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Year 9

Information Evening


Outline of the Evening

• School direction

• Curriculum

• Assessment

• Communication (website/ RM Unify)

• Homework

• Recognition

• Careers/ Colleges

• Review


School Direction

• This an exciting time for the school

• Ofsted recognition

• Best ever exam results


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Subjects with 74%+ A*-C• Biology

• Chemistry

• Computing

• Drama

• English

• Geography

• Maths

• Media Studies

• PE

• Physics

• RE


School Direction

• Set to improve in 2016

• Class of 2017 targets are even higher!


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School Direction

• No complacency – please feedback

• Parents Forum – Tuesday 13th Oct 7pm to 8.30pm

• 3-5 plan…


Overview of the Curriculum

Students are set in English, Maths, Science,

French, RE and the Humanities subjects.

Students are not set in Art, Drama, Music and the

Technology.

Small group of students in Year 9 have extra

Numeracy and Literacy on their timetable and,

consequently, do not study languages.


Tailoring our curriculum

• Low, Middle and High attaining students

• SEN


PSHCEHealthy Minds Curriculum.

Healthy Minds is a unique approach to teaching PSHCE that enables

students to navigate the world within and beyond school, and to thrive

and flourish.

Taking control of the decisions I make

• Relationship Smarts

• School Health Alcohol Harm Reduction Project

• Sex Ed Sorted Part 2

• The Science of Mental Illness


Starting GCSE courses early

• RE

• Maths

• Science


Starting GCSE courses early cont.

• RE (short and full course) assessed at the end

of Year 10 (Summer 2017)

• Maths and Science assessed at the end of

Year 11 (Summer 2018)


Assessment and Feedback for other subjects

Reforms in the new national curriculum includes

removal of ‘levels’ used to report attainment and

progress. National curriculum levels are not being

replaced by another system

New method of assessment at Key Stage 3

Assessment and Feedback


Assessment and Feedback in year 9

English – Every term

Foundation subjects – Three times a year


Assessment and Feedback in year 9

Opportunity to look at exercise books and

assignment work during Parents’ Evening


Summative Assessment Points

• Exam Weeks – 11 April to 23 April 2016

• Exam Booklet is published

• Data collection information sent home twice in the academic year (March and July)


Guided Choices Evening

Choosing non-core subjects to study - Thursday 4

February 2016

National changes to the GCSE subjects starting September 2017


Communication

• Website

• RM Unify


RM Unify

Your children really should make use of this as it has a lot

to offer including:• An email address

• Access to Office 365 (including online versions of all Microsoft Office

products)

• The option to download Microsoft Office on to up to five devices for FREE

• 1TB of free cloud storage

• An easy way to move files between school and home

We will be making greater use of this facility over the

coming weeks and months.

How do I find out more?...


RM Unify

Go to the website to see how easy it

is accessed and the many things that

it can offer.

URL

www.icknield.rmunify.com

To log in use the same credentials

you would on a school computer.

http://www.icknield.rmunify.com/


Frequency of Homework

Subject and frequency of lessons in

the school timetable

Frequency of homework and

expected time to complete

homework

English, Maths, Science, RE,

Geography, History, French and

Spanish

1 homework per week taking 30 to

45 minutes

Year 9 students will be set Science

homework twice per week taking

30 minutes eachRE, Resistant Materials, Food

Technology and Art1 homework per fortnight taking

30-45 minutesDrama Homework is set occasionally

when appropriateMusic, PE and PSHCE No homework is set for these

subjects


Homework

• Students can write homework in note books if

they wish

• Simple way to check homework set by each

teacher

• Show my Homework app


Recognition

Ethos - Recognition rather than rewards that motivate

students to achieve.

• Tiered approach

• Positive feedback every day

Faculties posting in the newsletter/ Postcards by

Progress Managers

Headteacher/ Leadership team recognition

Annual Awards Evening


Careers

What do we already do? What are we working towards?

• Assemblies to prepare students for

guided choices.

• Options Evening

• University trip

• Careers library

• BP project

• External speakers

• Professionals

• Local buisnesses

• Year 11 students speaking in

assemblies

• Past students speaking in

assemblies

• Using tutor time to explore options


Colleges

Please do look at college and school websites to

check timings and further information:

• BCA : 10 October 2015

• City of Oxford College (previously called

Cherwell College): 17 October 2015 (Open

Day) and 25 November (Open Evening)

• Wallingford: 21 October 2015

• Aylesbury College: 22 October 2015


Colleges cont.

• Henley college - 7 November 2015 (Open Day)

and 13 and 22 of November 2015 (Information

Evenings)

• Lord Williams : 10 November 2015

• Wheatley – 12 November 2015

• Abingdon and Witney : 11 November 2015 &

18 November 2015 respectively

• Cherwell: 7 January 2016


Review of the Evening

• School direction

• Curriculum

• Assessment

• Communication (website/ RM Unify)

• Homework

• Recognition

• Careers/ Colleges

• Review


Income Generation

• Part of School Improvement Plan this year

• Part of 3-5 year plan

• We want the best for your children!

• Time/resources/contacts

• Please do support the Friends of Icknield

• e.g. 50/50

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