0. Year 7 Evening

1. Welcome and Introductions
FOSS (Friends of Sandhurst School)
Governing Body
Senior Leadership Team
Debbie Smith - Headteacher
Sam Hunt - Deputy Headteacher
Justin Southwood - Deputy Headteacher
Simon Bamford - Assistant Headteacher
Alan Dexter - Assistant Headteacher
Ben Laws - Assistant Headteacher
Bea Simmons - Assistant Headteacher
Hayley Whiting - Assistant Headteacher
Jim Malyon -School Business Manager
Nick Marshall- Key Stage 5 Manager
Richard Smith-Pastoral Co-ordinator
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2. Excellence as standard
Schools are a people business. The inner belief and commitment to realising excellence by those who lead schools is the starting point. At its beating heart the excellent school is a place where people care more then others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, and expect more than others think is possible.
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3. The Excellent School First choice for families
Employer of first choice for staff
Progress is very good for all
Children feel good about themselves within the school; their talents and gifts are spotted and nourished. We know individuals.
The wider community wants to be involved
The environment is attractive, clean, safe and welcoming
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4. Around School Roof repair Student Learning Centre (SLC) AHT offices
Storage for the Kerith Church
Library chair repairs
A7 and Conference Room PE
Table tennis tables
Removal of Portakabin
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5. Around School SLC corridor Main corridor routes MFL classrooms
Fencing
Toilets
Hall curtain
Art classrooms
Technology classrooms
Signage
Planting etc
Conference room chair repairs
Painting of English corridor
SLC corridor
Main corridor routes
MFL classrooms
Reception carpet
Brick bin compound
Staffroom
IT upgrades and repairs
FOSS storage
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6. What is Year 7 About?
Building on what has been achieved in primary school
Getting off to a fresh and flying start in a new school
Developing skills for lifelong learning
Being made to feel welcome, feeling confident and cared for
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7. Partnership with Parents
Communication
Tutor and Head of House
Year 7 Subject Evening - Thursday 29th January 2015
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8. Engineering Progress For All
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9. How is the Teaching Day Organised?
Morning Registration
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Break
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lunch
Lesson 5
Afternoon Registration
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10. What do we teach in KS3 Art (2) Drama (2) English (7) Geography (4)
History (4)
ICT (2)
Mathematics (7)
Modern Languages - French, German, Spanish (4)
Music (2)
PE (4)
Skills for Life (1)
RE (2)
Science (6)
Technology – Catering, Resistant Materials, Graphics, Textiles (3)
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11. How is the Timetable Organised?
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12. KS3 Curriculum Change Reforming Key stage 3
New KS3 curriculum as from September 2014.
KS3 levels no longer statutory.
The arts, design and technology, the humanities and modern foreign language are not compulsory national curriculum subjects after the end of Key Stage 3 (Year 9), but all students have a statutory entitlement to be able to study a subject in each or all of those four areas.
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13. Preparing our students for the new KS4 Curriculum
Reforming Key stage 4 (GCSE) Qualifications
New English and mathematics GCSEs will be ready for teaching from September 2015, other GCSEs, will be introduced for first teaching from 2016.
GCSE mathematics will provide greater coverage and be more challenging for those aiming to achieve top grades.
GCSE English Language will require higher level reading skills and good, accurate written English, which will better prepare students for further study and work.
GCSE English Literature will encourage students to read, write and think critically; it will assess students on challenging and substantial whole texts and on shorter unseen texts.
Most GCSE examinations will be un-tiered, only GCSE Mathematics examinations will continue to be tiered.
GCSE examinations to recognise and reward accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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15. On Track – KS3
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16. Engineering Progress For All
Home
School
Student
On Sandhurst School

17. Reporting Student progress Reporting JSO
Progress Report 1 – October 23rd
Progress Report 2 – December 18th
Progress Report 3 – March 23rd
Progress Report 4 – Not issued
Progress Report 5 – May 27th
Progress Report 6 – July 22nd
Frequency
6 times a year, each half term (5 times this year)
Standard assessment
End of year core examinations for all
Format
Emphasis on progress
Hardcopy – /text
Pupils at the heart
School wide review of student progress
Student centred subject progress charts
Reporting
Student progress
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18. On Track – KS3
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19. Assessment Grid
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20. Student Subject Charts KS3
Harry Green
Geography 4b 5a
Modern Foreign Languages and Technology Subjects
Learning is not linear
CAT Test
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21. Year 9 Example Report
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22. Codes O – Outstanding, the highest standards always met.
The report shows students’ attitude to learning in lessons. In order to be more specific, ‘attitude to learning’ is split into three key focus areas: Effort, Behaviour and Homework.
O – Outstanding, the highest standards always met.
G – Good, standards good much of the time, but occasional inconsistencies leave room for improvement.
I – Inconsistent, Standards are variable, unsatisfactory as often as satisfactory. This adversely affects progress.
U - Unsatisfactory – standards are very inconsistent and often unacceptable. This is having a major impact on progress.
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23. Homework at Sandhurst SchoolAD

24. Homework at Sandhurst School
Homework at Sandhurst School has been designed to help support and consolidate what the students learn in class
Half of the departments will set homework on a weekly basis, this will be recorded in the students work journals
The departments that will set homework in this traditional way include: MFL, technology, computing, art, and mathematics
These tasks will take approximately minutes to complete
The rest of the departments set homework as part of a rota
These subjects will set longer tasks over a two week period and take turns throughout the year
These tasks have been uploaded onto the SDC and can be accessed via the website
The departments that are involved with the homework rota include: English, history, geography, science, music, drama, religious education and PE AD

25. Thur 3rd Sept - Fri 4th Sept
Homework at Sandhurst School
H/W SLOT
DATE
DURATION
YEAR 7
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
AUTUMN
SLOT 1
Thur 3rd Sept - Fri 4th Sept
2 DAYS
SLOT 2
Mon 7th Sept - Fri 18th Sept
2 WEEKS
GEOGRAPHY
MUSIC
SLOT 3
Mon 21st Sept – Fri 2nd Oct
SCIENCE RE
ENGLISH
SLOT 4
Mon 5th Oct - Fri 16th Oct PE
HISTORY
SLOT 5
Mon 19th Oct - 23rd Oct
1 WEEK
Two week duration
Two extended tasks per subject
Tasks can be accessed by clicking on the subject
Subjects involved in the rota: English, Science, History, Geography, RE, PE, Drama, Music AD

26. Help and Advice Class teacher Subject leader House leader Tutor
Homework Club
Mr Dexter AD

27. The PiXL Edge
The PiXL Edge has been designed for schools as a means of accrediting and developing those key personal attributes, that are desired by both employers and higher education establishments.
The five attributes are:
Leadership
Organisation
Initiative
Resilience
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28. The PiXL Edge
The students have been enrolled onto the programme at the apprentice level, once this has been completed the students will automatically move onto the graduate programme.
Students will qualify at three levels:
Level 1: PiXL Apprentice (Year 7) Level 2: PiXL Graduate (Year 10) Level 3: PiXL Master (Year 12)
The students will be instructed on how to log their achievements online. Parents will also be able to access the PiXL Edge system and view what progress has been made.
Mr Matthew Bell: PiXL Co-ordinator AD

29. The PiXL Edge Why are we doing this?
We want to reward the students for demonstrating the key attributes that are not always apparent in their traditional lessons.
We want the students to develop those key ‘life’ skills that future employers and universities will look for.
We want to find ways for the students to enrich their studies outside of the classroom, to fulfil their potential and be successful. AD

30. The Opportunity to Succeed
Working Together
Make a Difference
FOSS (Friends of Sandhurst School)
Weekly News and News Review
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