Welcome to our Year 7 Parental support evening
Parents’ consultation evening 1. Our school – current picture 2. Welcome from Head of Year 7 3. Residential to Mount Cook 4. Carousel of support sessions 5. Opportunity to meet with Head of Year 7 / Acting Headteacher
YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING JOURNEY A Levels KS4-5 Transition GCSEs KS3-4 Transition SATs KS2-3 Transition
Threshold Measures Progress 8 = 0.00 / +0.01
Standards agenda – consistency is key • Highest of Expectations • Non-negotiables • Behaviour • Uniform • Learning environment
Dream To look, feel and behave like the best school in the CMAT, in Burton, in the country Core purpose so that our pupils get a better deal at Robert Sutton than they would at any other To focus on the main thing and the main thing is learning school Values Academic excellence, spiritual development and social awareness through Christ Beliefs Character • Pupils come first • Professional • Unreasonable ambition – anything is possible • Passionate • Grow talent: recruit, identify, develop, empower • Solution focussed • Attention to detail • Collaborative • Equity of opportunity • Resilient • Do what is right, not just what is easy • Innovative and creative • Everybody contributes to our success • Demonstrates integrity Greatest imaginable challenge To be in the top 5% of all schools for progress Focus 2019 - 2020 • Embed The Sutton Way - Engage with research to make every lesson count and promote classroom excellence • Assessment systems and practices to inform high quality learning and progress • High performance leadership at all levels • Embed the importance of reading and literacy across the curriculum • Key group focus – PP and HPA
The Sutton Way
How has transition been? In a word ‘Brilliant’
Mount Cook 8 th July – 10 th July 2020 Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016) www.mountcook.org
Where is it? • Middleton-by- Wirksworth • Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016) • Uses near by attractions; • Black Rock • Carsington water
Accommodation • Modern bedrooms sleep four guests, with bunk beds, complimentary bedding and en- suite bathrooms in every room. • There are also wheel-chair accessible rooms available, which sleep just two guests.
Activities
Behaviour and Rewards at Blessed Robert Sutton
Bring the correct equipment & Wear the correct uniform: Skirts (knee length) Trousers (full length) Jewellery (one stud in each ear) No nail varnish Correct shoes Black/dark grey socks No gum or fizzy drinks Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags at all times
Rewards Focus for 2019-20
Praise postcards • Awarded by class teachers, support staff and form tutors • Recognition for spiritual, social or academic excellence • Given to students directly • Share with parents!
Chip ip Friday • Awarded by Year Leaders • 5 tokens per year group per week • Exchanged for food up to the value of £1.20 on Friday (does not have to be chips)
Hot Chocolate Friday • Awarded by Year Leaders and Form Tutors • Hot chocolate with Year Leader in form time on Friday • 2 members of each year group per week
Positive Phone Calls Home • Recognition of following the Sutton Way • All staff involved
Acting-Headteacher Award • Awarded by subject areas • Meeting with Acting HT on a Friday Period 5 • Letter sent home • Work photographed for the Wall of Excellence
A shout out in in the Newsletter
Bring the correct equipment & Wear the correct uniform: Skirts (knee length) Trousers (full length) Jewellery (one stud in each ear) No nail varnish Correct shoes Black/dark grey socks No gum or fizzy drinks Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags at all times
BRS Behaviour Ladder All departments have support trees which show where students who are
Break and lunchtime routines • All food to be eaten in designated areas. Dining room, hall and outside eating area • No chewing gum, fizzy drinks, energy drinks or mobile phones • Pupils in designated areas only. Astro for football only, bus park, yard. Not in front of school • Pupils not allowed in buildings except for toilet and lunch time clubs • Reception out of bounds except for emergencies • Room A102 Year 7-8 lunchtime club for homework, reading, relaxing. Run by Prefects.
Year 7 Support Evening Understanding your child’s Reports
When will you receive reports?
Year 7 100% = Great Attendance Attendance N o Unauthorised Absences N o Sessions Late Behaviour Points Achievement Points Year/Month Reading Age
Attendance Attending school on a regular basis is the key to your child doing well at school and will set him/her up with good routines for later life and the working world In order for your child’s attendance to be deemed to be very good it must be at least 96%
Behaviour & Response to Effort Homework Progress Engagement Feedback Art & Design Computer Science Design & Technology English French Geography History Mathematics PE RE Science
Understanding your child’s Attitude to Learning Grades
Target Grades Based on a students Keystage 2 results these are the targets your child is aiming for at GCSE This will be a number 9-1 Grade 4 = Standard Pass (the Old C) Grade 5 = Strong Pass
Progress The Progress Column on your report uses the same grading as Attitude to Learning (A-D) A = Working beyond Expectation B = Working at Expectation C = Working below Expectation (some cause for concern) D = Working well below Expectation (serious cause for concern)
Any Concerns? Email Form Tutor or ring reception
Parent Portal
Any Questions? Any Suggestions?
How to Support your child’s learning
How to support your child’s Learning First and Foremost: taking a positive interest and encouraging. Looking at their work, asking one or two questions, praising what is good, making suggestions if you feel there are obvious weaknesses: all these we would greatly welcome.
How to support your child’s Learning Involving them in any discussions you may be having on topical issues in the media and just chatting to them about their personal interests are equally helpful.
How to support your child’s Learning Helping them to organise themselves for each day, particularly to have the appropriate equipment, clothing, books and topping up the lunch account.
How to support your child’s Learning Helping with their work if they ask for assistance. A few hints or guidelines will be invaluable, but please do not do the work for them.
How to support your child’s Learning Checking and signing the pupil planner.
Parent Portal
Making sure they have enough sleep.
Some specific examples of ways in which parents have given support to their children are by: Helping them to practise a Encouraging and enabling them to join and skill (like a speech or use public libraries reading or drawing or using simple equipment) Using the school Helping them website and FireFly for understand words, support. phrases or sentences they find difficult Helping them to learn Helping them with facts or prepare for a test research projects and or Finding magazines, books or other questionnaires resources which are relevant to particular projects
Literacy and Reading
The importance of f literacy La cking vital literacy skills holds a person back at every stage of their life. As a child they won't be able to succeed at school, as a young adult they will be locked out of the job market, and as a parent they won't be able to support their own child's learning.
Pupils need to read regularly to… • Develop their vocabulary • Develop their understanding of grammatical structures • Become better writers • Become better communicators • Increase their knowledge and understanding of the world • Understand questions on exam/assessment papers • Improve their performance in tests • Prepare for life after school
What do we do at BRS to give all of our year 7 pupils the opportunity to develop their reading and literacy skills? • We test Pupils’ reading levels three times a year using a computer system called STAR Reading. This allows us to accurately track their reading ability • We have daily reading sessions into the school day – DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) • We use a reading system called Accelerated Reader to track progress
Why use Accelerated Reader?
DEAR • For Pupils’ literacy to progress they need to be reading for 30 minutes everyday. • On the days they don't read in form, they will complete DEAR in lessons. • Form tutors and teachers are told when this is. • Pupils should make sure when they are reading they are tracking what they have read in their planner.
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