Year 7 Parent Meeting Slides

Wc 7 September 2020

Aim of tonight

To provide an opportunity for you to meet staff

To hear about the key aspects of your child's day at school

To hear about the ethos of the House that your child is in and how we work together

Our core purpose is

focused on maximising

the achievement of your child

We do this through:

• High expectations of all students• Valuing and celebrating academic achievement• Outstanding teaching for all students• Widening students’ experiences through a

range of extra-curricular activities including sports and the performing arts

The ambition you have for your child and your support for our vision will help to achieve this together.

The new normal

• Staggered start and end to the day

• Sanitising/washing hands on arrival and throughout the day

• Year group bubbles and teaching zones

• Year group tutor groups in Houses (temporary) and changes to timings of tutor slot

• Entrance and exit points for students to minimise mixing

• Optional face coverings

Making it work

Coming together

Supporting each other

Maintaining standards and expectations

Communicating and understanding

Giving every young person the best opportunity possible, every day, whatever the challenges and with no excuses

Strong moral purpose in what we do and why we do it

Overcoming inevitable challenges

Enjoying what we do and celebrate the successes we have every day

Timings of school day

• 8:30am-8:40am: Arrival time

• 8:45am-9:15am – Tutor time

• 9:15am-10:15am – Period 1

• 10:15am- 11:30am- Period 2 to include DEAR time and Break time at 10:30am-10:45am

• 11:30am-12pm: Lunch time

• 12pm-1pm- Period 3

• 1pm-2pm- Period 4

• 2pm-3pm – Period 5

• 3pm – Departure time

Timetable and lessons

English 4 hours per week including an hour of Accelerated Reader.

Maths 3 hours per week

Science 3 hours per week

Languages 2 hours per week. A selected number of students will study one hour of language per week in order to provide them with targeted additional literacy and reading support.

Philosophy, Religion and Ethics (PRE) 1 hour per week

Physical Education 3 hours per week in Year 7

Geography 3 hours per fortnight in Year 7

History 3 hours per fortnight in Year 7

Art 1 hour per week

Design Technology - Taught as a rotation including Resistant Materials, Electronics, Food and Textiles - 2 hours per week

Computing 1 hour per week

Music 1 hour per week

Drama 1 hour per week

Tutor time

Virtual assembly

Oracy task

DEAR

PSHE

Attendance, engagement and behaviour review

The Carlton

Academy Pledges:1.To achieve 96% or better

attendance each academic year

2.Successfully participate in at least

six school trips

3.To represent the academy in sports

or performing arts events multiple

times per academic year

4.Organise and actively participate in

at least three different assemblies

5.Contribute to the wider community

6.To support others within the

Academy

7.Actively engage DEAR time and

additional reading activities

8.My own pledge is...

The wider curriculum and

personal development

The agreed seven characteristics of 'Carlton learners':

• Contributor - making a contribution to the school and the learning of others

• Aspiring - having ambition for what they and we all achieve together

• Resilient - rising to the challenges presented to us in our lives

• Learner - have appreciation of the importance of learning through our lives

• Teacher - being a role model for others in the classroom and supporting others

• Organised - prepared and ready to succeed without barriers we can easily remove

• New Thinker - an ability to look at things in different ways so as to improve what we achieve or overcome challenges

The Carlton Learner

Achievement points

•Students are given achievement points in relation to their work in school according to The Carlton Learner characteristics.

•Students are awarded certificates at various points through the year depending on the number of achievement points they receive. In addition, there are additional awards for 20 students who have the most points in a calendar month.

•The certificates awarded are as follows:Bronze – 150 Achievement pointsSilver – 250 Achievement pointsGold – 350 Achievement points

Rewarding success

Break and lunch time

Break takes place at the front of the school and last for 15 minutes

Lunch takes places in the Dining Room and play area at the back of school and last for 30 minutes

Students can choose from a range of meals and items

A meal deal is £2.25 and consists of a main meal and dessert or sandwich and biscuit/piece of fruit

Cashless system of payment

Homework

The purpose of homework:

• To learn knowledge that can be applied in lessons

• To practise skills

• To become independent learners

• To learn time management

• To learn organisation skills

• To learn self-motivation

• To improve achievement

Key information:

• Students get a new booklet each half term

• Teachers will set you tasks from the booklet to complete

• 30 minutes per week for Eng, Maths and Sci. 30 minutes per fortnight for all other subjects

• Teachers will set homework through a website called Satchel One

• Teachers will check homework in lessons and check learning through quizzing

Communication

• School website: www.theacademycarlton.org.uk

• Download and register for School Gateway App using your email & mobile number. This gives online access to attendance, behaviour and rewards data, timetable and assessment – you can use this every day to monitor and stay in touch – you can download it anytime and we will send you a message once we have got your details on our system.

• Follow us on Twitter @Carlton_Academy

• Form tutor is key contact for your child and contact details are being shared.

How you can help the Carlton Academy PTFA

• Join the PTFA as we are always looking for volunteers. If you are interested please contact us on ptfa@theacademycarlton.org

• If you are having a clear out please can you donate any suitable items for raffle or tombola prizes

• Any ideas for fund raising please contact ptfa@theacademycarlton.org

• Join our Easy fund raiser when you shop online www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/carltonaca

• Sign up to the PTFA Lottery £8 per term with a draw each term - More information can be found here

• Donate some pre-loved uniform. Take part in a uniform swap or donate any unwanted items

Key dates

28 Sep.

Week commencing 28 September – Year 7 assessment week

30 Sept.

New building completed with 10 new classrooms, drama studio and sixth form suite

1 Oct.

Parent event Memory & Recall / Assessment and Reporting Evening - 6:00-7:30pm TBC

14 Oct.

ECO Day 1

14 Dec.

Week commencing 14 December – Year 7 reading test (2)

25 Jan. 2021

Week commencing 25 January 2021 – Year 7 Tutor Review week –information to follow in autumn

21 Apr. 2021

Year 7 Achievement Evening 6:00-7:30pm TBC

14 June 2021

Week commencing 14 June 2021 – Year 7 Exam week

8 July 2021

Year 7 Parents’ Evening – 4:00-7:00 -Theatre

Key to success

• Send your child to school every day

• On time (8:30-8:40)

• Smart with all the required equipment everyday

• Ready and eager to learn

• Understanding some things will be a challenge and resilience is very important

• Encourage them to get involved in our Opportunities Programme when launched

• Monitor them through the APP and contact with us directly

• Look at their books, discuss school work at home and enrich their experiences as much as you can

• Keep in touch with their form tutor