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Values – Care – Achievement School NEWSLETTER 320 Thursday 25 October 2018 Head’s Introduction Young Leader’s Award Presentation Ceremony Dear Parents and Carers, The community leadership and charity work of over 200 students was recognised at the fifth Archbishop of York We are delighted to have confirmation that our Young Leaders’ Award Ceremony. The Bishop of Hull, the Year 11 Progress 8 score is once again the highest Right Reverend Alison White, presented students with in York and the surrounding area. This means their certificates for completing the challenging and that in a broad range of subjects including Maths, inspiring course over two years, studying the work of English, Science, Languages and Humanities, as inspirational people of faith, and then identifying and supporting those well as subjects including Art, Music and Drama, in need through acts of volunteering, fundraising and charity. our students have performed exceptionally well. This scheme, taught alongside Citizenship lessons, was launched in January 2012 by the Religious Education department of Archbishop Holgate’s School and is now firmly established in the school’s curriculum. Head of RE, Miss Harper said: “It’s wonderful that again this year we have another group of impressive young students who have demonstrated the ability to learn, understand and apply the lessons of the world’s great spiritual leaders.” This year students contributed to a remarkable range of projects and events: organising a community coffee morning (baking cakes, decorating the hall, a raffle, refreshments with flower displays for the tables) and various other fundraising events and cake I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe sales. In addition, they have been volunteering in the community, baby- half term. sitting for relatives, dog walking and other odd jobs for neighbours, helping at Parents’ Evenings, collecting World Book Day books for Cape MyEd School App Town and being a source of support for their own families. Also included in this week’s Newsletter is School Chaplain, Mr Nihill said: “It’s fantastic to see yet another cohort information on how to download and install the of students complete the award and to know that this great work will MyEd app to have direct access to the school be replicated every year. As more and more students learn about the phone number, email address,Wisepay account, the school power of charity and supporting our communities, so they will be able calendar, daily notices, the weekly Newsletters, Facebook and Twitter to contribute more and more to making the world a better place.” accounts, along with information on your child’s academic data and The awards ceremony was attended by students, their parents and up to date attendance data. You will be able to message the school carers, family members and teaching staff. The event was a wonderful directly from the app. opportunity to reward and celebrate the selfless and inspirational work our young people have achieved. We are very proud of the Food for Thought positive change they have brought to their local communities and to This week during Collective Worship, form groups have been themselves. thinking about the role that God’s creatures play in our physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. One of the quotes we have spent some time thinking about is: “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” Rachel Carson, 20th Century American Marine Biologist and Conservationist To receive the daily Thought for the Day straight to your phone or other electronic device sign up to @AHSChaplaincy on Twitter. AHS Feedback We welcome all feedback and thank all parents for Social Media their valuable contributions. If you have a query or simply an observation about the school please Please follow us on Twitter @AHSYork or complete the form online. Facebook to keep up to date with the latest news and events! @AHSYork Tel: 01904 411341 www.archbishopholgates.org This Week’s Main School News Time Out for Parents - The Teenage MFL Stars of the Week Years Students were nominated by Language staff to receive an Effort Do you have a pre-teen or a teenager? Many merit, a postcard home and appear on the ‘Stars Wall’ for all their hard work: parents find adolescence the most demanding time in their relationship with their child. There KS3 French - Imogen Price, 7Gr are a lot of new challenges to face and it’s often hard to know what to KS3 German - Robert Dilger, 9JLi do for the best. Family Matters York are holding a 5-week course for KS4 French - Maria Oprea, 11Ha parents of pre-teens and teenagers looking at some of the issues and KS4 German - Helen Seavers, 11Ha & Faye Saunders, 11Br how to survive! When: Mondays 13, 20, 27 Nov, 4,11 Dec, 7.30-9.30pm, at KS4 Spanish - Gilly Smyth, 11BKi Archbishop Holgate’s School, Hull Road, York YO10 5ZA. To book a place or for any further information please contact Gaynor Dove Self-Esteem Project Stainsby on 411341 or email: [email protected], or Over the past couple of weeks, representatives from Dove have been Helen Atkinson on 07393147259 or email: [email protected]. delivering some sessions to Year 9, as part of a joint collaboration The course is free to attend due to generous funding from Archbishop to improve students’ self-esteem, with the aim of challenging and reducing the pressures they face. The Dove website also contains Save your silver coins! resources parents and carers can use to help them promote positive self-esteem at home. These can be accessed via https://www.dove. On Friday 9 November we will be attempting to cover an com/uk/dove-self-esteem-project/help-for-parents.html. There are enormous poppy, placed in the spiritual garden, with so many five areas to access further help and support including: silver coins that it blocks out the red. It is 100 years since the end of WW1 and we will be commemorating this event with 1. Family, Friends and Relationships our own AHS version of the “weeping poppies” which will be in the 2. Respecting and Looking After Yourself spiritual garden for the whole week. 3. Teasing and Bullying 4. Media and Celebrities Save your copper coins! 5. Talking About Appearance On Friday 16 November we will be smothering Pudsey in Pennies in the main hall; exactly the same Pathfinder Trust Board Vacancies as last year, please bring in your copper coins. Are you interested in taking a leading role in the governance of our Multi Academy Trust? As you know, our school is part of Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust, a partnership of nine church and community schools serving more Upcoming Events than 3,500 pupils across York. The Trust is currently looking to Thu 25 Oct Speech Night & Presentation of Awards, 7.00pm, recruit two Trustees to sit on the Multi Main Hall Academy Trust Board and as a parent/ Fri 26 Oct Half Term carer at our school, they would like to Mon 5 Nov Students Return offer you the opportunity to apply. The Trust are looking for people Wed 7 Nov Bewerley Park Residential trip (Group 1 departs) with skills and experience in the areas of governance, primary Fri 9 Nov Bewerley Park Residential trip (returns) school improvement, charity law, finance, procurement and bid Tue 13 Nov Sixth Form Open Evening, 6.30pm writing. Wed 14 Nov Bewerley Park Residential trip (Group 2 departs) For more information, please visit http://www.pathfindermat. Fri 16 Nov Non-Uniform Day (Children in Need) co.uk/new-vacancies-holder/ Fri 16 Nov Bewerley Park Residential trip returns If you would like to apply, please email [email protected] with Fri 16 Nov Sixth Form Sleep Rough your CV and a covering letter explaining the skills and experience you could bring to the Trust Board. The closing date for applications is Friday 26 October. OF THE WEEK Marxism: the name for a set of political and economic ideas. The @AHS_geography: Fantastic Anangu base of these ideas comes from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich artwork from 7Bl as we explore Engels. Marxism says that people in the world are organised into different cultures through our Wonders different groups or classes based on their relationship to how things of the World topic. are made @AHSYork Tel: 01904 411341 www.archbishopholgates.org This Week’s Sixth Form News Show Racism the Red Card Sixth Form Discretionary Fund Year 12 and 13 led the school in being loud and proud, showing Archbishop Holgate’s Sixth Form students can apply for Racism the Red Card by sporting their various red items of clothing Discretionary Funding. This fund is accessible to students whose last Friday. We had a thought-provoking University Challenge households annual income is £35,000 or below and can be used looking at bias in the media, major historic events and messages of to pay for a range of educational costs, eg transport to universities, hope for greater tolerance and awareness of this important issue. books, contributions to course trips, etc. An application pack is It was great to see so many of our students wearing red to send a available from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form or email swalton@ message of support for anti-racism education in schools across the archbishopholgates.org. country. Student Leaders After half-term, Year 12 Student Leaders will start in their new roles. Interviews took place this week and it was a great honour to witness with excellent leaders ready to take the baton.