Supporting Year 11 students

Over the past week, Mr Taylor has held a series of assemblies for Year 11 students designed to remind them of some of the things they will need to do in order to achieve their potential in their exams next summer. The following is a summary of what was said to students:

1) Arrive on time – set the alarm on your phone so you get up early enough to get to school on time. Go straight to each lesson on the bell. Save your conversations with your friends for lunchtime and breaktime. 5 minutes lost each lesson = 2 days lost each month

2) Have the correct equipment – leave any distractions (iPod, phone etc.) in your locker. Pack your bag the night before with the correct equipment. Make a few of copies of your timetable: leave one in your bag, one at home, one with your tutor (they won’t mind), and one in your locker.

3) Try your best –Answer questions in class. Make sure you focus on getting as much work done as possible. Don’t distract other people. Ask for help if you need it.

4) Check your work for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar – Read back through any completed piece of work. At the very least, check for the following: key word spellings (look on the walls of your classroom); full stops (at the end of sentences) and capital letters (at the start of sentences and for people and places); commas (read the sentence back in your head, when you pause, put a comma) and common spelling errors (“who’s” and “whose”, “their”, ”there” and“they’re” etc.).

5) Complete your homework on time – Bring your planner with you to each lesson and write down the homework. Ask your teacher if you are not sure exactly what to do. If you find the homework difficult, see your teacher before the lesson for help. If you are struggling to find a place to work or you need a set time to do the work and want someone to check up on you, then see Mr Taylor and I will sign you up for lunchtime or afterschool homework club.

6) Attend boosters and catch ups – There are lots of boosters running in lots of subjects, your teachers are going out of their way to help you – do not waste the opportunity. See your class teachers for more details.

7) Revise effectively – you will be having a VIP lesson on revision and there are hints and resources on Fronter (KS4 revision room). If you want any help with revision –see Mr Taylor.

Any opportunity that you get to reinforce or discuss the above with your son/daughter would be greatly appreciated.