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Weekly Bulletin Autumn Term - Edition 100 - Friday 20 September 2019

Term Dates 2019-2020 Dates for your Diary

Autumn Term 2019 Monday 23 September KS3 PSHEE Information Evening, Braintree 6pm - 7pm Monday 2 September - Arts Theatre Friday 20 December Half Term Wednesday 25 September Year 11 Careers Fair, City 9am -11am Monday 28 October - Racecourse Friday 1 November Thursday 26 September Year 10 and 12 Art Trip, Natural History 8.40am - Museum, London 4.40pm Spring Term 2020 Monday 6 January - Friday 3 April Half Term Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Monday 17 February - Friday 21 February Year 12 Year 13 Mixed year groups Summer Term 2020 Monday 20 April - Monday 20 July Half Term Monday 25 May - Key Stage 3 PSHEE Information Evening Friday 29 May May Bank Holiday - Friday 8 May Everything you wanted to know about sexting

Staff Training Days • How to keep step ahead of our children Monday 2 September 2019 Wednesday 27 November 2019 • How to support them in keeping safe from online dangers Friday 6 December 2019 • How to support our children in using their mobile phones in a balanced way Friday 31 January 2020 Tuesday 23 June 2020 We welcome parents/carers of students in Years 7 – 9 to attend this information evening Monday 20 July 2020 in Braintree Arts Theatre on Monday 23 September 2019, 6pm – 7pm.

If you would like to attend, please contact Campus Reception on 01376 556300 to reserve your seat(s). We look forward to seeing you then!

Term Dates 2020-2021 Open Evening for Year 7 Intake September 2020

Autumn Term 2020 Please note that school will close early on Wednesday 9 October at 2pm in preparation Wednesday 2 September - for this event. Buses have been organised for that time. Friday 18 December Half Term Monday 26 October - All students assisting at the Open Evening will be required to be at school in full uniform at Friday 30 October 5.30pm. Open Evening takes place from 6pm - 8pm.

Spring Term 2021 Open Evening for Year 12 Intake September 2020 Monday 4 January - Friday 26 March This will be held on Wednesday 6 November from 6pm - 8pm. Half Term Monday 15 February - Year 11 Careers Fair Friday 19 February

Summer Term 2021 Year 11 students will be attending the Careers Fair at Chelmsford City Racecourse on Monday 12 April - Wednesday 25 September 2019, during periods 1 and 2. Wednesday 21 July Half Term Year 7 Lockers Monday 31 May - Friday 4 June Thank you for your patience regarding lockers. We are working on them and will issue May Bank Holiday - Monday 3 them as soon as possible. May

Staff Training Days TBA DofE Bronze Award

Essex County Council runs Open Centres for any young person between 14 and 24 wishing to complete the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver or Gold award. There is a parent/carer information evening about this service at Chapel Hill Centre, Braintree on Thursday 26 September and another on Thursday 17 October at 7:30pm. We run the Bronze award in school but do not currently offer the Silver or Gold award. If you have a young person who would like to complete these, you can drop into one of the information sessions where they will be able to answer any questions you may have and explain how to sign up. Students Phoning Home

Students should not be contacting home during the school day on their mobile phones, as they are not permitted to use phones during the school day. If they do, they will have their phones confiscated for the rest of the day. If students need to contact home, they must go to Student Services, who will arrange for them to contact home if necessary. Any urgent issues or messages to do with students should be communicated via Reception, who can direct these to the most appropriate person. If students are ill and need to be sent home, a first aider will contact home and advise parents/carers.

Parents/carers are reminded that they should not come to school to collect their children without letting us know in advance. If this happens and a child tries to sign out of school, we have no way of knowing whether or not this is a legitimate request. If a child leaves and we do not know that they have done so with a parent or carer, staff will look for the child as a safeguarding concern. This is not an effective use of staff time and can be very worrying for both staff and parents and carers. We appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

Contacting the School

If parents/carers have any concerns, the following procedure is in place:-

Contact 1: Tutor – via email or telephone call via Student Services 01376 556300

Contact 2: Student Support Officers – via email or telephone call via Student Services 01376 556300

Contact 3: Head of House – via email or telephone call via Student Services 01376 556300

We will aim to respond to contact from parents/carers within 2 school days in the first instance.

Reporting Absence

For parents/carers wishing to report their child/children absent, could you please do this by 8.30am on the day of absence, by using either of the following methods:

Use the Reporting Absence link on the Edulink App, or use the absence phone lines which are as follows:

Year 7 – 01376 556347 Year 8 – 01376 556348 Year 9 – 01376 556349 Year 10 – 01376 556350

Letters home this week - Monday 16 September 2019 to Friday 20 September 2019 https://www.notleyhigh.com/letters-home-archive/item/year-11-and-12-visit-to-the-chemistry-at-work-event https://www.notleyhigh.com/letters-home-archive/item/year-10-gcse-geography-trip https://www.notleyhigh.com/letters-home-archive/item/year-10-and-11-gcse-drama-trip https://www.notleyhigh.com/letters-home-archive/item/year-8-paris-trip

College & Sixth Form Open Days/Evenings 2019-2020

Chelmsford College Writtle University College www.chelmsford.ac.uk www.writtle.ac.uk

Monday 14th October 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Saturday 7th September 2019 – 10.00am to 1.00pm Monday 25th November 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Saturday 9th November 2019 – 10.00am to 1.00pm Monday 10 th February 2020 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Saturday 11 th January 2020 – 10.00am to 1.00pm Monday 27 th April 2020 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Monday 22 nd June 2020 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Institute South College www.colchester.ac.uk www.southessex.ac.uk

Saturday 12th October 2019 - 10.00am to 1.00pm Southend Campus Wednesday 16 th October 2019 - 5.00pm to 8.00pm Wednesday 9th October 2019 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm Thursday 17 th October 2019 - 5.00pm to 8.00pm Thursday 14 th November 2019 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm Wednesday 22 nd January 2020 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm Tuesday 17 th March 2020 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm Apprenticeship Information Evenings – Tuesday 4th February & Wednesday 27 th May 2020 from 5.00pm Campus till 7.00pm Thursday 17 th October 2019 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm The College at Braintree Wednesday 15 th January 2020 - 5.00pm to 8.00pm www.colchester.ac.uk Tuesday 12 th May 2020 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm

Monday 14 th October 2019 - 5.00pm to 8.00pm Campus (Procat) Saturday 19 th October 2019 - 10.00am to 1.00pm Tuesday 22 nd October 2019 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm Monday 20 th January 2020 – 5.00pm to 7.00pm Wednesday 11 th March 2020 – 5.00pm to 8.00pm

Apprenticeship Information Evening – Thursday Canvey Campus (Procat) 13 th February 2020 from 4.00pm till 7.00pm Saturday 16 th November 2019 – 10.00am to 1.00pm Saturday 29 th February 2020 – 10.00am to 1.00pm Stansted Airport College Braintree Sixth Form www.stanstedairportcollege.ac.uk www.braintreesixthform.com Saturday 19 th October 2019 – 10.00am to 2.00pm Wednesday 12 th February 2020 - 5.30pm to 8.30pm Wednesday 6 th November 2019 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm

Harlow College Applications open online from Thursday 7 th November www.-college.ac.uk and close on Friday 13 th December 2019 Tuesday 15 th October 2019 – 5.30pm to 7.30pm Wednesday 5 th February 2020 – 5.30pm to 7.30pm USP College The , Colchester www.uspcollege.ac.uk www.colchsfc.ac.uk

Seevic Campus A Level Open Evening Thursday 3 rd October 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Wednesday 23 rd & Thursday 24 th October 2019 Thursday 19 th November 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm from 6.00pm to 9.00pm Tuesday 6 th February 2020 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm International Baccalaureate Information Evening Monday 18 th November 2019 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm Palmers Campus Thursday 10 th October 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Applications open online from Friday 25 th October and Thursday 28 th November 2019 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm close on Friday 31 st January 2020 Thursday 30 th January 2020 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm Please check dates and times on the College/Sixth Form website before you travel in case of any changes, and register to attend the event online in advance. F R E E

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Braintree Youth Centre -12th Oct - 10am to 2pm Witham Youth Centre - 19th Oct - 10am to 2pm Halstead Youth Centre- 16th Nov- 10am to 2pm

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