KS3 PIE Presentation 2023-24

Welcome

Mr P Thompson - Headteacher

SENDCO

New Additions

Curriculum Leader, English

English/Drama

Religious Studies

Mrs Wade

Miss Lupton

Mrs Tumelty

Miss Ellison

New Additions

Miss Collins

Music

Mrs Petit-Price

MFL

Miss Joyce

Geography

Mrs Gill Technology

New Additions

now known as

Mrs Haj-Manouchehri

Art

Miss Goldsmith,

Mrs Cain

Mr Shone

Exam Officer

Changes

- installation of new entry points on all doors, enabled by staff badges

Changes

Building Work

School Day

Changes

- Return to one break and one lunchtime

- Removal of the one-way system

Changes

• Installation of the Food Shack & Vending Machine

Let Your Light Shine

Curriculum and Assessment

Mr Meldrum Deputy Headteacher

GCSE Outcomes 2023

 12 Subjects 9-7 Grades

 11 Subjects 9-5 Grades

 11 Subjects 9-4 Grades

 17% of all grades were at Grade 7+

 There were 44 Grade 9 or Distinction* compared to 23 in 2022 and 28 in 2019

ClassCharts - Pupil

ClassCharts - Parent

Target Setting

• Why set targets?

• How do we set them? – KS2 information and information from the primary school – CATs – Cognitive Ability Tests – Year 7 In 2 Week

• Expectations for each prior attainment grouping, based on KS2 SATs and/or CATs.

A pupil will be have their prior attainment level based on KS2 Maths and English: (this is as set by the DfE as part of their Progress Measures)

• Low below 100

• Middle between 100 and 110

• Higher greater than 110.

Assessment

Formative assessment

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:

• are generally low stakes

• help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work

Summative assessment

The aim of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an unit by comparing it against a standard or benchmark.

• Summative assessments are often high stakes, for example mocks or GCSE examinations

After each objective teachers make a formative judgement whether they achieve a Code of C1 to C5 where the C1 to C5 are the criteria for that objective, and the expectation is that based on your prior attainment you would expect to be:

C1 Above and beyond the objective

C2 High prior attainment expectation

C3 Middle prior attainment expectation

C4 Low prior attainment expectation

C5 Not achieved understanding of the objective Absent

Objectives : Year Year 7

Subject : Mathematics

Autumn Term 1 – Algebraic Thinking

Unit 1 Sequences

Unit 2 Understand and Use Algebraic Notation

Unit 3 Equality

Autumn Term 2 – Place Value and Proportion

Unit 4 Place value and ordering integers and decimals

Unit 5 Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence

Spring Term 1 – Applications of Number

Unit 6 Solving problems with addition and subtraction

Unit 7 Solving problems with multiplication and division

Unit 8 Fractions and percentages of amounts

Unit 9 Operations and equations with directed number

Objectives : Year Year 7

Subject : Mathematics

Autumn Term 1 – Algebraic Thinking Unit 1 Sequences

Unit 2 Understand and Use Algebraic

Autumn Term 2 – Place Value and Proportion

Unit 4 Place value and ordering integers and decimals

Unit 5 Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence

Spring Term 1 – Applications of Number

Unit 6 Solving problems with addition and subtraction

7 Solving problems with multiplication

Unit 9 Operations and equations with directed

Interim Reports

Reports Home

We report home 4 times in the year:

Autumn October

Spring January

Summer April

Summer Final July

Options process starts in Year 9 –

Y9 Reports December – Year 9 Parents and Options Evening Spring Term – 28th February – Options deadline 2 weeks after Parents Evening

Behaviour and Attitudes

Mrs Gail Reader Assistant Headteacher

Attendance Updates:

• 98% expectation for all pupils

• Home Visits will be carried out

• Any pupil late to school more than once a week will be issued with a detention after school on a Friday lunchtime

• Ask permission for any time off school – medical evidence is required.

• Contact school every day that your child is absent

• Is your child really ill?

• Can you make an appointment out of school hours?

Expectations:

• To wear the correct uniform with pride at all times

• Jumpers – (October half term – Easter)

• No mobile phones at all (online safety)

• Reply slips to be returned by the stated deadline

• Ready to learn – correct equipment, homework completed, class charts to be monitored

Consequences if your child chooses to disrupt the learning of others:

1.Warn

2.Move = 1 lost merit

3. Remove = 2 lost merit

Mental Health and Wellbeing

 Mentors and a Counsellor available in school

 Excellent resources on the school website: https://lsmchs.com/mental-wellbeing

Parents and Community Support

All pupil’s are accountable for their own learning and we, along with you as parents and carers will do our very best to allow ‘their lights to shine’

Teaching and Learning

Mrs Sarah Webb Assistant Headteacher Quality of Education

Research shows that your interest and involvement in your child’s learning and education is more important than anything else in helping your child fulfil their potential. As parents, you are the people who go with your child on their learning journey, from the day they are born to the time they become an adult.

Department

for education skills

Expectations at St Mary’s

What we expect from you is for you to be involved in your child's education process, to respect our school rules and teachers’ expertise and to accept your responsibility as parents.

Attend parents’ meetings

Ensure your child attends regularly

Make sure they are properly equipped for learning

Don’t accept ‘I’ve got no homework’

Support with homework

• Each pupil has been issued with a planner which will enable them to log all their passwords, printing code etc. needed for school.

• They will also be noting their attendance, merits and lost merits in it each week during form period so please feel free to have a look in this it see where they are up to.

• This is a good way to contact the form teacher if you need an update on anything.

Literacy - a key focus

Your child studies a wide variety of subjects at secondary school, and will be working with many different types of reading materials;

Parents who support their children’s education make a real difference to how well their child does, and there are lots of quick things you can do to help.

Any pupil who is a red reader (e.g. they are more than 2 years below their actual age) will receive targeted intervention 3 times a week for 30 minutes – each session attended has an impact of 2 months added to their current reading age so in a week they can catch up by 6 months. This our

Thinking

Reading

NGRT testing takes place over the next few weeks for all KS3 pupils. This test is really important to determine if your child needs any further intervention so it is important that they try their absolute best.

programme. Pupils will be withdrawn from any lesson to take part.

Year 7 Red readers update:

How you can help:

Build up the number of words your child knows – their vocabulary. As they go through secondary school, your child will need to know specialist words and recognise them when they are reading. To help them learn these words, you could ask your child to explain to you what they mean.

Read books or plays that your child needs to study for school – in Year 7 and 8 in English your child will study a Shakespeare play. It can really help them if you read a couple of scenes together, and talk about the language and characters.

Why not learn a few short quotations together as a competition?

Pupil Premium Eligibility:

• Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

1. Universal Credit with a household income of less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

2. Income-Based Jobseekers' Allowance

3. Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance

4. Child Tax Credit, not entitled to Working Tax Credit and household income less than £16,190

5. Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

6. Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

7. Income Support

8. Working Tax Credit 'run on' – the payment you receive for a further four weeks after you finish work

Service children:

• Service children are slightly different in that we just update Sims, therefore no form is completed, we just need to be notified.

Personal Development 2023/24

Building the foundations to “Let our light shine”

Mr Mike Weaver Assistant Headteacher

What is Personal Development?

'Encouraging each child to become personally, emotionally, socially and physically effective, to lead healthy, safe and fulfilled lives; To become confident, independent and responsible citizens, making informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives’

Building the foundations to “Let our light shine”

St Mary’s PSHCEE Curriculum

YEAR LIVING WORLD (1) LIVING WORLD (2) RELATIONSHIPS (1) RELATIONSHIPS (2) HEALTH & WELLBEING (1) HEALTH & WELLBEING (2) LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE (Bespoke Module)

7 Developing skills and aspirations

Careers, teamwork and enterprise skills, and raising aspirations

(Morrisby Careers Platform)

8 Community and careers

Equality of opportunity in careers and life choices, and different types and patterns of work

(Morrisby Careers Platform)

9 Setting goals

Learning strengths, career options and goal setting.

(Morrisby Careers Platform)

Financial decision

making Saving, borrowing, budgeting and making financial choices

Diversity

Diversity, prejudice, and bullying

Building relationships

Self-worth, romance and friendships (including online) and relationship boundaries

Religion and Belief: Christ at the Centre & First Aid

Engage with the Catholic ethos and values of St. Mary’s

Health and puberty

Healthy routines, influences on health, puberty, unwanted contact, and FGM

Welcome to St Mary’s Expectations and standards at St Mary’s

Digital literacy

Online safety, digital literacy, media reliability, and gambling hooks

Discrimination

Discrimination in all its forms, including: racism, religious discrimination, disability, discrimination, sexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia

Identity and relationships

Gender identity, sexual orientation, consent, ‘sexting’, and an introduction to contraception

Drugs and alcohol

Alcohol and drug misuse and pressures relating to drug use

Emotional wellbeing

Mental health and emotional wellbeing, including body image and coping strategies

St Mary’s & Me

What can you do to support the greater community at St Mary’s (Sustainability)

Employability skills

Employability and online presence

Respectful relationships

Families and parenting, healthy relationships, conflict resolution, and relationship changes

Intimate relationships

Relationships and sex education including consent, contraception, the risks of STIs, and attitudes to pornography

Peer influence, substance use and gangs

Healthy and unhealthy friendships, assertiveness, substance misuse, and gang exploitation

Healthy lifestyle

Diet, exercise, lifestyle balance and healthy choices, and first aid

Options (Preparing for KS4) Discussion of options and pathways at KS4.

Pastoral Team

St Mary’s Curriculum

Parents/ Pupils Curriculum Leaders

Our curriculum benefits from the input of:

• Recommendations from our own pastoral team, in terms of key priorities

• Information from the community, local police and LCC regarding recent incidents or rises in specific issues.

• Expert external agencies delivering age appropriate material.

• Input from members of staff across the whole teaching body, the Senior Leadership Team and the Head Teacher.

• Input from school Governors.

• Regular feedback from the “Voice of St Mary” (Parents/Pupils/Staff)

Letting Your Light Shine Module

Pupil

Enrichment and Extra-Curricular

• Musical Activities

• School Shows/Performances

• Sports Clubs

• District Sporting Competitions

• Theatre Visits

• Duke of Edinburgh

• Educational Visits

• Rewards Trips

• Foreign Trips

• Careers Visits/Interviews

• Department Clubs

• Christmas Events

• Visiting Speakers

• Field Studies

• Talent Shows

The Voice Of St Mary’s