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Year 7

Welcome to Year 7

I’m Mr C Cowley and

I will be helping

with your transition

at Burford School.

BURFORD SCHOOL

Burford School Year 7 Vision

‘To provide the educational and social platform for students to become proud members of

Burford School whilst flourishing academically, thriving socially and growing emotionally

within a holistic learning community’

Aims Provide the base to achieve outstanding academic results.

Make certain the transition between primary to secondary is smooth, stimulating and

enjoyable.

Ensure an all-embracing, friendly and comprehensive induction process is completed.

Provide continuous outstanding pastoral support.

Celebrate achievement with all students making progress in every aspect of school life.

The Four Cornerstones of Year 7

The Four cornerstones of Year 7 are the key values within the year that Burford School would

like the students to embrace, build upon and become familiar with, to enable the students to

flourish, feel happy and help others achieve as well as themselves.

These Four Cornerstones are:

1. Honour

2. Ambition

3. Tolerance 4. Empathy

These Cornerstones will form the focus of assemblies, school weeks and form times for Year 7 students.

Honour Ambition

Tolerance Empathy

“ToprovidetheeducationalandsocialplatformforstudentstobecomeproudmembersofBurfordSchoolwhilstflourishing,thrivingsociallyandgrowingemotionallywithinaholisticlearningcommunity”

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Registration in Tutor Time and Assemblies

Tuesday and Wednesday are Assembly Days whilst all other days will be Tutor Time.

One Assembly is in the Sports Hall

One Assembly is in the Gym

Registration will be in your tutor room with your tutor

SRB’s are checked each

Uniform is checked every day

Attendance and behaviour are discussed

Quizzes and other fun things will happen in this time too

8.50-9.50

Period 1

9.50-10.50

Period 2

10.50-11.10

BREAK -TIME

During Break you can go to the canteen to buy some food or sit with your friends on the benches outside. This is also a chance to see your teacher if you need to speak to them.

11.10-12.10

Period 3

12.10-1.00

Period 4

Lunch

LUNCHTIME In this time you will be able to either buy food from the canteen, eat your packed lunch in the West Dining Room, eat outside, play on the Year 7 & 8 field, socialise with friends or go and catch up with teachers if you need to.

2.00-3.00

Period 5

At 3.00, it is time to go home or you may stay behind to join in some extra -curricular activities. A l ist of these will be in your form room. The Library will be open until 4.30pm should you wish to complete some

homework. You may be asked to spend time with teachers completing work or homework you should have done at another time. Buses leave from outside the Sports Hall at 3.10pm.

The school day is very

busy! This is what

happens…

The School Day

There will be times that

you may need some help.

Here are some things to

help you.

If I am late? Go to Reception and sign in.

If I have lost something? Go the Reception and see Mrs Laing.

If I feel ill? Tell your teacher who will sign your SRB, then go to the Medical Office and see

Mrs Smith.

If I am absent? Your parents/guardians need to Ring or Email

Mrs Marshall before 8.30am every day you are

absent.

Bring in a note to your form tutor when you

come back in to school.

Parents – Contact the school at any time if you have any queries.

Ask to speak to your child’s Form Tutor or Head of Year.

Telephone: 01993 823303 Email: office@burford.oxon.sch.uk

What do to if?

For further information on where to buy the uniform, please

see the school website or parent

pack handed out at the information evening

Frequently Asked Questions

How many pupils will there be in a tutor group?

Tutor groups in Year 7 will average 30 students per form group.

How are students grouped in Year 7?

Students will be in their tutor group for all lessons except Mathematics where they will be placed into sets and Design Technology where they will be mixed ability small groups.

How will my child be rewarded at school?

We operate a House Point rewards system which students gain for hard work, positive contributions and achievement. There are many other ways in which we celebrate positive contributions such as certificates,

letters home, and telephone calls.

How much homework will they get?

Students can be set around one hour per night.

What is the policy on Mobile Devices

Mobile devices may be brought to school but they cannot be used from 8:30am until 3:00pm.

Those frequently

asked questions and answers to these…

Transport

http://www.burford.oxon.sch.uk/

Information for all transport to

school

Bus Buddy Name

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Your Bus Number

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Your Bus Driver’s Name

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Places That You Will Need To Know

The Gym (where HOY assemblies happen)

Sports fixtures board

Reception

The Main Hall

Library The Learning Zone

Boarding At Burford

Burford School is unique in that it is the only State Boarding School in Oxfordshire and the surrounding area

and it makes our school a very special place! The Boarding House an integral part of the school and is situated at the bottom of the High Street. There are about 100 Boarding Students live in the house which is split into two halves, a girls’ side and a boys’ side.

The students are looked after by a team of staff who also live on-site. There are also extra duty staff who help with activities, trips and the day-to-day organisation of looking after so many students. The boarding

students go out every weekend to places such as the Cinema, Paintballing, Go-Karting and Thorpe Park. One student even keeps her pony at the nearby stables so keeping everyone busy at the weekend is easy!

Boarding students come from all over the world, there are students from places as far afield as America, Mauritius and Hong Kong but also students that live a relatively short distance from school such as Chipping Norton, Oxford or London.

Housemistress

Mrs Kaaber

The Boarding House was the original site of the

Grammar School founded in 1571.

Where Can I Get Food?

One of the most important questions I know you really want the answer

to.

Food can be purchased at – Breakfast (08:00 – 08:20), Break (10.50-11.10) and Lunch (13.10-14.00)

If you would like something quick, such as a sausage roll or biscuit, you can visit the CANTEEN.

If you would like more choice, to have a full hot meal, sandwich, salad or soup, you can visit Mrs Black, our Head Chef, in the Canteen.

Main Meals,

Sandwiches and

Pasta

Popcorn and other

tasty treats

Cold drinks,

Fruit and

Salad

3 stands of

food types to

choose from

Where Can I Eat The Food I Have?

There are a number of places in the

school where you can sit and eat your packed lunch or cold food from the

restaurant.

Over the summer, you need to ensure you get the essentials you need for

your first day. Here is a handy checklist.

What Do I Need On My First Day?

Item

Black/Blue Ink Pens (Make sure you buy a few)

HB Pencil

Colouring Pencils

Pencil Case

Ruler

Compass

Protractor

Pencil Sharpener

Rubber

Scientific Calculator

School Bag

These items can be bought from all stationery

shops or supermarkets such as Tesco or

Sainsburys. Burford School also sells

stationery. My advice is not to buy the cheapest as you will be sharpening your pencils a lot!!

Who’s Who?

There are over 150 members of staff here at

Burford! Don’t worry, you won’t have to remember them all. Here are some to get you

started.

Mrs K Haig Headteacher

Mr C Cowley Head of Year 7

Miss C Skerten

Assistant Headteacher

Pastoral

Mrs H Marshall Attendance Officer

Mrs Laing Reception

To save you getting bored over the

summer, I have put together some

activities for you. If you do not use your

brain during the summer you will find it

hard to settle to work when you start

school in September. The following pages

of work are NOT compulsory and isn’t

homework but something that you can

work on over the summer.

Activities Over The Summer…

Locate the following places on the map and find a fact on each place, the total population of each and also which County it is in.

CORK

NORWICH

STIRLING

NEWCASTLE

CANTERBURY

LEICESTER

PLYMOUTH

LIVERPOOL

SWANSEA

Geography and Maths

Maths

Answers:

MATHS

English

Writing about your favourite

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Use the internet or draw a picture of a symbol from one of the major religions of the world.

Describe what it is

Which religion is it from?

Why is it important to that religion?

Give 3 facts about the religion you have chosen

Religious Education

Drama and ICT

In Pairs - Have a conversation where each sentence begins with the next letter of the alphabet.

This may seem difficult at first, but improves with practice. If you get stuck, you can also use sounds to start a sentence, for example ‘Mmmm’ or ‘tut-tut’. Here is an example:

A: Anyone seen my cat? B: Black one, with funny eyes?

A: Can’t say I remember. B: Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten what it looks like?

A: Every cat looks the same to me. B: Fortunately, I found one yesterday

A: Gee, that’s great!

* You could also try beginning somewhere in the middle of the alphabet. Then when you reach ‘Z’, return to ‘A’ until you arrive back where you started .

* Try setting the scene or location before you start.

* It’s great for car journeys too!

Can you give some examples of both

of these?

Answers:

Spanish

Colour in the SPANISH flag

Find the names of 10 cities or towns in Spain and mark them on the map

Choose one of the cities and find out 3 facts about it

City

Fact 1

Fact 2

Fact 3

List some food which are Spanish specialities

Safety in the Science Laboratory is very important. Write your own set of rules for safety

and give reasons why these rules are important.

Rule Reason

Tie hair back To prevent hair catching fire when using Bunsen burners

Design your own Science safety poster in the box below

Science

Science

Important Bits

Here is some useful information and an extra thing you could do over the summer

Entering School

The Main Entrance is at the

front of the school. It is

really important not to be

dropped off here but follow

the one way system around

the side of the school.

The front of school has signs saying ‘One Way’

Important Bits

Timetables

At the start of each year you will be given a timetable that tells you what subject you have each lesson, where

the lesson will be taught and the initials of the teacher who will teach you. You will be expected to copy it into your SRB and to follow it each day.

The Learning Zone

The Learning Zone supports lots students within Year 7 in both an academic and pastoral way. It runs

additional support sessions to help all students achieve their very best. It also offers somewhere quiet at

break and lunchtime for you to go to eat your lunch or access support at the homework club. There are

lots of wonderful Teaching Assistants there to help you, who will also support you in lessons, run the

additional support and help you through the first few weeks of your transition to Burford School.

The timetable you will have is a TWO WEEK timetable where it has a WEEK 1 and a WEEK 2. Each

week will have a different set of lessons so it is really important you are organised with which lessons

you have on each day.

The initials shown on your lessons are the initials of the teachers who will teach you those lessons.

WEEK 1

WEEK 2

Guess Who?

For 5 house points in

September, see if you can find out who these teachers

are and what subject they

teach.

TEACHER:

SUBJECT: TEACHER:

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Current Year 7 Top Tips

Current Year 7 Top Tips

Try to learn where the classrooms are as soon as you can

Wear a watch

Be on time for everything you need to be

Be confident

Try your best in everything

Be friendly

Always have your SRB signed

Always be organised

Try and get involved with everything you can

Pack your bag the night before