Year 7 Parental Information Evening 2019-2020 - If students are present please can they sit with their parent(s) - Heathside ...

Year 7 Parental Information
    Evening 2019-2020
 If students are present please can they sit with their parent(s).

Overview of this evening

Welcome - Headteacher – Ms Dohel

Key information for Year 7 – Ms Murphy

Provide a brief curriculum and exam overview – Mr Schofield

Year 7 Team
Head of Learning               -     Ms Murphy
Student support Co-ordinator-        Mr Batting
SLT Link – Assistant Principal -     Mr Brierley

• 7HH Ms Sasarean              msasarean@heathside.surrey.sch.uk
• 7HE Mrs Greenhouse           pgreenhouse@heathside.surrey.sch.uk (Mon to Wed)
      Mr Lotteryman            mlotteryman@heathside.surrey.sch.uk (Thur and Fri)
• 7HA Miss Kavanagh            mkavanagh@heathside.surrey.sch.uk
• 7HT Mr Reps                  lreps@heathside.surrey.sch.uk
• 7HS Ms Radwan                tradwan@heathside.surrey.sch.uk
• 7HI Miss Palomares           apalomares@heathside.surrey.sch.uk
• 7HD Mr Thomas                gthomas@heathside.surrey.sch.uk

Pastoral support

• Wellbeing Lead                      Mr Batting

• Home School Link Worker             Miss Atkinson

• Community PC                        PC Phil Jebb

• Attendance officer                  Mrs DiBiase

               Please talk to us if you have any worries!

My vision for Year 7

• Enjoyable

• Successful

• A time of development

• Building resilience

High standards, high expectations

• Uniform
• Punctuality
• Equipment
• Homework
• Phones

Attendance

• Expectation is 100% attendance
• Good attendance (96%+) does lead to good grades
• If students’ attendance drops below 95% we will contact home to
  support students in getting back into school.
• Below 90% we inform our EWO if there are concerns about patterns
  of absence

Homework
• Timetable can be found on page 6 of the booklet

• Routines

• Quiet place to work

Phones
• School phone policy
   • Including contact home during the day

• Social media
   • Legal age
   • Responsibility to monitor

• Group chats and cyber bulling

Student Wellbeing
• Universal support
  for everyone
• Targeted support
  for those that need some extra help
• Specialist support
  for those who have a diagnosable mental health disorder or whose
  struggle with emotional health is interfering in their day to day life

Universal support

• Planners
• Curriculum content
• Assemblies and tutor time activities
• Tutors
• Five Ways to Wellbeing
   • Peer Education project
• Kooth
• Childline

Targeted Interventions
Student Support Co-ordinator and Head of Learning can offer help and
support and signpost students to the right source of help.
• NHS Youth Counselling Service
• CYP Haven
• ELSA
• School Counselling
• Home School Link Worker
• Coping with Stress Groups
• Mindfulness Sessions
• Yoga (£)

Specialist Services
• Mindsight CAMHS referral
  by GP or school
• In case of emergency – If a child is in a crisis or is at risk of
  harming themselves or someone else, students should be
  assessed by a medical professional as soon as possible.
   • Accident and Emergency
   • CYP Haven centre (if open)

Extra curricular activities
• Can help support mental health and well being

• Wide range of activities on offer

• Timetables published termly on the school website and shared with
  students in form time

• Encourage all students to attend at least one

• Homework club and the LRC

Information in the booklet
• Key dates page 5

• Suggested support materials page 8

• ICT support pages 12-13 (Mr Schofield to explain in more detail)
   • Instructions provided in lessons

Careers at Heathside
Heathside’s Careers Lead is Miss Balson, Director of Sixth Form.

At Heathside we have a progressive careers programme, providing students with information,
advise and guidance relevant to their stage in education.

In your packs you will find information regarding specific career related opportunities for your
son/daughter this year. Additional one off events and presentations may also take place at
times during the year.

You have also been given information regarding how you and your child can access the ‘Start’
platform previously known as U-Explore and we strongly recommend that students make use
of this online tool at home.

To recap: how you can support…
• Encourage your child to read as much as possible
• Talk regularly with your child about their learning
• Ensure a quiet space is available for homework
• Demonstrate a positive attitude to education
• Limit your child’s mobile/internet use
• Encourage active learning
• Set up a regular routine including plenty of sleep

One Way System
                 • Avoid using Brooklands
                   Lane during peak hours
                   i.e. between 8:00am and
                 • 8:40am and 2:30pm and
                   3:10pm.

Curriculum and Assessment
Mr Schofield

Changes in Education
• The only thing certain is change…..
      Definite changes
      Probable changes
      Possible changes
• We pride ourselves on responding to change

Key Stage three (years 7-9)
• Curriculum has been revised - some subjects starting GCSE in Year 9

Key Stage Four (years 10 & 11)
• New GCSE content
• New examination structure
• New GCSE ‘grades’
•      9 to 1 has replaced A* - G
• By the time you get there these systems will no longer be considered
  ‘new’
• There are BOUND to be more changes.

• Subjects studied
• Lessons per subject
• Grouping of students
• Attainment and progress measures

Subjects: lessons per subject
  Subject             Lessons per subject

  English                     4
  Maths                       4
  Science                     4
  Geography                   2
  History                     2
  French                      2
  Spanish                     2
  RE                          1
  Design Technology           2
  Computing                   1
  Art                         1
  Drama                       1
  Music                       1
  PE                          2
  PSHE                        1
  Total                       30

Grouping of students
• Mixed ability tutor groups

• Taught in these groups in all subjects (except Maths) for all of Year 7
• The students are organised into two populations.
• Population A has 4 classes (7HH, 7HE, 7HA, 7HT)
• Population B has 3 classes (7HS, 7HI, 7HD)

• Setting in Maths

Key Stage 2 information

 Year 7                     Scaled Score 100+             Scaled Score

What information do we have?

• KS2 information
• MidYis

MidYIS
      (Middle Years Information System)

• Multiple Choice
Four elements:
Skills
Mathematical
Reading and Vocabulary
Non-verbal

MidYIS

• base line data
• predictions of potential outcomes

• Aptitude test
• developed abilities rather than achievement
• fluency rather than knowledge
• an indicator of subsequent learning

MidYIS
• Students are given an overall score of A, B, C and D

• Band A     110 to 150          92 students
• Band B     100 to 110          52 students
• Band C     90 to 100           43 students
• Band D     below 90            15 students

Average for Yr 7   approx. 107

Maths
Setting: Don’t worry.

Maths: Resources

Website for maths watch is www.vle.mathswatch.co.uk

My Maths is also useful and often used for homework www.mymaths.co.uk

Have a suitable scientific calculator such as Casio fx-85GT X or fx-83GT X
(Classwiz)

Students will also be given a login for Hegarty Maths

How will progress be measured?

Year 7 Curriculum has been rewritten
                         We are using Flight Paths

                           7A; 7B; 7C; 7D and 7E

• Expected Progress        7C

• 7C - Year 7 benchmark students who would be expected to get a old ‘grade
  C’ or Grade 4

(the number is the Year group not a grade!)

Approx 2/3 of our students will be on Flight Paths A and B

The success criteria to achieve each Flightpath is written by staff.

The success criteria shows the new skills and knowledge that students
will need to attain to achieve each Flight Path.

The success criteria allows ALL students access to every flightpath.

Year 7 Curriculum
• Students will be given an expected flightpath for each individual
  subject.
• The expected flightpath for each student in each subject provides
  them with guidance as to the minimum requirement they are
  expected to achieve.
• Students should be able to use the information to inform their
  learning – and know what improvements they need to make.

Year 7 Curriculum

Each department has an overall scheme of work for the year
and success Criteria for each unit of work

How and when is my child assessed?

     • How?
        • Through homework, testing, classwork, project work,
          questioning. Students also regularly assess themselves and
          each other.

     • When?
        • Classes are told when tests will take place: no surprises.

     • End of Year exams in June / July

Curriculum Summary
• Help your child to enjoy the range of subjects on offer and encourage
  them to get involved in the extra-curricular activities.

Arrangement of Year 8
• No longer taught in Tutor Groups.
• For some subjects the students are taught in mixed ability ‘Learning
  Groups’
• These groups will be chosen ‘randomly’ and not by friendships.
• English and Science are also taught in mixed ability groups but a
  different mix to the Learning Groups.

• Within each Population students are set for Maths and MFL.

Communication of Progress
• Key dates
• Reports

More helpful information!
• Homework – ‘Schoology’
• EduLink
• Office 365 and Remote Access
• Parents on-line booking system

ICT Support (from School Website)

Email – for students
• Click on School E-Mail (see above)
• Login with your network username and password
• Your email will be username@heathside.surrey.sch.uk which might be a
  better way of e-mailing work to yourself from home.

Citrix Remote access – for students
• Click on Remote Access (see above)
• Type in your username and password in this format: ‘Heathside\username’
• You can also use this on your ipad or tablet following the above ‘How to’
  guides.

Free copy of Office 365 – for students
• Click on Microsoft Office Download (see above) for a free copy of Office 365
• Login with your email : username@heathside.surrey.sch.uk

•   Schoology – for parents
•   Click on Schoology (for parents) (see above)
•   You need your email address that is on the school system.
•   If you have forgotten your password just click on forgotten password and request
    a new one. You should then have access to your child’s ‘Schoology’ information.

Any queries about the above can be emailed to ITqueries@heathside.surrey.sch.uk

Any queries about WisePay or School Visits payments etc can be emailed to
finance@heathside.surrey.sch.uk

Heathside PTA
• Please support PTA events – Quiz coming up.

• Offer ‘time’ help if you can

• Provide financial help if it is appropriate by joining the Heathside
  Lottery
- See website for info.

Thank You for coming
• This presentation and booklet will be put on the school website

• Please complete an evaluation form and hand in on your way out

• Have a safe journey home.