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Dr J Tinker
Hello and welcome to the first newsletter of the school year.
The term seems to have gone very quickly and looking at the mist in the mornings (and the rain), it would seem that we are now truly in autumn. It was great to welcome parents and prospective students to our recent open morning and evening. I hope that you found us at our very best, the caring, happy and hardworking school that we undoubtedly are – I know that the oat biscuits went down very well and that there were lots of exciting activities going on across the whole school site. The students are now well and truly settled into the new school year and working hard. We have had a number of trips out and I hope that you enjoy seeing the photos and information about them as you go through the newsletter.
I’m sure that you will enjoy finding out about Pingu, the Redwood House mascot and it was lovely to see our successes at the Young Textile Design Competition 2019; the textile pieces produced look very professional and thank you to the CFA for funding the new sewing machine. We are doing some great work with STEM and I know that the Year 9 students enjoyed the Robotic Challenge event. I hope that the Year 7 do get involved in STEM club as they have settled in very well enjoying a team building trip to Red Ridge Outdoor Activity Centre.
Our sports teams have been involved in lots of fixtures and all the details and results are inside and as ever, it is very busy in the school library.
I am pleased to report that tickets are already selling fast for the school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The students and staff have been working very hard to make this a great production. I do hope you will be able to come along.
Finally, can you please make yourself aware of our adverse weather arrangements. We do everything possible to keep the school open but sometimes it is not safe to do so. Please do ensure that your child is aware of arrangements in the event of such an eventuality.
As you are probably aware, Friday 25th October is a PD Day (staff only in school); we look forward to welcoming pupils back on Monday 4th November.
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Governors
Helen Scarisbrick
Chair of Governors
Governors would like to congratulate all staff on another set of really good exam results and see the new school year begin on a very positive note. We send our best wishes to Dr. Tinker as she takes the helm and to all those new to the Corbet. There have been changes to the governing body. Lisa Cork and Matt Sturgess have taken on new commitments, thus have less time available for meetings and have stood down. We should like to thank them both for their willingness to contribute and the time they have given to the governing body. Shelly Hurdley’s term of office has come to an end and she has chosen to move on. From the start Shelly has thrown herself into her governing role and been a major contributor to the governing body, with an outstanding record of 100% attendance at meetings over the past four years! Nothing has been too much trouble. Governors will miss her lively personality and her genuine willingness to play her part: our sincere thanks go to Shelly. Governors also wish to thank the CFA for raising £3000 towards a new kiln for the Art department. Their contribution means that a new kiln will soon be fitted, enabling high standards of ceramic art to continue. The CFA’s support for the school is much valued. We welcome Jason Bent and Ian Nichols our two new parent governors and wish everyone a good half term break.
If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors, Mrs Helen Scarisbrick please email the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Jane Davies. [email protected]
Sponsors
Thank you to the following Sponsors who support our sports teams: Nesscliffe Rounders Club – Rounders Mr A Durkan, The Phone Box – Football If you wish to sponsor the school please contact the Business Manager, [email protected]
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Class 11R Adopting a Humboldt
As part of Wellbeing Wednesday 11R chose to focus on raising money for charity. After some thought they decided to support Chester Zoo and the work that goes in to animal conservation. Annabelle, Courtney, Hattie and Keira or- ganised a bake sale in aid of raising funds to adopt an animal. We thank eve- ryone who baked to support us and purchased cake on the day too. In total we raised £80 which was more than enough for adoption; the rest was given to the zoo as a donation.
After much deliberation we chose to adopt a penguin as this best reflects be- ing part of Redwood house; resilience, strength, community and support. For now, Pingu (very original) will be our house mascot and we hope that future forms will keep this new tradition going.
Chess Club
Thanks to a very kind donation from the CFA, The Corbet School has launched a chess club for all ages. The club takes place in the library on Friday lunchtimes and has proven to be a great success, with more than 25 regular participants. Mr. Evans and Mrs Brett say that they are very pleased with the response and hope to purchase more chess sets in the near future if the de- mand continues. They would like to thank the CFA for their support. If you would like to join in the club, simply turn up on Friday to give your name to Mrs Brett – all welcome! Regards
Ian Evans
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DT Textiles
Young Textile Design Competition 2019 Well done and congratulations to our students who were entered in the Young Textile Design Competition run by Shrewsbury Drapers Company. The competition has been running over 20 years to promote and encourage an interest in textiles. Shrewsbury has a long history of textiles, particularly wool and the Shrewsbury Drapers Company is a longstanding Guild, granted a Royal Charter by King Edward IV in 1462. The work was on display at St. Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury with certificates awarded on Tuesday 8th Octo- ber. Congratulations to:- Emma Bartlett (KS3) who received the Silver Award for her ‘Hat for a music festival’. Sarah Roberts (KS4) who was commended for her Evening Dress. Gemma Clay (KS4) who was highly commended for her ‘Interactive Toy for a child’. Annabel Peel (KS4) who won the Gold Award for her ‘Rucksack and baby carrier to help a family in a developing country’.
Emma Bartlett with Annabel Peel Gemma Clay her Silver Award
Huge thank you to CFA for generously purchasing a new sewing machine to be used in DT Textiles. Holly Robinson All students in Years 7-9 use the sewing machines, as well as Year 10 and 11 GCSE classes, so it will get a lot of use. This new machine is much easier to use than our current machines and a lot less temperamental! Many thanks. K. Goodridge
Sarah Roberts
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Robotic Challenge
Exciting news! Some of our Year 9 girls are taking part in the Tomorrow’s Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge 2019….. There are five parts to the challenge which take place at challenge events, they are the culmination of an extra-curricular programme that will see students de- signing and controlling their robots in order to complete various challenges, as well as developing a research project. 1) Speed Challenge 2) Robot Challenge 3) Robot Design 4) Research Project 5) Teamwork Challenge
Challenge events take place at a regional level, followed by the UK event at the Big Bang Fair in March, where there are prizes on offer. Watch this space for updates! STEM Club Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths = STEM Club
Breaking news…Year 7 STEM Club re-starts on Tuesday 5th November 2019 This year’s theme is ‘Flight’ including: balloons, parachutes, rockets, gliders and drones. We meet every Tuesday (3.30 - 4 .30pm) and there’s a half-termly cost of £6, which helps us buy exciting new resources and equipment for Club members to use. If you enjoy being creative, experimenting, designing and making things, this is the club for you! Just drop into the DT Department and let us know you’re interested…..
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Red Ridge Focus Day trip 11th October 2019 On a very wet and windy Friday 127 Year 7 pupils visited Red Ridge outdoor cen- tre, near Llanfair Caereinion. The pupils put on harnesses and learned to belay each other and enjoyed the log tower, a leap of faith and a zip wire. On the lake the pupils had the choice of open canoes, kayaks or stand up paddle boards. In spite of the weather the stand up paddle board sessions were oversubscribed and they seemed to enjoy falling in. The indoor caving proved very popular, as did the archery. The pupils’ behaviour was excellent and it was lovely to see them supporting each other and making new friends. Here are some of their comments from the day: Ace - Active - Amazing - Adventure - Awesome - Brilliant - Breath-taking - Challenging - Confidence building - Encouraging - Entertaining -Exciting - Exercise - Exhilarating - Freezing - Fun - Great - High - A lot better than video games -Incredible - Interesting -Memorable - New exercise - Scary - Stressful Teamwork - Thrilling - Tiring - Wet - Wonderful - Zip line Quotes from Year 7 It was really fun, I really enjoyed the caving in the dark because people were screaming! PM It was really good fun, you got to do new things. Some things looked scary but were great fun. I did everything and I’m glad I did I made lots of new friends. AH Red ridge was amazing, so many activities but they didn’t make you do anything. Didn’t know what was going to happen which was good. WH Red Ridge was such a great experience. I got to do so many activities and got to know so many people. I wish I could go and do it all again. TW Red Ridge was incredible. I made loads of new friendships and put some of my fears to the test. My favourite activity was the artificial caving because when we did it in the dark I couldn’t stop laughing. I loved paddle boarding! I had fun on a HUGE zipline. Everyone was so kind.
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Equador 2019
Noah Collier, Leon Humphries, Jensen Terry, Callen Teichmann, Ben Greenaway Charlotte Davies, Sarah Roberts, Cora Paul, Thea McEntee, Ciara Austin, Miss Jones- Team Fragata Ten of our year 11 Leavers left Baschurch on 18th July 2019 to head off to the other side of the world: Ecuador. A two year venture, they signed up in 2017 and each raised their totals of £4000. The team and their parents were committed and worked tirelessly to raise their funds including some of the big events such as ‘The Military Wives Choir’, ‘Corbet Christmas Fair’, sponsorship for long walks and plenty of car-boot sales. Grateful thanks should be noted for the parent support of the students and their endeavours. The students were away for 30 days, they amalgamated with two other schools when out there, from Glossop and Glasgow, to form a composite team of 21. The students stayed at altitudes of 3500m in their first mountain camp in order to be come acclima- tised. Here they helped to build roads for the community to travel safely and quickly with produce from the top of the mountain down to the local town– plenty of brick passing and laying was done. They built hutches to farm guinea pigs (a local delicacy) and helped to build a community garden and oven. The weather was not the most kind here, and although on the equator it was quite cold. The next week team Fragata embraced a five day trek through the Andes, summiting 6 peaks of the Andes including Fuya Fuya and Cerro Negro at 4326m. This was a huge challenge for all of team– walking at any altitude is a big feat, but with rucksacks and five days of walking, it took it toll. All students made all of the peaks and not only found their physical and mental limits, they pushed through them.
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Equador 2019
The third week took the team into the Amazon rainforest, where the environment lived up to it’s name– RAIN Forest. It certainly did! The team embarked on reforestation, painting a school, building working toilets and building a community centre (with lots and lots of concreting). They were visited by many six and eight legged friends and plenty of birds to keep them company. Each tribe that they stayed with had their own cultural welcome which inevitably included lots of dancing. they returned the gesture with their Scottish friends leading a Wedding Ceilidh to ‘Come on Eileen’. The final week of the stay took the team to the West Coast of Ecuador, to a little fishing town, where the effects of ocean rubbish were very present. A beach study and clean up saw the removal of 1 tonne of rubbish off one beach for just the four-week period. It is nice to see the current year 10s embracing the pointless plastic ethos around our school. Typed words cannot begin to paint a picture of the epic trip that team Fragata experienced. There are plenty more photos and videos attached to the face- book page Corbet to Ecuador 2019, and a collage of photos (all real) is on display in the main corridor. I think they were most pleased to be back for a wash in some hot running water– rather than a bucket and cold water!
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Faraday Challenge 2019
Well done to the 6 year 8 students entered into this years Faraday Competition.
Amy Brough 8O Josh Cooke 8E Francesca Fitzgerald-Hunn 8B George Hopwood 8C Toby Richards 8R Violet Williams 8B
Students were challenged to design and build a prototype device to support communities after a disaster. This could be a vehicle or something to enhance a rescue plane, etc. It had to have some electronic component involved in the design and each team then had to present their ideas and demonstrate their prototype. All teams did incredibly well with some great ideas on how to help people in a disaster zone including: •designing amphibious vehicles •parachute systems to drop aid into disaster zones •adjustable seating to change the function of the plane •systems to get cargo off the plane. They came up with the idea of a triangular prism float which housed the supplies and was able to be dropped successfully from a height without disturbing the contents. Their design was one of the only successful designs to work in prototype. The winning team - Team 4 - from Ellesmere College designed a winch and pulley system to get goods from the plane to the people in need of aid quickly and efficiently. Although they didn’t get through to the next round, they had excellent feedback from the day and all enjoyed it. Critical Thinking We all do some of this on a daily basis, but some of our year 11 students were invited to Wrekin College to take part in a rotation of four sessions, which touched on how to develop their thinking further in aspects of maths, philosophy and religion, science and languages. Food for thought…. ‘If we were going to communicate with extra-terrestrial life forms, how should we do it? What language should be used?’ ‘What does ‘meaning’ mean?’
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School Library
CONGRATULATIONS to those students who participated in our 2019 Summer Reading Challenge. 247 books were borrowed for the holidays; the majority who accepted our reading chal- lenge enjoyed their ’lucky dip’ book and read at least three more Library books as well. Mrs Brett read 34 books including several neglected titles (some of which have since been restored to stock) and Mrs Sale read 12 books to assist with the student recommendation process.
Our super reader - Amy Brough (now in Year 8) - ROLL OF HONOUR smashed all previous records and was awarded (6+ books in 6 weeks) with a Love2Shop token. Amy Brough (52) Several students averaged at least one book a Amelia Brien (16) week and received stationery and Jessica Russell (13) chocolate prizes. Katie McGovern–Roe (9) WELL DONE SCHOOL LIBRARY READERS! Ellie Cooke (8)
155 books were returned during our first four days back in school and to encourage the return of the last few (and in celebration of National Libraries Week), we have intro- duced a temporary fines amnesty. Please take advantage of this opportunity to return long overdue books.
As fast as books are being returned, so we are loaning them out again, especially Dystopian fiction. We often find that interest in reading dips in Year 9 and to com- bat this, the English Department has launched a competition to encourage Year 9s to read as much Dystopian/Science Fiction as they can in the ‘run up’ to Christmas. Mrs Ashton will be announcing the winners and awarding prizes.
Whilst there has been some debate as to what constitutes a Dystopian novel, students have found it much easier to find the books they want to read now that our Fiction Section is organised by Genres (with books still shelved in alphabetical order by the author surname). Please check out some of our new Dystopian titles as well as old favourites. Remember if the book you want is not on our shelves this may mean it is out on loan. If you make a reservation at our Is- sues Desk, as soon as the book is returned, you will be the next one to read it!
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School Library
The Debate Club has got off to a steady start with a range of ideas for debates. Many thanks to Doctor Drever, Katherine Oldham and Emily Kovach for organising our Debaters. Please check our Library noticeboard for details of the next debate.
We ran out of chess sets in week one and heading into week CHESS CLUB four, we have a healthy list of regular attendees (twenty five, experi- enced and intermediate players and beginners). Thank you so much Mr Evans for taking time out to teach our beginners and for providing access to online chess tutorials. Again, a big thank you to our CFA for making this possible by funding the purchase of new chess sets. If you would like to be involved, please come along to our Library during Friday
Yet again we must say thank you to our CFA for funding the most successful Bookbuzz Scheme yet. Bookbuzz is a ‘free to students’ book 2019 scheme run by BookTrust, the largest children’s reading charity in the UK which aims to encourage a love of reading in Primary and Secondary Schools. Each year for Bookbuzz, BookTrust offer a selection of heavily discounted titles for students to choose from and schools are asked to pay £3 per head. This year, the CFA kindly sponsored this Scheme so that each Year 7 student could receive a free book of their choice from the pictured selection. English classes came down to our Library to browse and choose their free book and when the books arrived, during a return visit to our Library, students read aloud in groups and provided feedback on the books they had chosen. This enabled us to explore how we choose books to read and provided guidance on making informed choices so that we really enjoy reading. We only had three Year 7s who wished they had chosen different books and the good news is that all of these titles are available to loan (two free sets were provided by BookTrust in addition to a free set of ‘Kid Normal’ books). The top five Bookbuzz books were judged to be:
‘Who Killed Darius Drake’ by Rodman Philbrick ‘Still Water’ by Chris Priestly ‘Drone Racer’ by Andy Briggs ‘Animal Records’ by National Geographic
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School Library
We are always looking for ways of obtaining heavily discounted or free books for our Library and would like to draw your attention to a new Scheme offered by The Book People. With Christmas approaching we are hoping that many of our staff/governors/parents/carers/friends will be ordering books online. If you choose The Book People and nominate The Corbet School when placing an order over £10, Hoping to donate 1 million the company will donate £1 for our Library to spend books to UK Schools by 2022. on books. Please support this worthwhile Scheme.
LIBRARIAN NOTICEBOARD
Oh my gosh! At one point we were mentoring 14 ‘newbees’ and we had nearly as many on our waiting list. Thank you to all prospective student librarians for your en- thusiasm; please be patient with us, our core team can only stretch so far!
Thank you to Amelia Brien (8C), Morgan Richards (7C), Hettie Reynolds (7B), Beth Stimson (9R) and Joe Williams (9B) for being such fabulous ambassadors for our Library during Open Evening. A special mention for Emily Kovach who helped with preparing the Library quiz challenges for our young visitors.
LIBRARIAN AWARD SCHEME Congratulations to:
Beth Stimson (9R) : Newly appointed Team Leader Emily Kovach (8C) : Bronze Certificate Amy Brough (8O) : Blue trainee badge Lucy Brough (7R) : Blue trainee badge Hettie Reynolds (7B) : Blue trainee badge
PLEASE LOOK AFTER YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS. So far this term, two have fallen victim to leaking water bottles, one to a smelly yoghourt pot and one to some nasty, sticky sultanas….Reluctantly, we do have to charge replacement fees for badly damaged books.
“Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than Mrs Brett memory, and we should not trust the weaker.” Library Co - Ordinator Bram
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Sporting News & Results
U15 Boys Football U15 North Shropshire Netball Tournament President’s Trophy V Madeley Academy Tuesday 15th October Corbet won on penalties after extra time. Pool games Vs Thomas Adams 0-0 draw Vs St Martins 5-0 win Vs Adcote 1-1 draw Vs Marches B 2-1 win Semi final vs Priory 4-2 win Final Vs Oswestry 5-1 lost U13 Blue team Vs Adcote 5-3 win U14 North Shropshire Netball Results Vs Thomas Adams 2-2 draw Tuesday 1st October Vs Priory 6-4 lost Pool A Corbet Blue 3rd place in pool Vs St Martins 7-0 win Vs Ellesmere Lost 14-0 Semi final vs Marches A 4-2 lost Vs Thomas Adams 1 Won 4-2 U13 green team Vs Oswestry Lost 9 -2 Pool B Vs Marches B 2-1 win Corbet Green Vs Oswestry 0-3 lost Vs Adcote Lost 6-3 Vs Thomas Adams 3 Won 11-0 Vs Grove 5-0 lost Vs Thomas Adams 2 Won 7-2 Vs Marches A 4-0 lost Vs Lakelands Lost 6-5 Vs Thomas Adams 4-0 lost Vs Marches Lost 11-4
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Sporting News & Results Year 8 Sports Leaders Year 8 Sports Leaders meet after school every Wednesday throughout the year. In the sessions they look at what a good leader involves and learn to develop leadership skills, improve their communication skills, gain more confidence and work with Primary School pupils. They help organise and run tournaments and events for the local Feeder Primary Schools throughout the year in sports such as Cross Country, Basketball, Indoor Athletics, Dodgeball, Archery, Tennis, Handball and Kurling.
The Corbet Sports Council 2019 / 20 The Sports Council are students in Years 9 – 11, who have followed a sports leaders course in Year 8 and or regularly represent the school at sport or play sport at county level or higher.
They have an interest in contributing to the development of sport and extra - curricular activi- ties at The Corbet and meet regularly once a week.
This term they will be running an Inter House Badminton tournament during lunchtimes. They also run a badminton club for fellow students of all abilities in Years 7,8 & 9 on Wednesday lunch times and help with Year 7 netball practice.
During the school year they also help organise Charity Events and are hoping to organise a Colour Run again this year towards the end of the Spring term and continue the yearly Race for Life which the whole school are involved. October 2019 Volume 11 Issue 1 15
Sporting News & Results Katie Mundy-Gill 9E, a member of Bowbrook archers has had a successful outdoor archery season
Katie’s main achievements include: Being selected to shoot for Winning a gold medal in the Shropshire for the second mixed team event at archery GB year running at the junior in- youth festival, held at tercounty competition, held at Audco archers 22nd Septem- Lilleshall National Sports Centre ber 2019 (Shropshire won for 1st August 2019 (this is a big the third year running.) competition for juniors from all over the UK.)
Winning the Shropshire County Champion (under 18 girl), at the Shropshire county championships, held at Longmynd Archers, Church Stretton—15th September 2019.
Selected for the West Midlands team in a West Midlands vs East Midlands regional competition, held at the Welbeck Estate 21st July 2019 (sadly wmas lost)
Congratulations to Lexie Youens and Alex Brown who were part of the Oswestry Olympians junior girls side who won the Shropshire Track & field Championships this summer.
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School Production
Tickets selling fast– performed In the round, only 100 seats available for each night! Sorry no tickets Reserved.
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BEE U Emotional Help and Wellbeing
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Online Free Course for Parents
**COMING SOON!** ‘Me time’ 4-week workshop We have a new workshop aimed at promoting self-care in young people aged 10 and above. This will take place in both our Wellington and Shrewsbury ven- ues on the dates/times below: Wellington - 5TH, 12TH, 19TH & 26TH November 2019, 4.30-5.30pm Shrewsbury - 7TH, 14TH, 21ST & 28TH November 2019, 4.30- 5.30pm
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Courses for Parents
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Shropshire’s Family Information Service The Shropshire Family Information Service provides free information, advice and support on any aspect of family life to parents and carers of young people aged 0-19. This includes: • Childcare • Things to do and places to go • Family Support • Money Matters • Behaviour • Divorce and separation • Housing • Parenting • Disabilities and special needs • Domestic abuse. • Healthy eating • Staying safe
There are times in every parent’s life when they feel they need some information or help to support them in their role as parents. Further information is available from: www.shropshirefamily.co.uk
Corbet Alumni Staying connected with The Corbet School
Corbet school wants to keep in touch with students after they leave school.
The Corbet School has been a big part of your life, but even once you have left, the school can still provide opportunities to learn new skills and maybe get the job you want. If you stay in touch perhaps you can coach one of the sports teams, help set up community events, hear about career opportunities or maybe help set up a school reunion. Think about where you want to be in five years time and about the things you plan to do, would not it be great to come back and talk to Corbet students about all the amazing things you have achieved. It will help them see what’s possible and how they can achieve it too. So why not sign up to the Corbet's network today and we will keep you connected with the school after you leave. You will receive emails to keep you in the know.
You can keep in touch either by: Follow the Corbet Alumni Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/TheCorbetSchoolAlumni Or email [email protected] If you are still unsure and would like more information, please pop in to see Miss Kear (Office situated in the Maths block).
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October 2019
• Friday 25th PD Day (School closed to pupils) November 2019
• Monday 4th Pupils return to school • Thursday 7th School Production - A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Thursday 7th Shrewsbury Colleges Group Open Evening • Friday 8th Year 11 Elevate Education Time Management Session • Friday 8th School Production - A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Saturday 9th School Production - A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Thursday 14th Year 11 Interim Report 2 to Parents • Thursday 14th Year 11 Parents’ Evening • Thursday 28th Ex Year 11 Presentation Evening • Monday 25th - Friday 6th December Mock Exams
December 2019
• Thursday 5th Year 10 Parents’ Evening • Wednesday 18th Mock Exam Results Day • Friday 20th End of Term • Monday 23rd - Fri, 3rd Christmas Holidays.
January 2020
• Monday 6th PD Day - School closed to Pupils • Tuesday 7th Start of Term • Thursday 9th Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Interim Report 1 to Parents • Thursday 16th Year 8 Parents’ Evening • Friday 17th Year 11 Elevate Education Ace Your Exams Session • Sat 25th-Sun 2nd Feb Year 9 Ski Trip • Thursday 30th Year 11 Reports to Parents
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Term Dates 2019/2020
PROGRAMME OF TERMS & HOLIDAYS 2019/2020
AUTUMN TERM 2019
Tuesday 3rd September - Friday 20th December 2019 Half Term: Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2019 Christmas Holidays: Monday 23rd December 2019 - Friday 3rd January 2020
* Professional Development Days: Monday 2nd September 2019 Friday 25th October 2019 Monday 6th January 2020
SPRING TERM 2020
Tuesday 7th January - Friday 3rd April 2020 Half Term: Monday 17th February - Friday 21st February 2020 Easter Holiday: Monday 6th April - Friday 17th April 2020
SUMMER TERM 2020
Monday 20th April - Thursday 16th July 2020 May Day: Friday 8th May 2020 Half Term: Monday 25th May - Friday 29th May 2020 End of Term: Thursday 16th July 2020
ALL DATES INCLUSIVE * School closed for pupils
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