Oxford School EBIT Department: Skills for Working Life

Skills for Working Life

January 29, 2010

Interested in doing Business or Economics in the Sixth Form at OS?

Here is all the information you need to help you decide whether to do a Business or Economics course in the Sixth Form. The leaflets tell you a little bit about how assessment works, what you will be doing, what you need to achieve to join one of our courses, how many hours, expectations etc. Please feel free to speak to relevant staff any break-time or after school for more information. Don't forget also, there will be a post 16 information evening on Thursday night (4th Feb) next week!

Download Level 1 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download Level 2 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download Level 3 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download A-Level Economics 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

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January 27, 2010

Year 12 Student Survey

Help us in the Business & Economics Department find out how we can help you do the very best you can by answering questions in our survey...

To do this you will need to click 'Comments' below and fill in the Comment box (you don't have to re-type the questions!)

Please note that you DON'T need to give your real name or email address (even though it asks for this information - website glitch!!)

What year group are you in? (This survey is for Y12 only)
Are you doing BTEC or A-Level?
Do you know your target grade?
Do you know how well you are currently doing?
How does your Teacher let you know how you are doing in Business?
Name 3 things that help you to learn in Business?
Name 3 things that do not help you to learn in Business?
What could you do to help yourself do better in Business?
What can we do here in Business to help you get higher grades?
Do you feel safe / comfortable working in the EBIT Department?
Do you spend extra time (lunch or after school clubs) in EBIT?
How would you rate your enjoyment of your course on a scal of 1-5 (5 being most enjoyable)

Thank-you for taking time out to take part in our survey! We will take your answers seriously and work to always improve how we do things here in Business!

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January 14, 2010

Fancy a job in the Business Department?

Applications are now open for the position of 'Class Greeter'. If you are a confident, reliable person with good attendance and punctuality you may wish to apply for this position in your class. This will look fantastic in your Record of Achievement or CV and you could ask for it to be acknowledged when you request references for a job or university or college place...

For more details, open and print the information / application below. Hand it in to either Mr Thompson, Mr Edwards or Mr Coakley - Closing date for applications is Friday 5th February 2010.

Download Class Greeter Job Info & Application

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December 02, 2009

Oxford School Writing Skills Toolkit

Struggling with how to structure your text (assignment, essay, report etc)? How to make your work suit your audience? Linking and developing your ideas so that your work 'reads' or 'flows' well? Using the right vocabulary / language / words? Putting work in the right order? Making sure you are accurate (good spelling, punctuation etc)? Worry no more! Below are 10 really great strategies to help you with all of these common problems (Thanks to Miss Warrington in the English Department)...

Please note that these strategies were designed to help school staff to help students so you will find that the explanations are written for teachers and teaching assistants (but remember they are just as easy to use for yourself)!

Strategy 1 (Audience) - Download Audience Analysis Checklist

Strategy 2 (Structuring your text) - Download Writing Frames

Strategy 3 (Structuring your text) - Download Graphic Organisers

Strategy 4 (Link & Develop Ideas) - Download Using Connectives

Strategy 5 (Link & Develop Ideas) - Download Develop a Writing Mat

Strategy 6 (Vocabulary / Words) - Download Word-Wall Activities

Strategy 7 (Order) - Download Follow the Teaching Sequence for Writing

Strategy 8 (Accuracy) - Download Proof-Reading

Strategy 9 (Accuracy) - Download Sentence Punctuation

Strategy 10 (Accuracy) - Download Common Problems

Teachers / Parents - Want to know more? Then check out Miss Warrington's complete literacy strategies presentation below..

Download Literacy Strategies

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November 16, 2009

Get rewarded with prizes for all your hard work (and compete against mates!)

All Business & Economics students can now be rewarded with cinema vouchers, gift tokens or special prizes each term thanks to our new and amazing reward system. Ask your teacher about how it works or take a look at the presentation below...

Download Business & Econ Dept Rewards System explained

Gained a unique Business Sticker or Postcard already? Then log your sticker / postcard at www.mystickers.co.uk to be entered on to the Business leaderboard and if top at the end of the term, pick up your prize!

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November 03, 2009

16 Fantastic Enterprise Lesson Plans ready to deliver...

Fantastic lesson plans and resources on 16 key Enterprise / Business topic areas. Lesson Plans, Teachers Info, Toolkit and Answers are available to download below...