MOVING ON TO HIGH SCHOOL

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MOVING ON TO HIGH SCHOOL

• PARENTS HELPING CHILDREN TO KEEP SAFE, HAPPY AND
  LEARNING

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WELCOME

• Joining high school
• Changing roles relationships
• What your child will learn
• How to support your child
• Who can help

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Introductions

• Turn to your neighbour
• talk about how your
• child is settling in

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Introductions

• Whats going well?
• What is your child finding difficult?

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Changing roles relationships

• What are parents roles
• when their child is of high school age?

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Parents roles relationships

• Support/reassurance
• Set negotiate boundaries
• Protect/warn
• Encourage

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Parents roles relationships

• Encourage and praise your childs efforts and
  successes
• Expect good behaviour
• Agree ground rules and stick to them
• Decide what is most important to you and set
  limits

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Parents roles relationships

• Be firm when necessary
• Be fair
• Dont be afraid to apologise if you have been
  unfair

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Parents roles relationships

• Try out new ways of dealing with difficult
  behaviour and find out what works best for you
• Talk to other parents and carers, especially
  those who have already been through this stage

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Parents roles relationships

• Stay active together
•         running
•         walking
•         playing football
•         swimming
•         dancing
•         rollerblading
•         walking the dog
•         joining a local team check school
  notice boards
• and the sports centre.

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Changing roles relationships

• What young people want
• Friendship
• Bullying dealt with
• A good relationship between their parents

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Changing roles relationships

• What young people want
• Respect fairness from adults
• Fun and challenge
• Love and security

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Changing roles relationships
Relationships and sex
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Relationships and sex

• If talking directly is difficult, try using
  storylines from soaps or films.
• Most young people say that they want to talk to
  their parents about relationships and sex.
• An open discussion at home protects children and
  young people it does not encourage them to have
  early sex
• Give your child basic information about physical
  changes special booklets for teenagers help if
  you feel too embarrassed to talk

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Changing roles relationships

• Parents as role models
• Relationship between parents
• Communication
• Decision-making
• Managing money

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What your child will be taught

• Add school-specific information about differences
  between middle high school teaching

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What your child will be taught

• Your child will finish Key Stage 3 in this school
  and will do the whole of Key Stage 4
• Your child will also sit for GCSE examinations in
  subjects he or she chooses
• After that children can go on to do A levels,
  get a vocational qualification or get a job

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What your child will be taught

• Your child will be taught a broad curriculum,
  with subjects ranging from English and Maths to
  Music and Art. But he or she will also be taught
  subjects that foster personal and social
  development.

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What your child will be taught

• Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
• personal skills making decisions keeping safe
  and healthy how to value personal achievements
  dealing with risks thinking ahead to the future
  adulthood
• social skills listening to others views
  dealing with bullying and anti-social behaviour
  building positive relationships

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What your child will be taught

• Religious Education
• legal requirement
• Learning about religion and from religion
• Christianity and other major religions
• parents can take children out of RE

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What your child will be taught

• Sex and Relationship Education (SRE)
• part of overall curriculum
• learning about emotional and moral dimensions of
  sexual relationships
• parents right to withdraw children from sex
  education lessons

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What your child will be taught

• Careers Education
• Help with decision-making about jobs knowledge
  and skills to make successful choices
• Careers information
• Connexions Service
• Work experience

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What your child will be taught

• Any questions?

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How to support your child

• What do you do to help your child learn?
• Turn to a neighbour
• Discuss for two minutes

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How to support your child

• What can you do to help your child learn?

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How to support your child

• Take an active interest
• Encourage educational activities
• Create a quiet place for homework
• Check their homework diary
• Find out what is needed at school
• Get equipment kit

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How to support your child

• Parents and carers need to be involved
• Find out teachers e-mail, phone or other contact
  details
• Go to parents evenings try not to be put off
  by the formality and size of the school
• Go into school when you can
• Join in at school events

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Class meetings

• Meetings of parents teachers
• parents get to know each other
• give an overview of the curriculum
• address concerns
• discuss policies and changes
• organise social events

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How to support your child

• Homework
• Add school-specific information on homework
  policy

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How to support your child

• Help develop life skills at home
• Set goals together
• Give them real responsibilities
• Encourage them to see things through

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How to support your child

• Help develop life skills at home
• Understanding the value of money
• Valuing friends
• Communicating problem solving

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How to support your child

• Summary
• Joining high school
• Changing roles relationships
• What your child will be taught
• How to support your child

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Who can help?

• Difficulties with learning
• Boredom
• Bullying
• Lonely or lost
• Any other concerns

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Who can help?

• Talk about worries when they arise
• Deal with difficulties promptly
• Ask for help
• There is help about

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Quick evaluation

• How useful did you find this?
• Veryraise your hands
• Fairly raise your hands
• Notraise your hands

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• ENJOY
• HIGH SCHOOL
• WITH YOUR CHILD