Year 11 key information

1. Make sure that your child attends school every day, on time.
   Year 11 students should arrive at school between 7:50 and 8:00 AM every morning.
   Your child has a compulsory intervention session after school every day (3:25-4:25 PM)

2. Check that your child is doing at least one hour of homework after school every day.
   You can check their planner to see what homework they have – they should have one piece of homework per subject per week.

3. Make sure that your child goes to bed at a reasonable time so that they get at least 8 hours of sleep every night.

4. Create a quiet space for your child to work at home.

5. Every student in Year 11 at Paddington Academy should own revision guides for English, Science, RS, History, Geography, French, Spanish, Economics, PE GCSE, Business GCSE, Sport BTEC and Health & Social Care BTEC. Please e-mail Mr Park if your child does not own one of these.

6. It’s a great idea for your child to give you their phone whilst they are doing their homework or revising, so that they are more focused – they can have it back as soon as they are finished working!

7. Time chunks of revision or homework for your child, and make sure that they have regular breaks.

8. E-mail us with any concerns – our details are above and we are always happy to help.

Knowledge organisers contain critical information that our students must know in order to be successful in their exams. They help students to recap, revisit and revise what they have learned in lessons to make sure that they remember this knowledge in the long term.

In each subject, Year 11 students are set four definitions to memorise each week. They should read-cover-write-check these definitions in their self-quizzing books.

You can access the Year 11 knowledge organisers here:

• Cycle 1

You can find more information about available courses, grade requirements and how to apply to Paddington Academy’s Sixth Form here.

Year 11 is an extremely important year. Preparing for exams can be stressful.

Here are five key ways for your child to look after their mental health:

1. Talk to others 
   When we talk to our friends, parents or teachers, it almost always makes things better – a problem shared is a problem halved.
2. Get enough sleep 
   Aim for at least eight hours each night.

3. Limit your use of social media

4. Take regular breaks while working or revising

5. Eat healthily and exercise regularly
   If you look after your body, it helps to look after your mind too. Even a short walk can help you.