6th Form Induction Programme

[BossWitch]

Hi all.

Does anyone have any experience of planning / sourcing an induction programme for new year 12 students? I'm going to be in charge of this for the first time next academic year (new role as asst head of 6th form) and am looking to steal cleverer people's ideas see what other schools do.

I think we'll have a full day at the start of the year, and will need to focus on study skills - so research, referencing, plagiarism (a huge problem for us last year!), and time management are all at the top of my list at the moment. It's essentially going to be a big starting push towards getting them in the right state of mind and with the right skills for a-level study, after being mollycoddled/babysat/spoonfed at GCSE. We might be able to afford to have externals deliver some of it, am already thinking of contacting the universities in the area to see if they could do any workshops as part of their outreach programme, but I'm not keen on outsourcing all of it as we've had some issues with quality in the past and I think it's a really important thing to get right.

Any and all info, ideas and advice really gratefully received!

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Oh no! I was hoping for excellent ideas from brilliant mumsnetters. Crapballs.

I'm not a teacher (in here as I'm support staff) but dd1 is in year 12 and had induction before she started 6th form. At her school they have 3 day induction towards the end of the summer term.

They had two lessons in 5 of their proposed A level subjects (four subjects and a spare, just in case gcse results not good enough and they have to change options).

They had sessions on study skills, talk by the librarians, session on the enrichment options (compulsory to do some of these). There was a talk on university courses and ucas entry too I think.

Some subjects gave reading lists, suggested periodicals etc. I think maths gave booklets of work to do over the summer (dd not doing maths so not sure).

She found it a very positive experience overall :)

Exactly what the last poster said. We do ours in July. Sample lessons, study skills, summer work set. Externals come as well as current students.

Peer support from y13?