Year Ahead Meeting

1. Year Ahead Meeting Mr Bardsley: Year 9 Leader Thursday 26th September 6.30-7.30pm

2. The Big Picture: GCSE Attainment • 9-4 English & Mathematics National 64%  Ealing 69% EPHS 75% • 9-5 English & Mathematics National 43% Ealing 52% EPHS 53% • Progress 8 EPHS +0.44 • An incredible 109 grade 9s or A*s were achieved overall. • Such outstanding results are likely to once again position us as one of the top 100 non-selective schools nationally.

3. The Big Picture: A Level Attainment • A levels: A*-A 21% A*-B 48% A*-C 74% • BTECs: A*-B 15% A*-C 62% Average grade = Distinction

4. Year 9 Vision: Climbing Everest?!

6. The Year 9 Team • SLT Link: Mr M Myers • Year Leader: Mr P Bardsley • AYL: Ms Z Maddox • PSW: Ms R Jackson • *Please direct queries regarding attendance etc to form tutors • *Subject queries can be sent to CLS • *All contact details for staff can be found in the year ahead booklet

7. Key Dates • Year Ahead Evening: Thurs 26th September • Letter Out to Begin Options Process: 10th February • Options Evening: Wed 25th March • Options Taster Day: 2nd April • Year 9 Parents Evening: 23rd April • Options Form Deadline: 27th April • Ski Trip: Easter holidays

8. Options Timetable: Spring Term

9. Options Timetable: Summer Term

10. How will Year 9 be Assessed? All students have an assigned pathway and an end of Y11 target grade Above track Working above target Working at target On track Working below target Below track Working well below target Serious concern When teachers enter data that will be shared with home they will use the terms above. They will using their judgement to say whether they feel students are on track to meet their end of Y11 target grade.

11. Year 9 Assessment Schedule

12. Tracking Your Child’s Progress Home Learning: Home Learning is set at least once a week per subject. Home learning is shared through the Show my Homework platform, making it completely transparent GPOP: Detailed feedback is given on students’ work at least 12 times across the year for each subject. Students must act upon the detailed feedback in green or purple pen (GPOP) Reports: Termly reports which are graded for Attitude to Learning, Home Learning, Progress Indicator and Targets for Improvement are written & sent home.

13. Report Example Subject pathways can change this year.

14. Attendance, Punctuality, Organisation Children with 96% attendance are 5 times more likely to get 5 or more GCSE grades 9 - 4 than those with 85%.

15. Mr Ward Deputy Head Teacher

16. A Parent’s Guide to Show My Homework

17. How Show My Homework can help you • Receive clear instructions and support materials for each homework task • Support your child to organise his/her time in order to meet homework deadlines • See when homework has been submitted

18. The Homework Calendar Homework appears as a block, stretching from the issue date to the due date.

19. Homework Description Here is a task’s title and description, issue and due dates and how it should be submitted.

20. Frequency of homework

21. The Gradebook The Gradebook helps you keep track of the submission status of homework and grades, if applicable.

22. Support with homework Voluntary Home Learning Clubs Every Thursday, 3.10-4.10pm Y8 C316 Y9 C318 Compulsory Home Learning Clubs Tuesday Week 1, 3.10-4.10pm Y8 C316 Y9 C318 Additional voluntary club for all year groups Every Tuesday 3.10-4.10pm C107

23. Downloading the App Please all get your mobile devices out and download the Show My Homework App. • Open the app and type in your school’s name. • Type in your email/username and password. • You will be taken to your child’s To-do List • You can start using Show My Homework on the go

24. More Than One Child? More than one child at the school? Don’t worry they’ll appear on the same page.

25. Get Notified In Settings, you can manage notifications

26. Mr Bardsley

27. Effective Learning Strategies “The harder I practice the luckier I seem to get…” • Basic Building blocks: • Create the right environment • Create a home learning timetable • Incorporate some physical activity into your daily routine

28. How to Build Long Term Memory The Dos The Don’ts • Retrieval Practice • Dual Coding • Concrete Examples • Elaboration • Interleaving • Spaced Practice • Re-read textbooks • Highlight information • ‘Review’ notes • Cram • Make pointless • revision cards

29. Things you can try: • Make flow charts and mind maps and put them up on your walls at home • Use mnemonics to help you remember things • Draw pictures ad sketch diagrams • Read information out loud • Retell what you have learned or talk things through with your friends and family • Make audio recordings of what you want to learn and play these back to yourself • Be active – take frequent breaks when you revise • Walk around, stand up or rock in a chair when you’re revising • Act out an event to help you remember it • Hide revision terminology round the room and walk to each note to read it (rather than just sitting at a desk).

30. Extra Resources Student planners pages 30-36 School website http://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk/revision-and-support-materials.html http://www.learningscientists.org/ We will be running a drop in session for parents on how best to support your child with revision at home. This will be advertised via parent mail and the newsletter soon

31. What else can I look forward to? • Pastoral and curriculum assemblies • GCSE taster sessions • Careers Fair • Weekly tutor group challenges • Tutor awards • Most credits per half term (End of Term trips) • Extra curricular activities

32. Mr Myers Assistant Head Teacher

33. Careers • If you would like to know more information about the careers provision at EPHS please visit the school website at https://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk/careers-guidance.html. • The website contains our careers policy and careers map as well as up-to-date labour market information for parents and children to access. • If there are any parents/carers with strong industry connections/opportunities please contact Mr Myers at mmyers@ephs.ealing.sch.uk.

34. Extra Curricular Activities • Parental consent form (SV0) • This evening you have been given a new SV0 consent form for extra-curricular trips. This form allows you to provide consent for your child to take part in off-site activities and is an opportunity to update medical information. • This used to be distributed at the start of each academic year however this year we have moved to a one-off consent form.

35. Extra Curricular Activities • What does this mean? • The information requested is exactly the same as it has been previously, including the need for up-to-date medical information, and you will still be informed in advance of higher-risk trips. • Once this form is completed you will no longer be asked to complete this form again for the duration of your child’s education at EPHS. Therefore, if there are any changes in circumstances in regards to permission or medical information you will need to contact the school directly.

38. Extra Curricular Activities • Centralised extra curricular timetable

40. Attitude and aspirations Outstanding 1-9 A** A-levels University 100% Attendance Perfect presentation • Progress • Data • Attainment • Grades • Success • GCSEs • English Baccalaureate

41. Student Welfare and Safety The school has a large team of staff supporting your child to ensure they stay safe and healthy: Individual Tutors – supporting each student on a daily basis Year Leaders and Assistant Year Leaders – overview of student well being. Pastoral Support Worker – attached to each Year group for day to day support and mentoring. Attendance Officer – ensure students attend school each day and are safe. Counsellors – used to support students with a range of issues and concerns. External agencies - and group provision to support individual and group needs. Please contact your child’s Year Leader if your child requires support.

42. Mr Bardsley

43. What are some of the risks and concerns facing teenagers? • Road safety – travelling to and from school • Social media – child sexual exploitation and threats • Bullying – face to face and online • Substance misuse – alcohol and drugs • Stranger danger • Anti social behaviour and knife crime • Mental health concerns • Running into gangs or gang involvement At Elthorne Park High school, we run a well developed PSHCE curriculum providing an opportunity for your child to discuss these risks and what to do to keep themselves safe.

44. Immediate risk and harm – what to do? • What to do if an argument or conflict develops? Our advice to students • De-escalate the situation …… • Stay calm and do not react or respond • Walk away from the situation • Inform and adult - your parents, a teacher - or any adult • If there is immediate threat, call 999 and ask for the emergency services

45. Counselling Support If you feel your child may require counselling support, you can directly contact our counsellor Michelle Hanafi 07469 – 714 459

46. Next Steps Students are expected to focus on working as hard as possible in lessons so they can make a fully informed choice. Subject Leaders will be delivering subject assemblies to Year 9 as the year progresses. Encourage your child to talk to their subject teachers about the topics covered in their GCSE – How is it different to what they have covered in Year 7, 8 and 9? The Options process will begin with each student receiving one to one support to make the correct pathway decision.

47. Year Ahead Booklet

48. Meet the Tutor