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| Sixth Form |
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Sixth Form is a time for each girl to focus on subjects which are of genuine interest to her and which will provide the foundations for her course in Higher Education and her future career. It is also a time for fitting in new interests and engaging increasingly in the decision-making and responsibilities of the school community. |
| The majority of girls study 3 A Level subjects
but a few take four subjects and a few take two subjects. Various supplementary
options are available. AS subjects, requiring a similar depth of understanding to A
Level subjects but designed to occupy half the time needed by A Level subjects, are
offered according to demand. Some girls choose to develop their skills in
Information Technology, and a certificated modular course suits their needs well. Religious Education, General English, General Studies and a choice of activities within the Sports programme are part of the general education provided for all members of the Sixth Form. |
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In addition some girls learn a new language; some learn to
play a musical instrument; some take up a new sport; and many continue to participate in
the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, preparing at this stage for the final award, the Gold
Award. Girls also undertake some kind of community service, for example, by visiting
the elderly, by helping in the Nursery School, the Junior School, the local primary school
or the local school for disabled children, by visiting at the local hospitals or by
accompanying disabled children to pilgrimages to Lourdes. Sixth Form girls are based in the Sixth Form house, The Cottage. There are fifty study-bedrooms in the house, and each girl accepted for boarding has a room to herself for both years of her Sixth Form course. There are also study rooms, common rooms and kitchen facilities in The Cottage for day girls. The house has its own dining room where breakfast, luncheon and supper are served, and there is a laundry for girls' use. |
| Three Form Tutors oversee the studies of members of the
Sixth Form, meeting with them once a day and helping with university applications and
other applications. Each girl is also assigned a Personal Tutor who is normally one
of her subject teachers. The Personal Tutor supervises her progress, meeting with
her at least once a week. Each girl is helped to cope wisely and sensitively with the authority and responsibilities which she will have as a member of the Sixth Form, and she will be given opportunities which will help her to learn how to undertake commitments successfully, whether working alone or as a member of a team. |
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Before university some girls will work and travel for a
year, perhaps securing a GAP placement in the Far East, India, the Americas, Africa or
Australia, and undertaking assignments such as teaching English, working with children,
social work or conservation. Anna in the photograph was selected as a member of a Raleigh International expedition. In Guyana she worked on the renovation of a dilapidated Mahaica hospital for lepers and the building of a primary school, and she was also involved in the implementation of a vaccination programme and the conducting of malaria smear tests. "I went on the expedition for the challenge, the adventure and the sense of achievement of giving something to a poorer community. I feel that during that period I achieved my goals." |
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