Year 7 ParentsCarers Welcome Evening Wednesday 12 th

Year 7 Parents’/Carers’ Welcome Evening Wednesday 12 th September 2018

Programme 1. Introduction 2. Headteacher Welcome 3. Parents and Friends 4. Year 7 Overview Monitoring and Opportunities Key Dates 5. The role of a Peer Mentor 6. Show My Homework 7. Keeping Safe online 8. Tutor Group Discussions 9. Form Tutor questions to stage 10. Closing comments Miss Ward Mr Livesey Bijal Bavishi Mr Gallop and Miss Cassidy Grace Whittaker Mrs Serrao Mr Ben Ford Year 7 Form Tutors/Year Co-ordinators/Senior Leadership Team Miss Ward

Nower Hill High School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA)

What is PTFA? . . . TEAMWORK! Every parent automatically becomes a member of Nower Hill PTFA Membership enables you to become more involved in the school community Membership offers you the opportunity to support your child’s educational environment in a very practical way

PTFA support the school by…. . 1: Organising fundraising events • Quiz Night • Year 7 Spring Party • Summer Extravaganza support ht g i N z i Qu TH 17 er b m e v No 2018

PTFA support the school by…. . 2: Helping out at school events Setting up the venue beforehand Organising catering as required Supplying and selling refreshments, raffle tickets etc

PTFA support pupils by…. . 3: Investing profits back into the school Teachers bid for funds to buy additional resources or equipment All requests are considered

Chef Kits for Food Technology Do. E camping stoves and tents Examples of support

Examples of support

Summer concert Christmas lunch Examples of support

Goalposts Examples of support

You can help us…. Ø Sign up for 1 year only Ø Do as much or as little as you want Ø We normally have one event per term Ø 3 events per academic year Ø Support the school at the Symposiums Ø Make new friends Ø A full-time committee member Ø A regular part-time helper Ø An occasional part-time helper

…. And we can help you. A chance to meet other parents and carers and to get to know the school staff A chance to get involved and have a lot of laughs along the way An opportunity to make a real difference because your child will benefit

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” - Aesop Interested? Please complete an application form We’ll contact you shortly

Ladder of Rewards

Ladder of Consequences

A Centre of all round Educational Excellence for the Community What are the benefits of using the system? Teachers are able to record and monitor all incidents of behaviour, achievements and the current status of their students

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Tutor poster • Each Tutor Group will be provided with an A 3 poster to display in their room • Every week tutors will receive a summary showing the number of achievements for each student • It should be the students responsibility to record this information on the poster • The posters can be used to identify a student of the week • Once a week, the students of the week will meet with their Year Coordinators during registration

Extra-Curricular Timetable All after school activities will run from 3: 15 - 4: 30 pm unless otherwise stated Monday Tuesday Wednesday Before school (8: 00 – 8: 30) After school (3: 15 – 4: 30) All Girls Football (Ext Field) Miss Reynolds Staff Meetings Year 7 Netball (Netball courts) Miss Sheppard GCSE Dance club (Gym) Ms Jones Year 8 Boys Football (Astro/Field) Mr Brooks Year 7 Boys Football (Astro) Mr Oxspring Year 10 Boys Football (Ext Field/Astro) Mr Michaelides Year 7/8/9 Badminton (Gristwood) Ms Dawson Thursday Friday Year 9/10/11 Fitness Club (8 - 8. 30 am) Mr Brooks Year 7/8 Fitness Club (8 - 8. 30 am) Mr Murrell Year 10/11 Netball (Netball courts) Miss Reynolds 6 th Form Football (Astro) Mr Parker Year 8/9 Netball (Netball courts) Miss Sheppard + Miss Dawson Year 10/11/12/13 Dance Club (Gym) Ms Jones Year 11 boys Football (Astro/Field) Mr Gallop Basketball skills club (Gristwood) Mr Oxspring Year 9 boys football (Astro/Field) Mr Murrell GCSE Intervention Mr Brooks Year 7/8/9 Dance club (Gym) Fixtures and tournaments for all years will be played Tuesday – Thursday where possible

Year 7 Enrichment Pass

‘Restart’

Year 7 Key Dates 2018 -19 • Friday 14 th September 2018 – Year 7 Informal Tour: 3. 30 -5 pm • Wednesday 19 th September 2018 – Year 7 Cognitive Ability tests • Friday 21 st September 2018 – Year 7 ‘Mufti Day’ (non uniform day) • Friday 21 st September 2018 - Year 7 Fun Event - 2. 25 pm – 5 pm • Monday 24 th September 2018 – Winter uniform to be worn by all students • Tuesday 25 th September 2018 – Open Day • Thursday 4 th October 2018 – Sleep Presentation by Dr Stanley (parents/carers) • Thursday 11 th October 2018 – INSET day (no school for students) • Thursday 8 th November 2018 – Year 7 Form Tutor and Parent/Carer Evening • Friday 23 rd November 2018 – Road Safety Assembly • December 2018 – 1 st Tracking Report is sent home

The Role of a Peer Mentor

Supporting your child’s learning

Show My Homework (SMH) • A simple online homework calendar showing homework information, deadlines and attachments for students

Benefits • • • Students and Parents/Carers can see all homework at the click of a button A personalised experience to help students stay organised Automatic due date reminders Homework accessed via the website or App available from App Store and Google Play Store Separate student and parent accounts

Show My Homework All homework can be accessed without a log in

Logging on to SMH for the first time Click here to enter your pin and set up your account

Logging on to SMH

• Homework appears in your calendar as a block, stretching from the issue date to the due date • Select a piece of homework for more details

• In this view we can see a task’s title and description, how long the homework is expected to take, and how it should be submitted • Many of the homework tasks direct students to resources available on Fronter and sometimes additional helpful resources – files & websites – are displayed below the homework

• An app is available on the app store and google play • If you have the app, in Settings, you can manage Notifications

Homework You can support us and your child with their homework in the following ways: • Talking to your child about the homework they have been set each week • Ensure they have a quiet space to complete their homework away from phones, music and other distractions • Checking SMH to ensure they have completed all the work set • Checking that the work has been completed to a good standard If you have any concerns about homework, please contact the school homework@nowerhill. harrow. sch. uk

Reporting in Year 7 Two points in year 7 December June Parents’ Evening in January

Year 7 attainment descriptors Attainment Descriptor What this means in year 7 Skilful and Accomplished Mastery of the skills and knowledge learnt at this stage Confident Able to meet the challenges with a measure of confidence and independence that leads to consistently secure achievement in the subject at this stage Proficient Is able, with some support to meet most of the challenges of the curriculum at this stage Developing Not yet securely demonstrating skills against all aspects of the curriculum at this stage Emerging Beginning to demonstrate skills against some of the aspects of the curriculum at this stage

Nower Hill High School E-Safety Ben Ford

Main Risks of being online: • Unwanted contact/grooming • Cyberbullying • Harmful content/illegal materials • Privacy/digital footprints • An increasingly negative self image • Embarrassment & impact on education • Social media takes up a lot of staff time investigating issues • Causes friendship issues • Embarrasses children if a member of staff needs to look through their phone • Can also involve our Safer Schools Officer

Social media & your health According to research by two health organisations • Only You. Tube was judged to have a positive impact • Instagram has the most negative impact on young people’s mental wellbeing • Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter are also harmful – – – – Increased feeling of Inadequacy Increased anxiety Comparing lifestyles Peer pressure Neglect 'real life' friendships Impact on Sleep Chasing “likes” on posts to drive self-worth / self-esteem

Age Restrictions Facebook Instagram Snapchat Twitter Youtube Pinterest Skype Gmail All of these social media platforms have a minimum age restriction of 13 Whats. App Have raised their minimum age restriction from 13 to 16

What can you do • Continually discuss the role of e-safety during conversations your children • Listen out for any mention from your children where you feel they could be in danger • Listen out for your children talking/mentioning new applications or technologies • Encourage your children to come to you to report inappropriate use of mobile phones, email or Internet by either bullies or adults

What can you do • Keep computers in a public space in the house • Get your children to charge smartphones and tablets in a public room overnight • Possibly switch off the Wi-Fi at a set time • Don’t allow your children to delete their history and make sure you regularly check their history • Continually discuss that nobody has the “perfect life” that people pose online & that the “perfect photos” are rarely spontaneous

What are we doing as a school: Staff INSET sessions E-Safety parents’ evenings Lessons on E-Safety in Computer Studies & Citizenship E-Safety blog & frequent letters home E-Safety elements across the curriculum Targeted E-Safety sessions following referrals from Year Coordinator • E-Safety sessions for SEN/Support For Learning group • E-Safety news & resources on the website • E-Safety sessions in personal development sessions • • •

Where to go for advice: • • CEOP Childline Parent. INFO The Nower Hill High School website (Parents tab)

Who to contact… • • Your child’s Year Co-ordinator (Mr Gallop / Miss Cassidy) Fiona Ward (Assistant Headteacher, KS 3) Louise Voden (Deputy Headteacher- Student Support) Ben Ford (E-Safety Coordinator)

Programme 1. Introduction 2. Headteacher Welcome 3. Parents and Friends 4. Year 7 Overview Monitoring and Opportunities Key Dates 5. The role of a Peer Mentor 6. Show My Homework 7. Keeping Safe online 8. Tutor Group Discussions 9. Form Tutor questions to stage 10. Closing comments Miss Ward Mr Livesey Bijal Bavishi Mr Gallop and Miss Cassidy Grace Whittaker Mrs Serrao Mr Ben Ford Year 7 Form Tutors/Year Co-ordinators/Senior Leadership Team Miss Ward