Welcome to our Year 7 Parental support evening

Parents’ consultation evening

1. Our school – current picture

2. Welcome from Head of Year 7

3. Residential to Mount Cook

4. Carousel of support sessions

5. Opportunity to meet with Head of Year 7 / Acting Headteacher

YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING JOURNEY

A Levels

GCSEs

SATs

KS2-3 Transition

KS3-4 Transition

KS4-5 Transition

Threshold Measures

Progress 8 = 0.00 / +0.01

Standards agenda – consistency is key

• Highest of Expectations

• Non-negotiables

• Behaviour

• Uniform

• Learning environment

Core purposeTo focus on the main thing and the main thing is learning

DreamTo look, feel and behave like the best school in the CMAT, in Burton, in the country so that our pupils get a better deal at Robert Sutton than they would at any other school

ValuesAcademic excellence, spiritual development and social awareness through Christ

Beliefs• Pupils come first• Unreasonable ambition – anything is possible• Grow talent: recruit, identify, develop, empower• Attention to detail• Equity of opportunity• Do what is right, not just what is easy• Everybody contributes to our success

Greatest imaginable challengeTo be in the top 5% of all schools for progress

Focus 2019 - 2020• Embed The Sutton Way - Engage with research to make every lesson count and

promote classroom excellence• Assessment systems and practices to inform high quality learning and progress• High performance leadership at all levels• Embed the importance of reading and literacy across the curriculum• Key group focus – PP and HPA

Character• Professional• Passionate• Solution focussed• Collaborative• Resilient• Innovative and creative• Demonstrates integrity

The Sutton Way

How has transition been?

In a word

‘Brilliant’

Mount Cook

8th July – 10th July 2020

Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016)

www.mountcook.org

Where is it?

• Middleton-by-Wirksworth

• Purpose-built facility (Opened July 2016)

• Uses near by attractions;

• Black Rock

• Carsington water

Accommodation

• Modern bedrooms sleep four guests, with bunk beds, complimentary bedding and en-suite bathrooms in every room.

• There are also wheel-chair accessible rooms available, which sleep just two guests.

Activities

Behaviour and Rewards at Blessed Robert Sutton

Bring the correct equipment

&

Wear the correct uniform:

Skirts (knee length)

Trousers (full length)

Jewellery (one stud in each ear)

No nail varnish

Correct shoes

Black/dark grey socks

No gum or fizzy drinks

Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags

at all times

Rewards Focus for 2019-20

Praise postcards

• Awarded by class teachers, support staff and form tutors

• Recognition for spiritual, social or academic excellence

• Given to students directly

• Share with parents!

Chip Friday

• Awarded by Year Leaders

• 5 tokens per year group per week

• Exchanged for food up to the value of £1.20 on Friday (does not have to be chips)

Hot Chocolate Friday

• Awarded by Year Leaders and Form Tutors

• Hot chocolate with Year Leader in form time on Friday

• 2 members of each year group per week

Positive Phone Calls Home

• Recognition of following the Sutton Way

• All staff involved

Acting-Headteacher Award

• Awarded by subject areas

• Meeting with Acting HT on a Friday Period 5

• Letter sent home• Work photographed for

the Wall of Excellence

A shout out in the Newsletter

Bring the correct equipment

&

Wear the correct uniform:

Skirts (knee length)

Trousers (full length)

Jewellery (one stud in each ear)

No nail varnish

Correct shoes

Black/dark grey socks

No gum or fizzy drinks

Mobile phones switched off and kept in bags

at all times

BRS Behaviour Ladder

All departments have support trees which show where students who are

Break and lunchtime routines

• All food to be eaten in designated areas. Dining room, hall and outside eating area

• No chewing gum, fizzy drinks, energy drinks or mobile phones

• Pupils in designated areas only. Astro for football only, bus park, yard. Not in front of school

• Pupils not allowed in buildings except for toilet and lunch time clubs

• Reception out of bounds except for emergencies

• Room A102 Year 7-8 lunchtime club for homework, reading, relaxing. Run by Prefects.

Year 7 Support Evening

Understanding your child’s Reports

When will you receive reports?

Year 7

Attendance 100% = Great Attendance

No Unauthorised Absences

No Sessions Late

Behaviour Points

Achievement Points

Reading Age Year/Month

Attendance

Attending school on a regular basis is the key to your

child doing well at school and will set him/her up with

good routines for later life and the working world

In order for your child’s attendance to be deemed to be

very good it must be at least 96%

Behaviour & Engagement

Effort HomeworkResponse to

FeedbackProgress

Art & Design

Computer Science

Design & Technology

English

French

Geography

History

Mathematics

PE

RE

Science

Understanding your child’s Attitude to Learning Grades

Target Grades

Based on a students Keystage 2 results these are the targets your child is aiming for at GCSE

This will be a number 9-1

Grade 4 = Standard Pass (the Old C)

Grade 5 = Strong Pass

Progress

The Progress Column on your report uses the same grading as Attitude to Learning (A-D)

A = Working beyond Expectation

B = Working at Expectation

C = Working below Expectation (some cause for concern)

D = Working well below Expectation (serious cause for concern)

Any Concerns?

Email Form Tutor or ring reception

Parent Portal

Any Questions?

Any Suggestions?

How to Support your child’s learning

First and Foremost: taking a positive interest and encouraging. Looking at their work, asking

one or two questions, praising what is good, making suggestions if you feel there are obvious weaknesses: all these we would

greatly welcome.

How to support your child’s Learning

Involving them in any discussions you may be having on topical issues in the media and just

chatting to them about their personal interests are equally helpful.

How to support your child’s Learning

How to support your child’s Learning

Helping them to organise themselves for each day, particularly to have the appropriate equipment, clothing, books and

topping up the lunch account.

Helping with their work if they ask for assistance. A few hints or guidelines will be

invaluable, but please do not do the work for them.

How to support your child’s Learning

Checking and signing the pupil planner.

How to support your child’s Learning

Parent Portal

Making sure they have enough sleep.

Some specific examples of ways in which parents have given support to their children are by:

Encouraging and enabling them to join and use public libraries

Helping them with research projects and or

questionnairesFinding magazines, books or other resources which are relevant to particular

projects

Helping them to practise a skill (like a speech or reading or drawing or

using simpleequipment)

Helping them to learn facts or prepare for a

test

Helping them understand words,

phrases or sentences they find difficult

Using the school website and FireFly for

support.

Literacy and Reading

The importance of literacy

Lacking vital literacy skills holds a person back at every stage of their life.

As a child they won't be able to succeed at school, as a young adult they will be locked out of the job market, and as a parent they won't be able to support their own child's learning.

Pupils need to read regularly to…

• Develop their vocabulary

• Develop their understanding of grammatical structures

• Become better writers

• Become better communicators

• Increase their knowledge and understanding of the world

• Understand questions on exam/assessment papers

• Improve their performance in tests

• Prepare for life after school

What do we do at BRS to give all of our year 7 pupils the opportunity to develop their reading and literacy skills?

• We test Pupils’ reading levels three times a year using a computer system called STAR Reading. This allows us to accurately track their reading ability

• We have daily reading sessions into the school day – DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)

• We use a reading system called Accelerated Reader to track progress

Why use Accelerated Reader?

DEAR

• For Pupils’ literacy to progress they need to be reading for 30 minutes everyday.

• On the days they don't read in form, they will complete DEAR in lessons.

• Form tutors and teachers are told when this is.

• Pupils should make sure when they are reading they are tracking what they have read in their planner.

Quizzing

• When pupils have finished their book, they will take a quiz

• The quiz shows how well they have understood the book – they should be aiming for 85% or more, but 60% is a pass

• It will tell pupils how many words they have read and add these up over the year

• We have competitions and awards based on reading in achievement assemblies

What books will they be reading?

Pupils have been told….

• The secret is to chose a book that interests you

• The books in the library are roughly sorted into genres to give pupils a starting point

• Pupils must choose a book that is in your reading range

• ZPD – colour stickers

• Should have their book in school at all times

• They should try and read at home as well

The most important things…

• It doesn’t matter how good or poor their reading skills are, AR is for everyone and it will help everyone get better

• We have seen this with the results in Year 7 and 8

• They need to put the effort in to get the benefit

• If they chose books wisely, reading is something they should enjoy doing

How can parents help?

• Continue to encourage your child to read at home – a range of texts, not just fiction texts

• Talk to your child about what they are reading – talking about it increases their understanding and awareness

• Ask your child to tell you about the quizzes they are taking

• When you check their planner, please check they are writing in their trackers

• Visit the library or a book shop together to see what’s available

• Use www.arbookfind.uk to help you child select suitable reading material

www.arbookfind.uk

Any questions?

Literacy and Reading

www.mymaths.co.uk

login: robertsutton

password: factor

Maths Revision Sites

• https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle

• username: SurnameFirstname@robertsutton

• password: maths1

• eg. WoodSarah@robertsutton

• eg. Smith-JonesEllie@robertsutton

• Short clips with interactive worksheets for all key topics

MathsWatch

PiXL Maths App

Things to know:

Your son/daughter is one of our 1.2 million account

holders.

Just under 1/5 of all students who sat their Maths GCSE

(2018) in England, Wales or Northern Ireland had used

the Maths App to prepare for their exam.

With regular use it has been shown to raise attainment

within a year by at least 1 grade.

THERAPYTESTING

DIAGNOSIS

PiXL Maths App

What does the app do?

Uses online questions to assess your son’s/daughter’s

knowledge across more than 200 skills to raise

awareness of their strengths and areas to develop.

Provides video and PowerPoint support to enable

learners to target areas of weakness.

Reproduces the same question but with different

numbers so that learner’s can apply their knowledge.

PiXL Maths App

More than 200 skills.

That is quite a lot!

Where should my son/daughter

start?

Sometimes it is hard to know

what to do with a blank canvas.

Therefore we have structured

graded challenges under “set

tasks” to help students start

along a particular path.

PiXL Maths App

How does my son/daughter know how

they are doing?

Their success line

Question selection menu is RAG’d

Class engagement scoreboard

Their teacher also sees an overview

and will shape written reports,

conversations and their teaching to

continuously target their needs.

PiXL Maths App

So how can I help?

Encourage your son/daughter to

use the app on top of any other

homework. They can use the

search facility under “Take a test” to

help target a specific skills or the

“Daily challenge”.

If you are teaching your

son/daughter a particular skill, try

and use the techniques shown in

the videos/PowerPoints.

PiXL TT App

Things to know:

Basic arithmetic has been identified as a cause for

concern in numerous examiner’s reports over the years

from published report following GCSE exams.

With regular use it has been shown to build confidence.

PiXL TT App

What does the app do?

Allow learners to freely practice their tables at their own

pace or against the clock with the aim of reducing the

time taken to recite their tables within 5 seconds per

question.

Promote engagement through games.

Track confidence levels through awarding trophies.

Highlights the results to their teacher.

PiXL TT AppHow do they access it?

Your son/daughter have been given Maths App login

details. They can use this to access the TT App also.

How should I encourage them to use it?

If the games aren’t encouraging enough already, we

would recommend setting up a routine so it becomes

expected:

1) Short bursts over breakfast,

2) Spare 5mins before they go out and play/meet

friends, etc.

This eveningGroup 1

Kamila

Kwiatkowski

Supporting your

child’s maths

WG

A107

Supporting

home Learning

SG

A104

Understanding

your child’s

report

SM

Hall

Behaviour and

Rewards

PI

A103

Supporting your

child’s literacy

LW

A101

Group 2

Aleksandra

Porada

Supporting your

child’s literacy

LW

A101

Supporting your

child’s maths

WG

A107

Supporting

home Learning

SG

A104

Understanding

your child’s

report

SM

Hall

Behaviour and

Rewards

PI

A103

Group 3

Abigail Heelas

Behaviour and

Rewards

PI

A103

Supporting your

child’s literacy

LW

A101

Supporting your

child’s maths

WG

A107

Supporting

home Learning

SG

A104

Understanding

your child’s report

SM

Hall

Group 4

Aishwarya

Joseph

Understanding

your child’s report

SM

Hall

Behaviour and

Rewards

PI

A103

Supporting your

child’s literacy

LW

A101

Supporting your

child’s maths

WG

A107

Supporting home

Learning

SG

A104

Group 5

Lucie Morris

Supporting home

Learning

SG

A104

Understanding

your child’s

report

SM

Hall

Behaviour and

Rewards

PI

A103

Supporting your

child’s literacy

LW

A101

Supporting your

child’s maths

WG

A107

Group 6

MK

Above presentations delivered in Polish

MK

A102