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GCSE Time ..

It’s GCSE time and our Year 11s say they are going into every exam the best prepared they can possibly be thanks to the hard work and dedication of everyone at Blessed Trinity.

Aaliyah, who wants to go onto St Christoper’s Sixth Form Centre, said: “There have been revision sessions after school since before Christmas.

“They are every night – even Fridays as we have Religious Studies.

“The teachers are very reassuring, telling us to believe in ourselves.

“We also have booklets where we have practice questions.”

Head Boy Wayes, who will go to Burnley College to study A-Levels, said: “We have been very well-prepared, there has been extended revision sessions in every subject.

“They have been really well-attended – we have two hours every Saturday morning in science and more than 60 people attend.

“The teachers go all out to make sure we know all the information, they go above and beyond for us.

“To help us retain our knowledge we have Knowledge Organisers where, after every topic in every subject, we make a summary of what we have learnt so we can go back and read that to remember key words and certain information.

“We have ‘Live in 5’ where, at the start of a lesson, we go over five key topics we learnt in the last lesson so it’s using questions to retrieve key knowledge around previous learning.

“We also have ‘TIF’ – Take It Further – where we can have special questions to deepen our thinking on the topics were are studying. It’s all really helpful to make sure we retain the information.”

Samantha, who wants to go to St Christopher’s Sixth Form, said: “There have been a lot of revision sessions. If we have an exam in the afternoon, we go to the theatre in Period 3 to make sure we feel confident and ready for the exam.”

George, who wants to go to Burnley College to study a T-Level in Health as he wants a career as a paramedic, said: “The teachers are supportive and very dedicated. You feel ready going into exams.”