YEAR 9 TARGETS AND STRATEGIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO:

  • ATTAINMENT
  • CONDUCT
  • DEADLINES
  • EFFORT

SOMETIMES THE ABOVE OVERLAP

ATTAINMENT
TARGETS / STRATEGIES
  • To work independently.
  • To continue to achieve excellent progress.
  • To improve the grades on my student review
  • To ask when I do not understand.
  • To develop a consistent handwriting style.
  • To try to move up a group in x.
  • To check my spellings.
  • To develop a variety of strategies for planning your ideas, e.g., spider grams, listings, mind maps.
  • To read for x minutes a day.
  • To improve personal organisation.
  • To develop teamwork/ social skills
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  • To spend more time on learning homework.
  • To use a dictionary/thesaurus as appropriate.
  • To ask my parents to check my homework. In x.
  • To write in more detail in x.
  • To improve my spelling by learning x new words a week.
  • To draft all work initially.
  • To do x minutes of reading per week to support classwork.
  • To respond at least once in class to questions in x and x.
  • To proof read every piece of work I do.
  • To work on my exam technique.
  • To join in reading aloud in English.
  • To go to the library on a regular basis.
  • To use capital letters appropriately.
  • To use capital letters and full stops appropriately.
  • To write in sentence units when appropriate.
  • To write in sentences of appropriate length.
  • To aim to undertake 15 minutes of reading each day, subject matter to be chosen by the student, e.g., comic, newspaper, magazine, homework, or even the TV guide!
  • To develop the habit of checking spellings by any appropriate method, e.g., an adult, spell master, dictionary, etc.
  • To join out of school clubs

CONDUCT
TARGETS / STRATEGIES
  • To make better use of break and lunch time.
  • To improve my social skills.
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  • To sit where there is minimal distraction.
  • To be more assertive (nicely) in my tutor group.
  • To arrive to lessons quietly.

DEADLINES
TARGETS / STRATEGIES
  • Not to commit to all the demands made of me.
  • To complete my homework on time.
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  • To record all homework set
  • To spend 5 minutes each evening organising my bag.
  • To do my homework between 4.00pm – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
  • To go to the library to do homework when the homework club is on
  • To make sure basic school equipment is packed the night before (pen, pencil, ruler, calculator)
  • To join Languages Club

EFFORT
TARGETS / STRATEGIES
  • To be more punctual.
  • To ask when I do not understand.
  • To read for x minutes a day.
  • To pack my bag the night before school.
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  • To spend x minutes per night on homework.
  • To speak out more on x.
  • Not to rush my work.
  • To be more assertive (nicely) in my tutor group.
  • To arrive at college with the correct books and equipment.
  • To arrive at college with the correct books and equipment.
  • To respond at least once in class to questions in x and x.

CDP/07