Briefing for Poetry Parents - Wimbledon College

Briefing for Poetry Parents

11th September 2019

College Prayer

Lord,

teach us to be generous:

to serve you as you deserve;

to give and not to count the cost;

to fight and not to heed the wounds;

to toil and not to seek to rest;

to labour and to ask for no reward

save that of knowing we do your will.

Amen.

A Level Results 2019

A Level Results 2019

A Levels

A*-A 22% [ 2018 - 21.9%]

A*-B 45% [2018 - 47.2%]

A*-C 72% [2018 – 72.2%]

A*-E 99% [2018 – 98.6%]

Individual Successes

Anthony Newman 3A*,A [A* EPQ] [Mech. Engineering, Imperial]

Matthew Acevski A*, 2A, C [Physics, Imperial]

Mateusz Zielinski A*, 3A [Computer Science, UCL]

Joe O’Grady 2A*,A [Engineering, Sheffield]

Ed Gardner A*,2A [Comp. Science, Southampton]

George Howard A*,2A [Int Bus, Finance & Econ., Manchester]

Milo Devito-Austin 3 A [Economics & Finance, Leeds]

Luke Duggan 3A [Psychology, Nottingham]

Sixth Form Progression

86 boys have gained university places. An additional 12 boys from last year have also gained places.

Most popular areas:

15 Business/Economics/Accounting;11 Psychology/Criminology/Law/Sociology; 9 Biomedical Sciences8 Engineering7 Graphic Arts7 Computer Science5 History/Humanities4 Geography/Geology4 Sports & Exercise

GCSE Results 2019

GCSE Results 2019ADMG

• 84% achieved 9-4 in Mathematics [85%]

• 69% achieved 9-5 in Mathematics [69%]

• 38% achieved 9-7 in Mathematics [32%]

• 86% achieved 9-4 in English [82%]

• 70% achieved 9-5 in English [56%]

• 18% achieved 9-7 in English [20%]

• 80% achieved 9-4 in English & Maths [77%]

• 58% achieved 9-5 in English & Maths [52%]

• A8 – 54.5 [53.2]

GCSE Results 2019ADMG

GCSEs• 85% of pupils achieved 2 Sciences 4+ [85%]

• 69% of pupils achieved 2 Sciences 5+ [70%]

• 50% of pupils achieved the Ebacc 4+ [43%]

• 30%of pupils achieved the Ebacc 5+ [32%]

• 10% of pupils achieved at least 8 9-7 [11%]

• 38% gained at least 3 9-7 grades [39%]

• 28% of all grades were 9-7 [27%]

• 80% of all grades were 9-4 [77%]

Individual SuccessesADMG

• Raphael Maillard 8-9, 1-8, 2-7• Ciaran Greene 7-9, 1-8,1-7, 1-5• Frederick O’Keeffe 6-9,4-8• Jago Mahoney 5-9, 2-8, 2-7, 1-6• Simone Bertora 4-9, 5-8, 1-7• Jacob Okon 4-9, 4-8, 2-7• Federico Willems 5-9, 3-8, 2-7,1-6,1-5• Liam O’Shea 3-9, 6-8, 1-7• Rockforth Datuin 2-9,4-8, 3-7, 1-6• Harry Humphries 1-9, 3-8, 6-7• Seth Cartwright 8-8, 2-7

14 boys achieved at least 8 A*/As [20,36]

Our Messages to Pupils this year

• High Expectations

• Focus on Learning

• Positive Behaviour

• Responsibility

• Pride

• Punctuality

• Getting the small things right

• Litter/recycling

Staffing Update

New Staff

• Mrs J Town Head of Sixth Form

• Miss Z Zangie Science

New Positions

• Mr T Causton Head of Rudiments

• Mr N Hulatt Head of House Coordinator

• Mr Van der Hoeven Head of Southwell House

• Mr C O’Connor Head of More House

Developments

• Replacement of Refectory flooring

• Replacement of cladding – Sports Hall and Sixth Form Building

• Upgrading of fire alarm system in Sixth Form area, sports hall and swimming pool

• Upgrading of intruder alarm system and additional monitoring capacity

• Additional CCTV cameras to provide complete external coverage, including a camera on the bottom gate

• Higher Line toilets – complete refurbishment

• Improvements to Sixth Form toilets

Developments

• New curtains in various classrooms in English, Maths and Science rooms

• New carpeting in areas of Brackenbury and two classrooms

• Painting - external doors around pedestrian entrance; various other external doors; red and green stairwells; second floor of the English Department, Brackenbury first and second floor, staircase and landing; external benches; picnic tables; decking and railings.

Autumn term• Perimeter fencing – Edge Hill boundary from bin

area to bottom gate and the boundary with Sacred Heart

The School Fund

• Thank you

• Approximately £112, 200 plus £23,000 Gift Aid

• Where it goes

- contribution to many of the developments already mentioned

- supporting extra-curricular activities, which enable the College to provide outstanding opportunities for your sons that are amongst the best in the state sector

The School Fund

• We spent more than we received last year

• Approximately 60% of our families currently contribute to the School Fund

• Please consider

- contributing if you are not doing so

- increasing your contributions

• If you are unable to contribute you may be eligible to access pupil premium funding – this would benefit you and us

The Poetry Team

Mrs Jessica Town• Head of Sixth Form

Mr John Lonergan• Poetry Head of Line

Mrs Rachel Household• Pastoral Support Assistant

Mrs Michelle Jones• Pastoral Support Assistant

Mrs Martina Collett-Creedy

• Careers Advisor

Sixth Form teaching and learning – Ms Perfetti

Form Tutors

PC Mr Afshar

PF Mr KulcsarPH Mr Hulatt

PL Mr Fenocchi

PM Mr Ngwenya

PO Ms Perfetti

PS Ms Jones

PX Mrs Cordones

VESPA is a practical way of helping you to develop and

succeed.

These are the behaviours and attitudes that will lead to

success at Wimbledon College.

Commitment

to the

Effort

needed

Practising

your learning &

skills

Developing a

positive

mental

Attitude

Having

suitable

Systemsin place

Having

a

Vision

What is VESPA?

SUCCESSFUL STUDY

VESPA – EffortWhat do A grade students do?

Studies show that students with an A grade at the end of studying their first year of A levels work 20 hours a week across their subjects.

Students who got the equivalent of A’s or A*’s do about thirty hours of independent study a week.

How long are the working weeks of high earners in the UK?

VESPA - Practice

On average humans can hold around 7 things in their working memory.

Writing knowledge down and changing its format to a more memorable format will improve your chance of storing this in your long term memory.

VESPA - Practice

Student 1: does 15 hours of revision– All of it reading through class notes

Student 2: only does 10 hours revision– 2 hours on mind maps– 2 hours on creating flash cards of key terms– Three hours writing timed essays– 2 hours working through past papers and looking for

patterns in questions asked– 30 minutes doing the hardest question they could fins

followed by 30 minutes talking it through with their teacher

Sixth Form Standards

• Studies – Timetabled Study Periods:

minimum 3 per subject

– Independent Learning Periods: 1 per subject

• Attendance– 95% attendance or above.

• Punctuality– In school before 8.25am.

Thumbprint before 8.25am.

• Participation– Question and be curious

– Seek feedback

– Balance studies with hobbies

– Community

• Responsibility– Role Models

– Fitness to study

• Dress code– Clean Shaven

– Lanyards

Award Hours of Volunteering Reward

Bronze 20

Minimum Expectation for

all Poetry Students

Certificate + 20 house

points

Silver

50

(at least 50% over an extended

period of time)

Certificate +50 house

points

Gold

100

(at least 50% over an extended

period of time)

Certificate + 100 house

points

Intermediate Colours

50+

Staff discretion based on achieving

silver and outstanding engagement

Intermediate Tie

Half-Colours

100+

Staff discretion based on achieving

Gold and outstanding engagement

Half-Colours Tie

Full –Colours

100+

Staff discretion based on achieving

Gold and exceptional

engagement

Full-Colours Tie

• Wednesday afternoons can be used for volunteering.

• Completed forms to tutors by Friday 4th October

• These will be reviewed at the Poetry Review Day on Friday 18th

October.

• Mr Potter (School Chaplain) is available if your son would like any help setting up a placement.

Work experience week

13-17 July 2020

Careers Education: Our Aims

At Wimbledon College we aim to :

• support our students’ decision-making as they approach transitions and have to make choices,

• inform, encourage and inspire them as they consider their future options, and

• help them understand and develop their employability skills as they prepare for the world of work

Careers Activities

• What Career /University Live

• Skills Show London

• UCAS Exhibitions

• UCAS talks

• Personal Statement workshops

• Post 18 Progression evening

Careers Activities

• Guest speakers from a range of different industry sectors

• Employer workshops

• Apprenticeship talks

• Unifrog activities

• CV writing

• Interview skills

• Money management

Careers Information

Unifrog

An online platform to explore and compare university courses, apprenticeships, school leaver programmes and online courses.

All Year 12 and 13 students have access to Unifrog

https://www.unifrog.org

Careers EducationContact

Martina Collett-Creedy

Careers Education

careers@wimbledoncollege.org.uk

0208 879 2533

Twitter: @martinacollett• One to one careers appointments

• Group careers and employability sessions

• Careers days /events in school

• Careers events outside school

Key Dates• Friday 18th October

Review Day

• Week beginning 24th February

BTEC Mock Exam Week

• Wednesday 1st April Parents’ evening

• Week beginning 30th AprilEnd of Year exams

• Week beginning 22nd JuneResit Week

• Week beginning 13th JulyCareers Week