Welcome back after half term.
We have only been back a few days, but we have already had GCSE retake exams for English and maths, the Year 13 Parents’ Evening and exam stress busting workshops. Next week we are holding our Open Evening, when prospective Year 11 students and parents are able to tour our site, talk to students and staff and find out about the courses on offer. Thank you in advance if you are helping out during the evening, prospective students really value feedback from current students, and it builds up your career capital for your CV.
Year 13 trial exams and the UCAS internal deadline are at the end of the month. Make sure you are fully prepared and don’t leave things to the last minute. There are revision workshops and UCAS support available if you are struggling.
I would like to give a reminder to everyone about attendance. The more you are here, the more you can learn and the better your results are likely to be. Currently there are too many students with attendance at or below 90%. In a test, 90% is amazing; for attendance it is poor. 90% means you have half a day off a week or a whole day off a fortnight. Try and be in every day and definitely let us know if you are absent. Adults must let their employer know if they are off from work because they are unwell and we expect the same communication from you. If you want to be treated as an adult – phone up or email if you are absent. I’m going to be more challenging on attendance going forward.
Finally, we have been asked to share a letter regarding Operation Sceptre, a knife crime awareness campaign running over the course of the next week. Please follow this link for the letter: https://www.iwef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Knife-Crime-Awareness-Letter-09.11.2023.pdf
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr Mumford
Head of School – The Island VI Form