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Year 6 Parents’ Information Evening Welcome to King’s!

A unique educational experience • A Russell Education Trust school • Outstanding teaching • Small school feel • Christian ethos and values • Outstanding pastoral care

Staffing for 2018-19 • Mr Cooke and Ms Lowney are Deputy Headteachers. They teach Mathematics and English respectively. Mr Cooke has largely curriculum responsibilities and Ms Lowney has responsibility for behaviour and associated matters. • Mr Walker is an Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo, with responsibility for higher level pastoral care. • Ms Vincent is an Assistant Headteacher with responsibilities for Year 6 transition, staff development and the Christian life of the school Ms Butcher, Mr Knowles, Ms Coles are our Heads of English, Maths, • and Science respectively. • Mr Cornell, Mr Bagnall, Mrs Grosvenor, Ms Weir and Ms Aubrey-Smith are our Heads of PE, DT, Arts, Geography and MFL respectively. Mrs Aubrey-Smith is currently on maternity leave. • Ms Staples is Head of Year 7 and will be speaking to you at the end of the main presentation. Ms Gamon works with Mr Walker to deliver pastoral care in the • school.

Who do I contact at King’s...? Please see the contact list included in your induction pack for more details. Your child’s form tutor • Your child’s Head of Year – Ms Staples • • Your child’s Class teacher/Head of department Ms Gamon – Pastoral • • Mr Walker – SENDCo • Ms Morley – Assistant SENDCo Ms Lowney – behaviour/pastoral • • Mr Cooke – curriculum Ms Vincent – transition • Mrs Price •

School day Lesson 1 08.30 – 09.20 Lesson 2 09.20 – 10.10 Break 10.10 – 10.40 30 mins Lesson 3 10:40 – 11.30 Lesson 4 11.30 – 12.20 Lunch 12.20 – 12.50 30 mins Tutor/Assembly 12.50 – 1:20 Lesson 5 1.20 – 2.10 Lesson 6 2:10 – 3.00 Extra-Curricular Programme 3:15-4:15

Curriculum • Emphasis is on the core subjects • Students in Year 7 study: Maths (4), English (4), Science (4), Geography (2), History (2), Languages (3), Design Technology (3), Art (1), Drama (1), Music (1), PE (2), ICT (1), PSHE (1) and RP (1) • Students in Year 9 will choose their GCSE options Information will be distributed to Year 9 parents in the Autumn term and the Year 9 Parents’ Evening will be positioned to aid in the options process • Most GCSE courses will start in Year 10. Science GCSE will start in Year 9.

How classes are structured at King’s • Core subjects (English, Maths, Science): year group split into two – parallel separate sets for each subject in both halves • Languages: year group split into two – parallel sets for all three subjects in both halves (all students will do Spanish and French for the start of the year) • History, Geography and RP: year group split into two – parallel sets for all three subjects in both halves • Tutor groups: Technology, Music, Art, PSHE, ICT, Drama • Whole half of year group take PE together

Target Setting at King’s • Students’ targets based on Key Stage 2 outcomes. • Targets based on individual KS2 scaled scores. • Students should progress 4 grades in total – 2 grades in KS3 – 2 grades in KS4 • This equates to 2 sub-grades in a year – So student with an English KS2 outcome of 100 will lead to a baseline of grade 1 and will therefore have an English target for the end of year 7 of 2-

Scaled Score New GCSE grade Old GCSE grade (estimate) 9 8 A* 7 A 6 B 5 B/C 4 C/D 115 3 D/E 108 2 F 100 1 G 93 B1 – Gold B2 – Silver B3 – Bronze

Reporting on Student Progress • Students will get 2 reports a year • One interim progress report • One full written report • There will also be two parents evenings in year 7 – Settling in evening with tutors – Full parents’ evening with subject teachers

Reporting on Student Progress • Example of interim report • Colour coding based on target • No colour on first report

Homework at King’s • Students will get 2 pieces a week in the core subjects: English, Mathematics and Science • Students will get 1 piece a week (20 minutes) in Languages, Technology, History, Geography and RP • There will be a homework timetable to ensure students’ homework load is evenly distributed. • T eachers and students use an online system called ‘Show my Homework’. Parents have full access to this. • A homework club runs in school Monday-Thursday.

Homework at King’s

Extra-Curricular • Programme runs Monday-Friday from the second week of each term, through to, and including, the penultimate week • Some clubs are free of charge to parents • Some clubs are offered at cost price to parents • Students are encouraged to sign up for at least one club per week but many do more

House System • Each student will be allocated to a house as well as a form group. • Our houses are based on New Testament place names. They are: o Ephesus - red o Colossae - blue o Philippi - green o Galatia - yellow

Tutor Groups • Named after the house e.g. 7C - Colossae • Five tutor groups in the year group (two forms in Galatia house) • We have factored in our prior knowledge of students, gleaned during transition visits in discussions with SENCOs and Year 6 class teachers Please notify us of any issues after the Induction Day and we will • do our best to help

What is pastoral care? Pastoral care focuses on looking after the emotional wellbeing of students. How students feel (in the short and long term) has a direct impact on their learning. At King’s, we look to address not only students’ academic needs, but also their emotional needs through support such as counselling, group work, themed workshops and events, PSHE lessons and one-to-one provision. At King’s we believe that each child is unique, and we offer flexible, individualised pastoral support to reflect this. We also recognise that there are many common challenges faced during puberty, and will offer support (e.g. themed assemblies or lessons) to address this. “The school is an exceptionally harmonious community.”

Who is there for your child? Ms Staples Head of Year Mr Walker Assistant Head Higher Level Pastoral Mrs Gamon Pastoral Officer

How do we help? • We have a weekly meeting to discuss pastoral care and SEND provision to ensure that the pastoral needs of students are being met. • The team will support through a range of one to one mentoring, group support sessions, daily check ups. • We also work with a number of outside agencies including Safety Net, Off the Fence, the Wellbeing Service, School Nurse, CAHMs, Social Services, WISE, Police, RuOK etc. • In addition there are always opportunities for students to drop in when they need additional support.

Support for Students with SEND Mr Walker (SENCo) • Mrs Morley (Assistant SENDCo) • • Mrs Carrasco, Mrs Abbott (SEND Practitioners) Ms Thomas (Literacy Support Service) • • SEND register – SA, SA+, S/EHCP • Additional Needs Booklet – Pupil Profiles LSPs (Learning Support Plans) • • Differentiated classroom teaching Close involvement of parents – parent referrals • Target, focused support from external and internal sources • • Use of iPad technology, laptops and reading pens for some

Behaviour – Character Education We aim to prepare students for life beyond school and to help • them develop as individuals Our ‘character education’ approach is consistent with our • school values • In lessons we expect behaviour that supports learning and engenders a nurturing environment where people feel safe, secure and supported. Around the school we expect courteous, respectful, safe • behaviour. We operate a ‘consequences ladder’ for students who fail to • meet behaviour expectations • We will keep parents fully informed of any concerns regarding behaviour.

Attendance Every day, and every lesson, matters! • The school monitors the attendance of each student weekly and • takes into consideration legitimate absence caused by illness. Attendance is rated as follows: Green: 96 – 100%; Yellow: 90 – 95.9%; Orange: 85 – 89.9%; Red: 84.9% and under. (The government classifies any student who has an attendance figure of less than 90% as persistently absent). All holidays taken during term time (except in very exceptional • circumstances) are unauthorised. FPNs will be issued for unauthorised holidays where more than • 3 days are taken in one case or cumulatively over a school year. The few students who have unacceptable levels of absence will • not be eligible to go on school trips.

Uniform Standards Blazers must be worn around school; in very hot weather a ‘no blazer’ • day will be declared • Boys’ trousers should be ‘ Zecco ’ brand charcoal grey Girls’ skirts should be knee length or just • above the knee • Girls’ shirts should have a revere collar • School shoes should be leather or leather look and have a distinct heel – no trainers of any kind, ballet pumps, kitten heels or boots • Bags should be black rucksacks or messenger bags – no handbags No make up or jewellery other than a watch, medic alert chain and • one small stud in each ear. • Uniform must be replaced when needed