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Mrs Smith and Mrs Mchale Learning Mentors: What We Do

The document provides information and tips for students on how to stay organized at their new school. It discusses using a planner to keep track of homework, packing light bags, and maintaining good presentation skills in exercise books. The learning mentors are available to help students with any challenges in adapting to these organizational changes from their prior school.

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Mrs Smith and Mrs Mchale Learning Mentors: What We Do

The document provides information and tips for students on how to stay organized at their new school. It discusses using a planner to keep track of homework, packing light bags, and maintaining good presentation skills in exercise books. The learning mentors are available to help students with any challenges in adapting to these organizational changes from their prior school.

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MRS SMITH

and
Mrs McHale
LEARNING MENTORS
WHAT WE DO…

Along with other members of staff we work with and support


students to identify strengths and weaknesses in order to
overcome barriers to learning.
This is so different
from my last school…
§ More Walking

§ Carrying your bag around school

§ Homework

§ More to remember
HOW TO BE ORGANISED
§ Using your planner

§ Packing your school bag for the next day

§ Presentation skills
Using your
Planner
and
Edu Link
FILLING IN YOUR PLANNER
§ Make sure you copy your homework timetable into the back of your
planner on the homework timetable page.
§ At the beginning of every week, write the subjects due to set homework
for each day of that week.
§ In the lesson write your homework in when the teacher tells you the work
and where to find it.
§ Write in the due day and date of when the homework has to be handed in.
§ If no homework is set in the lesson, write ‘None set’ in your planner next to
the subject name.
§ Do the homework on the day set.
§ Place one tick next to the homework when you have done it.
§ Use your planner to write in other reminders for the week ahead.
After school
There is time for fun
PACKING YOUR
SCHOOL BAG
CARRYING YOUR BAG
§ You will have to carry your bag everywhere you go.
§ Keep your school bag as light as possible.
§ Make good use of your locker – keep heavy items in your locker until
you need them.
§ Only carry stationary in your pencil case that you will need for your
lessons.
§ Only bring to school essential personal items.
§ If you walk to school partially fill your water bottle you can top it up in
school.
§ Don’t bring expensive items into school and risk losing them.
Remember!
Being organised and using
your planner is your
responsibility.
But we are all here to help you
Just ask!
PRESENTATION
SKILLS
§ School exercise books must be covered
§ Your name, subject, Tutor Group and Teacher on the front cover
§ Work must be presented in accordance to the school presentation policy.
§ School equipment checklist
§ Sketching means free hand.
§ Drawing means with accuracy and neat.
§ Sharp pencil for mathematical and scientific charts, graphs and diagrams
§ DO NOT DOODLE IN YOUR EXERCISE BOOKS.

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