Bulletin - 12.5.14

1. Dates for diaries
Tues 13th May: Interview Day - KS4 Leader
Wed 14th May: 2-3: AP5 data entry; 3-4: Dept meeting (literacy)
Fri 16th May, 6:30-7:30: BTEC Drama acting showcase
Tues 20th May, P5: TA training
Wed 21st May: English Teacher interview day
Wed 21st May: 2-3pm: Staff meeting; 3-4pm: Dept meeting
Fri 23rd May, 1:20-2:00: Year 13 Leavers Assembly (Year 13 start study leave)

2. Reports/Assessment Points
AP5 - due Fri 23rd May

3. KS4 Leader interview
We are interviewing for the KS4 Leader role on Tuesday 13th May, with two internal candidates: Heather and Maud. There will be tea and coffee in the dept office at breaktime.

4. GCSE moderation folders
Louise has sent round the list of folders that AQA have called for moderation. Please assemble yours into the necessary format, making sure all the scripts are annotated and you have the necessary signatures, and give to Louise by Wednesday lunchtime at the latest. There are treasury tags in the stationery office.

5. Walking/Talking mock exam
We are still planning to run a walking/talking mock on Friday 30th May. If you have a Year 11 class, please can you get a rough idea of how many would be interested:
Green: Definitely coming
Amber: Not sure but might do
Red: Not a chance

6. Department Detention
We have been having some issues and confusion with the use of dept detention. To clarify...

If you want to set a detention:
1. The student must have been given at least two warnings (unless the behaviour is extreme).
2. Inform the student that they have a detention and give them a detention slip telling them where the detention is located and whether it's today or tomorrow.
3. Log the event on Serco.

If you are running the detention:
1. Check the EnglishDT inbox.
2. Add all names and details to the Behaviour tracking spreadsheet.
3. Mark attendance/non-attendance.
4. Delete the emails in the EnglishDT inbox.
5. Save and close the spreadsheet.

We are having a number of instances of students not turning up for detentions because they didn't know they had one, of colleges finding no record of behaviour on Serco (which really undermines their dealings with parents) or students turning up for a detention and no-one being there to run it.