THE PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL Weekly Parent Bulletin Week Commencing 5th November, 2018 - Week 1

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOOD AT PARK Date Event The Autumn term menus have Tues 6th Nov 7x PTE Church Visit been added to our website on our Year 9 Football v Pilton (Home) 4-5pm website food page Main meals are £1.80, and 2 Weds 7th Nov Y10/11 monitoring home (emailed) courses are £2.30. Breakfast club Thurs 8th Nov 7x PTE Church Visit opens 8.15am-8.45am. Year 7/10 Football Semi Cup Final (Home) 4-5pm Fri 9th Nov Childrens’ Remembrance Service in Rock Park LETTERS ISSUED THIS WEEK - BY STUDENT POST Sat 10th Nov English School’s Cross Country Cup @ Downside School Somerset Check below to see if your child should have a letter. HEADTEACHER UPDATE (Copy on website or click link) School Hall Update Year Topic You may be aware that our School Hall suffered at 9 Parents Evening letter and the hands of Storm Callum just before the half term form break. Thanks to the work of the site team and in 10 Year 10 - Teenage Cancer particular Mr Elliott, our facilities manager, we have Trust Letter (emailed) already undertaken some major work on the School Hall. Sadly, the Hall will remain out of action for the possible mental health issues. foreseeable future whilst we carry out repairs and lay a new floor. Unfortunately this will cause some disruption for the school and students, however, this is unavoidable. For the remainder of this term, any parents evenings will be held in the Canteen and classrooms. Battlefields Visit My thanks go to the members of staff who arranged and supported our Battlefields visit to Belgium and France that took place over the half term break. This was a wonderful experience for our students all of whom took a great deal from the residential visit. Additionally, History society students have been working with the Town Council, library and Mr. Cuthbertson on the ‘there but not there’ project Duke of York Scheme writing about local ‘Tommys’. Our ICT/Computing department has been working Student Mental Health with the Duke of York awards to develop digital At a recent Parent Partnership meeting, we discussed and enterprise skills. Cameron Viner in year 8 has the use of mobile phones/tablets in the evening risen to the challenge and completed all the work and how these can often disturb sleep leading necessary to gain a ‘bronze’ certificate. The work was to tired, grumpy and lethargic teenagers. Some completed in school and for homework. A certificate parents, especially those of Year 11 children, may has arrived in school from Buckingham Palace and find this article posted on the The Guardian website we understand that Cameron is the first student in interesting and informative as to how the use of North to gain this award. Congratulations to mobile devices can affect sleep, adding to anxiety and Cameron! Sports Success Congratulations to the U16 netball team who, on Wednesday, finished joint top of the North Devon competition. They move on to the Devon finals, played in Exeter at the end of this month. Fire Dril Students may talk to you about our fire drill today, as usual this was conducted in an exemplary calm manner. My thanks to students and staff.

Gareth Roscoe - Headteacher

SAFEGUARDING South West Police Social Media App Bulletin We have shared with you a bulletin from the South West Police which contains apps/websites of note that have appeared in Child Sexual Exploitation or Abuse cases in the South West region that month. The document may also contain apps/websites that are prominent in other regions or are believed to be an emerging issue. Social Media App Bulletin

SPORTS NEWS

North Devon Schools Gymnastics Competition Parents/carers please note, the North Devon Schools Gymnastics Competition date has changed to Sunday 17th March 2019.

SCHOOL TRIPS Ski 2019 There are 3 places available on this trip. If interested, students should collect a letter from Pupil Reception.

Thank you, Mrs Freeman

Bude/Torquay Residentials Barcelona/France/Ski Trip Deposits are now due for the Year 10 Bude residential Please kindly keep up with payments according to and the Year 7 Torquay residential by Thursday 1st the payment schedule, as we are regularly paying November. If you would like your child to attend the travel companies and it is important we have these residentials, please pay the deposit as soon as sufficient funds to do so. Many thanks possible via Wisepay or cheque payable to “The Park Community School”. CREATIVE HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN This week Miss Clark set a ‘Creative Halloween Pumpkin’ competition for her tutor group 7AC which was judged by Mr Hampton. The results were: 1st prize Matilda Hill, 2nd prize Elena Carter and 3rd prize Harry Brayley. Some very creative ideas!

HELP NEEDED FOR STUDENT PROJECT Are you a builder or a garden landscaper? Could you offer your help to the school for a student project?

If you are interested, please contact Julia O’Callaghan via email: [email protected], or phone Tel: 01271 373131, to find out more. KS4 INFORMATION YEAR 10 AND 11 - CAREERS KS4 SCIENCE REVISION GUIDES As there have been so many enquiries about careers Revision guides are available to purchase from school in the Army I have arranged for two Army Careers at a reduced price. Advisers to be in school on Friday 30th November. Option 1 - GCSE AQA - all three Science revision Students in Year 10 or 11 who want an army careers guides. Price at £8.75. interview or just some information need to email Option 2 - GCSE AQA Foundation Combined Science Mrs Thomas, [email protected], to say revision guides. Price at £6.00 what information they are looking for. Please email by Option 3 - GCSE AQA Higher Combined Science Friday 16th November. revision guides. Price at £6.00

Mrs Thomas - Careers Coordinator Payment can be made via Wisepay or cheque made payable to “Devon County Council”. YEAR 11 COLLEGE AND 6TH FORM OPEN EVENTS GCSE ART/PHOTOGRAPHY Bicton College Sat 3th Nov 10.00 – 12.00 TWILIGHTS Open Evening Thur 8th Nov 17.00 – 20.00 There are Art and Photography twilight sessions Shebbear 6th Form Thur 8th Nov 18.00 for Year 10s, on a Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Bridgewater Cannington Campus (Land Based Students can attend if they have any outstanding Courses) Sat 17th Nov 10.00 – 13.00 work. The computer suite is also available for those Exeter College Open Evening students needing to catch up or print out images. Wed 21st Nov 17.00 – 20.00 Duchy College Sat 24th Nov 17.00 – 20.00 HISTORY REVISION 6th Form If any parents would like to support their children Thur 29th Nov 17.00-20.00 with history revision but do not know how, then please get in touch with their History teacher who will be happy to help. NCS – NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP SERVICE There are also revision support books available for Year 11 students can sign up for the National all 4 GCSE modules at pupil reception. They can be Citizenship Service Summer Activity. They will have purchased for £10.50. They contain key content, a stand at the Year 11 Parents Evening on Thursday questions to practice and model answers. They are 15th Nov. Clink link for more information. available for new Year 10 History students and any Year 11s who have not yet purchased them. APPRENTICESHIPS – INFORMATION FOR PARENTS TEN TORS For Parents that would like to know more about All Ten Tors reply slips must be returned to Mr Apprenticeships the National Apprenticeship Service Ratcliffe by the morning of Tuesday 6th November. has produced a Parent Pack to explain the changes. Click Link. YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE The deadline for students to opt into the scheme is Friday 9th November. By this date students need to have handed in the Parent/Carer Permission Form and a mailable letter of application. It is the student’s responsibility to hand these in to Pupil Reception.

An online database of placements used in the past is www.devon.learnaboutwork.org Log in Details School Name: The Park Community School User Name: Park Student Password: 2121 YEAR 11 REVISION SESSION TIMETABLE

Lunch quiet study rooms: MFL5 and MFL6 plus ICT 1 (JWs room) or ICT5 - Open from 1.00pm until 1.30 Before School Tutor Time Lunch After School 8:00 - 8:30 8:50-9:10 12:55 - 1:25 3:30 - 4:30

Monday week 1 English Maths Tutor Invite only Spanish ( MFL3) Maths French (MFL6) Maths 6 for Higher Maths 10 for Foundation

Tuesday week 1 Maths Tutor Invite only English History (Hist1,2,4) Food prep and Nutrition

Wednesday week 1 Maths Tutor Invite only Maths Geography Please go to your own teacher and Child Development own classroom RE (PTE1,2,3)

Thursday week 1 English Maths Tutor Invite only Textiles (Tech1) Computing (ICT1) Drama Art/photography (Art1) Sociology (PTE1,2,3) PE

Friday week 1 Maths Tutor Invite only BLANK English (Possible mop up session for clash students)

Monday week 2 English Maths Tutor Invite only Geography Science PE

Tuesday week 2 Maths Tutor Invite only Science Drama Design and Technology Art/Photography (Art2)

Wednesday week 2 Maths Tutor Invite only History French & Spanish (MFL2) Child Development Sociology (PTE1,2,3)

Thursday week 2 English Maths Tutor Invite only ICT (ICT3) Maths Computing (ICT1) Maths 6 for Higher RE (PTE1,2,3) Maths 10 for Foundation

Friday week 2 Maths Tutor Invite only GCSE D&T (Tech5) English

(Possible mop up session for clash students)

carers could encourage their sons/daughters in Year 11 to attend these Revision sessions. Revision these attend 11 to in Year sons/daughters their encourage could carers future amendments will be uploaded on our website under the “Events” menu. It would be great if parents/ great be It would menu. the “Events” under on our website be uploaded will amendments future Please see below copy of the current Year 11 Revision Session Timetable. This timetable starts now and any any and now starts This timetable Timetable. Session Revision 11 Year the current of copy see below Please COMMUNITY EVENTS/INFORMATION

The Pickwell Foundation: Empathy Action in North Devon Empathy Action, a charity which aims to raise empathy and ignite compassionate action, will be visiting North Devon to run a series of immersive activity workshops – one of which will be open to all members of the public. See

Read the attached information pack to find our more about this interesting event. Click advert image to enlarge.

The Poverty Trap Information Pack

Saturday 3rd November 2018 from 10.00am to 1.00pm