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Year 11 Preparing for Examinations Event – Thursday 3rd November 2022

  • October 21, 2022

As your child continues their journey through Year 11, we want to do all we can to support you in helping them to complete effective and vital revision at home. We are pleased to invite you to our Year 11 Preparing for Examinations event which begins at 6pm and is open to all year 11 students and their parents/carers, offering 30-minute sessions across the core subject areas. Led by specialist teachers from English, Mathematics and Science, subject-specific revision strategies will be shared and modelled. You will be guided through the exam specifications and given expert advice on how to support your child in the run-up to their mock exams, and in the months leading to their examinations.

Here is a brief outline of the sessions available:

Revising for English Literature

A session designed to review the English Literature set texts and how to revise effectively.

Revising for Maths – Foundation Tier

A session designed to review the curriculum for the foundation tier with strategies for how to revise effectively and secure that all-important Grade 5.

Revising for Maths – Higher Tier

A session for students sitting the higher tier paper in Maths, with review of the curriculum and methods to revise effectively.

Revising for Science

A session designed to help you prioritise key areas of your examinations with advice on the most effective revision strategies.

Also available on the evening will be your child’s Head of Year, members of our Inclusion team and other Y11 key staff to answer any questions you may have.

To help us accommodate all guests, we ask you to complete the slip attached below and return this to your child’s form teacher by Monday 31st October 2022. We very much hope you can join us for this important event, and we look forward to seeing you.

Mrs L Ward

Associate Assistant Headteacher

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Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.