‘Excellence for All’

Year 12 Survival Guide

12th September 2019

• Mr L Craggs, Head of Sixth Form

• Ms K Dickenson, Assistant Head of Sixth Form• Mrs S James, Assistant Head of Sixth Form (maternity cover)

• Mr A Moore, Careers Coordinator

• Miss B McAneny, Sixth Form Administrator

• Mr J Crowe, Principal

• 10 x Form Tutors (5 in Y12, 5 in Y13)

January

2015

Today…

-Welcomed our fifth year group last week

-World Class School and Sixth Form

-Ofsted Outstanding

-Students have been to Iceland, Berlin, CERN, Auschwitz,

Canada, the Amazon, Malawi and Swaziland. We have

Cambodia and Tanzania in planning.

-expanded offer

-eight doctors, two dentists

-three primary school teachers

-nine lawyers

-one at Oxford and two at Cambridge…

Student Results DestinationAbbie A*A*A* (Biology, Chemistry, Maths) Dentistry, NewcastleAlex A*A*Aab (English Language, English Lit, Art, EPQ, AS Spanish) English, Cambridge (Jesus College)Hannah A*A*A (English Lit, Psychology, History) English Literature, NewcastleCallum AA*A (Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths) Maths, LancasterJessica A*ABa* (Geography, Biology, Maths, EPQ) Geography, DurhamNicole AABa (PE, Psychology, Geography, Core Maths) Adult Nursing, SunderlandAlex A*AB (Biology, Art, Psychology) Biomedical Science, SunderlandJessica AABa (Biology, Psychology, Chemistry, Core Maths) (Not Placed)Charlotte AABa (Biology, Geography, Chemistry, EPQ) Medicine, Hull York Medical SchoolOllie AAB (Economics, History, Business) Economics, NewcastleJack AAB (Biology, Geography, Chemistry) Biology, YorkEthan AAB (Biology, Physics, History) Engineering & Physical Sciences, NottinghamLauren AAB (History, Psychology, English Lit) English Literature, Newcastle

Bursary Amount of payment

Frequency of payment Criteria for eligibility – students aged under 19 on 31/08/2018

Level 1: Vulnerable Student Bursary

Guaranteed £1200 annual payment

Three instalments: One of £600 at the start of the autumn term and two of £300 at the start of the spring and summer term.

Are currently in care (as defined by social services) Are leaving or have recently left care Are in receipt of Income Support (Universal Credit) in their

own name. Are disabled and in receipt of both Employment Support

Allowance and Disability Living Allowance (Personal Independence Payments)

Level 2: Bursary for students from low-income families

£20 per week

Monthly BACS payment into students’ bank account

Students received free school meals throughout Year 11 or are eligible for FSM upon starting Sixth Form.

Level 3:Discretionary Support Fund

Variable amount up to £125

One-off payment. Have a gross annual household income of below £25,000 (priority given to students who claim free school meals)

• We used the 2019 Student Survey to find out more about set work (or ‘homework’) and self-regulated learning.

• We discovered this was a bit patchy and have devised our ‘2+5’ guidelines.

• As these are only guidelines, you may experience some deviation at times.

• On a weekly basis, staff should aim to set, and students should expect to receive:

2 hoursSet Work

5 hours SRL

Success!

Set Work – this may be teacher-marked, self-marked or peer-marked. It could

involve a range of types of activity. There will be a strict deadline to meet. Expect one

hour from each teacher.

SRL (Self-Regulated Learning) – this will not be marked although we will ask you to keep a journal. Course staff

will guide you with the kinds of activities you can be doing to develop independence, take control of your

learning, extend your knowledge and develop skills for beyond Sixth Form.

Enrichment

Enrichment

Self-regulated Study

(these are not ‘frees’!)

Consolidating in-class learning by...

• Reading around the subject

• Tidying notes and diagrams

• Adding depth to notes

• Reading articles, journals, text books

• Seeking support from peers or teachers

• Completing past papers

Can’t do 15 hours during ‘frees’!

A Level 1 A Level 2

A Level 3EPQ and/or

Further/Core Maths and/or

Grade 6+ music

Enrichment: Super-curriculare.g. MOOCs, STEP Maths, LNAT prep or BMAT prep, observing in the public gallery at a law court, Young Enterprise, F1 in Schools

Enrichment: Physicale.g. Handball, Skiing etc

Enrichment: Creativitye.g. ab initio language, ukelele, craft, British Sign Language

Enrichment: Service to Wider Communitye.g. volunteering in charity shop, care home, local primary school or church

PPE ProgrammeBlock of lessons in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Leadership and School CommunitySustained participation in at least one of:• Student Leadership Team• Subject Reps Scheme• Peer Support Programme• Mental Health Ambassadors• Reading Mentors Programme• Revision Buddies Scheme• In-class support within the Academy• Form Class Buddying

• Tanzania 2021 with World Challenge

• Inter-form Dodgeball

• Duke of Edinburgh Straight to Gold Award

• North East Women Leaders Conference

• HE+ Cambridge Programme (selected students)

• Lessons From Auschwitz Programme

• Full Enrichment Programme, local lectures etc

Forthcoming Local Lectures and Talks:

Date/ Venue: Lecture Series:

Title and Synopsis: Suitable for:

Weds 11th

Sept5:30-6.30pm, AllingtonHouse

Durham UniLectures and Seminars

Future Memory and Circular Time in Dickens' 'The Signal-Man'Charles Dickens' short story 'The Signal-Man' is hauntingly terrifying and intellectually complex. Claire Ashworth explains how Dickens' vision of time predicts the psychology of Freud.

Literature, Psychology Applicants

Tues 17th

Sept5.30-8.00pmHope Street Exchange

Sunderland University Events

Regional Paramedic and Research Community of Practice Event This event will showcase existing paramedic research in the region and highlight future opportunities. Current research studies will be presented by key researchers from NEAS and the University of Sunderland. Areas of opportunities for research within paramedic practice and the ambulance service will be discussed and debated, along with resources available to support research studies in Health Services Research. Book via EventBrite

Paramedicand Nursing Applicants

Tues 17th Sep6.30-7.45pm, Debating Chamber, Pemberton Lecture Rooms, Palace Green

Durham UniLectures and Seminars

Durham 1569: A People’s Tragedy? Prof. Eamonn Duffy will give this public lecture. 1569 refers to the Northern Rebellion/"Rising of the Northern Earls", an event tied to the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V in 1570, and arguably the decisive rupture between the Church of England and the Catholic Church in communion with the Bishop of Rome.

History Applicants

Weds 18th Sep5.30-6.30pmAllingtonHouse

Durham UniLectures and Seminars

Wrong Paths: A Short History of Choose-Your-Own Adventure If you enjoyed the recent Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, you're sure to be interested in this Late Summer Lecture from the Department of English Studies. George Cox takes us back through the history of adventure stories in which readers and viewers get to choose what happens next. Free and open to all, from members of the public to schools to academics. Reserve your free ticket at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/read-research-english-at-durham-17315244160

English,Creative Writing Applicants

Forthcoming Local Lectures and Talks:

Date/ Venue: Lecture Series:

Title and Synopsis: Suitable for:

Mon 23rd Sept 6.30-7.30pmLecture Theatre 003, Bus & Law Bldg

Northumbria University Public Lectures

The Priest and the Doctor, in their long coats, running over the fields. Prof Elaine Hall This lecture, by a law Professor from outside the discipline of law, explores knowledge, evidence and expertise. How do we (think we) know anything? On what basis do we make decisions, or have decisions made for us? Who do we trust and on what basis? How can we challenge decisions? What currency do the various forms of evidence have? There will be some philosophy and some epistemology, as well as a case examination of recent proposed changes to entry into the legal profession.

Philosophy and Law Applicants

Tues 1st Oct5.30-8pmBrunswickCentre, Ncl

Café Culture2019-20

Rewriting Motherhood: Egg freezing, solo motherhood, later motherhood and reproductive anxiety The UK is experiencing unprecedented changes on when and how women (and of course men too) are having babies and forming families. Dr Zeynep Gurtin, UCL Institute for Women’s Health, will explore how many women are entering motherhood later, and that there are increasing numbers of women choosing to become solo mothers with the help of official or unofficial sperm donors, creating new family forms with same-sex or co-parents, deciding to remain childfree, or choosing to freeze their eggs. Why? Are we really more empowered than ever?

Medicine, Midwifery, Biology Applicants

Wed 2nd Oct 6.30-7.30pmLecture Theatre 001, Bus & Law Bldg

Northumbria University Public Lectures

Connections with Chemistry. Prof Justin Perry As well as being one of the classic “big three” scientific disciplines, chemistry can help answer questions in other fields of research. During his research career, Professor Perry has worked at the intersection of chemistry and biology to discover new and less polluting chemical processes which adapt naturally occurring biochemistry for industrial processes. He will also describe how he has used complex chemistry analysis to aid art historians to identify and date works of art ranging from ancient mummies to the 20th Century’s most important British artist, Francis Bacon. Finally he will demonstrate that a multidisciplinary approach to the manufacture of polymers will provide the materials of tomorrow.

Chemistry, Biochem, History, Archaeology, Art History Applicants

Mon 7th Oct 6.30-7.30pmLecture Theatre 002, Bus & Law Bldg

Northumbria University Public Lectures

International Criminal Law: A Road Less Travelled. Judge Sir Howard Morrison This lecture will explore how international criminal law has developed since Nuremberg, where it is now and where is it likely to go. What are the successes and failures and how do we go about resolving the latter and improve the establishment of better governance and the rule of law and international legal prospects for the future? Will the scope of international criminal law develop and what is that most likely to encompass? Given an ever expanding world population and diminishing resources and climate change, how does international law integrate with the control, and possible resolution, of some of the evolving dilemmas?

Law Applicants

Access to Newcastle University

Robinson Library

App Forms are available from the same place as Leave of Absence Forms.

Sixth Form students are able to apply for a pass to be able to use

this first-class research facility.This will be essential if you are

doing an EPQ but also very useful for anyone completing individual

research e.g. History projects in Year 13.

New resource:

Aimed at: All Sixth Form – especially humanities and EPQ students

Action: Collect form from foyer

2019-20 Key Dates

October Y12 Settling In Assessments, all subjects

6th November Northumbria University Visit

20th November Y12 Parent/Carers’ Evening (Weds! Time!)

w/c 30th March Written Reports Issued

19th June HE and School Leavers’ Fayre

w/c 29th June Y12 Mock Examinations

w/c 13th July Work Experience Week

How you can support your son or daughter during their time in Sixth Form?1. Revision support – planning and organising goal-orientated revision,

quiet place to study, managing distraction, encouragement, rewards.

2. Lifts to local lectures and events.

3. Purchase of text books and revision guides.

4. Emotional support.

5. Monitoring 2+5.

6. Monitoring work-life balance.

7. Fostering academic curiosity.

8. Being open–minded during conversations on ‘next steps’ – we will encourage them to keep their options open!

• Charlie Waller Memorial Trust - CWMT.org.uk – advice and support on spotting warning signs of depression/section on exam wellbeing (aimed at GCSEs but will still be useful)

• Young Minds – youngminds.org.uk – support for young people with a section for parents too – general mental health

• Kooth – kooth.com – ST’s online counselling for young people

• CAHMS - https://bit.ly/2k94isZ - Child and adolescent mental health services information for parents and carers

• The Mix - themix.org.uk - has 1-2-1 chats, crisis line

Resources for emotional support of Sixth Form students

A detailed version, with examples, of the ‘Eisenhower matrix’, named after former US President Eisenhower’s quote ‘What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important’.

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Biology re-test next weekUCAS if early deadlineHistory/English/Geog coursework

Ongoing revisionEPQUCAS if second deadline

Football Match upcomingPlanning 18th

Driving lessons

Re-arrange bedroom furnitureUpdating social media profilesChoosing Christmas presents

• Plan and organise your work

• Work regularly and steadily

• Get fresh air and exercise

• Do not cut yourself off

• Eat regularly and sensibly

• Get plenty of sleep

• Have some fun

• Cut down on alcohol and drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration

• Talk to parents, friends, teachers if things are getting you down

• Get academic work in perspective. It is not all there is to life!

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Targets, UCAS and next steps

• this is ‘ours’, and comes from FFT and GCSE APS.

• It will not change. Target Grade

• This is the student’s.

• It will be the same as the TG until the first data reports when students will have an opportunity to change it.

Aspirational Grade

• This will be gained in mock exams in Summer 2020Y12 Mock

Grade

• This is what goes on the UCAS form and will be determined by subject staff.

• It will not be (much) different from the Y12 mock grade.

Predicted Grade

Target and predicted grades – beware!

Final grades are based on the relative position against all other entries for that paper and exam board.

Only the top 3% of grades will receive a level 9 in any year

Grade Boundaries can change from year to year depending on the level of difficulty of the paper.

Routes after A-Levels

• University – Degrees?

• Advanced Apprenticeships?

• School Leaver Programmes?

• Employment?

• Gap Year?

This event will take place 1.30pm-3.30pm on Friday 21st June 2019

Higher Education Institutions, School Leaver Programmes,

Higher Level Apprenticeships and Gap YearsConfirmed attendees thus far include…

Organisations sending printed materials only.

‘Train to Teach’ scheme

Higher Level Apprenticeships

Durham Supported Progression

• Programme for those who have the potential to study at Durham and to gain a guaranteed, conditional offer

• Structured 2 year programme which includes an assessed summer school

• Support on personal statements/UCAS and also student finance• Launched in 6th form in October with a deadline in November

• www.durham.ac.uk/supported.progression

HE+ Scheme

• Fairly new programme run by Cambridge university in the North East

• Aimed at those Year 12 students who have the academic potential to make applications to Oxbridge/ Russell Group/Research intensive universities

• 3 main activity sessions for students to attend – initial welcome at Harton, Student Conference at Newcastle University and a residential at Cambridge in April 2020

Newcastle Partners Scheme

• Scheme offers a range of support and opportunities to make a successful application tot Newcastle University

• Apply in Year 13 when UCAS application is submitted• Gain a lower conditional offer for all 200+Newcastle University degree

programmes• There is a range of eligibility criteria to be met• Aim of programme is to develop the skills necessary to be a successful

student at A-Level

• www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners

NU Entry – Northumbria University

• Widening Participation Scheme for Year 12 Students who meet certain academic and background criteria

• Opportunity to gain 16 UCAS tariff points when applying to Northumbria University – students must attend an Open Day at Northumbria in Year 12 and produce a reflective essay on the event to gain the 16 points.

• Benefit from e-mentoring from current undergraduates in Year 13

• www.Northumbria.ac.uk/nuentry

Sunderland University – First Choice Scheme• 2 Year programme of activities and support aimed at developing key

skills to succeed at A-Level and at university• Must complete a number of sessions here in 6th form and attend a

summer school at the end of year 12• Must be able to achieve at least 96 UCAS points from A-Level/BTEC

study (CCC)• Gain 16 UCAS tariff points towards eligible Sunderland university

Courses and they must be your firm choice• Launch for year 12 – November 2019• www.Sunderland.ac.uk/firstchoice

• Personal – tutors, Mr Craggs, Ms Dickenson, Mrs James, Miss McAneny

• Attendance – tutors, Miss McAneny, Mr Craggs, Ms Dickenson, Mrs James

• Careers – Mr Moore, Mr Craggs, Ms Dickenson, Mrs James

• Student Voice – led by Ms Dickenson and student Presidents

• Day-to-day (lanyards, illness, returning forms etc) – Miss McAneny

Mr Craggs Ms Dickenson Mr Moore Miss McAneny Mrs James

Matthew Appleby Alice Casey

Abbie RobsonSports Rep

Alex TateSports Rep

Olivia Clark Gurleen Kaur Heidi DoddHealth Reps Jessica Taylor

Charity RepEve MouatCharity Rep

Student Presidents

Peer Mentors Revision Buddies Reading Buddies Prom Committee

Art

Nikola Turas

@WhitburnArt

Biology

Jen Shovlin, Nathan Henry

@BiologyWhitburn

Business Studies

Charlie Orrell,

@WhitburnBusine1

Chemistry

Joe Little, JamieMcAllister, Amelia Grey

@ChemWhitburn

Computing

Economics

Matthew Agar, ShayanRostami, Akshay Gupta,

Jen O’Callaghan

English Lang

Summer Foster, Kia Askins, Robin Taylor,

Annie Cau-Wood

@WhitburnLang

English Lit

Jasmine Mitchell, Phoebe Charlton

@whitburnlit

Further Maths

@MathsFurther

Geography

Eve Mouat, Phoebe Rowlings

@whitgeography

History

Daniel Aitkin, Ollie Hughes

@WhitburnHistory

Media Studies

Daniel Eriksen, Emily Davies, Sharlize Sowden,

Charlie Cummings

@whitcofemedia

PE

Kate Welsh, Frankie Kilner, Hannah Holman,

Isaac Gardner

@whitty_bpe

Physics

Charlotte Beech, Reed Smith

@WhitburnPhysics

Psychology

Beth Fowler

@WhitCofEpsych

Sociology

Jessica Taylor, Amelia Gillespie

@WhitburnSocio

Maths

Joe Thirwell, Ellie Giles, Eilidh Thompson

@SixthFormMaths

Music

Jasmine Elliot

Health & Social Care

Anna Dickson, Paige Mason, Hannah Millett

Politics

Thomas Milburn

@PoliticsWhitbu1

Philosophy & Ethics

Oscar Heslop

Film Studies

Performing Arts

MedSoc

Jamie McAllister,Alice Casey, Libby Carlin

@MedWhitburn

Psychology Soc

Beth Fowler, Jessica Taylor, Amelia GIllespie

Physics Soc

Charlotte Beech

@WhitburnPhysics

Politics Soc

Thomas Milburn, EmilyDavies

@PoliticsWhitbu1

History Soc

Daniel Aitken

Whitburn Podcasts

Jamie McAllister,Alice Casey, Libby Carlin

@WhitburnPodcast

Sociology Society

Jessica Taylor,Amelia Gillespie

@WhitburnSocio

Here is an event organised by one of our student-led societies. Of particular interest to Physics and Maths students, but all academically curious students are welcome.

Year 12 – Visit Northumbria University

Year 13 –Mock Interviews• Primary Ed• Nursing/Physio etc• Med/Vet/Dentistry• Oxbridge• General Interview

technique

09:45 – 10:00 Warm up activities10:00 – 10:30 Stress Management10:30 – 11:15 Presentation Skills11:15 – 11:30 Break11:30 – 12:00 Choosing a Course Choosing a

University12:00 – 12:45 Campus Tour12:45 – 13:15 Lunch13:15 – 13:45 I’m The One That You Want14:15 – 14:45 Finance and Budgeting14:45 – 15:10 Ask Me Anything15:10 – 15:15 Evaluations and Close

Any questions?

Please feel free to raise any issues or queries with the

senior staff present.

Thank you for coming and supporting this evening.