and the perspective of Judaism on those issues. We are INSPIRED

Creative Industries Art and Photography: Make a mini sketchbook – directed ideas from the teacher Music: Instrument practise; revision with knowledge organiser and long-answer question practise We are INSPIRED

Business Revisit the topic covering the Health and Safety at work Act 1974 (HASAWA 1974) – the teacher will set tasks around this on Teams Extension task (optional) Find an example of a company that has failed to follow the guidelines of the HASAWA 1974 and what the consequences to the business were. This can be either copied and pasted from the internet or briefly described in your own words. Computing Programming practise with directed activities linked to this practise using Codemarker. uk We are INSPIRED

Health and Social Care/Child Development For both Health and Social Care and Child Development students will need to watch a documentary/ programme/ film or read a book that is based on the subject, in particular the two units we have completed. Once this activity has taken place, they will complete an “explore the subject” activity which allows students to reflect on the learning that has taken place this year and apply it to real life situations. We are INSPIRED

OCR Cambridge Nationals - Sports Studies Complete two of the five weekly tasks – the electronic copy of these are on teams. Students will be handed paper copies of the workbook too. OCR GCSE PE Complete all printed workbook slides using your pixl booklet and revision guide for support. This will also be available on teams if you misplace the printed copy.

What’s new for September 1. New ‘Attitude to Learning’ grades, so that you can keep track of your child’s efforts in all subjects 2. PPE results morning, in preparation for applications to ‘next step’ options We are INSPIRED

Revise Every Day Useful resources for revision: Revision cards or a file with dividers for each subject or a Note book Coloured pens and or highlighters We are INSPIRED

F. A. Qs Why do PPEs take place after a half term? We do this to replicate the actual exam series which takes place over June half-term, in order for students to manage their studies. Is the summer learning optional? We expect students to complete all of the learning, managing their time through the summer and maintaining a balance of learning and relaxation. Can parents have details of the actual work, students are set, so that we can see what they should be completing? Yes: we will publish on the website and send home as a PDF, via email. Do we know what is happening with next year’s exams? Yes and no! Ofqual have launched their consultation and it is likely that content will be reduced, but exams will go ahead. Subjects will adjust curriculums accordingly, for September. Can we still buy revision guides? Yes, contact Mrs Hedges and she can help you buy what you need. We are INSPIRED

F. A. Qs Continued Will there be any 1 -2 -1 parents’ evenings for in Year 11? Yes! We are currently reviewing the updated Government guidance for Covid-19, to determine whether these will be face to face or virtual, but there will be scheduled opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their class teachers. Is there a list of exam boards, so we can buy the right revision guides? We will place a list onto the website, by the end of the term. Are there revision guides for Computing? Not yet. They were originally not ready, as the course is new; this has been delayed further by the pandemic. Mr Richardson will continue to check and we will communicate with those students, should anything be published in time. How long should my child spend revising each day? The recommendation is to revise in chunks (age plus 5 minutes) and then take a short break. It is about the quality of the revision, rather than the quantity and we would not encourage students to be revising endlessly, every day. Little and often! We are INSPIRED