Year 10

This page has been put together for parents/carers of Year 10 students, to provide the information needed to best understand and support your child’s learning at this stage in their academic career.

It is crucial that there is a clear contact line between parents/carers and the Year 10 Pastoral team. All the information listed below may answer some questions already, but please ensure you know who to contact when needed.

This is a very important year for your son/daughter as they look to build on the learning made in the last two years and aim to make progress in all of their subjects in the run up to their GCSE options being selected. It is crucial that your son/daughter puts their full effort into their work to ensure that they are able to make informed choices.

We have high expectations for all students and this includes consistently demonstrating excellent behaviour, engagement and independence in their learning. We also expect students to have a high attendance of over 96% and to be punctual to school and all of their lessons. Finally, we expect students to wear the school uniform correctly and with pride. We expect students to be brilliant ambassadors for the school – both internally and externally.

We will consistently challenge and support students to ensure that they develop into young adults that the school, parents and the local community will be proud of.

I look forward to working with you over the coming year.

Mrs Z Byrne, Head of Year 9

byrnez@chancellors.herts.sch.uk

Year 10 Key Staff

Mr D Croston – Headteacher

Mrs S Reilly – Deputy Headteacher

Mrs S Antwi – Head of Key Stage 4

Mrs Z Byrne – Head of Year 10

Mrs J Makin – Pastoral Assistant

Mr D Toye – Pastoral Assistant

Year 10 Form Tutors

Form tutors should be the first point of contact if there is a pastoral issue regarding your son/daughter. Please contact their subject teacher if you have questions or concerns specific to that particular subject. You will be able to find all staff email addresses on the school website.

10A	Mr J Whipp	WhippJ@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10B	Mr S Attipa	AttipaS@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10H	Mr D McGowan	McGowanD@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10M	Mrs E Lucas	LucasE@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10S	Mr M Steward	StewardM@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10W	Ms A De Biasi	DeBiasiA@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
10Y	Mrs J Jhugroo	JhugrooJ@chancellors.herts.sch.uk

 

Year 10 Form Time

Students will have one Form time, which will be first thing in the morning between 8:30am and 9:00am.  They will cover a range of activities including silent and class reading, literacy tasks, well-being tasks, current affairs, revision techniques and discussions regarding student behaviour and attendance. There will also be a weekly assembly that will be run by different members of staff, covering a variety of different areas.

Form time is an essential part of the school day and students are expected to come to form time fully prepared to learn. Form time is exceedingly valuable and it is imperative that it is not missed through lateness. Students should always have their reading book and organiser on their desk for every lesson and should expect daily uniform and equipment checks carried out by their form tutor and/or Head of Year.

Homework

Homework will follow a similar pattern to Year 9, however more emphasis may be on preparing for assessments through effective revision. Written homework will not necessarily be set on every occasion. Homework may involve reading, oral work or an investigation. All homework will now be set on Google Classroom. Students should expect at least one piece of homework a week for each subject. In Year 10, students should expect to spend up to one hour per week per subject.  It is also an expectation that all KS4 students should be completing 30 minutes reading a day for pleasure. Failure to hand in or complete homework to an acceptable standard may result in sanctions.

Revision

Teachers are always on hand to support students if needed, and many subject teachers will have already shared useful and relevant revision techniques with their classes ahead of tests and assessments. Please monitor your son/daughter in their learning and encourage them to have well-presented and organised work. This will help them greatly when they need to revise their learning and prepare for module or end of year tests.

Extra-curricular Information

There are lots of clubs at Chancellor’s, some of which run at lunchtime and some afterschool. Clubs will be promoted within lessons, as well as posters around the school, the school website and the parent bulletin, which is sent home at the end of each week. PE practices and fixtures can be found on the PE Twitter page.

Key Dates

For key dates please see the Chancellor’s School Calendar. Up to date information regarding key dates will be sent to parents/carers as and when they are needed.

School Open Evening	19/09/2024  Close at 1pm
Year 10 Parent Evening	27/11/2024
Year 10 Work experience	16th - 20th June 2025
Year 10 Kickstart meetings	14/07/24