Thank you to everyone who attended the Year 11 Core Information Evening on Thursday. We hope the presentations were useful and that you enjoyed the pie and peas!

Below is the info from the summary sheets from the English, Mathematics and Science departments.

The From the Sidelines website was highlighted during the evening as a useful source of support for parents and carers. As mobile phone use has recently been discussed with students, parents and carers are also encouraged to listen to the Distractions podcast.

https://www.fromthesidelines.uk/podcasts 

English

Key Takeaways:

In lessons:

• Do Now retrieval at the start of every lesson, covering content from both English Language and English Literature.

• Regular opportunities to complete exam style responses.

• Regular teacher feedback to allow students to improve their skills.

Outside of lessons:

• Weekly home learning tasks focussing on essay practise, quotation analysis, past paper questions etc.

• Dedicated Teams channel for Y11 English offering online support videos, past paper questions, modelled responses, annotated copies of texts and more.

Support available:

• Y11 after school revision session every Monday 14:50 – 15:45 in the English department. Focus is on building exam confidence and exam technique. 

Key Dates:

Mathematics

Key Takeaways:

In lessons:

• Do Now retrieval at the start of every lesson, 4 to 8 topics per lesson 4 times per week.

• Booklet curriculum, focus on ‘I do, we do, you do’

• All Y11 resources delivered through OneNote, students can easily access all resources

• HL Quiz each Thursday based questions from previous home learning.

Outside of lessons:

• Weekly paper home learning based off past paper questions (set Thursday)

• Access to Sparx to revise topics through independent learning

• Securing grade booklets to be distributed after October Practice Exams.

Support available:

• Home learning club every Tuesday 14:50– 15:50 in the Maths department

• Y11 Enrichment every Wednesday 14:50 – 15:50 in the Maths department, focus on building exam confidence and exam technique.

Useful websites:

1st class maths: https://www.1stclassmaths.com/edexcelrevision 

Hannah Kettle: https://www.hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/ 

Key Dates:

Science

Key Takeaways:

In lessons:

• Do Now retrieval at the start of every lesson to practice knowledge recall.

• Regular opportunities to complete exam style responses to develop and practice exam skills.

• Regular review lessons to consolidate and practice exam technique and knowledge recall.

• Regular teacher feedback to allow students to improve their skills.

Outside of lessons:

• Science department site has lots of support to help students prepare for the science exams and consolidate learning throughout the year.

• Dedicated Y11 practice exams site with:

  
  

  • details about the exams students will sit

  • links to revision materials

  • practice questions

  • whole past papers

  • important details on what and how to revise

• Sparx science Students have access to Sparx science for home learning and topic codes to help them focus their revision through independent learning. Sparx science info for parents

• Exams analysis question analysis from practice exams with detailed feedback on areas that students need to improve – Sparx codes can be used to easily get students into revising something that will help them improve.

Support available:

• After school revision sessions on a Tuesday with revision notes and past paper questions provided, these are led by subject specialist.

• Mentor time intervention – mentor time sessions on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning to help students prepare for exams.

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