Dates for the diary
• 15th, 16th and 17th December Christmas Show
• Thursday 7th January Year 9 Progress Review Evening
• Tuesday 19th January HPV vaccinations
• Wednesday 27th January Year 9 Options Evening
• Friday 12th February Teacher Day
• Tuesday 22nd March Year 9 Subject Evening
Future Pathways
At Caludon
CAREERSWhat do I need?
Career PlanCV
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GCSE grades matter!
Looking further ahead, GCSE grades can be important for university applications.
For example - medicine:
• Birmingham University requires A* grades in each of English, Mathematics and Science/s. Overall GCSE performance will also be considered
• Nottingham University requires at least six subjects at grade A including all three Sciences or the double Science award.
GCSE grades matter!
Did you know…..
• you need D/C grades in Maths and English to do carpentry, bricklaying, plastering at college?
• You need C grades in Maths and English to do plumbing at college?
• you need C grades in Maths, English and a Science to study to be an electrician at college?
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1. Back to Caludon 6th
Form
Level 3 courses on offer
•To study level 3 courses (A level or BTEC level 3, whichis equivalent to A level) you need 5 GCSEs at grade C orabove, including English and Maths
•Some A level subjects require 5 GCSEs at grade B or aB in the subject.
•A wide range of level 3 courses are available(approximately 30)
Art and Design
Biology
Business Applied
Chemistry
Computing
Drama and Theatre Studies
English Language
English Literature
French
Geography
Health and Social Care Applied
History
ICT
Mathematics
Further Mathematics
Media Studies
Moving Image Production
Music
Philosophy and Ethics
Photography
Physical Education
Physics
Product Design
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Spanish
Sport
Travel and Tourism
One Year course on offer
•If you do not get C grades in Maths and English,we have a One Year course available:
•Opportunity to resit Maths and/or EnglishGCSEs.
•A 1 year BTEC level 3 course in Travel andTourism which is equivalent to an AS level
•The possibility of also studying one other level3 course, depending on individual results
2. ApprenticeshipIntermediate Apprenticeship-entry with GCSE
D/E grade or lower-work toward (NVQ) Level 2
qualifications
Advanced Apprenticeship-entry with a number of
C grade GCSEs-work toward (NVQ) Level 3
qualifications
Organised through a business
(usually a larger organisation)
e.g. Jaguar/ Land Rover
Organised through a training
provider/ college
2. Apprenticeship
https://www.gov.uk/apply-
apprenticeship
Careermap.co.uk
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3. CollegeCity College
Henley College
Nuneaton College
Warwickshire Colleges
Stratford College
All now ask for
C’s in English
and Maths for
most courses
It’s a reward system that enables teachers to reward students for the good things they do.
Vivo is the world’s most popular and successful rewards platform.
Awarding Vivos
Teachers can award Vivosstraight to a student’s account or give a student paper Vivoswhich the student can then load up themselves.
How to log-on to a Vivo account
Go to www.vivoedge or the Vivo Edge App (which can easily be downloaded).
The student enters their username, password and domain. (If they have forgotten any of these, they can ask their tutor who knows what to do.)
edgar.rumpold
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caludon
How to log-on to a Vivo account
Go to www.vivoedge or the Vivo Edge App (which can easily be downloaded).
The student enters their username, password and domain. (If they have forgotten any of these, they can ask their tutor who knows what to do.)
On their home page students will find:
• Your Vivos – showing the vivos they have earned so far
• Earn Vivos – an area where they can earn more vivos
• Badges - these can be ‘unlocked’ and more Vivos earned
• League tables – a way to compete with classes/friends
• Games - where students can play educational games to improve their maths skills
• Word of the Day
There’s also World View
In World View there are squares. Each square is a different article, video or competition. Students simply click on square, explore and learn. They can discover new ideas, learn about charities, healthy living, sports, art and much more!
They can win prizes by entering competitions.
At the end of every term the ten students with the greatest number of Vivo points awarded that term will receive Amazon vouchers.
FIREFLY
Mr Fitzjohn
VLE - Firefly
• The school’s VLE is called Firefly
• On Firefly students can:
• Access home learning in one place
• Access extra resources for specific subjects
Home Learning
• Home learning is gathered
together on a student’s
dashboard for them to see in
order of due date, or set date.
• The teacher can give them
feedback following a home
learning submission, or
remind them that a home
learning is due soon if they
haven’t yet submitted it
Accessing resources
• Subject resources are placed onto
subject areas by staff.
• These can be added to by student
request and normally give extra
context than was covered in the
lesson.
Parental Access
• Parental access gives access to:
• Current and previous home learning tasks
• Attendance data
• Reporting and assessment data
Your Dashboard
Current and previous home
learning tasks
Attendance data
Reporting and assessment
data• This will be added in due course and will be available from
your child’s profile in the same way as attendance or task
data.
Firefly
• If you have any further questions regarding Firefly please
direct them towards Mr Fitzjohn –
• To send school an email address to use as your Firefly log
in please email [email protected]
Maths App
MFL Apps
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Target Banding
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Assessment without levels?
• Since September 2015,national curriculum levels have been removed from years 7 , 8 and 9.
• All schools have had to decide their own system for assessment without levels
• At the end of year 11 all students will sit GCSE exams and be given a scale of 1 to 9.
• The new system is personalised to your child where students are assessed each term against the knowledge, skills and understanding they have demonstrated within each subject
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Assessment Principles
• Give reliable and clear information to parents about how their child is performing
• Help drive improvement for students and teachers
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How have we banded?
• We have used your child’s KS2 levels as a guide to produce suggested bands
• Baseline assessments, progress checks, classwork and home learning has also informed the setting of these bands
• Your child’s band is not set in stone and if a student performs consistently above their target band then there will be a target band change in the relevant subject.
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SUBJECT TEACHER NAME TARGET BAND
English Mrs K. Dawes Securing
Maths Miss S. Buckley Developing
Science Miss E. Maund Developing
Art Miss E. Brooks Developing
CASS Miss L. Harris Developing
Dance Developing
Drama Miss A. Gallagher Developing
Food Mrs G. Coe Developing
Geography Mr A. Handy Developing
History Mr G. Faulkner Developing
IT Mrs K. Richmond Securing
Music Mrs S. Vincent Developing
PE Mr P. Moffatt Developing
Resistant Materials Mr A. Temple Developing
Spanish Mr N. Herlihy Developing
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Banding
TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP, ENGAGING LEARNING, CHANGING LIVES
Checking Progress
Staff will enter progress data by 2nd
December.
They will enter the band that your child is
currently working at and an attitude to
learning (ATL) score
If your child is progressing then you will
see Green or Gold colours against
subjects.
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Checking Progress
TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP, ENGAGING LEARNING, CHANGING LIVES
Checking Progress
Gold = Working above target band or
maintaining excellence
Green = Working in line with target
band
Amber = Working below target band
Red = Working more than one band
below target band
TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP, ENGAGING LEARNING, CHANGING LIVES
TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP, ENGAGING LEARNING, CHANGING LIVES
Current Performance
By current performance we mean- the
target band that the student is
consistently working/performing at
throughout the term.
This is based on a combination of• Lesson performance including progress
checks and home learning
• Formal assessment
Dates for the diary
• 15th, 16th and 17th December Christmas Show
• Thursday 7th January Year 9 Progress Review Evening
• Tuesday 19th January HPV vaccinations
• Wednesday 27th January Year 9 Options Evening
• Friday 12th February Teacher Day
• Tuesday 22nd March Year 9 Subject Evening