Year 9
Year 9 is a special year. It’s around this time that pupils feel things are becoming more “real” for them academically; the pupils can feel themselves and their peers growing up; GCSEs are looming, and things feel like they are progressing. School is the consistent place in their lives, and we can see huge positive change in attitude, confidence, interests and investing time and effort in themselves during this key year. Towards the second half of the year pupils will choose their GCSE options. The school offers a wide range of curriculum for our pupils to choose from to create their subject choices going forward in their GCSEs.
To encourage hard work, good attitude and full effort from our pupils, we praise as often as possible with Proud Points. Top performing pupils are given prizes as a reward termly, and termly celebration assemblies are also an opportunity to award pupils who have succeeded in different areas of the curriculum. There is a reward scheme in place for the pupils who present at school with the best attendance over the year group, and numerous opportunities for individual achievements to be celebrated.
Underpinning all the hard work of individual pupils in our year group are our standard expectation of all students at Toynbee School. These include:
- Arriving at school before 8.30am for tutor time
- Maintaining a high percentage of attendance across the whole school year
- Keep up the school’s uniform standards
- Always demonstrating good behaviour and respect for others
- All policies relating to the above can be found on our website.
The Year 9 team look forward to working with you to support your child throughout their journey at Toynbee School. We endeavour to provide every pupil with the tools they need to achieve their full potential and their ‘Personal Best’ throughout the rest of their time here at school, and moving on to life beyond school.
If you have any concerns or anything you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Ms L Gentle
Year 9 Guidance Manager - l.gentle@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
Tutor Groups
9CL - t.clarkson@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9DL - s.dalton@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9FD - s.ford@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9HM - l.hamilton@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9LN - e.lund@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9RC - l.ricordel@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9RS - l.richards@toynbee.hants.sch.uk
9SA - e.sale@toynbee.hants.sch.uk