Dear Parents/Guardians
Building on from last year, students will, in the first half-term, be setting SMART targets for each of their subjects after a conversation with their teachers. The accountability of goal setting encourages students to look back over their previous successes and failures, evaluating areas they need to improve.
Students can revisit SMART targets and how to set them in their diaries. To further support students, sessions will be delivered in year group assemblies, Learning For Life lessons and tutor time. Time will be set aside on a regular basis in tutor times for students to discuss, write and reflect on the development and achievement of their academic and personal goals. Targets will be set in the students’ diaries, and parents may wish to have a conversation with their children about them.
Please see the following dates for when students will set and review targets and for the Information Evenings offered to parents on Target setting and Report Guidance.
Dates for students to set targets and reviews:
Guidance on Student Target Setting: 30th August to 10th September
Student Target setting: 13th to 24th September
Year 7-9 Review 1:Â 17th to 28 January
Year 10 & 11 Review 1 – 29th November to 9th December
Year 12 & 13 Review 1- 1st to 9th December
Year 7-9 Review 2: 19th to 29th April
Year 10-13 Review 2: 28th February – 14th March
Dates for Parent Information Sessions:
8 September 2021 – Year 7: Settling into Year 7, Target Setting and Report Guidance
13 September 2021 – Year 11: IGCSE exams, Target Setting, Report Guidance and Options process
14 September 2021 – Year 9: Options process, Report Guidance and Target Setting
16 September 2021 – Year 12: Settling into Year 12 (AS), Target Setting and Report Guidance
20 September 2021 – Year 10: Settling into Year 10 IGCSE, Target Setting and Report Guidance
30 September 2021 – Year 8: General Guidance, Report Guidance and Target Setting
20 October 2021 – Year 13: Report Guidance and Target Setting
Kind Regards
Ms. Karen Hartcher
Assistant Head of Secondary (Pastoral)