Maths Update for Year 11s
You will know from previous letters that every year 11 student gets a GCSE practice paper each Friday to complete to the best of their ability by the end of the following week. This programme is brilliant! It helps us get fantastic results each year and every student can make great progress if they use these booklets in the correct way!
To get the best out of these booklets, students need to work on them throughout the week so that they know what they need help on and have time for the teachers to give it to them. Already, we can see students who put effort into these booklets starting to make fantastic progress and the work that they are doing is going to be fantastic preparation for the mock exams and for those in the summer.
Unfortunately, some students are leaving this work to the last day, or worse still, are simply copying them from a friend or online. This isn’t going to help them get better at maths - it’s exactly the same as going to the gym and copying how many push-ups and pull-ups our friend has done; it might look good on paper in the short term, but it’s not making them stronger, not making them better at maths. They aren’t preparing themselves for the main event in the summer.
A good way to support your child’s maths is to check how much of it they have done every few days - are they leaving it to the last minute? If they have answers in their booklets, you could ask them to explain them to you to check that they understand. If they’re stuck on something and you can’t help, make sure they see their teacher. It’s our job and we love to do it!
GCSE Maths revision guides and workbooks continue to be available for sale. These can be purchased on SCOPAY. Sets 1-3 require the Higher tier and Sets 4-6 the Foundation tier books.
Thanks for your support!
George H 7JFR
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