Monday, 28 September 2015

Bulletin - 28.9.15

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 28th Sept, P1+P2: Open Morning
Wed 30th Sept: Double Dept Meeting
Thur 1st Oct: Roman Crafts Day
Tues 6th Oct, P1+P2: Year 7 and 8 Open Morning
Wed 7th Oct: HPV vaccinations
Wed 7th Oct: Meeting 1: Dept (numeracy and literacy); Meeting 2: HoFs/CALs
Fri 9th Oct: English/Learning Support Staff Tea

2. Reports/APs
Short report: 9/10/11 - deadline Fri 9th Oct

3. Open Morning
Year 6 students and parents will be in school during P1 and P2 on Monday 28th Sept. They will be shown around by student guides and may drop into lessons. If you have a lesson on P1 or P2 on that day that you would rather people didn't come into (eg they're doing a piece of work that you don't want to be disturbed or it's a tricky group that you'd rather not be seen with) please email the Head and put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on your door.

4. Happy Quarter-Term
Only four weeks until half-term!

Monday, 21 September 2015

Bulletin - 21.9.15

1. Dates for diaries
Tues 22nd Sept: Year 9 Humanutopia Heroes training
Wed 23rd Sept: Year 7 Humanutopia Day (Who Are You?)
Thur 24th Sept: Year 7 Humanutopia Extension Day
Thur 24th Sept, 6:30-8:30: Open Evening
Fri 25th Sept: Performance Management INSET Day
Mon 28th Sept, P1+P2: Open Morning
Wed 30th Sept: Double Dept Meeting
Thur 1st Oct: Roman Crafts Day
2. Reports/APs
None at presesnt!

3. Open Evening / Open Morning
School will finish at the end of P4 on Thursday 24th Sept. After lunch, can we meet in C5 (Paul's room) to set up for Open Evening. 

Year 6 students and parents are then invited to come into school on Monday 28th Sept. They will be shown around by student guides and may drop into lessons. If you have a lesson on P1 or P2 on that day that you would rather people didn't come into (eg they're doing a piece of work that you don't want to be disturbed or it's a tricky group that you'd rather not be seen with) please put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on your door.

4. Dept support/SIMS/Detentions/Behaviour
Please put a copy of the Dept Support timetable on the wall near your door so that support staff/cover teachers can send students to the appropriate place.

Also, make sure that all behaviour incidents are logged on SIMS (if you're unsure how to do this, come and see me). If a student doesn't come back to see you for a learning conversation, set them a central detention. If we are looking to enact set moves or reallocate students to Cheney Plus, etc, we need to prove that we have done everything we can in the department first.

Monday, 14 September 2015

Bulletin - 14.9.15

1. Dates for diaries
Thur 17th Sept, 5-8pm: Year 12 Welcome Assembly
Thur 17th Sept, 5-6:30pm: Year 7 settling-in interviews
Tues 22nd Sept: Year 9 Humanutopia Heroes training
Wed 23rd Sept: Year 7 Humanutopia Day (Who Are You?)
Thur 24th Sept: Year 7 Humanutopia Extension Day
Thur 24th Sept, 6:30-8:30: Open Evening
Fri 25th Sept: Performance Management INSET Day

2. Reports/APs
None at presesnt!

3. Timetable issues
I have spoken to several of you regarding balancing out the dept timetable (some people are currently over and some currently under). This information has been passed to the timetable team and they will update the timetable asap. Please teach your timetable as it stands for the time being and we will let you know when to make those changes.

4. Copies of An Inspector Calls
Please don't give out any copies of An Inspector Calls to any Year 10 student - even if they are PP/FSM. They need to buy/collect their copies directly from me so that we can track who has/hasn't been issued with a copy.

Also, if you teach Year 11, please use the paperback copies. I know they are less user-friendly but we only have enough copies for Year 10. If you have taken any of the hardback copies, please return them to the KS4 cupboard in C25.