Choosing House Life the right subjects for GCSE COMPUTERS/EMAIL Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in The House so computers are for academic work only. February that next year’s timetable can be blocked and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at Please doofnot withis any of the computer the end thistamper term. There the opportunity to add settings – if there is a problem please report it to a member of staff. any supporting comments on both initial and final option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly Save your onthat to the network/OneDrive - you will then be able to pick it up on any about thework choices haveschool been made. Once the final computer in school, including BYOD and at home. options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on You may bring your own laptop to school (indeed 3rd form must have their device in school) but it is the form. your responsibility and you will need to look after it. haveexpensive, been made, please the College reserves InkOnce and choices paper are do not waste them by printing out unnecessary stuff. the right to withdraw any courses for which there is insufficient demand. Access to your email address and the College network:
We try to accommodate all subject choices within Your for the school network willare be your surname followed by your first initial. e.g. Joe Smith theusername prescribed framework. However, subjects = smithj. sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will First and second initials are used in cases where the username is already in use by another pupil or contact you to discuss alternatives. staff member. e.g James Smith = smithja On the following pages, you will find more information about each subject, as given well asasome useful advice from Houseparents will be list of usernames and passwords for all students for the start of the the Head of Careers and Higher Education, academic year by the IT Support Office.Sharon Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the various involved making the most When youfactors first arrive at inthe College, in order to access the system you need to log onto a school appropriate choices. computer. There are computers in House, the library and the ICT rooms for you to use. 1. Log in using your username and the password given to you by IT Support 2. You will now need to set your own password (Please note the criteria below for setting your password). Stephen Badger You will be asked to enter the ‘old’ password (the one given to you by your Houseparent) in the top box. Then enter a password of your choice in the ‘new’ password box Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning) and again in the ‘confirm’ box. 3. Passwords must not contain any part of your user name. They should be at least six characters
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