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Year 7

Information Evening

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Mr Hunter Headteacher

Ms Grierson Deputy Headteacher

Mr Barringer Deputy Headteacher

Mr Ford Assistant Headteacher

Mrs Gilkes Assistant Headteacher

Mrs Pickford Assistant Headteacher

Leadership Team

• Communication

• Assessment and Feedback

• Website

• Cyclical learning/Independence examples

Homework/“Show My Homework”

• Metacognition/home support

• RM Unify

• Recognition

• Attendance

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Outline of the Evening

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• We work hard to communicate with you:

• Weekly newsletter

• Website

• Parents’ Evenings/Tutor Evenings

• Assessment and Feedback

• Please give us your feedback! Thank you

for this evening’s…

• Please don’t wait to share a positive/

concern

• What is one? When is a concern really a

concern?

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• What is one?

• Something at home you want us to know

about which might affect your child

• Friendships

• Understanding in lessons

• Homework

• General

• When is a concern really a concern?

• We all need to use our discretion

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• With whom should I communicate?

• Tutor

• SENCO (Mrs Walkley)

• Progress Manager (Mrs Carter)

• Head of Faculty

• Leadership Team

• Headteacher

• Other – Librarian, Bursar, Mrs Ward

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Communication

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• Student Action Meetings

• Concerns/actions to address them

communicated internally with staff

A plea from Mrs Carter!

• Social Media

• Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp

• Parentmail

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Communication

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• Please do talk to us individually at the

end of this presentation

• Please don’t worry about taking notes –

we will upload this presentation to our

website.

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Communication

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Reforms in the new national curriculum includes

removal of ‘levels’ used to report attainment and

progress. National curriculum levels are not being

replaced by another system

New method of assessment at Key Stage 3

Assessment and Feedback in year 7

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• Core Subjects – Every term

• Foundation subjects – Three times a year

Assessment and Feedback in year 7

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Opportunity to look at exercise books and

assignment work during Parents’ Evening on

Thursday 9th February.

Assessment and Feedback in year 7

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• Exam Weeks - Monday 5th June to Friday 16th

June 2016

• Exam Booklet is published

• Data collection information sent home twice in

the academic year (March and July)

• Setting and groupings are considered at

regular points across the year based on various assessment activities

Summative Assessment Points

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• Clubs

• Creative Learning days

• Terms 2 – 6

• Term 3 and 5 are day trips including a trip to the

Ashmolean Museum and a trip to Warwick Castle

• Term 6 is Sports Day

• Trips this year – year 7 French trip in May half-

term and CLD trips

• Residential trips:

• Year 9 Newquay

• Ski trip (year 8 & 9)

• Sports tour (year 9 & 10, run on alternate years)

Extra-curricula

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Username: Surname / First Initial

Password: Initials / 2016

Username: FordM

Password: MF2016

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Challenges

All your exams are in Year 11, however you will need to remember things that you are

taught today!!!!

• You will have 975 lessons this year!!!

• You are at secondary school for 5 years!

• That’s 4875 lessons from Year 7 to 11!!!!

• Ok – not quite as you leave Year 11 in Term 5 and start your GCSE exams, so it’s just….

4725 lessons before your GCSEs!!!!

GCSEs are now all linear with little controlled assessment!

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You need to become a very good Independent Learner!!!!!

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Google - ICC or SMHW…

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…look for the SMHW icon…

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…click on the SMHW logo…

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...easy to log in…

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Frequency of Homework

Subject and frequency of

lessons in the school

timetable

Frequency of lessons in the

timetable

Frequency of homework and

expected time to complete

homework

English and Maths 3 or more lessons per fortnight 1 homework per week taking 30 to

45 minutes

Science, 3 or more lessons per fortnight 1 homework per week taking 30 to

45 minutes

French 3 or more lessons per fortnight 2 short pieces of homework per

week taking 20mins each

History 3 or more lessons per fortnight 1 homework per fortnight taking 30 to

45 minutes

Geography 1 lesson per fortnight in year 7 and 8

3 lessons per fortnight in year 9

1 homework per fortnight taking 30-

45minutes.

(Year 7 will be set no homework until

Term 4)

Resistant materials, Food

Technology & Art

1 lesson per fortnight 1 homework per fortnight taking 30-

45 minutes

Spanish 1 lesson per week 1 homework per week taking 30-45

minutes

RE 1 lesson per week 1 homework per fortnight

Drama, Music, PE and PSHCE 1 or more lessons per week No homework is set for these

subjects

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Homework Timetable

Icknield Community College

Year 7 Homework Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

SL French PRD Science MW English SCK Food SCK Food

MAS French KAS Science SKW English JLP Art JLP Art

MPC History COB Science HF English AEH French MPC History

GH Geography - T5/6 SJS Science MAS Spanish GH Geography - T5/6 HBM History

LXC Maths IM Science JLP Art SL French AEH French

JAH Maths LSG Science SCK Food HBM History MAS French

TS Maths JO English SL French MW English GH History

AEH Spanish AEH Spanish MAS French JO English MAS Spanish

MAS Spanish SCK Food HBM History JDT Maths

JLP Art JLP Art GH Geography - T5/6 RGH Maths

SCK Food MAS French SCK Food SKW Maths

GH Geography - T5/6 JLP Art

Week A

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Homework Timetable

Icknield Community College

Year 7 Homework Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

SL French PRD Science KPF RE HF RE CC Resistant Mat

MAS French KAS Science MW English CC Resistant Mat AEH French

GH Geography - T5/6 COB Science SKW English AEH French MAS French

LXC Maths SJS Science HF English SL French KPF RE

JAH Maths IM Science MAS Spanish MW English MAS Spanish

TS Maths LSG Science CC Resistant Mat JO English JDT Maths

AEH Spanish JO English SL French KPF RE RGH Maths

MAS Spanish AEH Spanish MAS French SKW Maths

CC Resistant Mat KPF RE CC Resistant Mat

HF RE

CC Resistant Mat

GH Geography - T5/6

MAS French

Week B

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The ability to reflect on their own thinking.

The ability to apply problem-solving skills to

overcome difficulties.

Why are we interested in this?

Some examples of how we are working at it.

In schools strategies

• Articulating thinking

• Teacher modelling

• Self-assessment

• Questioning

How can you help?

• Articulating thinking

• Parent modelling

• Self-assessment

• Questioning

Metacognition

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Science – students have been studying

inherited characteristics and so parents might

ask their children to talk about what children

inherit genetically and socially.

What kind of questions could you ask?

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History – students have been looking at what

is history – parents might ask them if they

think we can ever really know what happened

in the past or why is it important that we

investigate the past?

What kind of questions could you ask?

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Go to the website to see how

easy it is accessed and the

many things that it can offer.

URL

www.icknield.rmunify.com

To log in use the same

credentials you would on a

school computer.

RM Unify

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Your children really should make use of this as it

has a lot to offer including:• An email address

• Access to Office 365 (including online versions of all Microsoft

Office products)

• The option to download Microsoft Office on to up to five devices for

FREE

• 1TB of free cloud storage

• An easy way to move files between school and home

We will be making greater use of this facility over

the coming months and years.

How do I find out more?...

RM Unify

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Student voice has told us that students are more

motivated by having their effort and work recognised,

rather than by rewards

• Positive feedback every day

Tiered system

House points (stamps) – traded in termly Swap Shop

Faculties posting in the newsletter

Effort nominations posted home once a term

Postcards by Progress Managers

Leadership team recognition at three points across the

year

Annual Headteacher letter and Awards Evenings

Recognition

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Learning first time around is key to

successful revision and exam results!

Attendance

Research suggests that 17 missed

school days a year = 1 GCSE grade

drop in achievement!

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Every lesson counts!

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