welcome to laisterdyke leadership academy
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Laisterdyke Leadership Academy – priorities
Welcome to Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
The following presentation is for Year 6 pupils and their families joining Laisterdyke in September 2021.
Our Trust
Star Academies is one of the country’s leading education providers, and our schools promote excellence in everything they do. In every school, the entire staff team – working in partnership with parents and the local community – is committed to nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
Our Mission
To promote a culture of educational excellence, from within a caring and secure environment enriched with the values of discipline, mutual care and respect, which extends beyond the school into the wider community.
Our Partnership
We believe that our partnership approach to working with parents plays a big part in our success.
Our commitment to pastoral care and to ensuring that every pupil gets personal attention means that parents can be assured that their child will flourish in our safe and secure learning environment.
Parents can help their child by:
✓Monitoring learning – regularly discussing learning, homework and attainment.
✓Fostering values and good character – supporting their child’s personal development
✓Supporting organisation – helping their child to be organised for success, having all the right equipment and uniform and by being in the right place at the right time every single day (100% attendance).
✓Motivating and raising aspirations – motivating their child and encouraging them to fulfil their true potential.
✓Reading – either with, to or just encouraging at home (please).
Partnership: Attendance
Attendance: The Evidence
Historically, pupils with better attendance make more progress.
Partnership: Reading Matters
>All our Year 7 pupils will have a reading book.
>Between lessons all Year 7 pupils will silently read.
>We would love them to read at home.
Our Staff
Below are key people in the school:
• Mr. C. Dillon – Executive Principal
• Mr. S. Dixon - Principal
• Mrs. E. Atkinson – Senior Vice Principal
• Mr. H. Khan – Vice-Principal
• Mr. T. Coles - SLT Link for Year 7
• Mr. S. Ali, Ms. D. Samuel and Mrs. S. Salani – Senior Leadership Team
• Mrs. A. Herron – SENDCO
• Miss. P. Brame – Head of Year 7
The Year 7 Team
Head of Year – Miss Brame
• Main point of contact• Day to day pastoral care • Wellbeing• Attendance• Behaviour• Rewards• Works with Progress Team• Safeguarding
Form Tutors
• Miss. Butterworth• Mr. O’Reilly• Miss. Robinson• Mrs. Chadwick• Miss. Hunter• Miss. Hussain• Mr. Allington• Ms. Dean• Ms. Nazir
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Samuel.
>Our school is committed to keeping our pupils safe, happy and well.
>Our Safeguarding (Child Protection) Policy sets out what is expected of us in terms of protecting the welfare of our pupils and maintaining their emotional wellbeing.
>The Safeguarding Team work with pupils and families wherever there are any concerns, issues or support is needed, both in school and at home.
>Mrs Samuel also leads or PSHCE provision.
Pupils with Particular Needs
Our SENCO is Mrs Herron.
>Outstanding educational opportunities for all, regardless of prior ability, are at the heart of our mission.
>We take a personalised approach, with each pupil at the centre of a personal learning plan. This helps us to ensure that the needs of pupils with differing abilities and potential barriers are fully met.
>We have a fully qualified Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) and a Governor who takes lead responsibility for special educational needs on the Governing Body.
The Year 7 Base:
>Most Year 7 lessons will take place in the ‘Year 7 Base’ – this is an area of school that only Year 7 pupils use.
>Teachers will move to the pupils.
> It is well resourced – classrooms, library, playground, entrance etc.
>For specialist lessons e.g. Science, PE, Technology, pupils will travel with the teacher to specialist spaces e.g. labs, gym, music room.
>Why? Confidence-building, teambuilding, allows close care through transition, develops a ‘family feel’ and we get to know all pupils really well and really quickly.
Our Timetable
Monday to Thursday
Arrive – 8.00am
Form Time - 8:00am – 8:40am
P1 – 8:40am – 9:35am
P2 – 9:35am – 10:30am
Break
P3 – 10:45am – 11:40am
P4 – 11:40am – 12:35pm
Lunch
P5 – 1.05pm – 2.00pm
P6 – 2.00pm – 2:55pm
Clubs until 4pm
Friday
Arrive 8.00am
Form Time - 8:00am – 8:30am
P1 – 8:30am – 9:20am
P2 – 9:20am – 10:10am
Break/Lunch
P3 – 10.40am – 11:30am
P4 – 11.30am – 12.20pm
P5 – 12.20pm – 1.10pm
Leave
It’s a very busy day!
Our Curriculum
All year 7 pupils will complete the following subjects:
• English
• Maths
• Science
• French
• RE
• PHSCE
• History
• Geography
• Computing
• Design Technology
• Performing Arts
• Art
• PE
Our Uniform
Our Equipment
Our Year 7 pupils will have:• a planner (supplied by the school)
• a mini white board pen (supplied by the school)
• a pen
• a pencil
• a ruler
• a rubber
• a pencil sharpener
• a calculator,
• and a reading book (supplied by the school or one of your choice)
Homework
e invest a huge amount of time in ensuring that each child has a smooth transition to secondary school. Once they have been allocated a place with us, we work on the principle of finding out as much about a pupil as possible before they start with us so that when they do start we know them well.
Our Year 7 pupils will have weekly homework for English, Maths and Science.
This homework will be completed on online platforms of Doddle, Hegarty and Tassomai.
KS3We also offer a Homework Club after school every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
School Meals
Our Year 7 pupils will have their lunch in our new dining hall.
We offer a “cashless payment system” school, so pupils will pay for their meals using Parent Pay.
If your child receives a Free School Meal then please let us know.
Summer School
>Monday 23rd August – Friday 27th August
> 9.30am – 2.30pm
>Will focus on:
1. Literacy
2. Numeracy
3. Creative Skills
4. Physical Wellbeing
5. Mental Wellbeing
It is not too late to sign up – please contact the school and we will send further details.
What Next?
>We will continue to monitor national and local news and keep you informed of any changes (unforeseen or otherwise).
>We will continue to work with primary schools.
>We will continue to set-up our Summer School.
>We will write to you again in August and give details of the ‘first day’ and start of term.
>Have a great Summer!
Any questions?
If you have any information about your child that you would like to discuss with us on an individual basis, then contact us at:
We will arrange a telephone call or a virtual meeting with you.