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14/02/25

This week's review from Mr de la Croix Have a lovely weekend and half term. See you on the 24th February!https://t.co/sOexZqCdrS

14/02/25

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11/02/25

Huge congratulations to former student Josh who signed his first professional contract with Liverpool FC this week. 👏👏👏⚽️⚽️#RBAfamily pic.twitter.com/MeJ4gK4G51

11/02/25

Please click on the link for further information on this wonderful role.https://t.co/7vXSyCJ1D2 pic.twitter.com/FLx5dCcpEC

11/02/25

Don't forget to bring in your pocket money for delicious cakes and bakes on Thursday and Friday this week, during break and lunch 😍 pic.twitter.com/Wn8dCx06iX

11/02/25

Please click on the link below for more information about this exciting opportunityhttps://t.co/7vXSyCJ1D2 pic.twitter.com/Um3bc4Lheq

10/02/25

A fantastic opportunity awaits at RBA as an IT Support Technician. Please click on the link for further information regarding this role.https://t.co/7vXSyCJzsA

10/02/25

Please click on the link for further information about this fabulous rolehttps://t.co/7vXSyCJ1D2 pic.twitter.com/Jys4sJeN2K

10/02/25

Please click on the link for further information about this fantastic rolehttps://t.co/7vXSyCJ1D2 pic.twitter.com/NHUnciAuth

07/02/25

Dear Parents & Carers, Take a look at this week's review to see what's been happening in and around the school. Have a lovely weekend.https://t.co/vEurh4dbv1 pic.twitter.com/SHp8KCoCC3

07/02/25

This week's review from Mr de la Croix Have a lovely weekend!https://t.co/Bs4h6H55TW

07/02/25

A really good assembly this morning for our Year 10 Students about knife crime. Some great questions from Students and a fab presentation outlining what represents a weapon to different scenarios and sentencing for using a weapon. pic.twitter.com/JxfD7dTsBm

05/02/25

Huge congratulations to Yr7 Indoor Athletics team who became District Champions at the recent event at Lee Valley Athletics Centre. A fantastic performance by all! Also mention to Charlie and Patryk, Yr7 and Yr9 Shot District Champions. 🏆🥇👍 pic.twitter.com/HpVNrTPiU1

04/02/25

Thank you to all our amazing staff, students and families for another very successful GCSE Options Evening. Without you, it wouldn't be possible! pic.twitter.com/yRINuy8Ryn

04/02/25

Artists at work in the Art department! pic.twitter.com/y6Uf2YeMnw

04/02/25

Photography & DT were busy and we even had a student showing off her DT GCSE coursework pic.twitter.com/CxbaR2FEcF

04/02/25

Year 8 into 9 GCSE options evening has begun and the hall was full to bursting! The first few pics of a super evening. pic.twitter.com/ZsKJxKJb2G

01/02/25

So proud of our young chess team who competed in the Trust Chess Competition this week, at Sir John Lawes School. pic.twitter.com/jL8Aclx3zr

31/01/25

Dear Parents & Carers, Take a look at this week's review to see what's been happening in and around our school. Have a lovely weekend.https://t.co/vEurh4dJkz pic.twitter.com/zgwesldILr

31/01/25

This week's review from Mr de la Croix Have a lovely weekend!https://t.co/2TXZAX77T2

31/01/25

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31/01/25

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24/01/25

Robert Barclay Academy is part of Scholars’ Education Trust. We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious and dynamic teacher to join our highly successful Maths team. We warmly welcome applications from ECT’s. pic.twitter.com/vM2aRDXNN0

24/01/25

This week's review from Mr de la Croix Have a lovely weekend!https://t.co/jmBKoShS77

24/01/25

Dear Parents & Carers, Please take a look at this week's review to see what's been happening in and around the school. Have a lovely weekend.https://t.co/vEurh4dJkz pic.twitter.com/aTt3UvWPBL

Helping You To Help Your Child

​Research shows that children whose parents help and encourage them with their learning at home do much better at school. This can be; hearing your child read or at least talk to them about the books they are reading, overseeing their homework, learning the spelling of key vocabulary together, researching topics and generally showing a key interest in what they are studying at school. Other ways you can support is by making sure your child keeps up to date with the daily news. You can support this by encouraging your child to watch the news or to read it every day. Try and find news stories that will connect to their subjects. If you are planning a day out, visit a museum or gallery that will tie in with work you child is doing. This is a good way to add depth and interest to your child’s learning.

Good study skills are best developed from the beginning of Year 7 and do not end at school. It is essential that good learning habits are encouraged at home too, in order that learning is extended beyond the classroom. If these positive study habits are developed early, they are fully embedded by Key Stage 4 and 5 when they become absolutely essential.

Top tips for helping your child to develop good study skills:

  • Remember that challenge is essential for a child to learn- allow them time to ‘puzzle it out’ before offering too much assistance
  • Ensure that they take regular breaks, exercise regularly and keep hydrated
  • Talk about what they are doing and ask them to explain it to you
  • Ensure that your child is well rested and gets plenty of sleep
  • Regularly encourage and praise your child
  • Create a routine for completing homework e.g. have a rest after school and then complete homework
  • Avoid too many distractions e.g. TV/siblings/loud music/mobile phones

Planning family time

Hot tip: Plan the family diary together.

Help your children to manage their time. They need to allow time during the evenings and weekends for homework. How does this fit in with their other activities and family events? Your children have a homework timetable. For year 7 students about one hour a night is scheduled.

A simple but effective system is for students to have a short break when they get home from school, but then to get straight on with homework before doing anything else.

Hot Tip: Use mealtimes to find out about your child’s day.

Research shows that the children of families who eat together do better in exams. Even time in front of the television can provide a stimulus for debate and discussion. Chatting about the day's events helps all of us. We all learn better when we explain things to other people, so by chatting about something the children have done at school you can reinforce learning.

Reading

Reading is a fun and enriching experience for many of us. In addition there are strong links between love of reading and academic success. The English faculty and the Library staff work constantly to encourage enjoyment of reading. Students have one reading-related homework per week. Parents can support this by:

  • Encouraging your children to enjoy reading for fun
  • Have a light touch - don't be judgemental
  • Everything counts: sports reports, magazines, websites
  • Help them choose books and magazines
  • Encourage them to get books from the school library/local libraries
  • Encourage them to join the school Reading Group
  • Let them see you enjoying reading
  • Audio books are a good way of entertaining children in the car
  • Talk about books
  • Books make great presents.

Hot Tip: Reading the same book as your child enables you to engage in discussion with them.

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