1. Year 12 Information Evening
September 2016
Year 12 Information Evening

2. Aims & Values Our Christian Values: Our School Aims:
Standards, Responsibility & Opportunities for all
Our Christian Values:

3. Year 12 - Welcome “Outstanding” May 2015
“Sixth form students provide excellent models of maturity for younger students”

4. Meet the team! Mr Winter Head of Sixth Form Mrs Medley
Assistant Head of Sixth Form
Mrs Ogilvie
Student Manager
Mrs Fleming
Student Manager
Mrs Little
Sixth Form Office
Mrs Ledingham
Sixth Form Office
Mrs Ewing
Information and Guidance Officer

5. Phone: ext 263

6. Contacting Sixth Form initials@trinity.cumbria.sch.uk AWI Mr Winter
TME
Mrs Medley
SOL
Mrs Ogilvie
AFM
Mrs Fleming
MAS
Miss Ashton
BPA
Mrs Patterson
DME
Mr Medley
BMO
Mrs Morgan Simmons
CRO
Mrs Rowley
EJY
Mrs Joyce
SBR
Miss Brea-Herrero
GSB
Mr Stables
AHY
Mrs Hemingway
JGI
Mrs Giles
CHE
Mrs Heslop
JSO
Ms Southwell
WPH
Mr Phillips
IBA
Mr Barker

7. School Comms Student timetables and examination timetables
Newsletters, trip information, club timetable, etc
Important messages such as snow closures
Information about parents evenings and other important events.
Warnings of student work deadlines
on or at

8. Requirements for Success
Life as a Year 12 student
Requirements for Success

9. Typical Day 08.25am Warning Bell 08.30am Period 1
09.30am end of Period 1
Period 2
10.35am Break
10.55am Period 3
11.55am end of Period 3
12.00 – 12.25pm 6th Form Tutor Time
12.25 – 13.05pm Lunch
13.10pm Period 4
14.10pm end of Period 4
14.15pm Period 5
15.15pm End of School
Enrichment/Twilight

10. Absence
Contact the sixth form office before 9:00am on the first day of absence and preferably each day thereafter.
ext 263
95% attendance required
<90% drop ½ grade per subject
<85% drop 1 grade per subject
<80% drop 2 grades per subject

11. Support and Intervention
Monitored Start – where students find the transition to 6th form difficult
Stage 1
8 unauthorised absences
8 recorded late marks
5 Behaviour logs
1st Breach of Sixth Form conduct
Stage 2
8 further unauthorised absences
8 further recorded late marks
5 further Behaviour logs
Failure to meet stage 2 targets
Stage 3
Serious Breach of Sixth Form conduct

12. Dress Code Acceptable Not acceptable Smart well maintained jeans
Ripped or worn jeans/ joggers
Trousers
Short/ clingy skirts
Skirts of an appropriate length *
Vest tops/tops with thin straps/low cut tops
T-shirts/Shirts
Sandals(in practical subjects)/flip flops
Jumpers/cardigans/ sweaters
Visible slogans
Smart footwear (trainers & canvas shoes are OK but should be clean
Extremely styled /unnaturally coloured hair e.g. purple, green, blue etc
In extremely hot conditions smart, tailored shorts of appropriate length*
Uncovered facial piercings (excluding earrings)
Hats, except as outdoor wear
Leggings/jeggings of any type.

13. We expect Sixth Form students to take full responsibility for their learning
This means:
Contributing to discussions and responding to answers in class
Ensuring that material learned in class is reviewed at home or in private study time
Persisting with work when it is difficult and asking for help/clarification when needed
Meeting homework and coursework deadlines
Using non-contact time productively and attending all private study sessions as required

14. Improving and learning
Students will improve if they are challenged
They will all need to be prepared to work hard on difficult work
Students will be successful in Year 12 if they work hard to the best of their ability consistently, regardless of how well they achieved at GCSE.

15. Courses Changes allowed in the first two weeks.
Students are not allowed to drop courses

16. New AS Levels
Some As Levels have changed this Sept, some change Sept 2017.
Biggest change is in assessment and content
AS marks no longer contribute to A Level scores.
Students are committing to 2 years.
Year 12 will not sit external exams unless they are ‘old’ subjects
Mock Exams will take place in May/June - useful for tracking progress and employers and University offers.
UCAS points change summer 2016

17. Supporting Learning in Sixth Form

18. Support we offer Mentoring and coaching Referral to external agencies
Support from school chaplain
Organisational skills
Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

19. How can you help?
Students are expected to complete around 1 hour of private study per hour of taught study
Ensure they have a suitable workspace
Monitor the amount of part time work (no more than 8 hours) – must not be during school hours, 8.30am – 3.30pm
Help with organisation/revision
Maintain home/school contact

20. www.aqa.org.uk www.ocr.org.uk www.edexcel.org.uk What to look out for!
Exam Boards
What to look out for!

21. Folders and Organisation
Specification
Exam papers
Mark schemes
Examiners reports
Dividers
We check these each term!
Students must use their planners!

22. Destinations Summer 2016
130Students in Year 13 July 2016

23. Destinations

24. Raising Aspiration! 158 student questionnaires
87% of students wished they had worked harder in Year 12
Students were asked to rate how much more difficult AS studies were compared to their initial perception (1 = same as perception 10 = Much harder than perceived). The average number was 8.9
67% of students wished they had been more organised
71% of students wished that they had used they had used their study time more effectively.

25. Key Dates Interim reports Parents Evening (Wed 1st March 2017)
Thursday 1st December 2016
Thursday 19th January 2017
Thursday 6th April 2017
Thursday 29th June 2017
Parents Evening (Wed 1st March 2017)
Mock Exams Mon 15th May
Old AS Exams begin 22nd May
Btec Deadlines – set by individual subjects

26. Key Dates Harvard University Visit Thurs 13th October
Oxbridge Visit: Thurs 17th Oct
Futures Ready Visit – Wed 5th April 2017

27. Work Experience Begins Mon 17th July 2017
Must be arranged by 28th February so risk assessments can be completed on time.
Work experience must be something students are thinking about doing as a career
Students arrange, support from careers adviser.

28. Come and have a chat!
Any questions please ask!