VESPA “The A Level Mindset”

VESPA“The A LevelMindset”

The following slides provide a range of tasks thatstudents are encouraged to complete duringsnow days, to support them with their revisionand preparation for their PPE and realexaminations.Mentors will be checking network audits and pupil’s matrix as discussedin assembly last week.

WORKING WEEKS Intro: In The Recipe for Success (2009), hundreds of high earners wereinterviewed and the author idenGfied 10 characterisGcs to gainsuccess. She termed these as the “tenth graK”, by which she meanspuMng in the hours.Task: What does a working week look like? Review your working week How many hours are you puMng in? Howdo you compare to your parents, or to the average UK worker? Planwhere you could get some extra hours from.

THE ENERGY LINE Many students feel overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do at same Gme due tonever ending deadlines! As a result some students create lists and then cross off a job when it hasbeen completed. The problem is the list does not tell you what to do first! You should be using thesnow days to complete work for upcoming deadlines and preparing for your Pre-PublicExaminaGons (Year 13 Round 2 starts next week your teachers will have informed you ofindividual dates if you have a PPE and real examinaGons begin in May for some subjects. For Year12, you will all sit an end of Year PPE for all of your subjects in June). Task: Priori5sing your jobs in terms of how much effort is required is a good strategy to use.Does it require you to work really hard or can you relax a leave it un5l a later date? Now try this with your own jobs. Try and include coursework submissions dates to help yourprioriGse. Draw a table out like the one on the following slide, that was displayed in asswemblyand with post-it notes write down the jobs you have and put them in the relevant columns to helpyou organise where to start.

High qualityBehind scheduleAhead of scheduleLow quality

Action Priority MatrixComplete your ownacGon priority matrix,from the informaGonprovided in assemblylast week.

Revision Power Hour1. Select one of your subjectsand log on to the relevantexam board website (e.g.AQA, OCR, Edexcel etc).Select a past paper quesGon(5 minutes)2. Revise for 20 minutes3. Do the quesGon or plan thequesGon in 20 minutes,depending on the Gmeallowed in the exam4. Log on to the exam boardwebsite and find the markscheme 15 minutes5. Show your teacher forfeedback on your return toschool

Network Auditsi.Think of friends you have at school, but also those you might have outside of school, those you have on socialmedia, or those you made at other schools.ii. Who among your peers has the poten5al to help you out? Who, a few years older, has gone through thisalready? Who’s an expert on the subjects you’re struggling with? Which of your friends has an older brother orsister you could speak to?iii. Think about your parents of course, but also aun5es, uncles, cousins, family friends.iv. You aQend a school where every paid member of staff has a genuine interest in helping you improve. Your firstthoughts might be your own teachers, but what about other staff members? Librarians? Tutors and mentors?All of them will have something to offer.List three things you need to get done this month, and for each of the tasks, afach the name of one person who couldhelp you get it done quicker.Go and see them!

FAILING FORWARD Dan Coyle (author of the Talent Select a piece of work that youCode) argues mistakes are piecesrecently received feedback forof informaGon. You become Look at the teachers feedback –brilliant at something becausewhat are the areas of weakness?you made lots of mistakes to(rephrase these creaGng posiGvebegin with. Some people try totargets that you can achieve)avoid failure and some see it asan opportunity to improve. Your Now make a simple list of whatyou would do next Gme.job is to see failure as part of aprocess to get befer atsomething.

Mindset” The following slides provide a range of tasks that students are encouraged to complete during snow days, to support them with their revision and preparation for their PPE and real examinations. Mentors will b