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Bishop Thomas Grant School
Year 7
Essential Information
and Dates for 2014-2015
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Key Dates
Autumn Term 2014
Term Begins:
Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Term Ends:
Friday 19th December 2014
Half Term:
Monday 27th October – Friday 31st October 2014
Whole School Carol Service:
Wednesday 17th December 2014 – 7pm,
at St George’s Cathedral
INSET Days:
Monday 1st September 2014
Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Monday 3rd November 2014
Spring Term 2015
Term Begins:
Tuesday 6th January 2015
Term Ends:
Friday 27th March 2015
Half Term:
Monday 16th – Friday 20th February 2015
Year 7 Parents’ Evening:
Thursday 12th February 2015
INSET Day:
Monday 5th January 2015
Summer Term 2015
Term Begins:
Monday 13th April 2015
Term Ends:
Friday 17th July 2015
Half Term:
Monday 25th – Friday 29th May 2015
May Bank Holiday:
Monday 4th May 2015
End of Year Examinations:
Monday 15th June – Thursday 18th June 2015
Sports Day:
Thursday 2nd July 2015
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CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS / KEY STAFF
If you have any queries regarding a subject please contact your son/daughter’s teacher or
the Head of Department.
Mrs Y Connolly
Deputy Headteacher (with
overall responsibility for the
curriculum)
[email protected]
Miss M Murray
[email protected]
Ms R Partleton
Deputy Headteacher (with
overall responsibility for
pastoral issues)
Art & Design Technology
Miss C Lingham
Drama
[email protected]
Mr D Parchot
English
[email protected]
Ms E Wilson
Geography
[email protected]
Mrs S Poole
[email protected]
Mr J Croucher
Music & Gifted and
Talented
History
Ms L Odewale
ICT
[email protected]
Dr E Sini-Spencer
Latin
[email protected]
Mrs Y Connolly
Maths
[email protected]
Mr S Lindsey-Noble
Modern Foreign
Languages
[email protected]
Mr R Shedwick
PE
[email protected]
Mr D O’Donovan
RE
[email protected]
Mr M Todd
Science
[email protected]
Mr P Porter
Special Educational Needs
[email protected]
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YEAR 7 TUTOR TEAM
Mrs A O’Donovan – Head of Year
Tutor Email address:
Group
[email protected]
Mr P Burke
Ms M Maguire
Miss M St Hilaire
Mrs N Durling
Ms D O’Neil
Ms S Guliford
Ms K Hardy
Mr L Waterman-Evans
7AP
7BD
7BE
7BR
7JF
7MC
7MP
7RL
Form Tutor
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
BEFORE SCHOOL, LUNCHTIME AND AFTER SCHOOL
CLUBS & ACTIVITIES
Monday
Before School
Lunch
After school
Basketball
Table Tennis (Girls)
Chess
Eurolab
Drumming
Micro Barbershop
Music (Grade 5 Theory)
Science Club
Football (Dulwich Sports Ground)
Netball
Tuesday
Lunch
After School
Wednesday
Lunch
After School
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Trampolining (Elite)
Production Club (Music)
Barbershop Boys (Audition only)
Baby Barbershop Boys (Audition
only)
History Enthusiasts Club
Year Choir
Table Tennis
Trampolining
Rugby
Orchestra
Netball
Table Tennis (Boys)
Close Harmony Group (Girls –
audition only)
Modern Greek
RE Homework
Football (Girls)
Dance
Table Tennis
Chapel Choir (Auditions only)
Mrs L Palmas
Mr C Pyke
Mr S Hirjee
Mr S Lindsey-Noble
Mr D Buskell
Mr S Beston
Miss L Fugard
Miss J Walburn
Miss F Kelly
Mr P Athans
Mr P Burke
Mr R Shedwick/Mr C
Pyke
Miss C Harvey/Miss
R Gardner
Miss R Wells
Mr J Marrangone
Mr S Beston
Mr H Eagles
Miss S Tice
Mrs S Poole
External Coach
Miss R Gardner
Mr J McCann
Mrs S Poole/Mr H
Eagles
Miss S Andrews
Mr C Pyke
Miss H Eaves
Dr E Sini-Spencer
Mrs K Bennett
Fulham Football Club
Miss M Pokorna
External Coach
Mrs S Poole
Mr S Beston
Mr H Eagles
Thursday
Before School
Lunchtime
Basketball (Girls)
AV Club
Latin Clinic
Guitar Group
Maths Game Club
Film Club
Polish Club
Badminton
Jazz Band
Miss C Harvey
Mr D Buskell
Dr E Sini-Spencer
Mr W Cashel
Mr J Ssebatta
Miss A Hilliard
Miss A Tworek
Miss C Harvey
Miss S Beston
Mr C Prior
Before School
Lunchtime
Fitness Club
Badminton
Training Choir
After School
German Club (Week 2 only)
Cricket
Handball
Mr J McCann
Mr R Shedwick
Ms S Poole
Mr H Eagles
Miss K O’Brien
Mr C Green
Mr R Shedwick
After school
Friday
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THE YEAR 7 TIMETABLE
Students at Bishop Thomas Grant School follow a two week timetable. This enables us to
ensure that all students are taught by specialist subject teachers from Year 7 to Year 13. It
is important that in Year 7, students transfer their timetable to their planner, and it would
be advisable to display your son or daughter’s timetable at home on the refrigerator or a
noticeboard. Whilst many students are very organised, it is our experience that parents
need to check their son or daughter’s timetable in order to make sure that they have
packed the right equipment and that they remember to bring their homework in to school.
Secondary school is a big change for Year 7 as they move away from having a few
teachers in Year 6, to having around 14 different staff each teaching them a different
subject. This is why we ask that parents check that their child is preparing their bag the
night before.
SETTING
We set the children in Year 7. However the setting arrangements vary according to the
subject. Currently, all students are placed into a band upon entry: E, X, Y or N. The
express stream is the top band in Year 7. Below the E band we have the X band, and then
the Y band. The Nurture Group are students who require extra support as they make the
transition from primary to secondary school.
After the students are placed in a band, we set from within these bands. It is not possible
to timetable all of Year 7 to have exactly the same subjects within a band at the same
time, and so some subjects share setting arrangements in X and Y:
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Maths, Science and ICT
English and the Humanities (RE, History and Geography)
Languages and Music
This means that where subjects share that setting, your child will be in that class for all of
these subjects in these clusters.
Students follow a carousel for Art and Design and Technology. They have double lessons
in this subject in order to give them sufficient time to develop new skills. Students rotate on
the carousel every 9 weeks to enable them to work with a different specialist teacher. This
enables the teacher to work within their specialist area e.g. Ceramics, Textiles, Product
Design, Painting etc.
We review the sets each half-term and parents receive a termly grade report at the end of
term showing the progress that their child has made in each of their subjects. At the end of
the year, students will sit exams/complete practical assessments and it is then that we
review the bands for the following academic year. The Headteacher determines any
moves between bands following consultation with staff on all Year 7 students.
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HOMEWORK
Students in Year 7 are expected to spend approximately one hour on each homework task
set and on average students will be set two homeworks per night. In the Arts subjects,
students work towards a project in each unit and so homework here may be preparation or
practice towards this, and will not necessarily be written homework.
Teachers will always seek to give students the appropriate amount of time in order to
complete work to the highest quality. Homework set in one week may be due to be handed
in the following week, in order to give students time at the weekend to complete it in
sufficient detail.
If your son/daughter is struggling to keep up with homework or you think that they are not
receiving enough, please contact Mrs Connolly, the Deputy Headteacher or the relevant
Head of Department.
There are four homework timetables included in this booklet. Each one is specific to your
child’s band.
Your child has been given a pupil login and parent login for showmyhomework in school.
This must be activated within 30 days of being issued or the personalised login will
become inactive. If you have not received this, please contact Mrs Connolly.
Showmyhomework is available as a free app for Apple and Android mobile phones.
Pupils and parents can check the homework set by teachers on our online homework
calendar: https://btg.showmyhomework.co.uk.
Alternatively, if you log on to the school website www.btg.ac and click on the
showmyhomework logo, this will also take you to the calendar.
To check the homework set, please select the year group, subject and class. The online
calendar will also give you access to documents that may have been issued in class or
weblinks to support their learning and revision. If you use your login, this will show you the
homework set specifically for your son/daughter. We recommend that you use your logins.
This login will remain with your child each year and they do not need to be re-issued.
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Year 7 Fortnightly Homework Timetable 2014-15
7 Express (Number of homeworks/subject):
3 x English
3 x Maths
1 x Biology
1 x Chemistry
1 x Physics
2 x RE
2 x Geography
2 x History
2 x French
2 x Latin
2 x Computer Science
2 x Technology/Art carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
23 homeworks across a fortnight – approximately 2 homeworks per night.
homework should take 1 hour.
Each
On days with more than 2 homeworks set, teachers will try to ensure that students have
more than one night in which to complete the work.
7E1
1Mon
1Tues
1Wed
1Thurs
1Fri
Physics Geography English Chemistry English
RE
Maths
Latin
French
TA
2Mon
2Tues
Geography Maths
Computer RE
Science
History
2Wed 2Thurs 2Fri
History Biology English
French Latin
TA
Maths
Computer
Science
7E2
1Mon
1Tues 1Wed
Geography English RE
French
TA
1Thurs 1Fri
2Mon
2Tues 2Wed
Maths
Chemistry Geography English History
Computer Biology
Science
Latin
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History
RE
Maths
Latin
French
Computer
Science
2Thurs
TA
2Fri
English
Physics Maths
Year 7 Fortnightly Homework Timetable 2014-15
7 X band (Number of homeworks/subject):
3 x English (x1/x2/x3)
3 x Maths (x1/x2/x3)
3 x Science (x1/x2/x3)
2 x RE (x1/x2/x3)
2 x ICT (x1/x2/x3)
2 x Geography (x1/x2/x3)
2 x History (x1/x2/x3)
3 x MFL (French/German/Spanish)
2 Technology/Art carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
21 homeworks across a fortnight – approximately 2 homeworks per night. Each homework
should take 1 hour.
On days with more than 2 homeworks set, teachers will try to ensure that students have
more than one night in which to complete the work.
Please note: In some subjects, x1 and x2 may have homework on a different day to x3. In
this situation, the class code (x1/x2/x3) is stated.
1Mon
MFL
1Tues
TA
ICT
x2/x3
History
x2/x3
Science
x2
Maths
x1
Science
1Wed
1Thurs
1Fri
x1/x3
x1 History RE
Maths
English Geography Maths
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Science
2Mon
2Tues 2Wed
2Thurs 2Fri
x1/x3
English History TA
Geography
ICT
x1/x2
Maths
x2 ICT
MFL
RE
Science
x3
English
Science
Year 7 Fortnightly Homework Timetable 2014-15
7 Y band (Number of homeworks/subject):
3 x English (y1/y2)
3 x Maths (y1/y2)
3 x Science (y1/y2)
2 x RE (y1/y2)
2 x ICT (y1/y2)
2 x Geography (y1/y2)
2 x History (y1/y2)
2 x MFL (French/German/Spanish)
2 x Technology/Art carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
21 homeworks across a fortnight – approximately 2 homeworks per night. Each
homework should take 1 hour. On days with more than 2 homeworks set, teachers will try
to ensure that students have more than one night in which to complete the work.
Please note: In some subjects, y1 may have homework on a different day to y2. In this
situation, the class code (y1/y2) is stated.
1Mon
1Tues
1Wed
Y1
TA
MFL
Geography
Y2 History Science ICT
Y1 English
Y2
English
Maths
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Y2
Maths
1Thurs 1Fri
English Y1 History
Y1
Maths
2Mon
2Tues 2Wed
2Thurs 2Fri
Y2
TA
Geography ICT
MFL
English
Y2
Y1
RE
Y1 English Science History
Geography Science
Y2
Maths
Science
RE
Year 7 Fortnightly Homework Timetable 2014-15
7 N band (Number of homeworks/subject):
3 x English
3 x Maths
3 x Science
2 x RE
2 x ICT
2 x Geography
2 x History
2 x MFL (French/German (De) /Spanish)
2 x Technology/Art carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
21 homeworks across a fortnight – approximately 2 homeworks per night. Each homework
should take 1 hour. On days with more than 2 homeworks set, teachers will try to ensure
that students have more than one night in which to complete the work.
1Mon
Science
1Tues
TA
1Wed
MFL
Geography History Maths
1Thurs 1Fri
2Mon
2Tues
RE
Maths Science TA
English
ICT
English
2Wed
ICT
2Thurs 2Fri
RE
MFL
Geography Science History
English
Maths
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