Year 11 Final Push Evening

2018 – 2019

Tuesday 30th April 2019

Purpose of the Evening

Clarify the examination timetable and process

Share examination timetables and PPE Results

Final advice for Core Subjects

Arrangements for Term 6

Examination Timetable

Examination Timetable

Check that all subjects are included on the timetable

Check that any tiers of entry are correct (Maths and Science)

Check the dates and times of all exams

Any concerns or errors needed to be reported to Miss Smith by Friday 3rd May

Examination Process

All morning examinations will start at 9.00am.

If you have an exam in the morning session, after tutor go directly to the main school hall.

All afternoon examinations will start at 1.30pm.

If you have an exam in the afternoon session, after lunch go directly to the main school hall.

Secrets of Success sessions will take place before all examinations.

A number of the afternoon examinations will finish after the end of the school day, arrangements will need to be made to get home.

NO STUDENT IS PERMITTED TO LEAVE EARLY FROM ANY EXAMINATION

Examination Process - Absence

Full attendance is a requirement for all examinations.

Absent through illness is likely to result in a zero for the examination paper.

Examination papers will not be rescheduled.

Are able to apply for special consideration for serious illness however this is not a guarantee a grade will be awarded.

Better option to attend and complete the examination. Retrospectively special consideration can be applied for and may result in a slight mark increase.

Examination Process – General Information

Routines and structure are important during the exams

Important eat, drink and sleep well – avoid late night revision

Avoid foods and drinks high in sugar or caffeine

Arrive at school early to avoid stressing and worrying about being late.

Focus one week at a time, use a tick list to cross off exams as they are completed.

English

Exam Board and exam format:

• AQA Language (2 written exams & 1 Speaking and Listening assessment)

• AQA Literature (2 written exams)

LiteraturePaper 1:

• A Christmas Carol OR DrJekyll and Mr Hyde

• Romeo and Juliet OR Macbeth

Paper 2:

• An Inspector Calls

• Poetry (Power and Conflict)

• Poetry (Unseen)

LanguagePaper 1: Fiction

• Reading and writing

• Descriptive language techniques

• Structural devices

Paper 2: Non-fiction

• Reading and writing

• Persuasive language techniques

• Writing opinion

LiteratureDo you know the key moments in

each text?• Mind-map each Act,

Stave or chapter

THEMES• Revise the key themes

for each text

• Plan an essay response for each theme

• Revise the key moments, quotations and contextual details which link to each text

Characters• Mind-map each key

character

• Revise key moments and quotations linked to each character

• What is the function of each character in the text?

Writer’s purpose• E.G. Why did Priestley

write this play? What was his message to the audience?

Context• When was each text written and set?

• What was life like at the time?

Literature (Poetry)Do you know

what happens in each poem?

• Annotate all 15 poems in your anthology

• Add notes to revision flashcards

THEMES• Revise the key themes

• Mind-map which poems link best under each theme

Writer’s method• Revise poetic terms

• Revise structural features of each poem

Writer’s purpose• E.G. What is the message

in ‘Bayonet Charge’? What was Hughes saying about war?

Essay writing• Read back over past exams

• Re-draft and edit

• Practice planning and writing exam responses

Language• Revise subject terminology for analysis of language

and structure

• Revise structure and timing of each question

• Practise using AFOREST

• Read feature articles in newspapers

• Practise writing persuasive articles, letters and speeches

• Practise writing descriptively

• Read over and edit mock exams

Revision Resources

•Revision Guides

•Mr Bruff (YouTube)

•BBC Bitesize

•Sparknotes

•www.genius.com

•Period 6 - Tuesday

Maths

Maths

Use the QLA to identify and focus upon areas of weakness.

Having identified the key areas refer to the revision guides, Hegarty or the other online packages that are available.

Your mock data has been uploaded to pinpoint learning. This will generate papers for you to complete https://www.pinpointlearning.co.uk/indexschool.php

Question Question Title Score HM CLIP

A1 Place value - digit value 0 / 1 1 13

A2 Compound area - rectangle & triangle 3 / 3

2 554, 557

A3 Fraction of an amount - reverse 0 / 2 3 79

A4 Bidmas - fractions 0 / 2 4 24

A5 Expand single bracket 1 / 1 5 160

A6 2 step linear equation 2 / 2 6 179

A7 Ratio -share in a given ratio - problem solving 4 / 4

7

332

B1 Ratio as a fraction 1 / 1 8 330

B2 Standard form 3 / 3 9 123, 122

B3 Expand double brackets 1 / 2 10 162

B4 Angles in parallel lines and triangle 0 / 3 11 488, 489

B5 Percentage - problem solving 1 / 4 12 86

B6 Changing the subject 0 / 1 13 283

B7 Factorising quadratics 0 / 2 14 223

B8 Solving linear inequalities - division by negative 0 / 1

15

270

B9 Compound interest 1 / 1 16 94

B10 Probability trees 0 / 4 17 361

B11 Simultaneous equations 0 / 3 18 191

C1 Bounds - identify LB and UB 2 / 2 19 137-138

C2 Substitution 0 / 2 20 278

C3 Surds - simplify improper fraction 1 / 1 21 115

C4 Graphs - identify cubic 0 / 1 22 299

C5 Equation of a parallel line 0 / 3 23 214

C6 Simplify surds and index laws 1 / 3 24 103, 115

C7 Recurring decimals - identify 1 / 1 25 74

C8 Bounds - Perimeter 2 / 2 26 138-139

C9 Inverse proportion 0 / 4 27 346

C10 Changing the subject 0 / 4 28 286

C11 Equation of a circle 0 / 1 29

C12 Compound interest 0 / 1 30 94

C13 Recurring decimal to fraction 0 / 3 31 54

C14 Surds - rationalise the denominator 0 / 3 32 119

C15 Bounds - calculation 1 / 3 33 139

C16 Growth & Decay 0 / 3 34

C17 Surds - rationalise the denominator 0 / 3 35 119

0 / 0 36

0 / 0 37

0 / 0 38

0 / 0 39

0 / 0 40

0 / 0 41

0 / 0 42

Total 25 / 80

Maths

Take time to complete any of the Easter pack that has not been completed.

Look at past papers – easiest way of achieving this is through https://www.onmaths.com/

After completing paper 1, a paper will be provided to help support revision for the calculator papers

Science

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zw8qpbk https://revisionscience.com/gcs

e-revision/science/science-

gcse-past-papers/aqa-gcse-

science-past-papers

Past

papers

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=mKYQ-K23Mr4

Primrose Kitten- on

Youtube

Revision GuidesWorkbooks

Past papers and mark schemes

Our exam board is AQA, the course name is GCSE Combined Science Trilogy.

Period 6 and Twilight sessions

Period 6 is still running afterschool on Mondays with Miss Brookes,

Mrs Godwin, Miss McCaig and Mr Beesley, and on Thursdays with

Mr Hafernik.

Twilight sessions will run the afternoon the day before the first three

science papers. Letters will be going out this week.

You can set your own tests on Educake…

Quizlet

BBC Bitesize – remember we do Combined Science for AQA, Trilogy.

This

one!

Required practicals…

Use the Focus website

(Our school link:

http://www.focuselearning.co.uk/u/32002/noxaoCkewhpbegcbwiigClbiAypqvvodd)

It has all the required practicals.

How Much Revision Should I do?

School LRC will be open until 5pm Monday – Thursday in the lead up to exams.

Revision should always be structured and planned.

On a week day students should aim for 2-3 hours revision per night broken into 30 minute sections.

At weekends and holidays students should aim for 5-6 hours revision broken into 30 minute sections.

As a parent / carer you are able to help by asking questions linked to the subject that has just been completed. This will allow the student to check they have retained the information.

Arrangements for Term 6

The examinations are spread over five weeks.

There are 2 weeks of exams that take place during Term 6.

Any period that is no longer required will be used to provide a revision session for another subject.

Each week a schedule will be produced showing all sessions and rooms.

This will be shared with students and displayed on the school website for parents

Closing Thoughts

Remember you are not alone – 700,000 other Year 11 students sitting exams.

Only 5 weeks left (25 days) of secondary school education remaining.

Prom as a celebration for completing your time at Seahaven.

For the pain of the exams you are rewarded with a summer holiday in the region of 10-12 weeks.

It will be worth it in the end – All Year 11 have confirmed destinations for next year.