Year 8 Parents Evening

Our Uniform Swap or Shop will be available on the night, please bring cash if you wish to buy anything or bring any items you would like to swap.

Year 8 Parents Evening

Parents Evening for Year 8 students will be held on Thursday 9^th March, 2023 from 4.30pm to 7.00pm.  The focus for the evening will be to discuss the progress that your child has made at Northampton Academy.   Parents will have an opportunity to discuss specific areas of interest with individual subject teachers.

There will be free food served for families to enjoy from 4.00pm – 6.30pm in our canteen. We welcome as many families as possible to take up this offer. There will be a simple meat and vegetarian option on offer.

In order to have a successful parents' evening there are several steps that you can take –

What should I do prior to the night?

1. Re-read the last school report as this gives the best picture of how your child is progressing in school. This will be emailed to you prior to the evening.
2. Talk to your child about each subject and find out what the particular areas for development or areas of concerns are. These questions and queries can be the start of the conversation with the teacher.

What questions should I ask the teacher?

1. If you have any questions or queries start with them as it is your opportunity to get these answered.
2. Behaviour for Learning – If this is 3 or lower on the report, this could provide a focus.
3. Home Learning – Ask how often you should expect it and what sort of tasks it may be.
4. Grades and Progress – If there is a difference between expected and attained then ask why there is?
5. Effort – If this is a 3 or lower on the report you need to discuss ideas on how to improve attitudes to learning?
6. Prediction - Is my child making enough progress to achieve their target grade?

We will be running an appointment system, and this will be organised as follows:

Please book your appointment using the online booking system

The school has an easy-to-use online appointment booking system.  This allows you to choose your own teacher appointment times and you will receive a confirmation email.  All appointments will be for 5 minutes here at the Academy.

Please visit  http://northamptonacademy.parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book your appointment. Alternatively, you can log in via our website by selecting the ‘parents’ section. Log in using the following information:

• Student’s first name e.g. John/Student’s surname e.g. Smith/Date of birth e.g. 15/04/2011
• Appointments can be made online from today and will close on Thursday 09^th March 2023 at 09:00am.

Enclosed is a step-by-step guide to the Parents’ Evening Booking System. If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the school by telephone on 01604 210017 and we can book your appointment for you.

We look forward to meeting you on Thursday 9th March 2023.

Yours faithfully

Miss L Phillips – Assistant Principal for Raising Standards for KS3