“Chantry is a good and improving school” OFSTED 2012

Welcome to

Morpeth Chantry

Middle School & Technology College

Monday 30th June 2014

Introductions

• Simon Taylor, Executive Headteacher of The Three Rivers Learning Trust

• Steven Johnson, Head of School

• Julie Edwards, Assistant Headteacher

• Elaine Skinner, Assistant Headteacher

Ofsted- June 2012 - Headlines

•Chantry is a good and rapidly improving school

•Teaching is good

•Behaviour & safety - good

•Achievement is good

•Leadership & management- good

•Overall effectiveness- good

Year 5 Staff

• Mrs Roz Irving 5I Room 6

• Miss Hannah Chisholm 5C Room 7

• Mrs Stef Buckton 5B Room 5

• Mr Phil Hutchinson 5H Room 9

• Mrs Sarah Chattaway Home School Link

Information Pack• Student Admission Card – your details, consent for trips, consent for photographs, videos and audio text details, email

addresses• Booklet – Welcome to Year 5 • Music lessons • Numeracy booklet for parents• Bus information • Uniform booklet

Houses

• Mixed ability• Mix of First Schools• Equal gender split• Friendship groups from First School

Classes

Bertram – yellow DeMerlay – green

Greystoke – blue Middleton - red

Attendance

• In the case of illness, please phone school on the first morning or you will get a call.

• Holidays will not be authorised during term time unless exceptional circumstances

• Make appointments outside school time• If attendance dips below 95%, you will be contacted to

discuss your child’s attendance • PE – please encourage your child to participate as much

as possible. They still need to bring in PE kit as they will be asked to help out in the lesson.

Contact

Form TeacherMrs Irving

Miss Edwards / Mrs Skinner Mr JohnsonMr Taylor

Please follow these procedures

School contact detailsTerm datesTraining daysTimes of the school daySchool rulesCode of conductHealth & safetyHome school agreementParents charterPupils charterAnti-bullying informationUniform inc PE kitMobile phonesSchool tripsAcademic targets TimetableClass pointsHead of School awardsTimes tables square Literacy supportWord banks

Numeracy supportTimes tables squarePlace value chart

Literacy supportWord banks SpellingsSubject keywordsHomophonesConfusing wordsPunctuationReading record

ICTE-safetyUseful websites

SciencePeriodic table

MFLFrench wordsGerman wordsSpanish words

Events in Autumn Term

• Macmillan Coffee Morning – Friday 26th September• School Lunch• Parents Evening in October – opportunity to talk to

all teachers • Head of School Coffee Events – 3 per term • Christmas production • Open Evening – beginning of October • School trips – Cragside

Communication

• Newsletter – first Friday in every month – email sent with reminder

• Letters all sent by email • Homework diary • Reports three times a year with three opportunities

to come into school to discuss child’s progress• Effective PTA association • Home School Link – Mrs Chattaway

Uniform

• Please ensure children are in full school uniform at all times. Second hand uniform available – please contact school office/British Heart Foundation Shop

• Name all clothing and equipment• No jewellery or earrings ( ears to be pierced in first

week of school holidays please) • Black shoes – NO BOOTS• Hair styles (tied back, no eccentric styles)• Mobile phones need to switched off during the

school day

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Friday afternoons

Deep Learning Experience

Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills

Personal, learning and thinking skills framework:

The framework comprises of six groups of skills that are essential to success in learning, life and work.

These skills will enable young people to enter work

and adult life as confident and capable individuals.

6 focus areas:

Self-managers

Independent enquirers

Creative thinkers

Reflective learners

Effectiveparticipators

Team workers

Year 5 DLE

• Charitable work – Guide Dogs for the Blind, The Toby Henderson Trust

• Kite designing and making

• Christmas production

• Making story books and plays for our feeder first schools

• Team building

• Newcastle Building Society Challenge

Reports3 reports a year ( 2 in Year 5)

Include:•Current level•Attitude score•Homework score•End of year target•How to improve

Summer term report also include a form teacher comment on overall progress during the year

“Chantry is a happy place to learn and grow”

Rosie, Year 5 pupil talking to LPPA assessor