Summer Newsletter 2016
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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.