Welcome to Nower Hill New Year 7 ParentsCarers

Welcome to Nower Hill New Year 7 Parents’/Carers’ Induction Evening Tuesday 3 rd July 2018

Programme 1. Introductions 2. Welcome from the Headteacher 3. Life as a Year 7 NHHS Student 4. Induction 5. Expectations, Support, Key Events 6. Appropriate Discipline 7. Musical Opportunities 8. Pack Details and Form Tutors Miss Ward Mr Livesey Arav Sharma Ella Christie Stanford Miss Ward Miss Cassidy and Mr Gallop Ms Voden Ms Lyczba Miss Ward

Key Personnel For Year 7 • • • Ms Voden: Deputy Headteacher Miss Ward: Assistant Headteacher Miss Cassidy: Year 7 Co-ordinator Mr Gallop: Year 7 Co-ordinator 12 Form Tutors 36 Peer Mentors from Years 9 and 10

Parent. Pay is our secure online income collection and management service which allows you to make payments to school using your debit/credit cards, or in cash using the Parent. Pay top-up card at local Pay. Point outlets. You can make payments for: • School meals • Trips • School concerts/productions

Making Life Easier For Parents Paying via Parent. Pay helps our school enormously, whilst providing you with a more secure way to make payments. Parent. Pay also gives you: • convenient, anytime, anywhere payments • flexible, secure payment options • peace of mind knowing funds have reached school • automated balance and payment alerts via email/SMS • merge siblings’ accounts under one login, even if they are at different schools Logging on to Parent. Pay is straight forward; however if you are worried about the process, we have Mrs Menniss in Student Services who can talk you through this.

Free School Meal Eligibility • Visit www. fsm. lgfl. net • Contact Student Services for any help

Induction Day • Arrive from 9. 10 am for a 9. 30 am start • Wear primary school uniform • Big bottle of water, sunhat, essential medication, pencil case, packed lunch or £ 2. 50 • Day ends at 2. 40 pm • Collect from George V Avenue • Siblings meet in hall at the end of the day • 7 NH, 7 FN, 7 KH, 7 SN – trainers for PE

First Day In September • • • Wednesday 5 th September 2018 Arrive at 9. 10 am Packed lunch or £ 2. 50 Home time arrangements Letter about this day is included within your welcome pack

Key Dates • Wednesday 12 th September: New Year 7 Parents’/Carers’ Welcome Evening • Friday 14 th September: Informal Tour • Friday 21 st September: Fun Event

Why Is Good Attendance Important? • Attending school is a legal requirement • For every 17 days absence from school, a student can drop one GCSE grade • Nationally only 10% of pupils with poor attendance achieve 5 x 9 -5 grades at GCSE, compared with 58% of students with good attendance • 21% of students with very poor attendance leave school with no qualifications, compared with 3% of students who have regular attendance

The Nower Hill Way At Nower Hill we are endeavouring to have a happy school where the students are nothing less than the most well-mannered, most articulate, best behaved, hardest working, smartest and kindest students there can be.

Year 7 Fun Event

Y 7 Spring Party 2018

Extra-Curricular Opportunities • • • Cookery School orchestra Basketball, cricket, netball, football, athletics Debating Classics Astronomy Dance Science club Karaoke club Coding club

Our House Names

House Trophies

New Year 7 Parents’ and Carers’ Evening Appropriate discipline

Home school partnership • In accepting a place at our school, you agree to support our Behaviour Policy • Consistent messages from home and school are in the best interests of your child • A strong and positive relationship between home and school is in the best interests of your child

Ladder Of Consequences

Ladder of rewards

Year 7 expectations Priority is smooth transition from Primary school Happy children who enjoy school Forming good friendships Getting used to the academic demands of secondary school • Getting used to the physical demands of a large secondary school • Building relationships with teachers and other children • •

Positive behaviour management strategies • • Have clear, simple rules and limits Be a good role model Praise and reward good behaviour so it will increase Ignore behaviour you don’t want repeated Criticise behaviours and not your child Allow children some control; joint decisions If punishment necessary, removal of privileges, ‘time out’ or natural consequences

The Law on Smacking • A parent no longer has the legal right to inflict moderate and reasonable physical punishment on his or her children (reasonable chastisement) • In spite of this, Parliament has decided not to make such punishment by a parent an absolute offence: the issue would only arise in cases where there has been a charge of common assault • Lawful chastisement can be used as a defence for a charge of common assault, but not as a defence for ABH or GBH • Regular smacking falls into the realms of child cruelty (s. 1 of the Children’s Act) and there is no defence for this

Does a smack teach children good behaviour? • Gives a bad example of how to handle strong emotions • May lead children to hit or bully others • May encourage children to lie or hide their feelings to avoid smacking • It can make defiant behaviour worse, so discipline becomes even harder • Leads to a resentful and angry child • Excessive discipline at home can often lead to problem behaviour at school

Safeguarding • We will always refer to children’s social care if a child tells us: • They have been hit • They have been locked away for an unreasonable length of time or deprived of food/water • Neglect or emotional abuse, including unrealistic expectations, are having an impact on their health and well-being

Cultural and religious aspects of child protection • “Whilst we understand that different cultures and religious beliefs may influence parenting practice, this offers no defence in the case of a child being harmed through excessive discipline. Reporting such incidents to the relevant authorities will not be seen as discriminatory. ” Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015 (HM Government)

• We look forward to working with you in partnership over the next 7 years. • Any questions regarding safeguarding? • Fiona Ward, AHT KS 3 • Louise Voden, DHT and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Musical Opportunities

Welcome Pack

Student Information Sheet

Consent Forms

Year 7 Form Tutors Miss Cassidy – N side Mr Gallop – H side 7 GN - Sinead O’Brien 7 FN - Georgia Hawley (absent) 7 GH - Harry Massingham 7 SN - Patrick Mc. Donnell 7 BN - Sian Austin 7 KN - John Taylor 7 NN - Katie Wilkinson 7 BH - Yee Goh Christine Nicolaou/Sylvie Goffaux 7 FH - Samina Hafizi 7 SH - Patricia Gordon 7 KH - Louisa Stivaros 7 NH - Joel Suthesh

Thank you • Many thanks for your time this evening • We look forward to seeing your children at 9. 30 am tomorrow morning • Good night and enjoy the football!