1. Great Pastoral care @ Parkside School
Transition evening
Monday 2nd July
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2. Great Teaching and Learning @ Parkside School
Understanding you as individuals

3. Great Teaching and Learning @ Parkside School
High expectations

4. Challenging and inspiring
Teaching and Learning
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Challenging and inspiring

5. Teaching and Learning Assessment used to ensure
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Assessment used to ensure
progress for all learners

6. Attendance expectations
Excellent 100%
Good 98%
Average 95%
Below average 95-90%
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7. Great Attendance @ Parkside School
What does this mean?
95% equates to 10 days 60 lessons missed.
90% equates to 20 days 120 lessons missed.
85% equates to 29 days 174 lessons missed.
80% equates to 38 days 228 lessons missed.
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8. Great Attendance @ Parkside School
Why is it important?
97% of students who have an attendance of below 85% do not make expected progress.
65% of students who have an attendance below 90% do not make expected progress.
97% of students who have an attendance of above 96% (8 days) attendance make expected progress.
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9. Startling but true. The 1 to 6 rule
If your child misses 1 lesson it takes hours to catch up.
If your child misses 1 day it takes days to catch up.
If your child misses 1 week it takes
6 weeks to catch up fully.
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10. Help us to help your children
Hospital appointments.
Minor illnesses.
Holidays.
Family illness.
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11. Great Attendance @ Parkside School
Getting in contact
If your child is unable to attend school for a genuine medical reason please contact the school asap.
We do ask that for any extended absence/ongoing medical concern that any Doctor’s letter are copied for school records.
We operate a first day calling for absent pupils. This is often in the form of a text where no contact has been made.
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12. Great Teaching and Learning @ Parkside School
Key Staff at Parkside
Student support leader - Miss Bailey
Progress Leader
Deputy Headteacher - Mr Tague
SENCO - Mrs Butterworth
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13. Great Pastoral Care @ Parkside School
The House System
Bronte
Hockney
Salt
Attendance
Achievement points
Sporting activities
Charity fundraising
Inter house quiz
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14. Role of the Progress Tutor
First point of contact for the students each day
15 minutes tutor time
Uniform check
Equipment check
Planner check
Planned weekly activities including literacy and numeracy
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15. Great Behaviour @ Parkside School
The 4 classroom rules
Support others in their learning
Engage in your learning
Listen to others when they are speaking
Follow teachers’ instructions
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16. Great Behaviour @ Parkside School
Uniform
Formal uniform – black footwear, black trousers (not leggings or jeans), white shirt, KS tie.
We have high expectations of uniform.
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17. Jewellery and piercings
Students may only wear one stud in each ear lobe. All other forms of jewellery and piercings are not allowed.
If students do get any form of piercing we advise that this be done during the holidays so that it can be removed during school hours.
All students are expected to remove piercings for all PE lessons.
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18. Great Teaching and Learning @ Parkside School
Equipment needed
Essential:- Pen (blue, black and purple), pencil, ruler
Desirable:- Scientific calculator as this will last them through KS3 and into GCSE. It also needs to have a twin-line display. Lots of our current pupils favour Casio Calculators which they find straight-forward to use.
A geometry set including protractor and compasses
Coloured crayons / pritt stick
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19. Great Teaching and Learning @ Parkside School
The Planner
Means of communication between home and school.
Comments can be written by several interested parties – please sign the planner every week.
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20. Great Behaviour @ Parkside School
Mobile/Tablets
Mobile phones are not allowed in school, they must be switched off when students enter the building.
They can be used at social times, outside of the school building. Any phone seen in the building will be confiscated and returned at 2.50pm.
Head phones / wires must not be visible
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21. Great Pastoral Care @ Parkside School
Social Media
We have genuine concern about young people and their activities / behaviour on social networking sites.
Children putting themselves in potentially dangerous or volatile situations.
Students are having unacceptable conversations on line which are then brought into school.
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