Year 12 Transition Evening

WELCOME

Welcome

Headteacher

Mrs L Johnson

Aims of Year 12, the first term

To support the transition from Key Stage 4 to the Sixth Form (academic, cultural, social)

To foster a sense of ‘community’ amongst the year and within tutor groups by providing opportunities to meet fellow students and staff and take part in activities

To introduce students to strategies for effective studying and independent learning, for example through “Elevate” and use of study periods

To raise awareness of, and aspirations towards, Higher Education and Post 18 options in general

Which means students should…

Have fun

Get to know each other

Gain confidence

Enjoy their subjects

Develop their study skills

Strengthen their interest in higher

academic aspirations

Getting to know each other

(student view)

Keeping parents in the loop!

Well, dear parents,

What I’d really like is

to spend a substantial

part of my evenings

and weekends chatting

about my work and

other plans with you…

Ms A Whittington

Director of Sixth Form

Ms A Dent

Pastoral Deputy Head Teacher

Pastoral and Academic Support Officer KS5

Mrs K Scott Thompsonk.scottthompson@kechg.org.uk

Examinations Officer

Mrs L Kennedy

Deputy Head Curriculum

Miss K Stevens

Options

Dr J Rose

Assistant Headteacher

Enrichment

Miss A Gouldsworthy

Assistant Headteacher

Pastoral Tutor Team

12P – Mrs Price/ Ms Stone (Priory)

12C – Mr Dawson (Cartland)

12S – Ms Chadwick/Mr Johnson (Stratford)

12L – Mrs Mills/ Mrs Royall (Lichfield)

12M – Ms Ryan/ Mrs Brookes (Meriden)

12W – Mr Revitt (Warwick)

E-mails to staff

initial.surname@kechg.org.uk

a.whittington@kechg.org.uk

All girls have a school email

account which they must check

regularly and use for

communicating with staff

Some practicalities, please contact

Reception about…

Parent-pay arrangements

Medical information (or medication)

(Girls who feel unwell should go to

Reception)

Schoolscomm contact information

Change of address or contact numbers

Enquiries about Bursary Payments

(Old FSM or PP)

Please send in notes about absences

If you know about an absence in advance

then please let us know

Requests for authorised absence

decisions should be made to Mrs Johnson

in advance

LUNCH TIME AND HOME STUDY LEAVE

Students may leave the school at lunchtime

provided that they have brought in a

permission note from home and that they

sign out and back in again

Students will be able to nominate

afternoons when they have no lessons for

home study. Not Wednesdays. They must

sign out in the Upper Common Room (UCR)

or at Reception.

Authorised Leave for Educational Visits During the course of her sixth form studies your daughter is likely

to have access to a range of excellent opportunities outside school.

These may include University Enrichment Courses, Taster Days,

Open Days, Residentials etc.

We recognise the value of these experiences; indeed, many of

them may be recommended by members of staff.

However, we are also concerned that we maintain the generally

excellent attendance which research shows contributes

significantly to successful academic outcomes.

Therefore:

5 DAYS

Your daughter may take up to a total of 5 days for educational

experiences such as those above. If she goes on a 5 day residential she will

need to visit universities at weekends; if she goes on a 1 day university

taster experience she will have 4 days left for open days, etc.

She will need to bring in a note for each absence, as usual, as well as

evidence that it is a proper educational event. This should be given to Mrs

Scott Thompson, who will keep a record.

Work Experience should be arranged in enrichment week (17th-25th June

2017) or during the 13 weeks of school holidays

We hope that this system will allow your daughter to take advantage of

the best of both worlds.

• Progress made during Year 12

• Attitude towards learning

• AS OR Internally set exam outcome

• Teacher professional judgement

ALL SUBJECTS BELOW WILL OFFER AS EXAMS ONLY IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, (NO INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS)

AS SUBJECT

IS IT PHASE 1?

YES NODO I WANT TO

CONTINUE WITH IT IN YR 13?

TAKE THE INTERNAL EXAM

NO or UNSURE(2 CHOICES MAX.)

TAKE THE AS EXAM TAKE THE AS EXAM

YES

Perfect

students

don’t

just

happen..

Student view

What other opportunities and experiences will your daughter have in the Sixth Form? (student voice)PSHE/Form Time once a fortnight

with Director of Sixth Form or Deputy Head

Enrichment Carousel in Yr 12 (student view)

Classical CivilisationDramaRussian CultureSTEM Visiting Speakers and other Events

She could participate in some of these…Leadership – Sixth Form Council / School Council

Form Prefects and Duty Prefects

Peer Mentoring Team

Sports Clubs / Coaching

Setting up a club for the sixth form

Running a club for the Lower School

Duke of Edinburgh

Dance Production

Or these….

Charity Events

Music groups

Assisting staff running Lower School lunchtime activities

Responsibilities – helping at Open Days, Parents Evenings, Senior Prefect Elections, House Fair, House Festival

Etc.

Prefects!

Year 12 are encouraged to sign up as a form or duty prefect

All prefects are essential to help the smooth running of the school and are much valued by staff.

Next year these students will form the Senior Prefect Team!

Thanks to the prefects and sixth form committee for their help with

WHOOSH!