Year 11 Key Academic Information (2011/12)

Year 11 Key Academic Information 2011-2012 (pdf / 523kb)

Summer Term

• GCSE examinations begin - pupils will be issued with a personalised examination timetable
  
• Pupils may revise at home (see point 2 below)
  
• End of term Houseparent letter home (plus any co-curricular reports)
  
• Text books to be returned to the issuing department by the end of term
  

ADDITIONAL NOTES (YEAR 11)

1. Coursework (or Controlled Assessments)
   
   Formal GCSE coursework/controlled assessments tasks will be ongoing throughout Year 11; these will take place during normal timetabled lessons.
   
2. GCSE Examinations
   
   Note 1. A minimum of three oral controlled assessments will be carried out over the two year course in some Languages.
   Note 2. Revision at home and Examination Leave - detailed arrangements have been confirmed in the letter sent from the Senior Deputy at spring half-term. After 25th May 2012 day pupils may revise at home. Attendance at school should be in complete half-day sessions, recorded in advance with houseparents. Boarders may go home to revise at parents' request. After half-term boarders may remain at home to revise, returning to school in good time for their next examination: appropriate permission from houseparents is required.
   Note 3. Post-examination routine - following the GCSE examination period the Year 11 ‘normal' timetable is the post-GCSE programme (details of which are sent home in the Easter mailing). All Year 11 pupils at Millfield at this time will be required to take part in this programme which will typically run during the final week of the summer term.
   Note 4. The above arrangements must on no account conflict with school commitments; team players, musicians and those involved in other group activities must refer to the appropriate staff.
   
3. Academic Trips, Visits, Exchanges and Fieldwork
   
   A number of trips, visits, exchanges and fieldwork activities take place throughout Year 11 which support pupils' academic studies. Where necessary, parents will be given as much notification as possible of the precise dates of these activities. In some subjects, participation is regarded as an essential part of the course.
   
   
4. Reporting
   
   Reports are sent home at the end of the autumn and spring terms and at half-term in the autumn term. The reports during the autumn term are A4 summary sheets; the report at the end of the spring term is a full booklet. Parents will receive a summary of GCSE Rehearsal grades in advance of the Year 11 Parents' Meeting. A Houseparent letter (plus any co-curricular reports) will be sent home at the end of the summer term. Reporting sessions are used by group tutors and senior tutors to closely monitor pupil performance and progress. Parents are contacted as appropriate following reporting sessions if a pupil is not meeting academic expectations.

If you have any queries regarding these key events, please contact your child's Group Tutor.