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Year 9 Information Evening

Year 9 Information Evening. Tuesday 2 nd October 2013. Year 9 Support Team. Mr Fuller Assistant Principal – KS3 Achievement. Mr Smith Assistant Principal – KS3. Mr Whittle Year 9 Manager. Mrs Wright Y 8 & 9 Student Support & Child Protection Manager. Mrs Marsden POD Administrator.

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Year 9 Information Evening

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  1. Year 9Information Evening Tuesday 2nd October 2013

  2. Year 9 Support Team Mr Fuller Assistant Principal – KS3 Achievement Mr Smith Assistant Principal – KS3 Mr Whittle Year 9 Manager Mrs Wright Y 8 & 9 Student Support & Child Protection Manager Mrs Marsden POD Administrator

  3. Worship Miss J Houghton Christian Youth Worker

  4. Year 9 English – Areas of Study

  5. Regular Communication Assessments every half term Target setting/ reflection on learning Regular open dialogue with students Parents’ Evening

  6. Course outline

  7. After year 10

  8. How to help your child • Ensure that your child completes English homework on time and to the highest standard he or she can • Talk to your child about what they are studying in English and ask if you can support and/ or help them

  9. KS3 Progress and Beyond

  10. KS4 Personalised Curriculum English Maths Additional subjects (2, 3 or 4) Science RE

  11. Staff Management It’s about aspiration… … But not about overstretching

  12. Courses GCSE’s – predominantly exams BTEC courses – coursework focus ASDAN – vocational coursework focus

  13. Process

  14. Parental Advice How does your child learn? • What are your child’s strengths & interests? • Are they good at retaining vast amounts of content? • Do they write well under pressure? • Do they enjoy researching and building project work? • Do they need a little more support in English or Maths in order to secure their target grades?

  15. 6th Form

  16. Attendance leads to success! Do you know the level of your child’s attendance? What does good attendance mean?

  17. 90% Attendance? 1 School year at 90% attendance = 4 whole weeks of lessons missed! 90% attendance over 5 school years = half a school year missed!! Research suggests that 17school days missed a year = 1 GCSE grade drop (DfE) The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.

  18. Absences • New government guidelines which we are obliged to follow • No authorisation will be given for holidays taken during term time. • Trigger point hit if pupil absent 10 sessions in a term / 20 absences in two terms

  19. Parental Information

  20. ipad Scheme Have you been able to return your forms?

  21. Celebration of success • Merits • Certificates • Rewards Trip Day • Form Raffle: • Half termly • Individual forms • 1 entry for each demerit free week • 1 prize per form (voucher/credit towards reward trip)

  22. Important Dates in the Calendar • Data Capturew/c 14th October 2013 w/c 9th December 2013 w/c 3rd March 2014 • Parents Evening 14th November 2013 • KS4 Curriculum Evening 2nd December 2013 • Careers Roadshow 22nd January 2014 • Exams Week w/c 1st May 2014 • Reportsw/c 30th June 2014

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