Bullers Wood School Year 11 Examination Information Evening Wednesday 2nd November 2011

1. Bullers Wood School Year 11 Examination Information Evening Wednesday 2nd November 2011

2. She always leaves everything to the last minute – and it’s always when the printer is broken! There are a million websites to help but how do you know which are any good? She always says she has no work to do! I don’t understand all this course work, levels and modular exams – it’s completely different from when I was at school

3. Reports

4. Adult Literacy And Numeracy ALAN • Numeracy Level 2 – 23 points • Literacy Level 2 – 23 points Students achieving both Literacy and Numeracy is the equivalent to a B at GCSE

5. Mock Examinations

6. Targeted Intervention

7. SAM Learning Secondary www.samlearning.com

8. Login

9. Login Centre ID: BR7BW User ID: ddmmyyii Password: e.g.160796SB

10. Your Homepage

11. Revision Exercise -Maths

12. Topic Questions

14. Student Progress Report

15. Questions Please see Mrs. May at the end of the evening

16. 1: Reading non-fiction: understand / presentation / language 2. Be able to write to describe, persuade, inform – three different types of writing

17. www.englishbiz.co.uk Writing to describe – use all five senses: hearing, smell, taste, touch, feel. Using metaphors and similes to make your writing contain pictures (imagery)

18. Writing to inform Writing that is clear, factual, straightforward, non-biased Writing that answers the questions: who, what, when, where, how

19. Writing to argue/ persuade Emotional One sided biased

21. Make your sentences shorter: 12 words. • Make some much shorter: 3 – 5 words. • Use “and” less • Join some sentences with “that”, “who”, “which” • Write some 2 part sentences starting with “As …, …”, “Although …, …”, “When …, …”

22. Choose the right question: letters are most straightforward • Do a spider diagram of ideas, then number them 5-7 for paragraphing • Use: • Vivid description • Dialogue • Questions • Then & now – go from past tense into the present • For & against

23. A small number of words make a big difference

24. There are 3 easy ways to improve your spelling

25. See

26. Hear

27. Memorise

28. 1: Be-lie-ve

29. 2: Bu-sin-ess

30. 3: Se-para-te

31. 4: Envi-ron-ment

32. Hear

33. 5: Govern+ment

34. 6: Feb-RU-ary

35. 7: Happen+ed

36. 8: Sur+prise

37. 9: Interesting

38. 10: Accommodation

39. 11: Skilful

40. 12: Necessary

41. GCSE MATHEMATICS 2011 -12

42. How is the Maths Department helping your daughter to prepare for her maths exams? • Revision materials have been sold including: Guides and workbooks Mathswatch CDs • Practice papers – marked regularly by staff and discussed with students • After school/lunchtime revision sessions may be offered

43. What maths resources are available? There are numerous revision websites available but especially:

44. Maths Watch The Maths Watch CD is an excellent revision resource that students can use at home We now also have Maths Watch on the VLE

45. Click on the Maths Watch link in the left hand corner Your daughter’s teacher will go over exactly how to access Maths Watch on the VLE in class.

46. The Maths area of school VLE has other resources specifically targeting D to C grade work

47. C if U can!

48. 10 STEPS TO SUCCESS

49. How can you help your daughter to prepare for these important exams? • Make sure she has access to the appropriate revision materials – and encourage her to use them regularly • Encourage her look up the things she doesn’t know and to ask her teacher for individual help • Ensure that she is completing the practice papers to the best of her ability – and handing them in on time • Check her contact book to ensure that she is completing the whole paper • Make sure that she attends any specific revision sessions provided by her teacher

50. Other good sites include .....