Welcome to the 2009 / 2010 academic year

Dear all,

We will be making regular use of the Sixth Form Blog in 2009 / 2010. Please keep checking back for updates. There is also an Ounsdale Sixth Form group for our students - please feel free to join this.

Regards

Mr Handy

2008 Clearing telephone numbers

http://newsweaver.co.uk/heist/e_article000883932.cfm?x=bdb0nnS,b7RSnDWn

The above site contains a comprehensive listing of special Clearing telephone numbers for UK institutions should anyone need to make contact.

Want to become a teacher?

Are you interested in becoming a teacher (either primary or secondary)? If so, please e-mail Miss Clarke to let her know. Mrs. Hodgetts is organising some 'coaching training' for a group of students in the Sixth Form. It will take place later in the summer term and will provide you with the skills and experience that university admissions tutors are looking for.

Pasta Mania in the Canteen!

From next tuesday (29th April), healthy new pasta pots will be sold in the school canteen. A big pot of pasta with a tasty sauce of your choice will cost £1.50. On launch day there will be a free milkshake too for every student buying a pasta pot! If Sixth Form students like the new pasta pots Nicky, the school's catering manager, will try and ensure they are sold within the Sixth Form block. Come along all next week to try these new delicious dishes for yourself!

WhatUni.com

Dear Year 12,

We have added a new link to the Blog - www.whatuni.com - which is a fantastic new website where students already studying at universities can give you independent reviews as to life at their uni. The site also has course information for different universities and is well worth looking at before you decide which Open Days that you are interested in going to in the next few months.

Your Future, Your Choice Year 12 Assembly

Dear Year 12,

Please find a link HERE to the assembly you had last Thursday. Within this you will find the various links that Miss Clarke introduced to you in order to explore your choices. However, do explore a wide range of the links on the Sixth Form Blog as they are all useful in guiding you with regard to your Post 18 Opportunitites.

UCAS Card

To apply for your UCAS Card :

- Go to www.ucas.com/ucascard/
- Click 'Student Register'
- The school / college UCAS number you will need to enter is 12775
- Simply follow the on screen instructions from now on to get your own UCAS Card!

Happy New Year...

A belated Happy New Year to all our our students. Hopefully normal updates will resume on this blog shortly - we have been very busy in the last few months. Please keep checking for updates! The first Sixth Form Council meeting of 2008 will be held on Tuesday 22nd January at 12:45pm in the Sixth Form Private Study Room. Can all Council members please make sure that they attend. Agendas will be in registers on Monday and they should be available on the school website under the For Students > Sixth Form area by the end of the day.

Common Room Closed - Wednesday 28th November

There will be an important meeting taking place in the Sixth Form Common Room on Wednesday 28th November from 12.30pm onwards. Therefore students will not be able to use the common room from lunchtime onwards on this day. Students who have private study should use rooms 47, 48 or 61 during period 4 and rooms 47 and 48 during period 5. We are very sorry for this inconvenience and thank-you for your cooperation.

Sixth Form Open Evening

Thank you to all of the staff and students who helped make last nights Sixth Form Open Evening a great success.

Advice on filling out UCAS

In response to several questions we have been asked regarding entering your Module grades into UCAS apply we have been given this answer by UCAS :

"Over the past few weeks, we have received a number of queries about students entering their AS level and A level qualifications in Apply. One commonly asked question is the inclusion of unit grades. To clarify any confusion there may be, we can confirm that entering unit grades is entirely optional. Although we recommend that students do include details of their units with a separate grade/result, this is at their own discretion or on the advice and preference of their school or college."

Sixth Form Council Meeting : Monday 12th November 2007

Dear Council Representatives,

A reminder that the next meeting is going to be held on Monday 12th November at 12:50pm in the Private Study Room. We are breaking from our usual fortnightly meeting as the reps present at todays meeting would like further clarification on Children In Need and we will be inviting a member of the CIN Committee to fill the Council in as to what is happening.

Sixth Form Weekly Notices / Council Meeting

Dear all

Just to let you know that Sixth Form Weekly Notices are now available online on the School Website HERE. This will be updated weekly on a Friday - please make sure you read them!

Also, just a reminder that there is a Sixth Form Council Meeting on Monday 5th November at 12:50pm in the Private Study Room. Any items for the agenda to Dan Helsby or myself please!

Meeting Reminders (Council / Prom Committee)

Dear students

Please remember that there is a Year Council Meeting on Monday 5th November at 12:50pm in the Private Study Room. It is important that ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND! Please get any items for the agenda to either Dan Helsby or myself (I will pass them on) as soon as possible.

Also for Year 13 students - we have a Prom Committee meeting on Tuesday 30th October at 12:50pm. From now on this will be a regular Tuesday meeting (unless you hear otherwise from us).

Thank you.

Excellent new website...

Dear all,

I have been alerted to an excellent new website that will help you with anything you need to know about universities. Visit www.hero.ac.uk for more information.

Message from Mr Ginnings : History Trip

I’m planning to take a 6th form trip to Berlin between March 25th and March 30th 2008. Please can you circulate this email to Y12 & Y13 informing them of the provisional dates and that the likely cost will be around £370-420. An initial deposit of £100 will be required. I’m aware that with Xmas on the way, parents will need to budget – especially as the final payment will be required 10 weeks before departure i.e. end of January. I am awaiting a final price to be confirmed (which is obviously numbers dependent).

A formal letter with reply slips, etc will be available in the first week back after half term.

Sixth Form Council Meeting

Dear all,

A reminder that the next Sixth Form Council meeting will take place on Monday 5th November at 12:50pm in the Private Study Room. By the end of this week I hope that the tutor reps have collected in the kitty money (£2 from each student) and this needs to be passed to either Miss Clarke, Mrs Khakh or myself as soon as possible.

Year 13 Assembly

Dear Year 13,

A gentle reminder that you have an additional assembly on Wednesday 17th October. I did put signs up around the building and notes in registers but hopefully the message will have got round. Remember : Attendance to assembly is COMPULSORY.

Common Room

Please don't forget ........we need your ideas about how to keep the common room and kitchen tidy. Thank-you to those students who have already given in their suggestions but we need more of your ideas........come on......get thinking! Remember you can e-mail Miss Clarke, Mrs. Khakh or Mr. Handy if you have any great suggestions. Thanks.

Meeting Reminders

Sixth Form Council : Monday 15th October 12:50, Private Study Room

Sixth Form Prom Committee : Tuesday 23rd October 12:50