Parents and Carers Revision Evening

On Thursday the 14th of March from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. we will be running a Revision Evening for the Parents and Carers of Year 11 students. These evenings are designed to give parents and carers the opportunity to find out ways to support Year 11 students in the run-up to the GCSE exams, both in individual subjects and more generally.

The evening will begin with a short talk in the school hall, outlining the support available to students over the next few months. This will then be followed by a series of four workshops. Students in Year 11 have been given a letter about the event, which should be completed and returned to the Humanities Admin Office as soon as possible, in order to reserve a place at what is usually a very popular event. You can download a copy of the letter here.

HIstory "Know It!" MP3s

Here are the first few MP3s from the first history booster session: Prehistoric Medicine content and questions can be accessed by clicking the links. Followed by the Egyptians content and questions and the Greeks content and questions  Clicking on the link will take you to the mediafire page where the files are hosted - follow the instructions to download the MP3s.

History Booster Sessions - Thursday Afternoons

For the next few weeks we are running booster sessions in History, aimed at giving students a head start on their revision by running through the entire course: both Medicine and Germany. The sessions are based on the "Know It!" sheets (all of which are available on the VLE). Students who attend also get sent an e-mail for each topic with two MP3s attached - the first covers the content of a particular "Know It!" sheet and should be listened to with the sheet visible to the student. The second, asks questions based on the topic. Students should have the "Know It!" available but out of view. They can pause the MP3 and try and think of the answer (turning over the sheet to check if they really are not sure) before I give them the correct. Students should use each MP3 as many times as they need to until they can answer all the questions from memory.