Pupil Bulletin

8th January 2018

IMPORTANT DATES

•8th to 19th January : Y9 internal exams (all subjects except

Maths English and Science)

•15th Jan P1: Year 11results assembly

• 18th January: Y10 parents’ evening & data conference day

•15TH February: Y8 parents’ evening

•26th Feb to 2nd March Year 2nd Y11 PPE exams

•8th March: year 9 options day and parents’ evening

•22nd March: Year 7 parents’ evening

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school days before the GCSE exams start

on 14th May 2018

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” –

Abraham Lincoln

YEAR 11: PREPARATION FOR THE SUMMER GCSE EXAMINATIONS

COUNTDOWN

ART EXAM PAPER YEAR 11

•Mrs Barkers Art class can collect

their exam paper at break in

room 15 if you want it before your

Art lesson.

KEY REVISION TIPS

Add images

to help use

different

parts of your

brain!

Sing it,

make

rhymes or

actions!

Teaching

someone else

really helps

cement it in

your mind! Make lists of

key words,

quotes, dates,

equations! Use a memory

peg/Roman Room –

in your mind store

key info around a

familiar place!

Create big spider

diagrams with

clearly linked info

– use a different

one for each topic!

Before you do

anything, GET

ORGANISED!

Make a list

of all the

key topics

from every

subject so

you can tick

them off as

you work

through

them.

Invest in a

A4 Box

File to

store all

the

revision

notes you

make both

at home

and in

class.

Check that

you have

the correct

revision

guide that

your

teacher

wants you

to use!

Make flash cards

to test each other,

and stick facts

around your room!

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: ANOTHER USEFUL REVISION SITE FOR YOU ………

Your attendance is very

important, vital, crucial,

key, critical and

essential to your

education, your grades

and your future. Please

take some time looking

through and discussing

your new attendance

poster…it looks like this

but bigger!!!

Year 11

Top merit earners:

1st = Ben Hall

2nd = Charlie Ann Edwards

3rd = Jessica Austin

4th = Ben Gamble

5th =Trinity Hampton

stevens

Top attending form:

11Sh

The next rewards activity will be

with us soon…

…get those points to get in!!!

Please be aware of a couple of changes to the detention system:

• C4 detentions will now be held during lunchtimes in Room 45 every

day of the week

• C5 detentions will now be on a Monday

• Please remember it is your responsibility to get to the detention

and it is also better to not get a detention in the first place!!!

REMINDER: OUT OF LESSONS

•Pupils will not be allowed out of class for the

toilet or to get a drink

•If you have a toilet pass then it should not be

used immediately after break or lunch.

The Top 5

These 5 items are vital to your school life and

you should bring them every day. Remember to

bring them and get points.

If you arrive at school with any of your Top 5 missing you will be issued with a SEP (Stationary Emergency Pack) which will the be charged to your parent pay account. Students who do not need the whole pack can be charged for one or multiple items seperately

Well done to George for being awarded the

Healthy Eating prize for the Autumn term

Problem

solving with

Y7 Pupils