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Year 7 Curriculum Information
Welcome to our new Year 7 Students. The following information adds to that given to Parents at the Induction Evening in July and will also be in a letter to Parents from College Heads by the end of this week.
Teaching Groups
For the first three full weeks, Year 7 students will be taught in their Tutor Groups for all subjects. This will allow students to get to know one another quickly and provide teachers with early opportunities to informally assess students’ abilities. During these three weeks, students will sit three Cognitive Ability Tests (CATs) during their scheduled IT lessons. Students should not worry about these tests, as they do not require preparation or revision; they assess natural aptitude and potential. From the beginning of the fourth week, Monday 27th September 2010, students will be re-grouped into ability based teaching groups for all subjects, except for those studied in the Creative and Performing Arts (CPA) College. We will mainly use Key Stage 2 assessment data to determine the teaching groups. At this stage and for the remainder of Year 7, students will be taught in groups of 20 for English, Mathematics and Science.
Update on Examination Results
Following clerical checks with the examination boards, we are pleased to announce even better GCSE grades. Over a quarter of all grades were at A*/A, 68 students achieved 5 or more A*/A grades. The top performers are shown in an updated Examination Results 2010 document under the “Useful Links” below.
Start of Term Arrangements
Staff return for the first Collegiate Development Day of the year on 1st September.
Year 7 students begin on Thursday 2nd September.
Year 12 and 13 students enrol in College VI on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September according to instructuions previously given. Year 12 Induction Programme takes place on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th September before all College VI students begin lessons on Wednesday 8th September. All College VI should attend from 8.40am on 8th September.
Year 11 students return on Friday 3rd September.
Year 8-10 students return on Monday 6th September.
Collegiate Catering Service
Remember that all catering services in the Dining Hall and the College VI Cafe will operate as cashless systems from 1st September 2010. Parents should make sure that their ParentPay accounts have been activated and sufficient credit added. Students in receipt of free school meals will automatically have their accounts set up to allow purchases.
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