1. Curriculum Information Evening for Year 10 and 11
13th September 2017
Welcome

2. Agenda for the evening
Welcome / Introductions (Rod Bell)
What’s new this year? (Rod Bell)
Key Dates, New GCSEs, Curriculum Overview, ME Meetings (Marcus Chapman)
Year 11 Achievement System & My Futures Evening (Rod Bell)
Thinking about Post 16 Options (Luke Clark)
Learning Culture (Kelvin Rogers)
Revision and final exam prep. (Phil White)
Personal Q/A (All)
Parent Consultation – Your input via our feedback forms!
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3. What’s new? – Raising the bar!

4. What’s new? – Raising the bar!

5. You will receive praise/rewards via:
Written comments in exercise books
Pastoral Reports
Progress Checks
Giving Certificates, Cups, Awards, School Colours
Announcements made in School Assemblies
End of term Commendation Assemblies/Certificates
Reports in Newsletters/on School Social Media
Praise Post Cards
Displaying Work
Corsham Credits
Phone call, letter or sent home
Showing good work to the Headteacher/Year Learning Manager/Head of Faculty.
Awards Evenings

6. Uniform & Appearance

7. Expectations & ConsequencesB1
Behaviour:
Disorderly arrival or exit
No equipment
Planner not signed
Inadequate work
Low-level disruption
Misusing equipment
Failing to follow instructions
Inappropriate language
Eating/drinking in class
Unkindness to other students
Your teacher or tutor will do one or more of the following things:
- Speak to you about your behaviour
- Change the seating plan
- Give you a plan to avoid problems in next
lesson
- Write a note in your planner
Response level
Class teacher or tutor
Behaviour Points logged on SIMs 1 B2
Behaviour :
Using mobile without permission
Frequently having no equipment
Interfering with others
Persistently failing to follow instructions
Persistently disrupting lessons
Your teacher or tutor will do one or more of the following things:
  Issue a 10 minute detention
- Confiscate an item for the rest of a lesson
- Contact your parents or carers
- Put you on a behaviour report 2 B3
Continuing with B1 or B2 behaviour despite the actions of your teacher or tutor
Leaving the room without permission
4 or more uniform issues
No uniform compliance card
Persistent lateness
Refusing to cooperate
Swearing
Truancy
The Subject Leader or Year Learning Manager will do one of the following:
- Supervise you out of the lesson (Internal Rota)
- 1 hour after-school detention
- Confiscate item to return to parents/carers
- Put you on uniform report
- Put you on behaviour report
- Contact your parents/carers
- Meet with your parents/carers
Subject Leader/Year Learning Manager 3

8. Y10/11 Curriculum – 50 1 hour lessons

9. 9/10 Triple Science – English Lit Option 3 Maths Option 2 Option 1 RE
Number of GCSEs?
Option 3
Maths
9/10
Option 2
Option 1 RE
English
Language
Maths
Science 2
Option 1
Science
Science 1
English Literature RE
English Language

10. Year 10 Key Dates ME Meetings Sep 19, 26 and Oct-03
Parents Eve and interim November 23
Y10 Report May 23
Y10 Mock Exams July 02
Report July 17

11. Year 11 Corsham6th Open Eve September 27
Parents' Eve and report November 02
Y11 Mock Exams December 04
Corsham6th Taster December (tbc)
Y11 Report January 19
Y11 Futures Eve February (tbc)
Y11 Report March 16
GCSE Portfolio Deadline March 28
GCSE Practicals begin April 16
Y11 Report Apr 27
Potential Study Leave May 25
GCSE Exams begin May 14
GCSE Ends June 22
Pre6th Experience Day June 19
Results August 23

12. Reminder

13. English: no tiering nor Controlled Assessments
Reduced Controlled Assessments elsewhere
Y11 Grades still in Media, Resistant, Business, Product Design
Y10 Graphics, Music, Sports Science, IT, Business –Pass Merit Distinction Star

15. ME Meetings September Review Y9 progress (any barriers to learning)
Attendance-behaviour-homework-progress
New expectations for Homework, New Target Grades for each subject, new targets for attendance etc
Very important meeting –love to see you there

16. Y11 February Meetings My Future Interviews
Review position on the Yr. 11 Achievement System (Behaviour, effort, homework, attendance)
Review progress towards Yr. 11 Targets
Review any barriers to achieving potential
Review Post 16 Options/Applications
Provide Careers Advice & Guidance

17. Thinking about the sixth form and beyond…
What grades do I need to achieve at GCSE to take the courses I want?
What grades will I need to achieve at GCSE/A-Levels to pursue the career I want/ get in to University?
Do I want to study A-Levels? BTEC?
What other options are there when I finish school this year?

18. Wednesday 27th September – Corsham6th Open Evening
Key Dates
Wednesday 27th September – Corsham6th Open Evening
6pm – 8pm, S Block Hall
Wednesday 28th February – University Fair
See Mr. Smith or Mr. Clarke for more information

19. A Learning culture
Key Stage 4 marks a culture change for our students Our aim is to support students to become more independent, to take charge of their own learning We don’t take the exams! How do we do this?

20. TRIO Time for Reflection Improvement and Organisation
While this is embedded in lessons, we also use this to shape our use of tutor times