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Welcome to Upper School

The Headlines 2018-19

Areas of focus for 2019-20

• Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Slight Shift in Admissions and Pupil Recruitment
• Develop Pastoral Care and Wellbeing
• Communication
• Further investment in facilities

Admissions from September 2020

• Reduce 7+ intake to 3 classes (from 4)
• Maintain 11+ intake at 7 classes (has been

6 until this year)

• Total number of pupils remains the same

but reduces in time

• Commitment to maximum class size of 20

2018 2019

• Developing Teaching and Learning
• Revamped KS3 curriculum
• Introduction of Spanish
• KS3 Mixed ability teaching in English

2019 2020

• Independent skills in Y6

(Latin to start in Y7) including Reading prep

• Mixed ability teaching in

Y6 English

• Digital Learning
• Outdoor Learning

Benefits of mixed ability teaching

What mixed ability looks like in English.

Furt rther d r differentiation

Additional support

• Word banks
• Sentence starters
• Key vocabulary defined

Additional extension

• Higher order thinking skills:

evaluation and comparison

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Enrichment in English

Scholarship 11+ and 13+

• 11+ Academic awards: Pupils nominated by teachers based on

assessment data including CEM tests (also done by external candidates) Music awards also available

• 13+ awards in a range of subjects. Pupils nominated by subject

teachers based on assessment data from Y7 and Y8.

• Discussions at Parents’ Evenings

Reports and Parents’ Evenings

Key changes

Communication

• New Office Manager – Mrs Kerry Mitchell
• Communication Audit
• New Receptionist
• Office Layout
• Website, Newsletter and Social Media –

Rosie Togher - Marketing Assistant

Links to key areas- Lunch Menus, Calendar etc.. Head’s Letter and Key Updates for the week ahead are in a PDF embedded in the email. It can be accessed by clicking here. If parents are short for time we recommend that the PDF is read each week. Head’s Blog is similar to the Head’s Letter

• Head’s letter

communicates important information from the school to parents.

• Operational matters are

removed from the blog

• More photos will be

added to the Head’s blog Links to the Belmont social channels- take a look at what is going on in the classroom @MillHillBelmont

• Main body of the email are news stories of

events and activities that have taken place at Belmont that week.

• Parents can choose which stories they

want to read/what is relevant to their child by clicking on the news story which takes you to the website to read the full story

Interactive Newsletter

Week Ahead: Broken down day by day. The A5 printed Calendar is only correct at the time of going to print so important to read the PDF. This table can also change depending on changes to fixtures etc. so important to check SOCS regularly & the live website calendar Head’s Letter: Communicates important information each week. Crucial to read it as information can be missed. Our aim is to cut down on the amount of emails we send each

• week. So we try to include as much

information in this as possible. Lower School & Upper School Updates: Updates are split into the two year groups. Notices from

• ther Departments and Areas

then follow e.g. School Nurse, Photos for purchasing etc.

PDF: Head’s Letter and Key Updates

Shortcut to login to Clubs (SOCS)

Choose how to view the calendar & filter

Website

Social Media

Follow @millhillbelmont to keep up with what is going on at Belmont and for a sneak peak into life at Belmont! We have a Facebook, Twitter and Instagram page!