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Year 10 Raising Achievement

Year 10 Raising Achievement. Wednesday 26 th February 2014 jgosden@swchs.net. SWCHS Year 10. Objectives. Key Dates for Year 10 Students Agreed Target Grades and the Report Process What SWCHS is doing What we can do together Top Tips. SWCHS Year 10. Key Dates.

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Year 10 Raising Achievement

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  1. Year 10 Raising Achievement Wednesday 26th February 2014 jgosden@swchs.net SWCHS Year 10

  2. Objectives • Key Dates for Year 10 Students • Agreed Target Grades and the Report Process • What SWCHS is doing • What we can do together • Top Tips SWCHS Year 10

  3. Key Dates • This half Term – Prefect application process • 27th February – TT collapse on student motivation • 10th March – TT collapse on reports • 28th April – Enrichment Tutorials Begin • 12th May – Start of “Exam Season” • June 30th/July 1st – WOW • July 2nd – PSHE Day • July 3rd/July 4th – RAW • July 18th – Last Day • August 21st - GCSE Results Day SWCHS Year 10

  4. SWCHS Year 10

  5. Agreed Target Review process • Students have been discussing the target grade that was agreed with their teacher last year • They are deciding if this target grade is still challenging • If it isn’t, they are agreeing a new target grade with their teacher SWCHS Year 10

  6. Accessing the next report • Through our site • Straightforward instructions will be issued when it’s ready for viewing at the end of March • Successfully trialled with Year 7 in December and Year 8 in January • more up to date information • Provides attendance information SWCHS Year 10

  7. Easily accessible SWCHS Year 10

  8. Easily accessible SWCHS Year 10

  9. Easily accessible • Just use the email address you’ve already given the school: SWCHS Year 10

  10. Provides easy, visual comparison of target grade and forecast grade SWCHS Year 10

  11. Gives you ‘headlines’ and allows you to view the whole report SWCHS Year 10

  12. Resilience • Stay Positive • Practise • Persist • Persevere • Stay involved • Don’t give up • Fail well SWCHS Year 10

  13. Think of the brain as a muscle • Your IQ isn’t fixed: the more you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow • You can do things today that you couldn’t do yesterday SWCHS Year 10

  14. Don’t be afraid to fail… SWCHS Year 10

  15. Learner Conference SWCHS Year 10

  16. Learner Conference SWCHS Year 10

  17. Time Management SWCHS Year 10

  18. Using peers/others Use closed and open questions; How? Why? What? Give Examples So what? SWCHS Year 10

  19. Flash Cards Tropical Rainforest Adaptations Buttress Roots Wide at base Shallow Lianas Vine Grows up trees Drip Tips Flexible Stem Wax Coating SWCHS Year 10

  20. Flash Cards Drip Tips Green Leaves Pointed Tip Flexible Stem Wax Coating SWCHS Year 10

  21. Note Making – Cornell Method SWCHS Year 10

  22. Note Making – Mind Maps / Posters SWCHS Year 10

  23. Reactive Post Report Analysis; Find the underlying cause and address Parent Communication Form Tutor Report Subject Report YAC Report 6th Form Mentoring Staff Mentoring Study Support Target/Goal Orientated Student Home School SWCHS Year 10

  24. Top Tip 1 – Time Management SWCHS Year 10

  25. Top Tip 2 – There is always homework In every subject there are things students can be doing to improve and raise their achievement SWCHS Year 10

  26. Top Tip 2 – There is always homework English - Reading various publications and analysing writing style All subjects – past exam questions and general revision/review of notes Science – workbooks to work through P.E. / Dance / Music / Drama – rehearsal and perfecting performance Maths – maths.co.uk – numerous topics to work through related to CW Languages – working through vocab and reviewing grammar notes R.P.E (and other subjects) – keep up to date with current affairs Art/Technology – Project work/sketchbooks SWCHS Year 10

  27. Top Tip 3 – Have an outcome SWCHS Year 10

  28. Top Tip 4 – Have the correct environment SWCHS Year 10

  29. Top Tip 5– Attendance SWCHS Year 10

  30. Top Tip 6 – The Purpose SWCHS Year 10

  31. Top Tip 6 – The Purpose SWCHS Sixth form: Green (4 AS): 5 A*–B; C in Ma and Eng Purple (Double Applied AS Level and 1 AS level): 5 A*–C; C in Ma and/or Eng Gold - National Certificate in Business: 5 D Minimum entry requirements – good universities will look for excellent GCSE grades Or: AS at Long Road: Cs in your chosen subjects Vocational courses at CRC: the more Cs you get, the higher the level you enter at SWCHS Year 10

  32. Useful Links For Revision Strategies/General Advice http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/studyadvice/StudyResources/Exams/sta-revision.aspx For General Revision http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ (be careful – is it relevant) http://www.revisionworld.com/gcse-revision (be careful - is it relevant) http://stormboard.com/ (creating mind maps online) Core Revision Sites Maths – http://www.mymaths.co.uk/(students have username and password) English – www.sparknotes.com (good for controlled assessment) Science - http://swchsvle.swchs.net/course/view.php?id=8022 (answers for the mark book) SWCHS Year 10

  33. Past Papers and Mark Schemes AQA; http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes Edexcel; http://www.edexcel.com/i-am-a/student/Pages/pastpapers.aspx WJEC; http://www.wjec.co.uk/index.php?nav=106 OCR; http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/ SWCHS Year 10

  34. Command Word Chart SWCHS Year 10

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