November 2012
Dear Parent/Carer
Subject Support Sessionsto improve examination success
Your child’s exam success is very important to us at Gosford Hill School. Teaching staff run a number of GCSE and A Level subject support sessions which run in lunch times and after school.These sessions will be a combination of coursework support and catch up, additional tutorials and revision.
Enclosed is our list of subject support sessions for Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) and Sixth-form.
In order to help and guide students to make the most of these sessions the attached overview summarises key modular exam dates and which subjects should take priority in the run up to exams.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
Yours sincerely
C. Hall
Assistant Headteacher
SLT/CHL/subjectsupportletter
Gosford Hill School
Key Stage 4Subject Support Sessions
After School (3.30pm-4.30pm)Day / Lunch / Room / Year 10 / Room / Year 11 / Room
Monday / Team Up (Maths) / Learning Centre
Tuesday / History
Geography / H1
H3 / Team Up (English)
Business
Business Communications
Resistant Materials Engineering
History
Geography
Graphics / Learning Centre
D7
V1/ V2
D5
H1
H3
D2
Wednesday / MfL / L3 / English / E7 / English
Health and Social Care
Public Services
Hospitality
Graphics
ICT / E7
V1/ V2
V1/ V2
D1
D1
ICT2 & ICT3
Thursday / MfL / L3 / Maths
Science
Health and Social Care
Public Services
Resistant Materials
Engineering
ICT / M5 & M6
S1
V1/ V2
V1/ V2
D5
D4
ICT2 & ICT3
Friday / Textiles / D3
Key Stage 4 Exam Dates and Priorities
In order to help students make the right choices about which sessions to attend in the immediate run up to exams, priority will be given to subjects as shown below. Team Up (for those students involved) will always take priority and runs until 5:00 pm.
Dates / Focus / Modular Exam Dates14th November - 18th December 2012 / English has priority over all subjects on a Wednesday
Science has priority over all subjects on a Thursday / English Literature:
Wednesday 9th January 2013
Biology:
Wednesday 9th January 2013
English Language:
Thursday 10th January 2013
Business Studies:
Thursday 10th January 2013
8th January and 9th January 2013 / English has priority on TuesdayWednesday
8th January / Business Studies has priority for students not sitting English Language onTuesday
10th January - 24thJanuary 2013
15th January 2013 / Triple Science has priority over all subjects on a Thursday
Business Studies has priority on Tuesday / Chemistry:
Monday 14th January 2013
Business & Communication Systems:
Wednesday 16th January 2013
Physics:
Thursday 17th January 2013
Biology:
Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Chemistry:
Thursday 24th January 2013
Physics:
Friday 25th January 2013
21st - 28th February 2013 / Maths has priority on a Thursday
Maths has priority on Tuesday 5th March / Maths:
Wednesday 6th March 2013
The table shows the exams for which specific after-school support is available. Please see the school website for the full exam listings.
Gosford Hill School
Sixth-form 5 Subject Support Sessions
Day / Lunch / Room / After School (3.30pm-4.30pm) / RoomMonday
Tuesday / Biology / S5 / PE & Drama
English for resits
Business
Biology (Week B) / ICT1
E7
D7
S2
Wednesday / Chemistry / S2 / Maths
Health and Social Care / M2
V1/ V2
Thursday / Physics / S6 / Maths
Health and Social Care / M2
V1/ V2
Friday
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Sixth-form Exam Dates and Priorities
Other subjects will be offering support and tutorials on an on-going basis and in the run up to modular exams. Full listings of exams are available from the Gosford Hill Website. Students are advised to discuss their revision plans with their form tutors.