KINDNESS. RESPECT. INTEGRITY. TEAMWORK

HEADTEACHER’S NEWSLETTER

31st January 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

We are now into the full swing of the new term and after what seems like a very long January we are at last beginning to feel the benefits of the lighter evenings and see a glimpse of spring on the way.

Our Year 11 students have received the results of their trial examinations, which they sat just before the Christmas break, and have now just ELEVEN weeks in school before the start of their final GCSE examinations. After school revision sessions are available, which will enhance and support their revision at home.

The next Parents’ evenings are for Year 8 on Thursday 6th February, followed by Year 11 on Thursday 13th February.

You may remember that on 14th January we held an additional training day to enable all of our teaching staff to attend the training event 'School improvement through creative curriculum design'. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank parents for their support with this. The day has been pivotal in helping us develop our curriculum to provide an exciting, coherent and inspirational learning experience that celebrates and nurtures the diverse talents of all our students to ensure they will be confident, independent learners, who are well prepared for the next phase of their lives.

Mr T Cartmail Headteacher High 5’s Visit A group of Year 9 students visited the recently for a series of workshops focusing on building confidence and they debated on the pros and cons of attending university. Thinking ahead to preparing for the future and life beyond secondary school, our Year 9s worked with students from other schools in the Scarborough area to come up with a presentation to share at the end of the session. Mr Walker who led the visit reported that our Year 9s showed a mature attitude to thinking about their futures and were a credit to Ebor.

SEND Coffee Morning – Meet the new SENDCO Mrs Turlington, our SENDCO, leaves us at the end of this half term for pastures new, and whilst we are very sorry to be saying Goodbye and extend our huge thanks to her for the great work she has done here, we are also looking forward to welcoming our new SENDCO, Miss O’Neill to Ebor . Parents of children who receive support from the SEND department have been invited to attend a coffee morning on Wednesday 12th February for an opportunity to meet Miss O’Neill, before she takes over the reins after half term. If you are attending, we ask that you please let Mrs Hinchliffe know by emailing [email protected] or return the reply slip which was enclosed with the invitation letter; this is to ensure we cater for enough guests.

Donation to the Salvation Army A huge thanks to students, parents and staff for your generous donations at our Christmas Concert and the Staff Talent Show at the end of last term. We are delighted to say that £187.26 has been donated to The Salvation Army, Filey Branch, and they have since written to say “We are truly grateful for the support locally and especially thankful for the effort your young people have made.”

Visit from Filey Infants School We welcomed Year 1 students from Filey CE Nursery and Infants Academy in to our school library last term for an afternoon. They spent their time with our Health and Social Care students where they enjoyed sharing their love of books.

Duke of Edinburgh Award & Junior Award Scheme for Schools (JASS) Congratulations to the following students for their achievements this half term: Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award: Ellie Burgess Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award: Emily Maslin Completion of the JASS Bronze Award: Adria Beattie, Erin Griffiths, Lilly-Ella Burton, Lily Plant JASS Bronze – ‘Get Active, Stay Active’ section: Erin Griffiths, Adria Beattie, Lily Plant, Lilly-Ella Burton JASS Bronze – ‘My Interests’ section: Erin Griffiths, Adria Beattie JASS Bronze – ‘Adventure’ section: Erin Griffiths, Lilly-Ella Burton, Lily Plant JASS Bronze – ‘Me and my World’ section: Lilly-Ella Burton JASS Silver – ‘Get Active, Stay Active’ section: Adria Beattie JASS Silver – ‘My Interests’ section: Adria Beattie

Headteacher Drop-in-Sessions Drop-in-sessions are taking place at the following times next half term. It is not necessary to make an appointment, simply turn up and sign in at reception.  Wednesday 5th February 2.15 – 3.15 pm  Friday 28th February 10 – 11am

Other Diary Dates  Thursday 6th February – Year 8 Parents’ Evening  Thursday 13th February – Year 11 Parents’ Evening  Friday 14th February – Break up for the half term holiday  Friday 6th March – Men ACWY & DTP Vaccinations (Year 9)  Friday 15th May – HPV Vaccinations (second dose) Year 8  Friday 8th May – Bank Holiday

Please note that in 2020 the early bank holiday will be on Friday 8 May – VE Day. This means that the long weekend will coincide with the extended 75th anniversary celebrations of the surrender of Nazi Germany, which ended the Second World War in Europe. Vaccinations If you have not yet consented to your son/daughter receiving the vaccinations and wish to do so please visit www.hdft.nhs.uk/immsconsent using our school code 142061. Talented Dancers A huge congratulations to Golda Richardson and Amy Collins who have both recently taken part in dance competitions. Amy took part in a dancing competition last term where she placed first and is now through to the European Finals. Golda competed in the World Dance Masters, World Championship at the famous Winter Gardens in Blackpool. She danced 2 heats on the Friday, a semi-final on the Saturday and in the final on Sunday where she placed second.

News from the PE Department Well done to the Year 9 girls’ 5-a-side football team who played their first fixture of 2020 at . The girls managed to draw against and narrowly lost to both Scalby School and by just one goal. Well done to the whole team: Gracie Jenkinson, Lola Chapman, Lilly-Mae Millward, Milly Keary, Jorji Crawford, Amelia Correia, Emma Lee and Asha Poole.

Congratulations to the KS3 badminton team who competed in the district tournament at George Pindar School. The team played 5 back to back games where they finished a well- deserved third place. Well done to the team: Gracie Jenkinson, Anya Chaudhary, Amelia Correia, Murphy Jenkinson, Cale Oldcorn, Lucas Pearson and Oscar Strathearn.

Last term our PE Department had the pleasure of taking 19 students to Old Trafford to watch Manchester United vs Az Alkamar in the Europa League. It was a great game to watch and they even managed to see 4 fantastic goals!

A huge well done to our U14 girls’ football team who made it through to the semi-finals during the district football tournament. The girls topped their league, winning all 3 games against St Augustines, Norton and Whitby. The girls put in a solid effort during the semi- finals but were narrowly defeated 1-0 by . Congratulations to the whole team: Milly Keary, Lilly-Mae Millward, Jorji Crawford, Amelia Correia, Lola Chapman, Sophie Addison, Georgina McKie, Nikita Gharib, Gracie Jenkinson, Anya Chaudhary and Maddison Watling.

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