Year 11 Steps to Success 2022-23
Our Year 11 Steps-to-Success programme supports students in becoming effective and successful students and leave school with the best possible outcomes, skills, knowledge and confidence to move onto the next stage of their learning journey.
We want to provide you with clarity and guidance on how Little Lever School is supporting students in these final weeks in school in readiness for their February mock exams and summer GCSE exams.
The content below will be updated on a regular basis as to what is happening in school each week. You will be informed as to when new content is added by text message.
- English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Spanish & Computer Science Boost
Students receive an additional three 95-minute lessons of English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Spanish & Computer Science each week based on the which subject they need more time and support in. These are reviewed on a regular basis in RAG Meetings by the Leaders of these subjects, Pastoral staff and Senior Leaders. Students can move Boost classes if we feel they have made good progress and need further support in another subject.
For example, a student may be in English Boost and have three lessons of that each week. At a RAG meeting, if feedback and data is showing improvements in English but may need support in Science, their Boost lessons will switch the next day to Science and a new timetable will be issued to the student that morning.
Parents/carers can view on their SIM Parent app which Boost class their child currently attends.
- English, Maths and Science Subject Forms
Students are also placed in morning form classes which are led by English, Maths and Science Form Tutors. Year 11 start school early at 8.30am and have a 45-minute PREP time to study our Life Chances curriculum and also receive additional teaching time and learning in the Core Subjects. Subject Forms are also reviewed in the English, Maths and Science RAG meeting and students can move forms after a certain time, so they receive additional time with an English, Maths and Science teacher each morning.
- Tuesday Boost
In a similar way to the English, Maths and Science Boost, Option Subjects also have Boost sessions which take place on Tuesdays each week, starting at 2.45pm to 3.30pm. Each half term, Option Subject Leaders, Pastoral staff and Senior Leaders and a Progress RAG meeting looking at feedback and data on which students need support in one of their three option subjects.
These are compulsory and part of their extended timetabled day.
For example, a student who studies Geography, Art and Media may attend Media Tuesday Boost sessions for half a term as they require additional time and support there and then switch to Art Boost sessions in the next half term as they have made good progress in Media.
There are also some English, Maths and Science Tuesday Boost classes for those students who are performing exceptional in all their Option subjects.
- November Mock Exams
Students have already sat and experienced a set of mock exams in all subjects in the Autumn term. The results of these mock are used to inform what areas need to be revisited in lessons and which subjects they should attend in Boost and Subject Forms.
Students received their mock exam results in an assembly structured to give them a taste of what Results Day feels like. Senior staff and their form tutors were on hand to provide guidance on what to do next when they opened their results.
- Nightclub
Nightclub is an after-school club where students can work on their retrieval practice or personal study in school in a quiet and peaceful space, particularly for those students who might not be able to do this due to their home situation. We provide free refreshments for those who stay.
Here is the basic structure of NIGHTCLUB.
• Starts 2.45pm to 4.30pm
• Hosted in an IT based room (A2 on Mondays & Tuesdays and C1 on Thursdays & Fridays) so students can access Google Classroom and other online learning as well as do handwritten work
• Register taken to track attendance for rewards and for safeguarding
• Perfect Climate lesson protocols apply
• Uniform must be worn, no coats, use of phones is not permitted
• Food order taken at the start and delivered to the room at 3.30pm. - Pre-Exam Classes, CAMPs, All-Inclusives, Walking Talking Mocks Calendar
Throughout this term and the next, subject teams will be offering additional intervention classes to support students on specific topics or areas which require greater depth and time.
Pre-Exam Classes
These run before a mock exam (8am for morning exams) and go through the essential exam techniques needed to be successful. These are not a replacement for last minute revision (see our Spaced Learning section below).
All-Inclusives
These run for 2 hours after school and are used to dive further into topics and knowledge with all students taking that subject. They are held in our large study spaces and drink and food is provided for free.
Walking Talking Mocks
These sessions take place in an exam room with exam desks and a past paper. Teacher walk them through the paper provided key advice and tips on how to maximise marks for each question. The fact that this is done in the exam rooms allows students to visualise their exam and remember the guidance they have been taught.
- Deliberate Practice Club
On Wednesdays and Thursdays every week during Spring Term 1, from 2.45pm to 3.30pm (and longer if required) a dedicated study space in the library has been set up for Year 11 students to deliberately practice exam past papers from a full range of subjects and courses. Students are be able to pick up a printed past paper and complete it in Perfect Climate 1 under the supervision of Senior Leadership Team staff members. Mark sheets are available for students to check their answers or their papers will be sent to the relevant subject leads to check.
Deliberate Practice Club is open to any Year 11 who wishes to practice doing past papers.
Please note, some students who are being mentored will be required to attend two Deliberate Practice Club’s a week as a compulsory part of their mentoring programme.
- February Mock Exam 2 Calendar
Students will sit a second set of mocks this term, starting the week commencing 6th February over two school weeks (the half term holiday sits in between week 1 and week 2).
WEEK Date Session Timetabled Subjects Subject / Exam Paper / Length Room 2Mon 6th Feb1 Option A 2 Option B 3 Option C Tue 7th Feb1 N En / P Sc 2 N Ma / P En 3 Boost Wed 8th Feb1 N Ma / P En 2 N Sc / P Ma Science Trilogy / Biology Paper 1 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Biology Paper 1 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C23 Option B Spanish / Listening Paper H / 45m
Spanish / Listening Paper F / 35m
Spanish / Reading Paper H / 1h
Spanish / Reading Paper F / 45mConf Room
L1
Conf Room
Conf RoomThu 9th Feb1 N En / P Sc 2 N Ma / P En 3 N Sc / P PE Fri 10th Feb1 N En / P Sc Science Trilogy / Chemistry Paper 1 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Chemistry Paper 1 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option C Sat 11th Feb Sun 12th Feb 1Mon 13th Feb1 Boost English Literature / Paper 1 / 1h 45m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 Option A History / Paper 1 (Asia, USA) / 2h
Drama / Component 1 Paper / 1hr 45m
Design Tech / Full Paper / 1h 30m
Geography / Paper 1 / 1h 30mSports Hall
Access – C1 / C23 Option B History / Paper 1 (Asia, USA) / 2h
Design Tech / Full Paper / 1h 30m
Geography / Paper 1 / 1h 30m
Business / Paper 1 / 1h 45m
DIT / Component 3 / 1h 30mSports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Tue 14th Feb1 N Ma / P En English Language / Paper 1 / 1h 45m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N En / P Ma 3 N PE / P Sc Science Trilogy / Physics Paper 1 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Physics Paper 1 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C2Wed 15th Feb1 N En / P Sc 2 N Sc / P Ma Maths / Paper 1 H & F Non Calc/ 1h 30m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C23 Option C History / Paper 1 (Asia, USA) / 2h
Geography / Paper 1 / 1h 30mSports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Thu 16th Feb1 N Sc / P En English Literature / Paper 2 / 2h 15m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Ma / P Sc 3 Option A RE / Paper 1 / 1h 45m
Business / Paper 1 / 1h 45mConf Room
Access – C1 / C2Fri 17th Feb1 N En / P Ma Maths / Paper 2 H & F / 1h 30m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P En 3 Boost Sat 18th Feb Sun 19th Feb Mon 20th Feb February Half TermTue 21st Feb Wed 22nd Feb Thu 23rd Feb Fri 24th Feb Sat 25th Feb Sun 26th Feb 2Mon 27th Feb1 Option A History / Paper 2 (Health, Elizabeth) / 2h
RE / Paper 1 / 1h 45m
Geography / Paper 2 / 1h 30m
Business / Paper 2 / 1h 45m
Computer Science / Paper 1 / 1h 30mSports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 Option B History / Paper 2 (Health, Elizabeth) / 2h
Geography / Paper 2 / 1h 30m
Sports Studies / Full Paper / 1h
Business / Paper 2 / 1h 45mSports Hall
Access – C1 / C23 Option C History / Paper 2 (Health, Elizabeth) / 2h
Geography / Paper 2 / 1h 30m
Music Tech / Paper 1 / 1hSports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Tue 28th Feb1 N En / P Sc Science Trilogy / Biology Paper 2 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Biology Paper 2 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C22 N Ma / P En 3 Boost Geography / Paper 3 / 1h – all Geog students Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Wed 1st Mar1 N Ma / P En NFER TESTS Conf Room 2 N Sc / P Ma Science Trilogy / Chemistry Paper 2 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Chemistry Paper 2 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C23 Option B Spanish / Writing Paper H / 1hr 15mins
Spanish / Writing Paper F / 1hr
Music / Listening Paper / 1h 25mConf Room PA2
Thu 2nd Mar1 N En / P Sc 2 N Ma / P En Maths / Paper 3 H & F / 1h 30m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C23 N Sc / P PE Fri 3rd Mar1 N En / P Sc English Language / Paper 2 / 1h 45m Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma Science Trilogy / Physics Paper 2 / 1h 15m
Separate Science / Physics Paper 2 / 1h 45mST – Sports Hall
SS – Conf Room
Access – C1 / C23 Option C Sat 4th Mar Sun 5th Mar 2Mon 6th Mar1 Option A Computer Science / Paper 2 Online / 2h C1 / C2 2 Option B 3 Option C
- New School Times of the Day
From the week commencing 6th March 2023, the school day for all Year 11 students will be extended until 3.30pm, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays every week.
We want to ensure every single Year 11 student has the best chance of success in their forthcoming GCSE exams. We want to ensure that there is no legacy disadvantage from the COVID pandemic. We want our students to have an equal chance of success against those areas of the country where the pandemic may not have been as prevalent so they can get to the college and university they want to go to as well as securing the apprenticeship or job they would like to do.
Within the extended time from 2.45pm to 3.30pm, students will attend Session 4, which will be timetabled lessons in a subject they study where they need additional time and support.
This will run all the way through to the end of the summer GCSE exams.
The new school day timetables will work in the same way as the current timetable, where there is a Week 1 and Week 2 session structure.
Session 4s will operate in the following way.
- On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays students will attend their allocated subject Session 4 lesson. On Thursdays all students attend a Science Session 4, every week.
- Some students may be allocated to attend one subject (e.g. Maths) for six Session 4s across Week 1 and Week 2.
- Some students may be allocated to attend one subject (e.g. English) for three Session 4s on a Week 1 and a different subject (e.g. History) for three Session 4s on a Week 2.
We are currently putting together new timetables for all students based on their current performance in their subjects. These will appear on your SIMS Parent App the week after the February half term.
- Rewards and Incentives
Each term students who receive 100 or more net reward points totals will receive a third off the price of the summer Prom ticket.
- Everyone will be invited (as long as there are no serious misconduct issues)
- Tickets are £32 – meal, DJ, photo booth
- You can work towards a free ticket by accumulating reward points each term.
- 100 points = £10 off your ticket price
- 300 points = Free ticket!
- Free breakfast for any Year 11 during the Mock Exams
To ensure students are properly fueled to perform at their best during their mock exams, we are offering every student a free breakfast from the dining room from 8am – 8.30am. A range of cereals, juices, fruit and toasted items are available for any Year 11 on the morning of an exam.
In addition, free tea/coffee and biscuit are available every breaktime during exam seasons.
- Year 11 Parents' Evening: Thursday 31st March
Our second Year 11 Parents’ Evening will take place on Thursday 30th March, 4.30pm – 7.30pm. The evening will be held in school, in our Sports Hall. You will still need to make appointments to meet your child’s subject teachers using your School Cloud account.
Appointments are now live and can be made via the link below.
HTTPS://LITTLELEVER.SCHOOLCLOUD.CO.UK/
This evening will provide you with a range of information, guidance and practical resources to support you and your child in the lead up to, and through their GCSE exams. You will be provided with:
- a revision pack containing equipment to effectively study at home,
- a revision planner in which to structure home study times and focus on key topics,
- a Parent CGA document which provides specific information on which topics to focus on for your child and
- a face-to-face meeting with each teacher providing you with personalilsed feedback on the progress your child is making.
- Revision Room
- GCSE Exam Season Arrangements
From Monday 15th May, all Year 11s will be able to access the following morning facilities during the GCSE exam season.
- The dining room will be open from 7.45am with a free breakfast open to any Year 11. Toast, McMuffins, fruit, tea, coffee and water are available as vital exam fuel.
- Before the start of EVERY morning exam, 8am Pre-Exam classes will be available for any student who wishes to attend.
- EVERY student must be on the yard by 8.30am at the latest ready to be registered and go through final exam checks before the start of the morning exams.
In addition, from Monday, we are making some changes to Year 11 break and lunchtimes, again to support students through this key time.
- Year 11s will now have their break and lunchtimes on their own. Year 7 will have their break and lunch with Year 9. This means Year 11s can have full access to the library to study and prepare, and the dining room to refuel and refresh themselves before the start of the afternoon exams.
- We are also extending Year 11 lunchtime from 30mins to 45mins. Lunch will start at 12.30pm to 1.15pm. However, if students have an afternoon exam, they will be asked to line up at 1pm to start their afternoon exam.
As parents/carers you can support your child by checking the night before with them which exams they have the following day (students have been given printed copies of their individual exam timetables, with times, exam room and their seat numbers). Please also check their revision planners and that they are sticking to their two 45-minute revision sessions each day. Remember, we do have the Revision Room in school to support with this.
- May Half Term Revision Sessions
The school will provide a number of revision classes through the May half term holiday. Days and times of those are to be confirmed.
- Summer GCSE Exam Calendar UPDATED
Every student has now received their individual timetable for their GCSE exams in the summer.
The full calendar of all exams can be viewed below and a PDF download version can be seen in the blue tab below.
- Please note the Maths Paper 2 exam has now been moved to the morning of Wednesday 7th June.
WEEK Date Session Timetabled Subjects Subject / Exam Paper / Length Room 1Mon 15th May1 Boost RE / Paper 1 / 1h 45mins CR
Access – C1 / C22 Option A 3 Option B Drama / Understanding Drama / 1h 45mins CR
Access – C1 / C2Tue 16th May1 N Ma / P En Combined Science: Trilogy / Biology Paper 1 / 1h 15mins
Biology / Paper 1 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C22 N En / P Ma 3 N PE / P Sc The Music Industry CR
Access – C1 / C2Wed 17th May1 N En / P Sc English Literature / Paper 1 / 1h 45mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option C Sport Studies / 1h Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Thu 18th May1 N Sc / P En History / Paper 1 / 2h Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Ma / P Sc 3 Option A Business Studies / Paper 1 / 1h 45mins CR
Access – C1 / C2Fri 19th May1 N En / P Ma Maths / Paper 1 / 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P En 3 Boost Computer Science / Paper 1 / 1h 30mins CR
Access – C1 / C2Sat 20th May Sun 21st May 2Mon 22nd May1 Option A Combined Science: Trilogy / Chemistry Paper 1 / 1h 15mins
Chemistry / Paper 1 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C22 Option B 3 Option C Geography / Paper 1 / 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Tue 23rd May1 N En / P Sc 2 N Ma / P En 3 Boost RE / Paper 2 / 1h 45mins
DIT / Paper 1 / 1h 30mins CLASH x 1 studentCR
Access – C1 / C2Wed 24th May1 N Ma / P En English Literature / Paper 2 / 2h 15mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option B Thu 25th May1 N En / P Sc Combined Science: Trilogy / Physics Paper 1 / 1h 15mins
Physics / Paper 1 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C22 N Ma / P En 3 N Sc / P PE Computer Science / Paper 2 Onscreen / 2h C1 / C2 Fri 26th May1 N En / P Sc 2 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option C Sat 27th May Sun 28th May Mon 29th May Bank Holiday Tue 30th May May Half TermWed 31st May Thu 1st June Fri 2nd June Sat 3rd June Sun 4th June 1Mon 5th June1 Boost English Language / Paper 1 / 1h 45mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 Option A 3 Option B Tue 6th June1 N Ma / P En Spanish / Listening F / 35mins
Spanish / Listening H / 45mins
Spanish / Reading F / 45mins
Spanish / Reading H / 1hListening – CR / G5
Reading – CR
Access – C1 / C22 N En / P Ma 3 N PE / P Sc Wed 7th June1 N En / P Sc Maths / Paper 2/ 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option C History / Paper 2 / 2h Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Thu 8th June1 N Sc / P En 2 N Ma / P Sc 3 Option A Fri 9th June1 N En / P Ma Geography / Paper 2 / 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P En 3 Boost Combined Science: Trilogy / Biology Paper 2 / 1h 15mins
Biology / Paper 2 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C2Sat 10th June Sun 11th June 2Mon 12th June1 Option A English Language / Paper 2 / 1h 45mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 Option B 3 Option C Business / Paper 2 / 1h 45mins CR
Access – C1 / C2Tue 13th June1 N En / P Sc Combined Science: Trilogy / Chemistry Paper 2 / 1h 15mins
Chemistry / Paper 2 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C22 N Ma / P En 3 Boost Spanish / Writing F / 1h
Spanish / Writing H / 1h 15minsCR
Access – C1 / C2Wed 14th June1 N Ma / P En Maths / Paper 3 / 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option B Music / Component 3 / 1h 15mins CR
Access – C1 / C2Thu 15th June1 N En / P Sc 2 N Ma / P En 3 N Sc / P PE Fri 16th June1 N En / P Sc Combined Science: Trilogy / Physics Paper 2 / 1h 15mins
Physics / Paper 2 / 1h 45minsST – Sports Hall
SS – CR
Access – C1 / C22 N Sc / P Ma 3 Option C Geography / Paper 3 / 1h 30mins Sports Hall
Access – C1 / C2Sat 17th June Sun 18th June 1Mon 19th June1 Boost Design & Technology / Component 1 / 2h CR
Access – C1 / C22 Option A 3 Option B Wed 21st June1 N Ma / P En Hospitality & Catering / Component 1 / 1h 30mins CR
Access – C1 / C22 N En / P Ma 3 N PE / P Sc
In the run up to your child’s Summer GCSE Exam series, it’s important that not only their academic needs are being supported, but also their health and well-being.
We know that young people often regard good, long regular sleep and eating properly as a secondary consideration to wanting to socialise and interact with their friends or spend time online. Teenagers can get into bad habits with regards to being online too long, not eating nutritious meals regularly and not finding the right balance between sleep and work.
The next two weeks, leading up to their first exam and the five weeks which their exams cover, should be a time where they are looking after themselves a lot more to remain focused, refreshed and alert through what is a challenging and exhausting time.
Therefore, we have put together this guide, based on sound scientific research, to help you and your child navigate their way through the next few weeks and perform at their best, every day.
There are 3 main areas which everyone can reflect on and make positive changes to their habits; SLEEP, SCREEN TIME and STUDY FUEL.
Little Lever Revision Cycle
Our Revision Cycle is a proven structue on how students revise effectively. This sits at the heart of preparing students for their February Mocks. Please view the illustration to find out more.
Revision Planners
Please watch the video below on how to help your child plan out their daily revision and home study and check which subjects and topics they are revising.
Please note that families must make this work for you. Whilst we recommend two 45-minute revision session each day, please work these around your own calenders and commitments.
How to revise effectively to know and remember more
To go alongside our Revision Cycle, we are delivering sessions in PREP time to all Year 11 students teaching them about the six best habits to use in becoming highly successful learners.