In January, many students will have important module examinations and should be working hard at present to fulfil their potential. The college does not allow study leave in the examination period ( this differs to previous years) as we believe that students are better supported by completing revision and warm up activities with their teachers. You can check if your son/daughter has an exam on their profile page. It is essential they arrive in good time so they are calm and prepared before they enter the examination room. Should we have bad weather this may mean setting off extra early!
We have a new student mentor scheme up an running whereby students have volunteered to support other students in subject specific areas or with general study support. We also hope to work with the University to diversify this scheme. We also have around 30 students completing a volunteer award scheme and around 20 completing various levels of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. In the coming weeks, upper sixth students will be applying for student finance and for jobs and we will be holding a parents support session for the student finance application in March. In March we will also be holding a HE and careers day for all lower sixth students to get them thinking early about the next step. We will then follow this up throughout the summer term with guest speakers, skills workshops and visits out to Universities and careers fairs. In addition in March we will hold a HE evening for parents' to enable you to learn more about the current process of application to university and how student finance works.