welcomes you ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’ Grade 8 – Tuesday 24 September 2019
• Joao Barroca • Chair of Science Grade 8 • Lucia Franjo-Garcia • Spanish and PSHEE teacher Advisors • Catherine Stockall • Director of Music
The Marymount London Pastoral System • At Marymount who we are teaching is as important as what we are teaching. • We nurture and celebrate each individual and foster an awareness and appreciation of the unique needs and gifts of others. • Our community is purposefully small; a positive relationship among all community members is at the heart of all we do. • The social-emotional development of our girls—attention to her sense of self, her personality, her relationships—guides our pastoral care. • All Faculty and Staff share a pastoral responsibility to know and appreciate each girl as an individual.
Holistic Marymount London Pastoral System • Headmistress • Deputy Heads & Assistant Headmistress • Head of Pastoral Life • Diploma Heads of Year • Middle School Coordinator • Designated Safeguarding Lead • Spiritual Life Coordinator • Life Coach • School Nurse • Advisors • Teaching Faculty
The Central Role of the Advisor • Advisor supports the growth of each student; pastoral, spiritual and academic • Growth scaffolded through the Marymount Advisor Curriculum • Each student is allocated to an Advisor group • Small group of students from the Grade • 30 minutes at least four times a week with their Advisor • Advisor will partner closely together with you throughout the school year to ensure that your daughter experiences success and thrives as a Marymount student • Should be a first port of call for queries and to support you in finding answers to these • Bridge between students and teachers to support academic success
The Advisor Curriculum • Curriculum designed to meet the Semester 1 example focus topics social, emotional, spiritual and • Team building mental needs of students, as well • Growth mindset as scaffold their approaches to • Nutrition Week learning (ATL) skills • ICT literacy skills • Broad focus topics for each week across the school • Kindness week • Individually tailored to the needs • Fostering a personal relationship of the Grade and age of students with God
The Advisor Curriculum For example: Week 5 & 6 – Monday 30 – 11 October: Growth Mindset - Discussions about perseverance, failing well, bouncing back after failure, maintaining positive mental health, developing positive self- esteem; affective skills such as perfectionism, managing self-talk, resilience, self-motivation, emotional management or perseverance. - Self-esteem Team Assembly and workshops 30/09/19 - Whole school Assembly introduction to the big key ideas surrounding self-esteem and mental health - Date of note: Friday 11 October – International Day of the Girl Child
Example Advisor Lessons
A look to the Semester ahead
A look to the Semester ahead • September 25 th to 28 th RSHM Leadership Conference • October 4 th MS Activities begin • October 9 th and 10 th Urinetown Auditions • October 31 st Halloween Celebrations • November 1 st All Saints Mass at 11.30am • November 6-9: ISSA Football (Portugal) • November 12 th Parent Teacher Conference • November 13 th All Grades off timetable - Interdisciplinary Excursions Day • November 21 st Grade 8 Guided Prayer • November 22 nd Thanksgiving Liturgy and House Games / Lunch • December 10 th Lessons and Carols • December 11 th STEAM Day • December 12 th Christmas Fair • December 13 th Christmas Liturgy, Classes end at 12
A ‘typical’ Marymount week Enriching • Two week cycle • 9 lessons a day • 45 minute lessons + 30 minute advisor lesson • Extra-curricular Opportunities • Educational Visits Stimulating • House Events • Guest Speakers • Middle School Assembly Fulfilling • Whole School Assembly • Mass
Supporting academic success • Balance of work and play • IB Learner Profile: creating a whole person • Homework Schedule
Bringing the arts into STEM
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