Notices HoSF

Year 13

There will be a TEAMS broadcast on Wednesday and Thursday from Mrs Hawkins.

Tutors will be checking your Post 18 plans: UCAS personal details, Personal Statement draft and Unifrog Plan A and Plan B. Students need to evidence to their tutor they have worked on their Post 18 plans. If you are not going to university, please ensure you have uploaded your CV and letter of application into Unifrog.

Students who have not provided this evidence will be required to attend all tutor periods after Half-Term.

After Half-Term Year 13 students who have completed their Post 18 plan information will only be required to attend tutor period on a Monday in order to touch base with their tutor and to receive important information relevant to Year 13.

Reminders:

1. If you have a planned absence then please email [email protected] 48 hours in advance, and where applicable, provide a screen shot, scan or any appointment card.

2. Year 13 students need to see Mrs Hawkins in person if they wish to make a Careers appointment regarding UCAS or Post 18 options. Please do not contact Mrs Hawkins by email.

If you have questions about anything then do email us, and we will try are best to help you.

[email protected] Mrs Purcell/Mrs McCrudden, Sixth Form Student Manager

[email protected] Mrs Everist, Sixth Form Administrator

[email protected] Mrs Hawkins, Careers, UCAS and Examinations Officer

[email protected] Mrs Shales, Head of Sixth Form

Academic Links

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/schools Suggested lectures for Sixth Form students

https://www.ted.com/talks 3300+ talks to stir your curiosity

https://www.futurelearn.com/ Online courses

https://www.mooc.org/ Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free online courses available for anyone to enrol.

Enrichment from SpeakersforSchools In Partnership with Penguin Talks: How to be a climate optimist with David Wallace Wells, Author and Deputy Editor, New York Magazine & Lily Cole, Environmental Activist, Model, Actress and Filmmaker

Date: Tuesday 13th October Time: 17.00 – 18.00

Author and deputy editor of New York magazine, David Wallace-Wells, joins environmental activist, model, actress and filmmaker, Lily Cole, to discuss climate change and COVID-19, choosing optimism and what we can do to create the future. Be sure to have your questions ready or pre-submit them to [email protected]

If you would like your students to join, please send them this link to join: https://secure.kinura.com/penguin/ and the broadcast will go live at 17:00pm on Tuesday 13th October. The link provides a secure platform for students to type in questions and this will be moderated by Penguin staff. Only the speakers are visible and have their microphones on as it is a one-way streamed broadcast.

We also have a pre-recorded talk for students to watch.

Design your work life from Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Bill and Dave are bestselling authors of the book; Designing Your Life and have also written, Designing Your Work Life which this talk focusses on. The book has a focus on how readers can organise themselves through journaling and design thinking.

Bill is Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford University and Dave is lecturer in the Product Design Program at Stanford, a management consultant, and a co-founder of Electronic Arts. Bill and Dave discuss their big ideas, identifies key dysfunctional beliefs for young people, refer to important research findings on early adult success and lay out how to go forward to design your life and career.

You can watch the talk here: https://www.speakersforschools.org/vtalks/designing-your-work-life/

Remember to record any activity in your Unifrog account.

Kind regards,

Mrs Shales