Year 7 Foundation

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Year 7 Foundation
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Where are we now
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Location/staff

• English link corridor to become the Foundation
  corridor
• Room 1 - Scott Hugill
• Room 2 Nikki Banks
• Room 3 Craig Moss
• Room 4 Katy Lloyd Jones
• Room 5 Diane Carey

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Rooms/Area

• painted
• interactive boards
• carpeted
• new blinds
• sinks
• furniture
• display for learning

• Stella Mead Pastoral support. Based in the
  English office

• Area outside rooms 4 5 to be converted into a
  mini library/role play area

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Primary Visits

• Children arriving from 33 different primary
  schools
• Approximately 15 children arriving alone
• Many schools sending two children only
• 12 children - most were getting from any one
  school
• Foundation staff, Stella, Joyce, Sue have
  carried out visits/interviews with children
• Allison processing data
• Excellent feedback from primary schools

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Induction Day Friday 4th July

• Staff Katy Lloyd Jones, Scott Hugill, Craig
  Moss, Nicki Banks, Monica McGuire, Ali Carlile,
  Steve Ellis, Stella Mead, Sue Walsh, Allison
  McNab, Pauline Brooks.
• Groups 3 x 40 students
• Venues
• Gym Circus Skills
• Hall Enterprise
• Drama studio Murder mystery.
• Break 10.10 -10.30am
• Lunch 12.30 1.00pm
• 1.00pm Hall and organised into forms. Form
  activities with form tutor
• 2.30pm line up on yard to be dismissed
• Open evening for parents Monday 7 July

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Group structures/forms

• Upper half lower half of year groupbased on
  TA
• Upper half 2 classes (Craig/Nikki28 per class)
• Lower half 3 classes (Scott/Katy/Diane20 per
  class)
• Kagan structures based on having 4 children per
  group

Positive interdependence same goals Individual
accountability every one group accountable for
their contribution Equal participation pupils
learn by taking part and interacting with the
group Simultaneous interaction everybody takes
part at the same time
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MH
Cooperative learning
PIES
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Strengthening the role of the form teacher
Form tutor monitor/ intervention
Form tutor to assess impact on student
Gateway SEN GT Focus room Internal
exclusion SENCO Child protection Study support

• Enjoy and Achieve
• Keeps safe
• Keeps healthy
• Makes a positive contribution
• Economic well-being

Little/no impact
S. Mead M McGuire
Assess student needs
ECM
Information from non-foundation departments
Curriculum Competence/skill/literacy based/5Rs,
L2L. Kagan structures. Celebration assembly.
Taught through themes develop concepts
Heads of department refer students -
non-foundation subjects
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ECM Agenda
Enjoy and Achieve
Keeps safe
90 attendance to school
Attends lessons well
Punctual
Enjoys school
Follows code of conduct in school
Good attitude to staff and lessons
Gets on with peers
Behaves safely in and around school
Avoids peer conflict or bullying
Avoids use of alcohol, smoking, drugs
Behaves safely out of school
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ECM Agenda
Keeps healthy
Makes a positive contribution
Demonstrates an understanding of the benefits of regular exercise
Partakes in physical activity with enthusiasm
Partakes well in health related curriculum
Shows a responsible attitude in regard to a healthy lifestyle (re sexual issues, drugs, smoking etc)
Takes learning seriously
Knows right from wrong
Takes responsibility for actions
Offers views and opinions appropriately
Partakes fully in school life
Self-sufficient in school
Well-prepared for lessons
Manages possessions and resources well in school
Economic well-being
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Assertive Discipline

• Assertive Discipline Ideology
• Reduces confrontation
• Places onus of responsibility on pupil
• Focus placed on learning.
• Focuses on changing, not punishing poor
  behaviour.
• Changes the culture
• The rules procedures of the Assertive
  Discipline policy must be shared explicitly with
  pupils applied consistently
• Big Four
• Serious incidents that threaten the safety of
  pupils/staff should result in immediate removal
  from the room by either study support or the
  pastoral/key teacher (at the teachers
  discretion, depending on the seriousness of the
  incident).
• Refusal of direct instruction.
• Swearing directly at a member of staff.
• Physical violence or intimidation.
• Vandalism of school property.
• Parental contact should be made immediately.
  1 hour detention.
• Referral to Year leader/SLT / Sent home as
  appropriate. Placed on report card.

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Curriculum Areas

• To be incorporated into the Foundation curriculum
  (14 lessons)
• English
• Science
• Humanities History, Geography, RE
• French
• Art
• Work related Learning, PSHE, citizenship, L2L

• To be taught in specialist areas (11 lessons)
• Maths
• ICT
• DT
• Drama
• Music
• PE

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Themes
Topic areas are science humanities based

• Term 1 Me, Myself I
• Term 2 - Power
• Term 3 - Space
• Term 4 - Changes
• Term 5 - Enterprise project (market place event)
• Term 6 - Getting ready for year 8