surbiton high sixth form welcome evening monday 7 september 2015

Surbiton High Sixth Form Welcome EveningMonday 7 September

2015

Welcome Ann HaydonPrincipal

Life in the Sixth Form Zoë Brass Head of Year 12

Sixth Form Expectations Jon Owen& Responsibilities Oxbridge Coordination Terry McDermott& Careers Guidance

Supporting your daughter Form Tutors

Form Tutors

Joanna Deeks 12A

Eva Joly 12C

Vikki Jones 12F

Sunita Pottay 12N

Jessica Robertson 12R

Keith Salisbury 12T

Shenel Shefik 12V

Gemma Laundon 12M

Karen Potts 12P

Jon Owen

Assistant Principal/Director of Sixth Form

Curriculum Changes

2015 new A Levels introduced in certain subjects:

Art and DesignBiologyBusinessChemistry Computer ScienceEconomicsEnglish Language and LiteratureHistoryPhysics and Psychology

“old” A Levels

“new” A Levels

AS

A2

AS

A250%

100%

Sixth Form TimelineSeptember 2015 Start AS courses

November 2015 November progress tests

February 2016 AS mock exams

May/June 2016 AS exams

June/July 2016 Start higher education application process

Autumn 2016 Send off higher education applications and receive offers

February 2017 A2 mocks

May/June 2017 A2 exams

August 2017 Results day

Nicola.buckel@surbitonhigh.com

Janet.rosser@surbitonhigh.com

Academic Mentors

Sixth Form Leadership Coach

David Sanders

Daily Routines

Registration 8.25am

Absences notified to reception by 9.00am

MIS text messages sent out for absence at 10am

3.55pm school ends

Signs that things are going well

Involvement in co-curricular activities

Good timekeeping

A student who wants to come to school when they feel a little under the weather as they don’t want to miss out

Discussing subject outside of lessons

Working in the evening

Never saying “I have no work to do”

Involvement in special days such as Year 7 Induction Day & Sports Day

“Not our job to

give you an education, it is

your job to get one”

José PicardoiPad Introduction

Why has SHS decided to introduce tablets?• To complement what already works well

in the classroom

• To encourage independent learning

• To provide the facility for resources to be shared more easily

• To allow for more variety in how tasks are completed

• To enable feedback to be issued in ways that are appropriate to suit each individual pupil.

Why has SHS decided to introduce tablets?

By harnessing the potential of this new technology, and using it appropriately as a tool to support teaching and learning, our teachers and students will have the opportunity to become more efficient, more innovative, more creative and more effective.

How will the iPads be used during lessons?• to provide instant access to a bank of

resources, without the need for lots of paper worksheets.

• for independent research.

• to share an individual’s work instantly on the interactive whiteboard for discussion with the class.

• to complete an electronic quiz, allowing a whole class to respond to a teacher’s questions either together or at their own pace.

How will the iPads be used during lessons?• to view or create a screencast of a

question being answered.

• to make a multi-media presentation about the topic being studied.

• to annotate a set text or other source material in a variety of ways, without being constrained by what will fit on a piece of paper.

• to provide instant access to subject-specific software, e.g. a graphing program for Mathematics.

How will the iPads be used outside of lessons?• as a personal planner, to keep track of

homework and other tasks.

• to submit work electronically, and to receive feedback electronically (with the possibility of oral feedback).

• to provide a forum for discussion.

• for easier access to school e-mail accounts, with the potential to improve communication between teachers and pupils.

iPad Frequently Asked Questions are available from

our website.

Careers Education and Guidance in

Year 12Terry McDermott

Director of Careers and Guidance; Oxbridge Co-ordinator

careers@surbitonhigh.com

Careers Education & Guidance•PSHE/Activity Week – compulsory career/uni research•Programme of Activities and Speakers (“Working Lunches”)•Career Interviews•Career Interview Action Plans

•Personal Research - What does this look like?

Oxbridge Programme

1.Careers & HE Evening – 8 October

2.Oxbridge Evening (Date TBC)

3.Oxbridge Mentoring Programme

4.Application Support from Oxbridge team

Me (Ex Cam Law)Hannah Parker (Ex Cam Natural

Sciences)Olivia Adams (Ex Cam Classics)

5. PLEASE HAVE AN OPEN MIND!

The form tutor

Meet girls every morning

First point of contact for parents

Immediate pastoral responsibility

Monitor attendance and punctuality

Review academic progress & target setting (half-termly)

Attendance • Registered in every lesson

• Records visible to parents via MIS

• Records sent home every half term

• Planned absence to be notified in writing to Form Tutor in advance

• Unplanned absence to be notified to school office by 10am, followed by written confirmation

Any questions?