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Meet the Tutor

Meet the Tutor. My responsibilities…. Between 20-25 Year 12 & Year 13 students Duty Tutor availability. Tutor Group. Based in tutor room Citizenship lesson on Thursday Student Seminars: Afternoons Monday – split group Wednesday – all Y12 group Thursday – 6 th Form assembly.

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Meet the Tutor

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  1. Meet the Tutor

  2. My responsibilities… • Between 20-25 Year 12 & Year 13 students • Duty Tutor availability

  3. Tutor Group • Based in tutor room • Citizenship lesson on Thursday • Student Seminars: Afternoons • Monday – split group • Wednesday – all Y12 group • Thursday – 6th Form assembly

  4. Citizenship • Tutor group or whole Year Group: • Learning skills • Progression to university or employment • Related skills such as interview techniques • Finance • Writing CVs & personal statements • Speakers • Other topical lessons

  5. Enrichment • Wednesday afternoon enrichment activities: • Sport - Onsite & offsite • Support activities - Dance Workshop, Green Team, Wellsway Challenge, Community Projects, Drama Productions, and so on… These activities are also very important for Personal Statements & CVs

  6. Progress Files • Students have already begun to complete these…UCAS applications. • Certificates, letter of appreciations for help, awards, etc. GET INVOLVED • School production, sport, teacher support, paired reading, give blood, parties, visits and trips, Wellsway Challenge, become an officer, orchestra, choirs, bands, ………!

  7. What can you do? • Ensure you have seen your son/daughter timetable and know exactly when they should be in school • Students are expected to do approximately 5 hours of work per subjectoutside of the lessons – help them to prioritise/organise Students struggle with time management and have difficulty meeting deadlines • Use school diary to record work and PLAN when they will do their work. • Employment – no more that 8 hours recommended • Read and sign ‘working for success’ in student diary – lots of other information in their! • Please phone the school to explain absence • Contact me EARLY if student shows signs of struggling, unhappy with subject choices etc. • Encourage your son/daughter to COMMUNICATE with their subject teachers. Don’t wait to fall behind before doing something about it. • If your son/daughter has any special needs please let us know as soon as possible.

  8. UCAS and Post-Wellsway • Encourage students to begin researching options for post-Wellsway NOW! • In one year most applications will be well underway. • Encourage visits to university open days in Year 12 • If they are thinking of Ox–bridge/ Highly competitive courses students need to be coming along to Tuesday lunchtime meetings in S1 • If they are going for Medicine / Veterinary Science they need to be thinking about organising work experience in Year 12

  9. Wikispace • The 6th Form Wikispace is an excellent source of information – please do use this resource and encourage you son/daughter to check: www.wellsway6thform.wikispaces.com

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