Year SevenParents Meeting 7th September 2015

Areas of Learning

• Language and Literacy• Maths and Numeracy• The World Around Us• The Arts (Music/Drama/Art)• Personal Development and Mutual

Understanding- linked with Paths• Physical Education• Religious Education• Personal Skills & Capabilities

Equipment• Blue/black handwriting pens• Pencils and colouring pencils• Rubber, sharpener• 30cm ruler• Scissors• Glue• Highlighters• Dictionary• Pens for marking – red/green /purple• Year 6 Booklet

Organisation & Preparation…

• Maths/ English alternate nights (Extra homework for AQE)

• Spellings and Vocabulary

• Reading• Learning homework• Tables?

• Equipment• Homework• Well rested• Breakfast• Healthy Break• Water

Self -Esteem• Good Citizen Award• Achievements• Paths Pals• Peer mediation• Assemblies • Year 1 helpers• Dyslexia Friendly School• Heart Start• Inter School Events

PATHS® CurriculumKey Stage 2

Barnardo’s NI

Barnardo’s NI aims to provide children and young people with a brighter future through the social and emotional learning curriculum (PATHS).

What is PATHS®?• Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies

A highly recognised Social and Emotional learning programme which covers the PDMU curriculum. (With the exception of the health and safety aspect, as this is not fully explicit.)

• Whole school Curriculum with 5 Key Concepts:

―Self-Esteem ―Emotional Understanding―Self-Control―Social Problem-Solving―Peer Relationships

Find Out More

• You can also find out more via the PATHS® Website, Facebook and Twitter pages.

www.pathseducation.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/pathseducationuk

@PATHSEdUK

A few reminders…• Achievements- last

Wednesday of month• Dinners - £2.50• Healthy break• Munch Box Challenge• Extra Curricular Activities• Mobile phones• Portable games –are not

allowed in school• Inhalers/ medication• Parent volunteers• Up to date contact details

Maths Arrangements

• Year 7 are split into groups to meet the demands of the curriculum

• Children taught mental strategies, number, topic work and skills during the week.

• Focus on application and use of Maths• Prepares children for secondary

education/organisational skills• Current arrangements are for this term and

will be reviewed after Christmas

Autumn Term

• Maths- combination of number and topic work

• World Around Us – Dynamic Earth• PDMU –taught through Paths• Literacy- Writing alongside grammar

and comprehension.• Focus to develop understanding of text.• Looking at thinking skills and personal

capabilities across the curriculum.

Spring Term

• Maths- combination of number and topic work. Children encouraged to focus on application of their knowledge.

• World Around Us – On the Move, India • Literacy- focus shifts to writing,

assessment requirements• Technology/K’Nex• Young Enterprise- to be confirmed

Learning Styles

•Lessons take into account pupils different learning style, use different methods of recording and differentiation of tasks

•Multiple Intelligences

auditory

visual

kinaesthetic

Various Ways of Recording

Mindmaps

Highlightingtext

Mnemonics

“Rich” pictures

Venn

diagrams

Bullet points

Rich pictures

Tables

Visual tables

Computer Based Assessment

• Replaced INCAs• Completed two years ago, no

formal feedback was given.• Maths/English - NINA and NILA• No revision required• Completed end of September• Feedback- for school use only.

Key Stage Assessment

• Marks child’s progress from Yr1• Summing up of child’s level• Maths• English• Most achieve levels 3-4 in Year 7• Levels are very broad and results are recorded

on end of year reports and forwarded to secondary schools

• ICT will now be formally assessed and levels recorded

Summer Term

• World Around Us –Up in The Air • PDMU – Changing Schools, Moving

On• P.E – Sports Day, Athletics, Cricket,

Rounders• Interschool competitions – football,

rugby, netball, hockey

School Trip

• School trip to be confirmed! Morecombe? Northumbria?

• Cost last year £320• Pupils have the

opportunity to show and gain independence

• Fun and educational activities

• Info to follow soon

• For those who choose not to go - activities are less formal – visits and visitors

Record of Achievement

• Final major task of the year• Record their feelings, memories

and successes • In/out of school• Photos, certificates• Passed on to secondary schools

and a lovely reminder of a child’s primary school years

Finally..• Hope that pupils will leave us

prepared for the next step to secondary school

• We are here to help and support your child in any way we can – please do feel free to contact us any time

AQE• Closing Date: Friday 11th September

• Preparation work starting in full next week:- Monday 15th September.

• Friday mornings with Miss Funston, Friday 11th September.

• Test Dates:Saturday 7th November 2015Saturday 21st November 2015Saturday 28th November 2015

• Arrangements subject to change• Previous tests to be done at school• www.aqe.org.uk

WHY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL

IS SO IMPORTANT –Excellent attendance at school is important to

allow a child or youngperson to fulfil their potential.

Every single day a child is absent from school equates to a

day of lost learning.Attendance percentages can be misleading.

100% Attendance 0 Days Missed Excellent

95% Attendance 9 Days of Absence1 Week and 4 Days of Learning Missed

Satisfactory

90% Attendance 19 Days of Absence3 Weeks and 4 Daysof Learning Missed

Poor

85% Attendance 28 Days of Absence5 Weeks and 3 Days of Learning Missed

Very Poor

80% Attendance 38 Days of Absence7 Weeks and 3 Days ofLearning Missed

Unacceptable

75% Attendance 46 Days of Absence9 Weeks and 1 Day ofLearning Missed

Unacceptable

For some parents, 90% may seem like an acceptable level of attendance,

but the reality is that 90% attendance means that your child will miss half aschool day each week or 19 days of

school during the school year – that’snearly 4 school weeks.

• DENI are monitoring attendance much more closely than ever before.

Each month the EA Western Area EWO (Educational Welfare Officer) visits the school to monitor attendance.

Therefore during the year if you child hits any of the above attendance levels you will be informed so you too are aware of how much learning time this equates to.