Year 7 Success Evening

1. Year 7 Success Evening Helping Your Child Make a Successful Start to Their Secondary Education

2. Purpose of This Evening To provide you with ideas and suggestions as to how you can best support your child with their learning while they are at Teignmouth Community School.

3. Programme • Pastoral Support for Your Child • English • Maths • Science • ICT • Attendance • Cognitive Team

4. Our Aims • To ensure each child feels happy and safe. • To achieve their best. • To develop good study habits. • To take more responsibility for their learning. • To develop them into good well rounded individuals.

5. YEAR 7 • Team of 6 tutors • The tutor is getting to know your child. • Provide pastoral and academic support. • Registration • Two assemblies each week (Tuesday and Friday). • Tutor time -planners and equipment -silent reading -quiz/student voice • The Tutor, the intervention team or myself can be contacted via planner, e-mail or phone.

6. What does success in Year 7 look like? • When your child comes home happy and they want to tell you about their day • Your child is making good progress • They have an eagerness to learn • Positive verbal/written feedback is received • Achievement points/certificates/celebration assemblies • 100% attendance • They take some of the opportunities that are on offer • You see them growing in confidence • They get a wider circle of friends

7. How can you help as parents? Continue to encourage your child to:- • be at school everyday • be prepared for the day ahead e.g. equipment • do the best they can and not give up too easily • take an active part in school life i.e. lunchtime and after school activities e.g. sport, drama, music as well as charity events and the year council. • go on visits/trips • take pride in being a member of the school and the community You as parents can :- • talk to your child about their day good/bad • attend every review day to discuss your child’s progress

8. Home and School need to work together in partnership to ensure your child achieves their full potential in a happy and safe environment

9. Success in Year 7 English Trisha Evans trisha.evans@teignmouth.devon.sch.uk

10. The aims of this presentation are • To give you an overview of the units of work studied in Year 7 English lessons. • to make you aware of how work is assessed and monitored in Year 7 English lessons. • to suggest ways to support your child’s progress in English lessons.

11. What will students study in Year 7? Students will cover a broad curriculum focussed on developing skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening.

12. Progression in… • Reading comprehension • Reading critically • Writing effectively • Writing accurately • Writing about texts • Speaking and listening appropriately and effectively

13. How will students be assessed?

14. How will progress be monitored? • Progress sheets • Student reflection • Target setting • Reports to parents • Praise Postcards • Students are made explicitly aware of the skills they are developing within each unit of work. • These skills are essential for success at GCSE and KS3 has been designed to prepare them for this.

15. How best to support… • Lovereading4schools letter www.lovereading4schools.co.uk • Textbooks letter – Aiming For…

16. How can parents support their child’s learning? • If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write. Simple as that. • Stephen King • We don’t need list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts; we need books, time and silence. ‘Thou shalt’ not is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever. • Philip Pullman

17. How can parents support their child’s learning? • Learning Key Vocabulary • Spelling Strategies • Reading together • Learning conversations • Good quality Dictionary and Thesaurus • Quiet work area • Encourage use of school library • Devon County Library Card

18. SUCCESS IN KS3 SCIENCE • Miss A. Watkins • Assistant Team Leader - Science

19. 3 lessons per week. • 12 topics per year. • Assessment in every topic (level assessed task). • Termly EXAMS (except Spring term of Yr 7). • Weekly HW. KS3 SCIENCE COURSE STRUCTURE

20. All our resources are available to students on the VLE… • Lesson plans • Worksheets • Powerpoints • HW tasks • Level assessed tasks • This helps students… • Catch up if they miss lesson • Get ahead • Consolidate classwork • Understand what is required in level assessed tasks RESOURCES AND THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

21. RESOURCES AND THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

22. There is a level assessed task in every topic. Research task Powerpoint presentation End of topic test Types of level assessed task Poster work Graph drawing KS3 SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS Practical work Results analysis Explanation of scientific theory My Chemistry Presentation

23. YEAR 7: • 2 exams • end of Autumn term and end of Year. • YEAR 8: • 3 exams • end of each term. • YEAR 9: • 1 x final KS3 exam at the start of the year to decide on KS4 course. KS3 SCIENCE EXAMS

24. Use the revision guide and the revision sheets to help study for the exams. KS3 SCIENCE EXAMS

25. Encourage use of the VLE to get ahead. • Encourage them to regularly review their lesson notes. • Encourage them to find out about topics/concepts that they find difficult. • Encourage them to use their revision guide for HW and independent study. • Help them revise for the exams. • Encourage them to talk to their teacher if they are having difficulties. HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD IN KS3 SCIENCE?

26. ENJOY LESSONS WORK HARD BE ORGANISED ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN KS3 SCIENCE… = SUCCESS!!!!

27. Year 7 Topics • Sequences, Formulas, Functions • Place Value, Integers, Calculations • Measurements and 3-D shapes • Fractions, Decimals, Percentages • Averages and Probability • Equations, Formulas, Identities • Geometric reasoning, Co-ordinates • Data handling • Place value, Order of operations, • Integers, Powers roots • Symmetry and Constructions • Ratio and Proportion • Equations and identities • Transformations • Sequences and graphs

28. Pages like this to give you some key information you can revise and learn with your son/daughter.

29. The most important being mymaths

30. Login: teignmouth Password: decimal

32. So you know the main methods we use for calculation

33. All students have a copy of this page in their planners. Every week alongside homework set by the teacher they should complete some self-study.

34. Year 7 Parent Maths Workshop: Tuesday 19th November 3:30 to 4:30pm OR 5pm to 6pm in W8. Get advice and ideas on how to help your son/daughter in Maths.

35. MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT….. HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE IN YEAR 7… ATTENDANCE MATTERS

36. Punctuality One of the most important things you can do as a parent is to get your child to school on time every day. ATTENDANCE MATTERS

37. Positive Effects • Good attendance at school is vital for pupils to achieve their full educational potential. Pupils with good attendance records benefit in the following ways:- • Continuity of learning which makes progress and retention easier • Continuity of relationships and friendships • Good habits are formed for later life • Improved performance in coursework tasks • Enhanced performance in examinations • Good references for further education or employment ATTENDANCE MATTERS

38. Good attendance = Good results • Attendance at 95% and over increases your child's chance of achieving 5 A – C at GCSE • Good Attendance is 96% - 100% ATTENDANCE MATTERS

39. 17 missed school sessions (8.5 days) in a year equals a GCSE grade drop in exam achievement • If your child has more than 20 days absence in a year, they will have only a 25% chance of getting 5 good GCSEs. ATTENDANCE MATTERS

40. THE GREATER THE ATTENDANCE, THE GREATER THE ACHIEVEMENT…. ATTENDANCE MATTERS

41. We are always happy to support children and families with any issues relating to attendance and punctuality • Please let us know if your child is worried about anything in school and doesn’t want to attend. We can help! ATTENDANCE MATTERS

42. Please phone to confirm the reason for absence on every day that your child is unable to attend. • Mrs Jackie Moore • Mrs Debbie Lewis • Mrs KerynHuggonson • Mrs Cath Surtees Please phone us on 01626 774091 Email: studentsupport@teignmouth.devon.sch.uk STUDENT SUPPORT & ATTENDANCE

43. ATTENDANCE MATTERS

44. TEIGNMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL SUCCESS EVENING HOW CAN PARENTS HELP THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER TO SUCCEED? GETTING READY FOR LEARNING

45. Getting Ready for Learning Parents play a key role in helping their child to succeed at school. The most important way of helping to support your son or daughter to succeed is to actively engage with their education. The following guide offers suggestions as to how you might go about this. You may already be doing many of the things suggested; nevertheless, there may be some tips that will help you to go further towards actively supporting your son or daughter as they move through the school. HOW CAN PARENTS HELP THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER TO SUCCEED? GETTING READY FOR LEARNING

46. Attend School • Therefore, in Year 9 – 11, having 80-90% attendance means that students have missed up to 20% of the teaching for GCSE exams. For many students, this means a loss of 2 whole GCSE grades in each subject. • Two grades could mean falling from a predicted A grade to a C grade, or a C grade to an E grade! • If good attendance habits are established in the Lower School, this will provide a good learning foundation for later years. Attendance should be at 95% or above. 80-90% attendance means 4-6 weeks of teaching and learning time missed a year. As your son or daughter moves into Years 9, 10, and 11, this is the same as missing one whole examination or coursework topic.

47. Create Routine With the Planner • Create a routine for bag packing • Help your son/daughter to avoid a last minute rush when getting ready for school by establishing a routine time for bag packing the night before. In the lower school, double check that your son/daughter has packed what they need. • Use the Student Planner together to check timetables and homework • Look in you son/daughter’s planner with them to make sure they have packed appropriately for the following day, including items such as a PE kit, cooking equipment, and homework. • Sign your child’s Student Planner every week • Signing the planner every week enables you to see any messages from your child’s teachers and to check homework is being done. Encourage your son or daughter to check that they are ready for the school day by taking the following steps:

48. Complete Homework • Establish a Home Learning Routine so deadlines are met • Establish a regular time for home learning on a week day evening, and at the weekend. Encourage your son/daughter to complete homework on the day it is set so that any misunderstandings or difficulties can be dealt before the deadline. Encourage your son/daughter to research and read around topics they are studying even if they do not have a set task to complete. • Create a home learning study space • Set aside a quiet space in which your son or daughter can fully concentrate. Make sure that they have a table to sit at. Turn off the TV, so that your son/daughter is not distracted. • Discuss home learning • Look routinely at your son/daughter’s student planner. Get involved by asking them what they must do for their homework. Ask them what they are studying in each lesson and look for relevant information, documentaries, films or locations that may enable you to have an extended discussion.

49. Work Together Check you son/daughter’s planner and the quality of their homework Encourage your son or daughter to check through their homework. Read back through written tasks with them. Encourage them to spot how their work might be improved by focusing on the spelling of important words, and ensuring that they have explained their ideas in detail. Help them to learn for tests and exams If your son or daughter has been asked to learn something for a test, or assessment, use the revision guide in this booklet or in their planner. Testing them back and asking them to talk you through what they have been trying to learn will help them to develop good study habits. Offering to help them with learning tasks will help to develop their confidence when more is demanded of them for GCSE and beyond. Model and guide your son/daughter in how to use a dictionary at home. Show your child how to use a dictionary, and guide them towards a dictionary if they ask you how to spell a word. Let them see you use one from time to time as they will place greater value on it if you do too.

50. Read Together Read together Children who read at home, and with their parents, perform better in school. Look out for the invitation to join ‘Home Connect’ so that you can view your son/daughter's progress in Accelerated Reader to see what they are reading and how well they are achieving on quizzes. • Model good reading habits • You can show how much you value reading by keeping books, magazines, and newspapers in the house. Let your son or daughter see you read. • Use libraries • Encourage your son/daughter to join the public library. Take them on trips to the library to help them with research tasks and homework assignments so that they are not just relying on the internet. Read aloud Encourage your son or daughter to read to you. This could be a completed piece of homework, as well as a book or magazine, which will help them to check the quality of their work. Discuss reading Ask you son/daughter to explain what the book is about. Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next? Use ‘Home Connect’ for ideas.