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Whitmore High School Year 10 GCSE Success Event

Whitmore High School Year 10 GCSE Success Event Presentation

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Whitmore High School Year 10 GCSE Success Event

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  1. Top tips to support your child’s success at GCSE

  2. Our Aims Allstudents fulfill or exceed their potential at GCSE All students get the full benefit of careers adviceto plan for future education, training, and employment

  3. Grades GCSE Grades 1 – 9 (Grade 9 = highest) Advanced Level Courses e.g. A Levelsrequire: 6 grade 5-9 passes including5 or higher English Lang AND Maths To study a subject at A level: a grade 5 or above in that subject is a requirement (6 for the Sciences, Maths and Languages)

  4. GCSE Programme Core English (2 GCSEs) Maths Science (2 GCSEs) RE (1 GCSE) PE (Core) Options 4-5 GCSEs

  5. Time marches on…

  6. Partnership

  7. Aspire to Succeed Ambition: high standards for every lesson, every homework Self-belief: every lesson counts Perseverance: spend time on work and be thorough Independence: keep up to date with work, homework and revision Responsibility: be organised & involved – act on teachers’ advice Empathy: be a positive role model to others

  8. Homework Routines 2 hours per night throughout Year 10 and Year 11 Set place – quiet, undisturbed, desk/table, no T.V, computer games, away from phones Get down to homework early in the evening

  9. General Support • Revision Classes/Small Group Intervention at lunch or after school • GCSE Revision Booklets • Individual Mentoring in Year 11 • Pastoral Sessions – Revision Skills & Revision Planning • 1:1 Guidance Interviews in Year 11 • Careers Interviews

  10. What can parents & carers do? • Ensure good attendance & punctuality • Listen to problems • Plenty of support, praise & encouragement • Provide incentives! • Check and sign planner every week • Encourage them to revise work on a regular basis • Establish sound homework routines

  11. What are we doing? • High quality teaching • Consistently in the top 100 schools in the country • 30% of grades awarded were 7-9 • 94 students with 5+ grades 7-9 • Progress 8 in the top 50 schools in the country • Small GCSE classes • Marking work & giving feedback • Setting homework • Monitoring Progress • Parents Evening • Termly Reports • Tests & Exams

  12. Additional Support for Students • Internal: • Whitmore Student Advisors • Mentors • Counsellors • External: • GP • Mentors

  13. What next? 100% of Whitmore students go on to 6th Form courses or training Whitmore 6th Form Apprenticeships…very competitive now!

  14. Contact us Thank you for accessing our virtual GCSE Success event. Please do get in touch if you have any concernsregarding your child’s progress and wellbeing at Whitmore. Your first point of contact is your child’s Form Tutoror Mr Rake, Head of Year 10 020 8864 7688 office@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk

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