year 10 information evening - cranbrook school
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Year 10 Information Evening
5th November, 2018
Year 10 Timeline: Key Milestones
1. Year 10 RA (October 2018)
2. Year 10 RA (December 2018)
3. Year 10 Reports (February 2019)
4. Year 10 Exam Week (w/b 7th May 2019)
5. Year 10 Parents Evening (6th June 2019)
6. Year 10 Exam Resits (September 2019)
GCSEs: What are our aspirations?
• A* = 8.5 points, A = 7 points, B = 5.5 points, C = 4
points, D = 3 points
• Points for all the new GCSEs will be on a 1-9 scale
• Candidates must achieve a minimum of 48 points at
GCSE in order to be eligible for Cranbrook Sixth
Form, September 2020 entry
• At least a Level 5 in English and Maths at GCSE. At
least a Level 6 in subjects chosen.
How do we assess and progress?
• Reported Assessments
• Subject teacher led formative and summative assessment
• 1:1 Tutor Reviews
• Active target setting and assessment of impact
RA Grade: This is the student’s current working level and is entered by the class
teacher. It is based on the recently set RA (Reported Assessment).
Expected Grade at GCSE (CAT Baseline score): This is the minimum grade that the
student is expected to achieve in each subject at the end of the GCSE course. It is set
by CAT tests sat in Year 7 or Year 9 and cannot be amended.
This GCSE grade is calculated automatically from previous CAT data.
End of Year (EOY) Aspiration Grade: This is the grade that students should be
aspiring to reach at the end of this academic year. It should be challenging, but also
attainable with the correct application. It is set by the class teacher, using their
professional judgement, acknowledging both current performance and the CAT
Baseline score.
In the case of Year 10 these will be a numerical GCSE grade: 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6,
6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9 The reporting of Year 10 student progress to parents is currently under review. More details will follow with the December RA.
October’s Reported Assessment (RA)
Behaviour:
1 = Outstanding
2 = Good attitude
3 = Mostly satisfactory but some issues
4 = Consistently unsatisfactory
Homework:
1 = Outstanding
2 = Good
3= Mostly satisfactory but with some
issues
4= Persistent issues
Attitude to Learning:
Performance of the student as a learner.
1 = Outstanding attitude
2 = Good attitude
3 = Working at a basic level
4 = Unsatisfactory attitude
Traffic Light:
Exceeding (E) = The RA grade achieved
exceeds expected progress
Green (G) = The RA grade achieved is in
line with expected progress.
Amber (A) = The RA grade achieved is
below expected progress.
Red (R) = The RA grade achieved is
significantly below expected progress
Year 10 Culture
• Important to hit the ground running
• Harnessing challenge, topics and skills.
• Organisation, consolidation and revisiting
• Celebrate effort and perseverance as well as academic success.
• Healthy balance in developing a well rounded individual.
• Celebrate involvement outside of school. Do let us know.
Year 10 – Study Skills & Revision
• All GCSE courses are linear.
• Exams test learning not memory.
• Maintenance of excellent exercise books is a must
• An early and regular reflective focus on your own subject and course understanding.
• Build in regular reflection of your own subject and course understanding.
• Certain techniques work best
• Revision and reflection needs to be active
• Planning is essential
• Work in a comfortable location, free from distractions
• Keep positive. Keep healthy and enjoy life!
Rewards
• Pupils receive merits based upon their performance and attitude to learning.
• 15 merits – pupils receive an early lunch pass for the week.
• 30 merits – to be decided*
• 45 merits – to be decided*
*Junior School Council meeting Wednesday, October 17th
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Sanctions
• Behaviour ‘hits’
• Lunchtime detentions (work & behaviour)
• After school Mondays
• Saturdays…
• Accompanied by wider learning and pastoral support, as is appropriate.
• Accountability and high standards are important.
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Activities to challenge and promote deeper learning
• Use of subject prefects as mentors for lower year groups (Maths, MFL and Biology)
• Guest speakers discussing topics not on the exam syllabus.
• Subject trips
• GCSE Pod
• Notice and subject boards to celebrate good work and leavers who have gone on to study the subject at university.
• Huge number of clubs and teams. (Biology – dissection society, MedSoc; Physics – CADSAS; robotics, engineering, electronics group; MFL – translation clubs)
• National essay competitions (Economics, Philosophy and Ethics)
• Use of ICT (Geography – twitter account that shares readings and articles; Maths – My Maths)
• Music – wealth of extra-curricular assembles, public performances, ABRSM exams.
• Drama – clubs, public performances.
• PE – huge range of clubs and teams, regular fixtures and regional competitions, recommending students for county trials, students playing with higher years, tours, regular updates in assemblies and celebration evenings.
Activities to challenge and promote deeper learning
• Links with ‘Russell Group’ universities to encourage student aspiration for the very best universities
• Wider reading lists
• A focus on hierarchical and open questioning.
• Inquisitive student-led learning .
• IT used to advance learning in all subjects.
• Homework – differentiated to extend learning from lesson.
• Independent Study Homework
Curriculum Option Choices 2019 Entry *
Geography
Art Government & Politics
Biology History Early Modern
Chemistry History Later Modern
Classical Civilisation Mathematics
Economics Drama & Theatre
English Literature Philosophy & Ethics
French Physics
Further Mathematics Psychology
Spanish
* Under review
Sixth Form Entry
Work Experience 2020
One or two weeks in late June/ early July 2020
Medicine
Dentistry
Veterinary Services
Journalism
Media & TV
Banking
Law
Engineering
Short observations
Forms to fill in
Benenden Hospital
Local practices
Nursing Homes
Kennels
Stables
Cats Homes
Local newspapers
BBC delays – organise
another
Free papers
Working in London
Kent Film Office
Queens’ Hall contacts
Charity Shops &
Head Offices
Local banks
Accountants…
Charity accountants
Schools
Language schools
Museums
Swattenden
Centre National
Trust/Bedgebury/Sissinghurst
Local shops
Cricket clubs
Sports shops
Well Being & Safety
• Mental well being
• Communication – an open dialogue
• School - Life balance
• Online behaviour & e-safety
Pastoral Care
• The House system • Tracking; academic and pastoral • Student support; Tutors, SENCO, EAL, Counselling,
Student listeners. Child Protection, Med-centre, outside agencies and charities
• Issues; Friendships, growing up, changing and developing …
• Don’t believe everything that you hear! • Partying • Issues; Social media, cyber bullying, snap and send … • It’s a team effort; communication is the key
• 75% of those with a mental health condition start developing it before the age of 18
• 7 in 10 young people with a mental health problem haven't had sufficient help at an early age
• 3 children in every class have a diagnosable mental health condition
Mental Health
Each illness has its own symptoms, but common signs of
mental illness in adults and adolescents can include the following:
• Excessive worrying or fear
• Feeling excessively sad or low
• Confused thinking or problems concentrating and learning
• Prolonged or strong feelings of irritability or anger
• Avoiding friends and social activities
• Changes in sleeping habits or feeling tired and low energy
• Changes in eating habits such as increased hunger or lack of appetite
• An intense fear of weight gain or concern with appearance
• Thinking about suicide
Mental Health First Aid Cranbrook School
Staff Training Approach Open conversation.
Assess for crises Watch for warning signs.
Assist with crises Encourage person to talk about this.
Listen & communicate non judgementally Listen without interrupting. Open body language.
Give support & information Mental health issues are real & they’re coping as best they can.
Encourage appropriate professional help. GP. Counsellor. Psychologist. Psychiatrist. NHS (Early intervention).
Encourage other support Family & friends can play a key role and can help by listening.
Cranbrook School: Communication
The pathway/process;
Early flagging up and communication with Form Teacher or Head of
House.
Subsequent support pathways will be bespoke to the individual but
there are constants;
Discreet, non-judgmental and empathetic communication
Flagged with relevant internal staff (whether it be Leadership
Group, class teachers, support staff, SENCO, school counsellor,
and/or external agencies).
Subsequent open dialogue.
“The Internet has been a boon
and a curse for teenagers.”
J.K. Rowling
“Prevent, Pursue, Protect”
CEOP Slogan for their Think U Know campaign
Safeguarding:
e-safety
How many of these ‘apps’ do you recognise?
Safeguarding (Protecting ourselves)
Advice
• Make sure you are aware of your child’s
digital footprint and its potential impact
• Password and privacy settings (protect
him/her now and in the future)
• Explore parental controls
• Encourage a culture of transparency –
communicate with him/her on where they
are going; the benefits as well as potential
vulnerabilities
• Encourage a timely ‘switch off’
• www.thinkuknow.co.uk
• Don’t neglect to promote the positive
opportunities that the Internet and
social communication can bring
“There are three ways to get
something done; do it yourself, hire
someone or forbid your children from
doing it.”
Monta Crane
“Prevent, Pursue, Protect”
CEOP Slogan for their Think U Know campaign
Further sources of information and support:
• Cranbrook School – Tutor, Head of House and the school’s website
• www.thinkuknow.co.uk
• www.net-aware.org.uk
• www.parentsprotect.co.uk
• www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
How best can you support your child?
• Continual communication with them & with us (Tutor/Head of House)
• Pre-emptively keeping abreast of the Year 10 timeline
• An early focus on reflection and revision – the long term approach
• Building and managing expectations
• Reminding them of the bigger picture
• Keeping a close eye on their mental well being (anxieties, stress, focus & confidence)
• Positive reinforcement . A happy person will achieve their potential.
Year 10 Timeline: Key Milestones
1. Year 10 RA (October 2018)
2. Year 10 RA (December 2018)
3. Year 10 Reports (February 2019)
4. Year 10 Exam Week (w/b 7th May 2019)
5. Year 10 Parents Evening (6th June 2019)
6. Year 10 Exam Resits (September 2019)
“Cranbrook Together” Annual Giving
Laying the foundations for Active, Creative, Enquiring Futures
1518-2018: A Statement of Vision
Our changing nature…themes for 2018-19
Engagement with Performance and Monitoring
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Resilience and Character education
1. Development of Year 7-8 (“Junior School”)
2. Fifth Centenary
3. Sport and Co-curriculum developments
4. Masterplan & Neighbourhood Development
School funding: the national context
• National Funding Formula (NFF)
• Per Pupil Funding (MPFL = £4800)
• Kent CC top-slice and the role of Schools Forum
(reduction in SEN budget by 50%)
• Minimum Funding Guarantee - ended
Increase in cost burden 2018-19
• Teacher salaries:
- largely unfunded above 1% budgeted
• Teacher pensions:
- increase (employer contributions) by 7.1% in 2018-19
• Utilities: probable 20% increase, unsubsidised
National response: WorthLess? campaign
• Contests official figures about school funding
• Currently include private spending by families!
• Rise of academy chains
• #parentsteachersunite
Local response – Cranbrook School strategy
• The 2015-16 re-structure: • Reduction in teaching and support staff headcount
• Reduction in curriculum offer
• Reduction in Leadership capacity
• Reduction support staff capacity
• Expansion of school roll: • NoR now at 840 (rising to 870 in 2019-20)
vs. 730 in 2016
• Increase in Pupil Premium pupils
• Fundraising operation
Parental Support to date
• “Annual Giving”
• Capital Campaigns
• Cranbrook School Parents Association
Unique environment of day and boarding, boys and girls,
selected to be part of a 500 year tradition of producing far
more than just a good set of exam results
Cranbrook School Experience
Academic Boarding
“OUTSTANDING” “OUTSTANDING”
“Cranbrook Together”
Most of us chose this school for the “Cranbrook Experience”
Staff give their time for the extra-curricular activities they are passionate about.
The government pay for our kids’ education.
Increasingly parents must help maintain outstanding standards outside the classroom.
What Cranbrook Together supports
• Operational needs
• Create and maintain the best environment for our kids
• Staff training and development
• Focus on your, and your children’s, priorities.
Projects
• Recording Studio
• Music Co-ordinator – 1 year
• NZ All Black rugby coach
• Big Side Pavilion
• Kerboodle Software – Science
• Bedrock Vocabulary Programme for building the Literacy skills across the curriculum for our YR7/8 and selected EAL/SEN students.
• Projector EN2
• My Concern Software
• Refurbishment of 3 Maths Classrooms
• New Lab Coats
How we are asking
• Standard monthly contribution of £20 per child for
improving their school environment.
• Parents invited to consider a higher contribution of £40 or £60.
• You direct everything above the Standard level to the areas that make your child’s Cranbrook experience special.
• “Sports & Active”, “Creative”, “Enquiring Minds”
Sports and active
Extra Sports Coaches
Specific equipment
Off site training
Creative
Composer in residence
Music and Drama productions
Studio equipment
Enquiring minds
Curriculum clubs
Equipment
Robotics, Computing, Astronomy, ….
How we are performing…
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16
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24
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Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Alumni
Number of Monthly Donors per Year Group
Cranbrook Together – getting started and keeping in touch
• Hand in giving/Gift Aid forms tonight
Or,
• Take home, fill in, send back
• All communications about Cranbrook Together go to:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01580 711800 Ext 364
Website:
www.cranbrookschool.co.uk/parents/supporting-cranbrook/cranbrook-together