Bulletin 25th June 2012

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    SIXTH FORM BULLETIN SIXTH FORM BULLETIN Week Beginning 25Week Beginning 25thth June 2012June 2012

    ASSEMBLYTuesday 26th June 8:45am National Sports Week and Thursday 28th June 8:45am Higher Education Convention

    ART EXHIBITION Wednesday 27th June 6 8pm.I am delighted to invite you to the private viewing of our 2012 annual exhibition where we will be celebrating the hard workand success of our GCSE, AS and A2 art and photography students.Whilst enjoying our students artwork you will be entertained by the live background music provided by Simon Balle

    musicians. Drinks and nibbles will also be available. The event will take place this year in the school art rooms and itpromises to be a very enjoyable evening.I do hope that you will take this opportunity to join us. J Mackervoy , Head of Art

    RETURN OF BOOKSReminder to students - please return your text books to the department who issued them.

    REQUEST FOR ABSENCEWe strongly recommend that you do not take time off over the next five weeks as the A2 courses will have started. Forunavoidable circumstances please ensure that you complete a green form in advance.

    UCAS TRIP 4th July

    PLEASE RETURN YOUR REPLY SLIP AND PAYMENT URGENTLY IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY DONE SO

    JOB APPLICATIONS & INTERVIEW SKILLS WORKSHOP ONLY 8 PLACES LEFT SEE JULIE IF INTERESTEDI am extremely pleased to be able to offer a workshop for any year 12/13 students who would like help with JobApplications/CV writing and Interview skills.Mr Roe who has kindly offered to run the workshop has extensive knowledge and experience in this field and haspreviously specialised in delivering seminars on this subject.If you would like to reserve a place on the workshop please confirm via email [email protected] great opportunity to polish your skills if you are soon to be seeking employment.Date: Wednesday 27th June, Time: 9am. Venue to be advised.

    YEAR 12 WORK EXPERIENCEAny students who want help with finding a summer placement see Julie Calder next week. There is still time in summer toorganise a second experience for any students keen to do so.

    LIBRARY NEWSIf you have finished your exams why not call into our Library to choose some leisure reading?We have Books for Older Readers displayed on the red trolley in the Fiction Zone. If you wouldlike some recommended reads please ask the Library staff. Happy Reading!

    SCHOOL LEAVER OPPORTUNITIESIf you are looking for employment post exams and would like to find out more about school leaver programmes andapprenticeships see a list below of just some companies who are advertising to recruit A level students for their traineeprogrammes:

    Barclays, RBS, Aviva, Price Waterhouse Cooper, KPMG, Baker Tilly.Log on to their website and have a look at what they are offering. There are some fantastic schemes, most of them askingfor a minimum of 260 UCAS points or BBC grades.Alternatively there are numerous apprenticeship schemes on offer, simply register via www.apprenticeships.org.uk , stateyour area of interests and search results lots of work/training schemes available.

    TFL OPPORTUNITIESTransport for London (TfL) is responsible for keeping seven million people moving across London, and it takes over28,000 members of staff to make this happen. TfL would like to invite your students to apply to their apprenticeshipprogrammes and join the expanding team of staff at their London office.They are looking for talented, enthusiastic students who are looking to bypass university and enter the world of work. Aswell as receiving excellent training from leading professionals, TfL will offer your students the chance to earn whilst theylearn, and they will receive a number of staff benefits including free travel on tubes and buses. All students need to do isfill in their details and answer two questions.The deadlines for applications are fast-approaching, so please read their message below or visit the following page ontheir website for more information: www.tfl.gov.uk/apprenticeships.

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    Criminology Student Conference - 3rd December 2012 - LondonPlaces can now be booked for the above conference for any interested Sociology/Psychology students. The conference isdesigned to help students gain an insight into the academic study of Criminology and is chaired by one of the countriesleading criminologists along with high profile speakers presenting throughout the day.To book a place or for more information phone 01869 336410 or [email protected] There is also aposter advertising the talk on the careers board.

    ARRIVING & LEAVING SITEOn the rare occasion that you arrive late to school please ensure that you sign in at the main school reception.It is important that when leaving the school site all sixth form students sign in and out of school at the main reception.PARKINGCan we remind students that parking is not permitted on the school site without authorisation.

    SIXTH FORM IMPORTANT DATES

    Fun Run - 25th June, periods 4 & 5

    Sports day - 27th June

    Year 13 Leavers Assembly &Hoody Collection - 28th June, 2pm

    District Athletics champs - 29th June

    Sixth Form Induction - Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd July

    Year 12 UCAS Convention - Wednesday 4th July

    Summer Concert - Wednesday 4th July

    Megadrive (Year 12) - Thursday 5th July(All year 12 students will be off timetable for the day)

    Sixth Form Activity Day - Thursday 19th July(All year 12 students will be off timetable for the day)

    Results Day - A levels Thursday 16th AugustGCSEs Thursday 23rd August

    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COMMON ROOM WILL BE CLOSED TO YEAR 12 STUDENTS ON THE FOLLOWINGDATES:- 28TH JUNE FROM 1:30, 2ND & 3RD JULY, 6TH JULY PERIODS 1-3.

    CHARITY COLLECTIONThank you to those people who have donated charity items for Mind.

    They will be coming in over the next couple of weeks. If you would like to donated any unwanted items such as clothing andaccessories please leave them in the Sixth Form Area.

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