Yr7 information evening PowerPoint October 2016

1. Year 7
Information
Evening

2. Mr Luck
Headteacher

3. Welcome
• Introductions
• Purpose of the evening
• Emergency information
• Mobile telephones

4. Mr Hudgell
Progress Leader of Year 7

5. A Good Start!
Yr7 Day of
Dance
Extra-Curricular
Helpers at Last
night's Open
Evening
Zambia
Drop Down
Day

7. Tutor Time
Accelerated Reader & Planners
Assembly
Accelerated Reader
Pixel Edge
Careers

8. PIXL Edge
Leadership Organisation Resilience Initiative Communication

9. RVHS Awards
Form
Captains
Pixl Edge
Pupil of
the week
Queue
Jumper
(Attendance)
Rising
Stars
Postcards
Honours
Class of the
Week

10. The first Year 7 Data Drop closed on the 11th October 2016.
Roding Valley High School will report home to parents from this data drop, which will supply the
parent(s) with their son/daughter's ATL grades in every subject area, which will be sent the
week commencing 17th October 2016 (Attitude, Organisation and Home Learning).
Parents will receive a breakdown of the tests that the students completed on the Practice Days
in July 2016 - which were our baseline tests.
These tests included a Maths, English and Reading test.
Reports

11. Mrs Jenner
Deputy Headteacher

12. New Curriculum
• Grades 9 – 1 GCSEs no more A* - G
• Reformed – increased challenge, no coursework, SPAG
focus
• Reformed A levels - harder, no coursework, SPAG

13. What is
a pass ?
Grade 5
will be a
good
pass.
Top 3% of
National
cohort

15. -Prior Attainment (SATs)
-Baseline testing - to be reported to
parents next week with their ATLs
-Fischer Family Trust data
-3 and 4 Levels of Progress
-Teacher Assessment
•Progress 8
•Flightpaths
How do we know what your child is
capable of?

16. 70
120

17. What is Progress 8 ?
• Schools performance is now judged by the progress made of every
child across the curriculum
• Students still needs a ‘pass’ in English and Maths (Grade 5)
• Every grade counts at every level
• We have always supported every child and will continue to do so
• 2016 outcome +0.18

18. RAP (Raising Attainment of Pupils) – Forensic approach to
student tracking
Exam and Assessment Weeks in Year 7
First official Exam Week will be week beginning 16th
January 2017
All reports to parents are underpinned by these calendared
assessments
Students should also expect other regular in class
assessments to support progress
Intervention tutors in English, Maths and Science
We are prepared for the changes ahead

19. Mrs Routledge
Head of English

20. Importance of reading across curriculum
★ Demands of new GCSE and A Level has meant that this has
become central focus students in all subject areas
★ GCSE English Preparation starts in Year 7
★ Assessments in English replicate the AQA GCSE exams
★ 50% marks in Eare for reading
★ Literature texts far more challenging than in past
★ All literature exams closed book

21. I

22. Year 7 Exam

23. GCSE Exam

24. Accelerated Reader is a powerful tool for
monitoring and managing independent reading
practice, motivating students to read for
pleasure.

25. ★ A student reads a book
★ Takes an online quiz,
★ Gets immediate feedback.
Students respond to regular feedback and are motivated to
make progress with their reading skills.
Quizzes can be done at home, in school, on phones using the
AR app

26. Introducing a DEAR every day for 20 minutes for students in Year 7.
Rolling programme of 20 minute reading session for EVERY year 7
student regardless of lesson.
Use of the ACTIVE READING booklet to record and develop reading
Use of reading record in student planner
DROP EVERYTHING AND READ

28. Mr Vermaak
Head of Mathematics

29. Mathematics Mastery

30. Shared
curriculum
framework
Online
• Task banks
• Assessments
• Training
• Videos
• Blogs
In-school
development
visits
Collaborative
cluster
workshops
Lesson
observation
tools
Training
• Teachers
• Leaders
Mathematics
Mastery

31. Our approach
Language and
communicatio
n
Mathematical
thinking
Conceptual
understanding
Mathematical
problem
solving

32. What are manipulatives?
Language and
communication
Mathematical
thinking
Conceptual
understanding
Mathematical
problem
solving
Bar models
Dienes blocks
Cuisenaire rods
Multilink cubes
Fraction towers
Bead strings
Number lines
Shapes
100 grids

33. Solving problems with unknowns
John gives his brother three marbles.
Now his brother has three times as many marbles as John.
Altogether they now have sixteen marbles.
How many marbles did John have at the start?

34. Solving problems with unknowns
John gives his brother three marbles.
Now his brother has three times as many marbles as John.
Altogether they now have sixteen marbles.
How many marbles did John have at the start?
John
John’s brother
16
3?

35. Assessment
Pre- and post-module assessments
Termly holistic assessments

44. 630
250
There are 2000 pet owners at a pet convention. There are
630 cat owners and 250 more dog owners than cat owners, If
the rest are rabbit owners, how many more dog owners than
rabbit owners are there?
cat
dog
rabbit
2000
?

49. Thank you for attending tonight’s
Year 7 Information evening
Mr Luck
Headteacher