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.
