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January 2024
Happy New Year from the Year 10 team, and welcome back to the Spring term. We hope you all had a relaxing break.
Year 10 data and examinations
The Year 10 internal examinations are fast approaching with only 10 school weeks until these begin! These take place just after the Easter break on the week of 22nd April. There are a small number of practical examinations (e.g. Art, MFL speaking examinations) that may take place outside of this window.
We have continued to visit revision strategies in each of our alternative assemblies. Pupils are encouraged to try these out when they are revising. Please do encourage your children to refer to the revision techniques PowerPoint if they are revising – they can find the link on Teams on their form group chat page.
You should now have received your child’s current data. This includes a projected grade, engagement grade and home learning grade. The projected grade is the teacher’s judgement of the grade they expect your child to achieve at the end of the course if they maintain their current approach to learning. This can go up and down throughout the course. If you have any questions about an individual subject grade, please contact your child’s subject teacher. You can do this by sending an email to the school office (office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk) marked for the attention of that teacher.
How can you help your child with revision?
Here are a few of ideas that we have looked at in assembly…
- You be the pupil – ask your child to teach you a small section of a topic – teaching someone else is an excellent way to revise.
- Test them on key words/facts – ask your child to give you flashcards or notes with key terms and definitions, or questions and answers. Test them on these, identify the ones they do not know, then revisit these a few days later.
- Encourage your children to revise in short, regular sessions – two or three 15-20minute sessions, with a short (5-10 minute) break between each is very effective for children of this age group.
- Encourage children to keep a record of their revision, rating topics red, amber, or green depending on how confident they feel. This might look at bit like this…*
Uniform reminders
- Pupils should not be wearing make-up to school, including false eyelashes or nails – please arrange for these to be removed if your child is currently wearing either of these.
- Trainers should only be worn for a short period of time due to a medical issue or unavoidable situation (e.g. broken shoes/shoes lost or left somewhere). This must always be explained by a note in the planner. No pupils should be wearing trainers on a long-term basis.
- The only acceptable jewellery is a small stud in the LOBE of each ear and a wrist watch (not including smart watches).
Mrs R Cardy, Achievement Coordinator
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January 2024
Happy New Year from the Year 10 team, and welcome back to the Spring term. We hope you all had a relaxing break.
Year 10 data and examinations
The Year 10 internal examinations are fast approaching with only 10 school weeks until these begin! These take place just after the Easter break on the week of 22nd April. There are a small number of practical examinations (e.g. Art, MFL speaking examinations) that may take place outside of this window.
We have continued to visit revision strategies in each of our alternative assemblies. Pupils are encouraged to try these out when they are revising. Please do encourage your children to refer to the revision techniques PowerPoint if they are revising – they can find the link on Teams on their form group chat page.
You should now have received your child’s current data. This includes a projected grade, engagement grade and home learning grade. The projected grade is the teacher’s judgement of the grade they expect your child to achieve at the end of the course if they maintain their current approach to learning. This can go up and down throughout the course. If you have any questions about an individual subject grade, please contact your child’s subject teacher. You can do this by sending an email to the school office (office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk) marked for the attention of that teacher.
How can you help your child with revision?
Here are a few of ideas that we have looked at in assembly…
- You be the pupil – ask your child to teach you a small section of a topic – teaching someone else is an excellent way to revise.
- Test them on key words/facts – ask your child to give you flashcards or notes with key terms and definitions, or questions and answers. Test them on these, identify the ones they do not know, then revisit these a few days later.
- Encourage your children to revise in short, regular sessions – two or three 15-20minute sessions, with a short (5-10 minute) break between each is very effective for children of this age group.
- Encourage children to keep a record of their revision, rating topics red, amber, or green depending on how confident they feel. This might look at bit like this…*
Uniform reminders
- Pupils should not be wearing make-up to school, including false eyelashes or nails – please arrange for these to be removed if your child is currently wearing either of these.
- Trainers should only be worn for a short period of time due to a medical issue or unavoidable situation (e.g. broken shoes/shoes lost or left somewhere). This must always be explained by a note in the planner. No pupils should be wearing trainers on a long-term basis.
- The only acceptable jewellery is a small stud in the LOBE of each ear and a wrist watch (not including smart watches).
Mrs R Cardy, Achievement Coordinator
CONTACT US
Darrick Wood School
Lovibonds Avenue,
Orpington,
Kent, BR6 8ER
01689 850271
office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk