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Year 8 Parental Workshop

Making the best progress

Standards and Expectations

Attendance: every student should be aiming for 100% Punctuality: lessons start at 8.30 so students should be in the building for 8.20. Students to show impeccable behaviour at all times Students to take an active role in the extra curricular activities being offered. Being organised: knowing deadlines and being prepared.

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Criteria

Bronze Silver Gold

Leadership Deliver an activity with a friend.

e.g. Lead a group discussion in your IT lesson. Be a table leader in a DCP lesson.

Deliver an activity on your own.

e.g. Explain to other members of your group how to undertake a task in project day.

Take responsibility for planning and delivering an activity.

e.g. Plan and deliver a warm up in a PE lesson. Deliver a starter activity in your target language.

Organisation Support teacher in the running of an activity.

e.g. Attend eco leaders and help the teacher put out equipment.

Come to an extra-curricular club and assist with the organisation.

e.g. Attend library leaders in the LRC to help the LRC Manager in running the session.

Join a leadership activity and organise a session for an event.

e.g. As a sports leader organise a primary school event.

Resilience Take part in an activity that is new to you. e.g. Attend cookery club

Attend Shine maths mentoring

Learn an activity which is new to you.

e.g. Join the school choir and perform in a group. Join WL leaders and organise an event.

Attend every meeting for your new activity and qualify as a member.

e.g. Attend all meeting of gardening club or STEM club.

Initiative Participate in a class inter-house activity.

e.g. Present to my class in the Jodrell Bank

• racy competition

Participate in a lunch-time inter-house activity.

e.g. Complete your mile on the mile track.

Participate in an extra-curricular competition.

e.g. Write a poem and enter it into a competition.

Communication Deliver a demonstration of a skill from an activity.

e.g. Show your teacher how you completed an activity in a DCP lesson

Confidently demonstrate a series of skills in lessons.

e.g. Lead a group discussion in maths over a whole topic.

Use a range of communication skills in a series of lessons.

e.g. Plan and demonstrate a practical skill in DCP

Co-operative values & Extra Curricular

2 co-operative value badges. 1 extra-curricular activity. 4 co-operative value badges. 2 extra-curricular activities, which may include student leadership. 6 co-operative value badges. 3 extra-curricular activities, which may include student leadership or student mentoring.

Criteria

Bronze Gold

Leadership Deliver an activity with a friend.

e.g. Lead a group discussion in your IT lesson. Be a table leader in a DCP lesson.

Take responsibility for planning and delivering an activity.

e.g. Plan and deliver a warm up in a PE lesson. Deliver a starter activity in your target language.

Communic ation Deliver a demonstration of a skill from an activity.

e.g. Show your teacher how you completed an activity in a DCP lesson

Use a range of communication skills in a series of lessons.

e.g. Plan and demonstrate a practical skill in DCP

Criteria

Bronze Gold

Co-

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ve values & Extra Curricu lar

2 co-operative value badges. 1 extra-curricular activity. 6 co-operative value badges. 3 extra-curricular activities, which may include student leadership or student mentoring.

SIMS Parent App

• Track Attendance
• Behaviour concerns
• Track your daughter’s homework
• Gold awards
• Progress reports
• Change of details easily updated

Follow your email link

Any problems email parentapp@wrhs1118.co.uk

SIMS Student App

• Homework set by the teacher is

linked into this app.

• Students can be better organised
• No excuses for not meeting deadlines

Follow your email link from SIMS

Any problems see Mr Begg

Parent Pay

• Trips and Visits: Where there is a cost incurred, this will be payable through

Parent Pay, information regarding these will be sent via e-mail/letter.

Parent Pay Shop

• Access through school website.
• Pay for revision guides, replacement ties

etc.

• Payment made with credit or debit card.
• Students to collect items from finance
• ffice or student services.

Developing independence

• English – PIXL Unlock
• Reading
• Maths
• Frog

What is PiXL Unlock?

PiXL Unlock is an app which aims to develop students’ vocabulary, both academically and pastorally, in

• rder to improve students’ life chances in the future.

Students are encouraged to learn and understand key prefixes and suffixes, making links across words where appropriate, as well as key subject specific vocabulary. This is done through a range of games and activities, designed to embed the vocabulary knowledge into students’ long-term memory.

How to access PiXL Unlock

• Download the PiXL Unlock app from the app store or the Google Play

Store (alternatively, head to https://vocab.pixl.org.uk/ and select the Desktop Flash App if you’re on a computer)

• 1. Enter your SCHOOL ID: WR2462
• 2. Enter your USERNAME: your school admission number without the

leading zero (i.e. 17987).

• 3. Enter your PASSWORD: whalley1 (you will need to change this)
• 4. ENJOY!

What can I I do on the PiXL Unlock app?

Develop your understanding of how vocabulary works, linking word meanings to similar words to improve your understanding of how vocabulary is built When you complete the first two levels, you can ‘unlock’ the next two levels, which aim to improve your vocabulary even more. Learn words that you need to know for each of your subject areas

Why is is reading so im important?

• significant improvements in writing ability, reading

comprehension and attainment

• breadth of vocabulary
• positive attitudes towards reading
• greater self-confidence
• pleasure reading in later life
• improvements in general knowledge
• a better understanding of other cultures
• stronger community participation
• a greater insight into human nature

and decision-making Just some of reading’s many benefits include:

And there are lo lots of ways you can im improve your readin ing even more!

Some ideas include:

• Find opportunities for your daughter to read for pleasure
• Ask your daughter to read a book from a genre or author

that they've never read before

• Provide newspapers, magazine, online journals, blogs

which might interest them

• Ask your daughter to read to you at home
• Look for recommendations for teen fiction
• Encourage your daughter to take part in the many reading

competitions and activities we have in the LRC

• Challenge your daughter to learn a new word every day –

and use it!

• Encourage your daughter to take part in the Readathon!

And th there are lo lots of f ways in in which you can improve your daughter’s reading even more!

Year 8 reading: try something new!

There is a book that everyone will love. Encourage your daughter to read something new.

Helping your daughter with Maths

On Doddle you will find your daughter’s unit test results. For any red or amber units, you can direct your daughter to the Mathswatch & Hegarty websites. Login details can be found on FROG

https://hegartymaths.com/my-stats

All students have been given a login through their maths lessons

Go to the website and all you will need is your name and date of birth to get going.

What is HegartyMaths?

HegartyMaths is the best way for your child to learn maths on their own at home.

• 1. Every single topic in school maths (850+) is explained in 10 minute video tutorials designed and delivered by, Mr Colin

Hegarty.

• 2. After every video, HegartyMaths, has an assessment with questions covering everything taught in the video so students

can practise and ensure they understand the maths Mr Hegarty just presented.

• 3. HegartyMaths records everything your child ever does on the system (their progress and effort), reporting it back to the

teacher and to the child so it’s clear what their strengths and weaknesses are and how hard they are working.

• 4. HegartyMaths allows a parent to see everything their child needs to learn and support them. Often parents who may be

unsure of the schools methods like to watch the videos along with their child and understand the techniques their child needs to know.

• 5. HegartyMaths, remembers all the child’s mistakes and gives them practice on their weaknesses so they can do impactful

independent learning.

The whole curriculum is online for your child to have access to.

At 13, , your daughter can offi ficially sign up for …

Social Media – Key information

Account logins work from ANY phone – it is the account not the app Many platforms DO NOT ask for proof

• f age

Many social media apps allow live chat, including live video chat Anything can be streamed at any time – it is not always age appropriate

Only one consistent factor .. ...

Conversation starters for parents …

• What apps do you like using?
• Why do you like using them?
• Can you show me how you check/set up security systems?
• Can you show me which apps are sharing your location data?
• How do you decide what you are going to post?
• How many followers do you have?
• Who are you following? Why did you follow them?
• Do you know them all your friends/followers in real life?
• What would you do if you saw something upsetting?

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/ Guides to lots of the common platforms used by students (follow them on Twitter for weekly updates) https://www.internetmatters.org/ A range of advice for parents of children of all ages https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ An education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command https://parentzone.org.uk/ Parent Zone - Digital family life advice including an

• nline course. Free access to the parent lounge with

the code DSP16

https://frog.wrhs1118.co.uk/

Or click the link from the website Use your school login

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