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Working Together to Support your Child

1. Welcome and introductions.2. Toilet locations.3. Mobile phones – switch off / silent.4. Fire exits.5. Aim of evening – further information and opportunities to ask

questions now that your children have completed nearly 4 weeks.6. Partnership between school and parents to ensure the academic

success, happiness and well being of your child.7. Please feel free to make notes. Please note any questions that you have as we will be available after the presentations to answer any individual questions.

Presented byMrs M Bradshaw (Leadership Group)



Areas of Focus

1. Diary

2. Timetable

3. Free time / enrichment activities

4. Rewards and sanctions

5. Reports, assessments, parent / teacher & parent/tutor meetings

6. Organisation

Working Together to Support your ChildDiary

• Responsibility of pupil £2.00 to replace

• Develop good organisation skills and self managers – reasoning behind the new diaries

• Effective Use: recording homework, events and important information

• Pupil post recorded Fridays – we are going electronic so please make sure that you have provided the school with your email address

• Remain well presented as an adult would


Timetable

• Groups 2 x half yr groups X and Y band mixed ability

Set groups in Maths

Teaching group determined by language studied

• Subject codes MA = Maths, Ge = geography. Pupil should be fully aware of this now

• Two week timetable Wk A and Wk B - different

• Homework timetable – prioritise hwk according to due date. Homework timetable to pupils soon.

• Reference to timetable when packing school bag Pack bag night before


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Maths

English

Spanish

Science Maths

Science

English Spanish

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Maths

English

Science Maths English Science

Spanish

WEEK A Example – differs for each teaching group

WEEK B

- Maths, English, Science – 4 per fortnight

- All other subjects will set as required- Languages – 3 per fortnight

Example homework timetable


Free time / enrichment activities

• Learning Resource Centre (LRC) open before school

8-4, break, lunch and after school. Computers, internet access, books, stationary etc

• Restaurant and Cafe redesigned the restaurant facilities, we

now have a chef, Café facility created for hot drinks, sandwiches, pannini’s, jacket potatoes with outdoor decking seating arrangements, sample menu

• Clubs TT next slide – opportunity to make new friends.


Year 7 Enrichment activities Meet new people and make new friends, develop existing skills, learn new ones and have fun

Pre-School Lunch After School

MJunior Choir Yr 7-9 Rugby Yr 7

Girls Hockey Yr 7-11Young Chefs

KS3 Science Club

TKS3/KS4 Badminton RS and Art Club (Wk A only)

Book Club (once a month)Junior Orchestra Yr 7-9

Football Yr 7Latin Study Support Yr 7-11

WTrampolining

T

KS3/KS4 BasketballDance

Dance (Week B Only) Netball Yr 7-8Art Club KS3

Soul BandRock Groups

Food Study Support Yr 7-11Chinese Club

FGirls Football (to be changed

to Indoor Cricket after October half term)

Drama Club Years 7-9 Jazz BandGuitar Ensemble

Trampolining


Rewards and sanctions

• TG Credits, certificates, letters home Gain credits from doing their bit, being organised, good work, good school citizens, feed into the college system / competitions eg. Bombardment, ready steady cook, rowing, shoe box, spelling bee.

• Penalties minor behavioural infringements, not meeting classroom expectations, failure to return homework

• Detentions College / Personal / Dept - To be signed to acknowledge

• Out of circulations Accumulation of penalties for Uniform / Late to Lesson / Late to Tutor (all individual offences) – OOC’s given for accumulation of x3 penalties and multiples thereof – accumulation of penalties is per term.


Reports, assessment, parent/teacher meetings

• Progress Report (published during the second

week after every half term / end of term) Common assessments throughout year to ID strengths and areas for development. Nature of assessment may vary across subjects eg Project, test, performance

• Tutor / Parent Evening – Y7 6th October 2011 discuss how settling in, Tutor is the first point of call unless subject specific issue then contact subject teacher or curriculum leader for that subject. Booking appointments – child to book appointment with tutor.

• Subject / Parent Evening – Y7 10th May 2011 Progress reports will be distributed on Thursday 3rd May with accompanying appointment sheet. Booking appointments – child to book appointment with subject teachers.


Organisation

• Reference to timetable• Equipment• Presentation of work Neat and tidy, title and date underlined

• Use of school website and learning gateway – we are developing a new online gateway should have it online in mid-October hopefully

• Punctuality Ready to start tutor time at 8.35am and get to lessons on time

• Uniform on way home and to school

• Homework – dedicated area at home Quiet, free from distractions, tidy room able to consult with others in necessary / support from parents as required


10 Top Tips

Click Here to View Video How you can support your child – Probably already doing some of these, but others you may not have thought about.


www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

Can view all video clips at this address.

Now introduce Mr Mitchell to highlight what happens in your child’s SAS curriculum

After….

1. Thank you for coming – I hope that it has been helpful.

2. I would be grateful if you could complete the evaluation form for this session and also the transition questionnaire.

3. If you have any questions please see one of us at the back of the Hall.

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