Post Primary Transfer Parental Guidance Leaflet - Check P7 class pages
Year 7 Homework Information
Dear Parents,
For homework this year we will be sending home each child with a Maths and English jotter. These books must be covered in plastic sticky back cover film or a slip on plastic book cover. Children will be taking these are the only books children will be taking to and from home and they need to be sanitised daily. Any worksheets that go home must be stuck into the appropriate jotter. Weekly tests will be sent home and any corrections or extra work completed can be done in these jotters.
We intend to send home hard copies of Maths and Literacy work for homework, we will also use Seesaw to post our weekly spellings and any additional work we feel appropriate. (If any pupil is required to quarantine at any stage, Seesaw will be used to post daily school work).
Mrs M. Dolan Mr N. McGinn
School commences on Tuesday 25th August 2020 for the P1 bubbles (Induction/Transition Week). Please refer to the letter you received in June for your child’s start time and day. It is extremely important that you adhere to date and time.
From Tuesday 1st September 2020, your child will attend school every day, from 8.45-11.45am.
From Monday 21st September 2020, your child’s school day will be increased to 1pm and from Monday 28th September 2020, your child will finish at 1.45pm.
Please do not bring in a School Bag or Lunch Box.
All you are required to bring with you is a Healthy Snack (Nut Free) that your child can eat without assistance and a disposable water bottle. This snack should be carried in a disposable bag with your child’s name on it.
From Monday 21st September 2020, a full packed lunch will be required.
This Term, children may wear either the full school uniform or their PE Uniform.
If you have purchased a school Book Bag, this will be distributed but should be kept at home until further notice. Please return the Data Collection Form to the Office as soon as possible, as we need your contact details for our Text Alert System.
When you arrive at school, your child will be collected at the Picket Fence and brought into their courtyard. Please do not enter this area.
Please do not hesitate to contact the School Office if you have any additional concerns or queries.
This year will be a challenging time for all of us, but we can assure you that we will be doing our very best to nurture, support, guide and teach your child so that they reach their full potential.
YEAR 7 INFORMATION - RETURN TO SCHOOL
Dear Parents
We understand that the children have been out of school for a considerable amount of time and therefore for some there may be some anxiety about the return. We would like to share some information with you and ask that you share it with your child.
MONDAY 24th AUGUST – INDUCTION DAY
The class will return in their bubbles this day. We will discuss lockdown and the return to school with your children. Time will be spent discussing the importance of good hygiene routines and safe movement around the school.
We will also discuss the school year, practice papers and then spend some time on pastoral activities. Using the resource ‘Weaving Well-Being’ we will be discussing 8 Empowering Beliefs and will spend time on ‘Focus on the Positive’.
TUESDAY 25th AUGUST
A normal school day with focus on literacy and numerical work.
WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST
Pupils will sit their first Maths GL practice paper in school. We will score and teach the paper after their break. The paper will go home and we would advise that parents take time to go over any corrections. Keeping a record of any particular areas of maths that your child finds challenging is always a good idea. Setting some extra examples of work within those areas will be helpful as often children just need more practice.
THURSDAY 27th AUGUST
Pupils will sit their first English practice paper in school. As with the maths we will score, teach the test and send it home to be worked at further. Once more identifying and noting mistakes especially in the spelling or punctuation sections is useful. Spellings often re-occur in practice papers so please ensure that your child spends quality time learning words that they got wrong. Teachers will encourage children to analyse their mistakes and learn from them.
When the paper is a GL paper please also check that your child clearly marks the answers on the answer grid…we will reinforce this in class.
FRIDAY 28th AUGUST
Normal school day.
CCEA Past Papers will be started in the week beginning Monday 21st September. At this point pupils will be completing 3 practice papers a week in school.
NB: We are also keen to administer standardised NfER English and Mathematics assessments as soon as we feel is possible.
ONLINE LEARNING
In Yr7 we will be setting up Seesaw in order to post work, homework, music lesson and home-school communication..
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
HEALTH
HYGIENE
BREAK/LUNCH
UNIFORM
BEHAVIOUR
COMMUNICATION
Finally it is important that you give your child time to settle back into the school routine. Their well-being is of utmost importance. We will all be working together to prepare them as best we can for their transfer tests but it is all about balance. Enjoying their clubs, hobbies and interests outside of school is very important and should be encouraged.
This year will be challenging for all of us but we together we can make the most of it.
Mrs M Dolan Mr N McGinn
VP & Yr7 Teacher Yr 7 Teacher
KS2 Coordinator