Dear Parents/Carers,
Following my previous letter, I would like to outline the plans for each year group on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May.
Year 7, 8 and 9 will be at home and attending live lessons where their teacher is at work. The teacher will post if they are teaching on the Google Classroom in the morning. Where their teacher is on strike, they can access the following learning activities:
- Year 7 Geography Independent Learning Booklet
- Year 8 Geography Independent Learning Booklet
- Year 9 Geography Independent Learning Booklet
- Year 7 History Task
- Year 8 History Task
- Year 9 History Task
- Continuing to work on their IDEA Awards
- Install and learn to use the Read and Write Toolbar – a great tool for supporting learning including note taking, annotations, dictation and the ability to read all on screen text
- STEM Lessons Online – a range of online video lessons and resources.
- Oak National Academy lessons and resources for all subjects.
- Continuity Oak lessons and resources from United Learning.
- All students should have access to the Unifrog platform, which is the complete destinations platform with lots of information on potential career pathways alongside activities to help extend students knowledge and understanding of both careers related learning (e.g. interview guidance) and subjects (e.g. read, watch, listen). Students can also work on practical tasks, such as creating a CV.
Year 10 will be at home and attending live lessons where their teacher is at work. The teacher will post if they are teaching on the Google Classroom in the morning. Where their teacher is on strike, they are also able to continue with the additional study tasks available:
- Science 1 Science Practice Paper
- Science 2 Atomic Structure Combined
- English Language Practice Paper
- English Language Mark Scheme
- English Literature Seneca and search for either: English Lit: AQA GCSE A Christmas Carol or English Lit AQA GCSE An Inspector Calls to take part in full revision for one of the Literature texts already studied
- Maths Practice Paper
- Maths Mark Scheme
- Geography Revision Cards Tectonic Hazards 2
- Geography Revision Cards Tectonic Hazards 1
- History Task
In addition to this, further learning materials can be found on the following websites:
- Helpful resources covering topics in Chemistry, Biology and Physics
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ audio book
- Oaks National Academy lessons and resources for all subjects
- All students should have access to the Unifrog platform, which is the complete destinations platform with lots of information on potential career pathways alongside activities to help extend students knowledge and understanding of both careers related learning (e.g. interview guidance) and subjects (e.g. read, watch, listen). Students can also work on practical tasks, such as creating a CV.
Year 11 should attend school as normal and go to the restaurant before registering and engaging in their exam preparation. They should ensure they have revision materials and their chromebook with them for any periods of supervised study.
Year 12 will be at home and attending live lessons if their teacher is at work. Students without live lessons should complete independent study.
In addition to this:
- The work experience deadline is fast approaching so any student who has not yet confirmed a work placement should use their time to do so. Once secured, details of the placement need to be uploaded to the Unifrog platform by clicking on the placement tool and then add a new placement
- Students can use the time to work on their Post-16 planning. Students are advised to use the unifrog platform and the UCAS website to explore career pathways, university and apprenticeship options. The unifrog platform should be used to support the completion of a personal statement for UCAS applicants but also has a great search facility for apprenticeships for students to explore. The platform also has lots of information on potential career pathways alongside activities to help extend students’ knowledge and understanding of both career based skills (e.g. interview guidance) and subjects (e.g. read, watch, listen) – https://www.unifrog.org/sign-in
Year 13 should attend school as normal and go to Arden 004 to register. There will be lessons as normal wherever possible, students will engage in independent study when lessons are not possible.
Students in the Key Worker Hub should go to the restaurant on their arrival.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Ms K Long
Vice Principal
