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The Sixth Form at Lady Margaret School Lady Margaret School Sixth FormLady Prospectus Margaret School Sixth Form Prospectus 2021 2021 | 1 Contents Welcome 4 Reflections from the Head Girls 6 Life in the Sixth Form 6 Our Centenary Year 8 Transition Process and Induction Course 10 Sixth Form Entry Requirements 11 Extension and Enrichment Opportunities 12 Mental and Physical Wellbeing Programme 13 Art and Design – Fine Art 14 Biology 16 Chemistry 17 Design and Technology – Fashion and Textiles 18 Drama 19 Economics 20 English Literature 21 French 22 Geography 23 History 24 History of Art 25 Mathematics 26 Further Mathematics 27 Music 28 Physics 29 Politics 30 Psychology 31 Religious Studies 32 Sociology 34 Spanish 35 Beliefs and Values 37 Examination Results 2020 38 Degree Subjects and Basic Guidance 40 Destinations of Year 13 Leavers 2020 42 Lady Margaret School Sixth Form Prospectus 2021 | 3 Welcome to the Sixth Form at Lady Margaret School Our aim is to give each of our Sixth We see our students flourish as they take I hope you will join us in the Sixth Form Form students an excellent education on extra responsibility in the Sixth Form: and that you will have a happy and as well as the opportunity to grow as mentoring younger students, helping to successful time with us at Lady Margaret a member of a strong community and organise school events, running many School! to take part in many different extra- clubs and activities. Each year twelve girls curricular and enrichment activities. are appointed to be our senior team of prefects, the Senior Order. Our Sixth Form curriculum focuses on A Levels, with excellent teaching across all departments. A range of new subjects, Ms E Stevenson not available at GCSE, are on offer at Headteacher A Level in the Sixth Form: Economics, History of Art, Politics, Psychology and Sociology. Students benefit from the individual attention given to them not only in lessons, but also outside the classroom. We are very proud of our students’ achievements: every year it is wonderful to see our girls move on to study at many prestigious universities and courses when they complete their studies at LMS. Students in the Sixth Form have the use of a bespoke building, the Olivier Centre. Here they have facilities for formal and informal study, a kitchen and music practice rooms. There is an ICT suite and a recording studio as well as classrooms. 4 | Lady Margaret School Sixth Form Prospectus 2021 Welcome from the Director of Sixth Form Welcome to the Sixth Form at Lady To promote a cohesive Sixth Form, we Margaret School. Whether you are have vertical tutor groups. This means new to Lady Margaret School – and that each tutor group is a mixture of approximately 40% of Sixth Formers both Year 12 and Year 13 students. The join us from another school – or you Year 13s can share their experiences with have been with us since Year 7, you Year 12s, mentoring them at key points in are embarking on a new stage of your the year, and we hope the Year 12s can educational journey, one that will be inject new ideas and enthusiasm into the challenging, but hopefully also Sixth Form. very exciting. As Head of Year 12, Ms Sheratte is responsible for the academic progress We have a very strong pastoral system to and pastoral well-being of Year 12. guide and support you during your time As Director of Sixth Form, I will offer in the Sixth Form. When you join the additional support should situations school you will be placed in a small form become more challenging or complex. group. You register with your tutor every I can also provide further guidance and morning and at the end of the school day. wider sources of support where this The smaller size of the Sixth Form groups would be beneficial. You will have a allows your form tutor to get to know you by Departments. You are very privileged weekly year assembly led by your Head of well, and s/he will oversee your academic to be living in London which offers up so Year, and she will also communicate with progress. Your form tutor will be the first many opportunities and you should be the year group regularly via your school point of contact throughout the two years proactive in pursuing these. email which you should check every day. – for both you and your parents/carers – Whilst your academic achievement if there are any issues or concerns The two years of the Sixth Form go by should be your key priority, we do expect that need addressing. You will have very quickly and, to make the most of all our students to become involved in form time three times a week, providing it, you will need to work hard from the extra–curricular activities and to play a opportunities for collective worship, outset. Your teachers will record your full part in the life of the school and the mentoring and group discussions. progress on a regular basis and identify local community. As a Christian school areas for development. In cases where We focus on developing the attributes we encourage our students to show you are not on track to meet your that characterise a resilient and successful a concern for others and this can be minimum expected grades, support and learner at A Level – vision, effort, done through volunteering: we offer interventions will be put in place. We resilience, systems, practice and attitude. opportunities to support numeracy send home regular Progress Reviews at Once a week you will have a PSHE lesson: teaching in a local primary school. We key points in the school year. In addition, in the course of the year we typically have a long–standing House System there will be two parents’ evenings for cover a range of topics from study skills within the school: all students are all students, at which your attendance to current affairs and contentious issues – allocated to a house and there are a alongside that of your parents/carers is this year we have discussed Brexit, body number of inter–house competitions also expected. More in-depth reflection, image and the Middle East. We have also in the course of the school year. There target-setting and planning for your discussed topics like managing money, is also a praise policy which rewards post-18 options takes place at a termly student finance, mental and physical students for academic effort and Academic Review Day with your form health and sex and relationships. PSHE progress, attendance and punctuality, tutor or Head of Year. lessons will usually be delivered in your and volunteering and participation in the form rooms by your tutor, but there are We encourage all students to pursue whole life of the school. Rewards have also opportunities to link up with other opportunities to extend their learning included an outdoor ice skating trip to the form groups and we also invite a number both within and outside of school. Natural History Museum. of prestigious speakers from various The Prospectus details the extension fields to come and address either a year opportunities available within school, but Miss C Walton, Director of Sixth Form group or the whole Sixth Form. This has your teachers and Heads of Year will also included Jeremy Vine from Radio 2, Liz inform you of lectures, master classes Evans, CEO of Warehouse and Spencer and other educational events that you Dale, Chief Economist at BP. can attend, in addition to those organised Lady Margaret School Sixth Form Prospectus 2021 | 5 Our Head Girls Life in the Sixth In Sixth Form there are a lot of new and exciting subjects you can choose to study, Form which you may or may not have done at There are many opportunities GCSE. The biggest changes when moving to excel in the Sixth Form as into Sixth Form are the independence Mrs von Etzdorf, Head of Year that is given to you by staff, and the 12 explains… roles of responsibility that you have the opportunity to take up. You might think that studying three subjects is a step up, but students relish the opportunity to study subjects they have chosen in depth. There are study periods in which students undertake independent learning and discuss work with other students. Class sizes are smaller than those at GCSE, which makes whole class discussions easier and means that teachers have more time to address any personal queries you may have with work. There are more opportunities to form tighter friendships with class mates, and the relationships developed between students and teachers mean the university references put together are tailored and individual to you. If you are struggling with the new workload, the academic mentoring scheme put in place to support new Clubs and Societies Year 12s makes it easy to transition from GCSE to A Level. Sixth Formers are encouraged to set up Lady Margaret School is fortunate to have a large external intake in Year and run clubs by themselves. In recent 12, meaning that many students are experiencing new changes alongside years students have set up a Debating you. Vertical tutoring means that your form will be full of old and new Society, run exclusively by Sixth Formers, girls, from both Year 12 and 13 - a great opportunity to make friends with but which has been popular among the year above and hear their advice on specific subjects. teachers and the Lower School as the audience, Art Appreciation Society, One of the best things about Lady Margaret is the balance between work Current Affairs Club, Philosophy Club and and fun.
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