Welcome to our New Intake evening

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Welcome to our New Intake evening!
Mrs Nicholls Headteacher of Ripley St
Thomas Mrs Tagg Head of Year 7 Mrs Bray
Deputy Headteacher Mr Prideaux Head of
Music Canon Ballard Archdeacon of Lancaster
Diocesan Director of Education
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Mrs Nicholls Headteacher of Ripley St Thomas
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Mrs Tagg Head of Year 7
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Transition days

• Two transition days to allow classes of around
  20.
• Day starts at 08.45 finishes at 15.05.
• Begin in the chapel with a service.
• Finish together in the gym.

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• All pupils will follow a normal timetable
  covering a range of subjects. Pens and pencils
  will be needed.
• Lunch will be early and 3 will cover the cost.

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• If your child has a brother, sister or friend
  that catches the school bus they will be allowed
  to travel with them as long as they pay.
• I will dismiss all pupils at the end of the day
  from the gym if you are collecting your child
  please wait till 15.30 and park on the back yard.
  

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• Please contact me if you have any questions.

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First day Tuesday 4th September

• Meet in chapel at 08.45 pupils will be placed
  into mixed ability forms.
• The only people that are in school are year 7 and
  13.
• For the first week all pupils will be taught by
  forms.

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• On the first day all pupils will need..
• Bus pass (if catching bus)
• Journal
• Pens and pencils
• Money for lunch or packed lunch

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Contact Details

• ( 01524 64496
• 8 www.ripley.lancsngfl.ac.uk
• taggs_at_ripley.lancs.ach.uk

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• We will work in partnership with you.
• Contact is essential.

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Mrs Bray Deputy Headteacher
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Welfare

• Houses
• Blackburn Chester Durham York
• Two forms in each house
• Eight forms in the year group
• First point of contact is the form tutor
• Head of Year Mrs Tagg
• Subject issues individual teacher or Head of
  Department
• Deputy head

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Support for Learning

• L.S.D. led by Mrs Evans and Mrs Norris
• Suzanne School Chaplain
• On site nurse Mrs Reynolds
• P.C.T. nurse Mrs Deborah Kelly
• T.A.B. Team Against Bullying
• Transition or Peer Mentors
• 6-2-7 packs

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Transport.

• Information sheet in the pack
• Have a back up plan!!!!
• Safer Travel Unit
• Sixth Form Bus Prefects
• Anti-social behaviour
• Three strikes!!!!
• Transport application forms sent to those
  eligible
• Pupil Access Team - James Dalgleish
• 01524 581205

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Uniform.Trutex

• On-line ordering or by phone
• Delivery in three days

Uniform.Mikes Sports World

• Call in to the shop
• Order by phone deliver to school collect from
  reception
• Delivery in three days

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Uniform compulsory items

• Girls trousers
• Girls skirts
• Blazers
• Ties

Uniform Recommended items

• Top coats
• Summer shirts

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Uniform sales from school

• Purchase tonight and during the holidays exact
  dates are in the catalogue which is included in
  your pack this evening

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Mr Prideaux Head of Music
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Music Department

• Individual Music Lessons

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Why should my child learn an instrument?

• builds confidence and poise through performance
• provides great social opportunities
• teaches valuable transferable skills
• its great fun!
• pupils who study music are smarter

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Pupils who study music are smarter?

• Why?
• The musician is constantly adjusting decisions on
  tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling
  - training the brain to become incredibly good at
  organizing and conducting numerous activities at
  once.
• Ratey John J., MD. A User's Guide to the Brain.
  New York Pantheon Books, 2001
• Prove it!
• Pupils who studied piano performed 34 better in
  spatial and temporal reasoning ability than
  pupils who spent the same amount of time learning
  to use computers.
• Rauscher Shaw. As reported in Neurological
  Research, February 1997
• Pupils who took music lessons scored 80 higher
  on object-assembly tests than students at the
  same school who did not have music lessons.
• Rauscher Shaw. As reported in Symphony,
  Sept.-Oct. 1996

• After eight months of keyboard lessons, pupils
  showed a 46 boost in their spatial reasoning IQ.
• Levine, Ky and Wright, Music and Spatial Task
  Performance University of California, Irvine,
  1994.

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Why learn an instrument at Ripley?

• qualified and experienced specialist teachers
• lessons monitored and assessed in line with
  school policies
• frequent performance opportunities
• a wide range of ensembles and group opportunities
• dedicated theory class
• tracking, assessment and target setting to
  maximise progress

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Which instruments are available?

• woodwind
• flute
• oboe
• clarinet
• saxophone
• bassoon
• brass
• horn
• trumpet
• trombone
• euphonium
• tenor horn
• tuba

• strings
• violin
• viola
• cello
• bass
• guitar (classical or electric)
• percussion
• drum kit
• tuned percussion
• piano
• singing

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How much will it cost?

• 60 per term, payable in advance
• (based upon 2 pupils sharing a weekly 25 minute
  lesson)
• Some financial assistance is available

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Instruments

• Ideally your son/daughter should have their own
  instrument
• The school has a limited number of instruments
  available for loan to beginners
• We are pleased to recommend instrumental hire
  schemes which are good value for money
• Pupils wishing to have piano lessons will need
  either a piano, or a full size keyboard with
  touch sensitive, weighted keys available to them
  for practice at home.

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Practice

• The key to successful progress on any instrument
  is regular practice
• Regularity is the key at least 15 minutes each
  day
• Parental support and encouragement plays a vital
  part in this
• Establish a good routine

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Some things to remember

• If your son/or daughter has already started
  learning an instrument then they have a head
  start.
• Distractions
• Learning a musical instrument is a long term
  commitment. Like most worthwhile things it takes
  time.

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Canon Peter Ballard Archdeacon of
Lancaster Diocesan Director of Education
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