Our New Year 7

Letters and Advice From Our Year 7s

We asked our our student body to write welcome messages and provide some advice for our new Year 7 students starting in September…

Dear new Year 7’s,

We’re all excited to hear you’re joining us at Little Lever School, I would love to tell you how much of a good school this is. At this school everyone is here to help you achieve things you never thought you could. People here also wish to make you feel safe.

When you start this September, you may not feel so confident, but do not worry, by the time you’re at the end of year 7 your confidence will be through the roof. We all believe in you.

If you find any lessons hard ask your teachers for help. That is what they are here for. Most people have left this school achieving things they never thought they could and so can you! So go ahead and leave your blazer in a better place.

Yours sincerely,

Summer

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Dear new Year 7’s,

I know starting a new school can be scary and nerve wrecking but that’s expected. Many of you would have mixed feelings about moving from a primary school to a high school, but I’m sure you will settle in just fine.

Little Lever School does not expect you to be the smartest or cleverest but trying is always essential, it can lead to badges and even bigger prizes.

Your classes will be very different from primary school. They will be more difficult and more challenging but if you push yourself to your limits and be respectful towards others education, you could achieve things you never thought you could.

Yours sincerely,

Rahim

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Dear new Year 7,
I hope you’re excited to come to Little Lever School. When I was in year 6 I was worried about detentions and I’ve never had one! It’s actually quite hard to receive a detention as you always get a chance and a choice to improve and do the right thing. We are rewarded with points, prizes and badges when we do well and points are taken off when you get detentions and don’t do homework.

There’s no need to worry about being shouted at either, as teachers will just talk to you as they’re really friendly.

I wish you good luck and I’ll see you in September.

Kaitlin

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Dear Year 7,

I know how it feels to move to a new school, it can feel scary! Trust me, it’s not that bad.

When you are here, you can do anything on the Enrichment sessions. You might not know what that is, but you can do sports, art, writing and much, much more.

We also have reward points and badges. You can earn these by working hard in lessons and be kind to others. When you get a certain amount, you can get badges at the end of each term. You can also get badges for coming into school every day. These badges make you look even smarter in lessons.

I hope you are looking forward to coming to Little Lever School. I can’t wait to see you.
Ben

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Dear New Year 7s,
Hi there, I’m going to give you a few tips and advice for your new journey at Little Lever.

It may seem like a big jump, coming to a brand-new school, meeting people you have never met before, and some people may have come alone, but that’s ok. You will meet people you have never met before with the same interests and hobbies as you.

Subjects – In high school, there are a lot more different subjects such as Drama, Catering and Design Technology. These offer more opportunities and for me, they have opened up a whole new interest or two.

Teachers – During your years at Little Lever you will meet a range of different teachers, that will help you with anything you need.

Good luck,
Toby

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As scary as it seems starting a big brand-new school it’s not that bad. I know you are going to be scared, you have just got to be brave, take a deep breath and step right into a new lease of life. Yes, it is school, yes there will be homework (and quite a bit of it) but you have just got to be organized and know what you are doing, do not be stupid and think you are clever for not doing homework. It is for your benefit, it is to help you, no one else.

On the plus side of it is the new friends you will make and the amazing trips you will go on. The new teachers that bring more fun it the lessons you are going to have your favourite subject and you least favourite but that just what comes with school, it is like a package deal there is the cons and the pros to school you will have the best time of your life.

It is not at all like primary at all, you’re more independent. You get to walk round on your own, you get to have your own choice and opinion, you will be able to make cakes in catering, you will be able to make a bird feeder in technology and cannot even begin how many experiments you will do science. The teachers will talk about your GCSE exams, but it is what they must do to prepare you for them. They will make sure you get a good grade in your exams and make sure you have a good job, and they do all this for you.

So, the main thing you need to know about high school is you will have the time of your life and you do not need to worry or stress about it.

Lacey

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Dear New Year 7s,

Welcome to Little Lever High School! My name is Phoebe and we’re happy to have you at this school. Don’t worry about a thing as this school is amazing and so are the teachers. They are kind, caring and supportive and the lessons are fun and engaging and don’t even get me started on the yummy food! They even have waffles, pancakes and more at break and at lunch they have pizza, sandwiches and have all different main meals.

At Little Lever, we have just had a brand new library built. It’s very colourful and has lots of interesting books. The homework is not too hard and there’s not that much. If you don’t have any devices or have bad internet at home, there is something called Nightclub where you can do homework, get help if you don’t understand and get free food!

At Little Lever, we have 3 core values: be kind, take responsibility and work hard. We also believe that students can achieve things they never thought they could. If you have any problems, you can go to staff and they can talk with you anytime. We have this system and if you do good in your lessons, you get positive points and if you’re unkind or misbehave, you can get negative points which get taken from your positives. At the end of the half term you can use your positive points to bid for prizes!

We can’t wait to meet you.

From Phoebe

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To the new year 7,

I believe in September you guys are starting high school and you are all probably nervous but don’t worry because last September when I was starting Little Lever, I was scared on my first day but everyone here is kind and very respectful.

On your first day you will meet your form tutor for the first time and will be given a timetable with lots of exciting, different subjects. Every morning when we line up on the yard, they announce the top form winners and top point scorer in the year for the previous day. I have been the top point scorer 4 times this year and I couldn’t be more proud of myself. Now that I am about to go into year 8, I want to keep achieving points and getting rewards from teachers.

Good luck, I will see you all in September, you will love it!!

Lexa