Yr 7 Parental Engagement Evening
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Yr 7 Parental Engagement Evening
EXPECTATIONS ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
The Route to Success Preparation Attendance Planners Uniform Attitude - focus for learning Goal setting
PREPARATION.... “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” Muhammad Ali
“You have to be in it, to win it!”
Approximate days absent since September Attendance rate
By the end of By the end of By the end of the autumn the spring the school term term year
100% 95% 90% 85%
0 4 7 11
0 7 13 20
0 10 20 30
80%
14
27
40
“You have to be in it, to win it!” Average Attendance Impact from Year 7 to Year 11 In 5 years, if average attendance is: • 90% a student misses 100 days • 80% a student misses 200 days • 70% a student misses 300 days • 60% a student misses 400 days • 50% a student misses 500 days
= 1 ½ TERMS = 1 YEAR = 1 ½ YEARS = 2 YEARS = 2 ½ YEARS
PLANNERS
A learning journal - signed every week, checked every day and carries the goals and targets for the students.
UNIFORM
FOCUS FOR LEARNING
Reflect
Improve
FOCUS FOR LEARNING
Learning will be hard Your behaviour, your attitude, your choices will make or break your outcomes!
FOCUS FOR LEARNING IT IS JUST A DREAM...
Until you write it down, then it becomes a goal!
ENGAGEMENT ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Who to contact in school How to contact school Website Working together Helping your child Use of planners SLG (SIMS Learning Gateway)
INTERESTED PARENTS BRING STUDENT SUCCESS “Parental involvement in a child’s education can mean the difference between an A* and a B at GCSE.” “Parental support is 8 times more important in determining a child’s academic success than social class.” London School of Economics
CONTACT DETAILS Who do you contact? ● ● ● ●
Form tutors Subject Teachers Behaviour Emotional Support Team (BEST) Heads of House
How do you contact us and we contact you? ● Telephone ● Email ● Ensure we have accurate contact details www.stjuliansschool.co.uk Staff emails [email protected]
USING THE PLANNER
SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY (SLG) Communication is key to ensuring the whole school community is working together to boost student achievement. With SIMS Learning Gateway, you can share information with parents, teachers and pupils instantly, anytime, anywhere. The SIMS Learning Gateway a web-based application that enables you to view information on your child held by St Julian’s School. It will allow you to see reports, monitor attendance, access the curriculum timetable and review points and behaviour incidents.
YEAR 7 ● Settling in ● Key dates / Parents’ Evening / Exams ● Line of Progress (LoP)
KEY DATES ● Exam Week (beginning) 29th February ● Progress Evening - May 3rd ● National Tests - 4th to 7th May
LINE OF PROGRESS (LoP) ● Line of Progress has been designed to ensure progress for all ● Students will be given a starting point calculated from previous assessment information ● Students’ LoP graphs will go into planner and all exercise books ● Form Tutors and Subject Teachers will discuss progress being made ● LoP to be used as an aspirational and motivational tool ● Used to track students
LINE OF PROGRESS (Yr 7 EXAMPLE) Year 7 Starting Level
Stars represent levels from assessed work
Year 7 end Level
Different colours represent different subjects
10,000 HOUR RULE “Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.” Malcolm Gladwell
ACHIEVEMENT Have you as a family set yourself goals and targets?
Yr 7 Parental Engagement Evening
EXPECTATIONS ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
The Route to Success Preparation Attendance Planners Uniform Attitude - focus for learning Goal setting
PREPARATION.... “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” Muhammad Ali
“You have to be in it, to win it!”
Approximate days absent since September Attendance rate
By the end of By the end of By the end of the autumn the spring the school term term year
100% 95% 90% 85%
0 4 7 11
0 7 13 20
0 10 20 30
80%
14
27
40
“You have to be in it, to win it!” Average Attendance Impact from Year 7 to Year 11 In 5 years, if average attendance is: • 90% a student misses 100 days • 80% a student misses 200 days • 70% a student misses 300 days • 60% a student misses 400 days • 50% a student misses 500 days
= 1 ½ TERMS = 1 YEAR = 1 ½ YEARS = 2 YEARS = 2 ½ YEARS
PLANNERS
A learning journal - signed every week, checked every day and carries the goals and targets for the students.
UNIFORM
FOCUS FOR LEARNING
Reflect
Improve
FOCUS FOR LEARNING
Learning will be hard Your behaviour, your attitude, your choices will make or break your outcomes!
FOCUS FOR LEARNING IT IS JUST A DREAM...
Until you write it down, then it becomes a goal!
ENGAGEMENT ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Who to contact in school How to contact school Website Working together Helping your child Use of planners SLG (SIMS Learning Gateway)
INTERESTED PARENTS BRING STUDENT SUCCESS “Parental involvement in a child’s education can mean the difference between an A* and a B at GCSE.” “Parental support is 8 times more important in determining a child’s academic success than social class.” London School of Economics
CONTACT DETAILS Who do you contact? ● ● ● ●
Form tutors Subject Teachers Behaviour Emotional Support Team (BEST) Heads of House
How do you contact us and we contact you? ● Telephone ● Email ● Ensure we have accurate contact details www.stjuliansschool.co.uk Staff emails [email protected]
USING THE PLANNER
SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY (SLG) Communication is key to ensuring the whole school community is working together to boost student achievement. With SIMS Learning Gateway, you can share information with parents, teachers and pupils instantly, anytime, anywhere. The SIMS Learning Gateway a web-based application that enables you to view information on your child held by St Julian’s School. It will allow you to see reports, monitor attendance, access the curriculum timetable and review points and behaviour incidents.
YEAR 7 ● Settling in ● Key dates / Parents’ Evening / Exams ● Line of Progress (LoP)
KEY DATES ● Exam Week (beginning) 29th February ● Progress Evening - May 3rd ● National Tests - 4th to 7th May
LINE OF PROGRESS (LoP) ● Line of Progress has been designed to ensure progress for all ● Students will be given a starting point calculated from previous assessment information ● Students’ LoP graphs will go into planner and all exercise books ● Form Tutors and Subject Teachers will discuss progress being made ● LoP to be used as an aspirational and motivational tool ● Used to track students
LINE OF PROGRESS (Yr 7 EXAMPLE) Year 7 Starting Level
Stars represent levels from assessed work
Year 7 end Level
Different colours represent different subjects
10,000 HOUR RULE “Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.” Malcolm Gladwell
ACHIEVEMENT Have you as a family set yourself goals and targets?
