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Thornleigh Salesian College - A Sports College

Year 7 Information, Advice

and Guidance EveningWednesday 21st September

2011



• Welcome• Introductions• Core subjects

• English• Science• RE• Maths

• Data



Year 7English

KS3



Over the year the students will be assessed on a variety of Assessment

Focuses which will then contribute to their

overall level of attainment



These AFs will cover:Speaking & Listening

Reading for UnderstandingWriting



Autumn AAll About Me



Autumn BAll About School



Spring Term ATwisted Tales



Spring Term B Shakespeare

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’



Summer Term A Travel Writing



Summer Term B Titanic &

Novel



YEAR 7 SCIENCE



THEMES

• MAN• EARTHS RESOURCES• ICE CAPS• BEYOND EARTH

Throughout Key Stage 3 we teach Science as Themes containing a variety of linked Topics. To be able to link topics in Science requires higher level thinking and this is encouraged from the start of year 7.



TOPICS INCLUDED IN YEAR 7 THEMES:• CELLS• REPRODUCTION• DIGESTION AND RESPIRATION• PARTICLES• REVERSIBLE AND NON-REVERSIBLE REACTIONS• HEAT TRANSFER• FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS• HABITATS AND ADAPTATIONS• ROCKS• ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY• SOLAR SYSTEM• SPEED



Throughout the year we also develop a series of Essential Key Skills as part of the delivery of the courses.

Essential Key Skills:• COMMUNICATION• HANDLING DATA• GRAPHS• MODELLING

These skills will be assessed at the same time as subject content



ASSESSMENT PROCESSEach half term the students will compete an assessment week.This involves:• SUBJECT TEST• SKILL TEST• APP TASK

The students will receive feedback and will be expected to setpersonal targets for the next half term



APPAssessing pupils’ progress (APP) is a national approach to assessment that equips teachers to make judgements on pupils’ progress. It helps teachers to fine-tune their understanding of pupils’ needs and tailor their planning and teaching accordingly, by enabling them to:track pupils’ progressuse diagnostic information about pupils’ strengths and weaknesses to improve teaching, learning and pupils’ progressmake reliable judgements related to national standards drawing on a wide range of evidence.



APPStudents will be expected to complete a range of APP activities. These will include:• PROJECT WORK• PRESENTATIONS• MODEL MAKING• WRITTEN TASKS • MOVIE MAKING• USING DATA TO INFORM THE PUBLIC



Religious Education Department

UNDERSTANDING



By taking part in the course you learn, understand and appreciate the important issues that affect people throughout the world and will affect you in your adult life.

Through Religious Education you learn about religion and faith, something that has affected life on this planet over the last two millennia. We want you to have fun, to enjoy your learning and achieve your true potential.

Through your study you learn and gain understanding about the relationships with other people. You may become more appreciative of others and be able to understand another person's motives , ideas and beliefs.

By studying the subject you learn about the spiritual aspect to all life and may learn to experience this aspect in more detail in your own life. You will also want you to care for each other and support your form members through the next 5 years

RESPECT

AFFECTION HUMOUR



An overview of what we learn each term

Year 7 Term 1aWeeks 7

Term 1bWeeks 7

Term 2aWeeks 7

Term 2bWeeks 7

Term 3aWeeks 7

Term 3bWeeks 7

Topics covered

Community: Family, Local, Global and Plural.

BASELINE ASSESSMENT

LEVEL ASSESSMENT 1

Advent and Christmas

The History of the Church

LEVEL ASSESSMENT 2

God and the Trinity

Prayer: different types and the purpose of prayer

LEVEL ASSESSMNET 3

World Religious: HinduismSRE

SETTING FOR YEAR 8



Term 1 Community: Family, Local, Global and

Plural communities.



Term 2 the History of the Church:

Saint Stephen, Saint Paul, how the message of Christianity spread to Europe.



Term 2 The Blessed Trinity

The role of God the Father, Son andHoly Spirit.



Term 3 the importance of PrayerWhy we prayer, how we pray and How to help others.



Term 3 HinduismKey features and practices of the religion of Hinduism.



ENRICHMENT



Year 7Mathematics

KS3



Pupils are set by ability from September using KS2 Data.

All year 7 pupils completed an additional baseline assessment

last week.



Every pupil will follow the same curriculum covering:

Number and AlgebraGeometry and Measures

Statistics



Classes will study each element at different levels dependent upon

current attainment and end of year target.



Pupils will be assessed at the end of each half term.

Pupils will sit formal assessments at Christmas, Easter and

at the end of the school year.

Year 7AIG Meeting September 2011

How we use Assessment Data

What Assessment Data do we already have?

When your child is enrolled at Thornleigh we are able to access their KS2 results as soon as they are published.

This is not just simple levels like:English: Level 4 Maths: Level 3

We receive a full break down of how each student performed in each test paper.

Detailed KS2 Data

Reading Total Mark

Reading Level

Writing Total Mark

Writing Level

English Total Mark

English Test Overall Level

English Test Sub-Level

English TA Level

Maths Total Mark

Maths Test Overall Level

Maths Test Sub-Level

Maths TA Level

Student 1 35 5 32 4 67 4 4a 4 81 5 5c 5Student 2

32 4 33 4 65 4 4a 5 92 5 5b 4

What do we use KS2 results for?

• At Thornleigh we set all students for English and Maths right from the beginning of Year 7.

• There are 5 sets in each half of the year

• This setting is refined as the year progresses.

• We also use the KS2 data to set each student targets in all their subjects.

Target Setting at Key Stage 3

The Government expects all students to make a minimum of two levels of progress between the end of KS2 and the end of KS3.

In English and Maths we take a student’s KS2 sub-level in that subject to set the target.In all other areas of the curriculum we use an average of a student’s English and maths sub-levels.

CAT Tests

• All Year 7 students took a series of Cognitive Abilities Tests (CATs) last week.

• These are currently being marked.

• We use these to give every class teacher additional information about each student’s strengths and weaknesses.

Class Teacher’s Use of Key Data

On-Going Teacher Assessment

• A teacher’s assessment of their students is on-going all the time.

• However, we collect a formal assessment of every student 3 times a year.

• Parents are informed of these results through a Progress Report or a more detailed Full Report.

• We also use this data to track how well each student is doing relative to their targets.

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