1. Year 7 Parent Information Evening Thursday 6th October 2016

2. Your children have made a great start!
Much of this will affirm what you already know.
The most important person is your child.
Them, you and us: we are all in this together.

3. Year 7 is an important year
Vital in developing the skills and attitudes that will enable GCSE success in future years.
Children will settle in.
Children will become more independent.
Children will meet new people.

4. Year 7 is year of opportunity
Chance to experience new subjects.
Chance to take part in extra curricular activities.

5. Parents can help form positive routines
Bag packing.
Presentation.
Homework
Proof reading
Getting up/going to bed
Uniform

6. Parents need to be the BOSS
Breakfast
Organisation
Sleep
Showing an interest

7. How can you check how they have settled in?
Do they know who their form tutor is?
Can they tell which lessons they have on a particular day?
Can they tell you the subjects they have homework?
Can they point to the map of the school and locate their lessons?
You will be receiving ‘Settling in Calls’ this week from the tutor. Remember to telephone/ at any point if needed.

8. Reports
Issued 3 times a year
Provide a snapshot view of the progress of your child
Allows a judgement about how engaged your child is in their learning

9. They will be profiled using:
Reports
Progress description will indicate whether your child is on track based on information we have compiled on them
They will be profiled using:
KS2 teacher assessment information
Baseline tests conducted in the first weeks at Nailsea School
CAT data once this is received

10. Reports
The student profile will be based on historical understanding of what the information we collate on your child tells us about their future potential outcomes
The profile is an indicator – it provides a flight path for their attainment that we can make judgements against
This will be reviewed at least annually
Assessment practices will ensure that there is no cap on the potential attainment of your child

11. Information on Reports
Subject
Teacher Initials
Progress description
Behaviour in Lessons
Effort
Art
AHM
Meeting Expected 3 2
Drama MH
Exceeding Expected
English SR
Not Yet Meeting
German DM 4
For the first report, progress description will be based on teacher assessment of the baseline text compared to information received from primary school

12. Progress Teacher Assessment
Exceeding Expected
This indicates that your child is exceeding their expected progress
Meeting
expected
This indicates that your child is meeting expected progress
Not yet
meeting 
This indicates that your child is not yet there, but is making progress
Of concern 
This indicates that there is a problem with the progress of your child and that intervention is required.

13. 4 3 Behaviour in Lessons Effort
Behaviour in Lessons
Effort 4
Achieving mostly 4s indicates that your child:
Consistently demonstrates excellent behaviour.
Is willing to fully engage with their learning.
Always follow the Golden Rules.
Receives no behaviour points.
Follows all instructions.
Quickly settles down to complete the work set to a consistently high standard.
Demonstrates a strong commitment to learning.
Displays resilience and tenacity.
Remains focussed on learning.
Sets themselves high standards of application.
Uses a range of strategies to fully develop their ideas.
Shows a willingness to take responsibility for their own learning.
Has a good level of independence.
Actively seeks, responds positively to, and acts upon feedback. 3
Achieving mostly 3s indicates that your child:
Regularly demonstrates good behaviour
Is willing to engage with their learning, but this occasionally needs to be prompted.
Follows the Golden Rules.
Rarely receives behaviour points
Follows instructions.
Is willing to settle down to complete the work set to a good standard.
Demonstrates a good commitment to learning.
Displays a degree of resilience.
Sometimes needs to be encouraged to work to their best effort.
Shows good focus on learning.
Sets themselves good standards of application.
Occasionally needs encouragement to utilise strategies to fully develop their ideas.
Sometimes need to be encouraged to take responsibility for their learning
Is increasingly independent in their learning.
Is willing to act upon feedback, when given.

14. Behaviour in Lessons
If your child achieves mostly 4s, to improve even further, they could:
Endeavour to learn from setbacks and mistakes.
Find opportunities to seek, respond positively to, and act upon feedback.
Be a role model to other students.
If your child achieves mostly 3s, to improve they would need to:
Demonstrate even greater willingness to take responsibility for their learning.
Immediately focus on their work.
Be ready to listen at the beginning of the lesson.

15. Effort in Lessons
If your child achieves mostly 4s, to improve they would need to:
Be resilient.
Don’t give up.
Be a role model to other students.
Seek even greater challenge in their work.
Ask more questions to promote their own learning.
If your child achieves mostly 3s, to improve they would need to:
Aim to achieve house points by demonstrating greater effort with their work in lessons.
Review their work and look for opportunities to improve it further.
Demonstrate a willingness to continue to improve.
Seek more challenging activities.
Organise their time effectively and meet all deadlines.

16. Show My Homework All students have now received their log in details.
An app can be downloaded to your phone.
Enables regular monitoring of homework that is set.

17. If a block is greyed out the deadline has passed.
Coloured blocks represent tasks. The number in the corner of the block counts down to the due date.
If a block is greyed out the deadline has passed.

18. Tick the boxes as you complete them to remove them from the to – do list

21. Key Dates 2016/17 Fri 21st Oct – Report 1 Issued
Fri 20th Jan – Report 2 Issued
Thurs 9th Feb – Academic Review Evening
Thurs 16th March – Yr 7 Subject Evening
Fri 31st March – Report 3 Issued
Mon 5th June – Yr 7 Exams start
Mon 10th July - Curriculum and Rewards Week

22. Communication
Please remember these dates are NOT the only opportunities you have to find out about your child’s progress.
Who else can you contact?
Ms Sylvie Lloyd – Transition Manager
Subject teachers/Heads of department
Tutor
Senior Staff

23. Additions to the Curriculum
Personal Development Curriculum – tutor time tasks and work completed throughout the year.
3 Citizenship Days – Wednesday 9th November, Wednesday 15th March, Tuesday 4th July

24. Extra Curricular Opportunities
Students were invited to Fresher’s fair held in our Atrium during lunch time. This allowed them to find out and sign up to any extra curricular clubs we have on offer.

25. Rewards Students achieve 30 house points every week.
Additional points are given for a variety of reasons.
Points total monitored for both the house championship and individual rewards.