Year 11

» Director of Learning Foreword
» Student Comments
» Pastoral Programme

Foreword

Year 11 is a very important year for all pupils culminating in their final GCSE exams.

Throughout the course of the year all students are closely monitored to ensure they reach their academic targets that are set in year 10. A number of students have mentors who talk to the pupils and give advice and guidance in all areas of development.

Parents are fully informed of progress made by their children at regular intervals and the school envisages a partnership between pupil, school, and parent working together to ensure maximum achievement. Review days and parent's evenings aid this process

Within their Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship education lessons they do a lot of work in careers to prepare them for life after school.

Staff give up time at lunch time, after school, and holidays to provide extra revision classes for GCSE courses.

After the last exam, usually early July, there is a leaving Prom, which this year is at Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham.

Boldon School is a caring school which aims to develop the whole child and opportunities are also available to take part in sport, music, drama, and other extra activity visits and activities.

Let's work together to ensure all children reach their true potential and make a success of their time at Boldon.

Mrs E Halsey(Year 11 Director of Learning)

Student Comments

To get a balanced view of Year 11 we asked pupils to comment on what it was like being in Year 11 at Boldon School.

Pastoral Programme

Personal and Social Education (PSE)

• Interview skills
• Charity work - Jigsaw Appeal, Operation Christmas Child
• Coping with Crises
• Samaritans
• Anti bullying

Sex and Relationship Education (SRE)

• Help and helping services
• Aids related issues around December 1st - World Aids Day
• The 'cost' of being a teenage parent
• Gateshead Sexual Health Promotion Team

Healthy Lifestyle and Safety

• “Respect-your life, your choice” - “On Guard”, “Alcohol, Drugs and Solvent Misuse”

Careers

• Connexions Card Information
• Photographs for Connexions Cards
• “Cragrats” - Choices at 16
• South Tyneside College, Sunderland College, Gateshead College, Chamber of Commerce, Tedco, Mill Tech Training, GMB Union.  T.D.R. Engineering
• High Achievers College Information Session
• South Tyneside College Tertiary Evening
• Specialised work experience – NHS
• Work experience – Army
• Work experience – RAF Leeming
• Work experience – Fire Service
• University Taster Day

Citizenship

• Samaritans
• Leaving Home - understanding the law in relation to the family
• Year Council and school council elections and meetings
• Refugees/Asylum seekers
• Human Rights
• European dimension - Euro and single currency
• Peer support work

Financial Literacy

• Money management - Money and personal finance, Savings, bank accounts, mortgages, consumer rights

Equal Opportunities

• Post 16 courses and equal opportunities

Learning to Learn

• Resource – modules of work prior to mock exams and before pupils leave for final GCSE’s
• Reviewing/Self Assessment/Target Setting/Action Planning - after the mock exams
• Director of Learning arranges information for parents - How to support your child with study skills
• Coursework catch up
• Extra classes at lunchtimes and after school
• Preparation for mock and final exams
• Year group Learning to Learn day
• Learning Style Analysis
• SAM Learning

Monitoring and Mentoring

• Mentoring and monitoring
• Homework is monitored via Student Planner by parent/guardian/ tutor
• Subject department mentoring, tutor overall monitoring and mentoring, Senior management team mentoring
• Learning mentors

Emotional Intelligence

• “Emotional Literacy – help them to help themselves”
• Learning to Learn work on reviewing/self assessment/target setting/action planning, and links with the progress file work

Progress File

• Post 16 opportunities and career management