PARENTSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP Working Together September 2011 This presentation

PARENT-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP Working Together September 2011

This presentation will cover: • • • Listening to the parent voice Listening to the student voice Safeguarding (including internet safety) Healthy living & Student Well-being Feedback from parent questionnaires ‘Torches of Experience’

Parent Voice • Nationally, parents are less likely to engage with secondary schools compared with primary schools …size and complexity are key barriers.

Having a voice at Toot Hill School • Parental questionnaire • Governors’ Curriculum & Student Committee meetings • Parents’ Forum • Parents’ Evenings • 1: 1 meetings

Parent Questionnaires • Allows for regular feedback and enables the school to pick up on trends of concern. • We normally use the Of. STED format unless it is a specific issue

Governors’ Curriculum & Student Committee meetings • The first part of this meeting will be presenting information on a number of areas that the committee are required to monitor and evaluate. • It would include a wide range of areas that impact on students.

Governors’ Curriculum & Student Committee meetings Examples: • What is taught • Examination results and learning performance • The learning experience for all students (by year, ability, vulnerability, etc. ) • Learning pathways Student welfare Safeguarding Working week School dress code Links in the community Out of school opportunities • Careers education • • •

Governors’ Curriculum & Student Committee meetings • How it works: • The meetings will start at 5. 30 pm. • Dates: 21 st November 2011; 27 th February 2012 & 30 th April 2012 • The first 1 hr 20 min will have a maximum of 4 presentations from staff and students • Parents will then have an opportunity to present their views to the governors

PARENTS’ FORUM • This meeting will follow on directly from the Governors’ meeting (6. 50 pm) and will provide parents/carers with an opportunity to raise any matter regarding the school or ask questions about the work of the school.

Parents’ Evenings • These evenings are designed to allow parents/carers to gather information regarding their child’s progress. • Senior staff are available to answer other queries or concerns.

1: 1 MEETINGS • Parents/carers are free to request a meeting with any school leader to discuss matters of concern.

Listening to the student voice • We have appointed a dedicated student voice leader…Mrs. Cathryn Smith (English) • Ambassadors (Y 11 & Y 10) and diplomats (Y 9 & Y 8) will represent the voice of the student body.

STUDENT VOICE • We want their voice to impact on educational matters i. e. their learning experience, as well as welfare concerns. • We might not always be able to meet their demands but we will always listen.

Safeguarding (including internet safety) • The school has taken as many measures as possible to keep our students safe. • One of the biggest dangers relate to the internet.

The dangers of the internet

THINK you know about INTERNET SAFETY? ?

Teens between the ages of 15 -17 spend approx. 19. 9 hours online EVERY WEEK (that is almost HALF a work week for most adults!)

Social networking sites are one the world’s biggest PHENOMENON in recent years

Has 500 MILLION USERS

If FACEBOOK was a country…. rd …. It would be the world’s 3 biggest! BIGGER than the UNITED STATES (312 million)

4. 9 million Over facebook users are females between 13 -17 years old 3. 7 million About facebook users are males between 13 -17 years old

Overall, the FAST GROWIN EST G group of FACEBOOK USERS is TEEN MALES between 13 -17 YEARS OLD

54% of teens d n a s u m r o e y t between e k t o a t o 4 s b 1 e s t c n s a o a i F t e i l old have ! d t e n a g o a c t be a p s facebook page e u m hav 13 -14 YEARS a

HOW SAFE ARE YOU? Mc. Afee recently conducted a survey of TEENS between the ages of 13 -17 that sadly SUPPORTS THE FACT that the NEXT GENERATION truly has NO CLUE how “unsafe” they are online.

Here is what they found: 69% of teens easily revealed their physical location

28% Engaged in chat sessions with strangers

Of these teens…. 48% 24% O gave out their T gave out. S their R … G E address first name email N A 12% R 18% T gave their S photos mobile phone Shared of themselves numbers

GIRLS were found to be “EASIER TARGETS” than BOYS

HOW MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU IS AVAILABLE ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE?

• Full name • Date of birth • Address • Photographs • Videos • Likes and Dislikes • Family members • Who your friends are • How you spent the weekend • What parties you went to • Where you were on Saturday night • Who you were with • What school you go to • Where you go on holiday • When you are home

THINK ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY

Facebook want you to share AS MUCH information about yourself AS POSSIBLE…. … so they can make more money from targeted advertising!

THINK Who may see your information?

THINK BEFORE YOU POST

Healthy living

Healthy Eating • Our school catering department produce healthy meals on site. • The quality of the food used is first class. • The variety on offer is broad…including ‘chip days’! • Separate lunch times for Year 7 pupils.

STUDENT WELL-BEING • We are undertaking research into what makes students happier in life. • National data suggests that as students get older they get less happy. • The greatest influence on happiness is home life. • Nevertheless, we are looking at school factors that assist in improving the well-being of students. • Some of the critical school factors would include: – – Friendship groups ‘Private’ space Respect Personal image • We gather information by questionnaires and group/individual interviews

Feedback from parent questionnaires

Year 7 & 8

Year 9

Year 7 & 8

Year 9

BEHAVIOUR School deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour

Parent Voice School takes account of my suggestions and concerns

School Leadership The school is led and managed effectively

What are the Torches of Experience? This will be done in PSHE and tutor time! • Non academic achievements • 10 different categories – Community action – Careers – Arts – Enterprise – Future – International – Sports – Academy – Student voice – Charity

The purpose of Torches • Provides students with a permanent record of their achievements throughout their time at Toot Hill • Gives them focus for writing CV’s/personal statements/letters of application • Demonstrates achievement at different levels through the use of gold/silver/bronze torches

What the students will see

Your tutor role

Accessing Torches • In school – type ‘torches’ into the address bar for an automatic log in • Out of school http: //torches. toothill. notts. sch. uk/ – Use your normal log in credentials to access the page

TOOTHILL ACADEMY TORCHES MON JAZZ AND MODERN DANCE BRYONY HOARE & MRS PHILPOTTS WOODEN GYM INDOOR ROWING PE Year 7 MR TRIMMINGHAM TUES CRITICAL THINKING LSU MRS CULLINGWORTH YEAR 8 SCIENCE B 2 MISS HUGHS & MISS SCOTT YEAR 9 LATIN E 5 MR EARDLEY YEARS 9 -11 ARCHERY PE ALL YEARS MR TINSLEY GEOGRAPHY GCSE G 3 MR BYRNE & MS PERNA LACROSSE PE ALL YEARS PE STAFF ANCIENT HISTORY H 4 MS TABERY & MRS STOKER YEARS 9 -10 -11 CHINESE G 2 MISS KERR-SHAW YEARS 7 & 8 T H BIG BAND MR SMITH CH YEAR ALL BASKETBALL PE ALL YEARS MR LYNAS GIRLS ALOUD ALL YEARS PE STAFF RUGBY ALL YEARS MR TRIMMINGHAM WED THURS GERMAN L 7 MRS MYERS YEAR 10 POLITICAL DEBATING SOCIETY E 8 MRS NEED YEARS 9 -10 -11 ZUMBA JO & MISS MATTHEWS RED GYM YOUNG ENTERPRIZE BS 3 MR ROGERS YEAR 12 STREETDANCE LEO JORDEN AND MRS PHILPOTTS MULTI USE AREA CHINESE G 2 MISS KERR-SHAW YEAR 9 ART AR 2 – BRONZE AWARD MISS CHAPMAN & MISS PEARSON CONCERT BAND MR SMITH CH YOUNG ENTERPRIZE BS 3 MR ROGERS YEARS 7 -8 -9 TRAMPOLINING PE ALL YEARS PE STAFF INVASION GAMES PE ALL YEARS PE STAFF FRI ORCHESTRA MRS KERR CH 210 -3. 00 GIRLS ALOUD PE ALL YEARS PE STAFF GERMAN GCSE MR DEARDEN YEAR 10 L 10 All Academy Torches run 3. 30 - 4. 45 Unless your teacher tells you otherwise.

Coming soon 2012 The Musical