Happy New Year! Hope you all had a relaxing and restful break.
The spring term has started with a bang, lots of stuff going on (though sadly not the heating!).
1. Dates for diaries
Thursday 5th Jan: Year 11 parents evening
Monday 9th Jan: Year 11 Revision session (see below)
Tuesday 10th Jan: GCSE English/English Language exam (see below)
Wednesday 11th Jan: Department Meeting to discuss progress on KS3 modules
Thursday 12th Jan: Year 8/9 Guided Choices Evening (JKY + PWA)
Thursday 19th Jan: Year 9 parents evening
Thursday 26th Jan: Year 8 parents evening
2. Arrangements for GCSE English/English Language exam
Year 11 will be off timetable for P1 and P2 on Monday 9th Jan to do an exam conditions revision exercise. Year 11 teachers need to go to the Assembly Hall/Gym to help out on the lesson where they would have been teaching Year 11.
There is breakfast available for Year 11 students on Tuesday 10th Jan before the exam at 9am. If Year 11 teachers want to get their tutor groups covered and give last minute advice and inspiration, that would be great.
3. Welcome to Mary Glynn
Mary is a GTP student at Cherwell School who is joining us in the English department until half-term. Please make her feel welcome.
4. Farewell to Toni
Toni has shamefully got herself a new job at the Early Intervention Service with the Council and will be leaving us. Her last day is Friday 3rd Jan and she will be hugely missed. Thank you, Toni, for all your hard work and organisation - I'm not sure what we're going to do without you!
5. Netbook keys
We have been entrusted with TWO keys to the netbooks safe. They are currently in the top drawer of my desk until we can come up with a safe and usable system for storing them. I don't want to just leave them somewhere as there is a security issue there but at the same time me carrying them around isn't helpful if I'm not there. Thougths, anyone?
6. Heating
I have been assured that a new boiler will be installed before the end of this week and we will have heating by Monday. Feel free to let students keep coats, hats, scarves, etc on until then.
Thanks everyone, here's to 2012 - a year of Olympic levels of success!
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