Welcome to the y12 Examination Information

evening

Aim of this evening

1. To inform parents / guardians of the expectations of students during the exam season

2. To provide parents / guardians with strategies to help support students with their revision

3. To advise parents / guardians of how the college team may need to implement individual intervention to ensure success in their exams

ExpectationsPlace Dos Don’ts

Study rooms

• Keep noise levels to a minimum• Use it for studying (revision /

homework / coursework)• Keep it clean & tidy• Listen to music (headphones

needed)

• Use it as a social space

• Eat hot meals• Leave litter / plates

Atrium • Use it for studying (revision / homework / coursework)

• Respect other’s studying• Use the subject cabinets

• Shout out • Move the furniture

around• Leave litter / plates

Café • Do use this space to socialise with friends

• Eat

• Leave litter / plates

Study periods

• Use them for studying• Organise sessions with teachers• Use the study areas

• Waste your time

Homework • Complete all work set• Meet all deadlines • Respond to teacher feedback• Prioritise• Write it in your planner

• Leave it to the last minute

• Rush it• Feel you can’t ask for

help

Study leave and Post exams

Year 12 “study leave” will commence on the 11th May It is compulsory for all students to attend lessons up to

the date of their last exam in the corresponding subject Year 12 will all return to college on Monday 8th

June There will be a whole year assembly in the AM

Students will attend all lessons in all four subjects, it is not possible to drop subjects until Friday 28th August.

Any student intending on not attend Toot Hill college for y13, should come into college on the 8th and complete a leavers form.

Welcome back breakfast

On Friday 12th June there will be a welcome back breakfast in order to say well done

During periods 1&2

Year 12 Work experience

Year 12 work experience will start on Monday 13th July – 17th July (Activities

week)

A week’s work experience is a requirement for all students who intend on continuing on to their A2s

“Why is this year so important?”

1.Predicted Grades2.Reduce work load next

year3.3Ds

“What happens in college?”

How many lessons do students have?

24 / 38 How many study periods do students

have?

14 / 38

“What should be done at home?

“For every lesson, students

need to be spending two

hours revising”

“What can we do to support?”

Help construct a revision timetable Discuss what revision they are doing Talk to them about what this will help

them achieve in the long term Setting revision targets

(1 hour study then 30mins leisure) Allocate a quiet and distraction-free zone

for their revision

“What can we do to support?”

“What does ‘doing’ look like?”Practical Examples... If students allocate a specific topic area to cover, they

should attempt to reduce this down into: 3 main points 3 key word 1 important summative sentence

Students could create flash cards (questions on one side, answer on the them) and you could test them Content – key studies / key definitions / key processes/ models etc

Are there any relevant documentaries / films you could watch with them and then discuss? Can they explain the key themes?

Apply – think of every day examples and ask them to explain it.

Get them to speak critically about the theory / study / process

Y12 Mentor support & intervention Student identified e.g. from data as

currently underachieving or needing more one-to-one support

Meet with mentor and Achievement director

Implement action plan:-Meet with

mentor

Teachers to advise on work

to complete

Construct a weekly

timetable: how and where to

revise

Parents informed

Student evidences work that has been

completed

Thank you for listening

... Any questions?