Success is the detail!
Year 11 are gradually making the long journey to their GCSE results. Here is a breakdown of what the journey entails at each step!
Coping with exam stress
With mock exam season just around the corner, we urge all parents and carers to familiarise themselves with the guide below on how to cope with exam stress and support your children in this
Year 11 Letters and Announcements
Below, you can find all year 11 letters and announcements for this academic year. Use the arrows to scroll through the posts ordered by date.
Year 11 Module 5 Subject Overview
Dear Parents/Carers, Please see attached the Module 5 Subject Overviews. The aim of this document [...]
Apr
GCSE Spanish
Dear Parents/Carers, We hope this letter finds you well. We would like to share some [...]
Mar
Year 11 Module 4 Overview
Dear Parents/Carers, We are writing to congratulate your child on completing their mock exams in [...]
Mar
Year 11 Prom 2024
Dear Parents/Carers Year 11 Prom As your child progresses through their final year at our [...]
Mar
Update to Uniform Policy
Dear Parents/Carers We’d like to express our appreciation for your continued support in ensuring students [...]
Mar
Easter Half Term Interventions
Dear Parents/Carers We hope this letter finds you well. Firstly we would like to thank [...]
Mar
Student Exam Timetables for Summer 2024
Dear Parents/Carers I hope this letter finds you well. Student Exam Timetables Summer Exams All [...]
Mar
Feedback from Parent Survey
Dear Parents/Carers Thank you for taking the time to participate in the recent parent survey. [...]
Mar
Structured Dismissal at Strood Academy
Dear Parents/Carers Following recent feedback received through our pupil survey, we are pleased to announce [...]
Mar
Year 11 Collapsed Classes letter
Dear Parents/Carers As part of our continued drive to support year 11 in achieving excellent [...]
Mar
Year 11 Eight Day Privilege Reward
Dear Parents/Carers, The Module 4 mock series has been extremely successful and we are very [...]
Mar
Interventions Module 4 and 5
Dear Parents/Carers This letter is to invite your child to after school interventions. Year 11 [...]
Mar
Year 11 Citizenship Intervention
Dear Parents/Carers Starting on Thursday 29th February, Citizenship intervention will take place from 3.20pm to [...]
Feb
Y11 February Half Term Revision Material
Dear Parents/Carers As your child enters the crucial Year 11, we at Strood Academy are [...]
Feb
Saturday Maths Interventions letter
Dear Parents/Carers This letter is to invite your child for GCSE Maths Skills Development sessions [...]
Feb
Year 11 Wednesday, Period 6 Provision
Dear Parents/Carers, After review of our Wednesday Period 6 (2pm-3pm) provision, we have decided to [...]
Jan
Summer Exams 2024 – JCQ Contingency Days
Dear Parents/Carers We will shortly be able to share your child’s final summer exam timetable. [...]
Jan
Year 11 February Mock Examinations
Dear Parents/Carers I hope this letter finds you well. The Year 11 final mock examination [...]
Jan
Feb Half Term Interventions Letter
Dear Parents/Carers We hope this letter finds you well. With the February half-term break fast [...]
Jan
Year 11 Citizenship Studies
Dear Parents/Carers, Please see the Module 3 update for Citizenship Studies. Please note the links [...]
Jan
Module 3 Subject Overviews
Dear Parents/Carers, Please see attached the Module 3 Subject Overviews. The aim of these documents [...]
Jan
Year 11 – 70 Day IB Challenge
Dear Parents/Carers Year 11 – 70 Day IB Challenge We have 125 days! and only [...]
Jan
Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Dear Parents/Carers, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for [...]
Dec
Year 11 Saturday Intervention (Media Studies)
Dear Parents/Carers, Yr11 Saturday Intervention (Media Studies) This Saturday 9th December, the Media Studies department [...]
Dec
Year 11 Attendance Letter
Dear Parents/Carers Year 11 attendance at Strood Academy continues to be a key priority. The [...]
Dec
Reminder: Saturday Intervention Business letter
Dear Parents/Carers A reminder that Saturday Interventions offered by the Business Department continue this weekend [...]
Dec
Year 11 Focus Group Letter
Dear Parents/Carers Re: Year 11 Focus Group I am pleased to be writing to invite [...]
Nov
Saturday Business Intervention Sessions letter
Dear Parents/Carers This Module, the Business Department are pleased to offer additional coursework support provision [...]
Nov
Year 11 Results and Parents’ Evening – Thursday 7th December 2023
Dear Parents/Carers, I am writing to inform you about the upcoming face to face parents [...]
Nov
Year 11 Mock Exams After Half Term
Dear Parents/Carers, Your child will be sitting their mock history exams after the October half [...]
Oct
Intervention Sessions Cancellation Letter
Dear Parents/Carers This to inform you that there will be no option interventions taking place [...]
Year 11 Expectations Evening letter
Dear Parents/Carers RE: Year 11 Expectations evening – Wednesday 13th September 2023 (17:00 – 18:00) [...]
Sep
Revision Materials
Subject
Revision Resources
Any Instructions
3D Design
Complete outcomes for the designers within the exam booklet
Catering
- AO1 to 4 Booklet
Please continue with your revision using the classroom and this booklet as a guide. Ensure you are practising your practice exam questions and mind map.
Fine Art
- Exam Art Themes
Complete outcomes for the artists within the exam booklet
Photography
- Exam Photography Themes
Complete outcomes for the photographers within the exam booklet
Combined Science
If you are not already signed up to the Seneca classroom use the following codes:
- Higher: bq6kplncig
- Foundation: 18s93nefq4
All revision topics have been assigned across all 3 disciplines for you to select your key areas to revise ahead of your mocks
Enterprise and Marketing
Complete the LAA Worksheet which further supports the work that we have been completing in lessons. You also have a printed copy that has been issued to you in lessons.
The beebusinessbee video resources are also provided for you to watch. Focus on the Learning Aim A 1, 2 and 3 Videos on Promotion, Segmentation and Factors Influencing Choice.
Computer Science
- Craig n Dave Videos
- Mr Brown CS – Paper 1 Videos
- Mr Brown CS – Paper 2 Videos
- Paper 1 Past Papers
- Paper 2 Past Papers
- Revision Guides Purchased
Craig n Dave videos follow the order of the specification.
Complete one paper 1 and one paper 2 papers from the attached website, using mark scheme to self-mark
Those who purchased the revision guides – please work through the guide and practise the questions for each topic.
DIT
Watch the attached videos and cover the revision guide – answering the questions at the end of each page / section. Complete the attached past paper and mark your paper using the attached mark scheme.
Media Studies
Attached is a Component 1 Revision booklet. You will be doing this paper for your mocks. Read the analysis of the set texts and make revision cards and then answer the questions.
I have also attached some videos for you to watch and make revision cards on.
Financial Studies
Analyse and read the case study prior to completing the exam paper.
Using the case study, complete the attached exam paper and mark using the attached mark scheme.
Citizenship
- Example paper 1
- Paper 1 mark scheme
- Example paper 2
- Paper 2 mark scheme
- Personalised learning checklist (PLC)
- Workbook tasks – handed out in lesson
I contacted home recently regarding purchasing a revision guide and workbook. This would be really useful. I have ordered my own version of these and will be photocopying some pages of the workbook for you to take home if you cannot purchase one.
A copy of the PLC for each of you is on the google classroom for you to update whilst you revise. Use this with the revision guide and workbook to update if your knowledge is not secure, emerging or secure on the PLC and then you will know which gaps in knowledge you need to fill. Use the exam papers also and the mark scheme to update the PLC and email me if you need any support in completing the gaps.
Have a good half term!
Mrs West
English Literature
- Read through the thematic revision and make notes for each theme in the table.
- Challenge yourself: Add quotations to support your understanding of each theme.
- Choose an exam question for ‘Macbeth’ and one for ‘A Christmas Carol’ and plan a response for each.
English Language
Use the resources to revise over Language paper 2 Q5 which is 50% of the marks available for this paper:
Recap the skills you need to be successful through the tasks and explore the genre of articles and create a success criteria to show you understand how to succeed in this question!
Health & Social Care
Using research, complete the table to explore examples of healthcare and social care settings. The NHS website will be a useful resource for this task!
Drama
Read through all of the sections and complete all the tasks on pages 36,37 and 38. Once completed, respond to the following exam question.
You are designing a set for the start of Act Two in ‘Blood Brothers’ The set must reflect a working-class community in the 1980’s. Describe your design ideas for the setting. (4 Marks)
Create a character revision sheet for each of the characters in Blood Brothers. Use the link to BBC bitesize, and your copies of the play to help you.
Geography
The two links are for knowledge organisers for papers 2 and 3. All that you need to know are in these.
Please read through and in particular link to our visit to Reculver and Herne Bay. The fieldwork element. What did we set out to prove/discuss? How did our findings help? Lastly (in a perfect world) what would we do to improve our findings, both before and during the visit.
Health & Fitness
Give yourself an allocated amount of time to read through the knowledge organiser. Cover the knowledge organiser and on a separate piece of paper write down all you can about that topic.
Add any content you did not include or remember in a different colour so that this focuses your revision.
Spanish
- Complete all topic entries of the 3 GCSE themes. Ensure they are all with CORNTARTS and TOYS R KEYS.
- Check that you have used varied vocabulary from the AQA specification booklet.
- Learn those entries by heart – you can make flashcards, remove every other words from each sentence, write each tense in a different colour, do a mind map for each topic, etc
- Finally review all knowledge with varied tasks on Language Gym and Languagenut, focus in particular on skills or vocabulary that you are yet to fully master.
- Complete all review and practise tasks in your AQA Collins revision guides. These are labelled green and blue in the content pages.
History
- Use the revision questions to create revision cards
- Make sure you are up to date on the ‘100 days of Revision’
- Complete the exam questions and use revision material to support with structure and content
- Swap between the topics
Mathematics
Module 3 Interventions Schedule
Monday Interventions
Maths Intervention
AMA – 313
DTO – 314
SNI – 312
NOL – 311
MPR – 300
Tuesday Interventions
English Intervention
AWE – 162
HDE – 152
PPO/ KHO – 149
History Intervention
CBE – 231
BLE – 239
Tuesday Interventions
Spanish Intervention
GAH – 244
ELI – 245a
Geography Intervention
CGE – 241
BBA – 228
DCS – 229
ICT Intervention
JPE – 210
MCO – 212
Media Intervention
KWO/ EGD – 248
Finance Intervention
RSA – 211
Business Intervention
AAT – 205
Art Intervention
MBL – 225
Photography Intervention
HJA – 135
PE Intervention
TEV – 132
Food Tech Intervention
RCR – 216
Citizenship Intervention
DCO – 236a
3D Design Intervention
CST – 144
Monday Interventions
Science Intervention
GKI/ NRE – 329
NWY/ MPI – 330
NKI – 333
Ofqual Student Guide
Mentoring at Strood Academy
To enhance the experience of our cohort and support their moments of Chance and Choice, Year 11 pupils are inspired to recognise their own strengths and seek out opportunities for growth through their own, personal self management strategies.
In Year 11, pupils are encouraged to employ Self-Reflection as a decision making tool that promotes self confidence, accelerating success through an empowered lens of chance and choice. To promote the creation of a self confident and reflective cohort of pupils, the ARROW Self-Reflection Model (linked above) has been shared. This model has a set of step by step questions that facilitate the visualisation and realisation of personal goals and targets. Pupils are encouraged to use the ARROW Model as a self management strategy throughout the remainder of the school year.
Further to this, Year 11 pupils across Victory, Hercules and Trafalgar have been targeted to receive a more personalised mentoring program. This provides a combination of ‘1 to 1’ and ‘group’ sessions with an experienced member of the College Team including Vice Principals, Assistant Principals and Pastoral Leaders. These mentoring sessions provide assistance in the completion of weekly goals designed to fully prepare pupils for the final examination series.
In addition to the above, a targeted set of pupils have been selected to receive support from an external agency. The MyTutor program is an academic tutoring company. The MyTutor team will be deployed to enhance recall of year 10 content in order to push pupils to achieve their own objectives.
If you would like to know more, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Ian Wallis (ian.wallis@stroodacademy.org)