Work for Year 11 pupils
29th April 2020
Dear Parents and Carers of Year 11 students
Pupils should still be prioritising any remaining course content being set by teachers. This is not in order to change their grades or rank, but so that they are in a strong position for starting their next courses, or if they choose next year to sit an exam in that subject. So, this is still their primary focus if it applies to them.
However, as this work draws to a close, pupils can begin working towards their next courses. We are providing links to the resources provided by many of the colleges and sixth forms as well as to other platforms that might be helpful and interesting – links are below and on our website.
In addition, we will look to support students with this work as much as we can. Many teachers have offered to mentor groups of students studying their subjects next year. These teachers will be setting work via Show My Homework, with, wherever possible, opportunities for feedback and guidance. We hope that our students will find this contact helpful and reassuring. The work will either link directly with what has been set by the sixth forms and colleges, or be more generally useful for students going on to further study in the subject.
Year 11 students should therefore keep an eye on Show My Homework and school email over the coming weeks.
There will also be work available for students who may need to “re-sit” their English Language and/or Maths GCSE to obtain a Grade 4. It will help them enormously if they keep working on and revising these subjects so that they’re in a good position to do this next year, if they need to. Other pupils may choose to do so – as they may do in any subject – and so work targeting different grades will also be available.
Thank you for understanding that we don’t have subject specialists available in every area, in particular for more vocational subjects. We will do our best to direct pupils to useful resources for those courses.
We are all thinking very much of our Year 11 students, whom we really miss. Our best wishes to them, and to you all.
Emily Moody
Deputy Principal
General resource portals
Comberton Sixth Form centre: https://www.combertonsixthform.org/admissions/preparation-Information
These resources from our Trust sister school are for a wide range of A level and BTEC courses. Comberton SFC have kindly made them available to all CamVC pupils, whether they plan to study at CSFC or not. Resources will be updated and added to over coming weeks.
Impington International College: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pe8y1e2o9k3cl07/AAB3kRMoMJq9cPReN3CZLnOka?dl=0
See their DropBox of resources. Impington have kindly made them available to all CamVC pupils whether they plan to study at IIC or not. Whilst they are aimed in the first instance at pupils studying the International Baccalaureate, much of it is also suitable for those aiming for A level. Resources will be updated and added to over coming weeks.
Long Road Sixth Form College: https://www.longroad.ac.uk/prospective-students/frequently-asked-questions/summer-work-2019/
Freely available on their website, whether you plan to study at Long Road or not. Starter resources for a wide range of A level and Level 3 Diploma courses. Resources will be updated and added to over coming weeks.
Cambridge Regional College: CRC are running a series of webinars that can be attended live online or accessed afterwards; see separate message. If you have accepted a place at CRC, you will receive guidance from your subject tutors after the webinar welcome events relating to work that you can complete.
Hills Road: https://www.hillsroad.ac.uk/sixthform/how-to-apply/summer-work-2020
The Oakes College, Cambridge: https://oakescc.org/future/ Freely available on their website, whether you plan to study at The Oakes or not. Starter resources for a wide range of mainly A level courses.
College of West Anglia: resources due to be available in May.
EtonX: Course specific information: A free offer from Eton College for online courses they run. EtonX’s Future Skills Programme is a suite of courses, each of which provides 7-10 hours of self-study content. Each course is fronted by a different Eton teacher, but the skills learned are generic and useful for all students preparing for higher education or the workplace.
The courses on offer to UK schools are:
- CV Writing
- Creative Problem Solving
- Interview Skills
- Making an Impact
- Resilience
- Research Skills
- Writing Skills
General Information: - https://etonx.com/ Course information: https://etonx.com/fast-track/. Contact dwent@cambournevc.org to complete your sign-up.
Future Learn: https://www.futurelearn.com/ Sign up to an online course related to your subject areas. Most are free of charge.
BBC Bitesize: Pupils may be familiar with this from their GCSE courses. The following link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zvhtng8 will take you to regular lessons in English and maths, Functional Skills, Levels 1 and 2.
Pearsonactivelearn: Pupils will mostly be familiar with www.pearsonactivelearn.com from French, German and Spanish GCSE; electronic online books are now available to them in a massive range of subjects at all levels. The same publishers have made their electronic text books freely available to CamVC pupils in all subjects because of our previous subscription. Pupils should log in with their username and password (either their 6 digit code, e.g. 215123, or their 6-digit code with -AL, e.g. 215456-AL, or, with a few pupils, their full email address. The password is camvc123 (unless pupils have changed it themselves). If any pupil would like access to any further Pearson GCSE, A level or BTEC revision guides, email tthomas@cambournevc.org and he/she can be allocated those resources.
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