Bulletin - 30.6.14

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 30th June: Staff INSET day
Tues 1st July: American teachers visiting Cheney
Tues 1st July: Year 12 trip to Harcourt Arboretum
Wed 2nd July, 2-4pm: Report moderation
Thur 3rd-Fri 4th July: Year 6 Transfer Days
Thur 3rd-Fri 4th July: Ancient Athens Days
Fri 4th July: Women's Day, Oxford Brookes
Tues 8th July: Year 12 UCAS day
Tues 8th July: Year 8 trip to Kallos Gallery
Tues 8th-Wed 9th July: Year 7 Humanutopia days
Wed 9th July, 2-4: Double dept meeting
Thur 10th July: Learning to Lead student conference
Thur 10th-Fri 11th July: Year 12/13 Physics trip to CERN
Fri 11th July: Year 10 Trip to Dept of Engineering Science
Fri 11th July: Oxfordshire Schools Games Finals
Fri 11th July: German exchange students in school

2. Reports/Assessment Points
None!

3. Welcome to Holly
Holly Bristow will be with us for the last few weeks of this term before starting officially with us in September. She will be observing for her first week and then taking over a few classes for the last two weeks.

4. Dept end-of-year meal
This has been booked for Mon 21st July: 7pm at Pomegranate on Cowley Road. If you haven't already done so, please let Heather know if you are coming.

Bulletin - 23.6.14

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 23rd + Tues 24th June: Digital Inclusion Launch days
Mon 23rd-Wed 25th: Year 12 induction days (current Year 11)
Mon 23rd-Fri 28th June: Year 10 work experience week
Mon 23rd June: Sixth Form Ball
Wed 25th June: Year 7 trip to Boulogne
Wed 25th June: Year 9 Heroes day (Humanutopia)
Wed 25th June: 2-3pm: report moderation
Fri 27th June: Year 9 PSHE collapsed timetable day
Fri 27th June, 8:30-10:30am: Year 8 to watch Gemma's Wardrobe (PSHE)
Mon 30th June: Staff INSET day
Wed 2nd July, 2-4pm: Report moderation
Thur 3rd - Fri 4th July: Year 6 Transfer Days
Thur 3rd - Fri 4th July: Ancient Athens Days
Fri 4th July: Women's Day, Oxford Brookes

2. Reports/Assessment Points
Year 7 full report: due Fri 27th June
Year 9 full report: due Fri 27th June

3. Goodbye to Laura
Laura will be leaving us on Wednesday 25th June. Cake and goodbyes in the dept office.

Bulletin - 16.6.14

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 16th - Tues 17th June: Year 7 Geography trip to Lulworth Cove
Tues 17th June, 8:30-11:00am: Year 10 Maths mock exam
Wed 18th June, 8:30-11:00am: Year 10 Maths mock exam
Wed 18th June: Double dept meeting: work review and literacy
Fri 20th June: Year 11 Prom
Mon 23rd + Tues 24th June: Digital Inclusion Launch days
Mon 23rd-Wed 25th: Year 12 induction days (current Year 11)
Mon 23rd-Fri 28th June: Year 10 work experience week
Mon 23rd June: Sixth Form Ball
Wed 25th June: Year 7 trip to Boulogne
Wed 25th June: Year 9 Heroes day (Humanutopia)
Wed 25th June: 2-3pm: report moderation
Fri 27th June: Year 9 PSHE collapsed timetable day
Fri 27th June, 8:30-10:30am: Year 8 to watch Gemma's Wardrobe (PSHE)

2. Reports/Assessment Points
Year 7 full report: due Fri 27th June
Year 9 full report: due Fri 27th June

3. Dept meal: Mon 21st July
6:30 at The Old Bookbinders (17-18 Victor Street, Jericho, OX2 6BT).

Bulletin - 9.6.14

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 11th June, 2-3pm: Whole-school SEN-D meeting (L1); 3-4pm College meetings
Fri 13th June: Year 6 Welcome MorningFri 13th June: English/Drama staff tea
Mon 16th - Tues 17th June: Year 7 Geography trip to Lulworth Cove
Wed 18th June: Double dept meeting: work review and literacy
2. Reports/Assessment Points
None.

3. Last Exam!
Tues 10th June, 9:00: A2 Media Studies

4. Daniel Groves
Daniel Groves, who will be joining us in September, will be coming in to spend a day in the department on Monday 16th June (he has work commitments for the last few weeks of the academic year so is unable to join us then).

Bulletin - 2.6.14

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 4th June, P3: Year 11 Leavers Assembly
Wed 4th June, 2-4pm: Double Dept meeting
Wed 11th June, 2-3: Lead Practioners meeting; 3-4 College meetings
Fri 13th June: English/Drama staff tea

2. Reports/Assessment Points
None.

3. Exams!
Tues 3rd June, 9:00am: GCSE English/English Language
Fri 6th June, 9:00am: A2 English Literature
Tues 10th June, 9:00: A2 Media Studies

4. Exam arrangements - Tues 3rd June
There is a free breakfast for all Year 11 students before the English/English Language exam. If you are free P1 and would like to help out, please feel free to pop down, grab a croissant and help soothe their collective nerves. Students will head over to the exam hall around 8:45.

5. Paul Waite
Paul will be be back to work on Monday 9th June. He will come back on a partly phased re-introduction. As part of this, he won't be taking his reading intervention lessons, so if you have a group that Paul takes students from, this won't be happening for the time being. Please keep your students in your regular reading lessons until further notice.