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Kingsbury School and Sports College2013/2014

Cover Teacher Support Booklet

Cover Staff are expected to be in school from 8.15 a.m. to 4.00 p

8.15 am to 3.00 pm Tuesday to Thursday and 8.15 am to 2.00 p



Health & Safety

Your safety and well-being during your visit are important to us.

As a visitor you have a legal duty of care for the Health & Safety of youClassroom

Please do not enter classrooms unless escorted by a member of staff oarrangement.

Emergency

If the Fire Alarm sounds (continuous ring), leave the building by the nea

proceed to the designated Assembly Point. Report to the person responsible for visitors identified by wearing a red

jacket.

Do not re-enter the building until you are told it is safe to do so.Accidents

Any illness, injury or accident must be reported to the main reception wavailable.

Information for Visitors -



Information for Visitors -

CCTV

Please note that CCTV is in operationSmoking

It is against the law to smoke on school premises.Property or Vehicle

The school accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage to visitor’svehicle

Why do I need to wear a visitor’s badge?

All visitors must wear visitors badge whilst on the school site. The visitors badge has several key jobs. Mainly, it identifies you as a le

to the school who has signed the visitor’s book.

Cover Staff are expected to be in school from 8.15 a.m. to 4.00 pm o8.15 am to 3.00 pm Tuesday to Thursday and 8.15 am to 2.00 pm on



For your comfort

The staff room is situated close to the main entrance on the right and sho

as your base.You are most welcome to use the facilities provided. The site is a non-smois no designated smoking room.

At break or lunch time you should be able to obtain a hot drink from thpurchased from the canteen.The canteen has a cashless system so if you need to buy food or drinkknow and I will assist you.

ToiletsLadies - On the right from the entrance hall.Gents - Past the Ladies through double doors upstairs on left.

Should any difficulty arise we send a responsible pupil from the clasteaching to Student Reception to seek assistance.



Day/Time Mon Tues Weds Thurs

8.45 - 9.45 Lesson 1

9.45 - 10.45 Lesson 2

10.45 - 11.00Assemblies

Registration/Form Time/ Assembly

Year 11 Year 10 Year 9 Year 8

11.00 - 11.30 1st BREAK

11.30 - 12.30 Lesson 312.30 - 1.30 Lesson 4

1.30 - 2.00 2nd BREAK

2.00 - 3.00 Lesson 5

3.00 - 4.00 Lesson 6

School Day



Procedures for Lessons

Upon arrival you will be given paper registers for all of your groups. Ple

these at the start of the lesson and return to student reception. We have a Mobile Phone policy: Not Seen or Heard.

RAG is used in every classroom (Red, Amber ,Green) To monitor beha

Do not allow pupils out before the designated time.

Pupils may not wear coats or non-uniform sweatshirts etc. in classroomthem to remove outdoor clothing.

If you have an instruction to give home learning, please ensure pupils w

planners. Have an orderly start and finish.

Ensure that the classroom is tidy at the end of each lesson—no litter andesk.

Have a presence on the corridors between lessons, where pupils shou

left.



For your information Home School agreements have been in

The School will: Give a high standard of education to all students.

Support your child as a whole and provide help with any problems.

Set homework and provide feedback on home learning regularly.

Prepare your child to take public examinations.

Provide workshops and activities at lunchtime and after school.

Give advice and help with careers, colleges, training and employment.

Inform parents if there are any concerns about attendance, punctuality, wo

Give you written reports about your child’s progress

Meet you in school to talk about your child’s progress.

Celebrate the successes of students.

Provide learning opportunities off the school site during the school year.

Take photos of your child for display to celebrate learning.

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The Student will:

Treat all students and adults with respect. Respect all religions, languages and beliefs.

Complete all class and home learning to a high standard.

Take responsibility for their own behaviour and follow school rules and expectations.

Come to school on time every day wearing the correct uniform.

Bring everything needed for lessons – pen, pencil, ruler, PE kit, planner, etc.

Respect the building and learning environment by not damaging property, graffiti or climb

Help maintain the safety of all people in school at all times.

Support the good reputation of the school locally by maintaining the expected in-school to and from school.

Understand that if a weapon or banned item is brought into school, the individual will educated here.

Report to a member of staff immediately, if the individual believes another student has banned item into the school. If the student does not, they understand they will be riseducated at Kingsbury School and Sports College.

Home School A reement Stud



Home School Agreement

Home School Agreement

Cover Work

Cover work will be provided for lessons either through T Dcaccia the coin the mornings or through a designated member of staff within the fateaching within.

When collecting this work please make sure you ask for the group seat

Also ensure that you know where to return the cover to at the end of th

There is also an opportunity for you to feedback to the school oof the work and the behaviour of the students. It is important thaso that we can follow through on any issues raised.



Hel Sto Bull in – anti bull in

• Every student in Kingsbury School and Sports College has the right to

and leisure free from intimidation, both in the School and in thcommunity.• Our School community will not tolerate any unkind actions or remarks

School to be a place where everyone can feel secure.• Any attempt to hurt someone physically, mentally, emotionally or v

called bullying. No-one should have to suffer name calling, racist orphysical violence or feel victimised or undermined in any way.

• Students should support each other by reporting all instances of bullying• whether they occur during school time or while travelling to and fro

every student’s responsibility to ensure that bullying is not tolerated. • Bullying should be reported to the Form Tutor, Achievement Leader

member of staff.• Incidents of bullying are logged and dealt with seriously.• Students need to tell someone about bullying – it is too important not to



Sanctions All students at KSSC are expected to show good manners, be courteous, punctual and the school’s code of conduct. All students are asked to pursue their own goals with enthurespect for others. You are expected to treat others with sympathy, understanding and tothere are clear strategies in place for dealing with discipline problems within our school com

At KSSC we operate a system of detention and student isolation.There are 3 types of detentions that would be used by your teachers.1. Subject Detention - administered by the Class Teacher 10 minutes - without notice. A lminutes) accompanied by a detention notification to parents/carers. Awarded for failacceptable amount of work ,low level inappropriate behaviour in lessons which may interothers or which inhibits their right to enjoy being at school.2. Faculty Detention [Wednesdays] - administered by Heads of Faculty 1 hour duration detention notification to parents/carers. Awarded for displaying inappropriate behavioudoes not change after warnings or minor sanctions have been applied3. Achievement Team Detention - administered by Achievement Leader/Assist

Leader 30 minutes - during Break 1 or Break 2. Awarded for an accumulation of negativoffences outside the classroom.The Education Act 2011, removed the requirement of schools to give 24 hours’ notice beftake place. At KSSC we will inform your parents/carers in advance of such detentions. Howdetain you on the day of an incident occurring at school, then your parents/carers will benotice by telephone.



Rewards

VivoMiles is the KSSC rewards system which allows teachers and non-teaching selectronic points called ―Vivo’s‖ for positive work or contributions within the schoo

5 Vivo miles can be earned each week for 100% attendance and punctuality.

A minimum of five Vivo’s , may be awarded in individual lessons for excellent wolessons and according to the five key KSSC PACER qualities.

Additional Vivo’s may be awarded for contributions to the whole school and for sp

Each half term KSSC will focus on one of the five qualities. There will also be spevents during the year.

Each Vivo mile is worth 0.01p. You are issued with a VivoMiles online account aand are encouraged to check your Vivo balance regularly. You could earn around

Check out the online shop to find out what sort of stuff can you spend Vivos on? You can either save them or spend them on

a variety of rewards items, such as computer games, beauty products, stationery items,mobile top-ups, cinema tickets, end of year activities and the Year 11 Prom…. to name a few.

Awarded Here



Regular involvement in extra - curricular activities/ study cExcellent attendance. Excellent punctuality.

Engagement in lessons activities/ study clubs.

Reaching a level for the first time. Achieving or exceeding youProducing an outstanding piece of work. Achieving success as par

club. Helping out at a school event. Working with primary schools or

community. Being an ambassador for the school. Going out of youothers. Being courteous to others. Giving respect and gaining

Working hard at a task during a lesson. Showing an improvemaspect of work or behaviour over a period of time. Overcoming

challenges. Improved attendance or punctuality. Taking on a leadership role in a lesson or with an activity. Continu

your planner up-to-date. Demonstrating and promoting positive behschool. Leading or organising an event. Supporting staff in mana

students learning in lessons.



I will produce work which has a date, an underlined title and an objective written

will look after my book and respect other people’s work My book will be marked regularly either:

SC Self Check PF Peer Feedback CF ClassFeedback TF

Grades/levels will be awarded at least once per unit of work giving me feed

CP Current Progress MT Minimum Target CT Ch

MARKING FOR LITERACY

S Spelling mistake G Grammar mistakes // New paragraph needed M? Meaning is unclear

Something has been missed out √ Accurate point

P Wrong with my punctuation √√ Good points made

Assessment and Feedbac



Teachers will use the following abbreviations to inform me of my effort:

E EXCELLENT: You have worked above expectations. Your work is neat, accurate and well-presdone something extra beyond what you were asked to do. Your answers may be mwork be better than you previous best.

G GOOD: This means you have worked with interest and have been keen to produce your beare complete and accurate. You have given it sufficient time, effort and your presenhave taken care with spelling and grammar.

I IMPROVEMENT REQUIRED:

This means that your work is not up to standard for one or more of the following reas

Incomplete work or short answers

Insufficient time spent on your work so that it is rushed, untidy and/or you have

spelling and grammar Lack of effort to complete work or seek help when you were stuck

P POOR: This means you have made very little effort on this piece of work. Your work is wstandards in terms of task completion, accuracy and presentation. Your worcommitment and engagement with the lesson.

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