Return to school expectations.

Dear parent/carer

As we plan to return to school after the Easter holidays we are seeking your support in reminding your young person of our normal school expectations as we enter the summer term. These have been shared with you and students recently but we hope that this holiday period will allow you some time and opportunity to revisit the school expectations and indeed to allow you the opportunity to visit shops as they reopen to ensure students are in full school uniform and fully equipped for learning.

Please take the time to watch the short video below for further information.



As always thank you for your support

Chaucer School

Y11 Students Uniform

Year 11 students– as we are moving towards the end of the academic year, Chaucer school would like to ensure uniform standards are maintained with the highest expectations whilst at the same time applying an understanding and reasonable approach regarding Y11 students and their remaining time in school. With this in mind, we would like to share some reasonable adjustments to our school uniform policy for Y11 students only.

All Y11 students are expected to wear the following:

  • A white shirt and school tie.
  • Chaucer school blazer should be worn if students have an appropriately fitted blazer. Where this is not the case, students in Y11 can substitute their blazer for a blue or black jumper/sweatshirt without a hood.  
  • Chaucer grey trousers or skirt should be worn where possible. If this is not possible then black trousers or skirt can be substituted. No jeans, ripped jeans or tracksuit bottoms allowed.
  • Footwear should be all black. No white or multicoloured footwear will be allowed.
  • No hoodies or outdoor coats/jackets can be worn in lessons.

 

 

   

Students in Years &, 8 & 9 will begin to access their live lessons from Monday 25th January. All students will be starting from week 1.

From Monday 25th January students can expect to receive five emails a day, from the members of staff who are due to teach them that day. Each email will include a link to the Microsoft Live Event, any resources or materials required to complete the lesson, and any further instructions as necessary.

Please see the timetables below for each year group.

Year 7

Year 7 Week 1 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday English Science RE   Maths IT
Tuesday Music PE French   Geography English
Wednesday Maths Science English   History French
Thursday Art DT Science   Geography Maths
Friday English Maths History   PE Drama
             
Year 7 Week 2 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday English Science Music   Maths IT
Tuesday RE DT French   Geography English
Wednesday Maths Science English   History French
Thursday Geography DT Science   Art Maths
Friday English Maths History   PE Drama

Year 8

Year 8 Week 1 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday Maths English DT   Science Geography
Tuesday French IT PE   English Maths
Wednesday Science Music French   Maths English
Thursday History Maths English   Geography RE
Friday History Drama Art   Science DT
             
Year 8 Week 2 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday Maths English IT   Science Geography
Tuesday French PE Drama   English Maths
Wednesday Science Music French   Maths English
Thursday PE Maths English   History Geography
Friday History PE Art   Science DT

Year 9

Year 9 Week 1 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday DT Music Maths   English French
Tuesday Geography Maths History   RE IT
Wednesday Art English Maths   Science PE
Thursday English Science History   Drama French
Friday Music Science English   Geography Maths
             
Year 9 Week 2 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Lunch/ Life Period 4 Period 5
Monday DT PE Maths   English French
Tuesday Geography Maths History   RE IT
Wednesday Art English Maths   Science PE
Thursday English Science History   Geography French
Friday DT Science English   Drama Maths

 


Options Presentation for Parents

Options Presentation for Students

Presentation for Blue Pathway Students

BTEC Sport

BTEC ICT

Citizenship Option

Computer Science Option

Create Option - Art, Drama, Music and DT

French Option

Geography Option

History Option

Vocational - BTEC awards - Enterprise, Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, Creative Media and Child Development.

 

Home Study Extra Resources

Students can access the resources below, these are additional to work set on our Home Study pages.

Extra Online Home study resources for Year 10 and Year 11

Exam board

Subject

AQA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Language

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language-8700

English Literature

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-8702

Art

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201-8206

French

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-firsts/music-2013-nqf.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

WJEC/ Eduqas

Computer Science

https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/qualification-resources.html?subject=ComputerScience&level=GCSE&pastpaper=true

Engineering

https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/qualification-resources.html?subject=engineering&level=Level12AwardNQF

Hospitality

https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/qualification-resources.html?subject=hospitalityAndCatering&level=Level12AwardNQF

Edexcel

Pearson

Citizenship

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/citizenship-studies-2016.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FSpecification-and-sample-assessments

 

Drama

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/drama-2016.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FSpecification-and-sample-assessments

 

BTEC Business Enterprise

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/enterprise.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

BTEC Creative Media Production

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/creative-media-production.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

BTEC Digital ICT

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/digital-information-technology.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

BTEC Health and Social Care

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/health-and-social-care.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

BTEC Music

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-firsts/music-2013-nqf.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

 

BTEC Sport

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-firsts/sport-2012-nqf.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-UK:Category%2FExternal-assessments

OCR

Child Development

https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/child-development-level-1-2-j818/

Dual Science

https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/gateway-science-suite-combined-science-a-j250-from-2016/

Maths

https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/mathematics-j560-from-2015/

History

https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/history-b-schools-history-project-j411-from-2016/assessment/

Geography

https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/geography-b-geography-for-enquiring-minds-j384-from-2016/assessment/

 

Extra Online Home study resources for all year groups


General website for All subjects

BBC Bitesize – Great website for all subjects to review and test knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z98jmp3

S-COOL – Another website that allows students to review all subjects and test subject knowledge

https://s-cool.co.uk/gcse/

Easy Excel - Microsoft Excel is one of the most used software applications of all time. Hundreds of millions of people around the world use Microsoft Excel. You can use Excel to enter all sorts of data and perform financial, mathematical or statistical calculations.

https://www.excel-easy.com/

Subjects specific sites;

Science

You tube – You tube has loads of tutorials to help with ideas and concepts that need to be reviewed. The following are ‘channels’ that have effective videos;

MyGCSEscience – Videos that are AQA specific. https://www.youtube.com/user/myGCSEscience/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=9

FreeScienceLessons – Videos are AQA specific and broken down into paper 1 and paper 2 and required practical’s.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqbOeHaAUXw9Il7sBVG3_bw/playlists

Malmesbury Science – Videos go through all required practical’s that students have learnt through their GCSE and could be asked about in their exams. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TM-z1-tmX1iK_H4SxVhww

Maths Websites

My maths – Students have log in details for this. Activities can be set by a teacher or the students can go on and do activities themselves. www.mymaths.co.uk

Corbet Maths – This has videos and worksheets that will help your child through their Science GCSE. www.corbetmaths.com

Mr Barton’s Maths - This website allows for topic revision, practice question, video tutorials and worked examples to help with revision. www.mrbartonmaths.com

English Websites

English Biz- The focus of the website is not on the individual texts, but on the skills needed to write well and to be able to analyse texts and write effective essays. www.englishbiz.co.uk

Revision World – Has lots of information, links and videos for both literature and language to help students be successful. www.revisionworld.co.uk

You tube – You tube has loads of tutorials to help with ideas and concepts that need to be reviewed. The following are ‘channels’ that have effective videos;

Mr Bruff’s revision videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/mrbruff/videos

Mr Salles teaches English - https://www.youtube.com/user/dominicsalles

Hospitality

Helpful revision Website;

Food a fact of life - Resources for young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating. https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/

British Nutrition Foundation – Information about healthy eating, balanced diets and nutrition science. https://www.nutrition.org.uk/

Child Development Helpful revision Website;

Early year’s matters website – This provides information about the developing child. http://www.earlyyearsmatters.co.uk/our-services/school-and-nursery-support/early-years-adviser/child-development-2/

The NHS website – All the information about children’s health https://www.nhs.uk

BTEC Sport

Helpful revision Website;

Revision World – Key information and facts as well as study skills to help with your GCSE PE revision. https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/pe-physical-education

Art

BBC Bitesize – Great website for all subjects to review and test knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z98jmp3


Julia Stubbs website – This site showcases different artwork from students from KS2 to A level. www.juliastubbs.co.uk

I’m Stuck – GCSE revision – This channel has specific Geography tutorials. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLygA1_PUbd9dDbuvC0YgLI_pAuZvdJg3x

Resources for students

  1. Me Power provides more than 100 practical tactics and tips to improve examination performance.
  2. A great app for creating timed quizzes is Kahoot.com for added competition for keywords or ideas.
  3. Memrise.com is a useful app for all languages and uses videos to help learners.
  4. Looking for visual thinking? Try bubbl.us, to help students better understand, remember and generate new ideas.
  5. Brainpop has a great set of videos, freely available for pupils..
  6. Make beautiful boards, documents, and webpages that are easy to read and fun to contribute to. Try Padlet.
  7. Seneca Learning offers many online courses for pupils.
  8. There are loads of online resources pupils and parents can use. Safer Internet Day is all-year-round in my opinion.
  9. BBC Bitesize resources and videos.

 

 

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