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History Society
Day: Tuesday
Time: Period 6
Venue: History Department
Open to: Fifth Form- Upper Sixth
Selection: First come, first served (even if you don’t study history!)
MIC: Mr Hudson
Description: The session will be influenced by the interests of participating
students, and the skills they seek to gain from it, with the intention to read/
discuss a range of historical articles, and organise external site visits and lectures.
Students will be encouraged to enter external essay writing competitions, and
can use this time to help prepare for this.
Skills learnt: Critical thinking, acquiring a broader range of historical knowledge,
gaining the confidence and skills to undertake self-directed learning.

MCAT
Day: Monday
Time: Period 6
Venue: Biology Department
Open to: Lower Sixth & Upper Sixth
Selection: Invite only
MIC: Mrs Perera
Description: If you intend to apply to study medicine or veterinary medicine, you
will be required to take admissions tests and should attend the MCAT activity to
help you prepare for these. We will work collaboratively to practise the various
skills required for BMAT, UKCAT and Cambridge Natural Sciences Pre-assessment
Tests.
Skills learnt: Abstract and verbal reasoning, problem-solving & critical thinking.

Supervised study
Day: Monday & Tuesday
Time: Period 6
Venue: VLR
Open to: Fourth Form – Fifth Form
Selection: Subject to HsM approval
MIC: Mr M Moir
Description: Opportunity to do supervised academic work - normally because prep
time is taken by another activity or if catch-up time is required for any reason.

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