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Welcome to ourY8 Parents’ Information
Evening2012
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Building Schools for the
Future
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General school information
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http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk
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Who to contact – Pastoral Issues• Mr York
– KS3 Educational Achievement Coordinator
• Mr Danvers– Head of Year 8
• Ms. Tugby– Student Support Worker
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Who to contact – Subject Issues
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General Contacts• 0116 2703176
– School Phone number
• [email protected]– Admin e-mail address
• [email protected]– Exams e-mail address
• Text Alerts
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Additional Information
Lunch-times• Split Junior / Senior• Catering• Free School Meals
Parents’ Open Forum• Wed 11th Oct• Wed 5th Dec• Tue 29th Jan• Thu 21st Mar
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Trips, visits and
extra -curricular
events
Oct 17th Year 7 concertNov 13th Royal Armouries (Y8)Dec 11th & 12th Christmas Concert
17th -20th German Christmas Market (Y8)Jan 6th – 12th Residential Ski trip (All years)April w/b 23rd – Cross-Curricular day (Y7)May 17th Bradgate Park (Y7)June 6th Kenilworth Castle History trip (Y7)
14th Conkers (Y8)24th – 28th Osmington Bay residential
(Y7+8)27th Summer Concert
July 3rd or 4th Duxford (Y9) 5th Enrichment day / Sports Day10th Rewards trips
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MondayLunch
Chess Y7 + Y8 M8 Mrs Coring
Monday After school
English catch-up KS3 E9 Ms Kendall
Monday After school
Shelter All years Mentors Mobile
Ms Rumble-Jacques
WednesdayLunch
Drama Y7 Music Mr Lubkowski
WednesdayAfter school
Cooking Y7 + 8 T5 Ms Rumble-Jacques
Thursday Lunch
Reading Y7 + Y8 E5 / E8 Ms Kendall
Thursday Lunch
Music Y7 Music Mr Lubkowski
ThursdayAfter school
School Choir All years Hall Mr Lubkowski
Friday Lunch
Reading Y9 E9 Ms Kendall
Mon-ThuAfter school
Homework All years Library Cover Supervisors
Tue – Fri8am – 8:30am
Breakfast All years T5 Mrs Coring
Clubs&
Activities
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Sports Clubs and Practices
Start Date Activity Year Member of Staff Monday Football 8 Mr. Hodges / Mr. Singh Tuesday Basketball 8 Mr. Sandford Wednesday Tennis All Years Mr. Whitmore Wednesday Hockey KS3 Mr. Shipman Wednesday Boxing All Years Mr Pinder / Mr. Singh Thursday Rugby 8 Mr Marsden / Mr. Jones Friday Badminton All Years Mrs. Radford/ Mr Miles
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Rewards and Sanctions
• Attendance– Trips
• VIVOs
• Sanctions– Detentions (Staff / lunch / after school)
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Curriculum Information
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Example Year 8 Timetable
SETTING
Most classes are set by ability.
Exception are English, PE and expressive arts rotation.
Maths set across whole year group.
Other subjects set across half year groups.
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Y8 Homework
Please check planners regularly
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National Curriculum
LevelsGood progress is moving up 2 levels from beginning of Year 7 to the end of Year 9
Levels are further broken down into sub-levels
4a – High Level 44b – Middle level 4
4c – Low Level 4
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Y8 Report & Parents evenings
Autumn grade report Monday 3rd December
Spring grade report Monday 25th February
Parents evening Wednesday 27th February
Summer full profile report Wednesday 12th June
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TEACHER ASSESSMENT SPRING TERMData collected: February 2013
NAME: Ben Backes FORM: 8AE
ATTENDANCE: 93.9%
SUBJECTTARGETLEVEL
WORKING AT LEVEL AUTUMN TERM
AUTUMNEFFORT GRADE
ENGLISH 5a 4b 3MATHEMATICS 5c 5c 2SCIENCE 5a 5c 2PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS 5b 4a 3ART & DESIGN 5a ZMUSIC 5a ZDRAMA 5a 5c 3GEOGRAPHY 5a 5c 2HISTORY 5b 5c 1DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 5a 4b 1FRENCH 4a 3b 2ICT 5c 4b 2PHYSICAL EDUCATION 6c 5c 1
TARGETLEVEL
‘WORKING AT’ LEVEL
EFFORT
5a 4b 3
1 Excellent approach towards class work and homework. 3Completes most work set, but with minimal effort and / or interest and/or organization.
2Generally good approach towards class work and homework.
4Major cause for concern with attitude and / or behaviour and / or completion of work.
The following key applies to effort grades:
Target Level Is a level that pupils should aim to reach by the end of year 9. It is based upon previous school assessments.
Working At Level
Is the current level that your son is working at.A = Unable to assess due to long term absence. Z = Not studied in enough depth to allow assessment at this stage.Levels 4 and below represent achievement below the nationally expected standard at the end of year 9.Levels 5 & 6 represent achievement at the nationally expected standard at the end of year 9.Levels 7 and above represent achievement above the nationally expected standard at the end of year 9.a (upper) pupil is working at the top third of the level. b (secure) pupil is working at the middle third of the level.c (basic) pupil is working at the lower third of the level.
Effort Score Reflects how hard the student is working. See effort key below:
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Thank-you for coming
Questions – Curriculum - Mr Moore / General - Mr Kennedy
Any feedback or notes to pass on – place in box at back of Hall