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Welcome to Year 7 – The start of a 5 year Learning Journey

Welcome to Year 7 – The start of a 5 year Learning Journey. What does this journey look like?. Year 7 and 8 students will follow a curriculum of: English, Maths, Science, Computing, MFL, Technology, Humanities, Expressive Arts, PE, Music, Life Learning.

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Welcome to Year 7 – The start of a 5 year Learning Journey

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  1. Welcome to Year 7 – The start of a 5 year Learning Journey

  2. What does this journey look like? Year 7 and 8 students will follow a curriculum of: English, Maths, Science, Computing, MFL, Technology, Humanities, Expressive Arts, PE, Music, Life Learning. Studying 25 lessons a week, 5 lessons a day.

  3. A broad and balanced curriculum • The opportunity for the students to begin developing the knowledge and skills that will go on to be the foundations towards GCSE success.

  4. Towards the end of Year 8, students will then select the options that they would like to study to GCSE. • Year 9 is seen as the foundation year to GCSE’s where our focus is on embedding the skills and basic knowledge necessary to support achievement. • Year 10 and 11 is were we apply the basic knowledge and skills to the in depth content that students need to learn and be able to apply.

  5. Education has Changed! Over the past few years education has seen the introduction of new, more challenging GCSE’s. Choosing their options during year 8 provides our students will more time to master the skills, develop and in depth understanding of the content and be able to apply it.

  6. GCSE grades are also changing for A*- G to 9 - 1 for all subjects.

  7. Tracking Progress How will we track your child's to ensure they continue to make progress and how will we communicate that with you? All students arrive to Werneth with their KS2 Scores from their SATs, we use this information to calculate their likely outcomes at GCSE, we call this their ‘Grade to Beat’. This is the minimum we would expect them to be achieving if they are continuing to make good progress. What should progress look like? We will report this information with you each term via their school report.

  8. What progress should look like What progress should look like.

  9. Reporting Progress Year 7 Parents Evening – 10th May 4-7pm

  10. Working Together to support your child's progress • Maintaining positive relationships and good communication • Attendance and punctuality • Encouraging you child to work hard and have a positive attitude towards their learning and school • Prepared and ready to learn

  11. Year 7 Team • Year Achievement Lead – Mrs Massey • Year Inclusion Manager – Caroline Cherrington • Form Tutor

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