1. Welcome to Year 7 at Haileybury Turnford Transition Information Evening Wednesday June 14th
Good Evening and welcome …My name is Mrs Goodes my role in HT involves overseeing the Inclusion Team this includes making sure every student is supported both from a pastoral and academic viewpoint so they can reach their full potential
We are looking forward to welcoming your child into HT in September and in helping your child make the very most of their experience here with us
This evening, I want to give a brief outline of our key expectations of all students in ensuring we can encourage each individual to develop as confident, happy, ambitious and successful individuals and that their transition from year 6 to 7 is as smooth as possible.
Everything covered this evening is also available in the Transition Booklet you should have all received.

2. Preparing you for your future.
Preparing you for your future
Respect
Resourcefulness
Courage
Resilience
Organisation
Reflection
Inquisitiveness
The pastoral care at HT is focused on aiming for every child to develop the ability to become the absolute best they can -through ensuring students feel valued and secure and through encouraging the HT habits
The Haileybury Turnford Habits will be key to and underpin every learning activity within the academy and in fact everything students take part in. The Habits encourage students to consider and appreciate others, develop the capacity to overcome obstacles when the going gets tough and become resilient when faced with challenges. Our positive relationships and behaviour policy encompasses all the Learning habits.
Students will be expected to develop the HT habits and our behaviour and reward policies will recognise when students are successful in these habits.

3. Our expectations of you are to be: Ready, Respectful and Safe
Full school uniform, worn properly
Attend on time with all equipment including Planner
No gum, fluid or food other than water
All headphones, phones and other electronic equipment out of sight and switched off.
Do as you are asked by all members of staff
Listen to others, use appropriate language and a polite tone
Look after each other, the building, displays and equipment
Follow rules and routines for health and safety.
Keep hands, feet, objects and personal comments to yourself
Be in the right place, in the right time and not in unsupervised areas

4. Plain grey V-neck long sleeved with magenta piping.
Ready for learning
Uniform Expectations
Black blazer with school badge and magenta trim worn at all times unless permission granted to remove
Specified Haileybury logo Tailored, Black trousers
Magenta tie
Plain grey V-neck long sleeved with magenta piping.
Specified Haileybury Turnford Black Pleated skirt must be worn 2 inches below the knee
The HT uniform is a key part of our identity. We have had many compliments about the HT uniform as it is distinctive within the local community. Wearing the uniform correctly is important for all students as we want your child to feel a sense of pride about belonging to our community. The uniform is a way of bringing us together as a learning community, it is important students wear this correctly as it shows respect for the HT values and community.
How do we keep the uniform looking so smart- with parents/carers help!
Checked by the Inclusion Team at the start of the day- all teachers and all staff.
Checked by Form tutors’ – inform HOY
Incorrect uniform needs to be resolved asap
Students will receive a payback slip for HOY at break time
Parents will be notified and asked to rectify students may be sent home
Students will receive a pink slip from student reception
Repeated offence SLT payback
Black Knee length socks or black opaque tights
Black polishable school shoes
Not canvas or suede or any other similar material.

5. Ready for learning: being mentally and physically prepared to face any challenge
Haileybury Turnford Student Planner, Reading book, text and exercise books.
Organisation is absolutely key is students are to succeed and achieve. All students will need to have a bag large enough to carry exercise books and all equipment. All details can be found in the HT transition booklet and each of you have a copy of this. There is also an electronic copy on the HT website.
Please help and support your child with their organisation.
Some children are very organised and already possess these skills to organise themselves and be prepared for secondary education. Coming to secondary school is different and children quickly need to develop their independence and being organised really helps with this. Please help your child by asking questions about their timetable – posting a copy on the fridge; packing their bag the night before; making sure you are prompting them – some of them will need this. Gradually they will develop the independent skills but for some it can take a little time.

6. Ready for learning The rule is simple:
Why? A students’ main task is one of learning. Evidence shows mobile ‘phones reduce the capacity to learn and reduce test scores.
‘Phones distract students from the main task of learning.
Phones will be confiscated if they are seen.
Students’ can be expected to be challenged by any member of staff over using their mobile phone during the school day, and can expect to have their phone confiscated if this does happen.
The rule is simple:
Mobile phones are off and out of sight or your mobile phone will be confiscated

7. Ready for learning Student Planners.
Ready for learning
Student Planners
Your Parent/Carer will check your planner weekly and sign the correct page
All students will receive a Planner on the first day.
This must be brought to HT everyday. Students will record their Prep and other details. FT will check
Please ask your child to show you their planner. Each child will be asked to show their Planner everyday for entry into the Dining Hall at break and lunch- SLT and staff. Different colour planners will denote the Year group and order of lunch queue – failure to bring produce planner- back of queue.
It will have important information about their Prep – communication via FT and Parents
Term dates/ behaviour policies/ useful websites/ rewards/ etc.
The planner should be used as a means of communicating with your FT about your child/ concerns/ issues/

8. Prep expectations
You will be expected to complete _________ of prep per night.
You will receive ____________
After school Prep Club for KS 3
Show My Homework

9. Good attendance and punctuality improves chances of success
Good attendance and punctuality are essential if you are to achieve your full potential, both academically and socially. 
You must arrive before 8.30am
The main school gates will be locked at 8.30am
If you arrive after 8.30am will be marked in as Late and will be issued with a late payback (detention)
·         You will attend a payback with a Year Leader on the same day at break time.
·         Failure to attend this payback will result in further consequences.
It is absolutely crucial that your child arrives to HT on time everyday. This means in their Form Room by 8.25am. Punctuality is important – and key to ensuring students are setting positive patterns for the future. Being Late can be unsettling for a child. It may mean they miss out on important notices, vital messages and can set up bad patterns for the future that are hard to break. Please support your child and ensure they arrive on time every day.
Gates are locked at 8.30 am
We have a breakfast club serving hot and cold food and drinks from 8.00am in the dining room. Occasionally it may be a traffic/rare incident- let the school reception know.
If a student receives 2 or Lates in one week- 2 hour payback Friday
Students who fail to attend Friday payback…parent meeting with student Internal Isolation the following day.
If a student receives more than 3 Late marks – a ‘Late Letter’ (after 8.45 am) will be sent to parents/carers informing parents of the number of Lates and the consequences of persistent Lates (Fixed Term Penalty)

10. Our core expectations of every student: Ready, Respectful and Safe
Core expectations of all students:
Ready, Respectful and Safe
Sanction
Behaviour Points
Verbal warning
reminder of our expectations
0 behaviour points
1st Yellow Card
Payback at break/lunch
Resolve meeting
Form Tutor discussion
1 behaviour point
2nd Yellow Card
Removal from classroom into another classroom.
2 behaviour points
Red Card
Serious breach of the behaviour code. Removal into the Reflection Centre. Parents informed.
6 behaviour points
“We have high expectations as a school and expect every student to follow and maintain these expectations to ensure every child is valued and is able to achieve their potential and learn in an orderly and secure environment.”
Our behaviour system aims to promoting positive behaviour and relationships, we want students to become to become self disciplined and able to manage their own behaviour. Students are encouraged to make the right choices, creating the right environment for learning.
Every student has the right to learn and feel valued and safe within our community therefore if a student is failing to meet our expectations they can expect to challenged.
The card system is a graduated response depending on the behaviour presented
Most situations are dealt with a verbal warning and reminder of our expectations
A red card is a given for a v. serious incident. Parents can be expected to be contacted. Students will be removed and isolated and asked to reflect on their behaviour.
Our behaviour system aims to develop empathy and respect for each other. There is always a resolve meeting between students and staff members reflecting on the situation.
If students are persistently presenting behaviour concerns that are acting as a barrier to their learning you can expect to be contacted by the pastoral team at the earliest opportunity so we can arrange appropriate support for the student. Meeting with Head of Year. Reporting system.

11. How do we recognise achievement?
Positive public praise
Verbal praise and recognition
Achievement Points
Certificates
Student reports
Rewards Evening
Principal’s Book
Postcard home
Positive phone call home
Student of the Week

12. House System 4 Houses Every day life contributes to House Points
Bevan, Pankhurst, Shackleton, Turing
Every day life contributes to House Points
Attendance
Academic Achievement
Students of the Week
Exceptional performance – academic and social
Competitions throughout the year contribute
Large – Sports Day & Winter Sports Day
Small – Poetry, journalism, art competitions

13. Leadership Student Union House Leaders Parents’ Evening Support Team
Subject specific leaders / assistants
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Combined Cadet Force
Extra curricular activities
Termly timetable of activities is published and available online

14. How can you make sure you are Ready, Respectful and Safe?
Attend school for at least 95% of the time
Be Ready, Respectful and Safe
Be on time
Be smart and wear your uniform correctly
Be thoughtful
Be organised
Get involved in student leadership or co curricular activities
Achieve a Departmental Award
Get recognised for over and above conduct
Lots of opportunities available to you
Each of you will be selected to join one of our 4 Houses and take part in various inter-House competitions to get House points for your house
A number of clubs and activities will be on offer for you
e.g. astro turf – ball games lunchtime
Table tennis tournaments break and lunch
Drama and theatre club
Various sports clubs
Music clubs
Thank you for listening
We look forward to welcoming you to your Transition Taster Day on Thursday 7th July – I would like to introduce Miss Allingham your HOY.

15. Important contacts: Your form tutor
Miss Birke - Assistant Principal for Y7&8
Miss Allingham - Year Achievement Coordinator
Miss Williams - Assistant Year Achievement Coordinator
Parental support is so important- how can you get involved more and support your child?
Talking about school
Organisation and Equipment
Homework
Reinforcing the our values and expectations
There are regular information events to support each stage of the journey through secondary school – Please let us know if there is a problem so that we can work together to solve it –
Most importantly …We want your son/daughter to have a positive experience where they feel valued and can learn in a secure environment – please do not hesitate to get in touch with either myself or Miss Allingham if you have any further questions
I will now be passing you over to Miss Allingham HO Y7 who will be explaining her role and how she will support Y7 during their first year at HT
Thank you