Year 9 INFORMATION EVENING 22nd September 2016 Welcome to the Assessment Session

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us “ Marcel Proust

Key Stage 4 at FPGS From Year 9 The Three Year course: How does this help your daughter? How can I help my daughter? Keeping track of key deadlines Checking the planner for homework set Helping them find space to do it Checking it’s all done to the best of her ability. Proof reading and literacy (SPaG) Asking for help…emailing the teacher… Helping her on the journey of independence in terms of her workload

Types of Assessment students will undertake The new GCSE’s…. Mainly end of year and KS4 examinations - implications…. There will still be… Oral work for literary subjects Some coursework under controlled conditions Practical assessed work Practical project or performance under examination conditions

feedback Based on KS2 data and work completed in Year 7 and 8 you will receive a target grade Throughout the year – 3 times during the course of the year you will be able to see in Parent Portal the Engagement in learning or effort made and the CWA: B1 B2 B3 and also predicted grades as well Exam practice….lots of questions home with guides to timings for each question as well as marks available Keep an eye out for this and any drops in engagement in particular…

What got you here…will not get you there…