Sixth Form Student Bulletin
Week beginning Monday 20th April 2015 (Week B)
Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July: Year 12 Work Experience Week
Tuesday 5th May: Leavers’ Assembly
Monday 11th May : Start of the summer exam timetable
Monday 8th June: A2 courses start for Year 12
Tuesday 16th June : Higher Education Evening for all Year 12 parents
6.00pm-7.30pm
 Friday 19th June : Higher Education Trip for all Year 12 students to
Sheffield-details to follow
 Wednesday 24th June: Year 13 Leavers’ BBQ
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Please note that the school will be open for revision on the following
Saturdays: 9th and 16th May and the 13th June.
The Common Room and the IT rooms will be available and if you need a room
to do some group revision in we can open up one of the science labs.
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Exam Timetables
Please collect your individual timetable from Mrs Booth if you have not already done so –
check the details carefully and let Mrs Booth know if you notice any problems i.e. not
entered for a resit. This is your responsibility please don’t imagine someone else will
automatically pick up on an omission.
REVISION
The Common Room and V1 were very well used throughout the holidays and I was impressed to
see so many of you using the space to work in effectively.
Revision Tips
1. Avoid distractions: Mobile Phones (or Gaming) and revision=lack of focus on the subject
matter=lack of success in the exam. So…..turn it off and put it away.
2. Planning: Draw up a plan for your revision-which topics need covering and when are you
going to cover them?
3. Time : 3 hours a day is generally the recommended amount for after school revision up to
the exams. At weekends 6 hours is the recommended amount. So create the time, in
particular it is essential that you book time off work.
4. Method: find a method that works-this takes time. Notes/mind maps/flash cards/group
revision/pair testing/past papers…..Ask for help if your way isn’t working.
5. Relaxation-if you are spending a large amount of the day revising your brain needs a
break so; exercise/see friends/watch your favourite TV programmes.
6. Ask for help -if you are getting worried-don’t suffer in silence.
Revision Sessions this term
A-Level Geography Revision Session Timetable 2015 after Easter
Date
Monday 20th April
Monday 27th April
Wednesday 29th April
Wednesday 6th May
Wednesday 13th May
Topic
AS GEOG1 – Population
AS GEOG1 – Health
AS GEOG1 – Rivers
AS GEOG1 – Cold environments
AS GEOG2 – Skills and personal
investigation
Tuesday 2nd June
Wednesday 3rd June
Monday 8th June
A2 GEOG3 – World Cities
A2 GEOG3 – Tectonics
A2 GEOG3 – Development and
Globalisation
A2 GEOG3 – Weather
A2 GEOG4 – Skills and personal
investigation
Wednesday 10th June
Wednesday 17th June
Miss Walter is running ‘drop in’ sessions every Monday on Kindertransport for
Year 12 English Literature to offer extra support on areas you are unsure of and
to go through past papers
Year 13 English Literature
‘Drop in’ sessions every Monday with Miss Walter (after May Half-Term) on
Paradise Lost to offer extra support on areas you are unsure of .
Physics with Mr Henderson in S1 on Monday lunchtimes and Friday after
school with emphasis on exam technique
Psychology and Sociology AS after school on Wednesdays and
Thursdays
BE TIME AWARE……..
There are 3 weeks now until the first written AS exam.
Revise on the go!
AS Psychology Revision App by Cara Flanagan-please have a look at this Year 12
Psychologists
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Sporting Activities out of school
If you take part in sport out of school or officiate out of school could you
please let Mrs Booth have the details – thank you.
The Common Room
The Library Quiet Room is open to work in until 4.00pm each day.
Remember the Common Room is open until 6.00pm every day for you to work
in.
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Careers Appointments
Mrs Taylor our careers advisor is next in school on the 22nd April, she already
has some appointments so please let Mrs Booth know as soon as possible if
you wish to have a careers interview.
Happy Birthday this week to:
Emily Eaton-22nd April
Carla Fisher-23rd April
Mason Warhurst-23rd April
Jack Brown- 25th April
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Year 12 Work Experience June 29th-July 3rd
Please keep Mrs Booth up to date with your arrangements. We have to
organise risk assessments so the sooner we know where you are hoping to go
the better. If you haven’t yet completed one of the work experience forms
headed Me2wrk please see Mrs Booth.
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Year 12s – Community Service Opportunity
Could you act as a mentor for a Year 11 student with physical needs? If
you are interested please see Mrs Booth. This would be particularly
worthwhile for someone thinking of a future in nursing, medicine,
teaching or social work.
Year 12
University-planning ahead
We have arranged to take you all to a UCAS Higher Education Fair in
Sheffield after your exams. We have also arranged an evening for you
and your parents where the process of applying and financing university
will be explained.
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Year 13
 University offers and finance - What to do?
If you haven’t replied to your offers yet please see Mrs Livings
 Finance applications: you need to be getting on with these.
https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-log
 Apprenticeship help for Year 13
On Fridays after school Mrs Livings is available to help anyone applying
for apprenticeships or employment. Please come along or see her and if
you can’t make Fridays a different time for help can be set up.
Visit www.careermap.co.uk – the quick and easy way to search for
apprenticeships in your area
Mrs Booth has up to date information on apprenticeship opportunities across
the East Midlands please ask her for more information
Apprenticeship opportunities are also available from the App Store for
iphone users and from Google Play for android phone users
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Financial help in the Sixth Form
If your family circumstances change during your time in the 6th Form and this
leads to financial hardship please come to see us so that we can see if it is
possible for you to access the bursary fund.
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News Item of the Week:
I know your main focus at the moment is of course revision and you may feel
you haven’t time to think about politics. However, for many of our Year 13s
this is your first vote and you therefore do need to think carefully and ensure
you use your democratic right to vote on May 7th.
I hope you found time to watch at least one of the televised debates during the
holidays and are taking time to read about and think about what all the
political parties offer. The article below will I hope of interest to you. I will be
putting a newspaper in the Common Room each day until the 7th May so you
can keep up to date with what the politicians are saying.
Young Voters and the election
Most first-time voters are so fed up with politicians they would not vote for any of the main parties at the
election.
An exclusive Generation poll reveals 70% of 18 to 22-year-olds would most likely tick a box backing
“none of the above” on their ballot papers.
Our ICM survey, in conjunction with think-tank British Future, revealed 34% of young people have voted
on reality TV shows like X Factor but only 23% definitely plan to have their say on May 7.
Yet they still care about issues affecting them and their country as 52% have signed a petition at some
point.
What they think: Young voters
The findings prove young people are desperate to have their voices heard, but do not feel any of the parties
speak for them.
One potential first-time voter Amber Taylor Smith, 19, said: “If the option was there to vote for ‘none of
the above’, I would definitely choose that.
“I feel that the main parties overlook people like me slightly, don’t understand my issues.”
A fifth of those polled also said one reason they may not vote is because they struggled to see the
difference between the main parties.
Amber, of Barnsley, South Yorks, added: “Right now, to me the major parties haven’t been doing enough
to really stand out for young people.
“Labour is trying, granted, but I want to see policies applied that will affect me and my future”.
17 days 13 hours 51 minutes 13 seconds
Nearly three quarters of those polled said they would be more likely to vote if they felt politicians listened
to their concerns or if they believed it could make a difference to their lives.
They also say politicians are talking too much about immigration in the run-up to the election and
neglecting issues like education and job opportunities.
But, despite their reluctance to vote, 47% rejected comedian Russell Brand’s call for an election boycott.
How they'll vote: Young people
“They’re not joining Russell Brand in writing-off the election, though. They want politicians to show they
will listen to them as they seek their votes.”
With two million young people eligible to vote in May, winning them over could swing a close contest in
favour of David Cameron’s Tories or Ed Miliband’s Labour.
But a recent rule change means the head of a household is no longer responsible for registering every adult
living there on the electoral roll.
Instead people need to register individually. Students especially have fallen foul of this reform as
universities were previously able to automatically register all those in halls of residence.
Voting results: Young people
It is one reason nearly a million people have vanished from the electoral roll.
The Mirror has launched its #NoVoteNoVoice campaign to encourage the missing voters to sign up and
make a difference at the general election.
Labour’s Liam Byrne, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said: “It’s time we had a government that
backs our young people rather than attacking them.
“That’s why it’s so important that young people use their vote. It’s simple, no vote, no voice.”
At the 2010 election, voter turnout for 18 to 24-year-olds was 44% – compared to 76% of over-65s.
Our poll found 62% of young people think there is too little education on politics or how the election
works – despite citizenship being a compulsory subject in secondary schools.
Politicians must listen
It’s time for political parties to genuinely step up their game and listen to those who have been ignored.
There are two million potential first time voters, and those two million votes could swing the election one
way or another.
Rather than preaching that young people don’t know, or don’t care about politics, take a look at the hand
they have been dealt in the past five years.
Tuition fees and cuts to Education Maintenance Allowance have made an already difficult situation
surrounding jobs, tuition costs and saving even harder.
We are the first generation to face the housing crisis, massive student debts and the lack of jobs at the end
of university.
We are stuck in a rut that needs addressing, not ignoring. It’s so important that we educate and support
people on how and why to cast their vote.
■ Follow Helen’s tour at Mirror.co.uk/voice and on Twitter @VoiceOfGen1
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