Year 7 Parents Information Evening Mr K Douglas Headteacher Mrs C Wilshaw Assistant Headteacher for Key Stage 3 Miss K Townshend Director of Learning for Year 8 and 9
Overview School Expansion New Key Stage 3 Assessment System GCSEs Pathways Developing Student Independence Home Learning Literacy Key dates Extra-curricular Parental Online Access and Communication Question and Answer
School Expansion Three phases to the expansion Internal refurbishment and remodelling of site is already underway eg. temporarily smaller library
Phase 1 30/06/2017
Phase 2
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Phase 3 Current Sixth Form Study area is converted into a resources are for the whole school Upstairs of the Sixth Form is converted into classrooms Outside of the hall to be converted in a student social area
Listening to you We brought forward the implementation of the new school day for this September Life Long Learning will now be a permanent timetabled lesson Fully staffed Facebook group please talk to us Active learning week 2018
KS3 Framework September 2017 Assessment without levels
We have created a new framework that: Is based on developing the key knowledge and skills required for success in KS4 Is based on our high expected standards of students Is based heavily on formative feedback and allows all students to succeed and so develops a growth mindset Incorporates periodic summative assessment to support this ongoing formative feedback Is simple and easy to understand for staff, parents and students Has consistent principles, to be used across subjects, but the flexibility to be suitable for all subjects
How is it different from Levels? Students are not given feedback such as you re a 4a but focused on formative feedback that makes students think about how to develop their understanding. How does it work? We used the KS2 levels on entry or current KS3 level to project a flight path (target grade range) to the new GCSE grades. The flight paths are a target for the students but also planning tool for teachers. Subjects have created a new framework to assess the students academic ability. This will be used to direct feedback for improvement.
The Framework Mastery - Demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of all concepts and core skill areas. Deepening - Has a secure understanding of the main concepts and skills when applied to familiar contexts. Progressing - Grasped most of the main concepts and skills in a unit of work. Emerging - Grasped some of the main ideas and skills in a unit of work, others require development. Beginning - Beginning to grasp some of the main ideas and skills in a unit of work.
Rickmansworth School KS3 Framework Examples Modern Foreign Languages
Rickmansworth School KS3 Framework Examples Physical Education
Reporting Each strand is broken into sub bands Students can be towards to top, middle or lower end of each skill statement criteria. Based on the progress towards the skills statements you have created, each student will receive a progress statement. E.g. Jack is a Deepening student in your subject.
Core Subject Flight-path There are three flight-path frameworks depending on the subject. i.e. creative subjects and core subjects.
Student Report:
GCSE Pathways There are two pathways at GCSE, Pathway 3 and Pathway 4. Students who have achieved an average of Level 5 or higher at Key Stage 2 are placed onto Pathway 3. All other students are placed on Pathway 4. title name
Pathway 3 Pathway 4 Compulsory Subjects: English Literature English Language Mathematics Combined Science (2 GCSEs) Modern Foreign Language Compulsory Subjects: English Literature English Language Mathematics Combined Science (2 GCSEs) 3 Optional Subjects: 3 Optional Subjects: Art, Astronomy, Business, Computer Science, Dance, Drama, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Geography, Product Design, History, Music, Photography, PE, Religious Studies, Triple Science, a second Modern Foreign Language. name GCSE Pathways One Ebacc option from: Computer Science, French, Geography, German, History, Triple Science Art, Astronomy, Business, Computer Science, Dance, Drama, French, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Geography, German, Product Design, History, Music, Photography, PE, Religious Studies, Triple Science.
GCSE Triple Science Triple Science individual GCSE qualifications in Biology, Chemistry and Physics is an option for any pupil who attains Progressing minus or above at the end of KS3. title name
Developing Student Independence As we move toward GCSEs, it is crucial that we develop student independence. When they take their end of topics tests, end of Year 9 exams, GCSEs and A Levels, we want them to already have reviewed their learning and not be cramming. Cramming results in reduced long term knowledge retention whilst regularly reviewing your work means you retain it for longer. The result is better examination performance and less of a jump to the next year as learning from the previous year can be remembered and built upon. title name
Home Learning To begin on the first day of term Tuesday 5th September 2017. A key part of home learning is to develop independence and knowledge retention so that students are able to be academically successful. To do this, students need to produce a fortnightly review of what they have learned in each subject. This can be notes, a poster in their book, key words with definitions, diagrams, vocabulary lists etc. Whatever helps them to review the last 2 weeks work and interrupts forgetting before they move on. If home learning is not consistently set, please let us know. Two to four subjects per night therefore expect an hour and a half to two hours every day. This will include student s fortnightly reviews. title name
Literacy 60% of mistakes made in GCSE exams are the result of under developed literacy skills. Any reading; newspapers, journals, novels, film reviews, travel pieces. Contribute significantly to GCSE and A Level attainment through increased vocabulary and comprehension skills. Recommend reading 3 times a week for 30 mins title name
Attendance Research shows very close links between academic progress and attendance at school Where attendance falls below 96%, this can begin to have serious negative effects on progress Students will be rewarded an R4 100% attendance and are also rewarded as a form group for the highest attendance over a set time period Please remember that the school cannot authorise holidays or time off school except in exceptional circumstances
Key Dates and Events Next Year Term Starts Tuesday 5 th September 2017 Written reports December 2017 Amiens Christmas Market trip 13 th -14 th December 2017 School Production Saturday 26 th and 27 th January 2018 End of every term Grade sheets sent home
Key Dates and Events Next Year Ski trip Folgardia, Italy 9 th -17 th February 2018 Y8 Parents Evening Thursday 19 th April 2018 End of year exams (all subjects. English, Maths, Science in the hall) 4 th -15 th June 2018 Y8 Parents Information Evening Thursday 21 st June 2018
Communication Form Tutor as first point of contact. Please tell us the good things too. Progresso Show My Homework Any issues, email: jpatel@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk title name
Communication Contact us In the first instance the form tutor and then the Director of Learning: ftutor@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk ktownshend@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk amsprenger@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk cwilshaw@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk O1923 773296 title name
Question and Answer Over to you! Please chat to the parents around you; if you have a question please put your hand up.
Thank you for coming Mr K Douglas Headteacher Mrs C Wilshaw Assistant Headteacher for Key Stage 3 Miss K Townshend Director of Learning for Year 8 and 9 title name