Bulletin - 25.6.12

1. Dates for your diaries

Tues 26^th June: Training day for A Question of Words (P1: Year 7, P2: Year 8, P3: Year 9; P4: Year 10)

Wed 27^th June, 2-3pm: TLCs (new groups, see email from RBO)

Thurs 28 – Fri 29^th June: Transfer Days

Sunday 1^st July: Year 9 SATs data entry to be completed (see below)

Tues 3^rd July: Year 9/10 Sports Day

Wed 4^th July: Year 7/8 Sports Day

Thurs 5^th July: Celebration Day

Friday 6^th July: A Question of Words

2. Class lists

There is a colour print-out of the proposed Year 10 set lists on the table in dept office. Can people take a look at these and let me know if you think anyone is in the wrong set. Please either email me or make a note on the form. Also, if you have a strong desire to teach a particular set, please let me know (I can’t make any promises but will take teacher preference into account). I need to get this information to MST by the end of the day on Wed so please take a look asap.

I will be doing the same shortly for next year’s Year 8 and 9 sets.

3. Transfer Days

Many thanks to everyone who agreed to deliver a lesson for the Year 6s coming in on Thurs 28^th/Fri 29^th June – I’m sure they will leave your classrooms knowing that they will be in safe hands next year.

4. Lesson observations

Please accept my apologies that lesson observations didn’t take place last term. We will have lesson observations before the end of this term and another round early in the autumn term to ensure that all staff have three observations prior to their performance management review. I will put together an observation schedule to share with you all asap.

5. Course specs

Print outs for the GCSE English, English Language and English Literature specifications are in the dept office. I’ve got the current version AND the version for 2014 entry (by which time GCSE will presumably have been scrapped altogether...!)

6. Year 9 SATs data entry

Please make sure that you have entered the Teacher Assessment SATs data for your Year 9 classes. This is IN ADDITION to their regular Serco report. MST put instructions for how to do this on the Staff News section of Serco a few weeks back but if you’re unsure, please ask me.

7. Dept end of term meal

It turns out that Fri 13^th July is Janet Minot’s leaving do so we’re looking to re-schedule our departmental night out for either Mon 16^th or Tues 17^th July. If you haven’t already done so, please email me with a preference.

Thank you, have a great week,

Jamie

Bulletin - 18.6.12

Hi everyone,

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 20th June: Transfer meeting 3:15-3:45; Dept meeting 3:45-4:15)
Fri 22nd June: Year 8 and 9 reports finished
Sat 23rd June: Year 11 prom
Thur 21st June: Year 6 transfer interviews (normal school starts at 10am)
Thur 28th + Fri 29th June: Year 6 Transfer Days

2. Transfer Days
Many thanks to everyone who has agreed to teach a transfer lesson on Thurs 28th/Fri 9th June. I will email out a lesson that you can use if you would like to save yourself the planning time but feel free to do whatever you would like. Julie and Maureen will email the updated timetable asap.

3. Wed 20th June
Louise Marsh, Heather Doherty and Kate Wild will be spending the day with us on Wednesday in preparation for starting here in September. I have ordered tea/coffee for morning break and a FREE lunch for everyone at lunchtime. Please come along and make them feel welcome.

We also have an extended dept meeting that afternoon with a fair amount to get through so please make your way to C26 as soon as we are done with the whole-school meeting re transfer interviews.

4. Paul Waite
Paul has been signed off for two weeks. They think it might be haemochromotosis...an hereditary condition that tends to manifest itslef in middle age whereby the body produces too much blood. He 'hopes' that it is this because it's very easily treatable. A card will be organised.

Have a great week.