1. St Osmund’s School Year 7
September 2016

2. Year 7 Team 7Or - Mr Otter 7Ls - Miss Staddon
7Rk/BC – Mr Boyce & Mr Rooke
7Af – Miss Perring
7Mn/ER- Mrs Martin & Ms Restorick
Head Of Year – Mrs Roberts
SLT Link – Mr Absolom

3. Aims & Expectations for KS 3
Good work ethic from day one!
Organisation
Uniform
Merits & Ticks
Participation in clubs / school life
Link books -
Attendance
SUCCESS!!!

4. Uniform
School Uniform
PE Kit
Jewellery
Make up and Hair colour!

5. Equipment
Reading book
HSLB
Handwriting pen

6. Curriculum Overview ENGLISH
Reading, writing, punctuation, grammar and spelling – taught through key texts including:  
Romeo and Juliet- Shakespeare 
Holes- Louis Sacher 
Frankenstein- Mary Shelley 

7. Curriculum Overview MATHS Problem solving, Patterns in numbers Money
Shape, angle, measurement Handling data. 

8. Curriculum Overview HISTORY Romans
Medieval - battle of Hastings and life in the Middle Ages 
Crusades 
Civil war and the Restoration 

9. Curriculum Overview GEOGRAPHY Map skills Africa and the Middle East
Coastal features: 
Lulworth Cove and  
Durdle Door trip

10. Curriculum Overview SCIENCE Acids and alkalis
Cells, diet and digestion 
Electricity and magnetism 
Forces 
Particles and solutions 
Reproduction

11. Curriculum Overview THELOGY AND ETHICS Does God exist?
Exploring the different beliefs and values that people hold in our society. 

12. Curriculum Overview FRENCH Moi et ma famille Au College
Le Commerce Equitable 
Les Passetemps 
Les Vacances

13. Curriculum Overview PE AND GAMES Orienteering Badminton Table tennis
Dance 
Athletics
Tennis
Rugby, Netball, Football, Hockey, Basketball
Rounders
Cricket

14. Curriculum Overview COMPUTING ‘Information’ Spreadsheet modelling
Kodu Programming 

15. Curriculum Overview MUSIC Jazz and Improvisation
Christmas Performing and Carol Competition 
Expression in Music –  
Musical Characters and creating Impressions 
Performing in a band 
Music in context - Adverts, Music for special events 
World Beat - Caribbean Music 

16. Curriculum Overview ART & DT Still life collage Picasso
Sarah Graham Painting 
Clay sculpture 
Fish watercolours  
Computer aided design and graphics 
Desk organiser 
(vacuum forming machine) 
Fleece hat  
vegetable dishes; 
stirfry, soup and potato dish.

17. PHSCE DAY 1 = Puberty & Self-esteem DAY 2 = Race & Equality
DAY 3 = Smoking & e-safety
DAY 4 = Sex Education, Relationships, Friendships & Responsibilities
DAY 5 = Drugs, Self-defence, First-aid, Peer pressure

18. Success and Assessment
Celebration of our pupils achievements:
Academic
Musical
Sporting
Attainment
ATL
CAT’s
Cognitive Ability Tests

19. DASP Middle Schools 5 Band System
Language 5
Significantly beyond AES and at greater depth 4
Beyond Age Expected Standard 3
Age Expected Standard 2
Close to achieving Age Expected Standard 1
Working towards Age Expected Standard
Core subject bands will be sent out in December. All teachers will give bands at subject parents evenings in February. Bands for all subjects sent out in EOY reports.

20. St Osmund’s Approach to Learning A 3 way Partnership between pupils, staff and parents
Are you a successful and motivated learner?
READY TO LEARN
RESOURCEFUL
RESPONSIBLE
RESILIENT
REFLECTIVE
Article 28: Every child has the right to a good education 5 4 3 2
Completes class work frequently exceeding teacher expectations
Highly motivated and seeks a challenge
Actively listens and makes invaluable contributions
An independent and proactive learner
Works collaboratively and supports other pupils’ learning 1
Completes class work regularly exceeding teacher expectations
Well motivated and accepts a challenge
Listens and engages actively in the learning
Works with increasing independence
Works collaboratively with confidence
Works to a standard meeting teacher expectations
Motivated to learn, demonstrating some initiative
Listens well but could engage more actively
Stays on task
Works collaboratively
Class work completed below teacher expectations on a regular basis
Would benefit from more motivation to learn
Listening skills need developing further
Needs reminding to stay on task
Difficulties in working collaboratively
Class work is rarely completed
Behaviour disrupts their learning and that of others
Listening skills are poor
Rarely stays on task
Rarely works collaboratively
ATLs to be sent out December and end of year

21. Education Extra (EdEx)
EdEx aims to compliment the work of teachers and tutors.
Additional support can be given in areas of academic, physical or emotional need.
The type of support offered is identified by; assessment, recommendations from external services or observations.
We avoid doing intervention during lessons wherever possible, using registration times instead.
Permission is always sought from you, before an intervention from EdEx begins and progress is clearly monitored and recorded.
If you need to discuss areas of Special Educational Need (SEN) or intervention, please contact either;
Nita Dooley – SENCO or Amelia Dipple – Principal TA

22. Home Learning Preparation for lifelong learning
Consolidates the lesson learning
Encourages independent learning
Pupils will be set homework by their subject teachers – recorded in their link books

23. Students must have a reading book with them in school every day
“The single most important thing that adults can do to enable their child to achieve their potential? Help them to enjoy reading.”
Students must have a reading book with them in school every day

24. Rewards / Sanctions
Ticks are awarded for displaying the qualities of the 7Cs…
The tutor group with the most ticks every half term wins a non- school uniform day.

25. 1 x Merit Rewards and Sanctions
Merits are awarded for effort or high standards of work
40 merits wins a non school uniform day
1 x Merit

26. This will be recorded in the Home Link Book
Rewards and Sanctions
Behaviour that contravenes the ‘Respect Charter’ will result in a warning, followed by an invitation to attend ‘Behaviour Improvement Club’
This will be recorded in the Home Link Book
1 x Bic
The Respect charter is a document that was written by the students and staff together, then ratified by the governors and helps inform our school behaviour policy- its in the Home link Book

27. Extra curricular clubs
Art Club
Table Tennis
Badminton
Eco Schools
Basketball
Vegetarian Club
Boys Football
Warhammer and Yu-Gi-oh Club
Cake
Ukulele Club and Guitar Club
Chess
4 Bang on Percussion
Conservation
DASP Harmony
Girls Football
Ukulele / Guitar Beginners
Gardening
Toot Sweet Recorders
Kindness Club
Tech Club
Leavers Club
Rock Club
Netball
Ossie Singers
Overcoming Injustice
Concert Band 
Pizza
Kingdom Band
Rugby Boys
FluteJuice and BlueTacks
Running Club

28. Communication
Tutors
Website
HSLB
Parents / teachers meeting

29. Trips Overview Cinema Trip (Dec) Scotland Trip ( May)
Activities Week Options (May)
Lulworth and Durdle Door Trip (May / June)

30. Activity Week Scotland (Easter and May)
Range of activities in and out of school

31. Finally… Tutors: Please communicate with us Concerns Successes
Use of link book