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Year 6 Induction Evening

Tuesday 16th July 2019

1.Great teaching 2.A culture of positive behaviour 3.Aspiration for all 4.Community

Great teaching

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An engaging and broad curriculum

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Students working harder than the teacher.

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Subject specialists

The curriculum

Maths English Science Spanish Art PE History Geography Performing Arts Computing (in Years 8 and 9)

A culture of positive behaviour

• High expectations
• Clear routines - line ups, corridors, lessons
• Mutual respect between staff and students
• Celebration of success
• Clear sanctions in place

Aspiration for all

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High ambition for ALL of our students

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Two hour career workshop for all students, every year

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Outside speakers

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Visits to universities, theatre, work places

Nine teaching groups based on prior attainment: 7 Moore 7 Jamu 7 Kangethe 7 Gull 7 Todd 7 Leonard 7 Carey 7 Zamir 7 Hart

Pathways

Assessment

Three Tracking Assessments each year:

• 1. November
• 2. End of Easter term
• 3. End of summer term (end of year exam)

The assessments are monitoring progress and are not high stakes tests.

Reporting to parents

 Parents will be sent a report after each Tracking Assessment  The report will not contain grades or target grades  The report will contain written targets for improvement in each subject  For example:

• Maths: “Omari needs to revise how to find the ares of a triangle”
• Spanish: “Mary needs to revise her irregular verbs”

Homework

 Homework is set in

every subject every week

 All homework is set on

Show My Homework – please check this regularly

 There are a number of

different types of homework which will be set every week

Extended Curriculum

After School clubs 3-4pm every day: Sports clubs: Boys’ and girls’ football, tag rugby, netball, boxing Art Club STEM Club Drama Club Dance Club Debate Mate Student newspaper Coding Club Homework Club Choir Cooking Club

Breakfast Club

 Free breakfast for all students every morning.  8am every day

Attendance

 High attendance is absolutely crucial to your child’s success in school  School target is 98% = 2 days absence all year, per student  Rewards and badges for 100% attendance  If your child is not going to be in school you must ring the school to inform

us why they will be absent.

 Any holidays during term time may result in a fine.

The school day

8.40 Registration 9.00 Period 1 10.00 Period 2 11.00 Lunch 11.30 Period 3 12.30 Period 4 1.30 Second break 2.00 Period 5 3.00 Enrichment clubs

Communication with parents

 Head of Year  Parents’ Evenings  Website  Texting service  Facebook page  Twitter account

Equipment

 Handwriting pen – you can buy these from the office  Pencil  Ruler  Rubber  Sharpener  Reading book  Reading log  Do Now book

Uniform

Dates to buy uniform: Friday 9th August Tuesday 20th August Tuesday 27th August 10am-3pm

• Green Greatfields blazer.
• Black Greatfields polo top.
• Black smart trousers.
• Black skirt with or without black tights or black

socks.

• Black socks.
• Black smart shoes (no trainers).
• No makeup
• No jewellery
• No mobile phones
• No trainers

Greatfields is, “a school where

• utstanding behaviour and

good quality teacher are the norm.” ”High expectations of behaviour are matched by an unrelenting drive for high quality teaching.” “The behaviour of pupils is

• utstanding.”

First day of term is Thursday 5th September at 8.40am