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Y8 EPRA -
Assessment &
Consolidation
Week
Help yourself to refreshments
Complete the task on tables…
EPRA Engaging Parents in Raising Achievement
“Children learn best when the significant adults in their lives - - parents, teachers, and other family and community members -- work together to encourage and support them.”
Why do we have these
assessment weeks…
“I don’t
know how to
REVISE!!!!!!”
Y8 Assessment &
Consolidation Week
Why do we have an assessment week?
To help prepare your child for exams and
assessments.
To teach them different ways to revise.
To help them plan their time.
To give strategies to deal and cope with being
nervous, stressed and anxious.
When does it start and finish?
This week and your child’s assessments will be
finished on Friday 20th October.
Y8 Assessment &
Consolidation Week
When will my child’s assessments be?
There is a time table in your child’s packs.
Where does my child go for their
assessments?
All assessments are in the Hall, apart from Art
and ICT these will be in lesson time when they
don’t have another assessment.
There is no assessment for PE
For assessments during P1 and P2 your child
must go straight to the hall.
A seating plan will be on the exam board
outside the hall.
Revision and Consolidation
Week…
During this first week your child will be taught
strategies on how to revise by all their teachers.
They will have time to practice these and create
revision resources.
During form time they will create a revision timetable
which will help you plan their time at home so that
they feel prepared for the assessments.
Your child will be taught about the following:
Exam writing techniques
Research & analysis
Understanding Exam Commands
Memory techniques
The revision
booklet!!!
Please spend some
time with your child
going through the
information,
creating a revision
timetable, having a
go at the different
revision strategies.
Y8 - Important dates for your diary • Y8 Assessment week - 2nd – 20th Oct 2017(Oakes retreat - 11-13th Oct) • Academic mentoring day – 5th December 2017 • RE residential – 6th December 2017 • Subject evening - 18th December 2017 • Y8 option evening - 25th January 2018 • Academic mentoring day – 8th March 2018 • Subject evening - 19th March 2018 • Y8 Maths Challenge – 26th April 2018 • Academic mentoring day 9th July 2018 • Awards evening - 10th July 2018
Assessment and Tracking
at St Bernard’s -
2017-2018
Jayne Collins
Vice Principal StandardsTracking & Assessment
• All students have an end of Y11 School Expected target
and Star Performer target grade for each subject.
• This is what they will be tracked against.
• Assessment criteria has been written in all subjects to
reflect what you should be doing in each year to achieve
your target grade.
• Teacher will assess if the students is:
– Working above expected progress (above target)
– Working at expected progress (on target_
– Working below expected progress (1 grade below target)
– Working well below expected progress (2 or more grades below
target)
• Tracking data and Attitude to learning grades will be
collected 4 times throughout the school year.Academic
Mentoring
• All students will have a mentor, this will predominantly be their
form tutor. Some students may have a member of the Pastoral
team, Progress Leader or member of SLT as their mentor
depending on their individual needs.
• The mentor will be the regular point of contact for the student
and the parent/carers when discussing all aspects of progress.
• Academic Mentoring afternoons will take place 3 times
throughout the academic year, running from 1:00-6:30pm.
• Academic Mentors will write a summary statement on the
students progress report based on the feedback from staff and
from their discussions with the students.
• These progress reports will be given out and discussed with
parents/carers and students during a 15 minute meeting.
• The academic mentor will set 3 targets for the next round of
tracking through discussion with parents/carers and students.Subject
Evenings
• There will be two further opportunities for
parents/carers to come into school to discuss their
child's progress, these are called subject evenings.
• These are approx. 1 ½ weeks after the academic
mentoring afternoons.
• These evenings will allow parents/carers/teachers
to request 1-1 meetings if they have specific
concerns in individual subjects.
• These will run from 3:30-6:00pmCarousel for Y8 EPRA • ICT 1 – Ms Senior – How to mindmup for revision • E1 – Ms Duffy –Revision techniques for Maths • E2 – Ms Lister – Revision techniques for MFL • E3 - Mr Geoghegan – Revision techniques in English • E4 – Mr Lovell – Revision techniques in history
Quick task…
List all the subjects that you study
Now rank them in order, with the
first being the subject in which you
feel less confident.
Can you add your target grades for
each subject too.
Discuss: when are you going to
revise these subjects? Do you know
what you have to revise?REDUCE PRIORITISE
5-3-1 information into your book (see sheet) What are the three most important things to know the
OR topic?
Sum up the findings of your last piece of work in OR
3 key bullet points. What is the most important point that was raised and
why?
CHANGE ASSEMBLE
Change your last piece of written work into a Create a mind map about the topic
picture/diagram/poster OR
OR Write an opinion piece drawing together what you
Change your last poster/diagram into a poem, letter or know about this topic so far
description.
CONNECT ARRANGE
Choose 6 key words, write them down and then explain Design a contents page putting your work so far into
how they are all connected. categories or themes.
OR OR
Create a flowchart or a ‘tube-map’ showing the links Create a set of questions about a topic, and arrange
between a topic. them from easy to hard.
CONTRAST IMPROVE
Compare a person/place/or thing from the topic with Go back over a piece of work and correct or improve it.
another person/place or thing of your choice. OR
OR Start a piece of work again and make improvements as
Give examples that prove or disprove your learning. you go through it.How can I aid my child’s revision? * Quizzes * Games * Pictionary * Scrabble * Articulate - Ask your child what works for them! Why? Games and quizzes are a fun, engaging way of assessing knowledge and understanding. If you know what your child is being taught, you can help them to revise!
Kahoot – How to Create - Go on kahoot.com - Click ‘sign up’ - Select as ‘work’ - Select the free version - Enter your details, including email address - Click ‘New Kahoot’ and follow your instructions to make your own game!
How to support students in
Mathematics
Maths watch
vle.mathswatch.com
Login: FirstnameSurname@sbch
Password: FourteenHow to support students in
Mathematics
Corbett Maths
www.corbettmaths.com
Hegarty Maths (use youtube)
https://www.youtube.com
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