Dear Parent,
Your child is due to sit GCSE English Literature Unit 1 on January 8th 2020.
This real GCSE examination is worth 35% of their final grade and it is therefore vitally important that pupils prepare fully if they are to achieve their potential in this subject. All pupils will be examined on the prose text ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck and complete an unseen poetry comparison.
To help your child prepare, the English Department are pleased to offer revision sessions every Thursday lunchtime and at 3pm on Wednesdays. A range of revision materials have been provided for pupils by their teachers and we kindly ask that you encourage your child to attend these sessions and also to revise as much as possible at home.
A mock examination will take place next Thursday morning on the 5th of December. It is vitally important that your child attends this exam as their results will give them an indication of how to improve before the real GCSE Unit 1 exam in January.
Revision materials and past papers can also be accessed by pupils through the Aberdare Community School Online Portal. Good internet sources for revision also include:
• GCSE Pod - Of Mice and Men and Unseen Poetry
• BBC Bitesize / GCSE English Literature
• You Tube – Mr. Bruff / Of Mice and Men
In addition to the above, the English Department will also provide an additional booster session to ensure that pupils are refreshed with examination advice, support and guidance prior to sitting their GCSE Unit 1 exam on the 8th of January. The booster session will take place on Tuesday January 7th.
Yours faithfully,
J. Marrable
Leader of Learning for English