Dear Parents/Carers

I am sure that as parents/carers of our students you will On our return in the Autumn Term, the school continues to be amazed at how quickly the year has gone. As the new focus on raising standards. As the summer holidays are often Headteacher of Holly Lodge it has been a real privilege to a time for replacing uniform, I would like to remind you that see our children grow and develop over the year. Much shoes remain an issue for some students. Canvas plimsolls has happened over the year and this term is no exception and trainers are not deemed suitable footwear. Ties need to as you will see from an outline of some of the events in be to the full standard length. Hair colour is not allowed or this newsletter. We have seen the introduction of Duke of patterns cut into a hair style. The school, modelling policy is Edinburgh Awards and our students undertaking their first available on the school website. cross country walk for their Bronze award. We see our first Cadet Force summer camp in the first week of the summer Students will finish this term at the end of period 3 on Friday holidays and all this alongside some outstanding competition 22nd July 2016 at 12.15pm for the summer holidays although wins by our talented students. the dining area will remain open for those who require lunch.

I would like to recognise all the hard work both by students ‘Summer School’ for those of the new Year 7 students who and staff. I am fortunate to lead a school with some of the have signed up will be taking place at Holly Lodge from 25th most dedicated staff I have had the privilege of working with. to 29th July 2016 They always go that extra mile for our students. This year AS and A’Level Results - Thursday 18th August 2016 we lose through retirement a number of such staff and the GCSE Results - Thursday 25th August 2016 school thanks them for their dedication and service. We as a good school don’t have the recruitment problem others face May I wish you all a pleasant and restful summer break. and have been able to obtain some exceptional new staff to P Shone continue to strengthen our move to become an outstanding Headteacher school.

My personal ‘thanks’ to everyone that has been supportive of the school and have taken time to visit. For next September we are launching many community opportunities from drop-ins for parents to community action groups to get our community working together on what matters to them. This school aims to be the heart of your community so please take the opportunities to take part. We will be saying farewell to a number of staff: Our school continues to grow due to our success; we will be welcoming new staff for September

Mr C Costa Learning Support Assistant Mr S Bangard Science Miss C Cranston Geography Miss J Begum Academic Coach Miss T Davies Cover Superviser/PE Miss J Buckmire Maths Mr D Docherty Science Miss S Casey English Miss R Fennell Academic Coach Miss R Cole Academic Coach Mrs J Gilkes Student Services Miss L Davies Art Mrs C Leadbeater Principal Lunchtime Superviser Miss V Griffiths Design Technology Miss B Handscomb Academic Coach Mr G Mander Computing/ICT Mrs T Kelly Computing/ICT Mr M McNay Academic Coach Miss C Knight PE Miss M Patel Academic Coach Miss K Lavoie Modern Foreign Languages Mr R Potticary Art Miss C Lynch Academic Coach Mr B Sutcliffe Learning Support Assistant Miss B Reynolds English Mr J Taylor Assistant Headteacher/Geography Miss S Robinson Assistant Headteacher – Behaviour Mr P Thomas English & Standards/Geography Mr B Woodvine Academic Coach Miss K Sidhu Academic Coach Miss K Takhar Academic Coach We are also pleased to confirm that Miss M Henry from the Miss E Tonks Cover Supervisor English Department will also join us as a permanent member Miss L Williams Geography of staff having worked here as a supply teacher this year.

Arrangements for the start of the new term

Monday 5th September Teacher Training Day – school remains closed to students Tuesday 6th September Year 7 Induction 10.00am – 2.00pm (students to wear uniform) Year 12 registration – 9.00am in Common Room Year 13 registration – 10.30am in Common Room Wednesday 7th September Year 7 trip to Conkers. Meet at school at 8.30am Year 12 Induction 8.45am in Drama Room Year 13 Induction 12.00 in Drama room Thursday 8th September Year 7 - 8.45am registration with Form Tutors in form rooms Year 8 - 8.45am registration in B Block Hall Year 9 - 9.15am registration in B Block Hall Year 10 - 9.45am registration in B Block Hall Year 11 – 10.15am registration in B Block Hall Year 12 – 9.45am registration in common room Year 13 – 10.15am registration in common room Friday 9th September Normal school day for the whole school Peer Mentors This term Year 9 pupils were given the opportunity to apply to be Year 10 Peer Mentors. The standard was very high with over 40 pupils applying. The Peer Mentors have already started their role, helping out on the Year 6 Induction Day where they showed pupils around the school, took them to their taster lessons, helped out on Welcome Evening and demonstrated a positive experience of the School.

In September, the Peer Mentors will be around to settle the Year 7s in on their first day of school, work with the form tutors in morning registration and help with any transition GCSE Food and Nutrition concerns over the following months. On 30th June a group of 15 GCSE Food and Nutrition Well done to all who were successful: Tamana Ahmed, Rimsha students, Mrs Browne and Miss Mckittrick went on an exciting Akhtar, Jack Hickinbottom, Zanam Couser, Joshua Cooper, train journey to Birmingham University to attend an event Kiranjot Dhanda, Rumaanah Begum, Jasleen Fanda, Praise called ‘At Your Service’. Aboaba, Jasmin Basra, Amrita Duggal, Somya Arya, Mohina This trip was an interactive workshop that provided students Ahmed, Lois Mensah, Annisha Islam, Halima Imran, Zanan with the opportunity for them to discover how the growth of the Ahmad, Fahmeda Begum, Tanjila Akhtar, Kelvin Nti Tanner, hospitality and events industry has changed in Birmingham Aisha Ahmed, Ravinder Khera, Ellie Holmes and Nadine over the years. Christie. All students took part in practical and fun activities throughout the day. One of the first activities they took part in was table theatre where they had to prepare a fruit salad without Good Causes touching the fruit and were only allowed to use a knife and We always encourage our a fork! Well done to Sabina for having the best presentation pupils to take part in good from our group! causes. Recently, two of our The highlight of the day was mixology and was thoroughly Year 7s Deajanay Brown, enjoyed by all pupils as they got to make a range of non- Dayshar Myers and staff alcoholic cocktails and taste them. Elias thoroughly enjoyed member Mrs Whitehouse mixing all those ingredients together! took part in a local production of the musical This was a really fantastic day out for the students where Hairspray in Bearwood. they learnt a range of new skills that they can apply to their The production was in aid practical work in lessons. of Children of Need and raised over £12,000 for Maths Puzzle of the Month such a great cause. It was To stretch, challenge and engage our students in Maths also filmed by the BBC, where clips will be shown on their there has been a Maths puzzle of the month. Well done to all Children in Need night. Well done to all those involved. of those who took part this year. And the winners are… March: Mohammed Ali 8SBR April: Dounia Allaiouti 8HCO May: Abbas Hussain 7RWI 25 June: Raul Guiga 10BMO 20 Can you solve July’s Puzzle? ‘’Grand BRAVO!’’ To the MFL department for having received a certificate from the French Ministry of Education, through the Académie de Nantes (LEA of the city of Nantes), formalizing the twining/exchange between Holly Lodge High School (UK)and the Collège Cacault (France).

The exchange began five years ago with our pupils exchanging letters and gifts with their French pen-pals. The We are 1 out of 14 schools who have been selected to be a latter have visited our school twice, and each time they have Digital Schoolhouse. done so, the visits have always been positive and created a great buzz around our school environment. Our students In 2013 the Digital Schoolhouse trust was funded by the enjoy having a day out of lessons to spend time with their Mayor of London’s, London Schools Excellence Fund pen-pals doing a variety of activities in the English, art, (LSEF). The project was designed to help young students to music and PE departments for which the MFL department is succeed in an increasingly digital world through interaction grateful. Holly Lodge students are also very proud to show with technology as an educational resource. off their beautiful school to the French children whose most recent visit was last February. As part of this programme we will act as a hub, establishing networks with local Primary Schools. It will be inclusive and Last month the exchange between the two schools was accessible to all; enabling students to regularly visit Holly formalized. This means that if we want to take our students lodge and engage with the curriculum and Secondary School to visit their pen-pals, the trip would be subsidized by the life. The Digital Schoolhouse will embed and emphasise European Union. computational thinking and creativity, using play-based learning techniques to introduce and explore new concepts. The lessons delivered will link to other curriculum areas such as literacy, numeracy, science, geography, history, art, physical education.

Vive l’entente cordiale!

West Smethwick Park

The local park is in line for a multi-million pound revamp and Holly Lodge students will have a say as to what the changes will involve. Pupils have already completed general questionnaires on the subject for the company undertaking consultation on the improvements. More opportunities will be arising next year for students to have an impact on the future of West Smethwick Park, we’ll keep you updated on these exciting developments!

In the meantime, if you would like to let Sandwell Council know how you use the Park and how you feel it could be improved then please complete a confidential survey before 31st July. The survey can be found at www.snapsurveys. com/wh/s.asp?k=146712084205 A group of Year 12 students this year volunteered to be Food Bank Representatives for the local Smethwick Food Bank. Having visited Holy Trinity Church where this operates and meeting with their staff, they advertised the work of the Food Bank and collected required items such as toiletries and breakfast cereals, particularly from charitable families of Year 7 students. The Food Bank was very grateful for the donations and looks to continue working with Holly Lodge next year.

The winners of this year’s Green Idea competition were Aminah Bibi and Rozeena Qasid of 12TLU. They impressed a panel of judges with their plans for having the ‘Green Bus’ picture: the winning pair receiving their certificate and prize. in school in order to promote awareness of environmental issues, the introduction of a small greenhouse which grows The other finalists gave good accounts of themselves with organic vegetables so that the school would be able to use their ideas also, they were:- some of its own produce for break times and lunch times • 7MBI – Deajanay Brown & Kamilah Hussain and organising a fundraiser so that students are able to give a certain amount of money to allow for the planting of trees • 8SBR – Ayman Ahmed & La Darian Rhule around the site. The girls will be working with the school’s • 8MWE – Manraj Jagpal Business Manager and Interserve next year in order to • 8MNU – Tristan Johal & Eloise Phillips implement these ideas. History Department Holly Lodge History Department Commemorates the Centenary of the Somme

As part of the History department’s commemoration of the centenary of the Somme, 60 future GCSE Historians attended two unique events- a soldier who visited the school to explain the differences between soldiering today and a hundred years ago, and a live lesson hosted by the BBC, where nearly 60 schools from around the country ‘logged on’ and were taught at the same time. If you think Scouting’s just about knots, woggles and big Rock climbing, potholing, gliding, photography and shorts, then be prepared to be surprised. It’s how Richard international experiences are just some of the things they Branson, Barack Obama and David Beckham got their start get up to. in life and you can benefit too. Explorer Scouts (14–18) There are 450,000 young people in Scouting, spread across Explorers are encouraged to lead themselves in deciding five sections: Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer the programme Scouts and the Scout Network. Each section has its own balanced programme of activities, badges and awards. and direction of the Unit, with support and guidance from Beavers (6–8) leaders. The section also includes the Young Leaders’ Scheme, where young people are able to take on a Beaver Scouts are our youngest members. They usually leadership role in one of the younger sections. meet weekly to take part in a wide range of activities including There is wider scope for activities like offshore sailing, games, crafts, singing, visits and good turns, along with campaigning, performing, parascending, mountaineering plenty of outdoor activities. and expeditions. They will also have the opportunity to take part in the fun and excitement of camps and sleepovers. It may be the first time Scout Network (18-25) they spend a night away from home so it’s a real adventure Scout Network is the fifth and final section of the Scouting for them. movement. Scout Network members take part in a variety Cubs (8-10½) of activities, which they undertake and organise themselves with the support of a Scout Network Leader. A Cub Scout Pack can have up to 36 Cub Scouts and is split Example activities include abseiling, camping, circus skills, into smaller groups called Sixes. Cubs take part in a wide climbing, go-karting, gorge walking, hiking, pioneering and range of activities designed to be interesting and challenging. watersports. A Cub Scout meeting consists of games and activities with plenty of time spent outdoors. If you wish to find out more please call

Camps and holidays are some of the most memorable events Philip Wright. of the year for Cubs. 07875305167 Scouts (10½–14)

Each Scout Troop consists of small units of six to eight Scouts called a Patrol, usually led by a Patrol Leader. Outdoor activities feature prominently, with the highlight being camping. Throughout the year, Scouts learn various skills, such as map reading, camp cooking and first aid in preparation for camp. Rounders

During the Summer Term our female students have been involved in the Sandwell Rounders League. We have had a large uptake of Year 7 students which is really pleasing to see, and they have regularly attended training and matches. The hard work has paid off for our younger students who won their first match against Ormiston Sandwell whilst playing in the Year 8 League. As with our Year 7 students we have a number of Year 8 students who have stepped up and played in the older age category, they have put in a 100% effort in all matches with the Year 9/10 students and shown improvement each week, continuing their search for a first league win. In June the Year 9 girls were invited to participate in the Black Country Summer Games, they gave it their all during the 5 fixtures, however, they were not able to progress to the next round. The tournament and leagues have been enjoyed by all students and we look forward to the students continuing their passion for Rounders in the next academic year. The PE Department have successfully completed the “Living for Sport” Project sponsored by Sky Sports. This Miss Corcoran has included Athlete Mentors coming into school and inspiring our young people through the power of sport and the positive role that it can play. We will be taking part in the project again in the new academic year.

Sky Sports “Sky Living Academy Day” Gifted & Talented

As part of our continued involvement in the Sky Sports programme which sends ambassadors into schools to deliver on their 6 keys to success, we had ex South African, Worcester and Gloucester Rugby Union player Thinus Delport in to work with our Gifted & Talented pupils in years 7 & 8. He delivered a whole day’s workshop that incorporated both classroom discussion and practical elements to engage pupils on how they can use sport to aid their development in a range of different elements. We hope to have a follow up loyalty visit where he will work with a different group of pupils. This was a wonderful opportunity and experience for both pupils and staff. Cricket Fixtures Sandwell Park Golf Club in Key

The progression of cricket within KS3 continued to improve Stage 3 Lessons this year. With over 20 students from KS3 regularly attending extra-curricular cricket club since September, their skills We have developed a link with Sandwell Park Golf Club to have greatly developed leading to improved performance in provide the opportunity for pupils to take part in golf within fixtures. In the indoor league, KS3 team beat Perryfields at lessons. This has been happening with 7xPE3 and 8yPE1 home with a last ball victory and have started the outdoor in the last term, Sandwell Park and club Professional Dan league well convincingly beating Oldbury Academy. Lowe are offering free golf lessons to pupils in the Summer Holidays. If pupils are interested please see Mr Burke.

Year 7 students took part in a Sports Day on Friday 1st July, with over 200 students participating in individual events as well as competing in a team tug of war event. Points were awarded for the top 4 students in each event as well as bonus points for every student that competed for their form. The overall winners were Miss Ruprai’s 7JRU form. Thank you to everyone who competed and to all the staff who supported on the day. Having won their respective tournaments, the Year 7 and 8 Girls and Boys Dodgeball teams went on to represent Sandwell Schools in the Black Country Games Finals on Friday 24th June 2016. Held at Wolverhampton University, the festival itself was the grand finale of a 6 month sports programme and included 10 different sports and involved over 1400 young people, showcasing the passion, commitment and ability of athletes in the West Midlands. Competing against other borough winners, the Girls involved finished in a very creditable seventh place, the Boys finishing second overall and winning silver medals for their efforts.

Mr Hancox.

What is the Summer Reading Challenge? The Summer Reading Challenge takes place every year during the summer holidays. You can sign up at your local library, then read six library books of your choice to complete the Challenge. There are exclusive rewards to collect along the way, and it’s FREE to take part!

Congratulations to members of both teams including:

Boys Girls Kamraj Dhesi 8SKA Neshauna King 7ZKH

Nathaniel Comrie 8SKA Jahlicia Williams 8HCO Jose Iruela Garcia 8HCO Fatoumata Konteh Batchilly 8SKA Jordin Pedro 8SKN Ariana Graf Haro 8HCO Ryan Sehdeva 8GMN Felicity Banner Msyk 8SKU

The Summer Reading Challenge website helps you keep track of your reading all year round: find new books to read, take part in competitions and play games.

For more information look online at:

http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/reading-club

Go on an adventure this summer ... Pick up a book! This year there is a fantastic initiative at local libraries to encourage young people to read, so rather than staring at a screen or watching the rain through the window why not take part in the Big Friendly Read. On 27th May we took part in an enterprise challenge held by the Royal Television Society. Miss Bennett bought us all into the hall and introduced us to Jayne Green, a member of the RTS, who was the host for the day. She introduced the challenge, which consisted of two parts; planning and presenting an idea for a new television programme. There were 50 students from year 8 all competing against each other. There were some fantastic ideas, but not as good as ours…

Our idea that we presented to the judge, LLewela Bailey (BBC Radio Presenter), for a television series was ‘Fill the Bucket’. The concept of the show was to help the elderly community based across the West Midlands fulfil their bucket Sidrah Amin 8MWE, Sabaa Ramzan 8RPO, list. The idea for ‘Fill the Bucket’ came to mind when we Thasmina Lima 8DHO, Shakirah Ghaffar 8MWE realised the younger community ignore and don’t respect the aged population as much as they should. Our idea was so amazing that we won!

The next stage of the competition was the finals day, which was hosted at Wolverhampton University. When we first arrived we were given a tour around the Film and media department, Aliya Fiyaz, Safina Lalh, Rommel Mfinda, Manraj Jagpal, which was incredible. They had their own television studio, Anisur Rahman, Arjun Singh, Aditiya Dadwal, Arshdeep newsroom and graphics suite. But then it was time to get Singh, Sian Curtis took part in the Tomorrow’s Enginner’s down to the business of the day and pitch our ideas to a Robotic Challenge; internally run by Mrs Browne and Miss panel of Judges from the RTS, BBC and the University. We Nugent. had to contend against a dozen other schools based around the West Midlands and we were all feeling very nervous. The Robotics challenge is a curriculum-linked programme Due to the high standard of work put into the presentations that sees students (11-14s) working together in teams to from the other schools we were hesitant as to whether we solve real-world engineering, technology and computing would reach the judges high standards but we confidently challenges. put forward our idea… and then we had to wait what seemed The students learnt how to build, program and control a lifetime whilst the judges deliberated. You can’t imagine autonomous LEGO robots to complete a series of short, how shocked we were when the judges announced our team exciting space missions using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® name, that we were the winners! Amazing! Education EV3 sets. Their journey started in school. The Due to our success in presenting our idea we have been challenge events are the culmination of a ten-week extra- rewarded with a VIP tour of the BBC studios in Birmingham, curricular programme where the students learnt how to design which will be next half term. We are really looking forward and control their robots to complete the space challenges. to visiting the studios and seeing Jenny Wilkes (BBC The team not only created a robot to complete missions, Radio presenter) and David Jennings (Head of regional they also researched, designed, planned, implemented and programming) again. presented their own solution to a contemporary scientific Overall, this whole experience has been fantastic. We have problem; how to survive in space. learnt a lot about the media, teamwork and what it takes The pupils put extraordinary effort into the design and to be successful. Thank you to Jayne from RTS and BBC programming of the robot and their research task. Judges Birmingham for our prize. from STEM industries commented on how they had implemented complex programming and their confidence during the presentation. In the final the students presented their ideas to five judges from industry including executives from Aloca, and further education. After some long hard deliberation, Joacey CISCO Little Big Awards Jawanda with her solar powered, self-condensing and filtering water bottle was named the winner. Winning £250. Ronan Jakhu, Nuzeha Hasnath, Anisa Saddique and her solar powered red telephone styled Himmat Sanghera and Dounia Wi-Fi hub and billboard came second. Winning £150 And Allaiouti took part in The Little Ronan Jakhu came joint third with his solar powered and BIG Awards this is a STEM-based energy collecting airport runway. Winning £100. challenge by Cisco this was run internally by Miss Westwood and Miss Nugent. It was an ‘Internet of Things’ challenge where young people aged 11-14 in schools across the UK were invited to design a product or service which connects things together to make a difference in their everyday lives. Teams were expected to come up with an idea, design how it would work and develop a business plan to show how their idea can make money. Their idea was an automated dinner lady to help congestion in the canteen during break and lunch here at Holly Lodge. They then presented their idea to a panel of industry judges and to their peers at a local regional final.

The year 8’s professionalism and effort whilst at the competition was exemplary, and the industry judges also commented on how they were able to address a real world Year 12 students took part in a Business Challenge problem with a connected device that would be a viable which gave them the opportunity to work as part of product. They won three awards; best business idea; a team to create a working Alumni page for past and teamwork; and best design. present students and to create a 6th Form motto.

The students showed a high level of ICT knowledge and transferrable skills. The winning team was Generation X. 6th Form Taster Day/Transition

During their Design Technology lessons this year, Yr. 8 students have been taking part in the Alcoa Solar challenge, which involves them designing and making an innovative and revolutionary solar powered product.

9 lucky students, who win a £25 voucher each, were chosen The 27th June saw current Year 11 Students from Holly Lodge to present their ideas to a panel of Holly Lodge judges, and other schools who have been offered a provisional place including Mrs. M Rai and Mr. Newton. This field of 10 to start 6th Form enjoy a 6th Form Taster Day. Students students was narrowed down to the 3 finalists and at the end got the chance to take part in their chosen Level 3 subjects of June, Ronan Jakhu, Joacey Jawanda and Anisa Saddique before they begin their courses in September. The students accompanied Miss. Westwood to the final at Holy Trinity High then participated in two further days working on transition School where they completed against Yr. 9 students from skills to prepare them for Level 3 study. South Bromsgrove School, Pershore High School and Holly Trinity School. In May 2016, the cadets from Holly Lodge had their first 24hr training, as part of a joint Field Exercise with RSA Academy CCF. The Holly Lodge School has aim of the training was to recently been awarded prepare the cadets, for a a DofE Licence and on week Annual Camp this 11th/12th June 2016, 17 summer in Staffordshire. students attended their Cadets mixed and worked first expedition towards the well with each other in their respective camps. They slept Bronze award. The students under a shelter made from a camouflage waterproof material camped at Beaudesert in and were given a box of Army Rations from which they had to Staffordshire, through very mixed weather. They practiced prepare meals. The skills they are learning will also be used their map reading skills around Cannock Chase and later to help our new cadet recruits who join us in September. cooked meals in the open air. All passed with flying colours and will now go forward to the final expedition at Long Mynd in July.

Miss Bennett’s Ultra Challenge Miss Bennett from the English Department recently achieved something which sounds impossible! Sadly, it was not steering her beloved team Birmingham City FC back into the Premiership, but something much more spectacular. Miss Bennett striding through the challenge crossing the In one weekend she walked 100 kilometres from London finish line. to Cambridge, stopping only for refreshment and comfort Well done Miss Bennett, we hope you manage to have a rest breaks. She began the walk on a Saturday morning at during the summer break. 8.30am she walked all day and overnight, eventually finishing at 11.04am the next day. The total time she took including In doing this mammoth walk, along with various other stoppages was 26 hours, 34 minutes and 3 seconds. challenges and events this year, Miss Bennett has so far raised over £2, 000.00 for the charity Lymphoma Association. Chicken and Butterfly Club Science Department

Students from Years 7 and 8 have been learning all about the life cycles of chickens and butterflies with the help of Miss Hill and Mr Bowley in the Science Department. The Chicken and Butterfly Club was run during the month of June.

The students incubated eggs which hatched out between Monday and Thursday. They then helped to look after the chickens feeding and handling them. This took place for 2 weeks. Eventually the chickens grew strong enough to go and live at a free-range farm.

The students also saw butterflies through their lifecycle from caterpillar to chrysalis. The Painted Lady butterflies were eventually released after 3 weeks incubation. The School Day from September 2016 When students return for the new academic year in September we shall be adopting the format below for the school day.

8.45 9.00 Morning Reg / tutor period / Assembly 9.00 Break 10.00 Period 1 10.00 11.00 Period 2 11.00 11.15 Break 11.15 12.15 Period 3 12.15 1.55 Lunch/Period 4 1.55 2.55 Period 5 2.55 3.10 Afternoon Registration Lunch/Period 4 12.15 - 1.55

Combinations of Year groups for illustration only Year 8,10,12,13 Years 7,9,11 12.15 - 1.15 12.15 - 12.55 Period 4 Lunch 1.15 - 1.55 12.55 - 1.55 Lunch Period 4 Autumn term 2016 Term starts: Tuesday 6 September 2016 Term ends: Friday 16 December 2016 Christmas holiday: Monday 19 December 2016 to Monday 2 January 2017 Spring term 2017 Term starts: Tuesday 3 January 2017 Half term holiday: Monday 20 February to Friday 24 February 2017 Term ends: Friday 7 April 2017 Easter holiday: Monday 10 April to Friday 21 April 2017 Summer term 2017 Term starts: Tuesday 25 April 2017 Bank holiday: Monday 1 May 2017 Half term holiday: Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2017 Term ends: Friday 21 July 2017 Staff Training Days – School will be closed to students on the following days: Monday 5th September 2016

Friday 14th October 2016

Monday 24th April 2017 Monday 24th July 2017

Tuesday 25th July 2017