VDA SLT Welcome and Revision Evening 2023 KS4

Senior Leadership Team

Thursday 28th September 2023

Senior Leadership Team Welcome Evening

Aims of evening:

• To give a brief overview of some key aspects of school

• To share some advice about how to support your son/daughter as they study for GCSEs

• At the end - to share with you/show you a range of revision techniques

Senior Leadership Team

Senior Leadership Team Role

Mr Lewis Headteacher

Mrs Day Assistant HeadteacherCurriculum & Assessment

Mrs Park Assistant HeadteacherProgress & Intervention

Mr Fazal Assistant HeadteacherTeaching & Learning

Mr Carroll Assistant Headteacher –Behaviour & Culture

Middle Leadership Team

House Progress Leaders (HPLs) Heads of Faculty/Department

Campbell - Miss Scott Foundation - Mrs Cadman

MacArthur – Miss Cattanach Creative - Mr Beales

Sharman - Mr West English – Ms Snowdon

Role of HPL: Maths – Mrs Fitzpatrick

• Focus on academic achievement and progress

• Work with a team of Personal Tutors

• Liaise with Heads of Faculty and Subject teachers

Science – Mr Kelly

Mr Fazal – Temporary Head of Learning Support

Mrs Batey - Inclusion Manager

Mrs Sachs - Assistant to SENDCo

Attendance and Punctuality

• Arrival at the gates for 8.40am

• In tutor by 8.45am

• Punctual to all lessons around school throughout the day

• High levels of attendance

• Catching up on work missed when absent

Studies show that 10% absence can bring a student down by one grade at GCSE.

Online platform to access:

Homework

Timetable Achievement and Behaviour Points

Available through browser or app

PIN number for students and parents to log on

Primary communication tool

• Vital for reporting any absences

Sanctioning students

• Behaviour points

• Standards cards

• Behaviour policy • Parental meetings

• Report cards

Rewarding students

• Achievement Points • End of half term awards • Phone calls home

Head of School Hot Chocolate

Termly Reward

Extra-curricular badges

Extra-curricular opportunities

Events and Trips

• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) events

• Duke of Edinburgh's Award

• Geography field work

• Sports Leaders

• Enterprise

• Careers fair

• World Theatre Day event

• College/University visits

Most Able Provision

Reporting to parents

Reports:  Engagement in Learning

 Progress

 Achievement & Behaviour points

 Attendance & Punctuality

Two Parents’ Evenings: with a focus on Engagement in Learning and Academic Progress

Reporting to parents

The first report will focus on engagement in learning – a key indicator for academic success

• The report will indicate:

behaviour for learning

attitude to work and general motivation

homework and organisation

• Subsequent reports will include academic progress data.

Reporting to parents

The engagement in learning judgements are graded A to D and colour coded:

Blue A – excellent

Green B – generally positive but could indicate coasting

Amber C – must be improved

Red D – serious cause for concern

Reporting to parents

Academic progress data:

• Self-selected GCSE target grades based on FFT50 benchmark

• Currently working at grades

Reporting to parents

Year 11 – key dates

Reports:

 Engagement report 19th October

 Data reports 24th January (‘brown envelope day’) and 25th April

 Parents’ Evening:

 23rd November: Parents’ Evening – engagement and academic focus

 28th March: Parents' Evening – academic focus

Practice Exams – w/b 27th November (for 2 weeks) and 4th March (1 week only)

GCSEs 13th May to 18th June with contingency until 25th June

Results day 22nd August

Year 10 – key dates

Reports:

 Engagement report 16th November

 Data reports 7th March and 27th June

 Parents’ Evening:

 25th January: Parents’ Evening – engagement and academic focus

 23rd May: Parents' Evening – engagement and academic focus

Practice Exams (Y10 "Mocks") w/b 25th April for 2 weeks

Exam preparation

Year 11 – November/December, March and May/June

Year 10 - April

Maths non-calculator 1hr 30 mins (79)

Example - Practice Exams timetable

Geography Paper 1 1hr 30 mins (51)

Monday 28th

English Language 1hr 45 mins (79)

Tuesday 29th

Biology Combined 1hr 15 mins (79)

Wednesday 30th

History Paper 1 1hr 15 mins (57)

Thursday 1st

Chemistry Combined 1hr 15 mins (79)

Friday 2nd

English Literature 1hr 30 mins (79)

Monday 5th

Geography Paper 2 1hr 10 mins (51)

Tuesday 6th

Maths Calculator 1hr 30 mins (79)

Wednesday 7th

Physics Combined 1hr 15 mins (79)

Thursday 8th

Spanish speaking – throughout the day

Computer Science 1hr 30 mins (23)

Religious Studies 1hr 45 mins (15) total (38)

Spanish Listening and Reading

Foundation 1hr 20 mins/Higher 1hr 45 mins (20)

Maths Calculator 1hr 30 mins (79)

Food P&N 1hr 45 mins (13)

Y11 students will sit at least 1 exam in each of their GCSE subjects in November/December.

Spanish Writing 1hr 10 (FT) 20 (HT) (20)

This is the same for Y10 in April.

Sports Science 1hr (15)

History Paper 2 50 mins (57)

Geography Paper 3 1hr

Friday 9th

Music 1hr 30 mins

Drama 1hr 20 mins

Revision support

Revision information booklet for Y11 students and parents

Contents

Booklet contents:

Year 11 key dates and contacts

Qualifications and Exam Boards

College open days and contact information

Recommended revision guides – orders can now be placed

Content to be examined in the December Practice Exams

Subject specific revision advice

General revision advice

Useful websites

Revision portal – link on ClassCharts

https://sites.google.com/wellfieldacademy.org/revision-portal/home

Environment & Equipment

Help your son/daughter create a ‘workspace’ at home that is quiet, organised and free from distractions, such as social media. Get organised with: Revision guides…. Pens, coloured pencils, a ruler & rubber and...

• Highlighters

• Post-it-notes

• Blank flash cards

• Paper

Routines

Establish routines at home: times for revision, meals, relaxation, exercise and socialising

 Teenagers need to sleep to fully function and make the most of their time in school. Late bedtimes mean lost time the next day as students are not working at their capacity.  Mobile devices being used late into the night should be discouraged so that a good night’s sleep of at least 8 hours can be achieved.

Praise

Students have got to start revision somewhere and even 20 minutes a day will help enormously.

Help your son/daughter organise their time effectively with a revision schedule....  Praise their achievements (there is a button on ClassCharts for you to use).

What is learning?

Supporting learning through homework

We set meaningful homework in order to reinforce learning and promote independence.

On ClassCharts you will see:

 A wide range of activities including reading, research, preparation and consolidation; knowledge and skills based

 Homework signposted as “Reading, Revision, Recall”

 Homework with clear deadlines and links to resources

Checking homework submission on ClassCharts

Supporting learning through 'clinics'

Clinics are targeted and focussed support sessions run mostly after school.

They do not replace lessons or independent revision.

Clinics are for Year 10 and 11 students by invite.

Students can also attend homework club on Tuesday lunchtimes in C1

– we are open to expanding our offer if there is sufficient demand

Supporting learning through reading at home

1. Let your child choose what to read

2. Ensure they always have a book with them for school

3. Read yourself!

4. Encourage your child to read magazines, comics, newspapers etc.

5. Buy books as presents

6. Help by testing your child when they have spellings to learn

7. Ask your child to summarise what they have read and discuss this with you

A few things to note….

Cashless system

Wellfield Academy runs a cashless system which requires parents to create an account. The cashless system is used for the purchasing of items such as;

School Trips

Food from the school canteen

Lockers

Revision materials

Queries regarding accounts can be addressed through the enquiry facility on the account home page or by email finance@wellfieldacademy.org

Contact us

Parent drop ins each Monday 2.15-3.00pm

Email- enquiries@wellfieldacademy.org

SEND- SEND@wellfieldacademy.org

Please remember to outline who your child is and which staff member your email is addressed to (eg, FAO Mr Carroll)

Keeping in touch

Updates occur via social media and the school web site.

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Facebook: WellfieldAcademy

Website: www.wellfieldacademy.org

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Twitter: WellfieldAcad

How you can help

Please do get involved with the school if you can. We have an excellent PTFA (Parent, Teacher & Friends Association) and currently have a Parent Governor Vacancy.

Thank you!