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Our dyslexia specialist teacher, V Locke, has provided these links to help support your child if they have dyslexia.
What can I do at home to help my child?

What is dyslexia?

There are lots of helpful articles here.

Strictly's AJ and brother Curtis Pritchard have become Ambassadors for the British Dyslexia Association

Holly Willoughby talks about her experience of dyslexia.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Graphics topics and activities.

Ensure your child is being proactive in their approach to the work and have access either to a laptop or a paper copy of the resources.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Triple Science topics and activities.

Helping students to understand questions – Also encouraging students to retake tests to improve their knowledge.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Technology topics and activities.

Ensure your child is being proactive in their approach to the work and have access either to a laptop or a hard copy of the resources.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Technology topics and activities.

Ensure your child is being proactive in their approach to the work and have access either to a laptop or a hard copy of the resources.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Food Science topics and activities.

Ensure your child is working on the tasks at the allocated time.

Provide technical support using laptops etc.

If possible, include your child in any practical cooking activities to ensure their skills are being practised.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Music topics and activities.

Support your child with the download and installation of Musescore. Listen to your child’s compositions. Have a conversation with them. Why did they make the decisions they have? What techniques have they used? How does their work relate to the learning they have done in school?

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Technology topics and activities.

Ensure your child is being proactive in their approach to the work and have access either to a laptop or a paper copy of the resources.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Health & Social Care topics and activities.

Parents / Carers can support their children by ensuring that the work is being completed.

They can also ask questions about the work and take a general interest in what they are doing.

Parents/ Carers may well find that a lot of what is being studied is very relevant simply to understanding how children grow and develop – as parents/ carers you will have valuable experience with this and examples you can share with your child.

Parents/ Carers can also offer technical support with accessing the website and Teams, or collecting work from school and also supporting their child in getting the work back to the teacher by the appropriate method.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 ICT topics and activities.

Students can be encouraged to complete the work and upload it via Microsoft Teams.

You can check their progress by asking them questions about their work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Computer Science topics and activities.

Students can be encouraged to complete the work and upload it via Microsoft Teams.

You can check their progress by asking them questions about their work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Drama topics and activities.

Watch the performance of Lyrically Speaking and I Love You Mum, I Promise I Won’t Die, with your child and question them on the acting skills and techniques they thought were or were not effective in the performance. Read student responses to ensure the PEELAV structure has been used consistently and effectively.
Contact the class teacher if there are any misunderstandings.
This is a practice for Component 1 coursework which students will begin at the start of Year 10.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Art topics and activities.

Encourage students to photographs their work using their phones or a camera so that teachers can give feedback. If students are describing what they have done, and teachers do not have a visual it is very difficult for the teacher to be able to give appropriate and worthwhile feedback.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Child Development topics and activities.

Parents can track students to ensure they are not exceeding the deadline, they can also assist them with the internet research

Ensure that students respond effectively to the written feedback their teacher has given them.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Business Enterprise topics and activities.

Students should be encouraged to complete the work and upload it via Microsoft Teams where possible.

You can check their progress by asking questions about their work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Statistics topics and activities.

Check your child has completed their weekly Mathswatch assignment. Encourage students to follow a set timetable in order to have a routine.

Watch the videos with their child to help answer any questions and become familiar with the content themselves.

Contact the relevant Stats teacher if there are any problems accessing the work

Encourage their child to visit other websites that support learning at GCSE. In particular:

https://corbettmaths.com
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk
https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/
https://www.savemyexams.co.uk

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Sport Science topics and activities.

Ensure your child is working on the tasks at the allocated time, and that they have been completing the work set.

Provide additional support by encouraging your child to help with meal preparation and cooking to improve their understanding of nutrition.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Photography topics and activities.

Encourage students to photograph their work using their phones or a camera so that teachers can give feedback. If students are describing what they have done, and teachers do not have a visual it is very difficult for the teacher to be able to give appropriate and worthwhile feedback.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Food Science topics and activities.

Ensure your child is working on the tasks at the allocated time.

Provide technical support using laptops etc.

If possible, include your child in any practical cooking activities to ensure their skills are being practised.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 French/Spanish topics and activities.

Encourage their child to complete the set tasks every week and to email their French/Spanish teacher if there is a problem.

The tasks are left open online for the full week so they can complete them at a different time to what it states on their timetable if needed.

Online translators/ Dictionaries are not helpful for these tasks. Please encourage your child to use the ‘lightbulb’ icon if they are struggling.

Languages take time! It’s more important to try your best and give it a go than to get 100% correct!

If your child wants to improve their Spanish/French further there are an additional list of cultural tasks on the school website, including recommended films and music.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Textiles topics and activities.

Encourage your child to photograph their work using their phones or a camera so that teachers can give feedback. If students are describing what they have done, and teachers do not have a visual it is very difficult for the teacher to be able to give appropriate and worthwhile feedback.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Drama topics and activities.

Watch the performance of the National Theatre’s Treasure Island with your child,

Question your child on the acting skills and techniques they thought were or were not effective in the performance

Read work to ensure the PEELAV structure has been used consistently and effectively

Supply resources to help you child demonstrate their technical creativity in making set, costume and mask designs.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Drama topics and activities.

Watch the performance of the National Theatre’s Treasure Island with your child

Question your child on the acting skills and techniques they thought were or were not effective in the performance,

Read work to ensure the PEELAV structure has been used consistently and effectively

Supply resources to help your child demonstrate their technical creativity in making set, costume and mask designs.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 History topics and activities.

Encourage students to complete their work in as much detail as possible.

Ensure students are completing all wok using their revision guides and BBC Bitesize.

Encourage students to complete challenge tasks and ask questions if they do not understand anything.

Question students on their learning to ensure they have understood the work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Geography topics and activities.

Parents can support their children by ensuring that the work is being completed and any assistance needed can be emailed to the relevant teacher.

Further support on this topic can be obtained here.

Students are encouraged to watch programmes that relate to coastlines and coastal processes.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Citizenship topics and activities.

Ensure students have sufficient time for/access to internet research

Discuss weekly quiz questions with students

Check Mr Davies’ revision guide for Theme B uploaded to the Files – Class Files section of the Citizenship Year 9 class Team

Purchase Revise Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Citizenship Studies Revision Guide and Workbook

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Religious Studeis topics and activities.

Parents can track students to ensure they are not exceeding the deadline.

Assist them with the internet research.

Ensure that students respond effectively to the written feedback their teacher has given them.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 PE topics and activities.

Encourage your child to be as active as possible, completing a minimum of three exercise sessions per week. Show support by taking part in the sessions with your child, you might enjoy it more than you think!

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Science topics and activities.

Help your child to understand the questions.

Cncouraging students to retake Educake tests to improve their knowledge.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 Maths topics and activities.

Encourage your child to complete the weekly MathsWatch assignment set by the teacher and encourage students to follow a set timetable in order to have a routine.

Watch the videos with their child to help answer any questions and become familiar with the content themselves.

Contact the relevant maths teacher if there are any problems accessing the work.

Encourage their child to visit other websites that support learning at GCSE. In particular:
https://corbettmaths.com
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk
https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/
https://www.savemyexams.co.uk

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Familiarise yourself with the Y9 English topics and activities.

English Language

Check your child has completed theirBedrock vocabulary and IXL work

Reading has the greatest single impact on student progress in this subject. Please encourage students to read widely and often (30 minutes).

Please also offer to read students’ writing. Suggest changes and play the role of editor.

English Literature

Please support by engaging in the reading of the text with students. This shared reading and the discussion it generates helps students to verbalise their understanding of the text.

Encouraging students to research ideas that they may be encountering for the first time is also helpful.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 PE topics and activities.

Encourage your child to be physically active for at least 30 minutes, 3 times per week. This can be through any form of exercise, walking, running, skipping, dancing etc.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Music topics and activities.

Provide support with technology where needed.

Have a conversation about your experience of how music affects movies.

Where there are listening tasks, listen to the music with your child and discuss their findings with them.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Art topics and activities.

Ensure that students have the correct basic equipment, such as pencils, colouring pencils, erasers, sharpeners, rulers etc... these are also available at school reception.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Social Studies topics and activities.

Track students to ensure they are not exceeding the deadline, they can also assist them with the internet research and finally

Ensure that students respond effectively to the written feedback their teacher has given them.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 History topics and activities.

Encourage students to complete their work in as much detail as possible and neatly.

Ensure students are creative with their posters.

Ask students to point out key points of learning from watching War Horse.

Encourage students to challenge themselves.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Geography topics and activities.

Encourage students to complete their work by promoting independent research via appropriate websites.

Parents can encourage the students to watch programmes on the topic of coastlines.

If possible, depending on changes to the lock down, parents could take their children to a coastal area to safely observe some of the features and processes covered by this unit of work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 French/Spanish topics and activities.

Encourage their child to complete the set tasks every week and to email their French/Spanish teacher if there is a problem.

The tasks are left open online for the full week so they can complete them at a different time to what it states on their timetable if needed.

Online translators/ Dictionaries are not helpful for these tasks. Please encourage your child to use the ‘lightbulb’ icon if they are struggling.

Languages take time! It’s more important to try your best and give it a go than to get 100% correct!

If your child wants to improve their Spanish/French further there are an additional list of cultural tasks on the school website, including recommended French films, Spanish films and music.

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How can I help my child?Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Science topics and activities.

Help students to read and understand the questions where possible.

Encourage students to retake Educake tests to achieve 100%.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y8 Maths topics and activities.

Encourage their child to complete the weekly MathsWatch assignment set by the teacher and encourage students to follow a set timetable in order to have a routine

Watch the videos with their child to help answer any questions and become familiar with the content themselves.

Contact the relevant maths teacher if there are any problems accessing the work

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Familiarise yourself with the Y8 English topics and activities.

Listen to your child read. Support with vocabulary development and comprehension.

Complete spelling tests with your child (see KS3 remote learning booklet for lists)

Allow your child to think independently about tasks before support / answers are given.

Check your child’s work for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

Guide your child on Bedrock vocabulary and IXL websites and advise on which units would help them most.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 PE topics and activities.

Encourage your child to be physically active for at least 30 minutes, 3 times per week. This can be through any form of exercise, walking, running, skipping, dancing etc.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Food Science topics and activities.

Ensure your child is working on the tasks at the allocated time.

Provide technical support using laptops etc.

If possible, include your child in any practical cooking activities to ensure their skills are being practised.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Music topics and activities.

Provide support with technology where needed.

Have a conversation about the music you enjoy.

Play your child some of the music you enjoyed when you were their age.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Art topics and activities.

Ensure that students have the correct basic equipment, such as pencils, colouring pencils, erasers, sharpeners, rulers etc... these are also available at school reception.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Social Studies topics and activities.

Track students to ensure they are not exceeding the deadline, they can also assist them with the internet research and finally

Ensure that students respond effectively to the written feedback their teacher has given them.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 History topics and activities.

Encourage students to complete their tasks in as much detail as possible.

Question students on their learning to ensure they understand the topic. Ensure students understand the difference in treatment of inmates across the different prisons based on the location and time period in which they were used.

Encourage students to challenge themselves.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Geography topics and activities.

Encourage students to complete their work by promoting independent research via appropriate websites.

Parents can encourage the students to watch programmes on the topic of rivers.

Parents could take their children to a local river to safely observe some of the features and processes covered by this unit of work.

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Familiarise yourself with the Y7 French/Spanish topics and activities.

Encourage their child to complete the set tasks every week and to email their French/Spanish teacher if there is a problem.

The tasks are left open online for the full week so they can complete them at a different time to what it states on their timetable if needed.

Online translators/ Dictionaries are not helpful for these tasks. Please encourage your child to use the ‘lightbulb’ icon if they are struggling.

Languages take time! It’s more important to try your best and give it a go than to get 100% correct!

If your child wants to improve their Spanish/French further there are an additional list of cultural tasks on the school website, including recommended French films, Spanish films and music.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Science topics and activities.

Help students to read and understand the questions where possible.

Encourage students to retake Educake tests to achieve 100%.

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y7 Maths topics and activities.

Encourage their child to complete the weekly MathsWatch assignment set by the teacher and encourage students to follow a set timetable in order to have a routine

Watch the videos with their child to help answer any questions and become familiar with the content themselves.

Contact the relevant maths teacher if there are any problems accessing the work

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How can I help my child?

Familiarise yourself with the Y7 English topics and activities.

Listen to your child read. Support with vocabulary development and comprehension.

Complete spelling tests with your child (see KS3 remote learning booklet for lists)

Allow your child to think independently about tasks before support / answers are given.

Check your child’s work for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

Guide your child on IXL website and advise on which units would help them most.

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Familiarise yourself with your child's timetable

Encourage your child to complete and submit work.

Encourage your child regularly checks their school email

Have conversations with your child about their learning.

If you do not have ICT access at home, support your child to collect work packs from school. Please request work packs here.