This document outlines an induction tutorial for grade higher students. It includes an introductory quiz, information about independent study expectations, and a discussion of growth versus fixed mindsets. The session encourages students to reflect on their personality traits and how those might influence their studying. It emphasizes developing skills like time management, note-taking, and using a growth mindset to achieve academic success at A-Level.

1. Induction to Grade Higher
Tutorials

2. STARTER: QUIZ
8 Questions
In pairs or solo
Questions will be on learning, education, with
some random ones thrown in
First place gets an ego boost…maybe?
(No room for lollipops in the budget)

3. QUESTIONS
1. When was TikTok invented?
2. Who has the older phone: Martin or Ash?
3. How many minimum hours of independent study per
subject are typically expected of you?
4. Sunsets produce a ‘sleepy hormone’ that help us
sleep better – true or false?
5. Martin designs, sews, and tailors his own clothes –
true or false?
6. When are your first formal assessments?
7. True or false – we remember 10% of what we read,
20% of what we hear, and 30% of what we see.
8. Ash has a cat named after a chocolate bar – but which
is it?

4. YOUR PROGRAMME OF STUDY
A Level
Subjects
Grade Higher
tutorials
Tutorial
Independent
study
Online
Learning
Enrichment
English &
Maths
Each week will
include a mandatory
Tutorial and Grade
Higher Tutorial, plus
opportunities for
further study and
enrichment.
You will be
supported by us and
subject teachers,
and there are loads
of resources in the
Library and Online
to help.

5. Half Term
Week 6 – Application of Exam Skills
Week 5 – Exam Skills
Week 4 – Memory and Revision
Week 3 – Effective Notetaking
Week 2 – Time Management and Organisational Skills
Week 1 – Introduction: Mindsets

6. TODAY’S SESSION
Discuss how we can help you
Examine what underpins a successful student
Explore growth and fixed mindsets
Reflect on who we are and how that influences our
learning

7. KEEPING NOTE
• In the past, students have had difficulty with
locating and retrieving their session notes
• From the start, please keep your notes safe
and make sure they are in order so you can
reread them when you need to
• We will be using OneDrive often so you will
always have digital, accessible copies of your
notes from these sessions

8. USING WORD
COLLABORATIVELY
1. Google "Office Live" and sign in
2. Click on Microsoft Word on the lefthand side
3. Create a new blank document
4. Click share
5. Change the pencil icon from "can view" to
"can edit"
6. Type in your partner's email address and
press share
They should now be able to edit the document
with you

9. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT CAN
WE HELP YOU WITH IN THESE
SESSIONS?
• 5 minutes
• In pairs
• Brainstorm your ideas on a Word Document
• We will then have a quick chat

10. YOUR GRADE HIGHER
TUTORS WILL…
•Deliver a group tutorial session each week
•Help you to develop your personal, academic,
social, and employability skills
•Provide you with tools to make your studying
more effective and time efficient
•Create a safe and positive learning
environment to enable you to achieve your full
potential

11. WHAT
SKILLS
AND
QUALITIES
ARE
NEEDED
TO BE A
SUCCESSF
UL A-
LEVEL
STUDENT?
• Another 5
minutes
• In pairs
• Notes on your
Word Doc

12. SUCCESSFUL A
LEVEL STUDENT
REFLECTION

13. TASK: GROWTH MINDSET VS
FIXED MINDSET
1. Summarise the difference between a growth
mindset and a fixed mindset
2. Provide an example of when you may have
thought with a fixed mindset
3. For this same example, describe what a growth
mindset approach may have looked like

14. WHY MIGHT A GROWTH
MINDSET BE IMPORTANT FOR
YOUR A LEVELS?

16. UNDERSTANDING
OURSELVES
It is important to understand who we are and how we learn
We all experience the world in our own unique ways
This will impact how we acquire knowledge, how we study,
when we study, what we need help with, what we excel at,
etc.

17. TASK: REFLECTING ON
OURSELVES
Big Five Personality Test (10 minutes): https://bigfive-
test.com/test
Reflection (10 minutes)
1. Do you agree or disagree with your results?
2. What would you change?
3. How might these qualities influence my studying
during my A Levels?
4. What limitations might there be to the test?

18. SESSION PLENARY
Reflect on quiz
answers
Any questions
about GH
Sessions?
What makes a
successful A Level
student?
What's a growth
mindset?
Next session will
be on time
management skills

19. Remember this is a collaborative effort…
Whilst we have some ideas for sessions which will be
useful to you and will support you however we can…
We also need you to take ownership of your learning
too
Chat to Ash or Martin if you think of anything you
need as you progress through your A Levels
ashley.stokes@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk
martin.cook@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk