newsletter - Pershore High School

MathematicsSave Money and SucceedFollowing the success of last year’s amazing calculator offer, we havenegotiated another excellent deal for pupils at Pershore High School.Your child needs his or her own scientific calculator to succeed.Calculators vary tremendously and borrowing one at the last minute canbe disastrous. Doing a calculator examination without one is like doingthe pole vault without a pole.At PHS, we recommend a good quality scientific calculator. This will cost£8 in Tesco. However, we can sell them to pupils for just £5.In addition, the Mathematics Department has a variety of revisionresources and equipment available for students to buy - just bring themoney in to your maths teacher or to Miss Morgan in Room 29.Scientific calculator - £5Revision Guides- £2.25 or £2.75KS3 Workbook with answers - £2.25KS4 Workbook with answers - £3.25 or £3.75Other equipment - pens, rulers, protractors– prices vary from 5p to 30pGCSE Mathematics Practice PapersWe are selling six complete GCSE examination paperswith solutions for just £2.50.Just bring the money to your Mathematics teacher andpick up the pack.Want to improve yourgrade in Maths?Did you know we subscribe towww.mymaths.co.uk?Login is 'pershore' - passwordavailable from your teacher.The website has a huge numberof interactive online resources tohelp with revision. You can raiseyour Key Stage 3 level or GCSEgrade if you use the boostermaterials. There are boosterpacks for Key Stage 3 studentsto help them achieve a level 4,or raise their level to 5/6. Thereare also booster packs forstudents wanting to improve theirGCSE grade from D to C, C to Band A to A*. There are onlineworksheets which give instantfeedback on all topics on thesyllabus as well as plenty ofuseful and fun games to helpimprove your mental arithmeticskills.If you havenot alreadystartedusing thiswebsite forrevision,start today.ScienceATTENTION: YEAR 10 &11GCSE ScienceRevision GuidesThe Science Department will be selling GCSE revision guides at thereduced price of £2.75. There are two books available, one for Year 10 andone for Year 11,or three books if you are studying separate sciences.Simply give the correct amount of money or a cheque made payable to‘Worcestershire County Council’, to Mrs Schaathun in S11 or Mrs Tarring in S10.(In a sealed envelope with your name and tutor group on the outside please)Buy early before stocks run out.11