Calling all Year 9’s…
The booklet for KS4 options is now live on the website. Just head over to the Student Hub and you will find it on the Year 9 options page.
In it you will find all the information you need to make your choices.
Please read through it carefully and if you have any questions, come and ask us – the Options team.
Good luck!
We are really thrilled to have received a donation from Asda towards our Winter Warmer. It was really kind and will really support our community events.
Spring 2023 Year 10 Revision Topic List
Spring 2023 Year 9 Revision Topic List (1)
Spring 2023 Year 8 Revision Topic List
Spring 2023 Year 7 Revision Topic List
Reminder KS3 and Y10 Progress Assessments are commencing.
Please click on these useful links to help prepare your child to revise and ‘Let their light shine’
Dear Parent,
The Year 11 Mock Examination Period will take place from the 16th to the 27th January 2023. During this period students will sit exams in the vast majority of their subjects in order to reflect the demands of the final summer GCSE examination period.
Although mock examinations do not count towards the overall grade of a GCSE they are very important preparation for the summer examination period and students should take them seriously. Mock exams support students in three main areas:
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Improve subject knowledge and understanding
Help develop examination skills
Support resilience and students’ ability to deal with intense examination periods
The more preparation that students put into these mock exams then the more beneficial they will be as preparation for the actual GCSE exams in the summer. Statistically, students who do well in the mocks go on to perform better in the summer.
The link for accessing the full mock exam timetable on our website is at the bottom of this letter. Please support your child to prepare as carefully as possible. Teaching staff will be placing a range of revision resources on Google Classroom or through other learning platforms to help them prepare and our website contains a number of revision guides to support students in their preparation. There are also a number of tips on how parents can support their children in the revision process. The link to access these documents is below.
Revision Tips and Ideas | Duke’s School (ncea.org.uk)
May I take this opportunity to wish your child well over the mock examination period.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Line
Deputy Principal
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