1. Year 7 Welcome to Parent Information Evening Learn today, succeed tomorrow

2. Aims of the session To introduce our key commitments. Mrs E Hilton
To summarise curriculum experience.
Mr A Taylor
To explain our Learn for Life course through Years 7 and 8.
Mrs R Ball 2

3. Our four commitments
We are committed to the safety of everyone in our community.
We are committed to making school an enjoyable place to be.
We are committed to providing the best learning experience for all.
We are committed to relentlessly driving up standards. 3

4. Year 7 and 8 curriculum from September 2011
Zone
Subjects
Hours/week (approx)
Core
English
Maths 3
Global
Modern Languages
Humanities (Hi,Gg,Rs)
Learn for Life 5 4 2
Discovery
Science
ICT
Creative
Art
Technologies
Expression PE
Music
Drama 1
Total = hours

5. Red Pathway Our range of qualifications from Year 9 Including… Art
Astronomy
Business Studies
Citizenship
Dance
Drama
Food Technology
French
Graphics
Geography
History
Italian
Law
Media Studies
Music
P.E.
Resistant Materials
Religious Studies
Science: BTEC, Double & Triple Award
Sociology
Spanish
Textiles

6. Learn today, succeed tomorrow
Dates for your Diary
Learn today,
succeed tomorrow
October 21st Data Capture 1
February 17th Data Capture 2
June 1st Data Capture 3
June 22nd Year 7 Annual Reports
June 27th Parents Consultation Evening

7. Presentation to Parents 2011
Learning for Life

8. What skills do we want our pupils to have?
All teaching & learning in the new KS3 curriculum is underpinned by generic learning tools. The aim of this is that pupils will:
Have skills demanded by employers
Gain life skills
Become independent learners

9. Why do we need generic learning tools?
“We want all young people to be engaged with learning and to recognise the value and importance of education in their lives. Personal Learning and Thinking Skills will help you to raise standards, so that all learners can meet the challenges of life in our fast-changing world.” (QCA)

10. Personal Learning and Thinking Skills
6 groups of skills:
Independent Enquirers
Creative Thinkers
Reflective Learners
Team Workers
Self Managers
Effective Participators

11. Quote from an employer on open evening:
“Looking at these skills a light bulb has gone on in my head. These are exactly the skills the candidates I was interviewing today should have had and didn’t. I was tearing my hair out by the end of the day. We should be teaching this when the pupils are young so they are ready for the world of employment. I think L4L will make a huge difference.”

12. What can you do?
Encourage pupils to talk and think about how they learn not just what they learn.
Encourage them to use the skills learnt in L4L in all their other subjects
Encourage them to see these tools as vitally important to help them become a better learner.