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Year 7 Teaching and Learning Information Evening Monday 17 th September 2012. The Year 7 Curriculum. 50 lessons per fortnight comprising of: English – 6 periods Maths – 6 Periods Science – 6 Periods MFL – 5 periods (3 French, 2 German) PE – 4 periods PSHE – 2 periods.
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Year 7 Teaching and Learning Information Evening Monday 17th September 2012
The Year 7 Curriculum 50 lessons per fortnight comprising of: • English – 6 periods • Maths – 6 Periods • Science – 6 Periods • MFL – 5 periods (3 French, 2 German) • PE – 4 periods • PSHE – 2 periods
The Year 7 Curriculum 50 lessons per fortnight comprising of: • Art – 3 periods • Drama – 2 periods • ICT – 2 periods • Music – 2 periods • Design & Technology – 4 periods • History – 4 periods • Geography – 4 periods
Reports October progress report: • Current level in each subject • Attainment linked National Curriculum expectations for their age • Effort
Reports Mid-Year Report • Continuation of October report • Form Tutor Comment
Reports March progress report • As per October report • Plus October, January and March levels displayed End of year report • As per March progress report • Plus written comments from subject teachers and form tutors
Enrichment opportunities Curriculum Enhancement Days • 20th November – Geography Field Trip • 6th March – Inter-House Beach Games After School Activities • Wide range of sporting and non-sporting Trips • Ski Trip • New York • Sports teams tours
Pastoral Care Key Stage 3
Form Tutors - Year 7 7 OF 7 Cli Mr Al-Farooq Mrs Livingstone
Form Tutors - Year 7 7 AS 7 AMB Miss Scott Mr Macdonald-Brown
Key Roles of the Form Tutor • Point of contact for - Students • Point of contact for - Parents • Point of contact for – Staff
Other Key People KS3 Leader Deputy Head Headteacher Miss Granger Mr Grey Mrs Megnin
Who to contact ? Headteacher Mrs Megnin Deputy Head Mr Grey Pastoral Academic KS Leader Miss Granger Head Of Department Initial Enquiry Form Tutor Initial Enquiry Subject Teacher Parent / Subject Teacher enquiry Parent / Form Tutor enquiry
Attendance + Punctuality In case of absence contact: School Nurse Sara Scott 99365702 from 6-8am
Attendance + Punctuality In case of lateness after 7.45am: Senior School Office Mrs Gill Dawson
Organisation date that the homework needs to be handed in details of the homework homework subject set for notes, messages and home-school communication if there is no homework set then pupils should write in NONE SET Tutor signature The tutor will counter sign the planner on a Saturday Parental signature Please sign weekly to say that you have checked your child’s planner
MATHEMATICS IN YEAR 7 • Curriculum • Assessments • Setting • Support at home
CURRICULUM • Five Strands • Number • Algebra • Geometry • Data Handling • Using and Applying • Scheme of Work • shows teachers which topics to teach • shows students and parents which topics will be tested in the assessments
CURRICULUM • Sets 1–4 follow the same Scheme of Work • 10 modules • easy to understand by students and parents • examples with worked answers • Set 5 follows a separate Scheme of Work • 8 modules • slower pace • flexible programme
ASSESSMENTS • Baseline assessment new students • Day-to-day assessment • Homework • module assessments • End of Year examination
ASSESSMENTS • Module Assessments • students in Sets 1 – 4 have a module assessment after each two modules (5 module assessments) • students in Set 5 have a module assessment after each module (8 module assessments) • Assessment Calendar • Students in Sets 1 – 4 Saturday 13 October • Students in Set 5 Sunday 7 October
SETTING POLICY • At the start of the academic year • Key Stage 2 Mathematics SAT (new students) • Year 6 teachers • Students in Sets 1 - 4 • performance in module assessments • competitive: ability and effort • Students in Set 5 • monitored individually
SUPPORT AT HOME? • Studywiz • Scheme of Work • module resources • MyMaths.com • lessons • generates different practice tests + marks them • School Shop • Revision guides • MathsWatch CDs for Key Stage 3
SUPPORT AT HOME? • Homework • once per week • 30 minutes • please encourage your son/daughter to ask for your help if they do not understand a question • please encourage you son/daughter to give homework the attention it deserves • please encourage your son/daughter to revise for the module assessments (scheme of work, studywiz, MyMaths)
British School Muscat Year 7 Science
Exploring Science Year 7 • Integrated scheme of work including units in Physics, Chemistry and Biology • Emphasis on “How Science Works” and practical work • Taught in class groups during years 7 & 8 • As far as possible one teacher per class (except 7 AMB) • Aim to maintain student enthusiasm
Schemes of Work and Assessment • 12 units per year, 4 for each of the science subjects • Each unit is completed in 3 weeks • Different classes follow a different sequence of units • Followed by a test that gives a mark out of 25 and a National Curriculum level • Tests account for 50% of the grade at the end of the year • 50% from end of year examination
Schemes of work – Topics in Year 7 • 7A - Cells • 7B - Reproduction • 7C - Ecology • 7D - Classification • 7E - Acids and Alkalis • 7F – Simple Chemical Reactions • 7G – States of Matter • 7H – Rocks • 7I – Energy • 7J – Electricity • 7K – Forces • 7L – The Solar System
Materials • Books – available end of September or early October • CDs currently being distributed with instructions • Unfortunately incompatible with AppleMac computers - we are looking for solutions • Lots of additional resources available with the Active Book – videos, animations, additional work sheet
How can I help?Who can I talk to if I have a query? • Take an interest in what your child is studying. Have a look at the Active Book for yourself! • KS3 Coordinator in Science is Dr Paula Downing, available in classroom E1 • Dr Liz Bagheri, Head of Department) in classroom E7 (7CLi) • Individual class teachers: Miss Kehn-Alafun in E4 (7AS) Mrs Lakey/ Mrs Buch in E5 (7AMB) Mrs Ash in E6 (7OF)
English Samuel Nye, Carol Livingstone, Stuart Yellop, Lisa Sharkey, Lisa Grey, Nicola Gabb
Setting • 5 sets in Year 7, including an EAL class • Differentiation and support (SEN) • Constant, close monitoring • Some movement between classes
Curriculum • 6 lessons per fortnight, including 1 library lesson • Broad range of teaching styles, activities and texts • 1 homework task each week
Curriculum Term 1 • Study of a novel • Stuart Yellop: Holes • Lisa Sharkey: Holes
Curriculum Term 1 • Study of a novel • Nicola Gabb: Skellig
Curriculum Term 1 • Study of a novel • Carol Livingstone: Private Peaceful
Curriculum Term 1 • Study of a novel • Samuel Nye: Stig of the Dump
Curriculum Term 1 • Poetry Term 2 • Shakespeare • Non-fiction: Argument & Persuasion Term 3 • Genre: Creative Writing • Non-fiction: Knowledge about Language
Assessment • Variety in assessment tasks (speaking & listening, reading and writing) • Personalised targets (working with NC levels) • One-to-one feedback during library lessons
New this year… 1. Creative Writing Workshops • KS3 and 4: week A, Tuesday, 2-3pm • KS5, staff and parents: week B, Tuesday, 6-7pm 2. House Drama competition 3. Author visits (including 8th October) 4. Global Reading Challenge 5. Inter-class, student-led learning projects 6. Debating club
Modern Foreign Languages at BSM Year 7 French (3 periods a fortnight) German (2 periods a fortnight)
Why French & German? • We build on the excellent French provision at BSM Primary • German is still one of the major foreign languages taught in the UK • They are from different language families • One of the school aims is to introduce Arabic in some form from 2013
French • Taught in ability groups, in two different populations • Set A1 Mr Mackay • Set A2 Mr Weir • Set B1 Mrs Beeson • Set B2 Mrs Hassan • These are not set in stone! Movement can happen
German • Taught in form groups. As virtually all of the pupils have not done German before, setting would be unfair. • Mr Weir 7CLi • Mrs Forbes 7OF • Mr Mackay 7AS • Mrs Hassan 7AMB
How do we assess? • There are Unit Tests at the end of each unit. • We also test “subtly” during the unit. • Regular vocabulary tests. • The pupils have a good idea as to what level they are working.
Where should my child be in terms of National Curriculum levels? • French – Level 3 • German – Level 2
Homework • French A is set on Wednesdays • French B is set on Sundays • 1 written, 1 learning a cycle • German on the day of the lesson • alternates between written and learning Homeworks should last about 30 minutes
How can you help? • Test their vocabulary • a little, regularly and often • Do not get too worried about grammar, general comprehension is seen as being more important at this stage. • Make sure they do their homework