Year 11 Exams Information Evening - March 2020

Year 11 Exams Information
         Evening
         March 2020

Programme for the Evening
5:30pm   Useful Websites – Pupil Introduction
5:50pm   Key Dates, Information and Resources
6:00pm   Elevate Education – Parent Study
         Skills Evening
7:00pm   Close

Year 11 – Important Contacts

Year 11 Lead: Leah Hunt
lhunt@sawstonvc.org

Exams Officer: Anne Martin
amartin@sawstonvc.org

Key Dates for the Year

27th March             Final Progress Report
21st April – 7th May   Languages Speaking Exams
29th – 30th April      Art GCSE Exam
11th May – 12th June   GCSE Exam Period
23rd May – 31st May    Summer Half Term
26th June              Year 11 Leavers’ Ball
20th August            Results Day

Key Subject Resources and Exam Timetable

Did you know…
  Pupils can now access a wide range of
subject specific revision materials stored on
    the Google Pupil Drive from home.

                            To access the Pupil Drive, simply
                            log in to your school Google
                            account and then type one of the
                            following in to the address bar at
                            the top of the page:
                               pupildrive.sawstonvc.org or
                                    pd.sawstonvc.org

                            Your username for Google is your
                            school e-mail address. If you have
                            forgotten your password, please
                            go to IT Support who can set you
                            a new one.

Did you know…

                    www.samlearning.com
10 hours on SAM Learning has been shown to increase exam results on
                  average by 1 grade in 2 subjects
                   Centre ID: CB2SV
     User ID: Your username is your date of birth
    followed by your initials (first & last name). e.g. If
     your name is Dave Brown and you were born on
      19th July 1998, your login would be 190798DB.
  Password: This is the same as username, unless you
                   have made your own.

https://senecalearning.com
Free online revision tool
                            Science, Maths, Geography
         using
                            RE, PE and English already
   ‘spaced learning’
                                     available.
      techniques

                                        A mix of revision
                                       Flashcards, images
                                          and quizzes.

Did you know…
All pupils have access to Maths Watch
  www.vle.mathswatch.co.uk

             Username: 15_ _ _ _
              @sawstonvc.org
          (the 4 blanks are made up of the first
           three letters of your surname+your
            initial. For example John Smith =
                  15smij@sawstonvc.org)

              Password: triangle

Did you know…
Pupils can access vocab express for free
         www.vocabexpress.com

  Contains all the vocabulary for the AQA       1. Username: ‘first 3
                                                  letters of last name +
   GCSE syllabus (French/German/Spanish)
                                                   first 3 letters of first
  Provides exercises and tests to revise all       name.’ e.g. James
  topic vocabulary at higher and foundation           Smith  smijam
                     level                        2. Password: your
                                                 username followed by
  Keeps a track of the vocabulary that you      YR10. eg: smijamYR10
                  have learnt.                  3. School code: UK0772

Did you know…
                      www.showmyhomework.co.uk

  Whilst you can
    search for
    homework
without a login, if
you do log in, you
 will be provided
 with a summary
 of all homework
tasks set for your
        child

Did you know…
Every Year 11 pupil will be receiving a summer
   exam schedule. This booklet includes:
                          Details of useful revision
                           resources
                          Advice on how to
                           prepare well for your
                           exams
                          A guide to effective
                           revision
                          Suggested well-being
                           activities
                          Dates and syllabus
                           details for each exam
                          Links to past papers,
                           mark schemes and
                           examiners’ reports

Elevate Education – Parents Study Skills