Durrington High School Business and Enterprise

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Durrington High SchoolBusiness and Enterprise

• A learning community committed to personal best.

Welcome to our Yr8 Parent Support Evening
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Objectives for this evening

• To support the transition between middle school
  and secondary school
• To provide information about the content and
  delivery of the KS3 curriculum (Core)
• To provide information about how you can support
  your child

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Middle School Secondary School

• Similarities
• A continuation of the KS3 curriculum

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Middle School Secondary School

• Differences
• Students have different teachers for each subject
• Larger building
• New friends
• Different Homework

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Measuring Success

• Indicative Grades
• (Calculated from CAT scores KS2 data) The
  level your child should achieve by the end of yr9
• Common assessment tasks
• (give an indication of current level being
  achieved)
• Projected Grade
• (found on reports, this is the grade your
  child should achieve by the end of the key stage
  if they continue working as they are at this
  point.

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Reporting to Parents

• 9th November Tutor/Parents Eve
• 22nd January Progress Reports
• 14th May Annual Written Reports
• 7th June Parents Evening

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Homework (Out of Hours Learning)

• Homework Timetable
• Approx 20-30 mins per subject per week
• H/W Club Tuesdays 3.10 4pm
• Learning Resource Area
• IT rooms open at lunch

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The School Website

• School Web Page

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Extra Curricular Activities

• Sports Clubs
• Music Lessons and Clubs
• Drama Club and Productions
• Curricular Clubs (e.g Science, History, English)

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Who to contact
Pastoral Issues
Curricular Issues

• Form Tutor
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• Senior Tutor
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• Director

Class Teacher ? RAC ? Director
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Programme for the evening

• Presentations from the RACs
• English, Maths, Science ICT
• Back to the hall to round off the evening