YEAR 11 NEWS

A belated Happy Shrove Tuesday  – I hope you’ve all eaten plenty of pancakes!  January has passed by in a fury and already half term is looming – don’t think you can sit on your laurels now because if you do coursework will come crashing down around your ears!

Academic Monitoring and Targets 

Since the last newsletter, we have all benefited from the Academic Monitoring Day and you should have a list of the targets that you agreed with your tutor (or me if you’re in 11/4). These should be in your planners.  Now would be a good time to refer to them as they will help you focus on areas that you find difficult or challenging.  

Of course, we now have the GCSE mock exams behind us.  How were they for you?  If you seriously reflect on the results that you achieved, are you pleased? Could you have got better grades and if so how?  The whole purpose of the mocks was for you to go through the experience of multiple exams and the pressures this brings.  How can you prepare more thoroughly for the real thing?  The PSHE programme has some helpful ideas nearer the time, and you should be starting to gently engage with revision NOW.  There are lots of ways to support you in this – SAM learning, BBC bite-size, and of course after school help sessions.     

Parents Evening 

Thanks to those of you who attended the recent subject evening.  Staff at Holyrood certainly felt it was a really useful evening and a positive boost to parents and students.  If you were unable to make it please contact the school if you have any concerns. 

Record of Achievement Files 

About now we are starting to compile our Record of Achievement files and there will be lots for Year 11 students to do in not much time.   Use every opportunity to get the requisite documents written up and saved, ready to be collated by your tutor.  

Year 11 Prom 

You will be pleased to hear that your year 11 Prom Committee are working hard on all the different aspects of planning the big event.  Inside info (in case you’re concerned about colour clashes) - the scheme is probably purple and silver. So, if you haven’t already, put a big cross in your diaries for Friday 11 July.  

Keep your spirits up and keep working hard, try to get the work/play balance right, be supportive of each other and know that you are all in the same boat.  Only 11 weeks to go!!!!