1. Welcome to this presentation which will help to explain a possible screening process for all Year 7 pupils in September and give you ideas and prompts for what the “letter to my school” might include.

2. Welcome to this presentation which will help to explain a possible screening process for all Year 7 pupils in September and give you ideas and prompts for what the “letter to my school” might include.

3. Snapshot of the whole child
Primary school intelligence
Induction days
summer school
Designated person for support and advice
SENCO HoY etc
Raising staff awareness
Assemblies
PSHE Y7
Head Teacher
whole school priority
SDP
Welcome buddies
creating the climate
building the picture
Letter to my school
All wellbeing/resilience indicators:
Att. punct. behaviour
All teachers round robin
Social times
Engagement
Family situation
Other
via
Form tutor?
Snapshot of the whole child
DSL/HoY/SENCO etc
complex need
early interventions
engagement in universal offer
Year 7 example screening process

4. LETTER TO MY SCHOOL TO CONSIDER TO BE OF VALUE, THIS EXERCISE:
must be accessible to all pupils
must be framed for pupils so they understand what the letter is for: Have you spoken to whole year group about this via an assembly for example?
must be completed by all pupils on entry into Y7, whenever that happens during the year.
must be read/assessed and acted upon by responsible adult(s): form tutor/Head of Year
must be stored and reviewed by pupils at the end of Y7

5. POSSIBLE PROMPTS FOR INFORMATION TO BE SHARED
I like:
I am:
I wish
I wish my form tutor knew…..
Name 1 thing that makes you:
                Happy
                Sad
                Mad
                Scared
I sometimes need help with:
The best thing in life is:
When I grow up:
If I had one wish I would wish for:
I am really good at:
I know it sounds strange but sometimes I:
I feel safe when:
The best thing that ever happened to me:
The most challenging thing that ever happened to me:
One thing I like about me:
One thing I want to get better at:

6. Fear Disgust Anger Joy Sadness SUGGESTION:
Use the characters or clips from this ingenious film to help pupils frame their answers
Fear
Disgust
Anger
Joy
Sadness

7. my favourite… MY place in school place out of school moment in school
moment out of school
possession
way of communicating with friends
item of clothing
food
way of spending a weekend
person
This simple list will be fun to look back on at the end of the year!

8. SUGGESTION: Use the prompts as exercise for group discussion to highlight how we may all be very different in relation to these emotions

9. If you were Head Teacher of your school for a day, what would you do
If you were Head Teacher of your school for a day, what would you do? Explain why.
An exercise which could lay the foundations for pupil voice in the year group

10. How do you feel about these things right now?

11. What about lessons and the school day?
MY TIMETABLE

12. What do you enjoy or not enjoy at school?PE
dance
maths
cooking
the playground
What do you enjoy or not enjoy at school?
French
music
lunchtime
assembly
the field
writing
design and technology
computer lessons 4
reading
art
the library

13. A simple format to generate information about feelings