Key Stage 5

First year university students reflect on what they realise they valued about sixth form. Activity: Reflect on how to better utilise your sixth form community. (6 mins)

Students who completed an EPQ and gained A*/A give advice and acknowledge the challenges. Activity: Evaluating the benefits and challenges of EPQ (7 mins)

Successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how they coped. Activity: What are the challenges of sixth form and what advice would you offer? (6 minutes)

Students discuss how they found the leap to Year 13 and additional challenges. Activity: Rate yourself on your Year 13 start. (6 mins)

Getting the Grades video (5 mins 26 secs) Lots of ideas to embrace technology for learning with discussion activities

Students discuss how apps on their phone were a source of distraction and their solutions before exams. Activity: Consideration of research into phone use and academic performance. (5 mins)

Student discuss the importance of using past papers, mark schemes and practice. Activity: Self evaluation of how well students apply and practice what they have learned. (5 mins)

Students discuss the value of 'negative' feedback and its importance in making progress. Activity: How can progress be made following negative feedback? (6 mins)

Students discuss how they felt receiving feedback on their work, tests and mock exams. Activity: Discuss different scenarios needing a positive response to feedback. (6 mins)

Students describe cues and routines they used to use to develop sustainable study habits. Activity: How to develop new habits. (6 mins)

Students explain why they valued and attended lessons and the impact it had when they missed them. Activity: Evaluate the validity of reasons for missing lessons and consider whether the impact is any different.(5 mins)

Students share their experience of being stressed and what they did to reduce it. Activity: Rank suggestions for reducing your stress. (5 mins)