I hope all students, parents and visitors to the
site had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas. I wish a Happy New Year to
everyone and hope 2015 brings you health and happiness.
The Form 5 students have now entered a very
intensive learning and revising period of the academic year. With the
Checkpoint Examinations only weeks away the focus will be on preparing the
students to perform to the best of their ability and providing them with the confidence
required to achieve their potential.
I would suggest that if students have not started
revising at home that they begin now. Many of the students have purchased the
Cambridge Checkpoint Guide for students. I would strongly recommend using this
resource as a revision aid as it is specific to the Cambridge Curriculum and
will provide students with key information and practice questions.
As a side note, prior to the Checkpoint Exams, the
students will sit the Form 5 Progression Test. This will allow the students,
and I, to understand the progression they have made this year and provide
valuable information about areas of English, Maths and Science that they may
need to revise more closely. I will confirm by the end of the week the date of
the Progression Test.
I would like to highlight that some of the Science
topics covered in Form 4 may come up in the Checkpoint Exam. It is therefore imperative
that students revise these topics at home using the Cambridge Student Book,
their class workbook from last year and any other resources that they find
useful. We will not have time to cover each part of the Science curriculum from
last year in class as we still have Science units to cover from the Form 5
curriculum.
If you have any questions or queries regarding the
examinations please do not hesitate to contact me at sarah.lee@obs.edu.pt
Many thanks.
