Year 10

Welcome Evening

H I G H F I E L D S

S C H O O L

2015ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR

2015 2014 2013 2012

5A*-C 77.8(186)

73.3(181)

88.9(217)

84.9(208)

5A*-G 98.3(235)

96.0(237)

99.2(242)

96.3(236)

EBACC 17.5(41)

21.5 (53)

23.3(57)

9.4(23)

5A*-Cinc Eng & Ma

71(170)

64(158)

68(167)

62(153)

A*-C Science 80(191)

69.2 (171)

66.4(162)

62.0(154)

Key Stage 4 2015

2015 2014 2013 2012

Expected Progress English

87.7(207)

90.0(215)

73.4(179)

75.9(186)

Expected Progress Maths

76.7(181)

69.2(166)

76.2(186)

70.2 (172)

More Than Expected English

55.5(137)

53(131)

30(74)

40(99)

More ThanExpected Maths

39(93)

40(99)

37(91)

30(74)

Key Stage 4 2015

Welcome back to Middle School

• Welcome back and welcome to Year 10.

• Our team does not change – Year Manager, Guidance, Form Tutors

• Our expectations also remain the same:

- Attendance

- Punctuality

- Leave of Absence

- Communication

- Effort

- Attitude

The Step up to Key Stage 4

• Excellent results are possible but have to be earned

• Every second counts at Key Stage 4

• 2 years to complete up to 11 GCSEs

Expectations:

• Know target grades and what working towards

• Study beyond the classroom - before/after school and at home

• Desire to improve

• No lead in time …. It starts NOW!

How will you know how your child is doing?

• Their books and homework set by Show My Homework

• Target grades and tracking sheets

• Half termly progress reviews

• Parents’ Evening

• School exams and intervention evenings after the exams

• Communication with teaching staff …..@hswv.co.uk

• Communication with the year team

National changes

All GCSE courses are linear.

Reformed GCSE in English Language,

Literature and Mathematics from

September 2015.

New language of assessment for

reformed GCSEs. Currently an eight point

A* - G grading system.

Students sit all examinations at the end of year

11. No early entry. Resits only for English and

Mathematics in November 2017

New specifications for English and Mathematics.

No controlled assessment in English.

New specifications will be assessed using a new

nine point scale. Nine will be the top grade and

one the lowest.

Consultation on grade boundaries – harder to

achieve what is currently a grade C and A*

• There is a greater emphasis on problem-solving and mathematical reasoning, with more marks in the GCSE exams being allocated to these higher-order skills.

AO: Assessment Objective

In 2015 there is less AO1

at Higher and roughly

the same at Foundation

compared to 2010.

Quality of written

communication (QWC)

is also now included as

part of AO2.

This is now a stand alone

area of content

Less Statistics and

Probability tested

than in 2010

Half the marks at the

foundation tier will be

testing Number and

Ratio, Proportion and

Change

Less Statistics and

Probability tested than

in 2010

More Algebra tested

than in 2010

This is now a stand

alone area of

content

Changes to an exam question

PRS and TWY are parallel straight lines.

QRWZ is a straight line.

Work out the value of x

Give reasons for your answer Old

Changes to an exam question

AB, CD and YZ are straight lines.

All angles are in degrees.

Show that AB is parallel to CDNew

• Students will also have to memorise formulae.

Foundation tier students need to recall and use

• Pythagoras theorem

• Trigonometric ratios

• Area of a trapezium

• Volume of a prism

Higher tier students need to recall and use

• The quadratic formula

• The sine rule

• The cosine rule

• Area of a triangle

• The total time for the examinations is increasing, from 3 ½ hours to 4 ½ hours.

• There will be 3 examinations and all will be sat at the end of the course in Year 11.

Students

should have

their own

calculator

and bring it to

lesson

Available at

the LRC

Support

Exam Board:

• Revision guides

• Mathswatch app

• Mymaths.co.uk

English Language / English Literature GCSEs

• English Language – Reading and Writing – letters/ speeches/ reports articles

• English Literature- Shakespeare/ Poetry/ Drama/ Novel

• Two Separate GCSE qualifications (Graded 1 to 9)

Key Changes : English Language

• No Coursework / Controlled Assignments / No tiers

• 100% Examination at end of 2017

• Reading Paper: 50% - includes pre 20th Century extracts.

• Writing Paper: 50% - includes letters/ speech/ reports/

creative writing

Grammar/ spelling / technical accuracy

key element = 40% of marks

Example question:

A proposal has been made to hold a motorcycle race

on the roads in your area. Write an article for your

community magazine to share your views on this

proposal. You can write in favour or against the proposal.

English Literature GCSE 2015-2017

• 100% Examination - no tiers

• Two examination papers in

2017

• Focus on Pre-20th Century

writing

• 5% of total marks for accurate

spelling/punctuation and

grammar

Texts Studied

• One Shakespeare Play – Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet / Merchant of Venice

• 19th Century novel – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [Stevenson] / Silas Marner - [Elliot]

• Poetry Selection - 1798-2014 - Wordsworth / Duffy/ Owen/ Blake

• An Inspector Calls - Priestley

• Unseen poetry comparisons

Working Together

• Students will need to take and learn effective notes on texts across the year.

• School will provide all texts - poetry anthology and Dr Jekyll can be annotated.

• Parents will be given the opportunity to buy Shakespeare play Inspector Calls to enable son/daughter to annotate own copy.

• Notes must be learned/quotes committed to memory (closed book).

• All homework completed – show my homework (1 hr per week approx)

• Be organised to learn each lesson.

Show My HomeworkSupporting students’ independent learning

Highfields School

How much homework will a child be set?

• A minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 60 minutes per week

for each option subject, the core subjects (English, Maths and

each of the Science subjects), Citizenship and RE.

• Extra time for controlled assessment or preparation for examinations will be required at times throughout year 10 and 11.

• Students can do additional work at home to consolidate their

learning.

• Please contact Heads of Department if you have any questions about homework.

A simple online homework calendar showing homework information, deadlines and

attachments to support students when completing their homework.

From September 7th, all homework will be displayed online, using Show My Homework.

What is Show My Homework?

Benefits of SMHW for your child

• They can see all of their homework at the click of a button - 24/7

• Support materials can be uploaded to help them with their homework

• Teachers can set differentiated homework

• It provides a personalised experience to help your child stay organised and plan ahead

- Automatic due date reminders

• Parental support

Benefits of SMHW for Parents

• You can see exactly how much homework has been set for your child.

• It’s much easier to take part in supporting your child’s learning at home

• Improved communication with school

• Select the link on our school website to view the homework calendar.

• Here, all the school’s homework tasks are displayed, and can be filtered to find what you need.

• The homework calendar is here so that if you forget your login details, you can still find your child’s

homework.

• Click login to access your child’s personalised account.

Coloured blocks represent tasks.

The number in the corner of the block counts

down to its due date.

If a block is greyed out, the deadline has

passed.

A grey block with a coloured outline is a

deadline.

Highfields

School

• When you log in, if you have more than one child, they will appear on the

same page. From here you can find their homework.

• When you log in, your child’s homework appears in the calendar as a block, stretching from

the issue date to the due date.

• You can select a piece of homework for more details.

• In this view we can see a task’s title and description, how long the homework is expected

to take, and how it should be submitted.

• Helpful resources – files & websites – are displayed below the homework.

• When your child has logged in, they have a personalised to-do list.

• Homework is in order of deadlines, the nearest being at the top.

• On the right, they can see any Announcements or Events that apply to them.

Tick the boxes as you complete each task

to remove them from your to-do list.

• Parents and students can download the Show

My Homework App, for iPhone, iPad, iPod

Touch and Android Devices.

Support

Once you input the school email address on Show My Homework, you can

contact them if you need any support.

Email: help@showmyhomework.co.uk

Phone: 0207 197 9550

Twitter: @showmyhomework

School - enquires@hswv.co.uk

Key Dates for 2015/16

Event Week Beginning

Progress Review 1 2nd November 2015

Progress Review 2 14th December 2015

Year 10 Parents’ Evening Tuesday 2nd February 2016 5.30pm

Progress Review 3 8th February 2016

School Exams Core Exams 21st March 2016

Option Exams 20th June 2016

Progress Review 4 2nd May 2016

Year 10 Final Reports 11th July 2016

Your Voice Matters

• As you leave tonight please take the time to complete an evaluation form.

• There are two forms:

• Form 1 - general opinions about Highfields and your relationship with the school as a parent.

• Form 2 - based on what you have heard tonight whether there is anything that you would like to follow up on in more detail.

• Based on your responses we will provide further sessions to help you support your child.

Thank you for attending the

Year 10 Welcome Evening

Our contacts are:

Emails for all staff are now @hswv.co.uk

dbrook@hswv.co.uk

sedwards@hswv.co.uk

apreece@hswv.co.uk

We look forward to seeing on

Tuesday 2nd February 2016