1. Mathematics Curriculum Leader: Miss Devani
KS4 Coordinator: Mrs Sherali

2. Key Dates OFFICIAL EXAMS: Thursday 25th May 2017
Paper 1: Non-Calculator Foundation and Higher Tier ( 1h 30m )
Thursday 8th June 2017
Paper 2: Calculator Foundation and Higher Tier ( 1h 30m )
Tuesday 13th June 2017
Paper 3: Calculator Foundation and Higher Tier ( 1h 30m )

3. Year 11 Short Term Plan Mock exam (1) 11th and 14th November
January Feb 2017 –
6 week teaching plan tailored for each individual class according to mock breakdown.
Test to assess 6 week revision
Mock Exams (2) - Beginning of March 2017
April- May
Exam Papers

4. MOCK EXAMS: Friday 11th November 2016 Paper 1: Non-Calculator Foundation and Higher Tier Monday 14th November 2016 Paper 2 & Paper 3: Calculator Foundation and Higher Tier Each paper is 1hr 30 min

5. New maths GCSE grades for 2017
7 is anchored to old A
5 is set between B and C (new pass grade)
4 is anchored to old C
1 is the old F and G

6. Exam preparation and resources
What can you do to help ?
Exam preparation and resources
Revision guides and workbooks produced by Edexcel will be available to buy via parent pay
Scientific calculator, Maths set.
Use GCSE Topic list to work on ‘weak’ topics.

7. Online Resources
– USERNAME : Uxbridge PASSWORD : Equation4
Interactive online lessons
(open access)
Video clips, practice questions, 5 a day revision questions
Video clips, , practice questions
Pixl maths app (individual student logins provided next week)
Past paper are available from using the following route:
Subjects / Maths and Statistics / GCSE / Mathematics / Mathematics A (2010) / Exam materials

8. Average Retention Rate
What can you do to help ?
Average Retention Rate

9. Any Questions ? Miss Devani bdevani@uhs.org.uk Mrs Sherali

10. What can you do to help ?
Talk about numbers
Real life situations: shopping, offers, best buys, interest rates, commission payments, bills
Mental maths: the more automatic responses that a candidate can accurately recall the better
Discuss problem solving strategies: drawing diagrams, underlining important facts and reading questions carefully can all help
Does their answer make sense? Estimating as a checking strategy is useful