Supporting Your Child
From helping your child with homework and revision to supporting their mental health, we hope you find the following resources useful.
⬇️ View the Year 7 Recommended Reading List below, under 'Reading Support. ⬇️
Reading Support
Year 7 Recommended Reading
Discover the magic of reading with the Morpeth School Library’s Year 7 Reading List! Packed with exciting adventures, unforgettable characters, and stories that will make you laugh, think, and dream, this collection has been carefully chosen just for you. Whether you love fantasy, mystery, or real-life tales, there’s a book waiting to transport you to another world. Happy reading!
This list will be updated regularly and we'd love to hear about the books you've read and enjoyed, so let us know!
Full screen view: Year 7 Recommended Reading
Year 7 Recommended Reading PDF
Improving Reading Skills
Bookfinder: Find books for every age
Booklists
Useful posts from the EMC Blog:
60 Great Books for Reluctant Readers at KS3
Homework Support
The completion of homework is an essential part of our pupils’ learning at Morpeth.
Homework is an opportunity to review, revise or prepare for the work covered in class and is a means of exploring the different aspects of the curriculum in pupils’ own time, at their own pace and at a level appropriate to the ability of each pupil.
Through the completion of different tasks and activities the aim is that pupils will develop self- reliance, and gain experience in working on their own. They will therefore become more independent, autonomous learners and gain confidence in applying knowledge. The completion of homework provides the possibility of increasing the learning time of our pupils, helping to raise their achievement.
You may read more here: Morpeth Homework Guidance 2023-24. And should you need more advice / information about how you can use Google Classroom, please see this Parents Guide to Using Google Classroom.
Revision Support
- Effective Revision Techniques
- A podcast about how learning happens: Retrieval Practice: A guide for parents, carers & families, by teacher Kate Jones.
Mental Health Support
Young Minds, www.youngminds.org.uk
Young Minds offers information and support on all things mental health, from medication to coping strategies and also Provides free, 24/7 text support for young people across the UK experiencing a mental health crisis. Text YM to 85258. All texts are answered by trained volunteers, with support from experienced clinical supervisors.
Student Minds, www.studentminds.org.uk
Student Minds supports students to look after their mental health and provides information and advice for parents. The website provides details about local services offered by universities, and young people can also access their peer and group support programmes. You can call or email for more information (this is not a helpline). info@studentminds.org.uk; 0113 343 8440
No Panic, www.nopanic.org.uk
No Panic supports people struggling with panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety related issues - and provides support and information for their carers. Offers a specialist youth helpline for people aged 13- 20. The opening hours are 3pm - 6pm, Monday - Friday; 6pm - 8pm, Thursdays and Saturdays. Call 01952 680835 for a recorded breathing exercise to help you through a panic attack (available 24/7). Tel:0300 772 9844; 0330 606 1174 (Youth helpline- 10am - 10pm, 365 days a year).
Health for Kids, www.healthforkids.co.uk
Health for Kids provides information for children on staying healthy and understanding feelings.
Health for Teens, www.healthforteens.co.uk
Health for Teens provide an advice website on all aspects of health for teenagers, provided by the NHS.
Mind, www.mind.org.uk
Mind have information to better understand diagnoses and managing mental health on their website.
Kooth, www.kooth.com
Kooth provides free, anonymous online counselling for 10 - 25-year-olds. You can IM counsellors Mon - Fri, midday-10pm, and Sat - Sun, 6pm - 10pm.
Childline, www.childline.org.uk
Childline offer free, confidential counselling to under 19’s though their helpline and webchat. Phone 0800 1111.
Attendance
Good attendance and punctuality underpins academic achievement and wellbeing. Students with great attendance are far more likely to succeed beyond school and be adults who live happy, healthy lives. In our attendance guide for families, we would like to explain our processes around attendance in addition to the support we can provide.
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Choices Support for Year 8, 9 and 10
Information for Parents of Y7 Students
Please follow the links to view the slides presented at our Y7 Parents' Information Evening of 18 September 2024 and to view the FAQs from Y7 parents and carers, and our responses.
'Parents play a crucial role in supporting their children’s learning, and levels of parental engagement are consistently associated with better academic outcomes... Evidence suggests that effective parental engagement has a positive impact on average of 3 months’ additional progress over the course of a year' (Education Endowment Foundation, 2021). To this end, we aim to work in partnership with parents and carers and to help them encourage, support and help their children to:
- Attend school, wearing the correct uniform and with the correct equipment.
- Manage their time, effort, and emotions, establishing regular routines, and good homework habits.
- Take responsibility for their learning.
- Trust and follow their teachers’ advice.
- Take advantage of additional opportunities offered.
- Talk to you about their experience at school, and what they are learning.
