Dear Parent/Carer,
Following the completion of mock examinations and with approximately seven weeks of teaching left before the AS / A Level exam season begins in May I’d like to bring you up to date with some of the preparations in place to support your child.
To help prepare your child we have also organised a series of workshops to teach support strategies for revision, wellbeing and exam techniques which will be delivered by ‘Positively You’, an external provider we have worked in partnership with previously. These sessions are taking place on the afternoons of March 18, and the 7 and 29 April. I hope that your child will make the most of these sessions. They have proven to be hugely popular in previous years. Please ensure that your child attends these workshops.
We will also be holding a parent / carer twilight session on Thursday 7 April between 4-5pm to share some of these strategies with you (further details to follow).
There are also a number of additional revision sessions taking place, and departments are also providing online revision resources within their Google Classrooms.
If you would like to find out more about revision and supporting your child through the exam season, then please look at the revision section on the school’s website which has some helpful resources. These include links to revision resources and sources of wellbeing support.
Provisional examination timetables have been issued to pupils. These should be checked and will be a useful starting point for planning revision. Any queries should be reported to Mr Jones or Mrs Lippiett (our Examinations Offices) asap. The final possible day for AS / A level examinations is Wednesday 29 June, which is the national exams contingency day.
Alongside exam preparation we will also be holding a virtual Preparing for University session for parents / carers and Year 13 pupils on Monday 4 April between 6-7pm. This will be led by a university representative and cover next steps in the University application process. (Further details to follow.)
Teaching and support staff will continue to do all that they can to ensure your child is well prepared to sit their exams this summer. If you have any queries then please contact Mr Jones (Head of Sixth Form), Mr Harrison (Assistant Headteacher KS4/5) or I.
Yours sincerely,
Mr C Bown
Deputy Headteacher
