Headlines English and Maths grade 4 or above 89% % of grades at A*/A (or 7/8/9) 55%

Grade 9 9 students gained 3 grade 9s! 20% of English and 19% of Maths grade were grade 9.

Statistics: We remember… 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss with others 80% of what we personally experience 95% of what we teach others.

Curriculum

Everyone is ready for Key Stage Four Qualifications by the end of Year 9

An exciting range of courses! Being KS4 ready Pathways Frequency Blocking Core Skills Everyone studies the same subjects in KS3 They way that study is organised may differ

Target Setting and Grouping of students

Year 7 students will typically all have at least 10 different teachers for the different curriculum areas. This is great news with regard to them receiving high quality teaching from specialists but does present challenges with regard to teachers knowing what to expect of the individuals. By setting Potential grades we give teachers a strong indication of where students should be heading for. This will help them to ensure that all students fully realise their potential. Parents and students also need to know whether they are achieving everything that they are capable of and the potential grades set a goal to be attained by the end of year 11. We expect most students to start working towards it in year 7, rather than getting to that level straight away.

Potential Grades Underlying ability (CATs) Prior attainment (SATs) Accelerated progress Potential grades are calculated from the most aspirational of KS2 SAT data CAT data We will continually review them and adjust them up whenever a child demonstrates they are consistently meeting, or exceeding them. We will need at least 2 terms of work before we do this to ensure we are not setting goals that are out of reach.

Grouping of students All students are different! By the end of year 11 we need to prepare all our students to sit the same set of GCSEs however. In order to make this possible we want to personalise our curriculum to best meets the needs of the all our individual young people. We use ability setting – this is because the evidence at Chesterton clearly demonstrates that this gets excellent results. A great example is Maths – Maths have always set at Chesterton, from early in year 7. This years GCSE results saw 82% gaining at least a grade C, whilst 40% gained the highest grades of A* and A. This is because in a ability set the teacher is able to carefully target the level of the work to the students within it. Obviously there is still work to be done on making sure the work matches the needs of the individuals but this is more successfully achieved in an ability set.

Student Groups 9-7 9-7 9-6a 9-6a 9-6b 9-6b 7-5 5 R F 9-7 9-7 9-6a 9-6a 9-6b 9-6b 7-5 5 English, Humanities, Arts Maths, Science, Computing

Information Evening Chesterton Community College Mathematics at KS3 Information Evening Chesterton Community College

At Chesterton we… Have high expectations of all students Expect all students to work hard Expect all students to be resilient Expect all students to maintain a positive attitude Have excellent results: 92% 4 and above 19% grade 9

It is not because things are difficult that we dare not venture It is not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It is because we dare not venture that they are difficult. Seneca

New Maths GCSE from 2017 Higher-grades 4 to 9 ( C to A**) Note 9 is a competitive grade- top 3.5% nationally (Chesterton had 19%) Foundation- grades 1 to 5 (G to low B)

Teachers and curriculum and contact All teachers can be contacted in the following way: Ateacher@chesterton.cambs.sch.uk For a list of staff names, look at the staff list under “about Chesterton”

Assessment info Revision will consist of: Pretest revision sheet A list of mathswatch videos and interactive questions to cover all of the assessed material Info will be found on the website and should be posted on edmodo

Year 7 classes Class Curriculum Teacher Periods/fortnight 7f(9-7)   Higher SBray 20 7f (9-6)a NKelly 7f(9-6)b NAallybux SHinshelwood 4 16 7r(9-7) BSeagull CNicholson 7r(9-6)a 7r(9-6)b BSterecki 7y(7-5) Foundation AFennell 7z(5)

Key Points All schemes of learning information is on the website Use mathswatch clips for extra help at home Login to mathswatch at www.vle.mathswatch.com with school email and password “mathswatch” We use Pearsonactivelearn textbooks. We have delta, theta and pi books. Access at www.pearsonactive learn.com Students can also access mymaths: www.mymaths.co.uk Login with chestertoncc chesterton

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Picasso

Science in Y7 at Chesterton Tim Spencer – Assistant headteacher in charge of Science

Curriculum One or two teachers Four double lessons per fortnight Biology Chemistry Physics Cells Atomic structure Electricity Reproduction Properties of matter Forces Variation & inheritance Chemical reactions Energy Ecology

New topics for new GCSEs

Assessment Two end of topic tests/half term Students given new GCSE levels 1-9 Students provided with a feedback task

How can you help? Assessments every 7 lessons (every three weeks) CGP KS3 Revision guide & Workbook Help learning of key facts Science club

Capturing the wonder of science in our lessons Enjoyment ● Curiosity ● Engagement