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SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL SIXTH FORM
Parents’ and carers information
evening
Outline of the evening
Introduction to the Key Sixth Form staff
Mrs Harris
Expectations and procedures
Mrs Harris
Achievement and progress
Ms Doherty
Sixth Form Administration
Mrs Kelly – Sixth form Administrator
What do we hope that you will
gain from this evening?
• An understanding of the expectations we have of
Sixth Formers
• An overview of procedures in the Sixth Form
• Assessment and progress in the Sixth Form
• Ideas on how students can be supported in their
learning
• Information about extra-curricular activities
• Opportunities to meet the tutors informally and
exchange information
Meet the staff
• Ms Doherty Assistant Head teacher, KS5
Attainment and Progress.
• Mr Burgess, Mr Duncan and Ms ConwayStokes. Form tutors.
• Mrs Kelly Sixth Form Administrator
SHIRLEY SIXTH FORM
A great place to learn
Striving for success
Achieve, aspire and enjoy
Happy and fully involved students
Successful outcomes – Large numbers going on to
Higher Education
Personalised approach with accessible staff team
Excellent advice, guidance and support
KS5 Expectations
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To attend 100% of your lessons, study periods and enrichment as far as possible
To arrive for school by 8.30 a.m and attend registration and tutor periods
If you know in advance that you will be absent from a lesson that you come and see us to
collect the work ahead of the lesson
If your absence was unexpected, to see us on the day you return to school to collect the
work you have missed
To be punctual to lessons
To settle down quickly to work in lessons and behave appropriately and take your learning
seriously
To adhere to the dress code
To be polite and show respect in your conversations with teachers and peers
To arrive to lessons with the necessary equipment and books
To meet deadlines for homework assignments and coursework
To aim to meet or exceed your target grade on all assignments and assessments
To spend at least 30 hours a week (study periods, and time at home) on your school work
To have a willingness to learn
A week in the life of a KS5
student
• Arrive on time correctly dressed.
Students also wear ID at all times.
• Attend 5 lessons per week in each A
level or BTEC studied.
• Attend 1 PSHEE period and 2 Enrichment
lessons.
• Attend supervised Independent study.
• Complete all work on time to target
grade.
• Involvement in the life of the school
PSHEE
• Allows tutors time to get to know their students and offer their
help/advice/support/mentoring
• Allows students time to reflect on their progress and set targets
for improvement
• Students follow a programme which includes driver education,
first aid, study and examination skills, stress and relaxation
education, independent living skills
• Allows students time to work with each other on charity
projects and events
• Allows time for support of applications for Post 16 life – UCAS &
Job applications
ENRICHMENT
University Visits
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Sport
Mentoring
Charity / Community
work
Work Experience
EPQ
So you’ve got them through GCSE
• Job done: they’ve made it and they’re big
enough to manage on their own
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So are they on their own…?
• False – regular monitoring at home and at school is essential
• School form tutors will be getting to know students and
speaking with them individually
• Setting targets this term and helping them make the
transition into sixth form
• A programme of individual mentoring and study skills - The
weekly timetabled PSHEE
Sixth Form students know how to
study by now, surely?
• True – you and their teachers have been working with them for
years!
• True – there are excellent facilities available to all
• True – they WILL have been set an hour of homework minimum
for every hour of teaching time, whether they admit it or not!
• True – teachers expect to be asked supplementary
questions inside and outside of lessons
• True – they still have 6th form planners and will be
recording assignments and deadlines regularly
• False – many students do not cope well with “free periods”
• That is why we have supervised study periods.
She/ he is old enough not to need my
help any more
False – although the role may change, students
ALWAYS need support and challenge from home
• They may not always know it – tact needed!
• Anxiety – may be trying to cover up real concerns with
distractions
• Stay involved while things are going well, to lay good
foundations for future stress points
A person who did well at GCSE will do
well at A level/BTEC?
• True – GCSE gives a very reliable indicator of potential for
future levels of success
• Targets are set using GCSE results and show the results a
student is capable of
A) if working to best of their ability
B) if maintaining an ideal approach to study
• So if a student is adrift from target levels it IS cause for
concern
ACHIEVEMENT & PROGRESS AT KS5
Ms Doherty
Assistant Headteacher
AIM
• To demystify the assessment
process at Post 16
A street scene or a portrait?
MORAL PURPOSE
There is a clear moral purpose at Shirley High Sixth Form emphasising:
• Every student's aspirations raised and every
student supported in achieving them
• Every student achieving that of which they
are capable
• Every student progressing to the next
stage of learning and developing the
skills for life-long learning
Purpose of the Sixth Form
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Be part of a successful learning community
Contribute to the life of the school
Mature intellectually and personally
Gain qualifications for university or a career
TARGET SETTING
• The Alps target setting system enables you to
set each student aspirational targets based on
national data as soon as you know that
student’s GCSE results
• We have found that setting this expectation
early with each student, and their parents is
very important
ALPS
Advanced Level Performance System
If students achieve above their target grades
by 1 level they become ‘red hot’
+1 = RED
If students achieve their target grades they
are in the ‘black’
0 = BLACK
If students fall below their target grades they
become ‘blue cold’
– 1 = BLUE
Minimum AS level target grades
Minimum BTEC target grades
Levels of progress
Diagnosis, Therapy, Testing
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What can’t I do?
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What can I do about it?
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How can my teacher help me?
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How will I demonstrate progression?
BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
1. Keeping a positive learning attitude
2. Doing all that has been asked of you and then some!
3. Using time for independent study and learning outside the
classroom constructively
4. Remaining motivated through the hard times or persevering when it
isn’t easy
5. Not allowing temptation to steer you away from the main prize
6. Reflecting on your own progress without prompting
7. Striving towards 100% attendance and punctuality
8. Being fully equipped for the task in hand
9. Entering into the spirit of it
10. Setting goals and working towards them
A person who did well at GCSE will do
well at A level/BTEC?
False – some students really struggle after GCSE
1. If they rely on a GCSE approach that ‘worked in the past’
without raising their game for A levels/BTEC Extended
Diplomas
2. If circumstances do not go well for them
3. If they lose direction and/or determination
We need to keep pressure on to stay
competitive…
True – the sixth form years pass very quickly
• AS level is 50% covered by Christmas
• Assessment in May (or January!)
• A2 level has started before the end of this academic year
• BTEC modules constantly being assessed
• We want everyone to have fun in sixth form, but there is no
slack time
THE ROLE OF THE FORM TUTOR
• Communications hub
• Monitoring progress using all information including attitude
and behaviour where needed
• Contacting you with concerns
• Challenging students to achieve their full potential
• Providing advice and guidance
SIXTH FORM ADMINISTRATION
• First point of contact
• Student forms
• Identity Badges
• Parent letters
Key Dates to remember
• Year 12 Progress Report in November
• Aim Higher visit late November
• Year 12 Parents’ Evening Monday December 10th
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January modular exams for AS courses
Senior Prefect application deadlines in spring
May/ June modular exams for AS courses. ( No study leave)
Final coursework deadlines for BTEC June 2012
(departmental deadlines may well be sooner)
• Most of June and all July for starting A2
• UCAS parents’ information evening June
• Exam results day Thursday 15 August 2013
THANK YOU FOR COMING
Please take a Sixth Form Parents’
Guide