Bulletin - 12.12.16

1. Dates for diaries (rest of the term)
Mon 12th Dec, 7:30pm: Eng Dept Christmas meal, The Pint Shop
Wed 14th Dec: CPD carousel
Thur 15th Dec, 5-7pm: Cheney Teachmeet
Fri 16th Dec: End of Term (12:30)

2. Reports/APs
Thank you to everyone for making sure the Year 7, 10 and 13 reports were complete for the deadline. It makes such a difference to the data team and other support staff and it's hugely appreciated by everyone.

3. CPD carousel
Please make sure you have signed up for two sessions at the CPD carousel on Wednesday. Please think of this in terms of aspects of your teaching that you wish to develop.

4. Dept meal and Secret Santa
Looking forward to seeing everyone at The Pint Shop this evening. Our booking's for 7:30 but if anyone fancies getting there for for a pre-dinner drink around 7ish, I'm buying.

Make sure your Secret Santa gift is in the dept office before the end of school today and I'll bring them all along to hand out at the meal. (Or, if you haven't bought yours yet, bring it along with you and sneak it into the sack when nobody's looking!)

Bulletin - 5.12.16

1. Dates for diaries (rest of the term)
Tues 6th Dec, P1+P2: Year 9/10 French play
Wed 7th Dec: Double Dept meeting (Report moderation + 4Matrix training session)
Thur 8th Dec: Cheney Christmas Show
Fri 8th Dec: Staff pub crawl
Mon 12th Dec, 7:30pm: Eng Dept Christmas meal, The Pint Shop
Thur 15th Dec, 5-7pm: Cheney Teachmeet
Fri 16th Dec: End of Term (12:30)

2. Reports/APs

Year 7 short reports: due Fri 9th December

Year 10 full reports (using drop down comments/targets): due Fri 9th December

Year 13 full reports (with written comments): due Fri 9th December

3. Staffing/Timetable changes for January

With JKY leaving and PMO and JCH taking over the Head of English role, there will be changes to the English Dept timetable for when we return in January. These plans are close to completion now and all staff who are likely to be affected have been notified. These plans will be shared with the dept as soon as they are finalised.

Another factor in this process is that George Flynn has handed in his resignation, effective as of the end of this month. We are in the process of working out how we will assign his teaching from January as well.

4. 4Matrix training session

Wednesday's meeting slot is assigned as report moderation. Since only Year 13 reports need to be proofread, JKY and PMO will take care of this and instead we will use this time to have a joint English/Maths training session on 4Matrix, the school's new data analysis programme. Please meet in J24 at 3:00pm. 

5. Secret Santa + Christmas Meal

Looks like we're doing Secret Santa at the Dept Christmas meal on Monday evening. Please leave your Secret Santa present on the table in the Dept Office by Monday and Santa will put them in his sack to bring them along to he meal. If you can't make it along on Monday, don't worry, Santa will find you (so long as you've been good this year).

Please also make sure that you've paid your deposit and given your order to Phoebe.

Bulletin - 28.11.16

1. Dates for diaries (rest of the term)
Thur 1st Dec: Year 12 parents evening
Fri 2nd Dec: Year 13 Biology Trip
Tues 6th Dec, P1+P2: Year 9/10 French play
Wed 7th Dec: Double Dept meeting (Report moderation + 4Matrix training session)
Thur 8th Dec: Cheney Christmas Show
Fri 8th Dec: Staff pub crawl
Mon 12th Dec, 7:30pm: Eng Dept Christmas meal, The Pint Shop
Thur 15th Dec, 5-7pm: Cheney Teachmeet
Fri 16th Dec: End of Term (12:30)

2. Reports/APs

Year 7 short reports: due Fri 9th December

3. PP/SEND review - pt 2

The second phase of the PP/SEND review will be continuing for the rest of this week. This will involve more learning walks, student panels and work scrutinies across the school. Please be aware that people may be coming into lessons and tutor times over the next two weeks (though not, I believe, external observers) so please have SPOT folders to hand.

4. Lesson observations

I have received notification from most of you re: your lesson observations. Please ensure you organise an observation between now and the end of this term. This is essential for your own Performance Management review.

5. Faculty detention

Faculty detentions are for students who have failed to engage with you as a classroom teacher in a Learning Conversation (either didn't turn up or didn't engage properly/appropriately in that conversation). If this is the case, please send me their name, class and details of why they require a Faculty Detention. Please can I ask the classroom teacher to make the phonecall home informing the parents of the situation? It only takes two or three teachers to put one or two students into a Faculty Detention to leave me (Jenny/Phoebe in Jan) with 6/7/8 phonecalls to make and it has simply become too time-consuming. Inform them that they need to come to my room (C3) on Friday lunchtime and if they can't to see me BEFOREHAND to make an alternative arrangement. I will arrange for reminder slips to be issued via the student runner on Friday morning and will follow up any students that don't attend.

6. Dept Christmas meal

Thanks to Phoebe for organising (again!). Please fill in your order on the googledoc link Phoebe has sent around and get your £10 deposit to her asap.

7. Secret Santa

It's that time of year again...Ho ho ho...etc and so forth. Is everyone happy to do Dept Secret Santa again this year? I will assume the answer is YES. If for some reason you can't or don't wish to take part, please email me and I will remove you from the hat. Usual rules? £10 maximum spend?

Bulletin - 21.11.16

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 23rd Nov: KS4 work scrutiny
Thur 24th Nov: Year 11 parents evening
Fri 25th Nov: English Dept Staff Tea
Thur 1st Dec: Year 12 parents evening

2. Reports/APs

Year 10 full reports: due Fri 2nd Dec

Year 13 full reports: due Fri 2nd Dec

If you have any questions about what either of these reports requires of you, please see JKY. Instructions should be coming shortly from the data team.

3. KS4 work scrutiny

Please make sure you bring a full set of KS4 books (either year) to C27 at the end of Wed 23rd Nov.

4. PP/SEND review - pt 2

The second phase of the PP/SEND review will be taking place over the next two weeks. This will involve more learning walks, student panels and work scrutinies across the school. Please be aware that people may be coming into lessons and tutor times over the next two weeks (though not, I believe, external observers) so please have SPOT folders to hand. The work scrutinies we're in the process of conducting will also be focusing on PP/SEND students.

5. Room swap

BKN and JKY have swapped rooms (C3 and C27). Please see the updated Dept Support timetable sent last week and make sure the newest version is printed off and stuck next to your door.

6. Copies of Oliver Twist

Last week, we ordered enough copies of Oliver Twist for everyone to have a full class set. There already seems to be a shortfall in numbers in the KS3 cupboard. Can everyone please check that they only have enough copies for one-per-student in their class. If you have more than you need, please return to the KS3 cupboard (in C26).

7. Lesson observations
Make sure you have organised an official lesson observation before the end of this term. This is an essential part of your Performance Management and is your responsibility to organise. Please see this as an opportunity to develop your personal practice, to get advice on an area of your teaching that you would like to improve, to get some support with a class/topic you are finding difficult, or to get a second pair of eyes on something experimental. This is designed to be a supportive/training process NOT a check-up.

Bulletin - 14.11.16

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 16th Nov: KS3 work scrutiny
Thur 17th Nov: Year 9 parents evening
Wed 23rd Nov: KS4 work scrutiny
Thur 24th Nov: Year 11 parents evening

2. Reports/APs

Year 8 short reports: due Fri 18th Nov

3. KS3 work scrutiny

Please make sure you bring a full set of KS3 books (any year) to C27 at the end of Wed 16th Nov.

Bulletin - 7.11.16

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 7th Nov, 1:30-4:30pm: Year 8 STEM girls roadshow
Tues 8th Nov: Senior Maths Challenge
Wed 9th Nov: Meeting 1: Dept (T&L); Meeting 2: Colleges
Thur 10th Nov: SGU's after-school Year 11 sessions start
Thur 17th Nov: Year 9 parents evening

2. Reports/APs

Year 8 short reports: due Fri 18th Nov

3. Head of English

The two candidates for the Head of English position that we advertised last month both pulled out. As such, Jenny and Phoebe will fulfil the position as a job share for the rest of this academic year - both will also maintain their existing TLR responsibilities. We will re-advertise for a permanent Head of English, to start Sept 2017, in due course and would welcome internal as well as external applications.

In order to give Jenny and Phoebe appropriate remission for this role, there will be some movement of classes but this will be discussed with relevant staff once arrangements have been confirmed. Thank you for your patience while we sort out this situation and I know that you will give Jenny and Phoebe your full support when they start the role in January.

Bulletin - 31.10.16

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 31st October, 9am: IGCSE English Language re-sit
Mon 31st October, Tutor Time: Year 7 Accelerated Reader assembly
Tues 1st Nov, 9am: AQA GCSE English Language re-sit
Tues 1st Nov, Tutor Time: Year 11 Core Subjects Assembly
Wed 2nd Nov (poss longer): PP/SEND review
Wed 2nd Nov: Double HoF/HoY meeting (directed time for all other staff)
Fri 4th Nov: Year 12/13 Media trip: Wheatley Park Festival of Student Film
Mon 7th Nov, 1:30-4:30pm: Year 8 STEM girls roadshow
Tues 8th Nov: Senior Maths Challenge
Wed 9th Nov: Meeting 1: Dept (T&L); Meeting 2: Colleges
Thur 10th Nov: SGU's after-school Year 11 sessions start

2. Reports/APs
None.

3. PP/SEND review
Just to reiterate that there is no need to panic or do anything differently while the PP/SEND review is taking place. Please make sure your SPOT folders are up to date and that you are aware of the PP/SEND students in your class and how you can best help them.

4. Lesson observations
We will be holding a round of lesson observations this term. Everyone in the dept will be observed but the focus is on self-reflection and improvement rather than checking up. As such, please think about what area of your practice you would most like to develop, or whether there is a particular class you are finding difficult and would like some advice on. The default is that these lesson obs will be taken by TLR holders within the dept but that doesn't have to be the case. If there is someone who has particular strengths in an area you would like to develop, by all means ask them to come in and observe you. We will discuss the arrangements for this in more detail when we next meet as a dept but I wanted to give everyone a heads-up.

Bulletin - 17.10.16

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 17th Oct: Brighouse New Build Open Evening
Wed 19th Oct: Double Dept meeting
Fri 21st Oct: HALF-TERM!

2. Reports/APs
None.

3. Head of English
We had two candidates for the Head of English post but both pulled our prior to interview. We are in the process of assessing our situation and how to progress but this will almost certainly involve looking at an internal recruitment process, with the possibility of a temporary position and/or job share. If anyone is interested in this, please come and speak to JKY.

Bulletin - 10.10.16

1. Dates for diaries
Tues 11th Oct: Year 9/10/11 Open Morning
Wed 13th Oct: CPD carousels
Fri 14th Oct: Head of English interview day
Fri 14th Oct: English Staff Tea
Mon 17th Oct: Brighouse New Build Open Evening
Wed 19th Oct: Double Dept meeting

2. Reports/APs
The following reports are due by Fri 14th Oct:
Year 13 - short report
Year 12 - short report (no grade)
Year 11 - short report
Year 9 - short report

3. Year 9/10/11 Open Morning - Tues 11th Oct

Parents of students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are invited into school on Tuesday morning to look around so don't be surprised if someone drops in on your lesson. If you would rather not be disturbed (eg class doing an assessment) just put a sign on your door to that effect.

Bulletin - 5.10.16

1. Dates for diaries
Tues 4th Oct: Year 7/8 Open Morning
Wed 5th Oct: Meeting 1: Dept (T&L); Meeting 2: Dept
Mon 10th-Wed 12th Oct: Sixth Form PP/SEND review
Tues 11th Oct: Year 9/10/11 Open Morning
Fri 14th Oct: Head of English interview day

2. Reports/APs
The following reports are due by Fri 14th Oct:
Year 13 - short report
Year 12 - short report (no grade)
Year 11 - short report
Year 9 - short report

We will discuss the expectations of these and how to complete them in our dept meeting on Wednesday.

3. Head of English vacancy
The deadline for the Head of English job has been extended to Tues 11th Oct. The interview will take place on Fri 14th Oct. All information and the application pack can be found on the school website: http://www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk/Head-of-English-Faculty

The school would welcome any internal and external applications.

4. Year 9/10/11 Open Morning - Tues 11th Oct

Parents of students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are invited into school on Tuesday morning to look around so don't be surprised if someone drops in on your lesson. If you would rather not be disturbed (eg class doing an assessment) just put a sign on your door to that effect.

Bulletin - 26.9.16

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 26th Sept: Open Morning (Y6 students/parents)
Wed 28th Sept: Meeting 1: College; Meeting 2: HoF/HoY
Tues 4th Oct: Year 7/8 Open Morning
Wed 5th Oct: Meeting 1: Dept (T&L); Meeting 2: Dept
2. Reports/APs
None

3. Head of English vacancy
The Head of English job is now being advertised: http://www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk/Head-of-English-Faculty

The school would welcome any internal and external applications.

4. Open Morning
Year 6 students/parents will be in school today so be aware that you may have guests popping into your room. If there is a particular class you would rather was left alone, please leave your door closed and leave a 'Do Not Disturb' sign.

5. Performance Management
Please make sure all PM review/Target Setting documents are signed, scanned and emailed to HR and to JKY.

6. Working as an examiner
If anyone is considering being an examiner in the summer, we would love to support that: the benefits to you personally and us as a department in terms of understanding the new exam would be invaluable. In light of this, the school is prepared to offer an extra £200 on top of the money paid by the exam board as well as 1/2 days off (TBC). If anyone is interested, please see JKY.

Bulletin - 19.9.16

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 21st Sept: European Day of Languages (see MFL note on Staff/Student News)
Thur 22nd Sept: Open Evening (students go home at the end of P4)
Fri 23rd Sept: INSET Day: Performance Management
Fri 23rd Sept, 9:30-14:30: Year 12 Final Cut Pro training day, Mac Suite
Mon 26th Sept: Open Morning (Y6 students/parents)
Wed 28th Sept: Meeting 1: College; Meeting 2: HoF/HoY

2. Reports/APs
None

3. RFL Team
The RFL (Respect for Learning) Team would like to incorporate members from across all departments. If you would like to be involved in shaping the schools RFL policy, please can you email Judy Gleen (jgl@cheney.oxon.sch.uk) and she will furnish you with all the relevant details. They are looking for people with a range of experience and from a range of backgrounds so if you've come from a different school (that might have some useful insights for us) or are new to teaching but have some great ideas and are enthusiastic about getting involved, they'd love to hear from you.

4. Macbeth DVDs
Copies of the new Macbeth DVD (Michael Fassbender/Marion Cotillard) are in the dept office. I had a look this weekend: it's a brilliant film but I'm not sure it's the most useful in terms of helping the students understand the plot of the film. Some of the interpretations they bring out are very interesting but there is a danger that students, certainly weaker students, might take them too literally. It's also quite abridged. Have a look and see for yourselves. We still have the Polanski version on ClickView, as well as the Patrick Stewart version, which is very good.

5. Open Evening
Please meet in C5 after lunch on Thursday, that gives us an hour or so to set up the room. At that point, people are free to do as they please until 6:30 at which point parents will arrive and will be in school until 8:30. As I said in my email, we can split into two teams so people can at least go upstairs and get on with some work for one of the two hours.

Phoebe and I will be on duty the whole time, the rest of you can divide up as follows:

6:30-7:30: Holly, Louise, Kelly
7:30-8:30: Jenny, Brad, Emer

6. Performance Management
PM reviews and target setting will take place on the INSET day on Friday. Please see my email for detailed information but existing staff will need to review their targets from last year and set targets for this year. New staff will only need to set targets for this year.

In both cases, two of the three targets are pre-defined (one whole-school, one departmental), the last is your own personal T&L target. If you have any questions, please come and see me.

7. Year 7 Accelerated Reader rooms
Thanks to those Year 7 teachers who have let me know if they want to have their AR reading lessons in the library or their normal teaching rooms. If you haven't let me know yet, please do so asap so that I can let the timetable team know when to book the library and when classrooms are free.

8. Year 7 spelling tests
The Literacy team tell me they're still missing a couple of classes' worth of spelling tests. If you haven't completed this test with your Year 7s, please do so asap. If you have a split class and were assuming the other teacher had done it, please check.

Bulletin - 12.9.16

1. Dates for diaries
Mon 12th Sept, Tutor: Year 8 girls HPV assembly
Thur 15th Sept, 5-7pm: Year 7 + 12 welcome meetings
Wed 21st Sept: European Day of Languages
Thur 22nd Sept: Open Evening
Fri 23rd Sept: INSET Day - Performance Management

2. Reports/APs
None

3. Learning Walks

I'll be popping into lessons a bit this week, just to see how everyone is getting on. Please don't think I'm checking up, more checking in.

Bulletin - 5.9.16

1. Dates for diaries
Tues 6th Sept: Year 12 subject surgery
Wed 7th Sept: Meeting 1: Dept; Meeting 2: HoFs

2. Reports/APs
None

3. Nicci Brassey fundraiser
Many of you will remember Nicci Brassey, former Head of EAL and sometime English Teacher. One of her twin boys, Thomas, has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Nicci is hoping to raise funds for him to have surgery to enhance his quality of life. More information can be found here: http://www.treeofhope.org.uk/thomas-story-help-thomas-to-dance/
On Sunday 11th Sept, Nicci is holding a fundraising event. Details can be found on this website.

4. Fantastic start
Well done and THANK YOU for such a fantastically positive start to the academic year. I've popped into pretty much everyone's lessons and found students happy and attentive, and I know this doesn't happen by chance! Thank you for your patience with new ICT systems and the inevitable teething problems of a new year - if you have any problems or questions, please send them my way.

Bulletin - 11.7.16

1. Dates for diaries

Sat 9th - Tues 12th July: Hadrian's Wall trip

Sun 10th - Tues 12 July: Year 12 trip to CERN
Mon 11th July, P1-2: Into University workshop
Mon 11th July: Year 12 trip to Harcourt Arboretum
Tues 12th July: Gender Empowerment Day
Wed 13th July: Year 7-10 Debate Day
Wed 13th July: Double Dept meeting
Thur 14th July: Sports Day (field events)
Fri 15th July: Sports Day (track events)

Fri 15th July: END OF TERM - 12:50 for drinks and nibbles

2. Reports/APs

Year 7 full reports - due Fri 8th July

AP6: Year 9,10, 12 - due Fri 15th July

Please make sure Year 7 reports are finished by the end of Monday. I will be printing them off on Tuesday and bringing them to our dept meeting on Wednesday, which is the LAST opportunity to proofread them and make any changes before they are printed.

3. 5...

But who's counting...?

Bulletin - 4.7.16

1. Dates for diaries

Fri 1st - Mon 4th July: DoE expedition

Mon 4th July: New staff induction day
Tues 5th July: NUT strike action

Tues 5th July, P1-2: Year 10 English exam

Tues 5th July: Sixth Form Ball (Jury's Inn)

Wed 6th July: Summer Show (A Night at the Movies)

Wed 6th July, tutor time: Year 10 celebration assembly

Thur 7th July, P3-4: Year 10 Maths exam

Thur 7th July: 100% attendance lunch

Fri 8th July: Two Year 10 Science trips

Fri 8th July, tutor time: Year 7 celebration assembly
Fri 8th July: Staff end-of-year party
Sat 9th - Tues 12th July: Hadrian's Wall trip
Sun 10th - Tues 12 July: Year 12 trip to CERN
Mon 11th July, P1-2: Into University workshop
Mon 11th July: Year 12 trip to Harcourt Arboretum
Tues 12th July: Gender Empowerment Day
Wed 13th July: Year 7-10 Debate Day
Wed 13th July: Double Dept meeting
Thur 14th July: Sports Day (field events)
Fri 15th July: Sports Day (track events)

2. Reports/APs

Year 7 full reports - due Fri 8th July

Year 8 short reports - due Fri 8th July

AP6: Year 9,10, 12 - due Fri 15th July

3. English Dept office

Sorry that the English office is still out of bounds. I have a meeting with Chris Honey (the new site manager) and Jolie on Wednesday and should have a clearer picture after that. I will let you know the situation as soon as I do.

4. Next year's timetable

Next year's timetables are now on SIMS and are highly unlikely to change (there are still some staffing issues in Science and Humanities). If you type your own surname into the search box on your SIMS home page and then select 'Staff Timetable' from the list on the right hand side of the page, you will see your CURRENT timetable. If you change the 'Effective Date' at the top of the page to 05/09/2016 and click 'Refresh', you will get your timetable for next academic year.

5. New staff induction day

Simon Gunter, Bradley Knott and Kelly Griffiths will be in school on Monday. As part of this, they will be spending P3 and 4 in the English dept with me, so please pop along and make them feel welcome. Our other new starters (Louise Taylor, Rebecca Hawes, Emer Mathey and George Flynn) are, for a variety of reasons, unable to make it in.

6. Lesson observations

So far I have had lesson obs from: PST, PTO and HBR. Please can everyone make arrangements to be observed before the end of term and pass that observation form on to me. It's entirely up to you who that observer is: it can be a TLR holder within the dept, a dept colleague or someone else from around school.

7. Year 10 exam - Tues 5th July

The Year 10 exam will take place on Tuesday. This is the same day as the NUT strike which may involve members of the dept. The plan is that members of SLT will set up the exam on Tuesday morning and invigilate the exam. I'm in the NASUWT union so will be in school. I will help invigilate this exam and will ask students to put all their papers into the insert booklet with their name and their teacher's name/initials on the front. I will then put these into your pigeon holes.

8. Dept end-of-year meal: Mon 11th July, The Perch

If you haven't already confirmed your attendance with Phoebe for the dept meal and given her your order, please do so asap.

Bulletin - 4.7.16

1. Dates for diaries

Fri 1st - Mon 4th July: DoE expedition

Mon 4th July: New staff induction day
Tues 5th July: NUT strike action

Tues 5th July, P1-2: Year 10 English exam

Tues 5th July: Sixth Form Ball (Jury's Inn)

Wed 6th July: Summer Show (A Night at the Movies)

Wed 6th July, tutor time: Year 10 celebration assembly

Thur 7th July, P3-4: Year 10 Maths exam

Thur 7th July: 100% attendance lunch

Fri 8th July: Two Year 10 Science trips

Fri 8th July, tutor time: Year 7 celebration assembly

2. Reports/APs

Year 7 full reports - due Fri 8th July

Year 8 short reports - due Fri 8th July

AP6: Year 9,10, 12 - due Fri 15th July

3. English Dept office

Sorry that the English office is still out of bounds. I have a meeting with Chris Honey (the new site manager) and Jolie on Wednesday and should have a clearer picture after that. I will let you know the situation as soon as I do.

4. New staff induction day

Simon Gunter, Bradley Knott and Kelly Griffiths will be in school on Monday. As part of this, they will be spending P3 and 4 in the English dept with me, so please pop along and make them feel welcome. Our other new starters (Louise Taylor, Rebecca Hawes, Emer Mathey and George Flynn) are, for a variety of reasons, unable to make it in.

5. Lesson observations

So far I have had lesson obs from: PST, PTO and HBR. Please can everyone make arrangements to be observed before the end of term and pass that observation form on to me. It's entirely up to you who that observer is: it can be a TLR holder within the dept, a dept colleague or someone else from around school.

6. Year 10 exam - Tues 5th July

The Year 10 exam will take place on Tuesday. This is the same day as the NUT strike which may involve members of the dept. The plan is that members of SLT will set up the exam on Tuesday morning and invigilate the exam. I'm in the NASUWT union so will be in school. I will help invigilate this exam and will ask students to put all their papers into the insert booklet with their name and their teacher's name/initials on the front. I will then put these into your pigeon holes.

7. Dept end-of-year meal: Mon 11th July, The Perch

If you haven't already confirmed your attendance with Phoebe for the dept meal and given her your order, please do so asap.

Bulletin - 28.6.16

1. Dates for diaries

Wed 29th June, P1-2: Year 9 Maths exam

Wed 29th June: Meeting 1: College; Meeting 2: Dept

Wed 29th June, 6-8pm: Sports Awards Evening

Thur 30th June - Fri 1st July: Year 6 transition

Thur 30th June: Year 11 Prom, Kassam Stadium
Fri 1st July: English KS5 Leader interviews

Fri 1st July, P1: Year 8 celebration assembly

Fri 1st - Mon 4th July: DoE expedition

Mon 4th July: New staff induction day

Mon 4th July, P3-4: Year 10 RE exam

Tues 5th July: Sixth Form Ball (Jury's Inn)

Wed 6th July: Summer Show (A Night at the Movies)

Wed 6th July, tutor time: Year 10 celebration assembly

Thur 7th July, P3-4: Year 10 Maths exam

Thur 7th July: 100% attendance lunch

Fri 8th July: Two Year 10 Science trips

Fri 8th July, tutor time: Year 7 celebration assembly

2. Reports/APs

AP5: Year 12 - due Fri 1st July

Year 7 full reports - due Fri 8th July

Year 8 short reports - due Fri 8th July

AP6: Year 9,10, 12 - due Fri 15th July

3. End-of-year exams

English, Maths and Science are holding end-of-year exams for Years 7-10. For English, please hold your KS3 exams in lesson times during the following weeks:

Year 7+8: w/c Mon 20th June

Year 9: w/c Mon 27th June

All the resources, including the exam papers, are on Staff Resources: T:\Staff Resources\English\KS3\Key Stage 3 summer exams

The Year 10 English Language exam will take place on Tues 5th July, P1-2. Please hold the English Literature exam in your own class time.

For the exam dates/times for other subjects, please see the school Outlook calendar.

4. New staff induction

Simon Gunter, Bradley Knott and Kelly Griffiths will all be in school on Monday for the whole-school staff induction. As part of this, they will spend P3 and P4 in the dept, so shall we all have lunch together? We'll us my room rather than the dept office so that nobody dies of asbestos inhalation.

5. Dept office
I have a meeting with Chris Honey, the new Site Manager, and Hugh Nelson to discuss the situation with the Dept Office. I'll let you know the outcome of that meeting asap.

Bulletin - 20.6.16

1. Dates for diaries

Mon 20th-Fri 24th June: Year 10 work experience week

Wed 22nd June: Year 9 PSHE day

Wed 22nd June: Meeting 1: Dept (literacy); Meeting 2: Dept

Wed 22nd June, 5-8pm: Prospective Sixth Formers Talk

Thur 23rd June: Year 11 Sixth Form Freshers Day

Fri 24th June, 11:50-12:50: D&T Show

Fri 24th June, P2: Year 7/8/9 Race for Life

Wed 29th June: Meeting 1: College; Meeting 2: Dept

Thur 30th June - Fri 1st July: Year 6 transition

2. Reports/APs

AP5: Year 12 - due Fri 1st July

Year 7 full reports - due Fri 8th July

3. End-of-year exams

English, Maths and Science are holding end-of-year exams for Years 7-10. For English, please hold your KS3 exams in lesson times during the following weeks:

Year 7+8: w/c Mon 20th June

Year 9: w/c Mon 27th June

All the resources, including the exam papers, are on Staff Resources: T:\Staff Resources\English\KS3\Key Stage 3 summer exams

The Year 10 exam will take place in w/c 4th July. Precise timings TBC.

For the exam dates/times for other subjects, please see the school Outlook calendar.

4. KS5 Leader position

Please be aware that we are advertising for a new KS5 Leader position. Please refer to Undine's recent email for more details. This is being advertised internally, including all the new candidates who will be starting with us in September.

5. Other recruitment

We are in the process of advertising for an HLTA to work as an English Department Pupil Premium Champion next year. We are also investigating hiring Sixth Form students to help run an after-school homework club.