1. Welcome to Year 7 Parents’ Information Evening

2. Monitor your child’s attendance Monitor your child’s behaviour View your child’s school timetable View when homework has been set for your child Download your child’s school reports and other documents (in PDF file format) FROG PARENTAL PORTAL

3. Visit the school website “http://www.tdms.worcs.sch.uk and click “Frog” at the top of the page

4. Select “Frog Parents”

5. Log on using the username and password given to you. If you do not have an account, you can request a login by clicking the link shown below in red.

6. When you have logged on, you will be presented with the Frog Parental Portal Home Page. From here you have links to all the areas available to you in the left menu, as well as information regarding your child’s teachers. The Latest Feed displays any updates such as positive or negative behaviour marks, and if any new documents are available to download.

7. Selecting “My Child’s Timetable” displays the timetable for that day. You can move backwards and forwards by clicking the links at the bottom of the page.

8. Selecting “My Child’s Attendance” allows you to view the attendance marks for your child. If you have more than one child in school, you can specify which child you wish to look at from the pull down menu at the top of the page. You can also choose a month to view as well.

9. Selecting “My Child’s Behaviour” will display any positive or negative behaviour marks given to your child by their teachers. The staff name and a brief description will also be given next to each mark.

10. Selecting “My Child’s Homework” allows you to view homework set for your child, including the subject, teacher, task and due date.

11. Selecting “My Child’s Documents” allows you to download a secure copy of your child’s reports when they become available. These files are in PDF format and are available to view on most computers, laptops, and other mobile devices.

12. FROG PARENTAL PORTAL

13. The Year 7 Team Head of Learning – Miss Hook (shook@tdms.worcs.sch.uk) Senior Intervention Tutor – Mrs Reade (SReade@tdms.worcs.sch.uk) Mrs Stephens - Tutor 7DSt (DStephens@tdms.worcs.sch.uk) Mrs Collingbourne – Tutor 7NCo (NCollingbourne@tdms.worcs.sch.uk) Miss Patel – Tutor 7DP (DPatel@tdms.worcs.sch.uk ) Mrs Wills – Tutor 7MWi (MWills@tdms.worcs.sch.uk)

14. How to contact us Tutors are the first point of contact. 1. Email. We will try to return email queries within 48 hours 2. By phone. Before 8.35am or after 3.40pm 3. Make an appointment 4. A note in the planner – but please remind your child to show their tutor the query!

15. Expectations Year 7 expectations and our Core Values Our aim is for every child to achieve their potential. To assist them we have the following expectations: The highest expectations and a genuine sense of pride- To always be in correct uniform and wearing it correctly Developing healthy and safe lifestyles- Apply skills/ knowledge from school in their life Developing lifelong skills – Apply themselves in all subjects Respect for others - Allowing all class members to achieve Realising potential- Being fully applied in all subjects

16. Rewards Stamps in planners. Up to 18 per day. Postcards Non uniform days Certificates Reward days – earn ‘money’ from the stamps they collect.

17. Behaviour After school short detentions on the same day Parents informed by telephone/text alert Report card issued by tutor, HoL, SLT if required

18. Planners Please check regularly. Sign planners at the end of the week. Use for communication too. Homework timetables in planners.

19. Homework SubjectTime per week/fortnight English30 minutes/week Maths30 minutes/week Science30 minutes/week Geography30 minutes/fortnight History30 minutes/fortnight French30 minutes/fortnight Technology, R.E and Expressive Arts homework will be set as necessary

20. Information from us Key dates – please check your child’s calendar Staff email addresses Information from you Please keep us informed of any change in circumstance, new address and mobile phone number Please sign parent and student agreement in planner Parent view – feedback your opinions about key aspects of the school to Ofsted Parent voice team – an opportunity to be a ‘critical friend’ to the school

21. Curriculum

22. Lessons per fortnight English = 12 Maths = 12 Science = 6 PE = 5 French = 5 DT = 4 Geography = 3 History = 3 IT = 3 Art = 2 Drama = 2 RE = 2 PSHE = 1 6 Personal Development afternoons across the course of the year

23. Assessment 5 Progress Reports issued to parents across the year – Academic progress and Attitude to Learning Maths and English exam week (W/B 13 th June) Year 7 Parents Evening 16 th June

24. English

25. The purpose of the curriculum To foster a love of learning through: Reading a range of fiction and non-fiction texts including prose, poetry and drama from both pre and post- 1914. Writing accurately and fluently, at length and for pleasure, for a range of purposes and audiences. Speaking confidently and effectively in a range of formal and informal contexts.

26. English Programme of Study Term 1a - Gothic Reading and Writing Term 1b - Love That Dog Term 2a - Autobiographical writing – war ‘Messenger Bird’ Term 2b - Poetry from the First World War Poetry Term 3a - Introduction to Shakespeare and play scripts(Non fiction writing) Term 3b - Reading and writing tests

27. Assessments - Focus on breadth and development Term 1a Students chose a section from their plan Term 1b Poetry Comparison Term 2a Writing in role Term 2b Poetry Comparison Term 3a Write a newspaper report on the fight scene in Romeo and Juliet Term 3b End of year assessments

28. Reading Basics Predicting Skimming Scanning Close Reading Questioning Reading Backwards and Forwards Empathising Visualising Inferring

29. Writing Basics Spelling Punctuation Grammar Paragraphing Accuracy and range.

30. How can you support your child? Encourage reading and combine independent reading with shared reading. Discuss the text and talk about purpose and audience. Talk about books and what you’re reading. Encourage non-fiction reading as well. Build knowledge of context. Complete difficult homework together. BBC bitesize activities. CGP books to support revision of key skills and study books as a point of reference.

31. Maths

32. A higher achieving student is expected to master the topics within the year group. Showing greater depth of understanding and application.

33. Year 7 Programme of Study Numbers and the number system. Counting and comparing. Calculating. Visualising and construction. Investigating properties of shapes. Algebraic proficiency. Fractions, decimals and percentages. Proportional reasoning. Pattern sniffing. Investigating angles. Mathematical movement. Measuring and presenting data.

34. Assessments Students sit an assessment each half term. These assessments as well as classroom performance will feed into the progress we report to you. Assessments based on external papers, to generate accurate and robust results. Assessments cover all aspects of the subject to show progress over time. All assessments are evaluated by the class teacher and the student to highlight areas of improvement.

35. Pen and Pencil. Ruler. Rubber. Calculator. (Scientific if possible) Equipment

36. How you can help… Check that homework is done with due care and attention. Then handed in, on time. Enable your child to have the basic equipment in school every day. Reinforce our high expectations. Everyone can achieve with motivation and effort. Talk about Maths.