Year 7 Information Evening

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Year 7 Information Evening

• Thursday 13th September 2007

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Secondary School Daily Routine
08.45 Electronic Registration 09.00 Lesson
1 09.55 Lesson 2 10.50 Morning break starts (20
minutes) 11.10 Lesson 3 12.05 Lesson
4 13.00 Lunchtime 14.00 Lesson 5
swipe 14.55 Lesson 6 15.50 End of School
Day 16.05 Buses depart
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Year 7 Curriculum
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Sets and Groupings

• Most subjects are taught in mixed ability tutor
  groups except
• Year 7
• French sets based on ability and experience
• Maths 3 bands of students until Christmas Then
  sets based on ability and experience
• 2nd Language mixed groups
• Years 8 9
• French sets based on experience and ability
• Maths sets based on ability
• Year 9
• Science students are broadly banded based upon
  ability
• Years 7, 8 9
• Art Design/ Students are taught in half tutor
  groups. DT groups are on Technology/ICT a
  carousel basis

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Key Dates

• Initial Review Students new to BSB October by
  telephone
• Autumn Term ReviewSeptember CEM Centre
  Baseline testsNovember one page summary
  followed by parent consultation 5th December
• Spring Term ReviewApril one page summary
  followed by parent consultation 10th April
• Summer Term July Full Report

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Homework

• Guidelines 2 or 3 subjects per evening
• 20-30 minutes per subject
• Plus up to 1.5 hours per week extra on
  subjects such as Art, Technology, Music and
  IT which do not appear on the homework
  timetable
• Plus 20-25 minutes reading per day

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Student Support and Learning Group (SSLG)

• Assistant Head Kerry Nicholls
• Head of Senior Section Gillian Radusin (Years 12
  13)
• Deputy Head of Paul Christmas
• Senior Section
• Assistant Head of Julie ThompsonSenior
  Section
• IB Coordinator John Knight
• Year Group Leader Sandy Pescod (Years 10 11)
• Assistant Margaret Broster
• Year Group Leader Esther Haney (Years 7, 8 9)
• Assistants Mark Andrews
• Melanie Chambers

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• Our Aims

Learning and Teaching
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Who am I?

• Esther Haney
• Year Group Leader Key Stage 3 (YGL KS3)
• What is my brief?
• To deliver an effective system of pastoral care
  and ensure that students maximise their full
  academic and social potential.

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What is happening now and in the first few weeks
of term?

• Settling in
• Getting to know school routines and tutor
• Introduction to people within school who can
  support them through whole school, Key Stage and
  Year Group Meetings and Assemblies

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Who is there to support your child?

• Tutors
• Elizabeth (7E) Heidi (7H)
• Jo (7J) Louise (7L)
• Rowena (7R)
• Assistant Year Group Leaders
• Melanie Chambers
• Mark Andrews
• English as an Additional Language Department
  (EAL)
• Julie Hinton
• Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) and
• Educational Psychologist
• Jack Gillman

Counsellor Gavin McPherson Prishnee
Datta Personal, Social, Health and Careers
Education (PSHCE) Sheila Emmett Nurses
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What initiatives are in place to support learning
in the classroom?

• Differentiation
• Planners
• Reward Structure
• Mentoring / Target Setting

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Mentoring/Target Setting Session 1 Autumn
Term You have just received you report. Your
tutor will have a copy of the report. You will
use this sheet as a basis for your
conversation. Which subject did you do best in?
_____________________________________ Why do you
think you did well in this subject?
___________________________ ______________________
___________________________________________ ______
__________________________________________________
_________ What have you noticed helps you in your
learning? ________________________ _______________
__________________________________________________
Which subject(s) did you not do so well in?
______________________________ What is blocking
your learning in this subject(s)
__________________________ _______________________
__________________________________________
TARGET FOR IMPROVEMENT
ACTION PLAN/NEXT STEPS
If you wish to add further subjects you can write
them on the next page.
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What if my child needs extra support?

• Discussion - can involve the student, tutor,
  teacher, parents
• Concerns can be followed up by a round robin
  email to all teachers
• If necessary the student is monitored
• Parents are kept informed throughout the process
  via the most appropriate channel which can range
  from a note in the student planner, phone call,
  email, letter or a personal meeting

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Student Support and Learning Student Monitoring
Sheet
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Student Support and Learning Student Monitoring
Sheet
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What can my child look forward to during Year 7?
Intellectual curiosity Bewilderment Excitement Exh
austion Satisfaction Community
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Our Goal

• To challenge and inspire our students to realise
  their potential, both academic and personal, in a
  stimulating and caring community, enabling them
  to become responsible and engaged citizens of the
  world

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Invitation

• Year 7 Parents and Staff
• You are cordially invited to
• Refreshments
• In Rubens Hall
• At 2045

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• Elizabeth 7E - Esther
• Heidi 7H - Mark
• Jo 7J - Melanie
• Louise 7L - Sue
• Rowena 7R - Kerry