Year 7 Evening

•FOSS (Friends of Sandhurst School)•Governing Body•Senior Leadership Team

–Debbie Smith - Headteacher–Sam Hunt - Deputy Headteacher–Justin Southwood - Deputy Headteacher–Simon Bamford - Assistant Headteacher–Alan Dexter - Assistant Headteacher–Ben Laws - Assistant Headteacher–Bea Simmons - Assistant Headteacher–Hayley Whiting - Assistant Headteacher–Jim Malyon -School Business Manager–Nick Marshall- Key Stage 5 Manager–Richard Smith-Pastoral Co-ordinator

Welcome and Introductions

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Excellence as standard

Schools are a people business. The inner belief and commitment to realising excellence by those who lead schools is the starting point. At its beating heart the excellent school is a place where people care more then others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, and expect more than others think is possible.

Excellence as Standard

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•First choice for families•Employer of first choice for staff•Progress is very good for all•Children feel good about themselves within the school; their talents and gifts are spotted and nourished. We know individuals.

•The wider community wants to be involved•The environment is attractive, clean, safe and welcoming

The Excellent School

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•Roof repair •Student Learning Centre (SLC)•AHT offices•Storage for the Kerith Church •Library chair repairs•A7 and Conference Room•PE•Table tennis tables•Removal of Portakabin

Around School

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•Fencing

•Toilets

•Hall curtain

•Art classrooms

•Technology classrooms

•Signage

•Planting etc

•Conference room chair repairs

•Painting of English corridor

Around School

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•SLC corridor

•Main corridor routes

•MFL classrooms

•Reception carpet

•Brick bin compound

•Staffroom

•IT upgrades and repairs

•FOSS storage

• Building on what has been achieved in primary school

• Getting off to a fresh and flying start in a new school

• Developing skills for lifelong learning

• Being made to feel welcome, feeling confident and cared for

What is Year 7 About?

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• Communication

• Tutor and Head of House

• Year 7 Subject Evening - Thursday 29th January 2015

Partnership with Parents

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Engineering Progress For All

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How is the Teaching Day Organised?

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08.30 - 08.50 Morning Registration08.50 - 09.50 Lesson 1 09.50 - 10.50 Lesson 2 10.50 - 11.10 Break11.10 - 12.10 Lesson 312.10 - 13.10 Lesson 413.10 - 13.55 Lunch 13.55 - 14.55 Lesson 514.55 - 15.05 Afternoon Registration

What do we teach in KS3

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Art (2)Drama (2)English (7)Geography (4)History (4)ICT (2)Mathematics (7)Modern Languages - French, German, Spanish (4) Music (2)PE (4)Skills for Life (1)RE (2)Science (6)Technology – Catering, Resistant Materials, Graphics, Textiles (3)

How is the Timetable Organised?

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KS3 Curriculum ChangeReforming Key stage 3

• New KS3 curriculum as from September 2014.• KS3 levels no longer statutory.• The arts, design and technology, the humanities and

modern foreign language are not compulsory national curriculum subjects after the end of Key Stage 3 (Year 9), but all students have a statutory entitlement to be able to study a subject in each or all of those four areas.

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Preparing our students for the new KS4 Curriculum

Reforming Key stage 4 (GCSE) Qualifications

• New English and mathematics GCSEs will be ready for teaching from September 2015, other GCSEs, will be introduced for first teaching from 2016.

• GCSE mathematics will provide greater coverage and be more challenging for those aiming to achieve top grades.

• GCSE English Language will require higher level reading skills and good, accurate written English, which will better prepare students for further study and work.

• GCSE English Literature will encourage students to read, write and think critically; it will assess students on challenging and substantial whole texts and on shorter unseen texts.

• Most GCSE examinations will be un-tiered, only GCSE Mathematics examinations will continue to be tiered.

• GCSE examinations to recognise and reward accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

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Engineering Progress For All

Reporting

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•6 times a year, each half term (5 times this year)

•Standard assessment•End of year core

examinations for all

Format

•Emphasis on progress

•Hardcopy – email/text

Pupils at the heart

•School wide review of student progress

•Student centred subject progress charts

Student progress

Reporting

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Progress Report 1 – October 23rdProgress Report 2 – December 18th

Progress Report 3 – March 23rd

Progress Report 4 – Not issuedProgress Report 5 – May 27th

Progress Report 6 – July 22nd

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Assessment Grid

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Student Subject Charts KS3Harry Green Geography 4b 5a

• Modern Foreign Languages and

Technology Subjects

• Learning is not linear

• CAT Test

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Year 9 Example Report

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CodesThe report shows students’ attitude to learning in lessons. In order to be more specific, ‘attitude to learning’ is split into three key focus areas: Effort, Behaviour and Homework.

O – Outstanding, the highest standards always met.

G – Good, standards good much of the time, but occasional inconsistencies leave room for improvement.

I – Inconsistent, Standards are variable, unsatisfactory as often as satisfactory. This adversely affects progress.

U - Unsatisfactory – standards are very inconsistent and often unacceptable. This is having a major impact on progress.

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Homework at Sandhurst School

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Homework at Sandhurst School

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• Homework at Sandhurst School has been designed to help support and consolidate what the students learn in class

• Half of the departments will set homework on a weekly basis, this will be recorded in the students work journals

• The departments that will set homework in this traditional way include: MFL, technology, computing, art, and mathematics

• These tasks will take approximately 30-40 minutes to complete

• The rest of the departments set homework as part of a rota

• These subjects will set longer tasks over a two week period and take turns throughout the year

• These tasks have been uploaded onto the SDC and can be accessed via the website

• The departments that are involved with the homework rota include: English, history, geography, science, music, drama, religious education and PE

• Two week duration

• Two extended tasks per subject

• Tasks can be accessed by clicking on the subject

• Subjects involved in the rota: English, Science, History, Geography, RE, PE, Drama, Music

Homework at Sandhurst School

H/W SLOT DATE DURATION YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9

AUTUMNSLOT 1

Thur 3rd Sept - Fri 4th Sept

2 DAYS

AUTUMNSLOT 2

Mon 7th Sept - Fri 18th Sept

2 WEEKS GEOGRAPHY MUSIC

AUTUMNSLOT 3

Mon 21st Sept – Fri 2nd Oct

2 WEEKS SCIENCE RE ENGLISH

AUTUMNSLOT 4

Mon 5th Oct - Fri 16th Oct

2 WEEKS MUSIC PE HISTORY

AUTUMNSLOT 5

Mon 19th Oct - 23rd Oct 1 WEEK

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• Class teacher

• Subject leader

• House leader

• Tutor

• Homework Club

• Mr Dexter

Help and Advice

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The PiXL Edge

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The PiXL Edge has been designed for schools as a means of accrediting and developing those key personal attributes, that are desired by both employers and higher education establishments.

The five attributes are:

1. Leadership 2. Organisation 3. Initiative 4. Resilience 5. Communication

The PiXL Edge

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The students have been enrolled onto the programme at the apprentice level, once this has been completed the students will automatically move onto the graduate programme.

Students will qualify at three levels:

Level 1: PiXL Apprentice (Year 7)Level 2: PiXL Graduate (Year 10)Level 3: PiXL Master (Year 12)

The students will be instructed on how to log their achievements online. Parents will also be able to access the PiXL Edge system and view what progress has been made.

Mr Matthew Bell: PiXL Co-ordinator

The PiXL Edge

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Why are we doing this?

• We want to reward the students for demonstrating the key attributes that are not always apparent in their traditional lessons.

• We want the students to develop those key ‘life’ skills that future employers and universities will look for.

• We want to find ways for the students to enrich their studies outside of the classroom, to fulfil their potential and be successful.

The Opportunity to Succeed

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• Working Together

• Make a Difference

• FOSS (Friends of Sandhurst School)

• Weekly News and News Review