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Marshland High School

Key Stage 4 - Step up to GCSE

As a GCSE student at Marshland High School, your Key Stage 4 curriculum will begin in Year 10 and build on the prior foundations of a Knowledge Rich Curriculum which began in Key Stage 3.

Year 10 will end with a series of examinations to check where you are in relation to your academic potential. This is the first of three series of examinations that take place to inform and guide you leading up to your final GCSE exams.  The feedback from each of these will allow your subject teachers to personalise your Year 11 curriculum. This means we will be able to use tutor time better to meet the needs of each and every one of you in preparation for your final GCSE examinations.

Mr Teanby is the Assistant Headteacher in charge of Key Stage 4.  He can be contacted on the following:

Telephone 01945 584164 ext 254

Email: c.teanby@marshlandhigh.co.uk

Included below are a range of resources that will support your revision during Years 10 and 11

 

Timeline for Final Year 

This includes key dates for examination, reports and parents’ evenings. Please be aware that this document is subject to change.

 

Date

Event

Monday 11 September

Impact week during form time

Thursday 28 & 29 September

Photography workshop

Monday 2 - 13 October

Year 11 PPE exams 1

Saturday 7 October

CWA Open Day, King’s Lynn campus and Sports Campus, 9am-12.30pm

Thursday 12 October

Springwood open evening

Wednesday 18 October

CWA Open Day, Cambridge campus,
4.30pm-7.30pm

Monday 23 – Friday 27 October

Half term intervention

Saturday 4 November

CWA Open Day, King’s Lynn campus and Sports Campus, 9am-12.30pm

Saturday 11 November

CWA Open Day, Wisbech campus, 9am-12.30pm

Thursday 16 November

Year 11 reports issued

Wednesday 18 November

CWA Open Day, Cambridge campus,
9am-12.30pm

Wednesday 22 November

Super Learning Day – Proposed University visit

Thursday 23 November

Year 11 Parents Evening

Friday 1 December

Post 16 application deadline

Monday 8 – 19 January

Impact weeks during form time

Monday 5 - 16 February

Year 11 PPE exams 2

Saturday 9 March

CWA Open Day, King’s Lynn campus and Sports Campus, 9am-12.30pm

Saturday 16 March

CWA Open Day, Wisbech campus, 9am-12.30pm

Tuesday 26 March

Year 11 reports issued

Thursday 28 March

Year 11 Parents Evening

Monday 1 – Friday 12 April

Easter intervention

Tuesday 23 April

CWA Open Day, Cambridge campus,
4.30pm-7.30pm

Monday 13 May

GCSE Exams begin in the Sports Hall

Friday 28 June

Year 11 Prom

 

Intervention Schedule

Year 11 students are offered bespoke clubs for intervention in preparation for their GCSE examinations. The current after-school timetable for these interventions is here.

Intervention sessions will also be available during the May 2024 Half Term. Details can be found here -(to follow in due course).

Revision Sessions will also be held during exam weeks and the Summer 2024 Exam and Revision Timetable can be found here (to follow in due course).

The Learning Scientist 

All of these strategies have supporting evidence from cognitive psychology. For each strategy, we explain how to do it, some points to consider, and where to find more information.

  • Spaced Practice
  • Retrieval Practice
  • Elaboration
  • Interleaving
  • Concrete Examples
  • Dual Coding

Please find user guides below for each of these strategies.

The 6 Strategies for Effective Learning

Revision Guides

To view the recommended revision guide list for all subjects please click here.