1. YEAR 7 INFORMATION EVENING 13th October 2016

2. Year 7 INFORMATION EVENING
Welcome
Mr S Jones - Head Teacher
E-Learning /Safe guarding
Mrs M Pearce - Assistant Headteacher
Key Stage 3 Progress Managers role
Miss L Jones - KS3 Progress Manager
Carousel
Numeracy Mr Locke & Mrs Miller
Literacy
Mrs Chapman
Role of HOH & GM
Miss Ball & Mrs Harrison
Hmwk, Marking and Assessment
Mr Papanicolaou

3. Mr S Jones Welcome

4. Mrs M Pearce E-Learning /Safe guarding

5. elearning benefits elearning systems esafety in/out school
On screen as students arrive.

7. Mr M Nevola

8. Internet positives

9. Mr M Nevola

10. Show my homework (login PIN emailed)
Mr M Nevola

11. Rhetorical questions
How many of you have internet access at home ? Where is PC located?
What sort of things do your children like doing on the internet ? (Facebook?)
What sort of concerns do you have about your children’s use of the internet ?

12. Internet awareness

13. Being a responsible digital citizen
NOT viewing unsuitable content
NOT giving out personal information
NOT accessing indecent images
NOT Cyberbullying
Being aware of grooming
Careful about Identity theft
…..this list goes on…
Home
School
Mobile
Bedroom
Worldwide

15. Classroom monitoring
Secure searching
Violation detection

16. Miss L Jones Key Stage 3 Progress Managers Role

17. IMPORTANT DATES This term: Meet the tutor – Today
Parents evening – 1st December
Christmas Cracker – 8th December
Carol concert – 13th December
Report dates:
First short report in December
Full report in May
Second short report in July

18. ROLE OF KS3 PROGRESS MANAGER
Reporting process
Parents Evenings
Overview
Year 7-Year 9 (Dec)
Tracking pupil progress
Information Evenings
GCSE choices process in Year 8.

19. ROLE OF KS3 PROGRESS MANAGER
Monitoring Progress
Monitor and track report data
Identifying pupils who are making excellent progress
Identify areas where students may need support
Are they making the expected level of progress across their curriculum subjects?
All Year 7 pupils until the end of December in Year 9.
Track the data after each report to identify any underperformance of students. Are they making the expected level of progress across their curriculum subjects?
Every pupil is different/different flight paths
Identifying pupils who are on track/exceeding and celebrate this.

20. Miss Jones Miss Bissett Mrs Harrison Miss Crowley Mrs Wadey Miss Ball
Miss Sautier
Mr Shepherd
Miss Jones
Miss Bissett
Miss Crowley
Mrs Harrison

21. Further questions? Please do email us!
Any behaviour/ Pastoral concerns – tutors first!!
Assistant Head of Pupil Support –
Team Leader of Learning Support/SENDCO–
KS3 Progress Manager – .
Guidance Manager for Year 7 –
Head of Houses
Ventis – Mr Clayton Shepherd –
Terra – Mrs Wadey –
Ignis – Miss Sautier –
Aqua – Miss Ball -

22. Website
Where can i find this evenings information……

23. Carousel Literacy – Mrs Chapman Numeracy – Mr Locke and Mrs Miller
(Lydia Anson & Matthew Wilcox)
Numeracy – Mr Locke and Mrs Miller
(Vita Bush & Oliver Defelice-Hbbard)
Marking, Assessment and Homework – Mr Papanicolaou
(Ayesha Dickinson &Toby Cooper)
The role of a Guidance Manager and Head of House Mrs Harrison and Miss Ball
(Tom Sherry & Oli Palmer)

24. Map of Turing

25. Opportunities for independence & supporting learners
Andy Papanicolaou
Assistant Headteacher (Teaching)

26. Higher attainment and more successful learners
Better use of notes and feedback
Work completed out of school
More opportunities for independence in learning

27. How will my child know what to do?
Teachers will set through SMHW
Sam Learning and Moodle
Guidance sheets
Using exercise books and notes
Verbal and written feedback from teachers

28. Students complete work
Using feedback
Students complete work
Teachers give written or verbal feedback
Students reflect on how they will improve work
Students use purple pens to demonstrate that they have acted upon advice given

29. Student Support
VITA means life

30. Our Aim
To provide a functional and solid pastoral system where pupils/tutors and parents feel supported and work as a team;
Monitor behaviour/achievements/progress and facilitate a consistent system for sanctions and rewards;
Instil a healthy level of competition amongst the pupils and across the houses;
Guide the pupils and tutors throughout their time at Perins and see them through the milestones.

32. What we are facing….

33. The Team!

34. Guidance Managers
Year 6 and 7 Year 8 and 9 Year 10 and 11

35. Year 7 English & Literacy Information

36. Each student will:
READ a range of stories, plays, non-fiction and poetry across several centuries
RESEARCH into related topics;
STUDY aspects of language and style;
WRITE in a wide variety of ways (e.g. stories, poems, descriptions, articles);
SPEAK in a variety of situations
LISTEN to adults and other students for a variety of reasons;
USE audio and audio-visual tapes and recorders, word processors, computer software, databases, desktop publishing programs, Moodle and access the Library at all times.

37. What happens in lessons?
English Year 7 Curriculum: 5 modules over the year
Anteater – transition unit from Primary School
Module 1: Non-fiction: Animals – the focus is on persuasive writing with some reading & research
Module 2: Poetry – Emotions – the focus is on reading and speaking & listening
Module 3: in-depth study of a modern novel – focusing on characterisation
Module 4: Shakespeare – in-depth study of Macbeth
Module 5: Creative Writing – researching a range of myths from different cultures leading to descriptive and narrative tasks

38. Self-study reading projects x 2
Modern Fiction
Students read one from a selection of 9 different novels
Create an artefact
Present their artefact as part of a 3 min independent speech
Classic Novel
Students read one from a selection of 2 classic novels – Treasure Island or Oliver Twist
Complete a project booklet

39. Moodle
All of the English modules are on Moodle to which you have guest access – or you can ask your son or daughter to take you on a guided tour!

40. What about independent learning?
IL is set regularly through the Department and takes the form of:
Reading projects with specific tasks to complete
Separate pieces of work related to class study set by English teachers
Students will be expected to read widely.
Children should aim to read ten novels during Year Seven.

41. Reading – year by Year

42. What does this mean for you?
Support their reading – check Accelerated Reader on-line
Look at Show My Homework - regularly
Support them with IL – but don’t do it for them
Keep in contact!
If they let you - read their work to see what they are doing
Be sure they have the correct equipment
Children will need a black pen, colouring pencils, highlighters, a ruler, and an eraser. A pocket dictionary and/or thesaurus will also be very helpful.

43. Numeracy Across the Curriculum at Perins 2016-2017
At Perins the responsibility of promoting numeracy is shared by all staff across all subject areas.

44. It isn’t all about numbers…
Across subjects we are using the mathematical thinking skills as a way of encouraging reasoning and problem solving across the curriculum.

45. In numerical subjects striving for ….
Encouraging…
Discouraging…
Cross-Curricular Consistency
Writing down answers only
Increased understanding of methods used
Recognition that is never one correct method
Use of estimation
Vocalisation
Non calculator methods
Use of correct language e.g. ‘mean’ instead of ‘average’
For those of us in numerical subjects we have a responsibility to also encourage the above.
We use methods to multiply that you may not have seen before so would like to quickly show you two tonight.

46. Napier Bones
347 x 52
= 18,044 3 4 7 1 2 3 5 1 5 5 1 2 1 6 8 4 8 1 4 4

47. Napier Bones
643 x 27
= 17,361 6 4 3 1 2 1 2 6 8 4 2 2 7 1 2 8 1 7 1 6 1 3

49. Grid Multiplication
25 x 35= X 20 5 30

50. 25 x 35= X 20 5 30
600 6
150 15 10
100 25

51. 25 x 35= X 20 5 30
600
150
100 25 6 1 5 + 2 8 7 5

53. Thank you for coming!