Parents' Evening

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  1. okay, you'll be aware that year 11 and year 13
  2. parents evenings are coming up shortly.
  3. Year 11 is on Thursday, the fourth of February, starting
  4. at 4 30 ending at seven.
  5. You 13 will be on Thursday, the 11th of February,
  6. again starting at 4 30 on ending at seven.
  7. If you haven't yet booked your appointment, please make sure
  8. you do using school cloud.
  9. So what information will we be sharing at parents Evening?
  10. Well, firstly, let's look at your grades.
  11. The first thing that you'll receive is the percentage achieved
  12. in your recent assessments year 11 thes were the assessments
  13. you completed in school back in December as well as
  14. the remote assessments who completed in January.
  15. You're 13.
  16. All of your assessments took place in January on were
  17. conducted remotely.
  18. We will also be sharing your target grade.
  19. This is the minimum grade that you should be aiming
  20. for each of your subjects.
  21. We will focus on how you're performing in relation to
  22. this Onda awfully.
  23. Your teachers will share with you are working great.
  24. This is the grade that you are currently achieving in
  25. your subject, based on all of the information that we
  26. hold on you.
  27. Ah, big emphasis this year will be on attitude to
  28. learning. This includes homework effort on organization as well as
  29. engagement with online learning.
  30. For year 11, this school will be divided up into
  31. separate categories, but for year 13, this will be one
  32. combined score.
  33. You will be given a rating of 1 to 4,
  34. ranging from outstanding to concerns.
  35. But the most important thing to take away from parents
  36. evening are your specific targets.
  37. What is it that you need to do in each
  38. of your subjects to help you make the most progress?
  39. This is the key question that you need to ask
  40. your teachers on parents evening.
  41. You might want to have a think about some of
  42. the things that you could do beforehand on.
  43. Share your ideas with your teacher.
  44. Now, you may be aware that there is a consultation
  45. on going into the awarding of grades in summer 2021.
  46. The government will release more information on this in due
  47. course, but some of the key pieces of information from
  48. the consultation include the need to continue teaching the full
  49. curriculum for both G.
  50. C S E.
  51. On a level courses at rate, and we're going to
  52. continue with our usual feedback on assessment policy, so teachers
  53. will continue to mark your work on.
  54. We will also continue with our program of live lessons
  55. on targeted interventions.
  56. We will expect full engagement with these Justus We would
  57. do if you were with us in the classroom.
  58. Okay. In terms of the evidence that will be used
  59. when awarding grades in summer, it is likely that there
  60. will be a combination of internal and external information.
  61. We will be asked to consider any non examination assessment,
  62. for example coursework.
  63. But the nature of the evidence required is still being
  64. decided by off cual.
  65. So more information on this will follow.
  66. However, you can be reassured that there will be a
  67. real emphasis this year or making sure that awarded grades
  68. are fair.
  69. Schools are going to be expected to quality assure their
  70. information on there will be additional checking.
  71. Once it reaches the exam boards, there will also be
  72. no algorithms.
  73. Any changes to the grades issued will be done by
  74. riel human being as always, we will communicate with you
  75. a soon as we find out the outcome of the
  76. consultation into the awarding of grades in summer 2021.
  77. In terms of proposed timeline for the awarding of grades,
  78. there are a few key milestones to be aware off.
  79. In the spring term, Schools will focus on teaching on
  80. assessments. By the time we reach May or June, schools
  81. will be asked for an accurate grade based on how
  82. the student is performing at that time in each of
  83. their subjects.
  84. This judgment will be evidence based on is not a
  85. prediction of what students might have achieved, as was the
  86. case in 2020 but instead how they are achieving at
  87. that time.
  88. So it's important that students continue to work hard in
  89. all of their subjects.
  90. We will also ensure that these grades have been checked
  91. on double checked the accuracy.
  92. By mid June, the results will be sent to the
  93. exam board on in late June and early July.
  94. There will be external quality assurance just to make sure
  95. those grades are absolutely right on.
  96. In early July, provisional results will be published, so you
  97. will get your first indication of how you've done.
  98. Now. If you do have any questions, as always, you
  99. can contact your head of year four year 11.
  100. That's Miss Lane on and for year 13.
  101. That's mishandle.
  102. Thank you for joining us at Parents Evening on.
  103. We look forward to seeing you in person as soon
  104. as we can.