How to Support Your Child

Every parent wants their child to do well at school. However, it is sometimes difficult to know what to do to help. We are committed to helping parents/carers understand how to help their child to maximise the chances of achieving their potential.

Most of the points listed below may seem obvious but provide a useful overview of how parents can further support their child.

Attendance - ensure your child attends school every day unless genuinely ill. Every day missed through absence means your son/daughter has 5 lessons of work to catch up. Please help us by booking all medical/dental appointments outside school hours.
Copying Up - if missed work needs to be copied up, ensure your son/daughter completes it as soon as possible. Ask for help from subject teachers if needed.
Come Equipped - ensure your son/daughter is fully equipped for all lessons.
Homework - establish a good homework routine, whereby your child has access to a desk and a quiet place to study. This should be free from distractions. Encourage your child to show you their classwork, homework and their pupil planner regularly.
Revision - provide advice on how your child should approach revision. Plan a programme in the weeks leading up to the exams. This should be at least 4 weeks before the exams in May for Years 7 and 8, April for Year 9. Year 10 and Year 11 examination dates are published on our Examinations Page. They need to learn work thoroughly and ask you to test their understanding.
Literacy Skills - spend some time with your child to help develop their reading and writing skills. Encourage them to read as much as possible. There are many tips in our useful guidance.
Numeracy Skills - provide real-world opportunities for your child to use his/her numeracy skills e.g. totalling shopping bills, working out timings of when T.V. programmes will be on etc.
Communication - maintain close contact with your child's Head of Year, Form Tutor and Subject Teachers by using the Personal Planner on a weekly basis. It is also essential that you attend Parents’ Evenings (dates are in the Pupil Planner).

Above all, please don’t hesitate to contact the school with any queries or concerns you may have.

Sut i gefnogi eich plentyn

Mae pob rhiant yn awyddus i’w plentyn lwyddo yn yr ysgol. Fodd bynnag, weithiau gall fod yn anodd gwybod sut i helpu. Mae gennym ymlyniad i helpu rhieni/gofalwyr i ddeall sut i helpu eu plentyn i wireddu ei botensial.

Mae nifer o’r pwyntiau isod yn ymddangos fel synnwyr cyffredin ond rhoddant fydolwg o sut all rhieni gefnogi eu plant ymhellach.

Presenoldeb - sicrhau bod eich plentyn yn mynychu’r ysgol bob dydd oni bai bod ganddo/ganddi dostrwydd. Gyda phob diwrnod a gollir trwy absenoldeb rhaid i’ch mab/merch ddal i fyny gyda gwaith gollwyd mewn pump gwers. Helpwch ni trwy sicrhau apwyntiadau meddygol/deintyddol y tu allan i oriau ysgol.
Dal i fyny - Os oes angen dal i fyny gyda gwaith a gollwyd, sicrhewch bod eich mab/merch yn ei gwblhau cyn gynted â phosib. Gofynnwch am help wrth athrawon pynciol os oes angen.
Dewch ag Offer - sicrhewch bod gan eich mab/merch offer anghenrheidiol ar gyfer pob gwers.
Gwaith Cartref - sefydlwch rigol ar gyfer gwneud gwaith cartref a dylai eich plentyn gael desg a lle tawel i astudio. Dylai fod yn le tawel heb lawer i dynnu sylw. Anogwch eich plentyn i ddangos ei waith dosbarth, ei waith cartref a’i drefnydd personol i chi yn rheolaidd.
Adolygu - Cynigiwch gyngor ar sut ddylai eich plentyn adolygu. Cynlluniwch raglen yn ystod yr wythnosau sy’n arwain at arholiadau. Dylai hwn fod o leiaf bedair wythnos cyn yr arholiadau ym mis Mai i flynyddoedd 7 ac 8, ac yn ystod Ebrill i flwyddyn 9. Cyhoeddir dyddiadau arholiadau blynyddoedd 10 ac 11 ar ein Tudalen Arholiadau. Mae angen iddynt ddysgu gwaith yn drwyadl a gofyn i chi brofi eu dealltwriaeth.
Sgiliau Llythrennedd - treuliwch amser gyda eich plentyn yn datblygu eu sgiliau darllen ac ysgrifennu. Anogwch nhw i ddarllen cymaint a phosibl. Mae yna gyngor yn ein canllawiau defnyddiol.
Sgiliau Rhifedd - darparwch gyfleoedd realistig i’ch plentyn ddefnyddio ei sgiliau rhifedd, e.e. adio biliau siopa, amserau rhaglenni teledu ac ati.
Cyfathrebu - Cadwch gysylltiad agos gyda phennaeth blwyddyn, athro dosbarth ac athrawon pynciol eich plentyn trwy ddefnyddio’r trefnydd personol yn wythnosol. Mae’n hanfodol eich bod yn mynychu nosweithiau rhieni (dyddiadau yn y Trefnydd Personol).

Os oes gennych unrhyw ymholiadau neu bryderon mae’n bwysig nad ydych yn oedi cyn cysylltu â’r ysgol.