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Parental Newsletter Frebruary 2018 Dear Parents/Carers Whilst this half term has only been five weeks long, you can see from the contents of this latest newsletter that it has been a very busy period for everyone at Bishop Milner Catholic College. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff for their effort and commitment to your son’s and daughter’s education. I would also like to publically welcome back Mrs Hill (Geography) and Miss Guise (Science) from maternity leave. Staff and students have missed them both and it is great having them back in the classroom. For our older students in Year 11 and Year 13 the reality that their GCSE and A Level examinations are rapidly approaching appears to have sunk in! I have been thrilled by the response we’ve had to our 3.20pm – 4.20pm period 6 revision Monday to Thursday. We are currently seeing 100+ Year 11 students each day attend period 6 and our Sixth Form are making a conscious effort to utilise revision sessions and guide learning hours (GLH) to consolidate their learning. We ask that you as parents and carers, continue to provide that crucial support for your sons and daughters and encourage them to begin their revision at home early. We need them to use every opportunity presented to them, so they give themselves the best chance of success in the future. If any parent/carer is unsure how they can help linked to specific subjects, we will be more than happy to offer that advice and guidance. Please do not hesitate to contact the college by telephone, email or in writing and we will make it a priority to respond accordingly. One ambition I have for this college is to increase the opportunities for our whole college to gather together and participate in collective worship. Having a sports hall now allows us to do just that. As I type, we are currently bringing together the finishing touches for our Ash Wednesday service on the 14th February 2018. 750 students will gather together at this important time in the liturgical calendar as we mark the beginning of Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. It is a 40-day period marked by prayer, fasting and abstinence, and also almsgiving. Here at Bishop Milner, we plan on promoting and encouraging a significant number of our young people and their families to participate in this year’s Family Fast Day on Friday 23rd February in aid of CAFOD during half term. We also will be offering our younger students the opportunity of Confession in March, thanks to Father Stephen and other local Priests from the surrounding areas of Dudley. I truly hope our first ‘sports hall celebration’ will be the start of something really special for our college community and build on the Catholic life of the college that we are already so proud of. R May Principal RMA/JGI Cambridge trip On the 1 February, as part of the Most Able Programme, we visited Cambridge University, Girton College. This trip began with an early coach journey to Girton College starting at 7am. We arrived at 10.30am and were met by Frances who took us to our base for the day. The first session looked at why we might want to go to University and the stereotypes that exist about Cambridge University such as it being a place only students from private schools go to. Later, after some discussion throughout the break, we were given a lecture from the Archaeology department and given an insight into what it is like to study Archaeology at Cambridge. We were placed into teams and each given an artefact along with a description of what the artefact had been used for. These included an axe, an ancient oil lamp and an Australian spear. In our groups we then came up with two additional uses for the artefacts that could be plausible. The three descriptions were then shared with the rest of the group and we each had to decide which description was true. The PHD students were very impressed with our creativity and many of us managed to design uses that the other groups believed to be true. After lunch we were introduced to some undergraduates who gave us a tour of Girton College itself. Firstly, we were brought through the library to see the many students studying hard to achieve their degree and we also were given the privilege to observe the rooms and the kitchens that the students used! It was amazing. We then saw the swimming pool that the students are often allowed to use; this makes Girton College very well known for being the only college with a swimming pool. After seeing the swimming pool we were shown the common room where the students were given the facilities to relax and watch TV and along with the common room, we were shown the dining room that was very spacious with elegant tables and exquisite décor. Once the tour of the College ended, we all returned to the originating room to regroup and go onto the coach to travel to Cambridge town to see the many attractions. Whilst walking round town with the undergraduates we saw the many other colleges that are part of Cambridge University. We also got to walk around many of the shops that Cambridge has to offer and see the wide variety of food outlets that students have to choose from. We returned to the coach just as it started to rain and travelled back to College. The day was really engaging and helped us to realise that a Redbrick University is within our reach and how anyone who is determined enough to get accepted, will! STUDENT ATTENDANCE Bishop Milner Catholic College encourages good attendance and punctuality because students who attend regularly learn GROUP most effectively. It has been proven that good attendance is ATTENDANCE linked to better GCSE grades. Our attendance target for every student at Bishop Milner Catholic College is 100% in an SPRING HALF academic year. TERM 2018 Research has established a very clear link between good attendance at college and good achievement and progress in It is important that your tests and examinations. Ten days absence for a family holiday son/ daughter attends college regularly. The can result in students becoming persistent absentees. Studies national attendance show that students who are in the persistent absentee category target rate is 96%. are much less likely to succeed in college than those who are not. Persistent absence is currently any student that has 90% Group % Attend attendance or less. This means that a student who is absent for A1 97 7 sessions (a morning or an afternoon counts as one session) or A3 94.6 more over a half term period for whatever reason, authorised or unauthorised, will be classed as a ‘persistent absentee’. A2 94.1 These students will be monitored closely and medical evidence A4 94.9 will have to be provided to authorise their absence. Absence at A5 95.8 this level is doing considerable damage to any child’s B1 96.8 educational prospects and we need parents’ fullest support and B2 94.9 co-operation to tackle this. Ultimately, if students are not in B3 96 college, they cannot learn. B4 94 C1 97.4 Further information regarding absence/truancy can be B5 96.4 found on the Dudley MBC website C2 95.3 C3 92.8 http://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/learning-school/parental- support/dudley-education-investigation-service/absence-and- C4 96.6 truancy/ C5 95.7 J1 96.4 If your child is ill or absent from College J2 95.5 A parent /carer must inform the college before 10am each day J3 96.4 of the child’s absence. J4 95.8 College will contact parents if we are not informed. Failure to J5 96.5 send an explanation will result in the absence being recorded as S1 97.9 ‘unauthorised’. If your child will be late in or has to leave S2 95.3 college for a medical appointment please inform the college S3 94.6 beforehand. S4 93.3 S5 93.6 To report an absence, call the college on 01384 889422 and 6A1 93.8 choose Option 1 – Attendance. 6B1 94.2 Then to leave a message use ‘Option 1’ or to speak to Mrs 6B2 91 Heath, Attendance Officer, choose 6C1 90.9 ‘Option 2’ 6C2 93.8 Please clearly state 6J1 91.6 the child’s full name 6J2 90.7 tutor group 6S1 94.2 the reason for the absence and how long you expect Totals 95 the absence to be for. who is reporting the absence You may also use the SchoolComms app to report your child’s absence/attendance at an appointment. Mrs Heath may call you back to clarify the reason for the absence or for further information. Punctuality It is vital that all students are in college by 8.55am so that they can get to their classroom in time for registration taken at 9.00am. At 9.00am each morning the gate to the Broadway entrance will close and students will have to enter through the Burton Road gates. We monitor lateness on a daily basis and if a student is late they will receive a break time detention, usually on the same day. Repeated lateness will result in a meeting with parents and possible further sanctions given. Unfortunately, lateness is sometimes down to parents dropping students off late.
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