Dear Parents/Carers,
Your child is entering the final and most important phase of their time at Aberdare Community School. This letter is to inform you of how we intend to work with you and your child in order for them to achieve the very best in their GCSE examinations.
All Year 11 pupils will be sitting PPE’s between Tuesday 10th and Thursday 19th December. Traditionally, these exams have been referred to as “mocks”. However, the word “mock” does not accurately reflect the importance of these examinations as it suggests that they are “pretend” or “just for practice”. The reality is that these exams, as well as providing excellent preparation for public examinations, can also give students, teachers and parents alike some really valuable information about current levels of performance, strengths and those areas that still need developing in order to fulfil potential in the summer. For these reasons, these examinations will now be referred to as Pre-Public Examinations (PPE’s). Every pupil has been supplied with a PPE timetable, which lists the details and dates of the examinations they will be sitting. This should be checked and used to build a revision programme around in preparation for these important examinations. When working at home, pupils should be using gcsepod to support their revision, which will have the most impact when used with past papers.
We expect pupils to attend their normal lessons when they are not sitting an examination and to attend morning registration every day.
Please be mindful that normal school uniform rules apply throughout the examination period and the rules and regulations that must be adhered to are detailed in the attached information booklet. Please can you ensure that your child has read the booklet. Pupils will need to sign in at the pupil reception if they arrive after morning registration and make their way to their examination or timetabled lesson, however, I must stress the importance of being on time for school and examinations so that vital time is not lost.
Please contact the school if you have any queries in relation to the above. Thank you in anticipation for your continued support.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs K Leyshon
(Assistant Headteacher)
