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31 January 2020 Attendance Winning Forms Penwortham Priory Post Each week the attendance officer calculates the form with the best attendance for ‘Year 11s’ and ‘The ‘Rest’ of the school. As the Year 11 form groups are smaller than the others, they are more likely to achieve full attendance. Therefore to ensure fairness, results have been separated out. This week’s winners are: Year 11 - D8 (95.71%) Rest - R2 (98.67%) Well done to Mrs Elliott's and Mr Graham's forms for their 'We Will Rock You' best attendance. Pupils in these forms will receive 10 Coming To A School achievement points. Near You! Reminder 12 & 13 February 2020 | Curtains up at 6.30pm Year 11 Drama Assessment TICKETS ON SALE NOW! If you want a night out away from the TV and the ordinary, come and watch Year 11 Drama pupils will be out of school on Monday, 3 Penwortham Priory Academy’s production of 'We Will Rock You'. It will start your February. feet tapping and your hands clapping. It will be lively, entertaining and exciting. They will be using the theatre ‘We Will Rock You’ is a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock at Cardinal Newman College band Queen with a book by Ben Elton. The musical tells the story of a group for their internal assessment. of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the Attendance is imperative as same. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all this is the last opportunity to but unknown. be assessed. Pupils must be in full school Tickets can be purchased from the School Office uniform. Please see Miss from Monday. Prices are: Howell, Lead Teacher for Rows 1 and 2 £7 Adult, £5 concession Drama, regarding any Other Rows £6 Adult, £4 concession concerns. Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Children)* £16 [email protected] *Not available for the first two rows Learn to Succeed KEY DATES Music To Your Drama Assessment Ears At Break and Newman College Mon, 3 February 2020 Lunch (Year 11 pupils as notified) Continuing on from last term, music will be played MFL Pixl Conference through the school's tannoy system during break Thurs, 6 February 2020 Manchester and lunch. Chosen by Mr Taylor, Lead Teacher for Music, this is designed to (Year 11 French classes) offer exposure to, and appreciation of, music to the wider school. Squad Goals Mental Music next week will focus on: Health Workshops Thurs, 6 February 2020 w/c 03/02/20 - Legends All Year 7 & 8 pupils (in The quartet run in order of 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's - school) Elvis, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Michael Jackson. Year 11 Prom Hoodie and Deposit Payment Deadline Fri, 7 February 2020 Year 9 Parents Evening Tues, 11 February 2020 4pm-7pm Year 7 Careers Day Thurs, 13 February 2020 (in school) Can you support our annual Mid Term Closure Year 10 careers workshop? 17-21 February 2020 We're looking for parents and friends of the school to get involved with speed Theatre Visit - A Monster networking and mock interview sessions with our Year 10 pupils. The event Calls - The Lowry, Salford takes place in school during the morning of Friday, 27 March. Weds, 26 February 2020 (Miss Smith's 9E3 class) By taking part you will help our pupils to: Theatre Visit - Blood Brothers • Raise their career aspirations The Grand, Wolverhampton • Enable them to engage with people in employment Thurs, 27 February 2020 • Experience an interview process (Key Stage 4, by invitation) Whatever your profession, knowledge of your career pathway and experience Year 7 Parents Evening of the world of work will be most valued and welcomed. Weds, 26 February 2020 4pm-7pm A letter with further information can be downloaded from the school website at Year 11 Mock Exams >> www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters. 2-18 March 2020 If you are able to get involved or have any questions, please email Mr Gee, Assistant Headteacher, at [email protected]. Learn to Succeed Year 9 Parents/Options Evening Tues, 11 February | 4pm-7pm We encourage parents/carers to attend these sessions to discuss your child’s recent progress towards meeting target levels, homework, quality of work and work ethic. This term, your child will be choosing their options and therefore parent evening discussions take an important part in guiding pupil’s choices. Pupils must attend with their parents and be in full school uniform. During the evening Mr Gee will run a short presentation for parents and pupils on the options process at 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Pupils have been issued with letters and appointment sheets during their assembly on Wednesday. Copies can also be downloaded from the school website at www.priory.lancs.sch.uk/parents/letters. Please return all acknowledgement slips to your child’s form tutor and we ask that you monitor the completion of appointment sheets over the forthcoming week. We look forward to seeing you and appreciate your continued support in ensuring your child maximises their potential. Year 9 Options Pupils in Year 9 will be shortly choosing their GCSE options. In order to offer the best advice and guidance possible and to ensure pupils make the most suitable choices, the following will be put in place to support them through the process. Year 9 Reports Issued This will help you identify the subjects that your child enjoys and is performing well in. Year 9 Options Assembly – Weds, 29 January Mr Gee completed a 20 minute assembly on the options process explaining the choices, EBac entries and what makes a good options choice. Department Option Talks – w/c 3 February Starting on Monday, departments will talk to pupils about the range of option subjects they offer and what each course is made up of. Option Booklet Issued – Fri, 7 February The Year 9 option booklet will be emailed to all parents/carers and pupils on Fri, 7 February. This will give parents and pupils time to look through it before the parents/options evening on Tues, 11 February. If a pupil needs a paper version please ask at the main office. Year 9 Parents/Options Evening – Tues, 11 Feb All parents/carers will be able to speak to their child’s class teacher about progress in Year 9 and any aspect of the options process. In addition Mr Gee will run a series of presentations at 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm in the Learning Centre explaining the option process, choices and EBac entries. 1:1 Interviews - w/c 24 February All Year 9 pupils will have a 1:1 interview about their option choices. Advice and guidance will be offered to all pupils. Option Forms Handed In – Weds, 11 March All option forms will have been completed and handed into the main office by Weds, 11 March. Learn to Succeed South Ribble Community Awards Last Friday evening saw the recipients of South Ribble Borough Council's Community Awards announced at the presentation ceremony in Leyland. Chosen by our pupils, Humanities teacher Miss Ackers, was one of the three shortlisted for the borough's 'Teacher of the Year' accolade. The evening was hosted by broadcasting legend and BBC North West Tonight regular, Dave Guest, at the South Ribble Conference and Business Centre on West Paddock in Leyland. Presenting the awards was Councillor Harry Hancock, the Mayor of South Ribble. Councillor Paul Foster, said: “The awards ceremony brought together the very best of South Ribble and celebrated everyone’s incredible achievements. It’s so important that we take the opportunity to highlight cases of people going the extra mile to care for their customers, pupils, employees or students. Often, these are acts of kindness and dedication which are far from required or even expected in their role; however, they do it regardless because they care deeply about the quality of their work and the happiness of the person or people on receiving end.” The award was won by Headteacher of Seven Stars Primary School in Leyland, however Miss Ackers had a thoroughly enjoyable evening, met some fabulous people and was presented with a glass trophy for her achievements. Miss Ackers commented, "The awards night was an incredible experience and I’m thankful to have gotten to the final three. The other nominees are amazing teachers and to be in the same category as them is an honour. I couldn’t have gotten this far without the students at Priory and I will do my best to continue to deliver the quality of lessons that helped me to receive this nomination. Image: Councillor Harry Hancock, Mayor of South Ribble, Miss Ackers, and Miss Stone, Cop Lane Primary School. Learn to Succeed The Big Assembly As part of our careers education (CEIAG) programme pupils will be watching the 'The Big Assembly' during National Apprenticeship Week (#NAW2020). All pupils will watch the film during their Character & Culture classes across the week which commences on Monday. The Big Assembly is a 30 minute online interactive webinar, where both teachers and students get involved; they’ll be able to ask panellists questions through a chat facility and vote in interactive polls throughout the broadcast. It will be the seventh in a successful series of digital broadcasts, with audiences of thousands from across the UK simultaneously participating in conversations about their futures. Amongst the panellists are current apprentices who will give students advice and information about apprenticeships and careers.