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.