Joining Year 7
Welcome to our information to support you in joining Shoeburyness High School in Year 7. Here you will find answers to many of the questions you may have before joining Year 7.
Our welcome booklet can be downloaded from the files at the bottom of the page.
New Intake Information
Free School Meals
If you believe your child is entitled to Free School Meals, you can apply directly via the Southend Borough Council website: www.southend.gov.uk/help-costs/free-school-meals-1
School Tour
Your child will get the opportunity to see around our school on the Borough Transition Day in July. If you wish to become familiar with key areas in our school before then, please click here
Preparing for Year 7
Below are some resources for the core subjects which will help prepare your child for moving into Year 7.
SPaG Placemat
Please click here for SPaG Placemat by SATS Companion
Science Youtube Videos
There are some excellent resources on Youtube to help you recap on your Key Stage 2 Science.
Here are some that you may want to look at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJUzs46nJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYKVf6edvcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lwc5bRUFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH_YkA6Deo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZCcf4Fv14
Maths Secondary Ready - Numerise
Secondary Ready is a free course within Numerise that is designed to prepare Year 6 learners for starting Year 7 in September.
It is available free of charge to learners in the UK until September 2020.
The Book Buzz
We love reading!
Here are just five reasons why:
- Reading is food for the brain.
- Reading makes you more confident.
- Books are the world's cheapest travel agents.
- Reading reduces stress
- Reading improves your focus, memory and makes your more likely to achieve success.
We would love you to read as much as you can and enjoy it just as much as we do.
At Shoeburyness High School we have The Book Buzz which encourages you to spend time reading.
There are some amazing books to read and here are a few of our recommendations that you could maybe look at over the Summer.
SPaG - BBC Bitesize
Recapping on what you have done at primary school is a great way to get prepared for when you join us. Do not worry about what you will be doing at this point, just take some time to remember all the things you do know.
We are preparing some resources to help you but for now, you can use the great resources on BBC Bitesize.
Let's start with spelling:
'ough' sound - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z9f2b82
words ending in -cious and -tious - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zp7dk7h
'shun' sound - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zyv4qhv
when is the 'sh' a 'ch'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z8f3qhv
when is an 'i' a 'y'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z3mktv4
when is the 'uh' a 'ou'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zyq7v9q
when is the 's' a 'sc'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zt932nb
words ending in -ture and -sure - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z3jpk2p
words ending with -sion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zwwwfcw
Spelling quiz - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z7skdxs
Then there's punctuation:
Apostrophes 1 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt
Apostrophes 2 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
Brackets - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zg6xb82
Bullet points - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z2yydxs
Commas - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zc773k7
Ellipsis - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zpgjy4j
Hyphens and dashes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zg8gbk7
Inverted commas or speech marks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h
Paragraphs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z9n73k7
Semi-colon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zshfdxsT
Finally there's grammar:
Verb - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zpxhdxs
Pronoun - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z37xrwx
Adverbs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zgsgxfr
Passive verb - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zsx2b82
Modal verb - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zps4pbk
Preposition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zw38srd
Relative clause - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zsrt4qt
Subordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3
Coordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z9wvqhv
Expanded noun phrase - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f
Fronted adverbial - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zp937p3