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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. Student Support Mr Speedie

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

7. 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

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

9. Transition Mrs Gordon

10. 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.

11. 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

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

13. 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

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

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

16. House System Mr Lundberg

17. 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

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

19. 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.

20. Additional Support Needs Mrs Bradley

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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

26. S1 Perspective S1 Students

27. S1 Students Perspective
Rebecca Russell
Isla McConnell
Pacey Bucknall
Sidonie Mather

28. Our Website http://armadaleacademy.co.uk
Question & Answer
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