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Supporting Your Child
through Year 9
Parental Engagement
Shelley College
2010-2011
Research has highlighted that the parent-child relationship
could be the most important factor in a child’s academic
and social development.
Professor Tanya Byron reported:
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Parental or carer engagement is key to a child’s educational
success, but many parents are struggling to get involved with their
child’s learning.
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Just 16% of children actively share any information with their
parents about their school day. 43% of parents find it either
difficult to extract information from their child about their day at
school.
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31% of parents admit to feeling ‘excluded’ when their child won’t
tell them what they’ve done at school that day.
The “3 Year” Key Stage 4
 Core Subjects – 3 Year GCSE
 Grades (not levels) – all subjects
 Marking & Assessment to GCSE criteria
Fulfilling Your Child’s Potential
Steps to success
 Support the school in supporting your child
 Discuss progress with them
 Encourage them to get grade 1’s (outstanding) for their
Effort, Homework & Attitude
 Take decisive action when 3, 4 or 5 grades regularly
crop up.
 Come to Parents’ Consultation Evenings & Progress
Review Days
Minimum Target Grades
 Based on Prior Attainment – SATs & Teacher
Assessments
 They are the minimum level we expect the students to
achieve
 Students should aim to exceed their minimum target
levels
What do Shelley College
Reports look like?
 They match Predicted Grades against their Minimum
Target Grade in every subject studied
 They report on students’ Attitude, Effort & Homework
using a 1 to 5 Grading Scale:
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1 – Exceptional
2 – Good
3 – Satisfactory
4 – Work to be done
5 - Poor
Subject
MTG
Predicted Effort
Attitude
Home
work
1
3
3
1
4
1
1
1
4
4
2
4
1
2
Grade
English
Mathematics
Science
French
History
Art
ICT
A
B
B
B
A
A
B
A*
D
D
B
C
A*
B
1
4
4
2
4
1
2
Areas for Improvement
Code
What the code means
Z
To memorise and review your work.
Y
Classwork-ensure that all classwork is completed.
X
Homework-make more effort to produce work worthy of your ability.
W
Presentation-present your work neatly and thoughtfully.
V
Organisation-ensure to meet deadlines
T
Organisation-bring the correct equipment to lessons.
S
Concentration-listen carefully when the teacher is talking and follow instructions
thoroughly.
R
Concentration-put more thought into your classwork
Q
Determination-maintain the high standards that you have set yourself.
P
Determination-make more effort to develop your work and your skills.
N
Determination-revise thoroughly for tests and for examinations.
M
Participation-make greater effort to answer questions; be involved in class
activities.
L
Behaviour-Work quietly, respect and do not disturb others.
K
Participation-improve participation in extra curricular activities.
J
Research-develop and make use of effective research skills to improve your
understanding of the subject.
Report Descriptors
Attitude
Grade
(1 to 5)
1
Effort
1
Describes a student whose work ethic is
exceptional. Content & presentation of work &
participation of lessons would be the very best the
students is capable of achieving.
Homework
1
Homework is always completed to the very
highest standard & often involves independent
study or research.
Category
Explanation
Describes an exceptional student. This student
demonstrates a real willingness to learn, is always
polite & never argues or misbehaves.
Reporting and Assessment – Year 9
 Academic Progress Review Days
November 26th
April 15th
 Monitoring Home
November 5th
April 1st
July 8th
 Options’ Evening
March 16th (Forms to Tutor 21st March)
 Parents’ Consultation Evening
March 2nd
Intervention
Targeting underachievement
Liaison with parents/carers
Interpreting information
Highlighting specific students
Tracking underachieving students
Support
Year Office to overview progress of
individual students.
Identifying students for each Tutor
to monitor.
Use of outside agencies where
necessary.
Monitoring attendance
Mentoring
Academic monitoring
Direct 1 to 1 student support both
academic and organisational
Convening meetings with Parent and
carers
Linking Student, subject , parents and carers
•No SATS
•New Focus on GCSE
from year 9
•All study English Language and
Literature over three years
Key skills:
Speaking and Listening
Reading
Writing
•Modular and can re-take units
•Take Literature exams in year 10 and Language in
year 11.
•Start GCSE style work this term, focusing on a novel.
• GCSE controlled assessments after Christmas.
Three units
Understanding
non fiction
texts
Speaking and
Listening
Understanding
spoken and
written texts
and creative
writing
Three units
Exploring
Modern Texts
Poetry Across
Time
Shakespeare
and the
Literary
Heritage
•Coursework not going home, where students could
receive extra help. All written in school in controlled
conditions.
•Fairer system that encourages individual ideas.
•Modular units can be taken early and re-taken. More
in line with Maths and Science.
•Start early and fine tune skills for GCSE, rather than
continuing KS3 work.
•Encourage your child to read and take them to the
theatre.
•We will study ‘Of Mice and Men’, ‘An Inspector Calls’
and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ over the three years, and a
variety of poetry.
•Use Kerboodle and moodle and www.aqa.org.uk
•You can help with research for controlled
assessments.
GCSE and beyond
Year 9 – Sept to Oct half term
 Students will extend their knowledge in the four main
areas of the mathematics curriculum:
 Data Handling
 Number
 Algebra
 Shape and Space
 There will also be a focus on making mathematics
‘Functional’
 A key assessment will occur in October
The Maths GCSE Pathways
 Information gathered will help us decide as to which
pathway students should pursue
 The Maths GCSE will be new for your sons/daughters
 The main addition is that functional maths skills
(application of maths to the real world) will be
embedded into the exams of the award.
Pathway 1 – Most Able
 GCSE Mathematics and
 GCSE Statistics and
 Additional Mathematics – (a Free Standing
Mathematics Qualification)
 Fits between GCSE and AS Level
 Recognised nationally
 Worth valuable UCAS points
Pathway 2 – Mid-ability
 GCSE Mathematics and
 GCSE Statistics
 2 full GCSEs awarded by the end of year 11
 Students will have an added ‘string to their bow’
Pathway 3 – Mid to low ability
 GCSE Mathematics - covered over almost three years
 Full support and time given to students who find
mathematics a challenge
 This will ensure that students achieve their best in the
subject
How can you support your child?
 Encourage and help them to see the relevance of
maths in everyday life and the ‘real world’
 Use a variety of websites and resources to support their
learning
 www.mymaths.co.uk
 www.samlearning.com
 Kerboodle
 BBC bitesize
 The Edexcel and AQA exam board websites
Term 1
Triple
Science
Term 2
GCSE Biology
UNIT 1
exam(25%)
GCSE Chemistry
UNIT 1
exam(25%)
GCSE Physics
UNIT 1
exam(25%)
KS3/4
Science Transition
Course
Modules in:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Term 3
KS3
exam
GCSE Core Science
21st Century Science
UNIT 1
Modules in:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
GCSE
module
exam
UNIT 1
(25%)
Preparation for BTEC in Applied Science
(Portfolio-Based Assessment)
What will our students end up with
at the end of Y11?
Triple Science – 3 separate GCSEs in biology,
chemistry and physics
Core Science + Additional Science /
Additional Applied Science – 2 separate
GCSEs in Science
BTEC First in Applied Science – Equivalent of
2 GCSEs in Science
How Can Parents Help?
 Encourage your Son/Daughter to use moodle (on-line
learning)
 Encourage attendance at Specialist School events e.g.
STEM/Astronomy Club/E-Team
 Ask to See your Son/Daughter’s Tracker Document (in the
front of the science exercise book)
 E-mail: [email protected] with any queries
Shelley College Website
Twitter
Shelley College Parental Gateway
Parent Mail
Buy4School
Shelley College Website
 Information about the College, notices and updates
http://www.shelleycollege.org
Shelley College Twitter
 Short Updates, reminders and
information about the College
http://twitter.com/shelleycollege
@shelleycollege
Parental Gateway
 Specific Information about your children available to
you in real time via a secure online website:
 Attendance (am & pm)
 Attainment
 Monitoring
 Behaviour
How do I access the Parental
Gateway?
 Information is password protected – you will shortly
receive a user ID and password to access the site.
 Visit www.shelleycollege.org and click on
How do I access the Parental
Gateway?
Please be careful
here.
Click Private
Computer if you, and
only you, have access
to it
Type username and
Click here to change
passwords and click
your password
Log On.
What is in the Parental Gateway?
What is in the Parental Gateway?
What is in the Parental Gateway?
What is in the Parental Gateway?
Please be careful
here.
You can control the
Click Private
dates you can see
Computer if you, and
here
only you, have access
to it
ParentMail
 Emails and/or SMS Information sent directly to you.
 Replacing postal and printed communications
Have YOU registered?
Forms available tonight
Buy4School
http://www.buy4schools.co.uk/
 Anyone can register as an individual
 Link yourself to Shelley College
 Go through the Buy4School Gateway to buy online
from the same companies you buy from now
 Also some High Street Shops
 YOU get money back on each purchase
 School gets money from each purchase
How else can we support you and
help you support your children’s
learning?