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Personal Development Groups
All Year 7 students are placed in a Personal Development group and there are 7 groups in total. Students spend the first 25 minutes of every morning with their Personal Development group and each day has a different focus – Communication, PiXL Edge, Reading, PSHE and Assembly. We try to ensure a mix of boys and girls from a number of primary schools as well as some familiar faces. These groups are NOT ability-based and we use the information we receive from primary schools to group students; however, sometimes we may have a smaller group where we are aware of attendance issues and the Personal Development Tutor works closely with those students to overcome any potential barriers and improve attendance.
Teaching Groups
Year 7 students are placed in sets for Maths and Science, and also for English which then determines their sets for History, Geography, Religious Studies, Spanish and Computing. These sets are based on the information that we receive from the primary school; however we also carry out our own baseline testing during the first half-term (including CATs) and teaching groups may change as a result of these.
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Equipment
Students are expected to have the following equipment:
Two pens (blue or black Biro)
Purple pen (Biro)
Two pencils
Pencil sharpener
Eraser
Ruler- 30cm (marked in mms and cms)
Protractor
Compass
Scientific calculator
Glue stick
Whiteboard pen
Highlighter
We also recommend that students have:
A compact English dictionary
A mini whiteboard
Set of coloured pencils (felt tips are not recommended