Welcome Y11
Please watch our welcome video from Mrs Davies, Assistant Headteacher in Charge of Sixth form from September.
Life in Sixth Form
To find out more about what it is like to be a Sixth Former at Fulford School, why not watch our video. Including information about the daily routine as well as the support available, the video has been designed by Mrs Davies and Mr Gray to get you well prepared for your September start at Fulford Sixth Form.
Meet Your Tutors
If you would like to find out more about our Tutor Team, please have a look at the following video
Getting Prepared for Sixth Form
It is important for your wellbeing and learning that, during this extended period away from school, you keep your minds active and engaged. Having chosen your sixth form courses, you already know the subject areas that you enjoy and therefore now is a great time to explore and develop your interests in these courses.
Please find below, a range of activities/resources designed to enthuse and prepare you for your sixth form courses. The activities/resources vary in nature from course to course; please contact the relevant Curriculum Leader if you want further information about any of them:
The best way to prepare for Computer Science is to do some background reading on the theory. Isaac Computer Science gives a really good overview of the topics we’ll cover. We’ll be learning C# together so I’d recommend you get involved in the weekly competitions with support videos.
Please contact dringp@fulford.york.sch.uk for the code to join the competition.
Oxford University have a really good recommended reading list and list of activities for students interested in Computer Science.
Please begin by having a look at the articles and tasks in the “Leaping into Language Booklet’.
During this time and throughout the summer, complete the ‘Transition A Level Language Booklet’.
Bring this with you when you join Year 12 in September. I hope you enjoy the work and challenges.
Please begin by having a look at the articles and challenges in the ‘Literature Making the Leap Booklet’.
During this time and throughout the summer, use the ‘Literature Reading List’ and ‘Literature Tragedy Reading List‘ to broaden your experience of reading a wide range of texts.
Finally, complete the Transition Booklet before September and bring this with you when you join Year 12.
I hope you find the work enjoyable.
Transition Materials A-Level History – The Tudors
Transition Materials for A-Level History – Russia
PiXL Gateway Progression – History
As we don’t offer Media Studies as a GCSE subject, studying it will probably be new to you.
Your transition activities, will offer you a brief taste of what is to come and will help you to make a smooth start to the course. There are ten separate activities, which you should complete and hand in to your teacher at the end of the first week back in September.
- Activity 1 – Course Overview
- Activity 1 – What is Media Studies
- Activity 1 – Question Prompt Cards
- Activity 1
- Activity 5 – Create your own mise-en-scene
- Activity 5 – Roland Barthes worksheet
- Activity 5 – Extension reading on semiotics
- Activity 6 – Coraline
- Activity 6 – Coraline Poster
- Activity 6 – Levi Strauss the construction of binary oppositions
- Activity 7 – Intro to Media Representation
- Activity 7 – Representation and Stereotypes
- Activity 7 – Representation and Stereotypes worksheet
- Activity 10 – Camerawork
- Activity 10 – Shot by shot analysis of The Lucky Dip
- Activity 10 – Shot by shot analysis worksheet
- Activity 10 – Camera shot worksheet
Even more importantly however, successful students of media need to take an ongoing interest in the media.
- Download the BBC Sounds App and start listening to a sample of a range of radio stations/programmes.
- Explore podcasts (on BBC Sounds or other podcast providers). Listen to at least one regularly and follow the presenter or the podcast on social media.
- Start reading the news online regularly, noting which institution is providing your news. Use the Sky news website to compare the front covers of all the British newspapers https://news.sky.com/topic/newspapers-5993 Start to notice how differently each newspaper reports the same stories. Ask yourself why this might be.
- Start watching a wide range of films. A good starting place for award-winning short films is www.filmsshort.com.
I hope you are excited about getting started. If you have any difficulties accessing any of the activities, please email: inghamn@fulford.york.sch.uk
FRENCH: Y11 to 12 Transition Work
PiXL Gateway Progression – Science Biology
PiXL Gateway Progression – Science Chemistry
Enrichment Programme for Fulford Sixth Form
A key part of Sixth Form life is the Enrichment programme. We are very excited to launch a new programme for Y11 that will continue into the new year and beyond. Please have a look at the video for ideas on how you can get started on the Enrichment programme today and begin to work towards your first award. We look forward to seeing your achievements in September.