Welcome to our Year 7 Parental support evening
Parents’ consultation evening
1. Our school – current picture
2. Welcome from Head of Year 7
3. Residential to Mount Cook
4. Carousel of support sessions
5. Opportunity to meet with Head of Year 7 / Acting Headteacher
YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING JOURNEY
A Levels
GCSEs
SATs
KS2-3 Transition
KS3-4 Transition
KS4-5 Transition
Threshold Measures
Progress 8 = 0.00 / +0.01
Standards agenda – consistency is key
• Highest of Expectations
• Non-negotiables
• Behaviour
• Uniform
• Learning environment
Core purposeTo focus on the main thing and the main thing is learning
DreamTo look, feel and behave like the best school in the CMAT, in Burton, in the country so that our pupils get a better deal at Robert Sutton than they would at any other school
ValuesAcademic excellence, spiritual development and social awareness through Christ
Beliefs• Pupils come first• Unreasonable ambition – anything is possible• Grow talent: recruit, identify, develop, empower• Attention to detail• Equity of opportunity• Do what is right, not just what is easy• Everybody contributes to our success
Greatest imaginable challengeTo be in the top 5% of all schools for progress
Focus 2019 - 2020• Embed The Sutton Way - Engage with research to make every lesson count and
promote classroom excellence• Assessment systems and practices to inform high quality learning and progress• High performance leadership at all levels• Embed the importance of reading and literacy across the curriculum• Key group focus – PP and HPA
Character• Professional• Passionate• Solution focussed• Collaborative• Resilient• Innovative and creative• Demonstrates integrity
The Sutton Way
How has transition been?
In a word
‘Brilliant’
Mount Cook
8th July – 10th July 2020
Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016)
www.mountcook.org
Where is it?
• Middleton-by-Wirksworth
• Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016)
• Uses near by attractions;
• Black Rock
• Carsington water
Accommodation
• Modern bedrooms sleep four guests, with bunk beds, complimentary bedding and en-suite bathrooms in every room.
• There are also wheel-chair accessible rooms available, which sleep just two guests.
Activities
Behaviour and Rewards at Blessed Robert Sutton
Bring the correct equipment
&
Wear the correct uniform:
Skirts (knee length)
Trousers (full length)
Jewellery (one stud in each ear)
No nail varnish
Correct shoes
Black/dark grey socks
No gum or fizzy drinks
Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags
at all times
Rewards Focus for 2019-20
Praise postcards
• Awarded by class teachers, support staff and form tutors
• Recognition for spiritual, social or academic excellence
• Given to students directly
• Share with parents!
Chip Friday
• Awarded by Year Leaders
• 5 tokens per year group per week
• Exchanged for food up to the value of £1.20 on Friday (does not have to be chips)
Hot Chocolate Friday
• Awarded by Year Leaders and Form Tutors
• Hot chocolate with Year Leader in form time on Friday
• 2 members of each year group per week
Positive Phone Calls Home
• Recognition of following the Sutton Way
• All staff involved
Acting-Headteacher Award
• Awarded by subject areas
• Meeting with Acting HT on a Friday Period 5
• Letter sent home• Work photographed for
the Wall of Excellence
A shout out in the Newsletter
Bring the correct equipment
&
Wear the correct uniform:
Skirts (knee length)
Trousers (full length)
Jewellery (one stud in each ear)
No nail varnish
Correct shoes
Black/dark grey socks
No gum or fizzy drinks
Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags
at all times
BRS Behaviour Ladder
All departments have support trees which show where students who are
Break and lunchtime routines
• All food to be eaten in designated areas. Dining room, hall and outside eating area
• No chewing gum, fizzy drinks, energy drinks or mobile phones
• Pupils in designated areas only. Astro for football only, bus park, yard. Not in front of school
• Pupils not allowed in buildings except for toilet and lunch time clubs
• Reception out of bounds except for emergencies
• Room A102 Year 7-8 lunchtime club for homework, reading, relaxing. Run by Prefects.
Year 7 Support Evening
Understanding your child’s Reports
When will you receive reports?
Year 7
Attendance 100% = Great Attendance
No Unauthorised Absences
No Sessions Late
Behaviour Points
Achievement Points
Reading Age Year/Month
Attendance
Attending school on a regular basis is the key to your
child doing well at school and will set him/her up with
good routines for later life and the working world
In order for your child’s attendance to be deemed to be
very good it must be at least 96%
Behaviour & Engagement
Effort HomeworkResponse to
FeedbackProgress
Art & Design
Computer Science
Design & Technology
English
French
Geography
History
Mathematics
PE
RE
Science
Understanding your child’s Attitude to Learning Grades
Target Grades
Based on a students Keystage 2 results these are the targets your child is aiming for at GCSE
This will be a number 9-1
Grade 4 = Standard Pass (the Old C)
Grade 5 = Strong Pass
Progress
The Progress Column on your report uses the same grading as Attitude to Learning (A-D)
A = Working beyond Expectation
B = Working at Expectation
C = Working below Expectation (some cause for concern)
D = Working well below Expectation (serious cause for concern)
Any Concerns?
Email Form Tutor or ring reception
Parent Portal
Any Questions?
Any Suggestions?
How to Support your child’s learning
First and Foremost: taking a positive interest and encouraging. Looking at their work, asking
one or two questions, praising what is good, making suggestions if you feel there are obvious weaknesses: all these we would
greatly welcome.
How to support your child’s Learning
Involving them in any discussions you may be having on topical issues in the media and just
chatting to them about their personal interests are equally helpful.
How to support your child’s Learning
How to support your child’s Learning
Helping them to organise themselves for each day, particularly to have the appropriate equipment, clothing, books and
topping up the lunch account.
Helping with their work if they ask for assistance. A few hints or guidelines will be
invaluable, but please do not do the work for them.
How to support your child’s Learning
Checking and signing the pupil planner.
How to support your child’s Learning
Parent Portal
Making sure they have enough sleep.
Some specific examples of ways in which parents have given support to their children are by:
Encouraging and enabling them to join and use public libraries
Helping them with research projects and or
questionnairesFinding magazines, books or other resources which are relevant to particular
projects
Helping them to practise a skill (like a speech or reading or drawing or
using simpleequipment)
Helping them to learn facts or prepare for a
test
Helping them understand words,
phrases or sentences they find difficult
Using the school website and FireFly for
support.
Literacy and Reading
The importance of literacy
Lacking vital literacy skills holds a person back at every stage of their life.
As a child they won't be able to succeed at school, as a young adult they will be locked out of the job market, and as a parent they won't be able to support their own child's learning.
Pupils need to read regularly to…
• Develop their vocabulary
• Develop their understanding of grammatical structures
• Become better writers
• Become better communicators
• Increase their knowledge and understanding of the world
• Understand questions on exam/assessment papers
• Improve their performance in tests
• Prepare for life after school
What do we do at BRS to give all of our year 7 pupils the opportunity to develop their reading and literacy skills?
• We test Pupils’ reading levels three times a year using a computer system called STAR Reading. This allows us to accurately track their reading ability
• We have daily reading sessions into the school day – DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)
• We use a reading system called Accelerated Reader to track progress
Why use Accelerated Reader?
DEAR
• For Pupils’ literacy to progress they need to be reading for 30 minutes everyday.
• On the days they don't read in form, they will complete DEAR in lessons.
• Form tutors and teachers are told when this is.
• Pupils should make sure when they are reading they are tracking what they have read in their planner.
Quizzing
• When pupils have finished their book, they will take a quiz
• The quiz shows how well they have understood the book – they should be aiming for 85% or more, but 60% is a pass
• It will tell pupils how many words they have read and add these up over the year
• We have competitions and awards based on reading in achievement assemblies
What books will they be reading?
Pupils have been told….
• The secret is to chose a book that interests you
• The books in the library are roughly sorted into genres to give pupils a starting point
• Pupils must choose a book that is in your reading range
• ZPD – colour stickers
• Should have their book in school at all times
• They should try and read at home as well
The most important things…
• It doesn’t matter how good or poor their reading skills are, AR is for everyone and it will help everyone get better
• We have seen this with the results in Year 7 and 8
• They need to put the effort in to get the benefit
• If they chose books wisely, reading is something they should enjoy doing
How can parents help?
• Continue to encourage your child to read at home – a range of texts, not just fiction texts
• Talk to your child about what they are reading – talking about it increases their understanding and awareness
• Ask your child to tell you about the quizzes they are taking
• When you check their planner, please check they are writing in their trackers
• Visit the library or a book shop together to see what’s available
• Use www.arbookfind.uk to help you child select suitable reading material
www.arbookfind.uk
Any questions?
Literacy and Reading
www.mymaths.co.uk
login: robertsutton
password: factor
Maths Revision Sites
• https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle
• username: SurnameFirstname@robertsutton
• password: maths1
• eg. WoodSarah@robertsutton
• eg. Smith-JonesEllie@robertsutton
• Short clips with interactive worksheets for all key topics
MathsWatch
PiXL Maths App
Things to know:
Your son/daughter is one of our 1.2 million account
holders.
Just under 1/5 of all students who sat their Maths GCSE
(2018) in England, Wales or Northern Ireland had used
the Maths App to prepare for their exam.
With regular use it has been shown to raise attainment
within a year by at least 1 grade.
THERAPYTESTING
DIAGNOSIS
PiXL Maths App
What does the app do?
Uses online questions to assess your son’s/daughter’s
knowledge across more than 200 skills to raise
awareness of their strengths and areas to develop.
Provides video and PowerPoint support to enable
learners to target areas of weakness.
Reproduces the same question but with different
numbers so that learner’s can apply their knowledge.
PiXL Maths App
More than 200 skills.
That is quite a lot!
Where should my son/daughter
start?
Sometimes it is hard to know
what to do with a blank canvas.
Therefore we have structured
graded challenges under “set
tasks” to help students start
along a particular path.
PiXL Maths App
How does my son/daughter know how
they are doing?
Their success line
Question selection menu is RAG’d
Class engagement scoreboard
Their teacher also sees an overview
and will shape written reports,
conversations and their teaching to
continuously target their needs.
PiXL Maths App
So how can I help?
Encourage your son/daughter to
use the app on top of any other
homework. They can use the
search facility under “Take a test” to
help target a specific skills or the
“Daily challenge”.
If you are teaching your
son/daughter a particular skill, try
and use the techniques shown in
the videos/PowerPoints.
PiXL TT App
Things to know:
Basic arithmetic has been identified as a cause for
concern in numerous examiner’s reports over the years
from published report following GCSE exams.
With regular use it has been shown to build confidence.
PiXL TT App
What does the app do?
Allow learners to freely practice their tables at their own
pace or against the clock with the aim of reducing the
time taken to recite their tables within 5 seconds per
question.
Promote engagement through games.
Track confidence levels through awarding trophies.
Highlights the results to their teacher.
PiXL TT AppHow do they access it?
Your son/daughter have been given Maths App login
details. They can use this to access the TT App also.
How should I encourage them to use it?
If the games aren’t encouraging enough already, we
would recommend setting up a routine so it becomes
expected:
1) Short bursts over breakfast,
2) Spare 5mins before they go out and play/meet
friends, etc.
This eveningGroup 1
Kamila
Kwiatkowski
Supporting your
child’s maths
WG
A107
Supporting
home Learning
SG
A104
Understanding
your child’s
report
SM
Hall
Behaviour and
Rewards
PI
A103
Supporting your
child’s literacy
LW
A101
Group 2
Aleksandra
Porada
Supporting your
child’s literacy
LW
A101
Supporting your
child’s maths
WG
A107
Supporting
home Learning
SG
A104
Understanding
your child’s
report
SM
Hall
Behaviour and
Rewards
PI
A103
Group 3
Abigail Heelas
Behaviour and
Rewards
PI
A103
Supporting your
child’s literacy
LW
A101
Supporting your
child’s maths
WG
A107
Supporting
home Learning
SG
A104
Understanding
your child’s report
SM
Hall
Group 4
Aishwarya
Joseph
Understanding
your child’s report
SM
Hall
Behaviour and
Rewards
PI
A103
Supporting your
child’s literacy
LW
A101
Supporting your
child’s maths
WG
A107
Supporting home
Learning
SG
A104
Group 5
Lucie Morris
Supporting home
Learning
SG
A104
Understanding
your child’s
report
SM
Hall
Behaviour and
Rewards
PI
A103
Supporting your
child’s literacy
LW
A101
Supporting your
child’s maths
WG
A107
Group 6
MK
Above presentations delivered in Polish
MK
A102