Presentation to pupils and parents of Years 7 & 8 to help them prepare for the year ahead.

1. Aspire and Achieve
Year 7/Year 8While you wait, please make an origami
heart using the sheet of paper on your
seat

2. WHOLE SCHOOL PRIORITIES 2018-2019
 Teaching and Learning - Ensuring students receive a consistently high quality learning experience. Encouraging the
development of independent, reflective and resilient learners. Raising the achievement of boys.
 Curriculum - Ensuring a broad and balanced curriculum across both key stages. Embedding the new GCSE courses
and developing a quality three year Key Stage 4 programme. Ensuring a high quality programme of careers education
for students in Years 8 – 11.
 Quality Assurance - Ensuring self-evaluation is effective, accurate and focused on student progress.
Supporting continuous improvement through rigorous quality assurance procedures.
 Communication - Enhancing systems of communication between staff, students and parents which support
learning. Further develop formal and proactive communication with parents.
 Personalised Learning - Ensuring progress and attendance are maximised for all groups of learners.
Ensuring CPD is personalised so that all staff are supported to be even better.
 Leadership - Ensuring staff have the professional development opportunities and capacity to be effective leaders.
Providing students with opportunities to develop leadership skills.
 Community - Promoting positive mental health and well-being amongst students and staff. Promoting the safe and
responsible use of technology online.

3. Headline figures 2018
82% 9-4 inc Eng and Ma
61% 9-5 inc Eng and Ma
Progress 8 Scores over time place us very
comfortably within top 10% schools in the
country

4. Some Important Information….
• Expectations are high in all areas - please support school rules as parents
• Settings – new system this year: 2 x set 1, 2 x set 2, 2 x set 3.
• Communication will be via email – please check regularly
• Parent Pay – keep topped up and share with your child their daily spend
limit!
• Water bottles – please ensure your child has one as we do not sell bottles
• Extra-curricular letter – thank you in anticipation of your support of a £20
voluntary contribution to extra-curricular activity

6. Senior Leadership Team
• Domenica Wilkinson Secondary Director
• Katie Hunter Assistant Headteacher Teaching, Learning, and
Curriculum
• Robert Pepper Assistant Headteacher Raising Achievement
• Luke France Assistant Headteacher Whole School Organisation
and Standards
• Carolyn Williams Assistant Headteacher Inclusion
*Email addresses for all Ryedale staff can be found on the website

7. Autumn
• Email
from
Form
Tutor
• Parents
Evening
Spring Summer
• End of
Year
Exams
Autumn Spring
• Options
Evening
• Parents
Evening
• Options
Choices
Summer
• End of
Year
Exams
1 2 3 4 5 6
PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6
Year 7 Year 8
Key Stage 3

9. Progress Tracking Report

11. Autumn
• Email
from
Form
Tutor
• Parents
Evening
Spring Summer
• End of
Year
Exams
Autumn Spring
• Options
Evening
• Parents
Evening
• Options
Choices
Summer
• End of
Year
Exams
1 2 3 4 5 6
PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6
Year 7 Year 8
Key Stage 3

12. Termly Feedback for Students and Parents
Students will receive ‘orange sticker feedback’ once per term.
This feedback is marked for parents’ attention using orange stickers.
Each department will present this information in the most useful and appropriate way for that
particular subject area, but orange sticker feedback will follow these principles:
• KS4 students will receive a mark, percentage, or grade if appropriate
• At KS3 and KS4, this feedback will clearly show students’ strengths and areas for development.
• At KS4 this feedback will include a written comment from the member of staff.
• Written comments will also be a feature of Key Stage 3 feedback but the frequency will
depend on the subject:
Core and Humanities subjects will give a written comment on each orange sticker assessment.
Practical subjects will give a written comment on at least one occasion.
We ask that all parents sign this feedback to confirm that they have received and read the
information.

13. Marking, Feed-Up and Feedback

14. A short story in English
A causation essay in history
The high jump in PE
A composition in music

15. TASK: Make an origami heart

16. Stage Feed-Up
1 Be very precise with these simple folds!
2 Fold needs to be from the top corners
Make sure your folds are symmetrical
3 After folding it needs to look like a diamond
4 Remember to turn the paper over
5 Fold in half from the top down
6 Fold the points in to make the edge of the heart round
7 Fold the middle flaps in to make the centre of the heart
round
8 Turn the paper over again
9 You have finished!

17. Stage Feed-Up
1 Be very precise with these simple folds!
2 Fold needs to be from the top corners
Make sure your folds are symmetrical
3 After folding it needs to look like a diamond
4 Remember to turn the paper over
5 Fold in half from the top down
6 Fold the points in to make the edge of the heart round
7 Fold the middle flaps in to make the centre of the heart
round
8 Turn the paper over again
9 You have finished!

18. Stage Feed-Up
1 Be very precise with these simple folds!
2 Fold needs to be from the top corners
Make sure your folds are symmetrical
3 After folding it needs to look like a diamond
4 Remember to turn the paper over
5 Fold in half from the top down
6 Fold the points in to make the edge of the heart round
7 Fold the middle flaps in to make the centre of the heart
round
8 Turn the paper over again
9 You have finished!

19. Stage Feed-Up
1 Be very precise with these simple folds!
2 Fold needs to be from the top corners
Make sure your folds are symmetrical
3 After folding it needs to look like a diamond
4 Remember to turn the paper over
5 Fold in half from the top down
6 Fold the points in to make the edge of the heart round
7 Fold the middle flaps in to make the centre of the heart
round
8 Turn the paper over again
9 You have finished!

23. Explain why the Munich Putsch was a failure for the Nazis. (7 marks)
The Munich Putsch was a failure for the Nazis because of
organisation. For example, after the meeting in the Beer Hall
on the 8th November, the SA were supposed to cut the phone
lines so that the government in Berlin couldn’t be notified.
However, this was not done and therefore the army and
police were there to meet the march on the 9th November.
Also, the fact that Hitler had a getaway car waiting for him
also showed that even the Nazis themselves were not
confident of a successful Putsch. This linked with the fact
that 300 police managed to successfully stop the Putsch
highlights Nazi disorganisation and shows why their Putsch
was a failure.
Secondly, the Munich Putsch was also a failure because of
the impact it had on the Nazi campaign. The Putsch did not
succeed in it’s aims, and the Nazis did not take control of
Munich, let alone Germany. Following the Putsch, Hitler was
tried and ended up in prison, during this time his campaign
for power was on hold. The Nazis were not even allowed to
meet when he was in prison which meant they were not out
gaining more support and votes. Hitler was also banned from
speaking in public on his release from prison, his speaking
skills were one of the Nazis strengths and without this, they
would be less successful as a party therefore showing why
the Munich Putsch was a failure.

26. History fun(ish) Quiz!
1) Was Charles more Catholic or Puritan?
2) Who did Charles marry that upset Parliament?
3) What kind of war against Spain did Charles want to fight that Parliament
didn’t ?
4) What was the name of the tax Charles raised by himself without
Parliament’s permission?
5) In 1629 Charles dismissed Parliament and ruled by himself for how
long?
6) What did Charles try and force the Scots to use in 1637?
7) What did Parliament demand from Charles in return for helping him?
8) How many MPs did Charles try and arrest in 1642?
9) Who won the battle of Naseby in June 1645?
10) Who did Charles surrender to when he knew the war was over?

29. Homework

32. What does the
evidence say?
Homework is not a substitute
for the expertise and
knowledge of a teacher.
There is an optimum amount of
homework of between one and two
hours per school day, with effects
diminishing as the time that
students spend on homework
increases.
In the most effective examples of
homework, it was an integral part
of learning, rather than an add-on.
Spaced retrieval and revisiting
of information is crucial if we
want students to avoid the
forgetting curve.
After 20-40 minutes of working at one task, the
quality of the learning starts to diminish. Somewhere
around 20-30 mins for younger children and 30-40
mins for older children is the optimum amount of
time to spend on a task.
• EEF Toolkit
• G.Nuthall: The Hidden Lives
of Learners
• D.Willingham: Why
Students Don’t Like School
• J.Dunlosky: Unlocking the
Student Toolbox

33. The purpose of homework at
Ryedale School is to consolidate
and revise learning.

34. Quantity
KS3:
Approx. 3 hours per week
KS4:
Year 9 approx. 4 hours per week
Years 10 and 11 approx. 5-6 hours per week
Frequency
KS3
- core subjects will be timetabled
- other subjects will set homework when it is
most appropriate
KS4
All subjects will set when stipulated on the
homework timetable.

37. Parental Strategies
“I’ve got to write an
essay on An Inspector
Calls and I don’t get it.”
“I’m stuck!”
“I got 12/30.”
When is it due?
Do you have a WAGOLL?
Is there a mark scheme?
Have you ever
done a question
like this before?
What are the command
words in the question?
Explain the task to me in
your own words
Can you break the task
down into smaller tasks?
Is it content or technique that
you are finding difficult?
Find Miss/Sir tomorrow with
a precise question
What did you do well?
Where do you need
to improve?
Could you improve the way you
approached this task?

38. Environment
• A quiet place to
work
• As few distractions
as possible
• Establish a good
routine

39. 98%of young people access the
internet using mobile devices.

40. Who to Contact
• Day to day issue/general progress concern = FORM TUTOR
• Incident = MRS HUMPLEBY
• Subject specific concern = CLASS TEACHER
• Serious incident/issue requiring immediate action = MR FRANCE
• Safeguarding concern = DR WILLIAMS
• Curriculum query/options = MISS HUNTER

41. What can you expect as parents….
• 4 x A2L assessments with attendance report
• 3 x Progress Reports detailing target grade and current grade
• Year 7 Parents’ Evening Thursday 8th November
• Orange sticker feedback once per term
• Settling in email from tutor at half term
• Termly overviews of courses emailed home
• Other correspondence is likely to be in the form of email via subject
teacher/ form tutor