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Year 12 Transition Evening WELCOME
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 [email protected]
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
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!
