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DIARY 20 April 2018 EVENTS DUKE OF EDINBURGH - INFORMATION

Monday 23 April 2018 A reminder of Duke of Edinburgh Expedition training in • Year 12 Drama the next few weeks: • Year 12 Biologists • Meeting for Group 1 is Tuesday 24 April, 15.45 to Preston Montford Field 16.45 Trip Studies Centre – • Meeting for Group 2 is Tuesday 22 May, 15.45 to Visit 16.45 • Year 10 County Netball Tournament Participants who miss training meetings run the risk of not being allowed to take part in the expedition for • U14 Girls Hockey safety reasons. Finals Day (Thomas School) Participants need to bring their information booklets to the meetings. • Year 11 Dance Equipment hire forms should have been handed in on Friday 29 March. • U18 Boys Hockey If you have not handed in your form but want to borrow personal equipment, please speak to Miss McCombie as soon as possible. Final versus Adams Grammar (Thomas Consent forms are due in by Friday 4 May along with payment of Telford School) £40.00.

Tuesday 24 April 2018 Don't forget that you need to have completed two of your other sections if you want to take part in the expedition this summer - make • U13 Boys Hockey sure you are logging on to eDofE and uploading your assessor reports Regional Finals soon. (Cannock HC) • Year 13 Dance YEAR 11 GCSE ART EXAMS • LeadershIp Training: The art exam is next week on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 April. Active Lifestyle GCSE art students are expected to attend two of the after school Champions sessions to prepare for the exam. • House Assemblies • Year 10 Duke of On Monday 23 April all students are expected to attend a session to Edinburgh Training have their composition mock up and final choice of media checked for Wednesday 25 April. They will also need to complete media testers Sessions (Group 1) and prepare any surfaces prior to the ten hour exam. William Brookes School www.williambrookes.com YEAR 11 – WHERE NEXT? T: 01952 728900 E: [email protected] A reminder to please ensure that all Year 11 students have completed the ‘Where Next?’ forms in your tutor trays and returned it to your 1 tutors by the end of tutor time Friday 20 April. Andorra Ski Trip 2018 DIARY 20 April 2018 EVENTS DIARY SYDNEY 1 – FUNDRAISING

WednesdayEVENT 25 April Sydney 1 raised over £70.00 for Friends of Conakry Refugee School 2018 (http://fcrs.org.uk/) by donating Easter eggs and selling raffle • GCSES Dance tickets. All the money raised will go to help educate the children who Component One are refugees from the civil war in Sierra Leone. RecordingEvent name • SouthDate Sydney 1 would like to thank everyone, both staff and students, who Swimming contributed so generously to help these vulnerable children. Championshipsweblink (William Brookes) YEAR 11 PHOTOS DEADLINE • Year 12 & 13 Rounders Please note that the deadline for Thursday 26 April 2018 Year 11 photographs is Friday 27 April. • Junior Maths Challenge (CLT) • GCSE Art Exam – Day 1 YEAR 11 FRENCH GCSE SPEAKING • Year 13 Dance • House Assemblies The Year 11 French Speaking Exams will be • Lucy Willis – LAMDA going on all week from Monday 30 April to Tuesday May 8 inclusive. If you are doing Teaching these exams, please ensure you are aware • Year 8 Parent of your exam timings. Consultation Evening The groups will be doing the exams as Friday 27 April 2018 follows: • GCSE Art Exam – Day Monday 30 April - Mme Francis 2 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1 – 3 May - Mme Crowther • A Level Dance Friday 4 May - Mme Andre Moderation Tuesday 8 May - Mme Andre

William Brookes School,School You will need to turn up to the library 30 minutes before www.williambrookes.com your allotted time in order to give you some time for quick revision T: 01952 728900 and to complete your speaking cards for the exam. E: [email protected] Bon courage! 2 Andorra Ski Trip 2018

DIARY 20 April 2018 EVENTS DIARY STUDENT RECEPTION

FridayEVENT 27 April 2018 The following students are on Student Reception for the week • U13 Winter Games commencing Monday 23 April – Friday 27 April: BasketballS (Telford Langley) Monday – Amber Britnell L1 & Alfie Woodward L5 Event name Tuesday – Anais Childe L8 & Josh Allen L10 • U16 Girls Hockey Wednesday – Isabelle Cole L9 & Nana Antwi-Nyamaah L4 FinalsDate Day (Thomas Thursday – Brooke Dean L7 & Christopher Barlow L10 Telford School) Friday - Erin Hotchkiss L10 & AJ Halliwell-Paget L4 weblink All Week DROP IT AND READ • Year 7 Mock Exams in Drop it and Read for Years 7 - 9 will be on Monday April Lessons 23 Period 3 & Thursday 26 April Period 5. Remember to bring a book to read during lesson! UNLOCKING POTENTIAL AFTERNOON

Fact of the Week The launch of the ‘Unlocking Potential Afternoon’ will take place on Wednesday 23 May where students can come and try various The longest running film, sporting activities during the afternoon as a direct reward of showing the Coubertin Spirit. We are allocating the top performers first refusal, Ambiancé, was 720 hours top performers will be those allocated the most Coubertin green dots. long (30 days). It was shown in full length once Students remember to continue to show the Coubertin spirit! and was synchronised to play at the same time ANDORRA SKI TRIP across the world. After it was finished, the film was All of the students and staff members who went on the skiing trip to Andorra came back with smiles and fond memories. These fun times then destroyed. were captured with several photos of happy skiing students that can Source: be found throughout the newsletter at the top sections of each http://www.thelongestfilm.com/ page.

William Brookes School,School CARNEGIE BOOK CLUB www.williambrookes.com T: 01952 728900 A very big thank you to those of you who attended the first E: [email protected] Carnegie Book Club meeting! The next meeting will be Wednesday 25 April at tutor time. There will be questions on the Carnegie 3 books you are reading! Andorra Ski Trip 2018

20 April 2018 ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS

We want to make sure that we are providing our students with the best education and support we can. Healthy school food has obvious health benefits and can help students establish healthy habits for life. Healthy school food can also help to improve Students’ readiness to learn. Families who receive certain benefits may be eligible for free school meals.

Students are eligible for free school meals if you’re in receipt of one of the following benefits:

· Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400. · Income Support · Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance · Income-related Employment and Support Allowance · Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · The guarantee element of Pension Credit · Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit) · Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190

Registering for free meals could also raise Extra Funds for the school, which could fund valuable extra support to students.

If you think that you may be eligible for Free School Meals please follow the link below:

http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/ HOCKEY & RUGBY INTERHOUSE RESULTS

2017/18 HOCKEY RUGBY Interhouse 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Results Team 1 London Beijing Athens Sydney Athens Sydney London Beijing Year 7 Team 2 Sydney London Athens Beijing Sydney London Beijing Athens Team 1 Athens Beijing Sydney London London Athens Sydney Beijing Year 8 Team 2 Beijing London Sydney Athens Sydney Athens London Beijing Team 1 Beijing Athens Sydney London Year 9 Team 2 Team 1 London Athens Beijing Sydney Year 10 Team 2 Players of the Tournament Hockey Rugby Year 7 - Aimee Bateson, Olivia Kennedy Year 7 - Year 8 - Chloe Taylor & Emily Padfield Year 8 - Finnley Wiggan & Luke Oldham Year 9 - Brad S.Humphries, Josh Teare, Year 9 - Finn McMahon& Anya Paggett Year 10 - Year 10 - Seren Owen & Bailey Evason 4 20 April 2018 SWIMMING INTERHOUSE RESULTS

2018 GIRLS & BOYS OVERALL Interhouse 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH Results GIRLS LONDON BEIJING ATHENS SYDNEY LONDON BEIJING SYDNEY ATHENS Year 7 BOYS LONDON BEIJING = SYDNEY ATHENS 59pts 56pts 42pts 41pts GIRLS SYDNEY ATHENS LONDON BEIJING SYDNEY LONDON BEIJING ATHENS Year 8 BOYS SYDNEY BEIJING LONDON ATHENS 47pts 37pts 35pts 28pts GIRLS ATHENS LONDON SYDNEY BEIJING ATHENS SYDNEY BEIJING LONDON Year 9 = BOYS SYDNEY BEIJING ATHENS LONDON 47pts 47pts 36pts 22pts CAREERS GUEST & INTERVIEWS

Chris Jew from is coming in on Monday 23 April to do a careers talk about PE Apprenticeships, in the CLT from 14.10 onwards aimed at Year 13 students.

Careers interviews next week with Mrs Lawrence will be on Tuesday 24 April. All interviews will take place in the room adjacent to Ms Lacey’s office.

Period 1 8.50 – 9.25 Lara Gunter 9.25 – 9.50 Ross Jones

Period 2 9.55 – 10.20 Grace Martin 10.25 – 10.50 Todd Jones

Break 10.50 – 11.10

Period 3 11.10 – 11.40 Hannah Millman 11.40 – 12.10 Ross Hurdley

Period 4 12.10 – 12.40 Jamie-Lee Nedic 12.40 – 13.10 Daniel Searle

Lunchtime & Tutor 13.10 – 14.10

Period 5 (for those with Tutor Period at 14.10) 14.10 – 15.00 Ellise Patridge LUNCHTIME & AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS CLUBS

A new season for sports has begun! Starting Monday 23 April, the lunchtime and after school clubs will have an updated schedule to incorporate the summer sports. Take your time to familiarise yourself with the new schedule listed on this page (page 5) and page 6 of the newsletter.

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