Armadale Academy P7 Parents’ Information Evening Armadale Academy Thursday 2nd November 2017 Local Area Committee Friday 22nd February 2013 Learning Together Achieving Together

Programme Introduction , Mrs McDonald Student Support, Mr Speedie Transition, Mrs Gordon House System, Mr Lundberg Additional Support Needs, Mrs Bradley S1 Student Perspective Q&A

Transitions “The vast majority of children and young people look forward to moving on, in learning and in life, and these moves almost always turn out to be positive experiences.” CfE factfiles series 3: 3-18Transitions (March 2011)

Student Support Mr Speedie

Student Support Depute Head Teacher Heads of House: Cochran, Mr Lundberg Honeyman, Ms McCafferty Wood, Mrs Ferris PTC Additional Support Needs Mrs Bradley

Personal Support Track, monitor and evaluate student wellbeing and progress. Support student review of learning and plan next steps. Help students gain access to learning activities which meet their needs and challenge them Prepare and support students through choices and changes

Partnership Learning Journey Team around the child Three way partnership (parent, student and key member of staff)

Transition Mrs Gordon

Transition Aim Keep you informed of what is happening and why Listen to you and your child to ensure your wishes have been heard and understood. Involve you in decisions as appropriate Respond timeously to enquiries.

Visits to the Academy Introduction Visits P7 Transition: Armadale Primary School                                    Friday 17th November Blackridge/ Southdale, Greenrigg              Friday, 24th November /St Anthony’s Primary School       Eastertoun Primary School                     Friday 1st December Windyknowe Primary School                     Friday 8th December P7 Transition: Wednesday 6th to Friday 15th June

Parental Information Evenings Parents’ Evenings 2nd November 2017 7th February 2018 Parental Drop In Evening 14th June 2017 6 - 7pm

Partnership Head Teacher meets regularly with primary heads. PTC Additional Support Needs visits Primary Schools PTCs work together on standards across the curriculum. Senior Students’ visits to Primary Schools PTCs Literacy/Numeracy/HoH meet with P7s teachers to discuss previous learning/individual students

Transition Transition Form Academic level Interests Siblings Friends Clashes of Personality Create Class Lists

Youth Club Friday at 1:30 to 3:30 for P7s £1.50 admission Meet in Assembly Hall

House System Mr Lundberg

Cochran House Honeyman House Wood House House System Mr Lundberg, Miss Nimmo, Miss Hughes Honeyman House Ms McCafferty, Mrs Armstrong, Mrs MacPherson Wood House Mrs Ferris, Mrs Steele, Miss Smith

House Team Head of House Assistant Head of House Student Head of House Mentors S6 Peer Supporters

House Captains The house captains or student heads of house are 6 students (3 boys and 3 girls) who act as the link between the pupil body and the staff heads of house. Here now we have Camryn Elliot (Wood) and Lewis Horsburgh (Wood) who will further discuss with you the roles of the House Captains.

Additional Support Needs Mrs Bradley

Additional Needs “Many pupils face challenges in their lives that, left unaddressed, would limit their capacity to learn and succeed. Those challenges may be temporary or long term.” ASL Act 2009

Additional Support Needs motor or sensory impairments bullied able/talented experienced a bereavement looked after learning difficulty English as an additional language not attending school regularly emotional or social difficulties young carers

Role of Support for Learning To identify and assess additional support needs and make provision to meet them. Plan strategies to help the young person to overcome these barriers to learning. Involve external agencies if necessary. Ensure that the young person achieves their potential and is an independent learner.

Type of Support In class support. Small group teaching within SfL Dept. ICT for use in class e.g. Netbooks, digital exam papers. Developing materials and resources with subject teachers.

Pastoral Support First day phone calls Monitor attendance First aid and medical care Uniform Mediation Group and 1:1 support on a variety of issues

S1 Perspective S1 Students

S1 Students Perspective Rebecca Russell Isla McConnell Pacey Bucknall Sidonie Mather

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