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.