New year 7 information
Information useful to new students starting in September
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Information useful to new students starting in September
Welcome to Lift Four Dwellings Secondary!
We are delighted that you have chosen Lift Four Dwellings for your child to continue their education.
As your Year 6 child enters their final term at primary school we understand that they will be feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension at starting secondary school with us in September. We likewise recognise that many parents or carers will also be feeling the same!
We want to ensure that your child is prepared as can be, with all the support and information that they need. If your child has any additional needs please don't worry, we will be dropping into your child's Primary Schools very soon and will be in touch with you to discuss any additional needs.
Please see this letter from Mrs Stoneman
If you have been learning a musical instrument in Year 6 and would like to continue next year, please email Mr Stanton to let him know and we will do our best to accommodate you
A message from Mr Stanton - Head of KS3
You have made an excellent choice of school to start your new adventure and I would like to personally welcome everyone to the school. As well as myself, all of the staff at Four Dwellings are looking forward to meeting everyone and we are also excited to start you off on a learning journey towards success. As a school, we have gone from strength to strength over the past few years and we hope that you will all become part of this and help push us further and further forwards.
We understand that moving onto Secondary school can be a daunting experience for pupils, as well as for parents and carers. We at Four Dwellings want to make this as easy and smooth as possible for everyone. The link below has some helpful hints and advice for starting a new school from people who have already been there and done it, please have a look and hopefully it will put your minds at ease.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zh4wy9q/starting-secondary-school/1
The Key stage 3 pastoral team have been working hard behind the scenes to start to get things ready for September and have already spoken to many of your current teachers and we are starting to make contact with you at home to find out a little about you, but we would like to know more, so see below for your first challenge!
Over the coming weeks, a number of challenges will be set for new year 7 pupils, and completion of these will earn you positive points even before you officially start, and the more points you get, the better the chance you will earn rewards.
The first challenge is simple, all I would like you to do is send an email to the address below telling me 5 things about you. This could be anything from your hobbies to what pets you have or from your favourite subject is at school to what your ideal job would be when you are older, it is up to you, the more interesting the better! So, for an example, here are 5 facts about me;
Entries should be sent to -rstanton@liftfourdwellingssec.org , I am looking forward to reading about you!
Bizarre Reading Challenge
At Lift Four Dwellings Secondary we will expect you to bring a reading book to school each day. Reading is a
valuable skill and each day at Four Dwellings you will be asked to take part in DEAR. DEAR
stands for Drop Everything and Read.
Therefore, for this week’s challenge can you find the most bizarre place to read? We are looking for
the most unusual or interesting place to read you book, magazine or comic.
You can enter by taking a photograph or you reading and emailing it to
rstanton@liftfourdwellingssec.org or by writing about where you have read your book and
emailing it to the address above.
An example from Mrs Stanton:
I read my book (The Power of Four) hiding in the wardrobe away from the rest of the Stanton
family!
We look forward to seeing where you can take your reading!
Good Luck!
If there are any questions or concerns from pupils or parents/carers, please do not hesitate to email any of the team with your queries.
Pastoral Staff
SENCO
Miss Wixey - swixey@liftfourdwellingssec.org
Head of Year
Miss Darby- jdarby@liftfourdwellingssec.org
Not sure what to wear view our uniform page
Lift Four Dwellings Secondary,
Dwellings Lane,
Quinton, Birmingham,
B32 1RJ
Principal - Mrs C Stoneman
