Year 7 tutor evening

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Year 7 tutor evening
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Welcome

• STAFF NAME
• As your childs tutor, I am going to run through
  a few issues that effect year 7 students at the
  Causeway in the hope that it can help you to give
  your child the very best chance at succeeding.
• If you have any questions, please stop me at any
  time and Ill do my best to answer.

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Attendance

• Attendance is a major focus of the school
  improvement plan. Pastoral Assistants (Mrs C
  Dolan) employed to manage attendance for each
  year group.
• Absence should ONLY be taken when your child is
  unwell or has to visit doctors, dentist, etc.
  Any other reason will not be authorised by the
  school in accordance with UK law.

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Attendance

• If you child is sick, please contact the School
  at the earliest opportunity and leave a message
  with Christine Dolan who can amend the registers
  accordingly. 01323 465726
• 100 percent attendance is the aim and all
  students with 100 percent attendance will be
  rewarded at the end of the year. Please try to
  encourage attendance, even if feeling a little
  under the weather.
• If your child is away for an appointment, please
  try to get them back into school for the rest of
  the day, or take them out then their appointment
  is due.

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Bullying

• Bullying is a second focus of the school
  improvement plan.
• What is Bullying?
• Persistent and calculated physical or verbal
  abuse.
• One-off name calling is not bulling
• A fight is not bullying
• Friendship fall-outs are not bullying
• These are incidences and are dealt with
  appropriately, however we urge parents to view
  these differently as bullying.
• The causeway school takes bullying very seriously
  and will deal with bullying when it arises.

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What can you do as parents?

• Bullying
• Urge your child to tell their tutor
• Contact the school yourself.
• Record all examples of the bullying (time and
  location)
• Dont Panic be calm.
• Dont take matters into your own hands.
• Give the school time to deal with it.

• Incidences
• Talk to your child. Is it a one off or is it
  continuous?
• Can they ignore it?
• Is it part of growing up and changing?
• If they cant ignore it, report it to their tutor.
• Remember there are two sides to every story and
  not all children are angels!

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Changing Friendship circles

• As students grow up they will change friends.
• Many will keep the old whilst making new friends
  and creating new circles.
• This happens every year.
• Please support your child through this and
  explain this to them.
• It is not bullying its part of growing up.

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Homework

• Homework has had a major push as a result of
• parental consultation on homework. Parents
• wanted more effective homework set.
• In order to achieve consistency, we have had to
  address the guidelines for staff collecting it
  in. A Homework failure is now an automatic C3.
• Parental support with this is essential.
• It is sometimes may seem unfair, but learning to
  take responsibility for their learning is also a
  major focus of this.

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How can you help?

• Check your childs planner as often as possible
• Insist they do Homework right away
• Provide a space for them to concentrate and work
  to the best of their ability
• Allow them internet access
• Ask them if they have tried their best
• Ask to read it through with them.
• Remind them each morning as they leave for
  school.
• Constantly reinforce the importance of homework
  and learning.

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Spain trip

• Friday 6th Friday 13th June 2008
• Students will travel by Coach to Llorett de Mar
  and spend a week learning Spanish and visiting
  local places of interest
• Nou Camp Stadium
• Dali museum
• Tossa de Mar
• Science Museum
• We are looking to take as many students as
  possible this year, so make sure you return your
  form to Miss Doyle at the earliest opportunity
  and come to the meeting scheduled later this year.

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Contacting teachers and tutors

• Who to contact
• Tutor
• PA Christine Dolan
• Christined_at_causeway.e-sussex.sch.uk
• 01323 465726
• Head of Year Mr Eber Kington
• eberk_at_causeway.e-sussex.sch.uk
• All contact in the first instance should go
  through the tutor except for absence which goes
  through the PA

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Getting around the school

• Getting around the school can be
• daunting when young.
• Advice
• Dont run
• Be quiet on the corridors between lessons
• Dont draw attention to yourself.
• Dont be cheeky to the older students

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Punctuality

• Punctuality is an important skill to learn.
• Time management is difficult for students
  sometimes but they need to learn.
• School STARTS at 08.40
• Dont hang around after lessons for friends.
• Wear a watch!
• Dont blame others!

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Breakfast

• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
• A recent sample survey of the school showed that
  only 47 of children had a good breakfast.
• Children dont want to eat?
• Children get up late?
• Food unavailable?
• Starting the day with the right fuel is essential
  to good learning. Please encourage you r child
  to have a good hearty breakfast, (fruit or
  carbohydrate) based to maximise their learning
  potential.

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Planners

• The planner is a fantastic resource to
• parents.
• Keep checks on their learning
• Keep checks on Homework
• Keep checks on rewards
• Keep checks on detentions
• Useful school information.
• Communicate with tutors

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How should we use planners?
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Thank you