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Year 11 Parent Information Evening

September 2016

Liam McDaid Vice Principal

University Technical College Bolton

Key People - Leadership

•David Goddard – Principal •Liam McDaid – Vice Principal (KS4 Outcomes)•Karen Whiffen – Assistant Principal (Teacher of MFL, Head of Communications faculty)•Marcus Hill – Assistant Principal (Maths)•Nicola Glynn – Assistant Principal (Science)•Chris Beard - Assistant Principal (STEM & Science) •Nicola Graham – Assistant Principal (SENCO)•David Morley – Director of Student Services and Inclusion

Key People – Yr 10 Academic Mentors

• Jim Dickson 10U

• Laura Swainston 10T

• Heather Brunt 10C

• Hana Dedat 10B

• Roxanne Thompson 10O

Traditional Student Journey

• End of Primary school KS2 tests – Levels achieved.

• Start KS3 and receive baseline

• Achieve a sublevel per term

• Enter KS4 subjects

• Are predicted their GCSE grade based on KS2 outcome

Our student journey

• End of Primary school KS2 tests – Levels achieved.

• Start KS3 and receive baseline

• Achieve a sublevel per term

• Arrive at UTC Bolton

• Enter KS4 subjects

• Are tested again using CAT4 and KS3 tests

• Are predicted their GCSE grade based on KS2 outcome

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• 5 A*- C Inc. English and Maths

• Progress 8

• What does this mean for you?

Reports

• What do they mean?

• How frequent?

• PG – If the student continues to work at this level then this is the grade we predict they will achieve

• ATG – KS2 prior attainment, CAT4 score used to create an ‘aspirational grade’

Expected Progress Teacher: GCSE Grade (KS4 level) Expected

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Not Matched (Students with no KS4 outcome or no KS2 outcome)

(2) (3) (4) (5&6) (7&8) (9)

Attitude to Learning <<< Dependent Learner Independent Learner >>>

Report dates

Report Date W/c Including

Autumn 1 10/10/16 ATG, PG, ATL

Autumn 2 19/12/16 ATG, PG, ATL and Comment

Spring 1 06/02/17 ATG, PG, ATL

Spring 2 27/03/17 ATG, PG, ATL and Comment

Summer 1 22/05/17 ATG, PG, ATL

Summer 2 17/07/17 ATG, PG, ATL and Comment

Additional Parental engagement opportunities

• 22nd September – Y10 Parents Info evening

• 13th October – Y10 Parents Evening

• 23rd November – Year 10 FOCUS Evening

• 9th March – Year 10 Parents Evening

• 6th June - Year 10 FOCUS Evening

Independent Learning Calendar

English LanguageAll exams will be sat at the end of year 11 and graded on the new 1-9 system.

English Language has several components that will be tested under exam conditions.

1)Narrative writing2)Writing for an audience3)Reading comprehension- fiction and non fiction (pre

and post 1900 century)

English Language GCSE

27 September 2016

English LiteratureAll exams will be sat at the end of year 11 and graded on the new 1-9 system.

English Literature has several components that will be tested under exam conditions.

1)An Inspector Calls (closed text)2)Romeo and Juliet (Closed text)3)A Christmas Carol (Closed text)4)18 poems from a set anthology (closed exam)5)Unseen poetry

English Literature GCSE

Mathematics GCSE

• Students are graded 1 – 9 (9 best) instead of A*-G

• Will take Higher (5-9) or Foundation (1-5) tier papers – tier decision made in January of Y11

• Students need their own scientific calculator –please buy one soon so they can be familiar with them by the exam dates

• Drop-in workshop sessions for Y10 at 8:15 Tuesdays and Fridays

Year 10 Biology/Chemistry/ Physics Science

Intervention after school Monday

• Students can purchase GCSE combined trilogy text book

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Revision guide• AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy Revision Guide• by Collins GCSE, 31 Aug 2016, Paperback

The Edexcel GCSE is taught as 2 Units, containing 5 topical questions which are explored through the

cognitive, social and

biological approaches.

Unit 1: Perception and Dreaming is worth 40% and is assessed by a 1 hour 15 minutes exam at the end of Year 11.

The unit 1 exam contains a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions.

Unit 1 consists of 2 topics:

Topic A: How do we see our world?

Topic B: Is dreaming meaningful?

Unit 2: Social and Biological Psychological Debates is worth 60% and is assessed by a

1hour 45 minutes exam at the end of Year 11. The unit 2 exam contains short answer questions (2+ marks)

and essay style questions (10 marks).

Unit 2 consists of 3 topics:

Topic C: Do TV and video games affect young people’s behaviour?

Topic D: Why do we have phobias?

Topic E: Are criminals born or made?

Stretch an challenge workshops – Wednesday lunch time

For Revision:•Begin to make revision notes as soon as possible after each topic has been completed.

•Practice past exam papers, these can be accessed via the internet at the Edexcel website.

•Become familiar with the mark scheme.

•Regularly check the EdExcel website:

http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/psychology-2009.html

Text Book: Psychology, Student Book by Christine Brain, Julia Russell, Karren Smith.

Students will find it helpful to have a copy of the text book home to help them to complete their homework or for revision.

Psychology GCSE

AQA /GCSE MFL (French/Spanish/German)

What skills will be assessed? Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing. Each component is worth 25% of the final grade.

How will students be assessed and when?

Final examination at end of course in Y11. Students will be expected to understand dialogues between two or more native TL speakers, read and understand extracts from literary texts, write creatively, describe pictures, take part in Role Plays and other conversations, and translate paragraphs to and from TL.

There are two tiers available : Higher & Foundation. Students are entered for either the Foundation or the Higher paper – there is no longer the opportunity to “mix and match”

How will student progress be monitored and tracked?

Progress checks within each lesson; Peer and self assessment; GCSE Controlled Assessments throughout Y10 and Y11; Mock GCSE exams

What can you do to help your child?

Encourage attendance at the Intervention/Stretch and Challenge Workshops for each language start date for this tbc); Encourage access to www.linguascope.com (Username: utcbling; Password: berlin) and/or “GCSE Bitesize” site; Encourage completion of KED Independent Learning activities from the Independent Learning Calendar (on school website); Regularly test current vocabulary topics; Encourage Listening/Reading practice by watching DVDs in TL with or without English subtitles, or in English with TL subtitles

OCR/GCSE/COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Students will sit two exams at the end of year 11.

• Students will also complete 1 programming project in year 11

• Help students write up a revision time table, check subject knowledge by using class books and revision guides.

• Intervention is every Monday evening from 4.10pm til 5.00pm in B28 with Mr Kenyon, Teacher of Computer Science & Business Studies.

• A series of stretch & challenge workshops focusing on: Hacking/Coding; Graphic/Game Design & Robotics will be starting soon on Tuesday evenings from 4.10 - 5.00pm (See Mr Kenyon for more details)

OCR/GCSE/BUSINESS STUDIES

• Students will sit two exams at the end of year 11.

• Students will also complete a Controlled Assessment worth 25%

• Intervention is every Wednesday evening from 4.10pm til 5.00pm in B28 with Mr Kenyon, Teacher of Computer Science & Business Studies.

• Business Breakfast Club is every Wednesday morning from 8.30am till 9.00am in the Bistro.

AQA Specification

Unit 1 – Living with the Physical Environment (35% of the GCSE)

90 minute exam in May/June 2018

Unit 2 – Challenges in the Human Environment (35% of the GCSE)

90 minute exam in May/June 2018

Unit 3 – Geographical Applications*

75 minute exam in May/June 2018

*This is the most significant change from previous GCSE Geography courses. This exam is in two

sections. Section A involves questions linked to a resource booklet released to the college in

March 2018. Section B involves questions linked to TWO pieces of fieldwork that the students

must complete between September 2016 and May 2018. One piece of fieldwork must link to

Unit 1, the second piece to Unit 2.

Geography Intervention sessions are every Monday after school from 4.10 until 5.00pm

Additional sessions are run Tuesday lunchtimes (and Thursday lunchtimes on request)

Geography GCSE

The Edexcel GCSE is taught as 2 Units, containing 5 topical questions which are explored through the

cognitive, social and

biological approaches.

Unit 1: Perception and Dreaming is worth 40% and is assessed by a 1 hour 15 minutes exam at the end of Year 11.

The unit 1 exam contains a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions.

Unit 1 consists of 2 topics:

Topic A: How do we see our world?

Topic B: Is dreaming meaningful?

Unit 2: Social and Biological Psychological Debates is worth 60% and is assessed by a

1hour 45 minutes exam at the end of Year 11. The unit 2 exam contains short answer questions (2+ marks)

and essay style questions (10 marks).

Unit 2 consists of 3 topics:

Topic C: Do TV and video games affect young people’s behaviour?

Topic D: Why do we have phobias?

Topic E: Are criminals born or made?

Stretch an challenge workshops – Wednesday lunch time

For Revision:•Begin to make revision notes as soon as possible after each topic has been completed.

•Practice past exam papers, these can be accessed via the internet at the Edexcel website.

•Become familiar with the mark scheme.

•Regularly check the EdExcel website:

http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/psychology-2009.html

Text Book: Psychology, Student Book by Christine Brain, Julia Russell, Karren Smith.

Students will find it helpful to have a copy of the text book home to help them to complete their homework or for revision.

Psychology GCSE

INTERVENTION SESSIONS

WEDNESDAY AM(8.15 – 8.45 c58)

with L.SWAINSTON

Year Paper and topic % of exam score

Year 10 Modern depth study –September 16 - February 17

Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 - 193830%

British thematic study – February 17 – July 17

Medicine in Britain c1250 – present date/surgery and treatment in WWI30%

Year 11 Period study – September 17 – December 17

Early Elizabethan England 1558 - 158820%

British Depth study – January 18 – March 18

Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941 - 9120%

Key Text books:

Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 1939 Hodder Education

or Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Weimar and Nazi

Germany, 1918–1939 Student Book

History GCSE

Sports Science GCSE

EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING STUDENTS HAVE A PRACTICAL LESSON AND NEED TO ARRIVE IN SCHOOL IN THEIR PE KIT. (Full kit is UTC socks, UTC shorts/skort or tracksuit and a UTC top)

INDEPENDENT LEARNING IS GIVEN EVERY MONDAY AND TO BE RETURNED BY THURSDAY THE SAME WEEK

THE STUDENTS ARE READING THE ‘AQA’ SYLLABUS 2018 EXAM

EVERY UNIT HAS A MID TERM ASSESSMENT FOLLOWED BY AN END OF UNIT EXAM

EVERY FRIDAY MORNING STUDENTS WILL BE INVITED TO AN 8.30 INTERVENTION SESSION TO IMPROVE GRADES AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS CAN ACCESS BBC Bitesize, GCSE ipod, get revising and use the AQA website for other research information.

Attendance Matters

We appreciate that children are unwell from

time to time and that there can be exceptional

circumstances for absences, but we ask that

you think carefully about keeping your child out

of school. There is a strong connection between

attendance and achievement at school.

Absence is proven to have a significant

negative impact upon a child’s educational attainment.

Poor Attendance

Poor Attendance

Poor Attendance

Good Attendance

Good Attendance

Good Attendance

Right Support & Challenge

• We will encourage students who feel unwell to stay in school where possible.

• We will challenge students to provide medical evidence of appointments or periods of illness.

• We will support Bolton council with their policies and procedures regarding attendance matters.

• We hope you will support us by ensuring your child has the best opportunity to succeed at UTC Bolton by ensuring their attendance is 96%+