Year 7 Information

Evening

Mr Luck Headteacher

Welcome• Introductions• Purpose of the evening• Emergency information• Mobile telephones

Mr Hudgell Progress Leader of Year 7

A Good Start!

Yr7 Day of Dance

Extra-Curricular

Helpers at Last night's Open

Evening

Zambia Drop Down

Day

Tutor TimeAccelerated Reader & Planners

Assembly

Accelerated Reader

Pixel Edge

Careers

PIXL Edge

Leadership Organisation Resilience Initiative Communication

RVHS Awards

Form Captains

Pixl Edge

Pupil of the week

Queue Jumper

(Attendance)Rising Stars

Postcards

Honours

Class of the Week

The first Year 7 Data Drop closed on the 11th October 2016.

Roding Valley High School will report home to parents from this data drop, which will supply the parent(s) with their son/daughter's ATL grades in every subject area, which will be sent the week commencing 17th October 2016 (Attitude, Organisation and Home Learning).

Parents will receive a breakdown of the tests that the students completed on the Practice Days in July 2016 - which were our baseline tests.

These tests included a Maths, English and Reading test.

Reports

Mrs Jenner Deputy Headteacher

New Curriculum

• Grades 9 – 1 GCSEs no more A* - G• Reformed – increased challenge, no coursework, SPAG focus• Reformed A levels - harder, no coursework, SPAG

What is a pass ?

Grade 5 will be a good pass.

Top 3% of National cohort

-Prior Attainment (SATs)-Baseline testing - to be reported to parents next week with their ATLs-Fischer Family Trust data

-3 and 4 Levels of Progress -Teacher Assessment

•Progress 8 •Flightpaths

How do we know what your child is capable of?

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What is Progress 8 ?• Schools performance is now judged by the progress made of every

child across the curriculum

• Students still needs a ‘pass’ in English and Maths (Grade 5)

• Every grade counts at every level

• We have always supported every child and will continue to do so

• 2016 outcome +0.18

RAP (Raising Attainment of Pupils) – Forensic approach to student tracking

Exam and Assessment Weeks in Year 7First official Exam Week will be week beginning 16th January 2017

All reports to parents are underpinned by these calendared assessments

Students should also expect other regular in class assessments to support progress

Intervention tutors in English, Maths and Science

We are prepared for the changes ahead

Mrs RoutledgeHead of English

Importance of reading across curriculum★ Demands of new GCSE and A Level has meant that this has

become central focus students in all subject areas

★ GCSE English Preparation starts in Year 7

★ Assessments in English replicate the AQA GCSE exams

★ 50% marks in Eare for reading

★ Literature texts far more challenging than in past

★ All literature exams closed book

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Year 7 Exam

GCSE Exam

Accelerated Reader is a powerful tool for monitoring and managing independent reading practice, motivating students to read for pleasure.

★ A student reads a book★ Takes an online quiz,★ Gets immediate feedback.

Students respond to regular feedback and are motivated to make progress with their reading skills.

Quizzes can be done at home, in school, on phones using the AR app

Introducing a DEAR every day for 20 minutes for students in Year 7.

Rolling programme of 20 minute reading session for EVERY year 7 student regardless of lesson.

Use of the ACTIVE READING booklet to record and develop reading

Use of reading record in student planner

DROP EVERYTHING AND READ

Mr VermaakHead of Mathematics

Mathematics Mastery

Sharedcurriculumframework

Online • Task banks• Assessments• Training• Videos• Blogs

In-school development

visits

Collaborativecluster

workshops

Lesson observation

toolsTraining

• Teachers• Leaders

Mathematics Mastery

Our approach

Language and communicatio

n

Mathematical thinking

Conceptual understanding

Mathematical problemsolving

What are manipulatives?

Language and communication

Mathematical thinking

Conceptual understanding

Mathematical problemsolving

Bar models

Dienes blocks

Cuisenaire rods

Multilink cubes

Fraction towers

Bead strings

Number lines

Shapes

100 grids

Solving problems with unknownsJohn gives his brother three marbles.

Now his brother has three times as many marbles as John.Altogether they now have sixteen marbles.

How many marbles did John have at the start?

Solving problems with unknownsJohn gives his brother three marbles.

Now his brother has three times as many marbles as John.Altogether they now have sixteen marbles.

How many marbles did John have at the start?

John

John’s brother16

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Assessment

Pre- and post-module assessments

Termly holistic assessments

630

250

There are 2000 pet owners at a pet convention. There are 630 cat owners and 250 more dog owners than cat owners, If the rest are rabbit owners, how many more dog owners than rabbit owners are there?

cat

dog

rabbit

2000

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Thank you for attending tonight’s Year 7 Information evening

Mr Luck Headteacher