The Cowes Charter - Year 11

What is the KS4 Cowes Charter?

Our Key Stage 4 Charter is a continuation of our guarantee to you as a Cowes Enterprise College student.

Participation is an integral and compulsory part of being a successful student at Cowes Enterprise College. The Charter is designed to provide a continuous and refined set of experiences and skills to allow for a smooth transition from Key Stage 3 and progress into our 6th form or onto further education and training.

You will be responsible for tracking and recording your progress through the Charter and will be supported by your form tutor in doing so. Your involvement and commitment

Access one-to-one progression meetings with senior teachers, to discuss your progress, future plans and how to fulfill your potential

Attend a Year 11 information evening, with your parents, to ensure the demands and expectations are fully understood

Attend Year 11 Parents’ Evenings to share key information from your teachers, so that you are fully supported throughout your courses

Take part in Year 11 mock examinations to give you the confidence and experience to perform well in your final GCSE examinations. This will also give accurate and reliable information about your progress and how you can be best supported

Access to co-ordinated interventions that will provide further pastoral support and co-ordinate interventions designed to promote wellbeing and academic progress

Develop literacy skills through our in-house reading programme, making effective use of tutor time

Borrow a book from the library to read

Take part in challenging, appropriate lessons and a wellsequenced Year 11 curriculum

Reflect on use of revision booklet for Year 11 mocks

All students will have an entitlement beyond the GCSE option process to include IT, SRS, PE and E1M

Access high-quality pastoral support, working closely with students, families and teachers to protect wellbeing and academic progress

Participate in specific personalised Year 11intervention, where needed - bespoke intervention packages will be available to all students to support individual needs

Prepare for a trip (conduct)

Every student will have the opportunity to experience a theatre/cinema trip to watch a performance of a key GCSE text in Year 11

Every student will have the opportunity to experience a guest speaker on the subject of study skills and/or personal development

Participate in Year 11 age-related enrichment clubs, provising opportunities to extend your understanding and develop a specialism, in areas of particular interest

Participate in high-quality careers support and advice sessions

Attend a Year 11 bespoke careers interview

Have a sixth form student visit my tutor group

I have a CV ready to support my future applications

Plan for a smooth transition to post-16 education or training

Attend a sixth form information assembly to be able to gain further information, advice and guidance on my future plans

Learn about university life

Access to expert advice and guidance relating to your options for future directions

Tutor comments:

Parent/Carer comments:

Character Virtues

Moral

‡ Caring is looking after and providing for the needs of others

‡ Compassion is showing care and concern for others

‡ Courage is acting with bravery in fearful situations

‡ Empathy is being able to understand the thoughts and feelings of another person and to put yourself in their position

‡ Fairness is treating others equally

‡ Forgiveness is giving someone another chance after they might have hurt you

‡ Generosity is gving something for someone else’s benefit

‡ Gratitude is a feeling of appreciation towards something or someone

‡ Honesty is telling the truth and being sincere

‡ Humility is not boasting and being aware of how much you owe to others for your success

‡ Integrity is the quality of having and following strong moral principals

‡ Justice is to have an understanding of what it is to uphold what is right

‡ Patience is showing regard for someone’s feelings, wishes or rights

‡ Self-discipline is the ability to control yourself and to be organised

‡ Tolerance is the ability to be able to accept differences

Intellectual

‡ Autonomy is the ability to be critically independent in your thinking and action

‡ Creativity is being able to create and to use your imagination

‡ Critical thinking is the ability to think reflectively and to come to independent conclusions

‡ Curiosity is being eager to know or to learn something new

‡ Focus is when you pay close attention to something and block out possible distractions

‡ Reasoning

‡ Reflection is the ability to ponder alternative possibilites and not jump to conclusions

‡ Resourcefulness difficulties

‡ Wisdom is making the right choices at the right time

is your involvement in your community and society

‡ Civility is being polite and courteous in behaviour and speech

‡ Community awareness is to actively and meaningfully learn from, and share information with different parts of the community

‡ Friendliness is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, or affectionate towards another person

‡ Neighbourliness is a disposition to be friendly and helpful to others

‡ Service is the act of doing work that benefits other people

‡ Volunteering is giving your time to help someone else

Performance

‡ Ambition is having a strong desire to want to achieve something or reach a certain goal

‡ Confidence is being certain in your own abilities or that a certain course of action is best

‡ Determination is focussing your energy on finishing a task, especially when it is difficult

‡ Leadership is helping yourself and others to do the right thing by setting a direction or building an inspiring vision

‡ Motivation is having a strong reason and drive to accomplish something

‡ Perseverance is the steady persistence in a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties

‡ Resilience is being able to recover quickly from struggles and setbacks

‡ Teamwork is the ability to work with others effectively and efficiently