Mission Transition

Welcome

It’s great to meet you!

Uniform   

Fitted Blazer*  

Kilt* (knee length)  

  or  

Charcoal Grey Trousers*   (with school badge)  

Clip on Tie*  

White Shirt (with collar)  

Black Tights  

  or  

Knee High Socks   (no ankle socks)  

Black Shoes (flat,   sensible and secure)     

Optional Items: Charcoal Grey V‐neck Jumper (cardigans are not permitted) 

Kilt pin*  

*available only from school or the official uniform supplier, Price and Buckland.

A Typical Day

You should aim to be at school by 8.20am each day – the entry bell goes at 8.30am prompt.

8.30 Form Time/Assembly8.55 Lesson 1 12.15 LUNCH9.55 Lesson 2 1.10 Lesson 410.55 BREAK 2.15 Lesson 511.15 Lesson 3 3.15 End of Day

If you need to travel by yourself, think about planning your journey to school. Perhaps try it in the school holidays with your parents so that you know how long it will take and what time you will need to leave home in the mornings. Wear a watch so you don’t lose track of the time.

Practise getting ready for school. Lay out your clothes the night before and make a list of all the things you will need to take to school, then pack them by yourself. You may need to ask your parents to check if you’ve done a good job!

Try using a diary or notebook whilst you are still at primary school to remind yourself of things you need to do.

Form Time

All the students in school are members of a Form. There are about 28 students in each Form and there should be someone you know from your primary school in your Form.

It’s a great opportunity to make new friends. Your Form Tutor is on hand to help you settle into school and you can speak to them about any worries or concerns you may have.

Lessons

You will be given your timetable when you join, along with your planner which you can use to note down lunchtime clubs, daily reminders etc.

Lessons are 60 minutes long and spread across a two-week timetable.

Look at the sample timetable below.

  1  2  3  4  5 

W1Mo English  PE  Maths  Dance  Science 

KRN  H12  SAP  SPH  SSM  H19  KEH  DAS  KMF  G3 

W1Tu Technology  Technology  Religious Studies Science  Music 

DMT  G6  DMT  G6  SM  F10  SBR  G3  ESC  M1 

W1We English  Science  Art  History  Maths 

KRN  H13  KMF  G3  SCO  G13  ALM  F11  JAW  H15 

W1Th Geography  Maths  Technology  Drama  History 

HMC  F7  SSM  H19  DMT  G6  RA  DS2  ALM  F11 

W1Fr Music  Geography  French  Maths  English 

ESC  M1  HMC  F7  RAE  S5  SSM  H13  KRN  H13 

W2Mo Science  Computer Science Maths  Art  Geography 

SBR  G3  GKB  G18  JAW  H14  SCO  H8  HMC  F7 

W2Tu Science  Computer Science English  Drama  French 

KMF  G3  GKB  G18  KRN  H16  RA  DS1  RAE  H15 

W2We Maths  Science  PE  French  English 

SSM  H19  SBR  G3  SAP  SPH  RAE  S5  KRN  TLC 

W2Th Technology  Religious Studies PE  French  Maths 

DMT  G6  SM  F10  AJP  SPH  RAE  S3  SEP  H19 

W2Fr PE  History  French  English  Technology 

SAP  SPH  ALM  F9  RAE  S4  KRN  H13  DMT  G6  

AJP – Miss A Jackson  JAW – Mrs J Wall  SAP – Mrs S Davies ALM – Mrs A Ince  KEH – Mrs K Heywood  SBR – Miss S Rigby DMT – Mr D Massey  KMF – Mrs K Fowler  SEP – Mrs S Parsons ESC – Miss E Cooper  KRN – Miss K Norcliffe  SM – Miss S Maile GKB – Mr G Bashford  RA – Ms R Aldridge  SSM – Mr S Sherman HMC – Mrs H Carruthers  RAE – Mrs R Egli  SCO – Mrs S Cornwall 

What lesson takes place during Period 3 on Wednesday Week 1?

Which member of staff has the initials KMF?

Use the map in the middle of this booklet to see if you can spot some of the rooms on the timetable. Don’t forget the key is there to help you.

Don’t worry about forgetting where you should be, there are lots of people here to help you!

Homework

To help you plan your time and to ensure that you do not have too much homework to do all in one go, you will be set homework for English, Maths, Science and Languages once a week. For all other subjects, you will be set homework every two weeks.

A minimum of two days will be allowed for you to complete homework and your parents can ‘sign off’ each piece of homework if you have worked on it constantly for over 30 minutes.

You can check the homework you have been set using our electronic homework diary called G8Way3. If you do not have access to the internet at home you can write it in your planner.

Study Support

Study Support is available at lunchtimes in the The Learning Centre (TLC) and G18, for students who would like help with their work.

Peer Mentors

Year 10 Peer Mentors will be assigned to each form group in Year 7 and you will be able to meet them on the transition days. In the first few days of the new term, they will be available to escort you to and from lessons. They will keep in touch on a weekly basis and you can request an individual Peer Mentor if you would like.

Who Do I See If I Feel Ill?

You can ask to see Mrs Hulme, our Nurse Practitioner, if you feel unwell or need first aid during the school day.

Toilets

Year 7 have their own toilets near to The Learning Centre (TLC), so you don’t have to worry about sharing with older students.

Lunchtime

Lunch is served in our dining room Mtakula (Swahili for ‘we will all eat’).

There’s a wide variety of food to choose

from: healthy baked potatoes, salads, sandwiches, fresh pasta dishes and fresh fruit. Our cashless system means that you don’t even have to worry about bringing in lunch money!

Look at the menus to decide what you would like to eat on the transition days and calculate the cost.

The items below are available each day: Break    

Bacon or Sausage Bap  80p    Potato of the Day  50p Toast  40p    Chips (Mon & Fri)  £1.00 Toasted Teacakes  40p    Veg of the Day  50p Cheese Panini  65p    Gravy  30p Oatcakes with Cheese  65p    Baked Beans  50p Biscuits  40p    Pasta Pots (plain)  £1.15 Drinks  from 50p to £1.00       with sauce  £1.80 

Lunch       portion cheese  40p 

Salad  £1.60    Sandwiches  from £1.20 to £1.80Soup and Roll  £1.00    Fruit, Jelly, Mousse etc  from 50p 

Jacket Potato One Filling £1.45 Two Fillings £1.80 

 Desserts/Cakes  from 80p Drinks  from 50p to £1.00 

The following additional items are available at lunchtimes on:

Tuesday 27 June 2017Spaghetti and Meatballs  £1.90Cheddar Slice  £1.90Lamb and Mint Burger Bap  £1.30Large Fish Finger  £1.00Home Made Pizza £1.00 per sliceLarge Sausage Roll £1.00

Wednesday 28 June 2017BBQ Chicken and Rice  £1.90Veggie Tacos  £1.90Chicken Fillet Bap £1.30Home Made Pizza £1.00 per sliceLarge Fish Cake  90pCheese and Onion Pasty  £1.00

Thursday 29 June 2017 Lasagne £1.90 Cannelloni Verdi £1.90 Fillet of Fish Bap £1.30 Home Made Pizza £1.00 per sliceHot Dogs 90p Vegetable Samosa 90p 

Friday 30 June 2017Chicken Tikka and Rice £1.90 Macaroni Cheese £1.90 Chicken Baguette £1.30 Beef Burger Bap £1.30 Breaded Fish £1.10 Home Made Pizza £1.00 per slice

Clubs

Look out for lunchtime and after school clubs.

Joining a club is a good way to meet new friends and learn new skills. It would be great if you could get involved in at least one club at lunchtime or after school.

Here’s just a selection:

Drama History Netball Beginner Band Science Art Table Tennis Football Games Mindful Mondays Dance Jazz Band Poultry Club Get Fit Car Club Citizenship Club Social Club Tennis Language Club Junior Choir Rock Band The Voice (Magazine) Cooking Club Cricket

Poultry Club

Our CAUC (Complete and Utter Chaos) Car Team were crowned Greenpower International Champions in 2016.

Trips

Year 7 Bushcraft residential experience at Cholmondeley Castle.

As a member of our school community, you will have the opportunity to take part in the Year 7 residential to Cholmondeley Castle as well as a variety of other trips and visits.

In recent times, Year 7 have been able to participate in trips to the theatre, Jodrell Bank, Tatton Park, ice skating and the Trafford Centre.

Behaviour and Rewards

We all want our school to be a place where we can work hard, do our best and enjoy the company of the people we work with in pleasant surroundings.

We use a system called Behaviour for Learning (BfL) grades to take the register using the numbers 1 to 4 according to how well you take part in the lesson.

There are lots of opportunities to be rewarded in school – too many to mention! Each student will be given a Record of Achievement folder. Once you have taken any certificates home to show your parents, you can put them in your folder so they are all kept together.

We also have lots of badges which you can collect for a variety of reasons, for example attending extra-curricular clubs, good behaviour, enthusiasm etc. These can be pinned to your blazer so that other students can see how proud you are to be a member of our school community.

How many badges can you collect?

Sport

You will be able to take part in a wide variety of sports all year round.

There will also be opportunities to compete against other schools locally and nationally or you can attend one of the many lunchtime or after school sports clubs.

White Short Sleeved Polo Shirt  

(with school badge)  

Black Leggings* (with school badge) 

 

White/Black Socks  

Trainers (not slip‐on pumps or 

fashion pumps)  

Dark Swimming Costume (one piece)/ 

Towel 

PE Uniform   

Optional Items: Black Games Skirt 

Black Sweatshirt (with school badge)  

*available only from school 

Performing Arts

There is always so much going on in the Drama, Dance and Music departments! We stage a whole school production each year (every other year a musical), and several other events such as concerts and performance evenings to showcase students’ work to invited audiences.

Can you guess which performance these photographs were taken from?

There are lots of clubs for Year 7 students across all three subjects, and opportunities for you to be involved backstage if you are a little shy in performance. You will even learn how to use the lighting and sound equipment in your Drama lessons!

You will have the opportunity to go to the theatre – in the past we have taken Year 7 and 8 to see Matilda, The BFG, Into the Woods, Rats’ Tales and Ghost Train – so you can be inspired by the professionals! In lessons you will devise and design your own work and also explore scripts, making decisions as an actor and director as well as designer.

In Music, one-to-one instrumental lessons are available for a wide variety of instruments and there are lots of opportunities to take part in

extra-curricular music clubs.

Particularly aimed at Year 7 is our Junior Choir and Beginner Band, although we welcome Year 7 in all ensembles. These include a whole school Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, String, Brass and Clarinet Ensembles, Rock Band and lots more!

The Music department are three-time winners of the Cheshire East Schools' Music Competition so you can be assured of high-quality music making here at our school.

In Dance there is a weekly Dance Club for all and a gifted and talented Performance Group for Key Stage 3 dancers with more experience. This year our Key Stage 3 dancers performed at the Crewe Lyceum in the 'Gotta Dance' show. You will be given details of all the clubs available when you join.

The Learning Centre (TLC)

The Learning Centre is packed with books and information. Mrs Adderley, The Learning Centre Manager, will be happy to help you find what you’re looking for.

There are computers in the TLC which you may like to use. Our in-house shop, ‘Dolly, the Mobile Shop Trolley’ selling a wide variety of stationery (coloured pencils, rubbers etc.) at very reasonable prices.

The TLC is open from 8.00am to 5.00pm each day except for Fridays when it closes at 3.45pm.

Lockers

Lockers are available for a small charge of £10.00 each year.

Remember to put heavy things in your locker until you need them.

In cold/wet weather you are encouraged to travel to and from school in appropriate outdoor clothing, for example a waterproof coat, hat, scarf, gloves. Once in school these items should be taken off and stored in your locker - you will not be able to carry them around school.

Staff

Mr J Leigh Headteacher

Miss R Darlington Deputy Headteacher

All the staff are here to help you enjoy your time in school and make the most of opportunities open to you. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it!

Miss A Whalley Achievement Coordinator – Year 7

I lead a group of Form Tutors. It is our role to encourage positive attitudes and provide an environment in which all students feel valued, challenged, supported and secure. I very much look forward to meeting you and helping you achieve your very best in the future.

Things you need to bring in September

Pens Pencils/Rubber Ruler Coloured pencils Scientific calculator Geometry set Hair bobbles (to tie  back long hair for practical subjects such as Art, Dance,  PE, Technology and Science) Art:

Fine line black pen 2B and 4B pencil Glue stick Old shirt (which covers the arms) Food Technology: Cotton (not PVC) apron and a sealable container (to take food home) Languages: iPod style earphones (which can be easily connected to the computer for listening exercises) 

Some of these items) are available from ‘Dolly, the Mobile Shop Trolley’ in the TLC

Worried?

Don’t be worried! Here are some comments from previous Year 7 girls:

o The teachers are kind and understanding.

o We soon made loads of new friends.

o The older girls are friendly and happy to help.

o We were put into suitable groups for our work.

o We’re starting to find our way around and if we get lost we know that we can always ask for help.

o Don’t be afraid to ask people for directions!

o Try to join as many clubs as you can – they are great fun!

o Don’t be afraid to talk to people.

o Don’t worry about homework – ask your teacher if you aren’t certain about what to do and when to hand it in.

o The school buses come right onto the site. You will be catching them with friends and will soon make new ones to sit with. Everyone waits together for the bus, so it’s unlikely you will miss it.

See you in September!

Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College

Middlewich Road, Cheshire, CW11 3NT Tel 01270 765031

office@sandhigh.cheshire.sch.uk www.sandbachhigh.co.uk

Bring this booklet with you to help you on transition days