Welcome

1. Welcome New Year 12 Parent information evening.

4. How the evening will run 7: 00 pm Welcome and introductions 7: 20 pm Session 1 7: 40 pm Session 2 8: 00 pm Session 3 8: 20 pm Return to hall for PTFA details & refreshments

6. A Year 12 Student’s Day • Starts at 8:45am each day for all sixth formers with form time • Assembly on Wednesday begins at 8.35am • 5 one hour lessons • Ten minute gaps between lessons • Lessons end at 3:35pm on the main site, 3:45pm at Stone House • Option to sign out at 2:35pm but only if free

7. A Year 12 Student’s Week • 25 timetabled hours per week • 4 AS subjects, each of 4.5 hours/week • General R.E. 1 hour/week • Supervised private study 2 hours/week • Enrichment 2 hours/week • Free periods Four AS subject choices, plus ASDAN Cert. of Personal Effectiveness for all students

8. As a student in a Catholic School, students will… • Experience daily prayer • Lead a form reflection • Be expected to attend all masses and liturgies throughout the year • Participate in a General RE programme

9. Year 12 Key Dates 2013 - 2014

11. Progress Review Name: A. Student Form: 12 AB

12. General information • Telephone 01782 848008 • Importance of AS results for university/employment. • Attendance • Develop the whole student • Any questions please?

13. Year 12 Parents’Information Evening

14. Challenges that AS students face… The Form Tutor’s View

15. Organisation Learn to take responsibility and develop personal discipline • Be in the right place at the right time - school starts at 8.45 (8.30 on Wednesday) • Meet deadlines • Plan Independent Study • Make good use of Study Periods A copy of their timetable may help you

16. Making use of what is available Use initiative to develop background knowledge – there is ALWAYS something they can do • Read newspapers / magazines • Use the internet • Television programmes Discuss issues with them Buy newspaper

17. Distractions Minimise things that may harm their progress • Late nights out • Jobs – excessive/ unreasonable hours • Appointments during lessons Don’t make phone calls during lessons

18. Developing the whole person Join in and have fun: • Extra curricular activities – sport, drama, etc • Enrichment • Retreat • Assemblies • School Council Encourage the students to broaden their experience and get involved

19. Certificate of Personal Effectiveness CoPE - 3 modules in Year 12, • Individual Presentation: Thought for the Day 2. Group Presentation: Working With Others 3. Improving Learning: Monitoring at review meetings with tutor

20. Thought for the Day An individual 10 minute “thought provoking presentation” to the form on a topic of their choice.

21. Form Time Programme: Monday: Planner Check Tuesday: Thought for the Day Wednesday: Assembly at Main school (8.30) Thursday : Thought for the Day Friday: Quiz / Debate • General Studies – Science and Culture • Develop a broader general knowledge

22. Debate / Quiz Debate: This house believes… Speakers for / against Quiz: Students research and prepare questions Points for good performance - contribute to the House system

23. Debate / Quiz Examples of topics: • Evolution • Carbon Emissions • Nuclear power • Alternative medicines • Animal Rights activists • Recession • Funding for the Arts

24. Thank You Any Questions

25. “In working with young people, do not try to call them back to where they were, and do not call them to where you are, beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place neither you nor they have been.”W. J. Donovan

26. What our students ask us to tell New Year 12’s! Attend all lessons Revise Earlier Work consistently throughout the year Summarise notes throughout the year (not just before exams) Ask for help if you have a problem

27. What our students ask us to tell New Year 12’s! Use study time in school productively Work more at home Meet Deadlines Organise folders and files Do work as soon as it’s set

28. Why it goes wrong for some students! Too many distractions Social Life needed to come second Monday nights out effected performance in school all week. Working too many hours in a part time job (especially in the run up to Christmas) Too many demands - from parents, organisations, sport etc.

29. What our students ask us to tell their parents! Give me space and quiet time to work on my own. Push me to study each night

30. What our students ask us to tell their parents! Spend time with me and talk to me about my work. Test me on topics. Help me write my personal statement. Make sure I have time to relax exercise and unwind.

31. SJC 6th Form – Who are we? • We are a community • We take personal development seriously • We seek to have a working relationship of equals with your son and daughter.

32. A. The Role of the Pastoral Team • Remind the Form of 6th Form Procedures • Monitor and support the Form as they prepare and also present an individual “Thought for the Day” to the Form. • Encourage and support the student in their independent learning with weekly action plan. • Make judgements about each student’s commitment to the Sixth Form Agreement. • Speak on a 1:1 basis with students whom there is any negative feedback about. • To encourage and support the Enrichment of students as people • To encourage a broader understanding of the wider world in which they live.

33. 1. Remind the students of 6th Form Procedures The Form Tutor’s Mantra: “I’m not going to ask you to do anything that I don’t have to do!”

34. Communication School Students Home

35. Absence from School All unforeseen absences must be authorised by a note / phone call from home before if possible or before 10am on the day of absence Phone : 01782 848008 Option 1.

37. Is it possible to attend all lessons? Absence from Lessons Funerals Family circumstances Religious Festivals Dental/ medical appointments Possible reasons why students may be absent from school/ lessons Driving test Trips out Rehearsals Sports Fixtures Prefect Duties Sickness on the morning of a school day Sickness or injury during school day

38. Any absences from lessons are reported to students in form time Students are registered for all lessons 85% Once 15% of lessons have been missed in a three week period, students will have three weeks without free periods. It is the responsibility of students to plan carefully to catch up on missed work Students can request an itemised breakdown of their absences and speak to the Head of year to discuss these absences and the plans they have to catch up on work.

39. Punctuality to Tutor Time Punctuality to Assembly (8.35am Wednesdays) and Form time (8.45)is essential. 3 lates in a half term result in paying back an hour of extra study.

40. “Thought for the Day” • An individual 10 minute “thought provoking presentation” to the form on a topic of their choice. This forms part of their General RE/ Asdan qualification.

41. 3. Using Planners in Form time My To-Do List When I’ll Do It

43. “Work Set By Me” – The Aim • Consolidate • Extend • “Revise as you go along”

45. Timetabled study is not time in which to complete work set by teachers. (i.e. NOT Homework!)Guidance on independent learning is accessed through the Network’s Shared Area (To be placed on VLE at a future date)The Independent Learning folder contains a separate folder for each AS course. The Fideliter Building & School IT Network

46. Each course folder contains: • A Course Outline – stating when each topic is taught and by whom; • A “Menu” of Generic tasks to choose from; • A “Menu” of Subject / Topic Specific tasks to choose from;

47. Generic Consolidation Tasks

48. Subject / Topic Specific Extension Tasks

49. “How can it be independent if we are suggesting what they do?”* It is additional – on top of homework. The deadline is student set. It is not assessed – even though teachers will draw on it and refer to it in future lessons.) *How is this any different to homework? *In the same way that the revision they did at GCSE is different to homework they did during GCSE!!

50. “Revise as you go along” Sixth Formers should be working harder than their Teachers!