Year 12 Induction

Sixth Form Studies Session

Quick Quiz

1. Can you give all 3 Harlington Values?

2. What does CEIAG stand for?

3. What office is Mr Elmes based in?

4. Who are the assistants to the Sixth Form Team?

5. What time is break time?

6. When are you able to leave the school site and what must you do if you wish to do so?

7. What colour form must you complete before a planned absence from school?

8. What day do the Sixth Form have assemblies?

Student Advice

• Consider options carefully as you take exams by yourself not with friends

• Pick subjects wisely! Take things you enjoy as you will be taking them every day. Use free periods properly

• Research your options before choosing them

• Think about your options carefully, buy nice stationery it makes you want to work more

• It not your GCSEs

Student Advice

• Don’t come if you are not prepared for hard work• Don’t wait to start revising and try all year round, your

teachers impression of you counts more at A Level than GCSE

• A Levels are a massive jump from GCSEs so make sure you are going to work hard and enjoy the subjects you choose

• Just because you are smart does not mean you will not fail• If you are naturally good at subjects during GCSE and don’t

have to revise to do well, I PROMISE natural aptitude is not enough at A level. Work hard and REVISE.

Student Advice

• Start revising from day 1, get organised, just because you did well at GCSE grades don’t have a chilled back mentality

• Use frees effectively or don’t come to sixth form

• Use a study room or library – don’t go to the shop

• Never give up on your dreams……. Use frees effectively

• Behave like a young adult and be mature, use time effectively

Student Advice

• Do work regularly from the start of the year and use your frees. If your friends distract you try studying in a quiet area and save socialising for break, lunch and afterschool

• Start revising earlier because the courses are more intense than you think but try and go to the ICT room or the quiet study room every now and then to keep up with work……you won’t regret it

• Start revising from the start of Sixth Form, it will be worth it in the long run

• Talk to teachers• Make relationships with your teachers – it makes life a lot

easier and A levels less daunting

Student Advice

• There is more work load than you would ever imagine. You will cry a lot. Make bonds with your teachers

• INDEPENDENCE – you have to work on your own two feet – teachers won’t do everything for you anymore

• Get a folder for each subject and have a section in it for each topic

Student Advice

Do all your notes for year 12 in year 12! If you want to change subjects you can in the first few weeks. Sixth Form is great for academic experiences but make sure you do other stuff in and out of school with your friends to enrich you properly

Make sure you keep all of your notes organised, stay focused throughout, always recap don’t let something slip out of your mind it’s always harder to go back on, take every opportunity given as well because there are lots.

Student Advice

Don’t be so caught up in what people think. Sooner or later you will realise it literally doesn’t matter. Up to you whether you see that now or wait until after school to grow up.

Use all of your frees, don’t sit on your phone in your frees or talk, keep track of your grades and your revision, it will be easier near exams. Use a variety of revision materials, get a study buddy to revise with, use your time, you only have one shot at the final exams

Prepare yourself to work hard. Start early to minimise stress. Keep a clear head and have a strong attitude to learning, it is what helps you focus

Which 5 skills did employers notidentify as crucial?

A positive attitude

Organisation

IT skills

Team workCustomer awareness

Punctuality

Honesty and integrity

Personal appearance

Willingness to learn

Numeracy

Precision

Reliability

Communication skills

Analysis skills

Research skills

Creativity

Initiative

Risk taker

Persistence

Which leaves us with the following:

A positive attitude

Organisation

IT skills

Team workCustomer awareness

Punctuality

Honesty and integrity

Personal appearance

Willingness to learn

Numeracy

Reliability

Communication skills

Initiative

Persistence

A positive attitude

Organisation

IT skills

Team work

Customer awareness

Punctuality

Honesty and integrity

Personal appearance

Willingness to learn

Numeracy

Reliability

Communication skills

Initiative

Persistence

That’s why your

approach to Sixth Form is important to

us

That’s why your cross-curricular skills are

important to us

That’s why your

attendance and

punctualityare

importantto us

That’s why uniform and lanyards are important to

us

That’s why the way you conduct

yourself & interact with

people is important to us

Are these things important to you too?

Would you employ you?

65% of company directors

said that these

employability skills are

more important than a

degree when getting a job

Staff Advice

• Know Thyself

• Be a role model

• Show initiative

• Be proactive

• Build relationships with staff – it really is different to studying for GCSEs

• Say hi!

Shopping List

1. Ring binder for daily school use, with labelled dividers for different subjects and teachers.

2. At home, one ring binder or leaver arch file per subject, to put notes into once you have completed a topic.

3. Specification for each A level subject, printed and placed in folders.

4. Dividers for folders.

5. Plastic wallets to keep work and resources in a good condition.

6. Pens, pencils, rulers, rubbers, glue sticks, scissors and highlighter pens.

7. Calculator (Mathematics, Science, Geography, Psychology, Economics with Business).

8. Any subject specific equipment (set texts for English Literature and Mathematics equipment if required).

9. Memory stick.

10. Second hand copy of text books (Ebay/ Amazon).

11. Diary (mobile device or paper copy).

All About Me

We would like to complete the ‘All About Me’ question sheet in as much detail as possible.

It will help us support you better in the Sixth Form if you are open and honest with the information you give us.

We will collect these in at the end of this session.

This information will be shared amongst the Sixth Form Team and with Sixth Form Tutors.

In Tray Task

This is a real interview assessment task used by a national shoe retailing company when recruiting store managers. Candidates are given 30 minutes for this task.

Attempt the task in groups of 4/5.

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