Autumn Term Newsletter, Edition 2 by Leytonsixthform

AUTUMN TERM 2

20 NOV 2023

LSC NEWSLETTER Information for Parents and Carers Message from the Senior Leadership Team Welcome to our second newsle er of this academic year. This half term is focused on the ongoing progress and achievement of our students and on suppor ng their future aspira ons. For our second year students (Year 13) there are mock exams for our voca onal students, GCSE mocks for re-sit students and UCAS deadlines for all students applying to university. For students requiring addi onal support with their applica ons, the Careers, Employability and Progression team will be hos ng 1:1 personal statement support sessions during W/C 4th December. Students in Year One (Year 12) and/or on Level 1 and Level 2 courses have been supported to se le into college life and good study habits and rou nes should now be established. There will also be voca onal and GCSE mock exams for some of our Year One and Level 2 cohort.

Gill Burbridge Principal gill.burbridge@leyton.ac.uk

Whichever course our students are doing, a endance and punctuality are key to achieving highly. There is a direct correla on between academic success and high levels of a endance and punctuality. We would ask parents and carers to reinforce this at home and encourage students to a end all of their metabled sessions (including GCSE resit classes and tutorial). We will providing you with a Progress Report with details on how your son/daughter is doing on their course shortly before the Christmas break. Parents/carers of Year One students (and Year Two students where there are speci c concerns) will also be invited to a end an online Parents and Carers Consulta on Evening on 13/12.

Gill, Lis and Mike

Mike Gallagher VP: Teaching, Learning & Achievement michael.gallagher@leyton.ac.uk

Key Dates: 24th November: Deadline for UCAS submission to allow applica ons to be sent before Christmas. UCAS applica ons will con nue to be accepted a er this date but we cannot guarantee these will be processed before the end of term. 28th November: Sta and Student Development Day (NB Students are not required to a end College but will be expected to use this day to engage in structured academic or personal development ac vity) 4th - 8th December Voca onal and GCSE Mock Exams (see metable overleaf) 8th December: Progress Report available 13th December: Parents and Carers Consulta on Evening 4-7.30pm via School Cloud

elisabeth.igbokwe@leyton.ac.uk

14th December: Last day of term for students

15th December - 3rd January inclusive: Christmas Holidays

Lis Igbokwe VP: Wider Student Experience

Parent Portal We apologise for the delay in our new Parent Portal going live. A technical error encountered by the external company providing this pla orm prevented successful installa on. Engineers are currently working on a resolu on and we hope to receive an update shortly.

Oxbridge and Russell Group Workshops As of the second week of January in 2024, we will be running weekly lunch me workshops to support rst-year students with applica ons to compe ve universi es. The rst of these is the Oxbridge workshop, for students considering an applica on to either Oxford or Cambridge. This workshop is appropriate for students with a majority of 7s, 8s, and 9s at GCSE, and who are largely on an A-Level study programme (as Oxford and Cambridge only consider Voca onal quali ca ons alongside A-Levels). The second support session is the Russell Group Workshop. This workshop is appropriate for any student who wishes to make a strong applica on to a compe ve or “top” university (it does not need to be a member of the Russell Group). This means that the workshop will be helpful to both Voca onal and A-Level students, regardless of their GCSE grade pro le. We would like to support as many students as possible with these applica ons, so please encourage your son or daughter to sign up by joining the relevant Microso Teams pages below if they wish to a end.

Workshop

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Oxbridge

Monday lunch mes 12:30 – 13:30 Thursday lunch mes 12:30 – 13:30

H15 (Howarth House)

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Russell Group

For further informa on, please contact Josephine Carter, Aim High Lead Josephine.Carter@leyton.ac.uk

Voca onal Mock Exam Week:

The metable for the forthcoming voca onal and GCSE mock exams can be found below. These examina ons are a crucial element of our prepara on for the upcoming external exams and will provide a strong indica on of the grades that students can expect to achieve. As with external exams, if students miss these assessments, we won’t be able to facilitate another opportunity for them to take them.