Year 8
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Head of Progress: |
Mrs M Priest |
Mrs Priest has been teaching English at Cromwell Community College for 14 years and has been working as a Head of Progress for 11 years
specialising in Key Stage 3.
Form Tutors:
| 8C | Yellow | Mr P Ward | Science |
| 8E | Red | Mr M Amor | ICT |
| 8G | Orange | Mr J McWilliams | Drama |
| 8K | Light Blue | Mr D Whitehead | Humanities |
| 8P | Green | Mrs D Redman | English |
| 8S | Dark Blue | Miss L Garlick | English |
| 8T | Purple | Mr A Knowles | History |
The Year 8 tutor team has a variety of experience and skills available for students in year 8 to
ask for advice and help with their studies. The tutor team has been attached to their forms since
year 7 and will remain with them to the end of KS4.
Form tutors have a daily contact with your child – if you have any concerns or queries please do
not hesitate to contact school by either telephone or if possible email. Please email the office with
your child’s name and form group and it will be forwarded on to the relevant person:
office@cromwell.cambs.sch.uk
Welfare Assistant: |
Mrs L Ashley |
Each year group has a welfare assistant attached to them. Our welfare assistant is also a cover supervisor
so her time is split between covering lessons for absent staff and working with Mrs Priest. Mrs Ashley
has many jobs to carry out including speaking to pupils about attendance, contacting parents, admin for
the year group as a whole.
Contact with Form Groups
AM Registration |
8.50am - 8.55am - complete register and to give out any information/notices. |
PM Registration |
2.00pm - 2.15pm - to complete register and 2 sessions a week to complete PLTS
(Pupil Learning and Thinking Skills) activities delivered by form tutor.
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Assembly Thursday |
- Week 1 delivered by Mrs Priest
- Week 2 delivered by a Senior Member of Staff
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Wednesday Week 1 – pupils are taught PSHE by their form tutors lesson 5.
Collapsed Days- there will be occasions in the school year when a whole day is given over to PSHE
activities- often with visiting speakers or outside agency involvement. Similarly there will be
scheduled ‘Competency Days’ which build students’ competence in using the Personal Learning and
Thinking Skills (PLTS) which are essential for their development. These days have the title
‘Brainwave Days’ this year as chosen by the Year Group following a competition to ‘name the day’.
Wednesday Week 1 – pupils are taught PSHE by their form tutors lesson 5. The following topics
will be covered throughout year 8:
- Relationships including families
- Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination
- How To Handle Conflict
- Influences
- Drugs and the Law
- Alcohol
- Anti-Smoking
The Year 8 Council
There are 14 members of the Year 8 council – a boy and girl from each form group plus the 2 members of
the year group who have been elected to attend the full School Council. The council meet with Mrs Priest
before and after a full council meeting to discuss any issues pupils have about school.
Year 8 Reception Team
Every day there are 2 members of year 8 on the reception desk at the front of school, they do jobs
such as:
- Showing Visitors Around The School
- Collecting Work For Pupils Who Are In Isolation
- Putting Up Displays etc
Each member of year 8 will do reception duty twice throughout the year.
Rewards
Students are rewarded by staff for a variety of things, including good effort and pleasing achievement
in their work; helpfulness around the college; kindness to other students and making a good contribution to
the school community. Individual Departments have their own reward systems and certificates or privileges but
in addition the whole school subscribes to the ‘I Behave’ computerised system. This system allows staff to
notify parents immediately, via email, when a student has been awarded a point. When students have earned Twenty-five
points they are presented with a Ruby Award - a certificate and a badge. Fifty Points leads to a Topaz Award,
One hundred points equals a Emerald award and Two hundred points equals a Sapphire Award.
In addition within the Year we run an inter- form competition. The form with most IBehaves each week receives
a certificate in assembly. At the end of each term the winning form receives a special treat.
For Excellent Attendance, individuals are awarded certificates. Likewise, the inter-form competition means the
winning form each week receives a certificate. There is also a Reward Trip for students with the highest attendance
every year. We run 2 Reward trips, one in January and one in July to reward students with
good behaviour and effort in lessons.