Ensure you as parents have the information you require to support your daughters through this year

Ensure you as parents have the information you require to support your daughters through this year To ensure channels of communication are open and clear To think ahead to future pathways and options

Our new Year 8 Logo: Head of Year Miss Ramsay cramsay@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Deputy Head of Year Miss Haggis ehaggis@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

8DX Mrs Callaghan and Mrs House-Lee 8EX Mrs Tomassi 8RX Miss Krajniewski 8SX Miss Lacey 8DY Mrs Muslia-Abbes 8EY Miss Reilly (and Mrs Martin) 8RY Mrs Turner 8SY Mrs McKee and Mrs White

Participation - joining in and giving 100% +. Supporting and respecting each other. To help others within the school. Celebrating success in and out of school! To value individuals and support each other. Confidence to challenge each student and enable them to gain confidence. Opportunities Provide students with opportunities to succeed.

The expectations have not changed. However the bar has been risen. Students have greater responsibility. Attendance Effort Uniform Tutor Time Don t wait for opportunities create them!

Student Home School

Attendance Good attendance plays a crucial role in attainment and progress Planners Challenges Uniform Communication

Success Concerns Questions

8DX Mrs Callaghan and Mrs House-Lee 8EX Mrs Tomassi 8RX Miss Krajniewski 8SX Miss Lacey 8DY Mrs Muslia-Abbes 8EY Miss Reilly 8RY Mrs Turner 8SY Mrs McKee and Mrs White Email: Initial and Surname @rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

5 th October Harvest Festival 19 th October House Netball 9 th November House Football

Rosebery News Website Twitter Parent Mail Planners Tutors Head of Year Miss Ramsay cramsay@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Deputy Head of Year Miss Haggis ehaggis@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

Students in Year 8 receive 30 minutes per week for each of the core subjects that they study and 30 minutes once a fortnight for the other subjects.

AWOL

What is AWOL

The iceberg illusion

What does it look like at Rosebery? KS3 Learning Phase Launching Establishing Developing Consolidating Securing Accomplishing Mastering When work is assessed and student achievement reported these stages will be fine graded as follows: KS3 Learning Phase Rosebery Grade Code Equivalent GCSE Grades Launching Establishing Developing Consolidating Securing Accomplishing Mastering L1 L2 L3 E1 E2 E3 D1 D2 D3 C1 C2 C3 S1 S2 S3 A1 A2 A3 M1 M2 M3 0(U) 1(G) 1(G) 1(G) 2(F) 2(F) 2(F) 3(E) 3(E) 3(D) 4(D) 4(C) 4(C) 5(C+) 5(C+) By the end of KS3 some students will have completed Mastery in an element, they will then be awarded a stage beyond Mastery linked to their indicative GCSE performance as outlined below: 1. Mastery Grade 6 2. Mastery Grade 7 3. Mastery Grade 8 4. Mastery Grade 9 Mastering + MG6 MG7 MG8 MG9 6(B) 7(A) 8(A*) 9(A**)

GCSE Ready?

Reporting to Parents

Informative progress data Allow students to make more rapid progress from Primary School at KS3 Allow students and parents/carers to understand the different elements that lead to success and achievement in a particular subject area. Allow students and parents/carers to monitor the progress a student is making in each of those elements. Make informed choices for the future.

KS2 MATHS Header Flightpath? Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 New GCSE Fine Grades New GCSE Grades Base Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Final Grade (Fine) Final Grade MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 6a A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 6b S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 6c S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 5a S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 5b C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 5c C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4a C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 4b D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 4c D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 3a D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 3b E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 3c E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 2a E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 2b L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 2c L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 B L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1

KS2APS Header Reality? Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 New GCSE Fine Grades New GCSE Grades Base Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Final Grade (Fine) Final Grade MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 MG9 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 MG8 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 MG7 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 MG6 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 M3 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 M1 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 6a A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 6b S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 6c S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 5a S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 5b C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 5c C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4a C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 4b D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 4c D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 3a D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 3b E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 3c E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 2a E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 2b L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 L3 2c L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 B L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1

Key Focus for Year 8 END OF KS3 Year 10 Year 11 New GCSE Fine Grades New GCSE Grades The more progress you can make up the new AWOL Mastery assessment model, the more likely you are to be successful in that subject at GCSE. Y9 Summer Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Final Grade (Fine) MG9 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A MG9 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B 9B MG8 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C 9C MG8 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A 8A MG8 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B 8B MG7 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C 8C MG7 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A 7A MG6 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B 7B MG6 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C 7C MG6 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A M3 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B M2 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C M1 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A A3 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B A2 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C A1 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A S3 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B S2 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C S1 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A C3 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B C2 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C C1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A D3 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B D2 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C D1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A E3 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B E2 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C E1 L3 L2 L1 Final Grade Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1

GCSE may be rebranded Your daughters will sit new GCSEs scored as 9-1 rather than A*-G Less coursework, more rigorous exams Linear courses requiring more rote learning and memory recall We have to prepare for this now

Students will choose their options this academic year 3 year KS4 with Year 9 being a transition year KS4 Option booklet and Curriculum booklet 4 GCSE options Provisional Dates 10 th March Options Evening Parents Evening 14 th and 21 st April Options deadline 29 th April

Mrs Gardner KS3 English and Whole School Literacy Coordinator dgardner@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

Mrs Gardner KS3 English and Whole School Literacy Coordinator dgardner@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

Science- The Curriculum Header In Year 8 students will develop their understanding of Biological, Chemical and Physical concepts (studying modules of each). Assessment takes the form of end of unit tests and specific assessed activities throughout the module. Biology Chemistry Physics Microbes Atoms Systems and Health Microbes Atoms and Elements Compounds and Mixtures Electricity and Electromagnetism Heating and Cooling Ecology Rocks and Weathering Sound and Hearing Electromagnetism Science Club runs on Friday lunchtime in C7. Students are encouraged to develop their investigation skills and work towards the Crest Award.

How can we work together to support your daughter? Header Spend 10 minutes reading through previous work with your daughter. Have high expectations of your daughters work and progress. Ensure that your daughter completes homework and practises examination questions presented in her booklet. Read and discuss academic literature e.g. Biological Sciences Review / Physics Review / Chemistry Review (Phillip Alan).

Heads of Biology, Chemistry and Physics Header ckent@rosebery.surry.sch.uk khayes@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk omcdonnell@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Progress leader: Mr Busby rbusby@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk Director of Science: sward@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk

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