Year 7 Information Evening Bob Staten – Assistant Headteacher Emma Fairbairn – Year 7 Learning Manager

Key Stage 3 Curriculum 50 x 1 hour lessons per fortnight PE Drama Music Art 50 x 1 hour lessons per fortnight

www.classcharts.com/homework/calendar/The_Corsham_School

Parents can homework timetable info by logging on to the Corsham school specific page on the website address www.classcharts.com/homework/calendar/The_Corsham_School Here you can use filters to check e.g. by year group, by subject etc. Hopefully end of Term 1 we will issue individual codes also so that parents can just check on their own particular child/ren

Click on the individual homework tasks and full information appears e Click on the individual homework tasks and full information appears e.g. instructions, due date, supporting resources/worksheets etc.

Absence Why is high attendance important to my child's education? a child absent a day of school per week misses equivalent of two years education 90% of young people with absence rates below 85% fail to achieve five or more good grades of GCSE and around one third achieve no GCSEs at all 7.5 million school days are missed each year through unauthorised absence. GCSEs are a long way off for you but all absence at any stage leads to gaps in your child’s learning. This in turn can: mean that they fall behind in work affect their motivation affect their enjoyment of learning lead to poor behaviour affect their desire to attend school regularly affect their confidence in school mean they miss out on the social life of school and extra curricular opportunities and experiences affect their ability to have or keep friendships.

Absence Text or email – preferred to phone call (School Gateway) Medical appointments – out of school time Term-time absence requests – use absence request form ( very few are authorised) School attendance team (Educational Welfare Officer)

Important dates – Year 7 Tues 12 Sept – Y7 photographs Weds 13 Sept to Fri 22 Sept – CATS testing Weds 4 October – Y7 Parent/Tutor Meetings (5.00 – 7.30) Tues 5 December – Y7 interim reports Weds 28 March 2018 – Y7 Parents Evening (interim reports) Fri 13 July 2018 – Annual reports

Parent Feedback Please complete feedback sheet on your chair - this includes specific questions/queries about your child Return tonight or send in with your child