Now you’re in….Year 7

SEPTEMBER 2019

What is tonight all about?

Great Students + Great Teaching = Great Outcomes

Great Students

The journey so far…

Expectations and pastoral support

Great Teaching

The Teaching and Learning Experience

Home learning – show my homework

Great Outcomes

Tracking and monitoring progress

Great StudentsMR MCCALLION

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER

Our expectations and standards

Be Safe

Be Ready

Be Respectful

So, how have they done?

Keen to learn

Safe, Ready and Respectful!

Smartly dressed

Praise postcards

House Identity and Vertical Tutoring

House competitions

What have they been saying….?

“When l reached the entrance to school l turned around and gave my mum the biggest hug ever. As l walked in looking back l noticed tears running down my mum’s eyes but l didn’t have time to worry because it was my first day of year 7!”

SupportThis will not be the case for every one of the students in Year 7

Me Achievement Centre Teaching Assistants

Head of House Duty staff Progress Champion

Tutor Attendance Officer All staff

Subject teachers Show My Homework

Miss Horwood Classmates in tutor (Year 7 – 13)

Please let us know of any concerns, and how you think we may be able to help

Equally, let us know about successes, so we can celebrate them!

Monday (1) Tuesday (1) Wednesday (1) Thursday (1) Friday (1)

Literacy/numeracy Assembly Theme of the fortnight Parliament and Silent Reading Quiz

6th form assembly Parliament and Silent Reading Assembly Mentoring Year 11 Assembly

Attendance / Punctuality / Behaviour Data Check-up

Theme of the fortnight Parliament and Silent Reading Assembly

Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time

Monday (2) Tuesday (2) Wednesday (2) Thursday (2) Friday (2)

Current affairs Assembly The Edge Mentoring Quiz

6th form assembly Theme of the fortnight Assembly The Edge Year 11 Assembly

The Edge Mentoring Assembly RE ambassador meeting

Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time Prayer/reflection time

What is still to come?4th October: Michaelmas Fayre

Reports – Transition report

Show My Homework

The Edge

House Competitions – Slow Bike Race this Friday, Great Altwood Bake Off 4th October

Representing the school

Altwood Parliament

Bulletin

Twitter

Great TeachingMISS BRITTAIN

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER

Classroom Experience

Six for Success

Six for Success

Writing equipment:-Blue/black ink penPencilRed pen

Geometry set:-15cm rule180 degree protractorPair of compassesSharpenerEraser

Calculator

Books for lessons:-TextbooksExercise books

Student Handbook

Reading book

Marking and Feedback

Students will get positive feedback from teachers in green pen alongside areas to improve.

Students will respond to teacher feedback in red pen, making improvements to demonstrate progress.

Home Learning: Show My Homework

A simple online homework calendar showing homework information, deadlines and attachments for students.

Homework will be displayed online,

using Show My Homework.

What is Show My Homework?

•Homework appears in the calendar as a block, stretching from the issue date to the due date.

•Select a piece of homework for more details.

• In this view we can see a task’s title and description, how long the homework is expected to take, and how it

should be submitted.

• Helpful resources – files & websites – are displayed below the homework.

Engagement 4 Learning (E4L)

Engagement for learning: What does this actually mean?

Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education

Engagement 4 Learning (E4L)

The expected standard…..

Engagement 4 Learning (E4L)

The expected standard…..

Engagement 4 Learning

Expectations:

Poster will be displayed in every classroom as a reminder

Work will be marked based on E4L aswell as academic performance

Review E4L in tutor lessons as part of academic reviews

E4L reported to parents on progress/full reports, parents evenings

Great OutcomesMR MASSON

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER

ProgressNoun

“Movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a forward position”

“Progress is about your development as a learner through the experiences you have in school. This includes developing new skills, knowledge and understanding in different subjects aswell as growing yourself as an individual.”

What does Progress look like?

Year 7:

CAT TestsSATs results

Launch

Landing

Year 11:

Target grades

GCSE Results

What does Progress look like?

Year 7:

CAT TestsSATs results

Year 11:

Target grades

GCSE ResultsLaunch

LandingYear 8 checkpoint

Year 10 checkpoint

Year 9 checkpoint

What does Progress look like?

Year 7:

CAT TestsSATs results

Year 11:

Target grades

GCSE Results

The FlightpathA students flight path is likely to vary between subjects and may not be linear

Starting points may vary for different subjects

Three assessment points involving a formal data capture – linked to reporting

Provides a projected progress pathway

Has ‘working towards’ grade for students who are below Grade 1 in KS3

Use ‘fine levelling’ to show security

Target GradesYear 11 ‘Landing’ point of the flightpath

Target grades are created based on KS2 SATs data:-English Target is based on ‘KS2 Reading SAT’

Maths Target is based on ‘KS2 Maths SAT’

All other subjects are based on average of KS2 Reading and Maths.

Set in Year 7 and tracked against leading towards their GCSE outcomes in Year 11.

The GCSE Grading criteriaGrade 4 is broadly equivalent to the old C Grade.

Grade 5 is seen as a new ‘good pass’ which will feature in some headline performance measures

New Grade 9 is above current A* (top 1/3 of current A* to achieve)

Achieving Grade 4 or above in English (either Language or Literature) and Maths is seen as meeting the ‘National pass standard’

Reporting to ParentsThree reporting points across the academic year, one each ‘old’ term (Autumn, Spring, Summer)

1x Full Report

2x Progress Reports

1x Parents Evening

Progress reports will be redesigned to include the following information at all KS3/4:-

End of KS4 target gradeCurrent Progress Grade at that data capture pointFlight Path Position – what does the grade show about actual progress against projectedEngagement for Learning Level

Transition Report at the end of the induction term.

Reading Age Data

Students take regular reading tests

Reading age features as part of report

Look at the ‘reading’ gap – chronological age to reading age

Age appropriate reading material

Reporting Progress

SIMs Parent App

Student Dashboard: access to student timetables, attendance information and house points.

Online Reports: all published reports for the current academic year

Data Collection Sheets: context information

Student Timetables

SIMs Student app also shows the same details at student level.

Please check that you have active log-in details. Any queries or concerns regarding this system are best logged now to avoid potential delays when reports are published.

Reporting Progress

SIMs Parent App

Please download using the guide provided this evening.

Activation codes have been sent to registered email account – please check ‘junk’ folder!

Any issues, please contact reception who will pass to IT support.

Feedback Postcards

Please do complete a feedback postcard.

Please leave these in the box as you exit the main

hall.

Thank you.