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New Year 7Parents’ Evening
7th July 2015
Mr. B. GreeneHeadteacher
Welcome
Y7 Team
Mrs D. CarterDeputy HeadteacherMrs M. Hemmings
Head of Year 7Mr K. Parsons
Assistant Headteacher
Our Expectations
• Uniform• PE kit• Homework • Communication • Attendance and Punctuality• Rewards and Sanctions• The Curriculum
Uniform
If students are not in full uniform parents will be contacted so that the issue can be rectified before students attend lessons. This may involve students being sent home. All items of uniform should be clearly marked or labelled.
PE Kit
Contact Books
HomeworkStudent’s responsibilities:• Asking staff if homework is not clear• Completing the Contact Book accurately• Undertaking all homework tasks to the best of her abilities• Giving in homework at the specified times.Parent’s responsibilities:• Helping your child to establish a routine for completing
homework• Creating a quiet space for homework to take place• Ensuring that your child undertakes all tasks as recorded in her
Contact Book; signing Contact Book at the end of each week.• Informing form tutor when your child has had difficulty
completing homework tasks.
Communication
Support for the Year team Mr Parsons, Mrs Hemmings and Form Tutors
CommunicationExt 377 or email: [email protected]
What we expect of our students by the time they leave us:
• Their best possible qualifications• Skills for the 21st Century• High aspirations• Good citizens
•A positive attitude to learning •Respect for self and others•Excellent behaviour
Our Expectations
Attendance & Punctuality• 98 - 100% = Excellent Attendance • Please phone us as soon as possible to tell us why your
daughter is absent and when you expect her to return• Only grant days for genuine illness (You will know!)• Do not take holidays in school time – these will not be
authorised• Where possible avoid missing half days for medical/dental
appointments. If this cannot be avoided, ensure that your daughter attends morning registration before leaving site and returns for afternoon registration to avoid an absence mark
Behaviour
The KS3 CurriculumCore Subjects:
Maths, English, Science, RS, Physical Education, Citizenship
Foundation Subjects:
Design and Technology, Modern Foreign Languages ICT, Geography, HistoryDance, Art, Music, DramaPersonal Social Health & Economic Education
Tutor Groups
• Mixed Ability• Continuity• Contact
Teaching GroupsCognitive Ability Testing (CAT), takes place on Saturday morning 11th July 9 – 11
Majority of subjects are taught in mixed ability groups for the entire year.
Maths will set initially on prior knowledge and adjust later in the term.
Science set at Christmas.
Teaching GroupsLanguages
Students have chosen to learn French/Spanish French/GermanGerman/Italian
Trips
Trips are fun and offer important learning opportunities.
Mrs Connolly Special Educational Needs Coordinator
Bullers Wood Learning Gateway
Year 7 Students
• Ella Brown 7B
• Rainer Goering 7C
School FundMr Peter Selby
School Governor
What’s Next?Thursday 9th July Uniform Sale, Bromley School Wear
sale 4.30 - 7.00 pm
Saturday 11th July CAT’s Testing 9 – 11 am
Monday 17th – 21st August Summer School
Wednesday 2nd September New Term begins at 8.25 am
Wednesday 30th September E-Safety presentation
Wednesday 7th October Meet the tutors 7.00 pm
Thursday 21st January Year 7 Parents’ Consultation Evening 4.00pm – 7.00pm
