College Improvement Plan

Supporting the old while building the new

Achievement

Year 12

Raising Achievement

EveningMonday 23rd September 2013

Plan for the year ahead

If you don’t have a target, chances are

you will miss!

Raising the bar!

GCSE results 2013• 11 A*/A grades

Sam Jordan, Patrick Osborne, Abe Farquharson, Ian Hawthorne and Marcus Rea

• 10 A*/A grades Alistair Bissett, Ross Carrigan, Joshua Catherall, Conor Johnston, Andrew Martin, Ben McDowell, Jamie Robinson and Adam Walmsley

• 9 A*/A grades Seb Haley, Josh Harbinson, Corrin Penman, Timothy Rolston, Benny Tang and Joshua Thompson

• 8 A*/A grades Jack Beattie, Patrick Butler, Rory Butler, Conor Hill, Alistair Hunter, Aaron McMaster, JJ Ong and Michael Simpson

GCSE results 2013

• 31% of total GCSEs were awarded A*/A grades,

up from 26% in 2012 and 21% in 2011

• 86% of total GCSEs were awarded A*-C grades, up from 81% in 2012 and 78% in 2011.

Raising the bar!

Over 125 Year 12 boys achievedthe increased tariff for Sixth Form

Other bars being raised…

Course 2006 2011 2016

Computer Science

3C’s 2B’s + 1C

???

Engineering 3C’s 3B’s ???

Agriculture 3C’s 3B’s ???

Primary Teaching (Stranmillis)

3B’s 3A’s ???

Year 12 What will you achieve next June?

5 pts

23 pts

Waste time William

Y11 result – 59%

Will you obtain 5 points ? (5C’s)

Will you obtain 15 points ? (5 B’s and 5 C’s)

Average Joe

Y11 result – 58%

Will you obtain 25 points ? (3A*s, 3A’s & 2B’s)

Academic Albert

Y11 result – 61%

Opportunities for you to make a difference!

Positively

Negatively

Some basic facts of life!

• Year 12 is busy• Year 12 demands hard work• Year 12 is competitive

- not just within Campbell College• Year 12 invites you to make choices

Some basic facts of life

The choices you make now,

COUNT!

What are you going to do?

• Back to school for A-Levels?• Leave school and go to FE?• Leave school and get a job?• Hide?

Tonight

You have the opportunity to contribute to this process by discussing each subject grade with your son and coming to agreement with them. The target grade will be recorded in school and progress monitored.

Year 12 Making your points prediction…

A*/A = 3 pts B = 2 pts C = 1 pt

14 points(4 B’s, 6C’s)

22 Points(4 A’s, 4 B’s, 2 C’s)

30 Points(10 A’s)

Be SMART about your targets

• Specific• Measurable• Agreed• Realistic• Time-bound

Learn from your mistakes…

“Incremental improvement”

Original Grade

Plus 1 mark per

unit

Plus 2 marks per

unit

Plus 3 marks per

unit

Plus 4 marks per

unit

Plus 5 marks per

unitTom Smyth 205 D C C C C CJohn Smyth 191 D D D D D CIan Smyth 343 A* A* A* A* A* A*Alan Smyth 253 B B B B B BTom Smyth 199 D D D C C CJohn Smyth 224 C C C C C CIan Smyth 241 C C C C B BAlan Smyth 242 C C C B B BTom Smyth 258 B B B B B BJohn Smyth 313 A A A A A ATom Smyth 255 C B B B B BIan Smyth 335 A A* A* A* A* A*

Knowledge Skills Perseverance

Influencing your own destiny

Knowledge Skills Perseverance

Influencing your own destiny

Mostly school

Mostly you

Knowledge SkillsNote taking

Note making

Memory skills

Summarizing

Perseverance

Helping yourself

•Course content

•Assessment

•Coursework

Give up

Lose your temper

Blame someone else

Good Practice is essential

Fitness is not a spectator sport, nor can you get some magic prescription to get you fit

Learning is exactly the same!

Practice does not make perfect – it confirms habits, good or bad

Good practice encourages active learning.

Learning is not a spectator sport. You learn as you

• talk about what you are learning,

• write about it and

• participate in class

Year 12 The Year Ahead

5 weeks Half Term

7 weeks Christmas

0 weeks Mocks

3 weeks Parents’ Evening

7 weeks Easter

2 weeks GCSE Exams

24 weeks 120 days12 days per subject

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can

Cut GCSEs down to size.

“ I knew what I had to do. Ahead of me was Business Studies Coursework. I decided I would make the October deadline my goal. I persevered with it, using my time wisely. When I finally got finished I picked another piece of coursework and started all over again”…

Year 12 Student 2012

Summer 2013 Remove the risk.

A final 4-letter word!

WORK

If you have any queries please do not hesitate totalk to any member of

staff.

Thank you for coming.After target-setting in your

tutor groups, please join us for refreshments in the Dining

Hall.