Aspirations Evening

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Aspirations Evening

• Supporting
• you
• and your son/daughter
• Year 9

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Attendance

• Attendance Matters

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93.0 Attendance

• Attendance for the last academic year.

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90 attendance means1 day off per fortnight

• Miss 19 school days per year

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Target97 Attendance

• Attendance for this academic year.

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Intervention and Support Strategies

• Individual, form and year group targets. Both for
  the year and for each term.
• Holidays cannot and will not be authorised in
  Year 11.
• Weekly monitoring and discussions with pupils
  with attendance issues.
• Fixed penalty notices and fines for unauthorised
  absences.

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Tips for success

• Dont do this!

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When the going gets tough

• Maintaining motivation and encouraging persistence

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Key tasks for pupils

• Dont stop working in lessons that you find hard.
• Revise your homework schedule if necessary and
  stick to it even if you dont feel like it.
• Resist the temptation to bury your head in the
  sand talk to someone
• Ignore what your friends or others are saying
  they are doing you are working for your life
• Keep yourself going by making a list!!!!!!

Tips for parents

• Agree the balance between work and social life.
• When it goes pear shaped talk to them about the
  issues berating will have a negative effect.
• Consider a reward structure little and often is
  more rewarding.
• Be flexible
• If they say they have no homework chances
  are it is not true.
• If your child is anxious or withdrawn, encourage
  them to talk to you or another trusted adult.
• Teenagers often have an all or nothing
  catastrophic approach to difficulties, again
  encourage them to talk to you or a trusted adult.

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Revision re-looking at work you lave learnt
previously.

• Start revision early
• Make a realistic revision timetable and rope your
  parents into helping you create it.
• Get one good revision aide for each subject.
• Keep everything you need in one place.
• Go to the revision sessions and make them work
  for you.
• Find out about the best revision techniques for
  that subject.
• Have a start and finish time and stick to them.
• Get into the routine of your revision plan
• Stop and take a break.
• Dont be influenced by friends who talk about how
  little they are doing.

• Tips for parents
• Talk to your child about how you can help
• Provide the pens etc that they need, is it really
  worth a battle over a 10p pen.
• Support them in sticking to their revision plan
• Make them take a break
• Praise them
• Provide snacks and water.
• Be flexible, if a change is made agree when they
  are going to make it up.
• Show an interest

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Possible revision timetable
Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
9-10 Maths PE Science
10-11 English Art Maths
11-12 Break Football Break
12-1 Lunch Lunch Lunch
1-2 Art Maths English
2-3 Science Break Evening
3-4 Shopping English Off
getrevising.co.uk
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Some interventions
Maths and English intervention programme
Homework and revision sessions
Coursework catch up
Lesson 6
Individual Timetable restructure
Academic and Vocational routes
11 Support
Occasional 1 to 1 support
Specific support for students with additional
needs
Modifying whole class and group teaching
External agencies
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EXAM CHALLENGE BEAT THE PARENTDo our brains
work more slowly as we get older? Take this
general knowledge timed test after your parent
has completed it to find out.ResultsAdult
time Pupil Time

• Write your name in the top left hand corner of
  the page.
• Write, and underline, the date on the second line
  down
• Write down the numbers 1-8 in a column on the
  left hand side of the page.
• Next to number 1, write the capital of France.
• Next to number 2, write the answer to the sum
  321-67
• Next to number 3, write the past tense of the
  verb to walk.
• Next to number 4, write down 4 states of the
  USA.
• Next to number 5, write down the colours of the
  rainbow in order.
• Next to number 6, write down the names of the
  planets, in order of closeness to the sun.
• Make sure you only answer questions 1 3.
• Thank you for taking the time to complete the
  test.

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Targets
South Cheshire College Reaseheath Connexions
are all available in the Brownson Centre.
Form Tutors and Pastoral Managers are available
in the Brownson Centre. along with refreshments
in the dining room. Mrs K Atkinson (Examination
Officer) is available in the Conference room.