Key Stage 3

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Key Stage 3

• Information and procedures for Parents

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Supporting your child through Key Stage 3

• Key Stage Manager Ms Z. Judge
• Learning Managers
• Year 7 Mr R. Petrie
• Year 8 Ms G. Paul
• Year 9 Mrs D. Foster
• Team of 9 tutors (10 in Year 7)

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The Key Stage 3 CurriculumYear 7

• Subjects Studied English, Maths, Science, MFL,
  History, Geography, RS, Dance, PE, Technology,
  Art, Music, Drama ,IT, PSHE
• Setting Maths, Science, MFL (after February
  Half Term)

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Key Stage 3 English

• Key Stage 3 English SATs at the end of Year 8
• Years 7 and 8 will follow a 3 Year GCSE English
  Course
• Key Stage 3 Maths and Science still assessed at
  the end of Year 9

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The Key Stage 3 CurriculumYear 8

• Subjects Studied English, Maths, Science, MFL,
  History, Geography, RS, Dance, PE, Technology,
  Art, Music, Drama, IT, PSHE
• Setting Maths, Science MFL
• Second Language Option for selected students

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The Key Stage 3 CurriculumYear 9

• Subjects Studied English, Maths, Science, MFL,
  History, Geography, RS, PE, Technology,
  Art, Music, Drama, PSHE, Dance
• Setting Maths, Science, MFL
• Second Language Option for selected students

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Assessment and Reporting Cycle Key Stage 3

• Learning reviews
• Learning Review Day (December)
• Parents Evenings
• End of Key Stage Report

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Learning Reviews

• One review per term
• Includes Current Attainment level, End of Year
  Target Level, progress being made towards target
  in each subject (Traffic Lights
  Red/Amber/Green)
• Key Stage Manager and Learning Managers to
  highlight patterns of underachievement using
  traffic light system
• Student tracking undertaken by form tutors,
  subject teachers and Learning Managers

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The Traffic Light System

• This will be used as part of the reporting
• process to detect patterns of
• Underachievement in all subjects.
• Green on or likely to achieve targets
• Amber just below target (danger of not
• achieving end of year level)
• Red significantly below target

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Learning Review Day

• One day in December
• Individual Interviews involving
  Parents/Student/Tutor
• Tutor to provide an overview of student progress
• Individualised Targets Set
• Targets centrally recorded and reviewed as part
  of Learning Review cycle

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Parents Evenings

• Year 7 18th March, 1st April
• Year 8 6th May
• Year 9 5th February
• GCSE Options Evening for Year 9 students 29th
  January

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Homework

• Homework Timetable introduced for Key Stage 3
• Every Week English, Maths, Science, MFL
• Every Fortnight History, Geography, Music, IT,
  RS
• Every Half Term Dance, Drama, Art
• Year 8/9 second Languages 2 tasks per week

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Time spent on Homework

• Year 7 25 mins per task
• Year 8 35 mins per task
• Year 9 45 mins per task

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Homework Monitoring

• Homework Diary
• Tutors to monitor diary use weekly
• Learning Managers and Department Heads to monitor
  homework setting/completion
• Parents to monitor diary use and recording of
  homework
• Parents to liaise with Tutors/Learning Managers
  with concerns
• After school Homework Support Homework Club
  (Tuesday 3.30pm-4.30pm)

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Study Skills Support

• Study Skills day for Year 9 in February
• Study Skills Support Evening for Parents in
  February
• Booster Classes and after school revision
  workshops in preparation for SATs

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The Library and Resource Centre

• Open from 8 to 5 daily
• Subject specialist Librarians
• Homework Club Key Stage 3, Tuesdays,
  3.30pm-4.30pm
• Encourage your children to drop in before and
  after school, and at break and lunch

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The Library and Resource Centre

• Revision materials
• Games and puzzles, helpful journals, daily
  papers,
• Fantastic up-to-date fiction, quick readers,
  modern foreign language resources such as CDs and
  a database Linguascope,
• Access to the internet from 10 PCs, Encarta
  online Encyclopaedia, news literature and history
  databases, 
• SATS revision books,
• Photocopying facilities, a colour printer, a
  scanner,

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Extra Curricular Opportunities for Key Stage 3
students

• A range of sports clubs running, trampolining,
  football, basketball, netball, aerobics,
  hockey, rounders, athletics, cricket,
  badminton, table tennis, tennis
• Chess club
• Year Group charity committees
• IT club
• Homework Club
• Haringey Shed Drama Club
• Dance Clubs including street dance
• Numerous music clubs choir, jazz band,
  orchestra.

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• Every Friday