Bulletin - 12.9.11

Hi everyone,

So, quite an uneventful first week...

1. Laura Wigley
Thank you to everyone for your help and support in dealing with the sudden and unexpected departure of Laura Wigley on Thursday. We have Laws in as a cover teacher for the time being until we are able to source a more permenant replacement. I have set up blogs for AS Media Studies (http://www.cheneyasmedia.blogspot.com/) and A2 Media Studies (http://www.cheneya2media.blogspot.com/) that contain work for those students to follow - Liz and Andrew, please direct your Year 12s towards this. There is a folder on Staff Resources for all of Laura's other classes and Paul and I will liaise with Laws to ensure the right work is delivered to all of these students: T:\Staff Resources\English\LWI cover work

2. Timetables and Serco
Apologies for the madness over timetables, class lists, etc. Hopefully these issues are starting to be resolved (especially in Year 10 where there were a lot of problems) but if there are still students who aren't where they need to be, please let me know and I will pass on to MST. There are still quite a few issues at KS5 but hopefully these will be worked out soon as well.

3. Charlie Field
Charlie going to be volunteering work in the English Department one day a week (Thursday) from now on. I will look to put together a timetable for Charlie and work out some activities he/she can be involved in. Please let me know if there are any classes you would like help with on Thursdays or any students that could use some one-on-one help (I was thinking we could use Charlie to help with students missing coursework?)

4. Cat Hartley
Cat is a friend of Val Goff's daughter. She has just finished an English degree at Cambridge and is starting a PGCE in Oxford in September. She will be spending Thursday and Friday in the English department, observing lessons, with a specific focus on how teachers set about getting to know their classes, how students make the transition between Key Stages and the range of teaching and learning methods used in the English classroom. I will put together a programme of observations for her in the next day or two, so if there are any classes you would rather you WEREN'T observed with, please let me know.

5. Staff Tea
It's ours on 7th Oct.

6. Plums
There is a punnett of plums in the English office. They are excess allotment produce from my father-in-law. PLEASE HELP YOURSELF. Take some home, I beg you, we have thousands...

A great first week everyone, especially in light of all that has happened. Bring on Week 2!