Welcome to Hamble Community Sports College’s Year 7 Curriculum Evening Achieving Excellence Together
Your hosts this evening: • Mrs S Ballanger – Head of Year 7 • Miss T Lock – Director of Learning for Key Stage 3 • Mr J Beck – Deputy Headteacher • Mr D Griffiths – Assistant Headteacher • Mrs F Eddie – Director of Behaviour and Inclusion Achieving Excellence Together
Your hosts this evening: • Miss N Twining – Assistant Director of Learning (Mathematics) • Ms E Bridges – Director of Learning (English) Achieving Excellence Together
The Evening Ahead • The team will present on the following aspects of your child’s schooling: – Homework – Reports – Marking and feedback – Intervention – English, Maths and Science – Behaviour Achieving Excellence Together
The Evening Ahead Continued: – Resilience – Parental support – Attendance – School council, the House system, rewards – Lockers – Forthcoming key dates Achieving Excellence Together
At the end of the evening: • Staff will be here as you depart if you wish to talk to them. • Please fill in an evaluation form and post it in one of the boxes. Achieving Excellence Together
A Guide to Homework and ShowMyHomework You can find SMHW on the College website or Go to www.showmyhomework.com Achieving Excellence Together
Any issues with passwords: Mrs Westwood in the Main Office Achieving Excellence Together
To log in, just go to the home page: Achieving Excellence Together
Type in your email address. Type in your SMHW password Or just type in your pin number which your tutor gave you. Don’t worry about If you have forgotten your pass these . word you can select this . Achieving Excellence Together
If the ‘Forgotten Password’ is selected this screen appears. Type your email address in here and then select the ‘Reset Password’ button. An email will be sent to you with the instructions on how to change your password. Achieving Excellence Together
If you have forgotten all of your login details go to the home page and type Hamble into the search bar. Achieving Excellence Together
This page will appear . Look for Hamble Community Sports College and select it by clicking here. Achieving Excellence Together
You can use this box and its filters to find your class and the work that has been set. Achieving Excellence Together
Or you could look through this calendar page which shows you what homework is due on the set days across the top . Select the homework . Achieving Excellence Together
Homework title When it was set and when it is due A description of the work to be done Other information and resources Achieving Excellence Together
There’s even a video if you get really stuck… http://youtube/ol8eLCj4XtQ Achieving Excellence Together
Key Points • Remember username and password for best experience. • SMH can be used without username and password. • If students forget login details, they should see • Mrs Westwood in the office. • Students get a PIN that they can use to login and set new login details. • SMH helps students to organise their homework. Achieving Excellence Together
Frequently asked questions 1. Why don’t you have a homework timetable? 2. How much homework should my child get? 3. How long should homework take? 4. What do I do if my child needs help with homework? 5. What happens if we don’t have access to computers/tablets/printers or the internet at home? 6. What do I do if I have concerns about homework? Achieving Excellence Together
Marking and Assessment • Books should be regularly coming home for you to look at. • High expectations of students. Achieving Excellence Together
Expectations • Good spelling, punctuation and grammar. • Excellent presentation. • Good rate of work and high completion rates. • Responses to feedback. Achieving Excellence Together
Tools we use • Marking codes • SPaG marking • Active Learning and Effort scores • Marking sticker/ pro-forma • “Green pen strategy” Achieving Excellence Together
The marking codes Achieving Excellence Together
High performance = 3 marks Words are spelt accurately 99% of the time. Capitals, full stops and commas are used accurately 99% of the time. Other punctuation marks are also used accurately 99% of the time, such as question marks and semi colons. Paragraphs are always shown clearly by leaving a line between them. Sentences make sense and flow together well due to the use of punctuation and connectives. Key subject words are always used correctly. Intermediate performance = 2 marks There might be some spelling errors in the writing, but these are not that frequent. Capitals, full stops and commas are used accurately most of the time. Other punctuation marks are also used accurately most of the time, such as question marks and semi colons. Paragraphs are normally shown clearly by leaving a line between them. Sentences are clear and make sense due to the use of punctuation and connectives. Key subject words are normally used correctly. Threshold performance = 1 mark • Although there are quite a few spelling errors, it is still possible to understand what has been written. • Capitals, full stops and commas are sometimes used properly. There is not much accurate use of other punctuation marks. • Paragraphs are not always clearly shown by leaving a line between them. • Sentences are written clearly enough to show meaning, but they are not well connected. • A few key subject words are used.
Active Learning and Effort Scores Grade Criteria Student consistently works to the best of their ability, contributes and 1 makes the full use of resources available to aid learning and problem solving. Student often works to the best of their ability and asks questions when 2 necessary to support their learning. Some teacher guidance is needed. Student has varied motivation, needs frequent reminders to engage on 3 task and has a limited ability to work independently. Student regularly requires teacher support to remain focused and lacks 4 confidence in problem solving and using initiative. Achieving Excellence Together
How does a student respond to the feedback they are given? • Imagine you have been asked to do this task in Science: Task: Explain the scientific processes that occur when an ice cube melts. Success criteria: • Identifies the states of matter involved in the process • Describes, using diagrams, the structure of the states of matter • Refers to the physical properties of the ice cube during the process • Links the physical properties to the structure • Discusses the role of energy in this process Achieving Excellence Together
A student completes the task, and gets this feedback. What does it all mean? Your Boxes Attitude ticked to to show Learning who and marked Effort your mark work Your and grade (or what for level) and SPAG mark A comment about what you did well Suggestions for how to improve Achieving Excellence Together
What should the student do with the suggestions below about how to improve? Answer the following: • What are the physical properties of a solid? • What connections can you make about a solid’s properties and its structure? Achieving Excellence Together
This is what the student wrote in response. How have they shown their progress in their response? The student’s response This box shows that the teacher agrees that the target has been met .
Look for green pen use • Proofreading • Peer- and self-assessment • Responding to targets and questions • Correcting spelling and grammar identified by peers or the teacher Achieving Excellence Together
Reporting and Interpreting Data Achieving Excellence Together Achieving Excellence Together
Attitudes to Learning - Behaviour 1 Student demonstrates exemplary behaviour at all times, being attentive and fully involved in the learning and a good role model to others. 2 Student demonstrates good behaviour, following instructions and showing respect for others for the majority of the time, though can be distracted by others. 3 Student can at times disrupt his/her learning and the learning of others but will regain focus once spoken to by the teacher. 4 Student frequently disrupts his/her learning and the learning progress of others and finds it difficult to modify this behaviour when it is addressed by the teacher. Achieving Excellence Together
Attitudes to Learning – Active Learning and effort 1 Student consistently works to the best of their ability, contributes and makes the full use of resources available to aid learning and problem solving. 2 Student often works to the best of their ability and asks questions when necessary to support their learning. Some teacher guidance is needed. 3 Student has varied motivation, needs frequent reminders to engage on task and has a limited ability to work independently. 4 Student regularly requires teacher support to remain focused and lacks skills in problem solving and using initiative. Achieving Excellence Together
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