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Welcome to Year 7 Information Evening


Tonight’s Agenda

1) Welcome and our new normal.

2) Head of Year 7. The Year ahead, form time and pastoral support.

3) The Curriculum for Year 7 and Knowledge Organisers.

4) Homework, planners and blended learning.

5) Assessment/reports and key dates.

6) Students with SEND.

7) Reading


Mr T Beveridge – Headteacher

Ms K Read – Deputy Headteacher

Mrs A Allen – Assistant Headteacher

Mr T Coggan – Assistant Headteacher

Mr M McLoughlin – Assistant

Headteacher

Mr C Ogan – Assistant Headteacher

Mr T Stent – Assistant Headteacher

Miss A Thandi – Assistant Headteacher

Miss E Jones – Associate Assistant

Headteacher


SENCo – Mrs Jo Wright

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https://www.alderbrookschool.co.uk/year-6-7-transition/

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https://www.alderbrookschool.co.uk/year-6-7-transition/


Pastoral Team

MRS BARRETT- HOY

MR STOCKMAN- PM

MISS JONES- AAHT


Role of the Form Tutor• First port of call

• Day to day support

• Mentoring tutees

• Support behaviour

• Deliver PSHCE

• Monitoring welfare & progressFurther Pastoral Support-https://www.alderbrookschool.co.uk/pastoral/

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Break and LunchBREAK

• 10:30-10:55

LUNCH

• 12:20-12:50

• Servery-

• Cartwright Canteen

• Outdoor space

• Cartwright playground

• Wet weather-

• Cartwright Canteen & Hall


Start of Term

Settling, relationships and well-being.

Lighting Fires week

Assessing learning including Cognitive Ability and Reading Tests.


Topic Tracker

Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2

Art Formal elements – drawing a shoe.

Drawing Skills developed

Colour Theory

Crafty-Exploring a theme

and recalling skills

Crafty- Using imagination and

creativity to design and being

influence by designers and

crafts people

Crafty- Making

3D clay outcome relating to

theme and transfer of 2D to

3D skills.

Aspire Planning for success. Routines and habits.

Growth mindset. Collaboration, kindness, behaviour.

Responding to feedback. Your brain, revising and memory.

Collaboration and leadership.

Personal presentation. Project collaboration.

Reflection and target setting.

Computing E-Safety Computers in the workplace

Computational Thinking

Text-Based Programming

Cybercrime Computing Project

Dance Baseline Assessments as part of the P.E activities.

Around the World Around the World Around the World Dance recommences as a Performing Arts subject in Year 8

Dance recommences as a Performing Arts subject in Year 8

Drama Darkwood Manor Darkwood Manor Twisted Tales Twisted Tales Circus! Circus!

English Pre 14 Prose Literature Focus A study of Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens

Pre 14 Prose Literature Focus A study of Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens

The Power of Persuasion Transactional writing

Femme Fatale A study of extracts from female writers

Heroes and Villains in Shakespeare A Study of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

The Power of Identify A study of a selection of Post 1914 Poetry

Food Hygiene Knife Safety

Oven Safety Nutrition

Food Provenance Chinese Culture

Fish Sustainability

Food Miles Fruit and Vegetables

Balanced Diet Fruit and Vegetables

French Meeting and Greeting Describing People Talking about family School Life School Life My Town

Mathematics Decimals Percentages Formulae and expressions

Algebraic methods Ratio notation. Averages. Shape and angles.

Geography Geographical Skills How does weather and climate impact rivers?

Developoment Gap between the UK and poor countries.

UK coastal ecosystems and landscapes

Human Urban environments - Birmingham

Cold Environments

History Introduction to History / The Norman Conquest

How William Controlled England/ The Church in Medieval England

Medieval England: Thomas Becket, King John and the Magna Carta

The role of Tudor monarchs

The Industrial Revolution The Romans in Britain

Extra Curricular Clubs will start

soon


Developing independence

• Homework set on Class Charts: lesson content set on Microsoft Teams.

• Homework will gradually increase to 1 hour per night to encourage independence and resourcefulness.

• All class work will be set on Microsoft Teams to support students who are self-isolating or shielding. Students bring their work into school when they return or submit if isolating.

• If we go to a further lockdown we will simply shift all teaching to Microsoft Teams. Students are being taught how to access this.

• Equipment and planners.• Knowledge Organisers.


An age appropriate, relevant and responsive

Curriculum Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2

Skills and knowledge

Recovery – considering relationship building, hope, wellbeing.

Positive qualities and types of relationships, including marriage, civil partnerships and the role of the parent

Values and goals. Diversity and stereotypes. Acceptance and tolerance.

Internet safety and

harms. Peer

pressure and illegal

substances, online

and offline worlds.

Positive behaviours, recognising bullying and abuse, rights. Where to go for support.

Lawfulness and illegal activities.

Find the Relationship and Sex Education Policy on

our school website.


The Importance of Reading

“Reading is the master skill of secondary school. Skilled reading, writing and talking is crucial for our students to succeed." Alex Quigley, the National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation.

A direct correlation between exam success and how much a student reads for pleasure

Changes in exams from 2017 means wordier questions in subjects such as Maths and Science, requiring a reading age of 15+

Government guidelines suggest 15 minutes or more of reading each night.

Students must be reading appropriately challenging books (roughly, if they struggle to read five words or more on one page, the book may be too difficult).

Parents may still have to share read to encourage this!

Discuss news with your child- there's a lot of it around at the moment! It's vital children have a sound understanding of the world around them in order to provide context for any texts encountered in school.


Reading in school

Weekly DEAR lessons in English (Drop Everything and Read).

Accelerated Reader will base line all Year 7 students Reading Age within the coming weeks.

Reading Ages will directly correlate to books in our library to ensure your child is appropriately challenged by their reading.

A weekly Literacy focus within Year 7 Form Time.

Paired mentor reading scheme with Sixth Form students.

Accelerated Reader coming soon!

Accelerated reader is an online portal which tests pupils comprehension and inference skills, relating to the book they have recently read. The system tracks reading progress or dips in knowledge, and is designed to look like a fun quiz, promoting engagement. The programme is only beneficial to learning if it’s accessed regularly and at the correct reading level.

It’s accessed via our school website under the ‘students’ tab. More details about how to access from home will be provided in the coming weeks.


Progress Updates for Parents and Carers

Parental Consultation Evening – 27th January.Progress Update Evening – 27th April. 3 school reports – November, March and July Our first report will focus on settling into school, and three important ingredients of successful learning:

Approach/effort Behaviour

Independence

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