H igh School News

Issue 5: May 2018

Dear Parents/carers Welcome to Issue 5 of our High School News. Term 5 is always an exceptionally busy term as we ensure Year 11 and 13 are fully prepared for the examination period. It was wonderful to celebrate memories of their school experiences to date with both year groups. Year 11 treated us to an early morning dance workout in the Rave Cave on their final day before study leave. Whilst most of the tunes were unknown to us staff the DJ rustled up the dancefloor classic 'Mr Brightside' which soon had us all busting some moves! Year 13 amazed us with their fancy dress outfits on the catwalk and left some beautiful messages on the Memory Tree, current students will be able to see these on display in school, here are a few sentiments: "Goodbye Denny. Thank you for making me the woman that I am today and for all the memories." "I'm so thankful for everything this school has given me. I will truly miss this school with all my heart."

"Thank you Denny for an AMAZING 7 years! It only feels like yesterday as an eager 11-year-old I walked into the hall, with no idea how much this school and its teachers would inspire and shape me. Don't take this time for granted, it'll be over before you know it!" Our partnership with our students ensures they leave us as empowered individuals ready to move forward with confidence, curiosity, integrity and commitment. The contents of this newsletter showcases the wealth of opportunity available to our students at Denmark Road High School. Within these pages you will see students who discover new things about themselves and the world and who realise their personal best by striving for excellence in all they do. It is these experiences that shape our students, that make them proud to be part of our Denny family. We wish Year 11 and 13 continued success in their examinations and look forward to celebrating with them at their Proms. Best wishes,

Miss Giblin Headteacher

Page 1 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 High School for Girls’ Birthday Service – April 2018

New Beginnings ... our Birthday Service is a special day at the High School for Girls. We celebrated our 75th birthday service at Gloucester Cathedral with the re-launch of our school on Friday 28th April. Jacob and Poppy, the Head Boy and Head Girl provided the introduction to the service. Everyone sang 'Lord, for the Years' followed by a wonderful solo by Sophie Ellis of 'Du Bist de ruh' by Schubert. Claire Giblin read out our new vision statement (which is available here) followed by Jacob, Poppy, Anna and Sophie our current Student Senior Team handing over the baton to the new team of George, Madeleine, Katharine and Abbie. They also presented the new team with gifts. The new and old Student Senior Teams presented the readings followed by the singing of 'The Servant King'. The Senior Choir sang 'You are the New Day' and Richard Mitchell, Canon Precentor spoke of re-birth and new beginnings during his address. Prayers were then read by Allie O'Neill and Bethany Watters followed by a beautiful rendition of Ave Maria by the Senior Chamber Choir. The service finished with everyone singing the school song 'Non Nobis Domine', the vesper hymn sung by the Choir, the blessing by Richard Mitchell and Evie Perfect playing the Organ Voluntary ‘Little Prelude and Fugue in C’ BWV 553 by Bach.

We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape

Page 2 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 INVEST DAY – Year 7 For this term’s Invest Day we faced the challenge of creating a dress in groups using only the recycled materials that we had brought in as homework. We were shown some examples made by famous fashion designers and then we had the day to complete the task. To start, we designed our dress thinking about how we could use a variety of materials and attach them with methods other than clue and tape. In our groups, we made more than just the dress; we created various accessories such as hats and bags to accompany the outfit. Although it was challenging, the day was also very enjoyable as we were able to make our outfit in whatever style we desired and we could let our creativity run wild. We developed our teamwork skills by working in groups as we all had to help each other in order to accomplish what was necessary. It was amazing at the end to be able to look at the dress that we had created and think that we had made it together. The day was made even better by a fashion show at the end where one person from each group showed off their dress and another briefly explained it. It was brilliant to be able to see what everyone else had created from the recycled materials. Natasha Doherty Today, we turned trash and fashion into trashion! It was extremely fun, it involved lots of teamwork and I made new friendships with people in my Deal group. Our task was to design a dress made from recyclable materials. We could pick a theme or just do something completely random! My group started by picking the theme of “nature”. We had many ideas about what to make the dress out of but in the end we went for a brown paper bag bodice and a tissue paper skirt. We decorated the brown bag with some tissue paper leaves and a sash made out of cardboard. We used brown and green tassels as a skirt. Our model almost looked like a hula dancer! We created some milk bottle lid earrings and a headband made from curtain rings tied together with string as accessories. Our final design was called “Mother of Nature”. At the end of the day, we had a catwalk fashion show to the song “Vogue”. The model walked up and down the catwalk whilst another member of the team was speaking over the music describing what they were wearing. There was an array of themes from other groups ranging from chocolate to weddings. It was really funny to watch all the models enjoying themselves on the catwalk and even throwing newspaper into the audience. Overall it was such fun and I had a great time! Page 3 of 21 - High School for Girls’Jasmine Newsletter Richards – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018

INVEST DAY – Year 8-13 Year 8 went to Weston-Super-Mare for Geography fieldwork and Year 9 attended workshops to raise their awareness of drugs and their impact. Year 10 completed their English Spoken Language Assess- ments and studied. Revision was also the focus for Year 11 and 13. Year 12 began preparation for their university applications.

Year 9 INVEST day - Drugs Awareness Day As well as learning about the general laws, causes and effects of drug abuse and addiction, students were also given the opportunity to learn from the experiences of a range of different speakers. Contributing to this day were first-hand accounts of 2 recovered addicts, 3 people who had been involved in drug dealing (one of whom is now working for the police), a police officer who works with drug related crime and an account of the impacts of drugs on families. The students’ learning throughout the day fed into a debate about how the problems of drug abuse and addiction should be addressed. A range of evidence, examples and perspectives were presented to prompt students to develop informed ideas. Information was provided on support available and important messages were identified regarding preventative measures that could be taken to preserve their own and others wellbeing. All students ratted this day as either excellent of very good. Here are some of their comments: “All of the speakers were very honest and the talks were engaging and interesting…. they made me think differently. I found out things I had not been aware of that happen around us every day.” (Holly Guy) “I found this day useful because I learned the rules and laws about drugs. I know now the importance of staying healthy and who to contact when pressurised into doing drugs.” (Precious Ragland) “The whole day was really eye-opening and it really helped to see the reason why people become drug addicts, their experiences, their regrets, and it really showed me the consequences of drug addiction but at its worse which can really help set you for the future.” (Alex Pana) “It was great to hear from so many points of view, hearing from ex-addicts, police and dealers gave me a real insight into drug related situations. It was useful to hear about impacts not only on yourself but also those around me as well.” (Kayleigh Lloyd) “I liked how everyone was so real and honest about their past attitudes and actions.” (Molly Carey-Topping) “Each speaker and activity displayed powerful messages and answered questions giving us the harsh reality and consequences.” (Sarah Smith) “This was a really good day. Everything we learnt was so interesting and hearing first hand from people affected, directly and indirectly was amazing and heart breaking.” (Erin Kemmett) “It was really informative and interesting. The issues were talked about in such a way that they weren’t just saying ‘don’t do drugs’, because that isn’t very helpful or interesting – they told us how they can and will affect your life and how to avoid it.” (Cara Plumridge) “It was good how they weren’t just there to tell us not to do drugs. They told us to use our common sense- rather than telling us, they persuaded us.” (Isabel Palmer).

Page 4 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 D of E – April 2018 Well done to our fabulous Year 10 students who showed massive resilience peppered with never ending humour on their practice D of E in April. They battled through rain, steep terrain, blisters and for some an unexpected night hike. Great teamwork was shown in helping others set up tents and get food on the go when the going got a bit tough.

Cheltenham Festival – Festival Junior Choir just before they went on stage!

Page 5 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 Cheltenham Young Photographers’ Competition Congratulations to Jasmine Richards (Purple Crocus Spring), Amber Saunders (My Beady Eye) and Eleanor Clegg (Alone) for being selected for exhibition/shortlisted for the Cheltenham young photographers’ competition. The photos were displayed in Chapel Arts at the end of April.

The Awkward Cover Artists visited London recently to attend a workshop through Music for Youth at the London Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Well done to our GCSE and A level artists for completing their art exams - they produced fantastic outcomes.

Well done to Bhuvana who won the Under 13 Girls title at the Luxembourg International Junior Squash open.

A team of Year 9 students represented HSFG in a debate at Sir Thomas Rich's School to decide a short list of books for the joint Denner/Blue Coat School Book Award. The shortlist is: Penny Joelson - I have No Secrets, Mark Twain - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Kwame Alexander - The Crossover, Claudia Gray - Defy the Stars and Rachael Lucas - The State of Grace.

Important Dates AS/A2 Level Results Day: Thursday, 16th August 2018 Year 13 to collect at 9.00 am. Year 12 to collect at 10.00 am. GCSE Results Day: Thursday, 23rd August 2018 Year 11 to collect at 9.00 am. Year 10 to collect at 10.00 am.

Page 6 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 Year 10 Geography Field Trip to Nettlecombe Field Study Centre, Our Year 10 Geography students had a wonderful field trip on Sunday and Monday at Nettlecombe Field Studies Centre near Williton in Somerset. The Centre is a beautiful manor house. On Sunday, after an early coach trip to the centre, the students followed the River Horner from Luccombe on to Horner. They measured the width, depth and flow of the river at 5 different points along its route. The river then flows past into near on the . After dinner the students went into the classroom to disseminate the information they had gained during the day. On the Monday the students had a further classroom session where they learnt about the re-generation of which was then followed with a field trip to the town. Further photographs are on the website here “On the 22nd and 23rd of April, the High School for Girls headed over to Nettlecombe. We spent the first day in the Horner River, investigating how it changed downstream and collecting lots of data. On Monday, we went into Taunton town to see if it had been successfully regenerated. We spoke to locals, visited some different sites and tried out some new research methods, before getting on the bus to go back home”. Rebecca Pinnock

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Congratulations to our amazing Senior Choir who won at the Cheltenham Festival

Applying our knowledge of clouds on a perfect sunny day, being creative by then using daisy chains to recreate the cloud shapes! Well done 7H!

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Year 7 Engineering Challenge at EDF Energy on 3rd May 2018 As soon as we arrived at EDF Energy Barnwood, we received our passes and went straight into a big lecture room. There we heard all about EDF Energy in general and a little bit about what we were going to do that day. When all the schools had arrived, we went into a different room in which the task was explained to us. Our challenge was to build a robot and program it so that it would operate a crane that could pick up dangerous nuclear equipment that cannot be touched by human hands. It was a complicated task but as we got to know other people from different schools, we discussed everything and managed to create a crane, a circuit (that the robot would operate) and the robot itself. We got to use saws and drills. It took the whole day to do this task but finally an hour after lunch, we completed it. At the end of the day the last thing we had to do was prepare a short speech, as we were presenting our creation in the lecture room. Soon after, all the groups had presented their creations and the judges decided the winning group and the best presenter. Two of our team won special prizes. Lastly we all got certificates and made our way back to the school carrying some complimentary gifts. It was a brilliant day! Fatima Hafeez, Sophie Green, Fran Fraser-Hook, Amy Gettings, Abigail Brooks and Anna Craig

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Contrary to popular belief, libraries are not sleepy done all the reading and presenting, going well backwaters, and the LRC is always busy with outside their comfort zones to represent the various book and reading promotion activities, as school. well as promoting information literacy by showing On to the next stage! We are putting together a students how to use the many journals and online team of Year 8 students who will read and publicise resources we have available at this school. these five books to Years 7, 8 and 9, before we The Year 9 Denner/Blue Coat Book Award Team have a vote for our favourite later in the summer. visited their counterparts at Sir Thomas Rich’s If your daughter enjoys reading, please encourage School this term. The groups of students had not her to join the group, which meets on Tuesdays at previously met and yet had to produce a coherent 1.30pm. Members of the Year 9 Team are on hand presentation on all 10 of the longlisted books up for to provide help to the younger students. the award in just half an hour! After much thinking This year’s Battle of the Books House Teams have and writing, we made our way over to one of the now collected most of the ten books they need to sports halls where the rest of the Year 9 STRS read for the quiz in Library Week, in late June. This students were waiting for us. Given that they were is the list of what they are reading: missing an afternoon of cricket, the boys listened  John Boyne – The Terrible Thing That Happened patiently to all the talks, before voting for their to Barnaby Brocket favourites. Mrs Case, the STRS Librarian, then treated the student teams to squash and biscuits  Elizabeth Goudge – The Little White Horse before we returned to School. The votes from both  Jess Butterworth – Running on the Roof of the schools were added together (our students had World promoted their books to our Year 9s the previous  Philip Pullman – Northern Lights week) to produce the following shortlist:  Frank Cottrell Boyce – Sputnik’s Guide to Life on 1. Penny Joelson: I Have No Secrets Earth 2. Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  David Almond – Skellig 3. Kwame Alexander: The Crossover  C R Gemin – Cowgirl 4. Claudia Gray: Defy The Stars  Sara Pennypacker – Pax 5. Rachael Lucas: The State of Grace  Phil Earle – Bubble Wrap Boy  Mimi Thebo – Dreaming the Bear There’s a deliberate mix of old and new, with a couple of children’s classics thrown in! I hope it will encourage Years 7 and 8 to read the work of a variety of authors they might not otherwise have tried. The House Quiz they are working towards will take place during Library Week in late June.

The Fandom group are on hiatus at the moment, but still meet on Tuesdays to read more generally. I’d like to thank Ms Murran for supporting us in this The Anime/Manga drawing group meet on activity, Mrs Lloyd Owen, Ms Simpson and Ms Tuesdays too, ably led by Abi Rossi in Year 7. The Wilkes for transporting us and Mrs Case at STRS for Carnegie Writers meet on the first Friday of each organising the presentations. Sixth Form student, month. I am also still looking for somebody to Safiya Ginwalla, has worked hard to motivate the organise the longstanding Origami Club, if your students and liaised with year heads to negotiate daughter or son would like to take this on, as I’ve time for presentations and voting at HSFG. And of had some interest from younger students in course, thanks go to the Year 9 Team who have becoming members.

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Thanks to the PTA making a generous donation to LRC funds for journals, I’ve been able to run the Carnegie Shadowing Group again this year, albeit with a smaller number of copies to share between the students. As ever, the Carnegie judges have shortlisted challenging and sometimes grades, or an article which explains a particular controversial books, which, after a review of the topic succinctly, they should be looking at the LRC’s selection process, this year include both previous Google Site (Online Resources page) for access to nominees and winners (eg Geraldine our journal articles, short lectures and much more. McCaughrean, Patrick Ness) and some new names If students need help to use them, please get them (eg Angie Thomas, Lissa Evans). The group meets to come and see me and I’ll be happy to assist. The each week until 18 June, when the winners of the Philip Allan Review magazines (a range of 15 titles Carnegie Medal and the Amnesty International covering the majority of the subjects studied at A Medal will be revealed – our group will be able to level at HSFG), EBSCO, Massolit and Emagazine are watch the webcast in the LRC, with fingers crossed all freely available and easily searchable for our for our choices! students, both within school and from your home The Scholastic Book Fair back in March, earned the computer. LRC over £200 in credit with which to acquire new Ms C Cordall, Librarian resources from Scholastic for the LRC, so thank you so much for your support of this. The Scholastic Follow the LRC on Twitter: @HSFG_LRC leaflets for May are now available online. Visit http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/denmark-road to make your selection by 31 May. All purchases benefit the LRC – 25% of the value of orders is “banked” as credit for the LRC to use for new books.

The Library Prefect Team are still keeping the LRC in good order and I appreciate their hard work and their contribution to the life of the School in volunteering their time in this way. This term’s nonfiction recommendation comes from Helen Warner of the Music Department: Adam Rutherford’s The Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived – The Stories in Our Genes. The poster was created by Louise Ryder, one of the Library Prefect Team. We are now well into the exam season, so if your son or daughter needs a hint on how to boost their

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A-Level Textiles - Personal Investigation A-Level Art Textiles

School Athletics – English Schools Cup We had glorious weather for the first round of the English Schools Cup on Monday, 14th May. We went into the event a little weakened due to Year 10 being unavailable because of their GCSE RE exam. Everyone, however, had really positive attitudes and there were some gutsy performances in the 1500m by Izzy Worgan, Grace Matthews, Katherine Hill and Chloe Sheppard who battled against the heat as well as the opposition. Izzy also performed brilliantly in her age group to win the high jump. Louise Brooks ran a personal best in the 800m gaining the team excellent points. Our relay teams performed well with Jess Smart running strongly to bring the junior girls home to victory. Georgia Webb was our biggest point scorer of the day with a massive 23 points in the 300m. Well done to all girls who competed; it was a real team effort with both age groups coming fifth.

Congratulations to our U15 rugby team who enjoyed a great afternoon playing in the Gloucester Festival at Kingsholm. They played some fantastic rugby drawing one game and winning the remainder. They rightly finished as champions! Congratulations to Niamh Brennan who was selected as player of the tournament.

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 1.15 pm - Students must register for exams and queue ready to move to the exam room. Second-hand Uniform Sale  1.30 pm - Examinations start promptly. Please bring any second-hand uniform into school for our Parking second-hand uniform sales. Please would parents/carers refrain from We are particularly short of parking on the zigzag or yellow lines in front of small sizes and PE kit. the school at any time during the day. Parking Donations should be given to on these lines endangers both pedestrians and cyclists. the main office. At no time should parents/carers drive onto the school The next sale will be on st site. We really do not want students to be walking Thursday, 21 June. amongst moving vehicles as this can be dangerous. We Forms are available from our would be grateful for your support in this matter. website: Second-hand Flyer These sales raise funds for Student Medical and Non-Medical the school and also help parents/carers. Appointments – Forms If you require uniform between Parents/carers should fill out a medical form for all sales, please email emergency doctor and orthodontist appointments. [email protected] Non-medical forms should be filled in for holiday requests, music exams and any other non-medical reason. Both Tennis@HSFG forms are available here. A week or more’s notice should be given if possible. Forms can be filled in and emailed to Enjoy Tennis with the whole [email protected] family! Hard copies are also available from the main office and Only £40 per year, per household Student Services. This annual fee entitles you to a fob that can be used to access the tennis courts at How do I revise? any available public time. Top tips Book up to 7 days in advance and enjoy up to 2 bookings per week for up to 2 hours  Make sure you know which topics you need to revise for each. each subject. Use your exam board specifications as a Please take a look at our website here for revision list further information on how to register.  Make your revision active. Don’t just read notes. You could make flash cards, mind maps or use post it notes Travelling to school from Lydney?  Watching videos online can really help to bring your One of our parents of a new Year 7 in notes alive! September would like some information  Test yourself by completing past papers or asking a about travelling from Lydney to Gloucester friend to test you! This will identify areas of strength via train or bus. and weakness If you are able to help please email  Build in rewards for your revision eg: your favourite [email protected] and I will ask her to contact snack or using social media. you.

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Thank you to all the students who entered the Wicked! 'My Fair Lady' competition. There was some In April the Music Department took 36 A Level and really lovely artwork. The winner hit the brief GCSE students to see 'Wicked' in the West End. It exactly and her design will be used on the was a wonderful production and the students were posters and tickets for the Showcase in July. very impressed by the singing, costumes, set and Well done Annie Holliday in Year 12! special effects. On arrival in London there was a bit of free time to see Buckingham Palace. The whole area was cordoned off for the arrival of the Commonwealth leaders and there were huge Commonwealth flags lining The Mall, so there was a real buzz about the area.

Wednesday 18 & Thursday 19 July 7.00 pm Look out for posters about tickets

Page 18 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 PLEASE NOTE: From January Lost Property 2018, all payments for trips, A large amount of items are lost each week within clubs and activities must be school. Please encourage your daughter/ son to look made through ParentPay. after their own property (and seek to locate it rather The school will no longer than just buy a new one!) Whilst staff will make accept cheques or cash payments. We have been every effort to return named items to students it is expanding the use of ParentPay for permission the responsibility of all students to care for their slips, school fund donations and payment options possessions and seek to locate lost items. Students’ for upcoming events. We also expect over time property is brought to school at their own risk. Our to extend this to catering. ParentPay is far more lost property system operates as follows: secure for both school and parents as a means of  Students/staff should take found items to making payments, especially as it gives an Student Services. immediate receipt and confirmation of  Staff make every effort to check items for names payments. It also allows us to fairly offer trips and email students to collect. with limited capacity on a “first come, first  At the end of each term (6 times a year) served” basis. Over 90% of families are already unclaimed items are given to charity. using ParentPay on a regular basis. For those  Lost items which are valuable, students should who need to sign up, feel free to email ask at reception as well as Student Services and [email protected] for login details, advice and inform their Form Tutor/Year Co-ordinator who assistance. will assist in locating the item.

Page 19 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 Collection of Students for Appointments Term Dates 2018 The school operates safeguarding procedures and Term 6: Tuesday 5th June – Friday, 20th July 2018 takes responsibility for its duty of care for students Term Dates 2018-2019 seriously. Therefore, we would be extremely grateful Term 1: Wednesday 5th September – if parents/carers would abide by the procedures set Thursday 18th October 2018 out for all students in the main school. Term 2: Thursday 1st November – Any student, who needs to leave the school site Friday 21st December 2018 during the day must be collected by a parent/carer Term 3: Monday 7th January – or named individual for that student, from the Friday 15th February 2019 MAIN RECEPTION. Students will need to sign out at Term 4: Monday 25th February – Friday 5th April Student Services and they will be taken to meet a Term 5: Tuesday 23rd April – Friday 24th May parent/carer in reception. Please be aware that we Term 6: Tuesday 4th June – Friday 19th July cannot make any exceptions to this procedure for Please don’t Google ‘HSFG Term Dates’. This takes any student in Years 7-11. you to a non-HSFG website where the dates are Please make sure that we hold up-to-date details for incorrect. Please always type in www.hsfg.org your daughter/son. Please remember that only the Term dates are available under ‘Parental contacts detailed on your daughter’s/son’s data information’. sheet can collect them from school. You can also email [email protected] at any time with new Contagious Diseases telephone numbers or email addresses. Please can parents/carers let the school know Parents/carers are also requested not to park on immediately if their daughter/son has contracted a school grounds when collecting daughters/sons for contagious disease? It is important that we are appointments. aware of this so we can notify community members accordingly. Thank you in advance.

School Emails Emails are sent out to parents/ carers from Miss ChatHealth, is a confidential text messaging service Giblin one week and Year Co- for 11-19 year olds in Gloucestershire. It was ordinators the next. If you launched by Gloucestershire Care Services (GCS) have not been receiving NHS Trust School Nursing Team in September 2017 these emails then please and offers support to young people with questions contact Mrs Hayward at relating to a wide range of health and wellbeing [email protected] and your issues. email will be added to the appropriate year group’s As well as giving direct advice, the School Nursing email. Please check your spam Team can also signpost to appropriate services and folder for school emails. other support. Messages sent to the dedicated Miss Giblin’s emails are available on the Head- number (07507 333351) are responded to by a GCS teacher’s Blog on our website here. School Nurse.

The service is available Monday to Friday, 9:00 am

to 4:30 pm (excluding bank holidays) and texts are Year 7-11 Student Absence Line: usually replied to within 24 hours. Out of hours, 01452 543335 anyone who texts the service receives a bounce (Press 1 when prompted and leave a message) or email: back message explaining where to get help if their [email protected] question is urgent, and Sixth Form Student Absence Line: when they can expect a 01452 543335 response. (choose the option to report Sixth Form absence) or email: [email protected]

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Monday, 28th – Monday, 4th June - Early Summer Break Term 6 (2018) Monday, 4th June School closed for staff training Tuesday, 5th June Term 6 begins. This is Week 1 Wednesday, 6th June Rags to Riches Collections – 8.45 am Governors’ Teaching and Learning Committee meeting - 6.00 pm Monday, 11th June Week 2 Exam Week (Year 7-10 and Year 12) Wednesday, 13th June Governors’ Business Management Committee meeting - 6.00 pm Monday, 18th June Week 1 School exams for Year 10 Work Experience for Year 12 Wednesday, 20th June Governors’ HR and Pastoral Committee meeting – 6.00 pm Thursday, 21st June Second-hand uniform sale - 3.30-4.30 pm Year 6 Welcome Evening - 7.00 pm Monday, 25th June Week 2 PTA Committee meeting – 7.30 pm Tuesday, 26th June Summer Open Morning - 8.50-10.45 am Wednesday, 27th June Sports Day Governors’ Communication and Engagement Committee meeting - 6.00 pm Thursday, 28th June High School Sixth Form Year 12 Induction Day Monday, 2nd July Week 1 Wednesday, 4th July Reserve Sports Day Thursday, 5th July Taster Day for September 2018 Intake Targeted Parents’ Consultation Evening (Year 7, 8, 10 and 12) – 4.30-7.30 pm Saturday, 7th July PTA Summer Fun Day – 11.30 am – 2.00 pm Monday, 9th July Week 2 Tuesday, 10th July Full Governors’ Board Meeting - 6.00 pm Wednesday, 11th July Sports Review Evening – 6.00 pm Thursday, 12th July Year 10 Sixth Form Taster Day Monday, 16th July Week 1 Showcase rehearsal Tuesday, 17th July Showcase rehearsal Wednesday, 18th July Showcase – 7.00 pm Thursday, 19th July Showcase – 7.00 pm Friday, 20th July Term ends at 3.30 pm Monday, 23rd July World Challenge trip leaves (return 6 August) Monday, 23rd July – Tuesday, 4th September 2018 – Summer Holiday Thursday, 16th August A Level Examination Results 9.00 am (Year 13) 10.00 am (Year 12) Thursday, 23rd August GCSE Examination Results 9.00 am (Year 11), 10.00 am (Year 10) Start of Term 1 2018/19 – Wednesday, 5th September 2018 High School for Girls

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