1. Open Evening 2019

2. That’s OK!

3. Hopes and aspirations
Inspiring excellence
Fulfilling potential

4. The school’s aspiration:

5. Successful Partnership
“We are committed to
• building a strong and effective partnership with parents”
(Home-School agreement)
Communication
Trust
Support
Honesty

6. School organisation Three Schools – Lower, Middle, Upper
Three Faculties
STEM, Performance & Creativity, GLOBAL,
Student Services
- Medical & Counselling Team
- Gateway School
- BASECAMP
Senior team: 3 x VPs, 6 x APs, 4 Associate Principals
(Dir of HR & Finance)

7. Starting at Secondary school
What do parents want most for their child?
I want my child to be happy
I want my child to do well

8. Starting at Secondary school
What do young people want most?
I want to be happy
I want to do well

9. What is my job as the Principal?
Create the conditions in which everyone at the school can be happy and do well
Work really hard
Behave really well
Get involved
Be positive. Smile.
Help others

10. We very much look forward to working with you.
Thank you
We very much look forward to working with you.
Mark Patterson
Principal

11. Our transition experience

12. CLUBS Rugby Football Cricket Rounders Swimming Athletics
Dance – Picnic in the Park & Independance

13. TRIPS YEAR 7 – Hunstanton
YEAR 8 – Disneyland with netball and football
YEAR 9 – Battlefields, Sicily
YEAR 10 – Dorset, Cadbury World, Barcelona
YEAR 11 – New York
YEAR 12 – Wales, Iceland
YEAR 13 – Malaysia, Russia
EVERY YEAR – skiing in Italy

14. HOUSE Both in Montagu Interhouse every half term Sports Day
House assemblies

15. FRIENDS Friends made through clubs Friends made through trips
Friends made through form and lessons

16. FAVOURITE MEMORIES

17. What will transition mean for your child?
Our Aims:
Ensure a smooth transition from primary to secondary school
Inspire Year 6 students with Transition lessons to be delivered by Hinchingbrooke staff
Regularly communicate with primary schools
Provide interesting activities to complete next summer

18. How you can help Be positive about Hinchingbrooke
Talk to your child about their worries about 'big school’
Support both Primary and Secondary school with transition
Try not to compare this year to previous years if you have had children come through Hinchingbrooke.

19. Pastoral care at Hinchingbrooke…
Mrs Darbyshire Mr Milner Mrs Pittock
Lower School Head of Year 7 & Student Support Officer
Administrator Transition Manager Year 7
7C1 - 7C2 / 7M1 - 7M2 / 7P1 - 7P2 / 7V1 - 7V2 / 7W1 - 7W2

20. What our current year 7s think…
…about settling in……
…about overcoming worries…
…about the best bits…

21. Year 7 Curriculum Broad and balanced Individualised and interesting
Exciting and enjoyable

22. Please follow the school on Twitter:
@HBK_School

23. THANK YOU