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All Videos- 6th form tutor time

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 1: realising the challenges - video

'Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form: Realising the Challenges' (4 mins max). Great for induction and intervention

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 2: understanding your subject - video

Videos and tutorial material to teach the skills needed from GCSE to A-Level

The benefits of extra-curricular opportunities - video

Video (4 mins max) Extra curricular activities - encouraging students to take up activities inside and outside the 6th form

Independent Learning - video

Video (4 mins max) and range of tutorial resources to help students become more in control of their learning

Having a goal that drives you - video

Video (4 mins) students discuss the merits of having a goal to help them put the hours in to get top grades

Organisation - video

Video (max 4 mins) of top performing A Level students focusing on being organised in the sixth form

Note-taking 1: tips and skills - video

Video (3 mins 31 secs) on tips and the importance of taking notes early plus a 17-page booklet on how to take notes

A-Level Mindset - video

A-Level Mindset and growth mindset video and tutorial exercise for sixth formers

Procrastination 1: Routines and Discipline - video

Procrastination 2: Phones and Social Media - video

Procrastination: Social media and phones - a source of distraction and what to do about it

Attending lessons: valuing every one - video

​Video (max 4 mins) top performing students explain why it's important to value every lesson to encourage better attendance and punctuality​

Sleep is essential - video

Video in which successful sixth form students pass on advice about sleep being key to being able to study well

Habit Changer - video

Video (4 mins 39s) Habit Changing strategies based on the research outlined in 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg

Revision 1: improving your understanding - video

Video (4 mins max) Revision: improving your understanding - top performing students focus on time spent genuinely trying to understand all aspects of the specification

Revision 2: to improve recall - video

Video (4 mins max) Revision to improve recall for linear examinations

Revision 3: application and practise - video

Video (max 4 mins) advice about the importance of past paper questions, mark schemes and practise

Motivating yourself to keep working - video

Successful sixth form students pass on advice about how to keep motivated when approach examinations. Discipline and routines seem to be key.

Making technology useful for studying - video

Video (4 mins max) Making technology useful for studying - lots of ideas to embrace technology for learning

Using mobile phones to support learning - video

Video (max 4 mins) in which students discuss the way mobile phones can actually be helpful for studying

Emotional side of learning: feeling overwhelmed video

Video (4 mins) - successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how to cope.

Asking for help: friends - video

Short video of successful sixth form students passing on advice about the importance of friendship groups and peer-to-peer support

Asking for help: teachers - video

Video in which successful A-Level students encourage current sixth form students to ask for help when needed. Fosters the growth mindset in that support is seen as key to making progress.

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress - video

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress

Mental health 3: staying mentally and physically healthy to cope with stress - video

Mental health 3: staying mentally and physically healthy to cope with stress

Perfectionism 2: Finding solutions video

Students share how they tried to avoid and tackle unhelpful perfectionism

Feedback 2: Making the most of feedback (5 mins) - video

Students discuss how to seek feedback and use it effectively

EPQ - Challenges and advice - video

EPQ - Challenges and advice - 4 mins video

Looking back: making the most of sixth form - video

Video (4 mins) students in their first year at university reflect on what they realise they valued about sixth form

Next steps 2: Choosing and finding apprenticeships - video

Students share how they went about finding apprenticeship opportunities

Next steps 3: Applying for apprenticeships - video

Students share their experiences of securing a top apprenticeship

Next Steps 4: Considering university - video

Students discuss their rationale for choosing the university route

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge - video

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge - video

Medicine: advice for those applying - video

Video (5 mins) students reflect on reasons for applying, personal statement, work experience and selection tests

Oxbridge Interviews - video.

Video (4 mins) Oxbridge Interviews - students discuss the approaches they adopted to their interview.

Personal Statement 1: The Process - video

Video (5 mins) - Students discuss how they approached writing the personal statement

Personal Statement 2: What to include - video

Video (5 mins) - Students discuss the content they included to make their personal statement effective

Importance of visiting universities - video

Importance of visiting universities - 4 mins video.

Budgeting at university - video

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university pass on advice about managing money

Accommodation at university: the range of experiences - Video

Video (5 mins) Undergraduates discuss university accommodation at the end of their first term at university​

Results day 1: The day before - video

Students share their experience and advice about waiting for their A Level results

Results day 2: In the morning - video

Results day 2: In the morning

Results day 3: The Clearing Process - video

Students who experienced the clearing process share their advice

Results day 4: Mindset about an insurance choice, clearing and changing courses at Uni - video

Video (5 mins) Whereas the video Results Day 3 deals with going through the clearing process, this video is more about the way students reflect on missing their first choice.

Starting University: preparation and the first day - VIDEO

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university reflect on how they prepared for university and pass on tips for your first day at university.

Starting university: Freshers' Week video

Starting university: Freshers' Week

First term challenges at university - video

University preparation: first term challenges VIDEO (5 mins)

Choosing a sixth form: why stay on? video

Video (max 4 mins) in which students explain why they chose their school sixth form

Choosing A Levels: student voice video

Listen to students discussing advice about choosing their sixth form courses

Barriers to learning

Feedback 2: Making the most of feedback (5 mins) - video

Students discuss how to seek feedback and use it effectively

Procrastination 2: Phones and Social Media - video

Procrastination: Social media and phones - a source of distraction and what to do about it

Choosing a sixth form

Choosing a sixth form: why stay on? video

Video (max 4 mins) in which students explain why they chose their school sixth form

EPQ

EPQ - Challenges and advice - video

EPQ - Challenges and advice - 4 mins video

Induction Year 12

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 1: realising the challenges - video

'Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form: Realising the Challenges' (4 mins max). Great for induction and intervention

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 2: understanding your subject - video

Videos and tutorial material to teach the skills needed from GCSE to A-Level

Independent Learning - video

Video (4 mins max) and range of tutorial resources to help students become more in control of their learning

Rate your independent learning skills - questionnaire

Rate your independent learning skills - sixth form questionnaire

The benefits of extra-curricular opportunities - video

Video (4 mins max) Extra curricular activities - encouraging students to take up activities inside and outside the 6th form

Note-taking 1: tips and skills - video

Video (3 mins 31 secs) on tips and the importance of taking notes early plus a 17-page booklet on how to take notes

Step 1 - POWERPOINT WITH THE TASK - note-taking Cornell style

POWERPOINT with the note-taking task and links students need

Step 2 - Powerpoint - making notes from a lecture, podcast or video

POWERPOINT - download to use the links. The task is also explained in the video version.

GCSE to Year 12 - transition checklist

GCSE to Year 12 transition checklist

Organisation - video

Video (max 4 mins) of top performing A Level students focusing on being organised in the sixth form

Design your weekly study schedule

Design your weekly study schedule - activity for GCSE or Sixth Form tutor time

Having a goal that drives you - video

Video (4 mins) students discuss the merits of having a goal to help them put the hours in to get top grades

Sell this!

Sell this! Induction activity for Year 12's starting in September

Rebus challenges - quick tutorial time activity to get students thinking

Rebus challenges - quick tutorial time activity to get students thinking

Leap to to Year 12

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 1: realising the challenges - video

'Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form: Realising the Challenges' (4 mins max). Great for induction and intervention

Leap from GCSE to Sixth Form 2: understanding your subject - video

Videos and tutorial material to teach the skills needed from GCSE to A-Level

Leap to Year 13

Emotional side of learning: feeling overwhelmed video

Video (4 mins) - successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how to cope.

Mental health

Perfectionism 2: Finding solutions video

Students share how they tried to avoid and tackle unhelpful perfectionism

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress - video

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress

Mental health 3: staying mentally and physically healthy to cope with stress - video

Mental health 3: staying mentally and physically healthy to cope with stress

Asking for help: teachers - video

Video in which successful A-Level students encourage current sixth form students to ask for help when needed. Fosters the growth mindset in that support is seen as key to making progress.

Asking for help: friends - video

Short video of successful sixth form students passing on advice about the importance of friendship groups and peer-to-peer support

Sleep is essential - video

Video in which successful sixth form students pass on advice about sleep being key to being able to study well

Emotional side of learning: feeling overwhelmed video

Video (4 mins) - successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how to cope.

Parent advice

Procrastination

Procrastination 1: Routines and Discipline - video

Procrastination 2: Phones and Social Media - video

Procrastination: Social media and phones - a source of distraction and what to do about it

Revision

Revision 2: to improve recall - video

Video (4 mins max) Revision to improve recall for linear examinations

Revision 1: improving your understanding - video

Video (4 mins max) Revision: improving your understanding - top performing students focus on time spent genuinely trying to understand all aspects of the specification

Revision 3: application and practise - video

Video (max 4 mins) advice about the importance of past paper questions, mark schemes and practise

Motivating yourself to keep working - video

Successful sixth form students pass on advice about how to keep motivated when approach examinations. Discipline and routines seem to be key.

Making technology useful for studying - video

Video (4 mins max) Making technology useful for studying - lots of ideas to embrace technology for learning

Using mobile phones to support learning - video

Video (max 4 mins) in which students discuss the way mobile phones can actually be helpful for studying

Study skills

Organisation - video

Video (max 4 mins) of top performing A Level students focusing on being organised in the sixth form

Note-taking 1: tips and skills - video

Video (3 mins 31 secs) on tips and the importance of taking notes early plus a 17-page booklet on how to take notes

Asking for help: teachers - video

Video in which successful A-Level students encourage current sixth form students to ask for help when needed. Fosters the growth mindset in that support is seen as key to making progress.

Asking for help: friends - video

Short video of successful sixth form students passing on advice about the importance of friendship groups and peer-to-peer support

A-Level Mindset - video

A-Level Mindset and growth mindset video and tutorial exercise for sixth formers

Feedback 2: Making the most of feedback (5 mins) - video

Students discuss how to seek feedback and use it effectively

Using your access code

Uni prep

Next Steps 4: Considering university - video

Students discuss their rationale for choosing the university route

Personal Statement 1: The Process - video

Video (5 mins) - Students discuss how they approached writing the personal statement

Personal Statement 2: What to include - video

Video (5 mins) - Students discuss the content they included to make their personal statement effective

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge - video

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge - video

Medicine: advice for those applying - video

Video (5 mins) students reflect on reasons for applying, personal statement, work experience and selection tests

Oxbridge Interviews - video.

Video (4 mins) Oxbridge Interviews - students discuss the approaches they adopted to their interview.

Importance of visiting universities - video

Importance of visiting universities - 4 mins video.

Results day 1: The day before - video

Students share their experience and advice about waiting for their A Level results

Results day 2: In the morning - video

Results day 2: In the morning

Results day 3: The Clearing Process - video

Students who experienced the clearing process share their advice

Results day 4: Mindset about an insurance choice, clearing and changing courses at Uni - video

Video (5 mins) Whereas the video Results Day 3 deals with going through the clearing process, this video is more about the way students reflect on missing their first choice.

Budgeting at university - video

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university pass on advice about managing money

Starting University: preparation and the first day - VIDEO

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university reflect on how they prepared for university and pass on tips for your first day at university.

Starting university: Freshers' Week video

Starting university: Freshers' Week

First term challenges at university - video

University preparation: first term challenges VIDEO (5 mins)