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Which person would you be? The first or last to jump!

Year 8, when did you first see this picture?

Progress Achievement Attendance Entitlement

Bronze

Students have made progress in all subjects Students that have at least 25 achievement points At least 94% attendance 1-2 areas passed

Silver

Top 35% of students with best progress Top 35% students with the most achievement points At least 96% attendance 3-4 areas passed

Gold

Top 10% of students with best progress Top 10% students with the most achievement points At least 98% attendance 5 areas passed

Platinum Top 5% of students

with best progress Top 5% students with the most achievement points 100% attendance All 6 areas passed

Grading Criteria for Graduation

Which certificate did you graduate with in the Summer term? How have you started this year?

‘Children who read for pleasure are likely to do better in maths and

English than those who rarely read in their

free time, research suggests.’ The Institute of Education, 2013

Drop Everything and Read DEAR time! Most of the session should be dedicated to students reading fiction

• r non fiction books.

Your DEAR day

• Turing – Thursday
• Angelou – Wednesday
• Ellis – Wednesday
• Russell – Friday

Reading for pleasure

• 1. Regular readers-can you read more

challenging fiction?

• 2. Used to be readers-can you find the habit

again?

• 3. Could be readers-what is stopping you? How

can you make the time?

• 4. Never-never readers- what will work? Pair

reading? Subscriptions?

Time to pledge, plan and read!

Encourage your child to use www.arbookfind.co.uk to find books they want to read. This interactive book list enables students to search by author, theme and browse collections. Complete the ‘pledge, plan and read’ sheets.

How important is good attendance?

• A pupil with 90% attendance throughout

their school life will have missed a whole school year – nearly one thousand hours of learning.

Punctuality

Key facts

• Missing just 17 days in one year can mean dropping a

full grade at GCSE.

• The rate of offending by young people who truant

school is 3 times higher than those who do not truant.

• School truants are 6 times more likely to be

unemployed.

• 5 or more GCSEs can increase wages by 42%.

1st Data harvest

• Life without levels
• You may have heard in the press that national

curriculum levels are going.

• We have introduced our own system of

progress grades.

• Students work will be graded against their

target grade, which is on the 1-9 grade system.

Life without levels

• Grade 5 is the equivalent to a grade C, however, under

the new GCSE’s a grade 5 is more difficult to achieve than a current grade C.

• This is a deliberate government decision to increase the

standards that our students achieve.

• If a student is working beyond their target grade, they will

be given a progress grade of ‘Excelling’

• If a students is working at the same level as their target

grade, they will get a progress grade of ‘Good’

• If a student is working a grade below their target grade,

they will be given a progress grade of ‘developing’

• If a student is working 2 grades below their target grade,

they will be given a progress grade of ‘Inadequate’

• These terms have been used so that all students are judged
• n the progress that they are making towards their targets,

not just their ability, which can be demotivating

1st Data harvest

Making the Grade Evenings

• Making the grade evenings from year 8-11.
• Evenings organised to support parents/carers in

supporting their child to make progress and reach target grades.

• Option choices/fair
• Subject specific workshops
• Revision techniques
• Support in preparing for exams

Art Equalities Craft

Homework

Latin Japanese Dance

Printmaking Wide variety

• f sports

Bike maintenance

Gospel choir Samba band Duke of Edinburgh Lego robots Creative writing

Astronomy

Equalities Girls coding Science Eco committee Health & medical

Comic book reading Amnesty International

+ Impact for Year 8

 Increased levels of engagement  Broader curriculum offer earlier  Year 9 schemes of learning have been re-written to fully

develop the skills, knowledge and attributes required for each subject they study.

 Improved outcomes….opportunities

+ What support will be available and what if they change their mind?

 L4L  Options fair  1:1 interviews  Careers interviews (if required)  Teaching staff  Parents/carers

Monday Tues Wednesday Thursday Friday

Music Technology (Btec)

Hall being used for matinee performance.

Art and Design (GCSE) PE (GCSE) Media Studies (GCSE) Music (GCSE) Textiles (GCSE) Sport (Btec) ICT (GCSE) Dance (GCSE) Food Technology (GCSE) Health and Social Care (GCSE) Computing (GCSE) Performing arts (Btec) Resistant Materials (GCSE Travel and Tourism (Btec) Business (Btec) Drama (GCSE) Graphics (GCSE) ASDAN – CoPE (Btec) Additional Maths (GCSE) Spanish (GCSE) Hospitality and catering (Betec) Geography (GCSE) Statistics (GCSE) German (GCSE) History (GCSE) French (GCSE) Ethics - Philosophy and

• Religion. (GCSE)

Sociology (GCSE)

Options Clinics! 9th – 13th February. Lunchtime in the hall – 12.45- 1.15 Come and talk about your options with students who are taking them.

Learning for Life programme / talking to teachers / careers interviews

22 January Options Booklet released to students and parents 27th January Parent’s Evening 4th February Options Evening W/B 8th Lunchtime clinics from students Half term W/B 22nd February 4th March Option Choices Deadline

How to encourage a growth mind-set in your child and build resilience

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcZg51Il9

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Growth Mind-set questionnaire