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Sixth Form Success @ Skipton Girls’ High School

Sixth Form Success @ Skipton Girls’ High School. Introducing the Team Mrs McMillian Assistant Headteacher: Student Progress Mr Blythe Head of Sixth Form

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Page 1: Sixth Form Success @ Skipton Girls’ High School. Introducing the Team Mrs McMillian Assistant Headteacher: Student Progress Mr Blythe Head of Sixth Form

Sixth Form Success

@

Skipton Girls’ High School

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Introducing the Team

Mrs McMillian

Assistant Headteacher: Student Progress

Mr Blythe

Head of Sixth Form

Miss Graham

Student Progress: Year 12 and 13

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Outstanding Sixth Form Results!SGHS Results AS 2013/14A 32.2%

A-C 94.1%

ALPS 2

What is ALPS?ALPS analyses the academic performance of the Sixth Form by

comparing examination results on an individual and subject-based level at SGHS compared with schools nationally.

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Sixth Form Partnership AgreementDRESS CODE

ATTENDANCE

PUNCTUALITY

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

FORSEEN ABSENCE

UNFORSEEN ABSENCE

UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE

MONITORING ATTENDANCE

RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN LEARNING

HEALTH AND SAFETY

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Sixth formers are role models for the rest of the school and need to be smartly presented at all times.

Students should wear Business Dress

• Black suit or

• Black trousers/black skirt plus black jacket

• Optional coloured top

• Dark coloured shoes

Sixth Form Dress Code

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Attendance• Students need to keep their

attendance above 95%.

• 90% attendance = students would miss 4 school weeks!

• 85% attendance = one term missed over two years!

• Poor attendance will call into question students continuation in the Sixth Form and entry for examinations.

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Attendance

In Year 12 all students are expected to be on site from 8.50am – 3.40pm (excluding lunchtimes) Monday – Friday.

Authorised absence:• Educational Visits• Medical appointments, out of

your control • School/ sporting activities• University visits• Driving tests • Religious holidays• Career related interviews• Volunteering as part of your

studies

Unauthorised absence:• Holidays taken during term time• Birthdays or similar celebrations• Shopping • Social events• Routine medical appointments • Doing coursework• Driving lessons within class time• Part time work

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RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN LEARNING

How Much Time Should I Spend Studying?

It is recommended that students match their time in the classroom outside studying.

So…….

Students will be spending 20 hours per week in the classroom.

This means per week students should allow 20 hours for studying!

Entry into Year 13 is conditional on having grades D or above in your AS subjects

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Who Can Help Me?

Subject Staff

If you are struggling with your subject, talk to them first. They may be able to explain or resolve the issue

Think about choosing a time outside of a lesson when you can have their undivided attention

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Who Can Help Me?

Mrs McMillian, Mr Blythe, Miss Graham are all available to help you. Knock on the door!

In your tutor periods your Personal Tutors are a brilliant resource for you.

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Enrichment Activities & Visits

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Enrichment Workshops & Activities

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Academic Progress Strategies & Work• 15 - 20 hours a week independent study outside lesson time

• Student Tips:

Revise as you go along; make note summaries or postcardsLook at past examination papers to see how questions relate to the topics you learnIdentify weaker areas and take positive steps to conquer themUse libraries and watch suitable and relevant TV programmes as well as reading quality, broadsheet newspapersPrepare revision summariesRead appropriate sections of textbooksRead around your subjects generallySupplement your notes from lessons

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Paid Work

• Important and often useful

• However… research shows that students working over 10 hours per week are likely to underperform by 1 grade per subject

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How can you help?

• Show an interest• Ask them to explain what and how they are doing• Try to provide the right environment at home for

study • Discuss future career / university goals • Stay in touch• Be sympathetic• Encourage them to aim high

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Parents’ Evenings & Reporting Dates

Parents’ EveningThursday 12th February 2015

Internal Exams Week beginning 12th December 2014

Internal Exams Results Day21st January 2015

Reports 7th November 201430th January 201527th March 2015

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Words of Advice from SGHSYear 13 Students

• ‘Keep folders organised. A small thing that makes a real difference’

• ‘Do not just make notes, make sure that you understand them and try to learn the work as you go along’

• ‘Do as many past papers as possible and compare your responses with the mark schemes/model answers’

• ‘Make clear notes throughout the course so that they are ready to be used for revision’

• ‘Work in small groups to learn from others and to teach others’

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UCAS

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Objectives of the session:

• To be able to use SimplyClick to communicate with your daughter’s teachers.

• To be able to use my.SGHS to have discussions with your daughter about her learning.

• To understand the safety procedures that exist to protect your daughter in school and to be aware of the dangers she faces with technology outside school.

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Simply Click

• Your communication tool for contacting staff at school.

• No need to remember email addresses• Choose your daughter’s teacher from the list

of staff and send a message!

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Login

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Change your password

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Set email notify to YES and enter your personal email address

Change your password here.

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Send a message

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Choose the teacher

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ParentPay

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Using mySGHS

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Digital Safety – In School

• School internet filter– No Facebook (or any other social networking site!)– No Twitter– No personal emails (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! etc.)

• Ranger Software– Allows staff to remotely take control of your

daughter’s netbook during lessons.• Mobile phones are to be used for learning

purposes only.

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Implications

• What sites do you visit?• Do your children know more about the

internet than you?• What sites do your children visit?

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Learning Online?

Money management

Research

Communication skills

Confidence Commitment Computer skills

Creativity

The Internet is brilliant

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The good old days…

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Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 staff for calling its flyers 'chavs' Facebook blog insulted passengers and claimed aircraft had cockroaches

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first day at work. omg!! so dull!!!

all I do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!

im so totally bord!!

Teenage office worker sacked for moaning on Facebook about her 'totally boring' job

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But companies don’t really look at Facebook… do they?

• CareerBuilder.com has reported that one in five employers check Facebook profiles when looking into a potential candidate for their position.

• Of U.S. companies with at least 1,000 employees, 10% have disciplined their ranks for running afoul of the rules during the last 12 months.

• Eight percent of those firms fired at least one employee for egregious violations.

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No-one can see me now!

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Six Facebook Don’ts…

• Inappropriate pictures

• Complaining about school/work/university

• Posting conflictinginformation

• Statuses you don’t want your boss/grandma to see

• Misunderstand security settings

• Lose by association

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Facebook Security

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Practical Tips… Security settings need to be set to “Friends only”, that

includes - comments, posts and photos

These “Friends” need to be people they know and trust in the real world

Content - Only post content and photos they wouldn't mind showing you!

Try your very best to be “Friends” with your daughter on Facebook

Learn how to report an issue directly to Facebook

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Set Rules…

• When does the mobile phone get turned off? Where is it left overnight?

• The games console?

• The laptop?

• When does your wifi get turned off?

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www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

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Don’t be scared – be aware.

Work with your daughter – don’t send her underground.

Set clear rules

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

www.ceop.police.uk

Thank you!

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Enjoy!

I’m sure your daughters will have a brilliant time in the Sixth Form.

Take every opportunity!