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Welcome to Year 7 Information Evening Ambition Bravery Kindness Ambition Bravery Kindness Ambition Bravery Kindness Tonights Agenda 1) Welcome and our new normal. 2) Head of Year 7. The Year ahead, form time and
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Tonight’s Agenda
1) Welcome and our new normal. 2) Head of Year 7. The Year ahead, form time and pastoral support. 3) The Curriculum for Year 7 and Knowledge Organisers. 4) Homework, planners and blended learning. 5) Assessment/reports and key dates. 6) Students with SEND. 7) Reading
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Mr T Beveridge – Headteacher Ms K Read – Deputy Headteacher Mrs A Allen – Assistant Headteacher Mr T Coggan – Assistant Headteacher Mr M McLoughlin – Assistant Headteacher Mr C Ogan – Assistant Headteacher Mr T Stent – Assistant Headteacher Miss A Thandi – Assistant Headteacher Miss E Jones – Associate Assistant Headteacher
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SENCo – Mrs Jo Wright Senco@alderbrook.solihull.sch.uk https://www.alderbrookschool.co.uk/year-6-7- transition/
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Pastoral Team
MRS BARRETT- HOY MR STOCKMAN- PM MISS JONES- AAHT
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Role of the Form Tutor
- First port of call
- Day to day support
- Mentoring tutees
- Support behaviour
- Deliver PSHCE
- Monitoring welfare & progress
Further Pastoral Support- https://www.alderbrookschool.co.uk/pastoral/
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Break and Lunch
BREAK
- 10:30-10:55
LUNCH
- 12:20-12:50
- Servery-
- Cartwright Canteen
- Outdoor space
- Cartwright playground
- Wet weather-
- Cartwright Canteen & Hall
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Start of Term
Settling, relationships and well-being. Lighting Fires week Assessing learning including Cognitive Ability and Reading Tests.
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Topic Tracker
Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2 Art
Formal elements – drawing a shoe. Drawing Skills developed Colour Theory Crafty-Exploring a theme and recalling skills Crafty- Using imagination and creativity to design and being influence by designers and crafts people Crafty- Making 3D clay outcome relating to theme and transfer of 2D to 3D skills.
Aspire
Planning for success. Routines and habits. Growth mindset. Collaboration, kindness, behaviour. Responding to
- feedback. Your brain,
revising and memory. Collaboration and leadership. Personal presentation. Project collaboration. Reflection and target setting.
Computing
E-Safety Computers in the workplace Computational Thinking Text-Based Programming Cybercrime Computing Project
Dance
Baseline Assessments as part of the P.E activities. Around the World Around the World Around the World Dance recommences as a Performing Arts subject in Year 8 Dance recommences as a Performing Arts subject in Year 8
Drama
Darkwood Manor Darkwood Manor Twisted Tales Twisted Tales Circus! Circus!
English
Pre 14 Prose Literature Focus A study of Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Pre 14 Prose Literature Focus A study of Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens The Power of Persuasion Transactional writing Femme Fatale A study of extracts from female writers Heroes and Villains in Shakespeare A Study of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ The Power of Identify A study of a selection of Post 1914 Poetry
Food
Hygiene Knife Safety Oven Safety Nutrition Food Provenance Chinese Culture Fish Sustainability Food Miles Fruit and Vegetables Balanced Diet Fruit and Vegetables
French
Meeting and Greeting Describing People Talking about family School Life School Life My Town
Mathematics
Decimals Percentages Formulae and expressions Algebraic methods Ratio notation. Averages. Shape and angles.
Geography
Geographical Skills How does weather and climate impact rivers? Developoment Gap between the UK and poor countries. UK coastal ecosystems and landscapes Human Urban environments - Birmingham Cold Environments
History
Introduction to History / The Norman Conquest How William Controlled England/ The Church in Medieval England Medieval England: Thomas Becket, King John and the Magna Carta The role of Tudor monarchs The Industrial Revolution The Romans in Britain
Extra Curricular Clubs will start soon
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Ambition Bravery Kindness Developing independence
- Homework set on Class Charts: lesson content set on Microsoft
Teams.
- Homework will gradually increase to 1 hour per night to encourage
independence and resourcefulness.
- All class work will be set on Microsoft Teams to support students
who are self-isolating or shielding. Students bring their work into school when they return or submit if isolating.
- If we go to a further lockdown we will simply shift all teaching to
Microsoft Teams. Students are being taught how to access this.
- Equipment and planners.
- Knowledge Organisers.
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Ambition Bravery Kindness An age appropriate, relevant and responsive Curriculum
Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2 Skills and knowledge Recovery – considering relationship building, hope, wellbeing. Positive qualities and types of relationships, including marriage, civil partnerships and the role of the parent Values and goals. Diversity and stereotypes. Acceptance and tolerance. Internet safety and
- harms. Peer
pressure and illegal substances, online and offline worlds. Positive behaviours, recognising bullying and abuse, rights. Where to go for support. Lawfulness and illegal activities.
Find the Relationship and Sex Education Policy on
- ur school website.
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Ambition Bravery Kindness The Importance of Reading
“Reading is the master skill of secondary school. Skilled reading, writing and talking is crucial for our students to succeed." Alex Quigley, the National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation. A direct correlation between exam success and how much a student reads for pleasure Changes in exams from 2017 means wordier questions in subjects such as Maths and Science, requiring a reading age of 15+ Government guidelines suggest 15 minutes or more of reading each night. Students must be reading appropriately challenging books (roughly, if they struggle to read five words or more
- n one page, the book may be too difficult).
Parents may still have to share read to encourage this! Discuss news with your child- there's a lot of it around at the moment! It's vital children have a sound understanding of the world around them in order to provide context for any texts encountered in school.
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Reading in school
Weekly DEAR lessons in English (Drop Everything and Read). Accelerated Reader will base line all Year 7 students Reading Age within the coming weeks. Reading Ages will directly correlate to books in our library to ensure your child is appropriately challenged by their reading. A weekly Literacy focus within Year 7 Form Time. Paired mentor reading scheme with Sixth Form students.
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Accelerated Reader coming soon!
Accelerated reader is an online portal which tests pupils comprehension and inference skills, relating to the book they have recently read. The system tracks reading progress or dips in knowledge, and is designed to look like a fun quiz, promoting engagement. The programme is only beneficial to learning if it’s accessed regularly and at the correct reading level. It’s accessed via our school website under the ‘students’ tab. More details about how to access from home will be provided in the coming weeks.
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