Year 9 Information Evening 2018-19 - Rosebery School
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Year 9
Information Evening
2018-19
Aims for the
evening
• Ensure you as parents have the information you
require to support your daughters through this
year.
• To ensure channels of communication are open
and clear.
• To share the goals and challenges students will
face in Year 9.
Year 9 Pastoral Team Head of Year – Mrs Lucy Browne Deputy Head of Year – Mrs Natasha Blackiston lbrowne@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk nblackiston@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk
Year 9 Form Tutors 9CX Mr A Croudace 9EX Mrs T Fennell & Mrs C Calvin 9MX Mrs S Parry & Mrs C Brice 9PX Mrs S Blake & Mrs A Tyler 9CY Miss S Tranza 9EY Miss Babo 9MY Miss H Subramaniam 9PY Ms Davison & Mrs B Coombes Email address: initial, then surname @rosebery.surrey.sch.uk e.g. lbrowne@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk
Please check this
regularly. All
Insight – Online Parent Portal detentions will be
sent out on this
portal.
Insight will provide you with
online access to attendance,
behaviour and achievement
data.
It will also be where you book
parents evening appointments,
view school reports and
eventually see your daughters
GCSE Exam timetable.
https://pars.rosebery.surrey.sch.uk/INSIGHT
Insight - App
Search either the apple store of play store for “TASC Insight”
https://pars.rosebery.surrey.sch.uk/INSIGHT
What to do if you or your daughter have a
problem…
Contact your daughter’s form tutor (feel free
to cc myself in this for reference).
The issue will be dealt with or your daughter’s
form tutor will pass up any issues that need Please give staff 48
the attention of Mrs Browne/Mrs Blackiston hours to contact you
or to the necessary subject teacher.
regarding any email
sent. We do care, but
have full teaching
If you feel that the issue hasn’t been resolved, loads and will get back
please contact Mrs Browne/ Mrs Blackiston or
HoD directly. to you ASAP.
Senior Leadership Team
Other Channels of Communication • Student planners • Parents evening • Parent information evening • Rosebery News • www.roseberyschool.co.uk • Twitter – @RoseberyYR9 • Parent Mail • Academic reports • The Hub • Insight
Rosebery G.R.E.A.T
We have
introduced
this during
first
assemblies
back.
The Rosebery Way 1. All members of our community are shown the level of respect and kindness that we would expect for a member of our family. 2. High expectations are never set by creating a fear of failure; they are set by demonstrating belief in each other’s ability to achieve. 3. Members of our community who do not meet our expectations are supported to help them to do so. 4. We never ask anyone to do anything that we would not be prepared to do ourselves. 5. We act with integrity by doing the right thing whether or not anyone is watching.
How are we going to be Rosebery
G.R.E.A.T in Year 9?
Being responsible and
caring citizens
Wellbeing
Enjoy learningInspiring our young people to be
the best they can be…
Zoe Laughlin : The Institute of Making
Haiyan Jiang: Microsoft
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04jylxmInspiring our young people to be the best they can be…
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork
In Year 9 our expectations
haven't changed…
#botherednessHow can you help your daughter
this year?
• Attendance – this plays a crucial role in attainment.
• Punctuality
• Planners
• Challenges
• UniformAttendance • Students must be at their desks ready to start at 8.30am. If your daughter is sick you must call the absence line. 4 minutes late • Mrs Digby-Thomas, our attendance officer will log all absence. If you each day = 2 know your daughter will miss days of school school please let us know as far in advance as possible. missed • Please try to make appointments through the outside of school hours as this will affect your daughters’ year attendance. • Attendance is carefully monitored.
Secondary education has
changed…
• All GCSEs have been rebranded.
• Your daughters will sit new GCSEs scored
as 9-1 rather than A*-G.
• Less coursework, more rigorous exams.
• Linear courses requiring more rote
learning and memory recall.
• We have to prepare for this now.
• EBACC is compulsory for students.Year 9 Reports What does it look like at Rosebery?
Flightpath of progress
How progress looks in reality…
Celebrating success and
doing the right thing
1. Achievement points are given out for lots of
different things. From demonstrating respect or
helping a friend to a great piece of work in class.
2. Headteacher’s Commendations are for
particularly impressive behaviour.
3. Tutor group half termly prizes include Pizza lunch,
ice cream van…
4. Final achievement assembly – Fitbit, echo dot
and Wireless Headphones.
5. Please share if your daughter does anything
outside of school that you think we should
celebrate.Options…
If your daughter is really unhappy with
their option choice:
1. Students need to have a
conversation with their form tutor and
the subject teacher of the subject
they want to drop.
2. They return back to their form tutor
who discusses what change they
want to make. This may involve
speaking to the subject teacher they
wish to change into.
3. Student emails Mrs Browne and sets
up a meeting with her to arrange
changing options.
4. Mrs Browne finalises this decision with
Mr Lach (Deputy Headteacher –
curriculum).Social media
Social media
Extra-curricular activities
English in Year 9
What skills will your child need at GCSE?
English Language English Literature
- Reading a variety of fiction and non- - Coming up with their own responses
fiction texts from the 18th Century to and interpretations of writers’ ideas
onwards - Carefully selecting quotations to
- Retrieving information from a text support their views (some of this will
- Selecting evidence involve quotations they have learned
in closed book examinations)
- Analysing the use of language and - Analysing how writers use language,
structure to impact an audience form and structure to create meaning
- Summarising what they have read - Linking texts to the contexts in which
- Creative writing in a range of forms they were written and set
and a for a variety of purposes and - Comparing how 2 texts present ideas
audiences and use languageYear 9: building towards GCSE In year 9 your daughter will cover a range of reading and writing focused units to prepare her towards the core GCSE skills These include: - A novel (Of Mice and Men, Jane Eyre and To Kill a Mockingbird) (literature papers 1) - A Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet) (literature paper 1) - Conflict poetry (literature paper 2) - Analysing media and non-fiction texts (language paper 2) - Writing to argue and persuade (language paper 2) - A history of fiction (language paper 1)
How can you help your child?
Read... Read... Read!
• Encourage reading time- Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Ask about your daughter’s reading – can she summarise
what she has read? Can she remember her favourite line?
• Discuss books with her – ask about
characters/events/feelings.
• Encourage her to express, justify and expand her opinionsHow can you help your child?
Writing
• Ensure she proofreads all work; ideally out loud, to
ensure that her work is accurately spelled,
punctuated, paragraphed, appropriate for the
reader etc.
• Encourage the use of a dictionary/thesaurus
• Encourage her to use her reading to support her
writing. She could look out for vocabulary,
characters etc. and adapt them for her own writingMaths in Year 9 Twitter: @RoseberyMaths
Year 9 Maths
Students will be starting their Maths GCSE this year
This is to give the students more time to study the
more difficult new GCSE
We aim to cover 35-40% of the GCSE content this year
Students will study topics in these areas:
• Number
• Algebra
• Ratio and Proportion
• Geometry and Measures
• Statistics and Probability
Please see the front of your child’s Maths book for a
more detailed breakdown and order of topicsStructure of the GCSE Paper 1 Non-Calculator 33.3% Paper 2 Calculator 33.3% Paper 3 Calculator 33.3% There is no controlled assessment at all for Maths. As you can see there are two papers where calculators can be used. It is therefore crucial that your child brings their calculator every lesson so that they become proficient in using it.
How can your child improve at maths?
1. Students have their own login to Hegartymaths.
They will be set homework on this site, however
they can login at any time and work independently.
There are videos for the entire GCSE course.
Since the start of this term, the top 5 students who have
answered most questions are:How can your child improve at maths?
2. If you are keen to purchase a revision guide or
workbook at this early stage, these are the ones
which we recommend.
It must say grades 9-1 and EDEXCEL on the
revision guide to ensure it is the correct one.How can your child improve at maths? 3. Please encourage your child to communicate with their Maths teacher. All the Maths staff are happy to remind students of a method or go through a topic that they found difficult. Or set them extra work on Hegartymaths should they want some.
Science in Year 9 Twitter: @RoseberyScience
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GCSE Science
Yes, they have started their GCSE! This is a 3 year course.
Subject Papers Content
Biology 2 papers Topics 1-4 These exams will be sat at the
equal Topics 5-7 end of year 11.
weighting
There is no coursework or
Chemistry 2 papers Topics 1-5
practical exam.
equal Topics 6-10
weighting
Physics 2 papers Topics 1-4
equal Topics 5-8
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Assessment in year 9
Regular end of topic tests – these will be at GCSE level and harder than KS3. There will
be at least 3 in each of the sciences.
End of year exam in biology, chemistry and physics in June.No logon details needed No logon details needed
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Revision QuizzesHeader
Combined vs Separate
Combined = 2 GCSES (based on exams in all 3 sciences).
Separate = 3 GCSES (based on extra content needed for each science).
Subject Papers Content Length for Length for
separate combined
Biology 2 papers Topics 1-4 1 hour 45 mins 1 hour 15 mins
equal weighting Topics 5-7 100 marks 70 marks
Chemistry 2 papers Topics 1-5 1 hour 45 mins 1 hour 15 mins
equal weighting Topics 6-10 100 marks 70 marks
Physics 2 papers Topics 1-4 1 hour 45 mins 1 hour 15 mins
equal weighting Topics 5-8 100 marks 70 marksHeader Why do we have both pathways? Separate science is much more difficult. It has more content to learn and the extra content is more challenging. Combined is more suitable for the majority of students at GCSE where they are working towards many different qualifications. It is better to have two excellent GCSEs from combined rather than three lower grades from separate science. Combined science does lead onto A-level and gives an excellent grounding. Some schools do not run separate science anymore due to the pressure of fitting in extra content. Both courses are viewed equally by employers, colleges, 6th forms and universities. It is the grade they look at, not the pathway.
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Pathway decisions
These will be decided upon at the end of year 9.
We will use their end of topic assessments from all three sciences and their end of year
exams to make the most appropriate decision for each student.
The pathway chosen will be the one that will put them on course to achieve the highest
grades possible for them.Header Who’s who? Head of Biology: Mrs MacGregor cmacgregor@rosebery.surry.sch.uk Head of Chemistry: Mr Sanderson lsanderson@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Head of Physics: Mrs Miller lmiller@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Progress Leader: Mr Busby rbusby@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Head of Science: Miss Starr jstarr@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk
Year 9 Key Dates 5th October 2018 – INSET day Week of 8th October – School production auditions 29th October-9th November – Business Enterprise 2nd November – Year IGD workshop 6th November – Late start 13th November – House Music festival 16th November – Xmas mufti 12th-13th December – Xmas lunch 3rd January – Late start 1st March – Late start 16th May - Parents evening 28th June – INSET day 15-17th July – Activities week 18th July – Sports day
Year 9 will be Rosebery
G.R.E.A.T
Being
responsible and
caring citizens
Wellbeing
Enjoy learningJapan 2020
Outline of the meeting: Staff Dates Itinerary Health Costs Payment Plans Timeline School Expectations Questions
Staff
Have previously led:
China 2016
Japan 2018 (Miss Reilly was deputy)
Both very
experienced
members of staff on
trips at RoseberyDates Easter Holidays 2020 - Monday 6th to Friday 17th April in 2020 We would plan to be back a few days before we are back in school.
Itinerary
Tokyo Osaka Hiroshima Kyoto Hakone
Sky Tree Nara Park Hiroshima Peace Sanjusangendo Hall Hakone Open Air
Asakuda Osaka Sightseeing Memorial Museum Kinkakuji Temple Museum
Akihabara Todaiji Temple and Park Ryoanji Temple Ryokan Inn
Sushi Lesson School visit Ferry ride Nijo Castle Lake Ashi Crossing
Olympic Park Dotonbori Walk Itsukushima Shrine Gion District Cable Car
Shibuya Kyoto Sightseeing Owakudani
Omotesando - Gelsha or Malko
Harajuku Experience
Traditional Activities
Tea ceremonyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sPfqX87NA&feature=youtu.be
Health - General
• Exhaustion
• Water
• Food
• Personal
healthCosts • All transport • Hoodies • Medical kit • All meals
Payment Plan
Date Type Amount
26/10/2018 Deposit £200.00
30/11/2018 Payment £200.00
28/12/2018 Payment £100.00
25/01/2019 Payment £100.00
22/02/2019 Payment £200.00
29/03/2019 Payment £200.00
26/04/2019 Payment £200.00
31/05/2019 Payment £200.00
28/06/2019 Payment £200.00
26/07/2019 Payment £100.00
30/08/2019 Payment £100.00
27/09/2019 Payment £200.00
25/10/2019 Payment £200.00
29/11/2019 Payment £200.00
31/01/2020 Payment £200.00
27/02/2020 Payment £200.00Possible future trips For students in year 10/11 Nice - French Immersion potentially October half term 2019 Ski Trip - potentially February half term 2020 Spain - Spanish immersion potentially May half term Plus there will be Bronze Duke of Edinburgh available at a cost of approximately £110 fore the whole award during year 10. For Students in years 12/13 Iceland - Geography students New York / Washington
Timeline If you would like your child to participate in this educational visit, please place in an envelope marked ‘Japan 2020’ the following documents and return them via the trips post box, marked for the attention of Miss Bailey. 1) A completed Parental Consent Form 2) A photocopy of your child’s passport These documents MUST be returned by Thursday 4 October; forms received after this date will not be included. In the event of the trip being oversubscribed, names will be drawn from a hat.
Timeline You will be notified as to whether your child has secured a place on Monday 8 October. Please note that the non-refundable deposit of £200 will be due by Friday 26 October. Once the deposit is received, your child’s place will then be booked. If, at any time, you wish to withdraw your child from the trip, you are required to notify us in writing. We will acknowledge your cancellation within 7 working days of receipt of your
School Expectations Inclusion on this educational visit is dependent upon acceptable attendance and exemplary behaviour from now until departure. The school reserves the right not to take any student whose attendance is not acceptable or whose behaviour indicates that they would not be a good ambassador for the school. Please be aware that there may be financial implications if your child is withdrawn from the trip under these circumstances.
Any questions? Any individual questions, please come and see myself at the end of the meeting.
Thank you Please make sure you leave with the consent form letter.
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