The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2015 | Page 10

Sixth Form News
It has been another very busy
period in the Sixth Form with
more than 5 weeks of exams
followed by lots of events
and activities.

Oxbridge Preparation: Along with
the Oxbridge summer schools opportunities, we are running a trip to
Oxford and to Cambridge in early July
for interested students in Year 12 & 13.

Summer Schools: A number of
our students have been accepted for
In terms of preparation and attitude summer schools. These were very
during the exam period, the approach successful experiences last year so we
of the Year 12 and 13 students was truly hope they will gain a lot from the week.
outstanding. We hope they gain the
grades they deserve in the summer. Year 12 Work Experience
Results Day for AS and A2 results is During the week beginning 29th June
on 13th August. Year 13 results will be Year 12 are on their work experience
available from 9.00am and Year 12 from placements.
11.00am. This will give time for each
year group to be properly supported by Some students have gained really
staff. Support from the careers advisor interesting and, hopefully, rewarding
will also be available on the 13th and placements with, for instance the NHS,
14th. Sixth Form staff will also be the police, as well as in education,
industry and local businesses.
available on the 14th.

Exams

Preparing Year 12 for
University
Over the past few weeks, the process
of preparing students for Higher Education has begun in earnest:

Higher Education Evening: As part
of the preparation process for university
a Higher Education Evening for parents
was held on Tuesday 16th June. As part
of this, the University of Nottingham
gave a talk about finance and university
and a talk was also given about the
UCAS process.
A number of ex-students came to
the evening and talked about their
experiences of university to date.
We now have a UCAS widget on the
Sixth Form website, which makes
using the UCAS website easier and
more accessible for students and
parents.

Year 12 Biology Field Trip
11 of our Year 12 students headed
off on Saturday 27th to Singapore and
Tioman Island for the Biology trip
of a lifetime! They arrived safely in
Singapore on Sunday 28th June and as
this is being written, they are taking part
in field work on Tioman Island - along
with lots of snorkelling! They return
to England on 5th July and we look
forward to hearing all about their
experiences.

Thank You
The Year 13s have had an enormously
positive impact within school, as well as
in the wider community, through their
charity work throughout the past year.
They have raised well over £5000 for
good causes and, once the final charity
event of the year has taken place,
they should have hit their £7000
target! We are very grateful for all the
efforts the members of the charity
committee have put in to all the events
this year.

The Final Charity Event of
the Year - 15th July
The new Year 12 Charity Committee
have already started planning for the
final charity event of the year. They
plan to work alongside Year 13 to raise
money for the school fund as well as for
victims of the Nepal earthquake.

Year 13 Farewell BBQ

On Wednesday 24th June, we bid a
very sad farewell to our Year 13s. It has
been a pleasure and a privilege for all
of those staff involved with this year
group to see them mature and develop
over the past two years. The afternoon
involved lots of food, quizzes, speeches
and culminated in the premiere of the
staff DVD, which we have made as a
farewell gift to Year 13 (you can watch
this both on the school website and in
our interactive newsletter). The effort
Holocaust Trip
put in to the decorations and planning
When we went to Auschwitz on the 17th of the event by Year 12 students is a
March, we were filled with a range of further example of the esteem that Year
different emotions. I didn