The College Day

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Attendance and Registration

Lessons start at 8:45am and end at 3:55pm
You are registered in each timetabled session
You must attend all timetabled sessions but need not be in college at other times
You must be available to meet with staff at their request outside lesson times
You should not take on any employment, arrange holidays and/or avoidable appointments during the college day

Reporting Absence

If you know you will be absent from a lesson, you should notify your teacher in advance
In the case of illness you should call the absence line on the first day of absence, tel. no. 01484 435687, where you can leave a message with your:
- name
- tutor group
- student number
- reasons for absence
- expected date of return
All absences must be reported by 11.30am
All Students also need to complete a Notification of Absence Form that is available from Reception or the Student Registration Office before absence takes place.

Your timetable

For each subject you will have three 70 minute periods from Monday to Thursday and one 60 minute period on Friday
Wednesday afternoons are free of timetabled lessons for the enrichment programme
Each subject will be in the same block on the timetable
For example you may have Geography in E-Block
This would be:
- Monday, period 2
- Tuesday, period 3
- Thursday, period 5
- Friday, period 6

Start time	8.45	9.55	11.05	11.25	12.35	1.35	2.45
Period	1	2	break	3	lunch	4	5
Monday	F	E		D		A	B
Tuesday	C	D		E		F	A
Wednesday	D	B		C		Enrichment
Thursday	B	F		A		E	C
Start time	8.45	9.45	10.45	11.05	12.05	1.05	1.55	2.55
Friday	A	C		F	D	lunch	B	E

Your first year timetable will typically include:

4 AS level subjects
1 tutorial period
1or more enrichment sessions
2 OCR IT Skills sessions (for 8 weeks)

Your second year timetable will typically include:

3 or 4 A level subjects
1 tutorial period to include General Studies lessons
1 or more enrichment sessions
1 additional AS subject or Extended Project Qualification or AS Critical Thinking or OCR IT Skills

Example AS Timetables

Example A:
Jane studies Chemistry (Salters syllabus), Maths with statistics, Biology and French. In addition to the lessons shown she will have a tutorial once a week and enrichment activities which generally take up two more periods and OCR IT Skills

Start time	8.45	9.55	11.05	11.25	12.35	1.35	2.45		F I N I S H 3.55 E A C H D A Y
Period	1	2	break	3	lunch	4	5
Monday	F	E Maths		D Chemistry		A	B Biology
Tuesday	C French	D Chemistry		E Maths		F Enrichment	A
Wednesday	D Chemistry	B Biology		C French		Enrichment
Thursday	B Biology	F		A Tutorial		E Maths	C French
Start time	8.45	9.45	10.45	11.05	12.05	1.05	1.55	2.55
Friday	A	A French		F	D Chemistry	lunch	B Biology	E Maths

Example B:
Aisha is studying Health and Social Care, with Applied Science, Physcial Education and Geology AS levels. In addition to the lessons shown she will have a tutorial once a week and enrichment activities which generally take up two more periods and OCR IT Skills

Start time	8.45	9.55	11.05	11.25	12.35	1.35	2.45		F I N I S H 3.55 E A C H D A Y
Period	1	2	break	3	lunch	4	5
Monday	F Applied Science	E		D H&SC		A PE (extra)	B PE
Tuesday	C Geology	D H&SC		E		F Applied Science	A
Wednesday	D H&SC	B PE		C Geology		Enrichment
Thursday	B PE	F Applied Science		A Tutorial		E	C Geology
Start time	8.45	9.45	10.45	11.05	12.05	1.05	1.55	2.55
Friday	A	C Geology		F Applied Science	D H&SC	lunch	B PE	E

Example C:
Harry is studying AS levels in ab-initio Spanish, Business Studies, Geography and English Language. In addition to the lessons shown she will have a tutorial once a week and enrichment activities which generally take up two more periods and OCR IT Skills

Start time	8.45	9.55	11.05	11.25	12.35	1.35	2.45		F I N I S H 3.55 E A C H D A Y
Period	1	2	break	3	lunch	4	5
Monday	F Spanish	E Geography		D Tutorial		A English Lang.	B Business Studies
Tuesday	C Spanish	D		E Geography		F Spanish	A English Lang.
Wednesday	D	B Business Studies		C Enrichment		Enrichment
Thursday	B Business Studies	F Spanish		A English Lang.		E Geography	C
Start time	8.45	9.45	10.45	11.05	12.05	1.05	1.55	2.55
Friday	A English Lang.	C Spanish		F Spanish	D	lunch	B Business Studies	E Geography