Sixth Form Student Bulletin: w/c 21st January 2019 Week B

You should have begun revision for the mock exams by now. If you are unsure of how to get started please talk to your tutor or subject staff. Please also book time off work, if you have a part time job, in the week before the exams and during the week of the exams.

• H10 is available for 6th Form study use at lunchtimes and breaks- apart from Thursday lunchtimes.

Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 23rd January: Charity meeting in the Community Room

at 12.45pm, please come along to help with planning for Comic Relief.

Monday 11th February ( a limited number of mock exams on this day) Monday 18th – Friday 22nd February: Half Term Holiday Monday 25th February: Year 12 and 13 Mock Exam Week Wednesday 13th March: Year 12 and 13 Parents’ Consultation Evening Friday 15th March: Red Nose Day ( Comic Relief Day) 2019 Monday 13th May: Summer Exam Period Begins Monday 1st – 5th July: Year 12 Work Experience Week

UCAS applications- all applications have now gone. Please don’t reply and accept offers until you have had a discussion with Mrs Livings.

Charity Matters Our next Charity event is promoting and selling roses and poems and delivering them around school for Valentine’s Day on the 14th February. We need lots of help writing poems and taking orders from staff and students – we will hold a charity meeting on Wednesday lunchtime to discuss this and Comic Relief.

Work Experience 1st to 5th July 2019

25th February to 1st March 2019 for Level 2 Business Students

You should have been given a copy of the Work Experience booklet on Tuesday which explains all about how to apply for a placement, the booklet also gives details of employers that offered work experience in the past.

A few things to remember: • Think carefully about your next step after sixth form and what your

ultimate career goal is, ideally try to get some work experience within the field of that profession.

• Use the covering letter and CV pro-forma to help get you started – if you need any help please ask your tutor or Mrs Booth, Miss Iwanczuk or Mrs Livings.

• Use the details of previous employers who have offered work experience in the booklet, but also consider asking your parents and relatives if they can offer work experience with the companies they work for.

• Please let Mrs Booth know as soon as you have a placement sorted, insurance liability has to be in place before you can do the work experience

• We will talk to you all nearer the time about some do’s and don’ts to follow during your work experience.

AND REMEMBER THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM!

Using the Common Room It’s your study space please keep the noise to a minimum during lesson time and after 3.30pm. Remember, if you need a quiet place to study, the Common Room is open until 6.00pm each day.

A list of ‘free rooms’ is displayed by the Common Room door – next to the Bulletin Board. If you have a group task that is going to involve you needing to talk to each other, during study periods, please use this to locate a free room or alternatively see Mrs Booth who will do her best to find a space in school for you to work.

Financial help in the Sixth Form: If you think you may qualify for a financial payment, please see Mrs Booth who will send you the online application form.

If you have received free school meals in Year 11 or your parents have an NHS Exemption certificate you will certainly be entitled to a monthly payment from school. If you have received free school meals in the past you are entitled to them again, from the 6th Form canteen. Please talk to Mrs Booth if you are worried about this.

Extra Learning Opportunities……… Maths Drop-In session are open to all Yr12 & Yr13 Mathematics students to bring their independent study and receive 1-2-1 help and guidance from our experienced team of Teachers

When Where What For who Thursdays after school 3.10 until 4.10

Room 29 Maths Further Maths GCSE Resit Maths Drop in Sessions

Year 12 and Year 13

These sessions form a crucial part of the process of reflecting on the topics you have covered and addressing the problems which you are encountering. Unless you are regularly achieving 100% in your formal assessments we strongly recommend that you attend.

The sessions are not formal lessons but we do expect you to make effective use of your time when attending these sessions and allow others to do the same. As these are drop-in sessions, we do not provide you with work, but you should have plenty of material from your lessons and we do supply biscuits!

More Maths…… Additional Mathematical Problem Solving Seminars

When? Wednesday after-school in E2 Who?

Dress Code A reminder to all sixth form students that although there is a non-uniform policy, appropriate clothing is expected to be worn, school is a professional environment and the way we dress needs to reflect this.

Mr Jolly will lead each session and every session is applicable to both Yr12 & Yr13 A-level Mathematics students What? Each session will be an in-depth look at the most difficult exam question types for topics in the following programme; 23rd Jan: Vectors (not binomial distributions & expansions) 30th Jan Statistical Hypothesis Testing 6th Feb Kinematics in 1 Dimension 13th Feb: Probability (moved from 27th Feb) 6th March Exponentials and Logarithms 13th March Data Interpretation and Presentation 20th March Forces and Newton's Laws WHY!?! The sessions are designed to stretch the understanding of Yr 12 students in preparation for their exams while forming a crucial part of Yr13 revision and covering the prerequisites Yr13 require for their current studies.

Don’t miss excellent Physics recap sessions

On Thursday lunchtimes, there will be Physics recap sessions open to all Y13 Physics students. Some sessions might be helpful for Y12 too if they have covered the relevant content. It would be most beneficial to you if you have read through your notes from the relevant section of the course, or the textbook double page spread, beforehand.

24th Jan – Waves 2 31st Jan – Circular motion 7th Feb – Photoelectric effect / Quantum

English Literature Club

Miss Gunn is running an English Literature club for A’ Level students on Mondays after school. An opportunity for the two Year 12 classes to come together and share ideas, alongside the Year 13s.

A few things to remember You benefit from tea, coffee and milk being available so…..

• If you are popping to Sainsbury’s during lunch time – please ask Mrs Booth for some money to buy milk, tea and coffee and remember to donate money towards the tea and coffee club when you have a drink.

• Please keep the kitchen area tidy and leave it the way you would want to

find it. Please wash your own cups and cutlery up!

Joke of the week :

What do you get when you throw a lot of books into the ocean? School Nurse The school nurse is available every Wednesday lunchtime, to offer confidential advice and support. Emails Please keep checking your emails, this is a vital tool for helping us communicate important information to you. If you have any problems with your school email account, please go and see our ICT staff or mention it to Mrs Booth. Please download the outlook app on to your mobile so that school emails are easily accessible. SMHW You should all have login details for this, please check it each day. Mobile phones

Remember, if it’s a lesson time, you shouldn’t be on your phones.

Tutor time When? Tuesday, P3

Compulsory – every week.

This period of time is carefully planned each week and essential for ensuring you have the necessary information about future possibilities, as well as making sure we have done everything we can to ensure your success on your courses.

Yazlin Sheikh – 25th January Ready to learn Teachers will normally set you work that involves preparing for the next lesson, such as reading through the next topic and making notes on the content of the forthcoming lesson. If you fail to do this you will not be ready to learn and your progress, given the amount of sheer content at A Level, will be seriously affected. Please be, ‘Ready to Learn’. Year 12s – Community Service A lot of you are busy helping in lessons with younger student or have acted as scribes etc. Many thanks for all your hard work. If you haven’t done anything yet please do get something organised. It helps your confidence but is also very helpful to talk about when applying for jobs, apprenticeships or university. So, see a member of staff you would like to work with and ask.

Breakfast club: Miss Charlton always needs volunteers to Toast Breakfast Club during the week, especially on Monday and Thursday mornings, from 8:15am until 8:40. Please see Miss Charlton if you are interested in supporting her club Lockers If you would like a sixth form locker please see Mrs Booth. We need a deposit of £5 which you will get back when you return the key.

Please do not take holidays in term time. Please do not book holidays during term time. Please talk to your parents about this. Year 12 break up for the summer on 19th July next year so please ensure your parents know this. A2 courses start as soon as AS exams are over. Joke Answer:

A: A title wave.

___________________________________________________________________ Opportunities

Work Experience opportunities that are now open for applications at HSBC.

The HSBC Work Experience Programme is designed to encourage students from different social-economic backgrounds to find out about banking with a view of joining HSBC either after university of after school through the apprenticeship or undergraduate programmes.

The programme offers a five day shadowing experience to students in the later years of full-time secondary education, sixth form or college. The programme was set up with the idea to help young people gain an insight into a professional environment, as well as the banking industry.

All Work Experience opportunities will be available through June, July and August 2019. Specific details regarding each opportunity are available on each advert, to be found here: https://hsbc.taleo.net/careersection/external/moresearch.ftl?lang=en_GB&location=5536170451648&keyword=”HSBCWE2019%22&Location=Europe

The application process will entail some online questions and if successful, a telephone interview. To help prepare for this, we recommend checking out our Application Hints and Tips page here: http://www.hsbc.com/careers/application-hints-and-tips.

Our placements will be spread out across the UK and students can list their location preferences when applying, but please note that we cannot make any guarantees on placing a student in their preferred

location as this is subject to availability. All applications should be submitted before the deadline of 27th

January 2019. As places will be limited, we will be offering placements on a rolling basis, therefore

students should apply early to avoid disappointme For further information on the programmes please see

our main page here: http://www.hsbc.com/careers/students-and-graduates/programmes/uk-work-experience-programme

Science work experience: Nuffield Research Placements for Year 12/first year post-16 students now open. These aim to provide over 1,000 students each year with the opportunity to work alongside professional scientists (including quantitative social scientists), technologists, engineers and mathematicians. The majority of the placements will go to students from low-income households.

Work Experience Opportunities for anyone interested in Law This innovative programme is aimed at students in Year 12 who have academic potential and an interest in law, but who may believe that a legal career is out of their reach. It is aimed at state school students in their first year of A-Levels, with mainly GCSE 9 - 6/A* - B grades, little or no family history of higher education and a genuine interest in law - and lots of enthusiasm. Over the course of three days spent at one of our offices, they will engage in a range of different activities to help them think about the actions they need to take to get to where they want to be in their career, both in the short term and the long term. The programme will:

Dispel myths about what it's like to work in a major law firm. Give students the chance to interact with current apprentices, trainees, partners, clients and

barristers. Explore the benefits of setting ambitious but achievable goals. Offer advice on different ways of entering a firm. Support them with one-to-one coaching sessions. Help them develop non-academic strengths such as communication skills.

In short, Eversheds Sutherland Unlocked will actively engage, inform and inspire students to start their journey into law, whichever route they decide to take. The programme runs across the UK as follows: The deadline is 20 January 2019.

• Birmingham – 24 – 26 April 2019 • Cardiff – 15 – 17 April 2019 • Leeds – 19-21 February 2019 • London – 8 – 10 April 2019 • Manchester – 19-21 February 2019 • Newcastle – 15 – 17 April 2019 • Nottingham – 15-17 April 2019

Science work experience: Nuffield Research Placements for Year 12/first year post-16 students now open. These aim to provide over 1,000 students each year with the opportunity to work alongside professional scientists (including quantitative social scientists), technologists, engineers and mathematicians. The majority of the placements will go to students from low-income households.

University opportunities aimed at Year 12

Year 12 ( and 13 if appropriate) subject taster conferences from Leicester University

These are a fantastic opportunity for students to gain an insight into teaching and learning at university. Please see below for our taster dates for the next academic year, we will be opening bookings for the December and 2019 events shortly.

-Applying to Medicine- Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 April 2019

-Studying Geology and Geography- Wednesday 10 April 2019

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at wpteam@le.ac.uk

YEAR 12 residential opportunity at Cambridge University

We’re very excited to let you know that applications for our new Year 12 residential for 2019 are now open! The Residential is a free two-night visit to help high-achieving Year 12 students explore options for life at university. It involves academic sessions, information and guidance on university applications, the opportunity to visit departments, meet current university students, and punt along the river!

The residential has been altered this year to allow for more specific targeting. The newly named CanBridge Residential (3rd-5th April 2019) is open to applicants in Year 12 who are predicted to achieve three As at A Level and who live in a neighbourhood that is part of OAC super-group 7 or 8. For more detail about this, and for information on postcode eligibility, please see here: https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/canbridge-residential-2019.

In order to make sure that our link area students still have the opportunity to apply for a Cambridge college residential, we have combined forces with other colleges, so that if your students are no longer eligible for ours, they can apply to attend a series of others on the same form. These are:

• Trinity College Humanities Residential (9th-11th April 2019) • Pembroke College Arts and Humanities Residential (1st-5th July 2019) • Homerton College Physical Sciences Residential (7th-10th July 2019) • Homerton College Economics Residential (10th-13th July 2019) • Homerton College Engineering Residential (14th-18th July 2019) • Trinity College Biology and Medicine Residential (31st July – 3rd August 2019) • Trinity College Women in STEM Residential (19th-22nd August 2019)

When filling in the application form, your students can indicate which of these residentials they would like to be considered for. The application form can be found here. Applications for the Peterhouse Residential can be made up until the 22nd February (each residential has its own closing date, as outlined on the form).

Apprenticeships……Year 13

Apprenticeship Fair at West Bridgford School in March

After the success of our inaugural event, I am inviting you and your students to our second Higher and Degree Level Apprenticeship Fair, which we will be holding at the West Bridgford School on Thursday 21st March 2019. We are running the event from 6-8pm and have had providers such as Siemens, the AMRC at the University of Sheffield, Nottingham Trent University, the NHS, Experian, Capital One and Freeths confirm so far. I am anticipating hearing back from more providers over the next few days.

The aim, as last year, is to showcase to students the opportunities that they have outside of the traditional university routes.

Apprenticeship opportunities: Please click on the link https://www.prospects.ac.uk/employer-profiles/deloitte-2956/jobs/tax-consulting-brightstart-higher-apprenticeship-2674029?utm_medium=email_marcomms&utm_content=25622&utm_campaign=Apprenticeships_07012019&utm_source=sector_traffic

Nestle Academy higher apprenticeships programme levels 4-6 now open for applications.

The Television Workshop in Nottingham has opened applications for next year’s intake.

This BAFTA winning, world famous training for 7 to 20 year olds interested in stage and

screen also offers FREE and HALF PRICE places for talented young people. Auditions

begin in the Easter Holidays. Let your drama colleagues know!

Applications for the BFI Film Academy Specialist residentials are now open. This is aimed

at 16-19 year olds interested in animation, documentary, screenwriting or VFX and takes

place during February half term. Bursaries available and fees may be waived in some

circumstances.

The first Higher and Degree Apprenticeships Listing for 2019 is now out. This includes

some East Midlands employers opportunities including Atkins Global, BBC, and Rolls

Royce.

Find all the current BBC trainee schemes and apprenticeships in one place here.

Applications are open for some of the programmes.

Government Economics Service degree apprenticeship programme. Applications open

December 2018.

KPMG is one of the world's leading employers. It is absolutely crucial that bright, ambitious students consider all the options available to them when leaving school, and KPMG have some very exciting opportunities.

Please read on to find out what KPMG have to offer.www.purepotential.org

Medical careers At Medical Mavericks we want to show students that healthcare isn't all about doctors and nurses. To illustrate this, our Careers in Health Workshop uses an awesome mobile hospital to showcase dozens of exciting, alternative careers accessible with Levels 9-4 at GCSE. Our aim is to inspire students by giving them access to real, hands-on medical procedures, and cutting-edge equipment. We want to trigger a spark of ambition that will motivate the next generation of medics, scientists, biologists, and physicians. There's no doubt, a day of awesomeness awaits...

Read more, don't be squeamish: www.medicalmavericks.co.uk/careers-in-health

West Notts College Engineering Open Evening Thursday 24 January 5.30-7.00pm

More information

NHS careers evening Friday 1 February 2019 17.30-20.00 Royal Derby Hospital

Event for 13-19 year olds to find our more about the wide variety of roles in the NHS and

routes in. For further information email dhft.workingforus@nhs.net or call 01332 789965.

You can also print off this poster to display on your noticeboards.

IBM

At IBM we understand many of you will be considering your options when you finish

sixth form or college. One option which may be a fit for you, is an Apprenticeship. At

IBM, Apprenticeships are all about picking up skills for the workplace and embarking

on a long and successful career.

We have your professional development in mind from the day you join us as a

permanent employee.You will get lots of exposure and an experience you simply can’t

get anywhere else.

Did you know we are still looking for Junior Technical Consultants and Technical Sales Apprentices?

The deadline for applications is 31st January 2019, so don’t miss out. Discover our

opportunities here:

News Item of the week: Brexit has dominated the news this week…here is the

BBC guide to what has been going on ...I know it has been a news item in the Bulletin before but developments this week are important and I thought you might like some more clarity ……

Brexit: Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU • 16 January 2019

Feeling a little lost on Brexit? Never really got your head around it in the first place? Don't know what the "meaningful vote" was all about? Let us walk you through it.

What is Brexit? Brexit is short for "British exit" - and is the word people use to talk about the United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU (European Union).

What is the EU? The EU is a political and economic union of 28 countries which trade with each other and allow citizens to move easily between the countries to live and work The UK joined the EU, then known as the EEC (European Economic Community), in 1973.

Why is the UK leaving? A public vote - a referendum - was held on Thursday 23 June 2016 when voters were asked just one question - whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union.

The Leave side won by nearly 52% to 48% - 17.4m votes to 16.1m - but the exit didn't happen straight away. It's due to take place on 29 March 2019.

What has happened so far? The 2016 vote was just the start. Since then, negotiations have been taking place between the UK and the other EU countries.

The discussions have been mainly over the "divorce" deal, which sets out exactly how the UK leaves - not what will happen afterwards.

This deal is known as the withdrawal agreement.

What does the withdrawal agreement say? The withdrawal agreement covers some of these key points:

How much money the UK will have to pay the EU in order to break the partnership - that's about £39bn

What will happen to UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU, and equally, what will happen to EU citizens living in the UK

How to avoid the return of a physical border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland when it becomes the frontier between the UK and the EU

A length of time, called the transition period, has been agreed to allow the UK and EU to make a trade deal and to give businesses the time to adjust.

That means that if the withdrawal agreement gets the green light, there will be no huge changes between 29 March 2019 and 31 December 2020.

Another, much shorter, document has also been drawn up that gives an overview of what the UK and EU's future relationship will be in the longer term.

This is the political declaration. However, neither side has to stick exactly to what it says - it is a set of ambitions for the future talks.

How did MPs vote on the deal? They voted overwhelmingly against it - by 432 votes to 202 (a majority of 230), which was the biggest defeat for a government motion since 1918.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promptly tabled a "vote of no confidence", which the government won by 325 to 306 - a margin of 19.

Why did people oppose the deal? There are a broad range of complaints, many of which claim the deal fails to give back to the UK control of its own affairs from the EU.

One of the biggest sticking points has been over what happens at the Irish border.

Both the EU and UK want to avoid the return of guard posts and checks (here's why), so something called the backstop - a sort of safety net - was included in the deal.

However, that would mean that Northern Ireland - but not the rest of the UK - would still follow some EU rules on things such as food products.

The backstop is meant to be a last resort and the prime minister insists that if all goes as planned it will never be used.

But it has annoyed some MPs, who are angry that the UK would not be able to end it without the EU's permission and so EU rules could remain in place for good.

Other MPs would prefer to stay closer to the European Union - or even still in it.

Q&A: The Irish border Brexit backstop

What happens now Parliament has rejected the deal? It's still not very clear.

Now that Mrs May has won the no confidence vote, she has up to three days to come up with alternative options to put to MPs. Mrs May said she would do this on Monday 21 January.

Possibilities include the prime minister being allowed to have a second go at getting her deal accepted by Parliament, a renegotiation or another referendum.

Mrs May herself said she would hold meetings with the opposition parties and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to see "what would be required to secure the backing of the House".

If nothing changes, the default position will be for the UK to leave the EU without a deal on March 29.

So will the UK definitely leave on 29 March 2019? It is written into law that the UK will be leaving on that date at 11pm UK time.

But it is impossible to say with any certainty what will happen next.

The deadline of 29 March could be extended - and the European Court of Justice has said the UK could even cancel Brexit altogether without the agreement of other nations. What happens if the UK leaves without a deal?

"No deal" means the UK would have failed to agree a withdrawal agreement.

That would mean there would be no transition period after 29 March 2019, and EU laws would stop applying to the UK immediately.

The government has started planning for this potential situation.

It has published a series of guides - which cover everything from pet passports to the impact on electricity supplies.

Thought for the week