Lord Grey News Grey Lord We Recruit Many Students Who Were Not at Lord Grey for Their Gcses and They Are Also Showing Solid Value Added in Their Studies.”

10 November 2016, edition 04

Value Added Exceeds

at Lord Grey

Value Added is a government measure that looks at how much

progress students have made from the beginning to the end of their Level 3 qualification.

The Lord Grey Sixth Form team are very pleased with the recently released positive figures on ‘Value Added’ for their Post-16 courses. David Smith, Head of the Sixth Form said; “Our Sixth Form are not only judged on the results, of which ours in the summer were very strong with a large number of the very top grades, but also on Value Added. This measures how much students have progressed since their GCSE results and for us to have a really positive figure for this shows that we have helped the students accelerate in their education.

Aspire,Learn, Achieve We also have courses which include re-sit English GCSE and the students achieved half a grade higher than similar students, nationally. This is extremely good and helps them to move on successfully.

Lord Grey News Grey Lord We recruit many students who were not at Lord Grey for their GCSEs and they are also showing solid Value Added in their studies.”

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Introducing our Student Leadership Team

Many congratulations to our new Student Leadership Team. These students are the representatives of Lord Grey Sixth Form and have a prominent role around the school and at school functions. They will help to shape the improvement and development of the Sixth Form through shared decision making with school leaders. Wishing you luck in your new roles.

“It is an honour to be the Head Boy at Lord Grey School. It feels great to be able to represent the school and students alike and I hope to build a brighter future for the young people who study here.” Luke Whalley, Head Boy

“I am honoured to be the newly appointed Head Head Boy Girl at Lord Grey School. I will be working with the Head Boy and Senior Students to create a united and collaborative Sixth Form. I want to be able to support students and staff and continue to improve the learning environment.” Katie Higgs, Head Girl

Head Girl

Luke Whalley Head Boy

Katie Higgs Head Girl

Barbara Naughton Ammon Senior Student

Samantha Shailer Senior Student

Jess Turp Senior Student

Deborah Winter Senior Student

Sam Galvin Senior Student

Chloe Dodds Senior Student

2016 BIG MK Youth Debate A Lord Grey Win...

Students from schools across Milton Keynes joined forces to debate important issues and get their voices heard on key subjects that affect young people. They had the opportunity to question key decision makers on issues such as mental health and how Milton Keynes supports healthy lifestyles.

Lord Grey School hosted the first round of the debating competition on Friday 14 October. The evening was chaired by Iain Stewart, our local MP and he brought an impressive team of local politicians and personalities to judge the debating teams, representing five local schools and the college.

Our team, Deborah Winter and Barbara Naughton-Ammon had to go first, which is always much more difficult, and proposed a motion supporting the possible new grammar schools. They were opposed by students from MK College but overcame them with impressive research and argument.

The other winners on the night were St Paul’s Catholic School and Denbigh School. This enables them, along with our team, to go to the next round which will be held at the end of November.

Many congratulations to the winning debaters.

David Smith, Director of Sixth Form.

SIXTH FORM - IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION

 Sixth Form Autumn Progress Update available online, Thursday 1 December.

 Sixth Form Parents’ Evening, Thursday 15 December.

The Sixth Form Progress Updates (as well as the Full Reports), will be issued electronically through INSIGHT. (Booking appointments for Parents’ Evening is also done via this system). To access your Insight account please go to the school website. http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/

If you have any problems please email: [email protected]

We will print paper copies of the Progress Updates for those parents without computer access at home. Please contact Gill Mohan on 01908 626160, if you would like us to do this for you.

David Smith, Director of Sixth Form.

Many thanks to all the students who entered the recent English Poetry Competition in support of the National Poetry Day. There were lots of excellent entries. Please see below the names of the winners, plus the winning poem! Well done and many congratulations to the winners, it was an excellent field!

Look out for these poems, and some of the other entries in the English corridor soon.

Thank you all for your hard work!

Mrs Cliffe, Director of English

THE WINNING POEM

If Only (Sonnet)

If only I could warn you ‘bout the road’, the risk and toy of playing with your life, the dangers of the life and modern code, the choice you choose when flirting with a knife. If only you would listen to your mum, your gang is not your blood - its just a lie, you think you’re bad because you hold a gun, your blood will spill and none of them will cry, if only you would put aside your drill, big bangs begin to haunt the silent night, the cost of life is different to a bill,

I pray and hope you do what’s really right.

If only - you would listen to my voice.

Only if - you make the correct choice. By Johnathan Mavuela, C05

The winners:

1st – Jonathan Mavuela, C05 2nd – Mashkura Begum, L02 3rd – Caira Clark, E15 4th – Amir Bari, C07 5th – Saima Bari, C08 6th – Madison Bylmer, U08 th 7 – Sophie Mollison, M15

It was National Poetry Day on 6 October 2016 and the theme was Autumn. Ryan was inspired to write his poem during a lesson after looking at the leaves on the trees, and seeing them falling to the ground...

The Life of a Leaf

The life of a leaf is easy, just hanging from a tree all day. We have to work sometimes to collect sunlight. Life-giving, beautiful sunlight.

It’s coming to that time of year when I go away. As my colours change, I become dim. The light goes away as I fade away.

My connection with the oak tree splits as our paths separate, and I fall for eternity.

Ryan Jones-Julian, M09

Many congratulations to all students who have received a Headteacher’s Reward. Keep up the good work.

Forename Surname Form How many Vivo Points Muhammed Ahmed U07 1 5 Sadia Akhter C13 1 5 Owen Alford C07 2 10 Mohammed Ali E02 1 5 Shahina Ali E14 2 10 Abu Ali U08 1 5 Rachel Alofe L12 1 5 Stefan Apostol L09 5 25 Katie Appleton E14 2 10 Tanjina Begum C14 1 5 Ariana Begum L09 2 10 Chloe Billington E13 1 5 Josh Binfield C02 1 5 Kristian Bird L04 1 5 James Blackbrow L15 1 5 Freya Blain C10 1 5 Dylan Boxall U09 1 5 Debbie Brewer U15 1 5 Hayley Bright L14 1 5 Ashley Broom U14 1 5 Madison Bulmer U08 1 5 River Burnett C02 2 10 Esme Burns L10 2 10 Frankie Butler M10 2 10 Bobby Carter C08 1 5 Caira Clark E15 1 5 Bobby Coats C08 1 5 Honey Connell E08 2 10 Angel Cooper C15 1 5

Many congratulations to all students who have received a Headteacher’s Reward. Keep up the good work.

Forename Surname Form How many Vivo Points Merissa Darkoh M04 1 5 Ashley Dell E05 1 5 Sorcha Drinkwater U09 1 5 Daniel Elton U02 1 5 Jack Farrell M03 1 5 Rhiannon French C11 1 5 Autumn Goodwin M07 1 5 Luke Gray L04 1 5 Ceejay Green C04 1 5 Jessy Griffin C06 1 5 Luke Hanmore M04 1 5 Ellie Hanscombe U07 2 10 Chloe Hanscombe U14 1 5 Ubayedul Haque C14 3 15 Alfie Hawkins L09 3 15 Aimee Hendey C09 1 5 Myles Hillary L08 1 5 Hermione Hilton L06 3 15 Poppy Hughes E09 1 5 William Hunt C11 1 5 Keira Hussain L15 1 5 Rahema Hussain C10 1 5 Lewis Jenkins-Welch M06 1 5 Skye Jones C11 1 5 Honey Joseph L02 1 5 Samuel Kassi U11 1 5 Owen Kenny E10 1 5 Malaika Khan E05 2 10 Ema Lapatinskaite M09 2 10 Katie Lee M15 1 5

Many congratulations to all students who have received a Headteacher’s Reward. Keep up the good work.

Forename Surname Form How many Vivo Points Courtney MacPherson E02 1 5 Rhys Major M09 1 5 Ellarose Mangan U10 1 5 Damian Markey L05 2 10 Remi Martin L09 1 5 Jess McDonald C05 1 5 Ella McKee E11 1 5 Mayemi Mene-Oyen M09 2 10 Vanessa Rae Milado E04 1 5 Ben Mowatt E06 4 20 Niobi Murray M06 1 5 Sam Newman E15 1 5 Jamie Nightingale-Smith E13 2 10 Cyra Norris E04 3 15 Joseph Olagunju C08 2 10 Ben Oldfield U06 1 5 Keah Pateman M08 1 5 Chris Phillips C14 1 5 Adam Pretlove E07 1 5 Krisha Rana C07 1 5 Luke Roberts-Priday U06 1 5 Muhsin Sabou M13 2 10 Harry Saunders U15 1 5 Oliver Simpson L09 2 10 Oliwia Sliwka E09 1 5 Freddie Smith L11 1 5 Adam Smith L13 1 5 Charlotte Steens C14 2 10 Courtney Stevens C14 2 10 Sameh Syed E10 2 10 Igor Szychowski E15 1 5 Abida Talib U13 1 5 Santhiya Thalayasingam C03 1 5 Akeel Uddin U10 1 5 Alexsandra Volkova M06 1 5 Isabelle Walker M05 2 10 Dalton Wall L06 1 5 Ella Wallington E05 1 5 Taylor Wasden E12 1 5 Jared Webb E05 3 15 Gracie Weston U11 1 5 Hayden Whalley U04 2 10 Daniel Williams E03 2 10 Joe Williams E07 1 5 Lianna Wilson E02 3 15 Daniel Wood-Brockhurst E15 1 5 10

COLOSSUS HOUSE

On Friday 14th October I visited Caton House Residential A few comments from our students below. Home in Bletchley. On this visit I took a group of Colossus “I really enjoyed it and the Bring Back My Bonnie to Me song/ students and we joined in an entertainment afternoon with the game, it was confusing but funny. I was a bit scared because residents. The students were asked to sit with the residents a lady at the home wanted to sit next to me and I moved over and they all joined different tables and struck up conversation for her and she fell asleep next to me.” Charlotte Steens with people. The entertainment was a singing duo who sang a lot of songs from many years ago, some the students knew “When we went to Caton House we watched people sing some and joined in with ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and ‘Will you still love me songs and we got picked out individually to help. I loved it.” tomorrow’ amongst others, plus some that they may have Blake Tibble heard on old films. “It was a great experience at Caton House. I sat next to a lady Who can remember the following? called Anne. The singing was great and I got to play the tambourine and I received 10/10 by the singers. I would go  Underneath the Arches again.” Owen Alford  We’ll Meet Again The students who took part in the visit - Tamia Adedje, Grace  Bless ‘em All Greenwood, Oliver Flynn, Owen Alford, Charlotte Steens, Emily Vickers, James Lunnon, Chance Sargent, Alix  Living Doll Royffe-Steen and Blake Tibble.  King of the Road Quite unexpectedly the entertainers asked for some Once again a lovely visit out into the community and I have volunteers to join in a game called Bring Back my Bonnie to tried to convey to the students how much pleasure they give Me – they joined in enthusiastically and it was very funny to by attending these events. watch. We were also treated to homemade cake. Once again, Lord Grey students were impeccably behaved and I Carol Green, was really proud that they so actively engaged. Family Intervention & Community Support Manager.

COLOSSUS HOUSE

What a busy end of Autumn 1. Colossus pulled in a dynamic strong first half term! Look what we have been achieving…

SPELLING BEE - Over the period of a week, two members from Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 each had to correctly spell the words dictated by Mrs Bowen, Head of Lorenz House.

Our amazing entrants were ALL champions, we won every year category! Fantastic! Here they are beaming for joy.

Congratulations to Joe Osborn, Hermione Woodhams, Maame Atu, Daniel Black, Connie Wiltshire, Owen Alford, Chloe Osborn, Jonathan Mavuela and Mrs Enright, Head of Colossus House Captains Colossus House. - Grace and Brandon.

Not content with winning the Spelling Bee, Colossus set forth to grab another trophy - Boys Dodgeball.

Our wonderful, energetic and fierce teams competed, slamming those balls, making it very difficult for other teams to dodge. We put up a brave and strong defence, but were pipped right on the last point - coming in second place. Well done boys, you were fantastic! The team: Spencer Wilkins, Blake Tibble, Billy Morgan, Ubayedul Haque - Triumphant after they beat Enigma!

Some fantastic moves!

The team: Connor McCarthy, Prince Mafuta, Kevin Opuku and fantastic Morgan Wiltshire smashing it!

Owen Alford, Jack Smith, Chance Sargeant, Kai Bartlett, Sabil Ali, Oliver Flynn, Bradley Morris, Alistair Chikwama, Ayaanle Ali, James Lunnon and Ben Dodds. The mighty Year 9 and Year 10 preparing for battle!

COLOSSUS HOUSE On Friday, 21st October 2016 our House Captains and a number of students went along to the Milton Keynes Food Bank to see the operation. It was amazing what they found, a tightly run operation feeding over 14,000 families a year, in Milton Keynes. The surprise was that the families don’t need food as much as little luxuries; like soap, washing-up liquid, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, spices, salt, pepper and toilet rolls.

On Monday 14th November, Colossus House will launch their appeal in House Assemblies asking students for any donations that they are able to give. Twenty five pence buys two toothbrushes; forty seven pence buys a tube of toothpaste. All the items contributed will be taken to the Food Bank Centre during the last week of term and the team are looking forward to helping to create parcels and packages.

So please dig deep Lord Grey and let us make Christmas more enjoyable for those in need.

Thank you for all your support.

Careers Base

We have so many exciting careers related events coming up in school over the next few weeks and we would like to share news of some of them with you.

Science Online Workshop Skills Show Tuesday, 15 November Thursday, 17 November No matter what we do, from driving a car to the beauty On Thursday 17 November we will be taking our Year 11 products we use, even downloading the latest music - Workskills students to the Skills Show at Birmingham NEC.

it all has something to do with Science, Technology, This is a fantastic opportunity to attend the largest skills and Engineering or Maths. careers event in the country and will support the Workskills curriculum as well as giving students an insight into a wide STEM skills unlock a wide variety of career paths and are in range of career ideas that they may not have considered high demand by employers both now and in the future. before.

Despite this, a growing number of students don’t consider Year 9 Careers Day taking Maths or a Science subject at A-Level because they Thursday, 24 November don’t see it as necessary for their future career. We know On Thursday 24 November all of our Year 9 students will that students who have studied Maths or Physics can earn spend the morning working on their careers and employability around 33% more than their peers and with thousands of curriculum. vacancies going unfilled each year due to a lack of relevant skills - maybe it’s time to start talking about where a Maths This year, this will involve researching a job role within the NHS and producing a job description and job advert. As well or Science subject could take you… as highlighting the very broad range of roles in the NHS (350+) the knowledge relating to job descriptions and job During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to adverts is transferable to other employment sectors. discuss your subject choices with an ambassador, talk career options with current apprenticeships or graduates As part of the day students have the opportunity to enter a national competition and to win prizes including tablets and from and find out how what they are learning in the amazon vouchers. classroom applies to a real life career in Maths and Physics….

This workshop is open to students in Years 9, 10 and HR and Entrepreneurship Careers Talk 11 who are interested in learning more about careers Friday, 2 December at Tutor Time using Maths or Science.

This session will run after school 3.30-4.30pm on Are you interested in the idea of starting your Tuesday 15 November and you will need parental own business? permission to take part. Or maybe you want to work in Human Resources? Please see Michelle White in T17 to get a letter to take Come along to the Lecture Theatre on home. Places are limited to just 15 - so act fast to Friday, 2 December and hear from secure your place and have the opportunity to talk to Karen Morris-Lanz. Hear her inspirational story of current apprentices and graduates who use Science how she overcame adversity and started her own and Maths in their roles. very successful business.

Careers Base

Engineering Careers Talk PwC Roadshow Friday, 9 December at Tutor Time Friday 9 December 2016 What exactly is Engineering? How can I become an engineer? 9.45am-10.45am. If these are questions that you would like Open to all Year 12 and answered, come to the Lecture Theatre on Friday, Year13 students 9 December to meet Colin Durrans and Simon Navin who work for two very different companies – Network Rail and Ordinance Survey and hear PwC are on the road with their Back to School Campaign and about the roles and be inspired to find out more we are delighted to welcome them to Lord Grey School. about this extremely diverse field. Business staff currently on one of our Graduate or School Leaver programmes will be visiting schools up and down the country to Year 11 Work Experience Opportunity share their experiences with students to help them with the February Half Term important decisions they're facing. The campaign, continues to For students that may be interested in a career in reinforce our commitment to supporting the development of business or accountancy – why not consider a talented individuals and helping to equip them with the skills they one-day insight programme in London during need for future jobs or study. February half-term? World leading professional services firm EY invite The presenters will give a background to themselves and PwC, Year 11 students to attend a new one-day insight followed by an insight into the employability skills that employers programme in February 2017. This will be a great are looking for; how they can identify them and develop what addition to their CVs at an early stage of their career they need. This is a great opportunity to share experiences exploration. peer-to-peer, provide advice and answer any questions students may have. At EY, we understand that taking the first step towards deciding which career you’d like to pursue, and how you’re going to get there, can be quite daunting. That’s This is a good opportunity for anyone interested in accountancy why we’re excited to launch our new one-day insight or business roles, whether or not you intend going to university, programme for school students in Year 11, which will help as PwC offer school leaver and graduate opportunities. It would you to find out more about EY and the career choices we also be useful for anyone considering apprenticeships or offer. graduate schemes in other sectors as many of the messages will Discover EY is a one-day experience that will explain the be transferable. sector of professional services and its place in the world of business. EY is divided into four different areas; we call Please sign up in Sixth Form if you are interested. these our service lines. Each of them helps clients with different issues. Because business issues are often interconnected, EY people in different service lines share their skills and knowledge with each other. Also….COMING SOON…..An Options and Choices Performance for To find out more and apply please visit this page on the our Year 8 students to help them as they begin to think about EY website by copying and pasting the following link into making decisions relating to their KS4 options. We are very your browser: excited to have Enact Solutions coming to school to deliver a thought provoking show designed to engage young people to https://ukcareers.ey.com/schools/our-programmes/ make the right choices, help them to realise their dreams, raise programmes-for-school-leavers/discover-ey/ their aspirations, and inspire them to succeed.

Vacancy, Are You Interested? We would love to hear from you. Salon International 15-17 October 2016 Excel London Inspiring Today’s Hairdresser Our Year 12 hairdressing students visited the Salon International in London recently. There was so much on offer, it’s the best place to look, listen, learn and mix with many other hundreds of like-minded hairdressing professionals. It was an amazing atmosphere and an opportunity for students to see launches and innovations first hand and keep up-to-date with the huge amount of free education on offer. We watched The Fellowship for British Hairdressing platform: its key artistic teams created fantastic hair designs by the F.A.M.E. Team 2016. Attending the show has inspired all the students ready for their end of year show. Lydia Bryant, Hairdressing Instructor

Vacancy, Are You Interested? We would love to hear from you.

WELLBEING FACULTY TECHNICIAN AND LINKED TEACHING ASSISTANT Permanent (LGS SSPS Band 4, Point 10) 37 hours per week, 38 term time weeks + 5 training days per annum Actual annual salary: £14,298.68

We require as soon as possible a Technician and linked Teaching Assistant to work within our Wellbeing Faculty.

We are looking for someone who is completely reliable, committed and hard working. The job entails supporting the Faculty with a range of technical equipment and offering administrative, coaching and general support, particularly in Physical Education. Excellent organisational skills are required.

You will need to be able to prioritise a busy workload, have good office skills and be ICT literate, particularly with Microsoft applications Word and Excel. You will enjoy working with people from varied backgrounds and cultures. You will work with school aged students.

An application pack can be downloaded from the vacancies area on the school website http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/

Please note the application form is available on the right hand side of the aforementioned link. Completed application form and covering letter should be sent to the school or emailed to [email protected] by 9am on Monday 14th November 2016.

The interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 18th November 2016. Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. The school is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

What is the Duke Of Edinburgh award? A Duke of Edinburgh Award can be life-changing; a fun adventure and a major challenge. There are three progressive award levels (Bronze, Silver and Gold) and a wide range of activities offer endless possibilities to anyone aged 14 to 24. Millions of young people in the UK have already taken part in the world’s leading youth achievement award – pushing personal boundaries, gaining new skills and enhancing their CVs (Curriculum Vitae) and university applications.

Who can join?  Year 9 and Year 10 can join up to start their bronze journey.  Sixth Form can join up to start their silver journey.  Existing award holders – can take the step to joining to complete the next level.

If you would like to take up the challenge of doing the award, you will need to come along to the weekly meetings which will be held on a Thursday straight after school in S13 after half term. In these meeting you will be taught the skills you need in order to complete the award.

2016/2017 fees  £60 – Bronze includes registration and expedition fees.  £85 – Silver includes registration and expedition fees. * Funding may be available to help with costs.

For further information why not check out the DofE website: www.dofe.org or speak with Mr Bateman.

Also, a reminder to all students who completed their expedition last year but as yet have not filled in their online evidence, please do so, in order for me to award you your certificates!

Mr Bateman

Many thanks to all the students who entered the Geography Photography competition. There were lots of beautiful photos taken of important and meaningful locations from across the globe!

In FIRST PLACE and the prize of a £15 Amazon voucher goes to Year 10 student Molly Rooney, Enigma 14 for her lovely submission about a family visit to Scotland. SECOND PLACE goes to Tilly Chamberlain in Year 12 - Mercury for her collage about her recent visit to Copenhagen. THIRD PLACE goes to Charlie Hollinshead in Year 8, Enigma 05 for his locally based submission featuring Tattenhoe Valley Park. Please come and see all of the entries on display in the Humanities corridor outside room H02.

The next Humanities Competition is up and running, so look out for posters to enter the Lord Grey Family Shoebox Competition, hosted by Sociology.

There is a £15 Amazon voucher prize for the overall winner!

Miss Phipps, Second in Humanities Faculty

We received this lovely letter from the Chairman of the Bletchley Community

Hospital League of Friends. Details are typed below.

15 October 2016 Dear Dr Jones,

Many thanks for all you did to facilitate a very successful Bletchley Community Hospital League of Friends quiz yesterday.

We are grateful that you and the governors allow us to use your school once a year for the quiz and make us so welcome. This year with the illness of our treasurer and secretary you added to our indebtedness by fetching fish and chips and chicken and chips and by speeding up the raffle. Extra special thanks this year for your support as well for the many raffle prizes the school provided.

Very best wishes, Bryan Clarkson Chairman Bletchley Community Hospital League of Friends

Football Results 2 November 2016 Year 10 won versus Chalfont 3-0. Harry Hamilton scored a hat-trick - Man of the Match.

1 November 2016 Year 7 won vs Chiltern Academy 4-2. Jacob Anderson scored one goal - Man of the Match. Godfred Gyabaah scored two goals and Mohammed Mahbub scored one goal.

Under 15 girls football team won 6-0 versus Walton High.

Netball Results Year 7 won 6-0 versus Shenley Brook End School. Won 6-1 versus Milton Keynes Academy. Won 9-0 versus Oakgrove School.

Under 16s won 11-1 versus Milton Keynes Academy.

BASKETBALL - YEAR 10 The team were busy last week with two games being played in two days. Matches against Oakgrove School and The Radcliffe School saw some good defence and offensive, with points being scored by many of the team.

Lord Grey beat The Radcliffe School 26-10, showing some exceptional team play and discipline during a physically demanding game.

The game against Oakgrove School ended in defeat, with Oakgrove winning by one basket which was scored in the last minute of the game.

A special mention must go to Cameron Rodgers and Sam Stanford as they made their debut and performed well. Sam was awarded MVP at the end of this game as a result of his hard work on defence.

Richard Henry, Head of PE

YEAR 11 TRIAL EXAMS TIMETABLE

All students have received their personal timetables.

 All morning exams start at 8.50am

 All afternoon exams start at 1.15pm

Students MUST ensure they bring all necessary equipment with them to the exams and it should be in a clear pencil case.

Don’t forget ONLY pens with black ink MUST be used for all examinations.

28 November 2016 - 2 December 2016

YEAR 11 TRIAL EXAMS TIMETABLE

5 December 2016 - 9 December 2016

12 December 2016 - 13 December 2016

ENGLISH REVISION SCHEDULE AUTUMN 2 All sessions are 3.15pm-4pm in E010

Week Commencing Wednesday Language Thursday Literature Component 1 Curious Incident of the Dog in 31/10/2016 Unseen Prose the Night Time Component 1 07/11/2016 Blood Brothers Unseen Prose

14/11/2016 Writing (Creative) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Component 2 21/11/2016 Poetry Analysis Non-Fiction texts Component 2 28/11/2016 Poetry Comparison Non-Fiction texts

05/12/2016 Writing (Transactional) Romeo and Juliet

12/12/2016 Writing (Transactional) Macbeth

ATTENTION! ALL YEAR 10 PARENTS and CARERS! Do you have any overdue library books lurking about?

We have sent out notices this week to all Year 10 students with overdue books. If your child has received a notice, or you are aware of any overdue library books in the house, we would be very grateful if you could make sure that these books are returned as soon as possible. Thank you.

from the school nurse

HPV Injection to take place on Friday 11th November 2016, for all Year 8 female students. Consent forms have already been sent out. For those who have not returned the consent form, please complete and return to Student Services as soon as possible.

Year 10 Injection consent forms will be sent out shortly.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR PARENTS FUTURE PROGRESS UPDATES AND FULL REPORTS

This year, reports will be available on Insight, as we have always done, but we will not be providing a paper copy unless one is requested. If you need to have your Insight details confirmed, please make a request in your child’s Student Planner for their Form Tutor to organise.

If you would like to receive a paper copy of your child’s report; please use the Student Planner. We will make sure a paper copy is sent home.

Mr R L Page, Deputy Headteacher

for the School Year September 2017-July 2018

Open to students on the Closed at the end of Term 2017/2018 morning of: afternoon on: Half Term 1 2017 Wed 6 September Fri 20 October Half Term Holiday Mon 23 October Fri 27 October Half Term 2 2017 Mon 30 October Tue 19 December Christmas Holiday Wed 20 December Tues 2 January Half Term 3 2018 Wed 3 January Fri 9 February Half Term Holiday Mon 12 February Fri 16 February Half Term 4 2018 Mon 19 February Fri 23 March Easter Holiday Mon 26 March Friday 6 April Half Term 5 2018 Mon 9 April Fri 25 May Half Term Holiday Mon 28 May Fri 1 June Half Term 6 2018 Mon 4 June Fri 20 July

Teacher Training Days: the school will be closed to students. Monday 4 September 2017, Tuesday 5 September 2017, Friday 24 November 2017, Wednesday 4 July 2018, Monday 23 July 2018. Bank Holidays: the school will be closed. 25 December 2017, 26 December 2017, 01 January 2018, 30 March 2018, 2 April 2018, 7 May 2018, 28 May 2018, 27 August 2018.

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Early Morning Italian with Miss Sacca, which are open to all students, staff and parents who wish to complete an Italian GCSE in one year. The lessons take place in TL06 on Fridays from 8am - 8.45am .

All are welcome, we look forward to seeing you.

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Come and join in the fun EVERY Friday in the LSU Mentoring Room. 12.35pm-1.10pm

KEEPING IN TOUCH, Dates for your Diary 14 November 2016 WE MAY NEED TO Music For Youth Prom

16 November 2016 CONTACT YOU. Sixth Form Open Evening In the ever changing world of mobile 5.30pm-8pm phones it is important to have good

24 November 2016 communication between home and UCAS Information Evening school. Could you please ensure that you keep us up to date with regards to 6pm-8pm, Lecture Theatre any changes to your mobile and home phone numbers as 25 November 2016 well as address and email details, plus any Training Day updates on medical information. School Closed to Students You are able to do this by using your son or daughter’s Student Planner or by contacting Student Services 28 Nov - 9 Dec inclusive on 01908 626176/626157 or emailing Year 11 Trial Exams Student Services on

13 December 2016 [email protected] Christmas Concert

15 December 2016 Year 12 and Year 13 Parents’ Evening

16 December 2016 Last Day of Term Halloween

Students & Staff Charity Fundraising Madness return to school on Tuesday 3 January 2017 Daniel and Adam Mills with dad Dean and Joshua Pateman, helped to construct a custom built Haunted House, including a Halloween Walk, to raise funds for ‘The Henry Allen Trust’. Our The Haunted House was open from 6pm-10pm from Core Values: 28-31 October and over 1,000 people visited the house, raising a Ambitious fantastic amount of £2300.34. Determined Independent Many congratulations to all involved. Respectful Successful

Lord Grey School, Rickley Lane, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EW 36 Telephone: 01908-626110 ● Website: www.lordgrey.org.uk ● Email: [email protected] ● Twitter: @lordgreyschool