Finchley Catholic High School A Business Enterprise

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Year 10 Focus Group Information Evening 16 th June 2016

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Be with us, Lord as we learn from you to best serve the students in our school. Help us to work together well and be watchful and mindful of the responsibilities we hold as parents and teachers. Let us be joyful in the privilege of seeing all of them grow and achieve their potential. We thank you for our community and the blessings you give to us. Amen.

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Programme • Welcome and Prayer (Julie Durham) • What your son’s current predictions mean for his options at post-16 level (Rebecca O’Donnell) • Succeeding in English and Maths (Elizabeth. Ennis/Martin Smith) • How we will support your son to improve his progress (Julie Durham) • How you can support your son to improve his progress (Matt Hastings)

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Post-16 Pathways Assessing your son’s options

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College

Finchley Catholic High School Sample Student - College Kevin A Business & Enterprise

Finchley Catholic High School Sample Student - College Kevin A Business & Enterprise This student is currently predicted to achieve: Grade 7/6 in Eng and Grade 6 in Maths 4 X Grade Bs 4 X Grade Cs

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What is each grade worth? English and Maths grades will use the new 9 – 1 scale 9– 7 6– 4 3– 1 = = = A*- A B-C D-G Kevin comfortably meets the entrance criteria for English and Maths

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What is each grade worth? In all subjects other than English and Maths, alpha grades will be awarded A* = 8 A=7 B=6 C=5 D=4 E=3 F=2 G=1

Finchley Catholic High School Sample Student - College Kevin A Business & Enterprise Kevin is predicted to get: 4 X B (each B grade is worth 6 points) 4 X C (each A grade is worth 7 points) (4 X 6) 24 44 8 = + + 5. 50 (4 X 5) 20 = = 44 Kevin is predicted to meet the 6 th form entrance criteria across all other subjects but he is borderline

Finchley Catholic High School Sample Student - College Kevin A Business & Enterprise What Pathway would Kevin qualify for? What would Kevin need to do to make sure that he qualifies for the Level 3 pathway? What is the trajectory of Kevin’s predictions? What is Kevin’s attitude in his lessons? What subjects should Kevin target for improvement?

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Attitude to Learning

Finchley Catholic High School Progress over time A Business & Enterprise College

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Summary What pathway would your son like to pursue? How far away is he from reaching the entrance criteria for this pathway? How many grades would he need to improve by to meet the Level 3 entrance criteria? Are his predictions improving or deteriorating? What are his teachers saying about his attitude to study? Which subjects should he target for improvement? What changes to his study habits does he need to make this a realistic possibility? What subject specific guidance are his teachers offering?

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College How to improve achievement in English and maths Elizabeth Ennis and Martin Smith

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College Success with no surprises!

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What will we offer? • Year 11 Homework Club Room 22 Wednesdays 3. 00 - 4. 30 pm • Mentoring from a Sixth Form ‘Buddy’ • Mentoring by a member of SLT • A full programme of revision classes and intervention sessions

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College • Teaching staff available for additional guidance and support • Access through application to Saturday morning English and Maths workshops which focus upon exam preparation • Access to ‘Get Revising’ at lunchtimes and after school in the ICT room

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help. . . a quiet work space

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College During the remainder of this term and the summer use the revision guides/past paper questions and markschemes to go over topics or concepts that you have found more difficult this year.

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help. . . supply resources and prompt your son to use them to support his learning

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help. . . Buy revision guides and test regularly

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help when your sons are studying at home

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help. . .

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College What you can do to help. . . • Encourage your son to get enough sleep • Encourage healthy eating • Encourage exercise

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College STRIKE A BALANCE

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College And most of all. . . talk and listen

Finchley Catholic High School A Business & Enterprise College