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Welcome to Year 12
Parents’ Evening
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WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
WHO DO I NEED TO TALK TO AT PARENTS’ EVENING?
EACH OF YOUR CHILD’S SUBJECT TEACHERS
If your child has more than one teacher for the same subject, please try to see
all of them so that you get a complete picture of their progress in all lessons.
YOUR CHILD’S FORM TUTOR
The form tutor has an overview of your child’s welfare and progress across all
subjects as well as knowing your child’s target grades. Please make sure you
speak with them.
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WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
WE EXPECT THAT ALL
STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL AT
LEAST 95% OF THE TIME. FULL
ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL IN
THE FINAL FEW TERMS AT
SCHOOL.
IF YOUR CHILD’S ATTENDANCE
HAS FALLEN BELOW 90%
PLEASE TALK TO THEIR FORM
TUTOR ABOUT WAYS TO
SUPPORT THEM IN IMPROVING
THEIR ATTENDANCE.
HOW SHOULD MY CHILD REVISE FOR
EXAMS?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
Leaving revision until just before the exams is not an
efficient way of revising. By the time you “revise” you will
have forgotten a lot of what you learned and will actually
be learning it all again from scratch.
A more effective way to prepare for exams is to keep the
knowledge “current” by never allowing the brain to forget it!
Successful students review their learning on a regular
basis:
WHAT DID I LEARN TODAY?
WHAT DID I LEARN THIS WEEK?
WHAT DID I LEARN THIS MONTH?
WHAT DID I LEARN THIS TERM?
IS YOUR CHILD USING THE HOMEWORK DIARY TO HELP THEM ORGANISE THEIR LEARNING?
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU SUPPORT THEM BY READING CHECKING AND SIGNING THE DIARY EVERY WEEK.
WELCOM
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
HOW SHOULD MY CHILD REVISE FOR
EXAMS?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
Passive learning is not the most effective way to
remember what you have learnt.
Simply reading over your notes over and over again
will not help you to memorise the information.
When your child is revising, encourage them to take a
more active approach:
•Make notes on what they have read
•Write a summary of each page or chapter
•Create a mindmap of the key facts of each topic
•Have an exam question in mind during a revision
session – find all the facts needed for that question
DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR CHILD’S IMPORTANT DEADLINES ARE?
You can support your child if you know their deadlines and remind them when an important deadline or exam is coming up.
Ask your child’s subject teachers for a list of important dates on their courses.
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
YOU WILL FIND A COPY OF YOUR CHILD’S
EXAM TIMETABLE IN YOUR ENVELOPE.
HOW SHOULD MY CHILD REVISE FOR
EXAMS?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
Help your child to CONSOLIDATE and APPLY what
they have learnt and PREPARE for exams by
encouraging them to:
•Write detailed essay plans based on exam questions.
Give them a list of questions and allow them 5 minutes
to write the PLAN for each answer (JUST the plan)
•Write a detailed answer to an essay question. Time
how long it takes to answer the question .
•Practise writing this answer more than once to see if
they can develop speed
•See how much of an answer they can write in timed
conditions
IS MY CHILD GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP?
Most teenagers want to stay up late.
However, if they do not get enough sleep at night they will be tired in lessons and will not learn effectively. You can support them to be better learners by making sure they get at least 8 hours sleep every night.
TELL YOUR CHILD THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE MOBILE OUT OF THEIR BEDROOM SO THAT THEY GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP. THEY CAN COLLECT IT IN THE MORNING.
Never allow your child to pull an “all-nighter” revision session the day before an exam. They will be tired in the exam and will forget most of what they learnt.
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
HOW SHOULD MY CHILD REVISE FOR
EXAMS?
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EVENING
Revising for long periods without a break does not
work. After about an hour, the brain will stop taking in
new information.
Suggest that they revise for 45 minutes, then spend 5
minutes writing a summary of what they have
achieved.
THEN TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK BEFORE
REPEATING THIS PROCESS.
Three sessions like this, including breaks, will allow them
to remember more than if they tried to revise for 3 hours
non-stop!
HOMEWORK
AS Level students should be
spending an average of five hours per week on homework and private study for every subject.
BTEC students should be spending about 15 hours a week on homework and private study. This should include time spent reviewing what they have learnt and wider reading around their subject.
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
IT’S GOOD TO TALK
You can support your child by
making talking about their
learning a regular part of family
life.
Even if you don’t understand the
subjects they are studying, try to
talk about what they have learnt
and how well their studies are
going.
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
WHAT DID
YOU LEARN
TODAY?
WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S SUBJECT TEACHERS?
WHAT ARE MY CHILDS ALPS GRADE?
WHAT GRADE IS MY CHILD CURRENTLY ON?
WHAT CAN MY CHILD DO TO MOVE UP TO THE NEXT GRADE?
ARE THERE ANY DEADLINES THAT ARE COMING UP SOON?
HAS MY CHILD MISSED ANY DEADLINES?
HOW IS THE COURSE STRUCTURED? WHAT UNITS ARE THERE?
WHICH UNITS LEAD TO EXAMS AND WHICH LEAD TO
COURSEWORK?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S
SUBJECT TEACHERS?
HAS MY CHILD UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE UNITS? IS THERE A
PARTICULAR TOPIC THAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON?
WHAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL TO HELP MY CHILD
IMPROVE THEIR GRADE?
ARE THERE ANY BOOKS, ONLINE RESOURCES, REVISION
GUIDES, STUDY GROUPS THAT MY CHILD NEEDS TO BE AWARE
OF?
WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT MY CHILD IN YOUR SUBJECT?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD I BE ASKING MY CHILD’S FORM TUTORS?
DOES MY CHILD ATTEND AT LEAST 90% OF LESSONS?
IS MY CHILD’S PUNCTUALITY TO LESSONS GOOD?
IS MY CHILD FOCUSED ON THEIR LEARNING WHEN THEY ARE IN SCHOOL?
HOW WELL DOES MY CHILD USE THEIR STUDY TIME IN SCHOOL?
HOW DO MY CHILD’S GRADES COMPARE TO THEIR TARGET GRADES?
WHAT GRADES DO THEY NEED FOR THE UNIVERSITIES THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR? ARE THEY LIKELY TO ACHIEVE THESE GRADES?
WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT MY CHILD WITH THEIR LEARNING ACROSS ALL OF THEIR SUBJECTS?
WELCOME TO YEAR 12 PARENTS’
EVENING
You can download a copy of the
information from this
presentation from the school
website
www.loxford.net
UCAS CALENDAR
EXTERNAL DEADLINES INTERNAL DEADLINES
Date Event Date Event
15-Oct EARLY ENTRANTS UCAS deadline to have submitted all applications with references & grades
15-Jun UCAS Subject Reports open
15-Jan UCAS deadline to have submitted all applications with references & grades 25-Jun UCAS Subject Reports close
25-Feb UCAS Extra begins 29-Jun UCAS Tutor Reports open
24-Mar UCAS deadline for Art & Design applications references & grades 10-Jul UCAS Tutor Reports close
31-Mar MOST (not all) offers should be received Sept-Oct
Year Team meetings on Personal Statement Checking
06-May FIRM and INSURANCE choices must be made if all offers received by 31 Mar 02-Oct
Early Entrants internal deadline for applicants to have paid & sent
07-May Final date for offers to be made 02-Nov Personal Statements to Tutors
04-Jun FIRM and INSURANCE choices made IF offers not received until 7 May 01-Dec
Internal deadline for all applicants to have paid & sent
30-Jun “Late” deadline – after this any late applications go straight into clearing
12-Nov-4-Dec Extra staff in PSHE to help with statements
04-Jul Extra closes
16-Jul Final date for offers, including Extra
13-Aug Results Day & Clearing opens
31-Aug Deadline to meet conditions of offers, Adjustment ends
20-Oct Clearing ends
As a school, we encourage all students to seriously consider applying to higher
education. All students must write a UCAS statement and investigate what courses
are available to them with their predicted grades.
However, we understand that some students, having explored the courses open to
them, genuinely do not want to go to university. If you now find yourself in this
situation, it is important that you let us know so that we can support you in seeking
the next stage in your education, training or employment.
Please let your form tutor know if you are not going to apply to university so that
appropriate information, advice and guidance can be given. You may also want to
check out the website www.notgoingtouni.co.uk
Tuition Fee Loans
You can take out a tuition fee loan to cover the cost of your fees,
which can be anything up to £9000 per year
It is paid directly to the University on your behalf
You need to apply for the amount the university is charging
Non-means tested – everybody gets this regardless of income
Repay after you have left your course and are earning over £21,000.
Like a “Graduate Tax” rather than a loan as taken straight from your
wages. More about repayment later.
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Living Cost (Maintenance) Loans
To help with living and learning costs at university
Paid directly into the student’s bank account
Paid directly to you in 3 instalments – one each term
Amount depends on family income (means-tested)
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Living Cost Loans 2015
Where will you be living? Maximum Loan
London £7,675
Elsewhere
(living away from home but not in
London)
£5,500
Home £4,375
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Living Cost (Maintenance) Grant
Up to £3,354 for family incomes up to £25,000
A partial grant is available for family incomes between
£25,000 and £42,600
Means tested
Non-repayable
Paid into your bank account in 3 instalments – one each term
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Household Income Living Cost Grant Living Cost Loan Total
£25,000 or less £3,354 £3,823 £7,177
£30,000 £2,416 £4,292 £6,708
£35,000 £1,478 £4,761 £6,239
£40,000 £540 £5,230 £5,770
£45,000 £0 £5,288 £5,288
£50,000 £0 £4,788 £4,788
£55,000 £0 £4,288 £4,288
£60,000 £0 £3,788 £3,788
£62,125 £0 £3,575* £3,575
For a student living away from home (not in London). *£3,575 is the minimum loan.
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Applying for Financial Support Apply for student finance online – dates and deadlines not yet
announced, should be early 2013 -
www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance
Apply before the deadline in order to guarantee your money for the
start of term.
You will need a UK Bank account, your National Insurance Number
and Passport number
Supply your parent(s’) income details – you may get more support if
you submit household income information
PAYING FOR UNIVERSITY
Mock Exams
Mock exams run from 22nd February to 4th
March.
Students must be on time and fully prepared.
There is NO study leave: students are expected
to be in their normal lessons whenever they do
not have an examination.
We expect all students to do their best in these
exams. All students must revise.
Mock Exams Week 1 - Monday 22nd February - Friday 26th February
Period Monday 22nd Feb Tuesday 23rd Feb Wednesday 24th Feb Thursday 25th Feb Friday 26th Feb
1 AS Art - All Day A2 Art - All Day
AS Citizenship (1h 30m)
A2 Urdu (2h 30m)
A2 French (2h 30m)
AS Photography - All Day
AS English Lit (2h)
AS Lang & Lit (2h) 2
AS Govt & Politics (1h 20m)
A2 Govt & Politics (1h 30m)
AS Computing (1h 30m)
A2 Computing (2h)
AS Geography (2h)
A2 Geography (2h 30m)
A2 Drama (2h 30m)
A2 Spanish (2h 30m)
AS Sociology (1h)
A2 Sociology (2h)
Break
3
AS Applied Business (1h)
A2 Applied Business (1h 30m) AS Economics (1h 30m)
A2 Economics (1h 30m) AS RE (1h 15)
A2 RE (1h 45m) AS Physics (1h 30m)
A2 Physics (1h 30m) Maths S1 (1h 30m)
Maths S2 (1h 30m) 4
Lunch
5
AS Electronics (1h 15m)
A2 Electronics (1h 30m)
AS Law (1h 30m)
A2 Law (1h 30m)
AS Law (1h 30m)
A2 Law (1h 30m) A2 Media (1h)
Further Maths FP1 (1h 30m)
Further Maths FP2 (1h 30m)
Week 2 - Monday 29th February - Friday 4th March
Period Monday 29th February Tuesday 1st March Wednesday 2nd March Thursday 3rd March Friday 4th March
AS & A2 Textiles (all day) AS & A2 Textiles (all day)
Maths C1 (1h 30m)
Maths C3 (1h 30m) Maths C2 (1h 30m)
Maths C4 (1h 30m)
AS Media (2h 30m)
AS French (2h 30m)
AS Spanish (2h 30m)
AS Urdu (2h 30m)
1
AS Biology (1h 30m)
A2 Biology (1h 30m)
AS Product Design (1h 30m)
A2 Product Design (2h)
AS Economics (1h 30m)
A2 Economics (2h) 2
You can download a copy of the
information from this
presentation from the school
website
www.loxford.net