1. Supporting Students so that they achieve to their full potential Year 10 Expectations Evening 2016

2. Programme for this evening
Welcome- Miss J Capon
Presentations from Science and Maths
Presentation form PC Lesley Wakelin (Internet Safety)
Presentation from Mr Evans- Data and Reporting
Outlining the support on offer- Miss J Capon
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3. Alan Percy, clinical director of the counselling service at Oxford University. ‘Students often don’t grasp the full meaning of learning. Learning is finding out something that you did not know and struggling with it. It’s almost as if, if they do not know something immediately, they feel as though they are failing.’ Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2010

4. Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University Teaching people to have a ‘growth mind-set’, which encourages a focus on effort rather than intelligence or talent, produces high achievers in school and in life.

5. Parents and teachers can engender a growth mind-set in children by praising them for their effort and persistence.

7. What is different this year?
BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
What is different this year?
Rewards
Dare Points and Effort Awards
Praise postcards and Subject prizes
Sanctions
Continuous poor behaviour will be sanctioned by the class teacher and recorded in SIMS
If things don’t improve this issue will be passed to the Head of Department
The final stage, without improvement, the HoH/Y will become involved and a school detention may be issued
Friday detentions are a final and very serious sanction following which students will be placed on report for a week and parents involved in discussions

8. Support
Academic
Talk to your teachers
Use exam papers and mark schemes (these can be accessed online)
Basic organisation – files, work & revision timetables, which include breaks, sport
Use the LRC’s resources e.g. study skills sheets
Top Tips for Parents (guide available in the curriculum area on the website)

9. One in four British adults experience at least 1 diagnosable mental health problem in a year with a staggering three quarters of all adult mental health problems starting before the age of 18.

10. Expectations and Mental Health
Last year we had a whole school focus on raising awareness about mental health. This included input on the following:
Depression
Anxiety and Stress
Eating disorders and OCD
Self Harm
We know that high flying students often feel under pressure to achieve and to please. Sometimes they can feel they do not live up to expectations and we are seeing more boys seek help within school. There is a lot of support we can offer in school for struggling students

11. Pastoral Support
Talk to tutors or the Student Support Team:
Sophy Rogers – SENCo
Shelley Gwyther – ELSA
Emma Goulding – Day Matron
Laura Percival – Teaching Assistant
Steve Griffiths – Counsellor
Bev Wheeler – School Nurse

12. Student Support Resources
Frog and Sharepoint
L5 the Student Support Room
1:1 Support – handwriting, organisation and lesson support
Breakfast Club - social interaction
Sensory Circuits - physical skills, strength, motor skills and flexibility
Workgroups - Resilience, Organisation
and Handling Negative Emotions
The Sherlock Holmes Club for help
making friends and adjusting to Reading
Training and advice for teachers on support
and learning for all students
Wellbeing Corner, including books
and leaflets to support self help
Access to external support - Educational Psychologist and CAMHS services

14. Research suggests that
ATTENDANCE
Research suggests that
17 missed school days a year = 1 GCSE grade DROP in achievement

15. Success: You have to work at it, but in balanced and a smart way
Academic success
Emotional well-being