As your son/daughter has now moved into their final year at Vale of York Academy, we’ve put together some key information to help students prepare for revision, examinations and make informed choices about their post-16 education. We will be adding to these resources throughout the academic year so please keep checking back. If you have any specific queries relating to your son or daughter’s final year at Vale of York Academy you can drop us a line via hello@voy.hslt.academy
At Vale of York Academy we recognise that exams are a stressful but very important time. We believe by following some simple rules anyone can be successful in their exams
“Failing to plan is planning to fail”
Allen Lakein
In simple terms students need to:
We ensure that all Year 11 students have the tools they need to succeed with revision through our Year 11 revision skills day, ‘walking, talking mocks’ and our weekly exam preparation sessions that are built into the Year 11 tutor programme. Useful hints include:
Everyone learns in different ways, some of the following everyone MUST do but some suit only some people and subjects. Try different methods but remember you need to learn a topic but then you really want to be able to explain and teach it.
We are very proud of the academic achievement and believe this is in no small part to teaching students how to learn and work independently.
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Please click the following for information about upcoming 6th Form / College events; https://www.york.gov.uk/school-admissions/post-16-school-college-open-evenings
Thank you so much to everyone involved with @ValeYorkAcademy for this amazing food collection to support our Food Hamper Project. This project supports our families in the community. For more information go to voy.hslt.academy/sup… Have a brilliant Christmas. pic.twitter.com/8dxH…
And a huge thank you to the local businesses who came along and made the Fair special with their wonderful products. And of course, last but not least our very own @ValeYorkAcademy students who do us proud every day of the week and had some fantastic stalls.
Well what an amazing night @ValeYorkAcademy 's Christmas Fair organised by our fabulous parent group @vale_society .Thank you so much to everyone that came, particularly Santa's Apprentices from @skeltonsch @cliftongreenps @BurtonG_Primary @LakesideYork ! Any pics, please tag us! pic.twitter.com/6R2I…
Vale of York Christmas Fair - TONIGHT!!!🎅 📅 Thursday 8th December ⏰ 6-8pm Link to raffle tickets and prize list: trybooking.com/uk/ev… We hope you can join us for some festive fun! pic.twitter.com/taiW…
@ValeYorkAcademy Christmas Fair tonight 6-8 organised by our amazing parent group @vale_society . Lots of stalls, entertainment and festive fun!!!! See you later!!! #Christmas pic.twitter.com/g658…