What to expect in Key Stage 5

At Cromwell we aim to make our personal development (PD) curriculum vibrant by providing a number of outside speakers, gaining hands on life skills and fundraising. There are also a variety of trips for both information and guidance and for fun.

Below is the outline of activities in Year 12 which take place during PD sessions:

September	Introduction to Unifrog and Post 18 choices Launch Mooc's Sixth Form committee choices Prevent training Revision techniques Chunking
October	Making it into Medicine - virtual talk Boxercise First Aid Finance & budgeting Revision technique - interleaving
November	Cooking on a budget Lincoln University - how to study and improve learning skills
December	Revision techniques Flipped learning Unifrog Post 18 planning Christmas Quiz
January	Human Rights with Jimmy's Future First - apprenticeships Unifrog - goal setting
February	Finding the right apprenticeship Mental Health First Aid - how to help yourself
March	Police awareness, driving and County Lines University of Suffolk - Unlock Session
April	Blesma and reslilience Mock Week
May	Appreciating other faiths
June	UCAS convention Revisit Mooc's Book an Open Day
July	Two collapse days UCAS and apprenticeship applications Rome trip End of Year day trip

We have additional speakers coming into the college to speak to our post 16 students on important issues such as, voting and how to register, and the National Citizenship Scheme.

We also offer educational trips and visits to various destinations:

The Houses of Parliament and the London Eye
Lessons from Auschwitz - Poland
Rome

In Year 13 our focus from September to December is UCAS, apprenticeships, CV writing and interview skills.

From January onwards we want each of our Year 13 students to have a very specific mentoring session. This means the personal development slot is used for academic mentoring sessions on a one to one basis. This includes discussion around study skills, attendance, future dreams and current performance.