Welcome to Ranelagh Year Year Year 8 Year 8 Information Evening - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Welcome to Ranelagh

Year Year Year 8 Year 8 Information Evening 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome • Looking ahead at Year 8 – important dates • Ranelagh School Learner profile - Independence • The importance of good Attendance & Punctuality

Year Year Year 8 Year 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Trips and Visits Screening • 23 rd /24 th June 2016 – Barton-on- • Screening 1 End of November Sea Geography Trip • Screening 2 End of February • Screening 3 End of June • 12 th February 2016 – Macbeth Exams Week performance (English) • 18 th April 2016 Parents Evening 17 th March 2016 5pm-8pm

Year 8 Information Evening Year 8 Information Evening Year 8 Information Evening Year 8 Information Evening Screening Screening Screening Screening Areas of Strength Areas of Development Teacher Assessment (TA) Attitude to Subject and Teacher Learning * MidYis Prediction June 2015 Current 1 2 3 1 2 3 English LEM 6a 7C 7C G K A EX R EW Mathematics AAG 7a 7B 8C E K A EW Science ADC 7c 7C 7C G K CC A Art AAA 6b 8C 8C E CQ HC HQ Drama ADH - 6A 6A E K CQ PS A Technology SJM 6b 6C 6B G CC HC PS E CC CC Classwork Completion O O Organisation EX EX Literacy: Extended Writing EW Extension Work EW CC CC O O EX EX EW EW CQ Classwork Quality CQ K K Subject Knowledge GR GR Literacy: Grammar R R Revision CQ CQ K K GR GR R R HC HC HC HC Homework Completion A A A A Analysis and Evaluation SP SP SP SP Literacy: Spelling EQ EQ Equipment EQ EQ HQ Homework Quality HQ HQ HQ OP OP Oral Participation OP OP N N N N Numeracy D Low-level Disruption D D D P P P P Presentation of Work E E E E Effort PS PS PS PS Practical Skills

Year Year Year Year 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Opportunities to get involved! • 24 th February 2016- Girls Teenager Information Evening • 9 th March 2016- Boys Teenager Information Evening • 14 th May 2016 The Big Tidy • 18 th March – PTA Quiz Night

Year Year Year Year 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Key Dates: Other • 9 th December 2015 – Christmas Concert • 15 th December 2015 - Christmas Lunch • 17 th December 2015 - Carol Service • 27 th / 28 th January 2016 – Dance evening

Year Year Year Year 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening Our Ranelagh Student Learner Profile

Year Year Year Year 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening 8 Information Evening Confident Creative Resilient Empathetic Curious Independent

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Independence – what does this look like??? • Students who set their own targets/goals • Students who are active members of the school community (School clubs & initiatives) • Students who understand mistakes happen EMBRACE --- LEARN --- IMPROVE

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Independence – what does this look like??? • Students who ask themselves “Is this the best work I can produce?” and act upon this if the answer is no • If the answer is yes, students should ask “What else can I do?” • Students who plan in advance, ensuring they arrive to school with the correct books, kit, equipment, ingredients etc.

Year Year Year 8 Year 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Pupil feedback– thoughts on independence “If I had a problem “ I worked hard to I made sure I dealt achieve.....” with it straight away” “Part of being “I earned my independent was independence by being accountable for acting responsibly the mistakes I at home....” made...”

Year Year Year 8 Year 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Pupil feedback– thoughts on independence “If I had a problem “ I worked hard to I made sure I dealt achieve.....” with it straight away” “Part of being “I earned my independent was independence by being accountable for acting responsibly the mistakes I at home....” made...”

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Themes– Developing independence Responsibility Work Accountability Self-help

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Parent Tips– what can you do??? • Break free from helicopter parenting – allow mistakes to be made and encourage problem solving • Assign responsibility – support accountability • Growth mindset – praising effort and not achievement

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Growth Mind-set • RESEARCH FACT: students with ‘growth mindset’ achieve higher grades • If we focus on effort – ability increases • Praise effort and processes

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Attendance and Punctuality

Year Year Year 8 Year 8 Information Evening 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Simon is in Year 8. His attendance is always around 90%. He thinks this is pretty good. 90% attendance means that he is absent from lessons for the equivalent of one half day every week . In Year 7 he missed the equivalent of four whole weeks If Simon continued this pattern then over five years he will miss the equivalent of about one half of a school year

Year 8 Information Evening How can parents encourage good attendance? If you have concerns: • Keep an eye on your son’s/daughter’s look for attendance • patterns • Talk regularly with him/her about school • talk and • Only allow days at home if really too ill to listen to your attend school child • Know the timetable • telephone us • Be aware of tests and assessment • Encourage your son/daughter to catch up missed work

Year Year Year Year 8 8 8 8 Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Information Evening Please feel free to ask any questions