1. Curriculum Information Evening for Year 8 and 9
18th September 2017
Welcome

2. Agenda for the evening
Welcome / Introductions (Rod Bell - Headteacher)
What’s new this year? (Rod Bell)
Curriculum Overview and Key Dates (Marcus Chapman – Dept. Head)
Introduction and Key Dates (Andrea Howard – Yr. 9 YLM)
Options Process (Marcus Chapman)
Homework and Class Charts (Justin Derby – Yr. 8 YLM)
Personal Q/A (All)
Parent Consultation – Your input via our feedback forms please!
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3. What’s new? – Raising the bar!

4. What’s new? – Raising the bar!

5. You will receive praise/rewards via:
Written comments in exercise books
Pastoral Reports
Progress Checks
Giving Certificates, Cups, Awards, School Colours
Announcements made in School Assemblies
End of term Commendation Assemblies/Certificates
Reports in Newsletters/on School Social Media
Praise Post Cards
Displaying Work
Corsham Credits
Phone call, letter or sent home
Showing good work to the Headteacher/Year Learning Manager/Head of Faculty.
Awards Evenings

6. Uniform & Appearance

7. Expectations & ConsequencesB1
Behaviour:
Disorderly arrival or exit
No equipment
Planner not signed
Inadequate work
Low-level disruption
Misusing equipment
Failing to follow instructions
Inappropriate language
Eating/drinking in class
Unkindness to other students
Your teacher or tutor will do one or more of the following things:
- Speak to you about your behaviour
- Change the seating plan
- Give you a plan to avoid problems in next
lesson
- Write a note in your planner
Response level
Class teacher or tutor
Behaviour Points logged on SIMs 1 B2
Behaviour :
Using mobile without permission
Frequently having no equipment
Interfering with others
Persistently failing to follow instructions
Persistently disrupting lessons
Your teacher or tutor will do one or more of the following things:
  Issue a 10 minute detention
- Confiscate an item for the rest of a lesson
- Contact your parents or carers
- Put you on a behaviour report 2 B3
Continuing with B1 or B2 behaviour despite the actions of your teacher or tutor
Leaving the room without permission
4 or more uniform issues
No uniform compliance card
Persistent lateness
Refusing to cooperate
Swearing
Truancy
The Subject Leader or Year Learning Manager will do one of the following:
- Supervise you out of the lesson (Internal Rota)
- 1 hour after-school detention
- Confiscate item to return to parents/carers
- Put you on uniform report
- Put you on behaviour report
- Contact your parents/carers
- Meet with your parents/carers
Subject Leader/Year Learning Manager 3

8. KS3 Curriculum 50 1 hour lessons per fortnight ICT PC/RE PE Drama
Music
Art
History
50 1 hour
lessons per fortnight
Geography
Technology

9. Y10/11 Curriculum – 50 1 hour lessons

10. 9/10 Triple Science – English Lit Option 3 Maths Option 2 Option 1 RE
Number of GCSEs?
Option 3
Maths
9/10
Option 2
Option 1 RE
English
Language
Maths
Science 2
Option 1
Science
Science 1
English Literature RE
English Language

13. Mrs Andrea Howard, acting Year 9 Learning Manager
My role:
To help and support students’ learning in Year 9.
To help and support parents of Year 9 students.
To help and support Tutors of Year 9.
To help implement the School’s new behaviour policy.
To encourage and support, excellent punctuality and attendance with Year 9 students.

14. Important dates for the next three terms:
28th September Ypres visit information evening (Visit 16th-17th November)
4th October to 13th October – CATs Tests
10th November - interim reports published for Year 9
November – Year 9 Options Survey (this is to help us to put together option blocks based on the initial interest shown in option subjects)
11th January - Year 9 Parents’ Evening
12th January - Year 9 STEM Day
17th January - Year 9 Options Evening

15. Key Dates:
04/10/2017
10/11/2017
24/11/2017
11/01/2018
17/01/2018
11/05/2018
21/06/2018
22/06/2018
Y9 cats
y9 interim
y8 interim
Y9 Parents (STEM 12)
y9 options
y8 rep
y8 Parents
y9 rep

16. Options Year 9 Options Survey – November
Options Evening – January 24th
Support –Tutors –PC –Assemblies -Careers

17. New GCSEs

18. Mixed ability Tutor Group Band Class Name PE C8 X X1 Boy O8 X2 Girl R8X2
Girl R8 X3 S8 X4
Tutor Group
Band
Class Name
Science C8 X X1
Mixed O8 X2
ability R8 X3 S8 X4
Tutor Group
Band
Class Name DT C8 X X1
Mixed ability Groups O8 X2
Rotate to different R8 X3
teachers to S8 X4
visit Food Textiles x5
Graphics and Resistant

19. Mixed Ability Tutor Group Band Class Name Art Geography History RE
Drama IT
Music C8 X X1
Mixed
Mixed Ability Groupings O8 X2
Ability
Ability Groupings
with one
strong coding R8 X3
Groupings
group S8 X4

20. Setting Tutor Group Band Class Name English Maths French C8 X X1
Top Set
Top Set-2 Langs O8 X2
2nd Set R8 X3
3rd Set S8 X4
4th Set