Year 11's take part in annual Student Conference

On Thursday January 15th 2014, Year 11 pupils took part in the annual Student Conference where they received their mock exam based projection grades and were made to fill in yellow books which will assist them with their post 16 journey.

The conference was began in high spirits as students received their letter containing their projected grades which told them how they would perform in their final examinations based on current attitudes to learning, coursework and mock exam results. Some students were pleased with their results and were clearly happy and this was easily noticed in the ecstatic atmosphere. Soon the conference began and students took part in a two hour session which discussed revision classes, attendance, grades and applications. Following this students were asked to meet with a member of staff who over the next week will talk to students about progress and queries for the future.

In Mr Irvine's assembly this afternoon the theme continued about moving on from HIAS. Discussing the brain and the phrase 'I know I am going to under achieve'. Mr Irvine discussed the affect of telling yourself you were going to under achieve and used a box as an example. Students were randomly selected to wear the box on their heads before being asked whether it felt like they had a block from achieving what they wanted to. Participants agreed and the motto was that as students you should aim to always do well in your subjects and the key to this is to revise and work hard as their still is time to change the results they will receive in August.

If you are a Year 11 student who is stuck with your options after HIAS, you can seek advice and guidance from Mr Taylor, your form tutor and head of year Mr Willard. Alternatively you can use the UCAS progress website at http://www.ucas.com/progress.

All Year 11's will have an interview with a teacher at some point this week. If you are unsure about your time or you do not know then ask your form tutor. You will also be taking part in individual progress checks over the next few months with your yellow booklet and form tutor. The information for these timings will be told to you in due course.