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Keeping Momentum High After a Successful Term 2

Welcome back to Term 3. This is a really important period in your Year 11 journey as we begin working towards your second series of mock exams at the end of the term. The habits and effort you show over the coming weeks will have a direct impact on your progress and confidence going into those assessments.

You now have valuable information from Mock 1 — what went well, what needs refining, and where your biggest opportunities for improvement lie. Term 3 is about acting on that feedback and turning it into progress.

Why routines matter now

Strong revision routines are what separate hoping for good results from earning them. Small, consistent actions repeated each week will always beat last-minute cramming.

As a guide:

• Plan your week so revision becomes a normal part of your day.

• Focus on gaps identified in your mock feedback.

• Use after-school support to ask questions and practise exam technique.

• Review little and often — 30–45 minutes of focused work is far more effective than hours of unfocused study.

• Protect your wellbeing by sleeping well and balancing work with rest.

Mock 2 is an opportunity to show the progress you’ve made since November and to put yourselves in the strongest possible position for the final stretch towards your GCSE exams.

You’ve already shown that you can rise to the challenge — now it’s about staying disciplined, focused, and consistent.

Remember: be selfish for your own grade.

Let’s make Term 3 count.

Mr Murphy

Vice Principal