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Prayer for Stewardship
Father and maker of all,
you adorn all creation
with splendour and beauty,
and you fashion human lives
in your image and likeness.
Awaken in every heart
reverence for the work of your hands,
and renew among your people a
readiness to nurture and sustain your
precious gift of life.
Grant this through our Lord
Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
Friday 12 June 2015 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Whitsun Term
COLLEGE PRAYER SPECIALISM SUCCESS
TRIPS IN 2015/2016
On Wednesday 10 June we hosted the Primary Languages Conference. 175 students from a range of partner primary schools attended. They took part in a workshop with a visiting theatre group and attended sessions in a variety of languages. All Hallows colleagues were impressed with the enthusiasm of primary students. Colleagues accompanying the children were highly impressed with the All Hallows students who acted as Language Ambassadors for the day. Special thanks therefore go to; Emily Hutchinson, Sophie Gilham, Josh Mock, Andzelika Domanska, Christoph Langer, Katie Webster, Oliver Crabtree, Josh Percival, Alec Terry, George Parry, Blessy Poonoly Solamon, Emma Tapp, Chen Ji, Toby Kalnins and Sean Campbell
PARENTS AS PARTNERS: CLARIFICATION OF COLLEGE POLICY
Blazers and jumpers are compulsory.
Students can remove their blazers in class without permission.
Students can remove their jumpers with permission.
Students can remove jumpers at play time on the playground without permission
On a day by day basis "no jumper, no blazer days" may be declared depending on the weather that day.
Students are still expected to arrive at College with full uniform.
Parental support in managing the students' uniform has been received and is very much appreciated - thank you.
RESPECT FOR OUR NEIGHBOURS
Can we please ask all parents who come to College by car to pick up or drop off their children to show respect to
residents of the neighbouring streets and to consider the safety of our students? We put cones on Brooklands Avenue
at busy times to prevent parking on both sides of the road, which could impede the passage of emergency vehicles to
either the school or local residents’ properties, and respectfully request that visitors do not ‘double park’.
On other neighbouring streets there have been instances of waiting parents blocking residents’ driveways and thus
we ask parents to show respect to our neighbours and not to impede access to local properties. Your help is greatly
appreciated and will assist in maintaining good relations with our local community.
COLLEGE TO MAKE A STAND AGASINST BULLYING
Each year our College community makes a stand against bullying and does an activity which gets the message across
that bullying will not be tolerated here at All Hallows. Last year students made a video that can be found on our
website and on YouTube. In previous years we have had pledges signed by the whole community and even planes
flying overhead whilst the school community was on the field spelling out the words "All Hallows is against bullying".
You can find this picture if you google the words "All Hallows Bullying".
This year our community will be invited to add a fingerprint to a teardrop collage. With 1,000 staff and students in the
College it will be long lasting and visible piece of artwork that will help with the message that bullying has no place in
our College.
The College is already planning a number of foreign trips and other visits in the new academic year and students have
all been provided with a letter containing details of these trips. You can access the letter directly via the following link
Year Group Dates Type
7,8,9 Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 19 June 2015 End of Year Exam
10 Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 26 June 2015 Assessment
COLLEGE EXAMS / ASSESSMENTS Friday 12 June 2015
EXAM COUNTDOWN
THE YEAR 11, 12 AND 13 SUMMER EXAMINATIONS HAVE NOW STARTED. GOOD LUCK TO ALL STUDENTS
YEAR 7,8 & 9 SUMMER 2015 MOCK EXAM TIMETABLE—WEEK COMMENCING 15 JUNE
RESULT DAY DATES
REMINDER FOR RESULTS DAY
If you are not available to collect your
own results, then you have two options
Leave a stamped addressed envelope
with the exams office and your results
will be posed to you
Write a letter of authority to give a
responsible adult permission to collect
your results on your behalf
Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite.
Those students who have completed a Fitness Suite. Induction and wish to use the facilities must sign up on the
day using the sign up sheet on the notice board in the Sports Hall. Places will be allocated on a first come, first
served basis, up to a maximum of 28 students for each session.
The following sessions are available:
Monday - Y7/8 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
Tuesday - Y7/8 (girls only) until 4.30p.m.
Wednesday - Y9/10/11 (girls only) until 4.00p.m.
Thursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
Friday - Y9/10 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
FITNESS SUITE
The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second
break).
Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a
member of the PE staff for more information.
STUDENT SPORTING SUCCESS IN DISCTRIC ATHLETICS COMPETITION
Well done to all students who represented All Hallows at the recent District Athletics Competitions.
The Minors (Y7) finished 3rd overall - the girls 3rd out of 11 schools and the boys 3rd out of 9 schools.
The following students need a special mention as they reached their final and came in the top 6 of all students in
the district for their event - what a fantastic achievement! (number in brackets is where they finished overall in
their event):
The Juniors (Y8/9) and Inters (Y10/11) also competed really well. This was a combined result and we finished 5th
overall out of 10 schools. The following performances need to be celebrated -
well done!
JUNIORS AND INTERS RESULTS
Minor girls
R Mooney - 100m (6)
S Zobolas-Barton - 800m (3)
G Dawson - Shot (3)
S Heslop - 1500m (2)
L Carey - Javelin (2)
Minor boys
A Nickson - 100m (2)
P Pardillo - 100m (5)
A Nickson - LJ (2)
R Fragopane - 200m (2)
Junior Girls
R Groves - LJ (5)
H Malins - 200m (4)
L O'Donovan - 1500 (3)
F White - Discus (2)
H Robinson - Hurdles (5)
Relay - (2)
Junior Boys
G Parry - 300m (4)
L Bennett - 800m (6)
P Penny - Shot (2)
A Tyldsley - 1500m (3)
Inter Girls
C Onwochei-Garcia (1)
E McKillop - 300m (6)
H Cooper - 800m (6)
A King - Shot (1)
El Barton - Javelin (2)
Inter Boys
G Greenwood - 200m (3)
G Wilkinson - 200m (5)
S Santiago - 400m (6)
G Wilkinson - TJ (6)
F Payne - 800m (5)
M Sienko - Shot (2)
A Arana - Shot (5)
G Tyldsley - 1500m (2)
A Hughes - 1500m (4)
A Hart - Discus (3)
E Moores - Discus (4)
Y S San - Hurdles (2)
A Hart - Hurdles (4)
J Sanchez - Javelin (4)
Also, well done to all other students who represented College but have not been mentioned above!
J Brown - Discus (3)
N Moss - Discus (6)
B Haigh - Javelin (2)
Normandy Trip
Friday 12 June - 15 June 2015
Rome Trip
Sunday 5 July - 8 July 2015
College Production - Joseph and his Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Wednesday 1 July 2015 - Saturday 4 July
Citizen trip to London
Tuesday 7 July - 8 Juiy 2015
KS4/5 students 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.
TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
DAY SUBJECT
Monday Science/History/Languages/Hospitality
Tuesday Maths
Thursday Music/Geography
Other ICT any break/lunch Business – by arrangement Art – by arrangement
DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD
Congratulations to those students who have made a
commitment to work towards their Duke of Edinburgh
award. Currently we have 35 students working
on their bronze award, 21 on silver and 5 on gold.
Thank you to those who attended the drop in last
week with Steve Wilson and Nicky Young who are
supporting the College with DofE.
If any students are unsure, need help or want more detail please see Mrs Connor.
Well done to all those who are uploading their evidence for each of the areas on eDofE. If you have not started
to do this yet can you please have a go.You will need to have completed two of the three sections before the
expedition. Again if you need help with this come and see Mrs Connor
Silver DoE practice expedition Friday 26 to Sunday 28 June 2015
Silver DoE assessed expedition Friday 10 to Sunday 12 July 2015
Bronze DoE practice expedition Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2015
Bronze DoE assessed expedition Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2015
Gold DoE practice expedition Thursday 24 to Monday 28 September 2015
Gold DoE assessed expedition Thursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2015
Good luck and well done so far.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES
DROP IN SESSIONS
Friday 12 June 2015
Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss
any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates
Monday 29 June ’15, 9am – 10am
Tuesday 7 July ’15, 3.45pm – 4.45pm
There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait
PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES
Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence , school policy now requires that any student who accumulates 7 or more days of absence during the course of the academic year will be asked to provide medical confirmation of the need to be absent before any further absences are authorised for medical reasons. This is a necessary measure as we closely monitor absence due to illness / medical reasons in order that we can ensure students are supported where needed. For your in-formation medical confirmation does not have to be a doctor's note but can also take the form of a medical appointment card, a copy of a relevant dated prescription or evidence of medication being taken
If no medical evidence is provided then the absence will be coded as unauthorised. Ten or more unauthorised absences may result in you receiving a Fixed Penalty Notice. This incurs a penalty of £60 per parent / carer to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty.
The link between attendance and achievement is well researched and documented and students should be aiming for an attend-ance rate of no less than 97% over the year. Thank you for your continued support with this importance issue.
MEDICAL ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE
Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students
Whitsun Monday 20 April 2015 Thursday 21 May 2015
Trinity Monday 1 June 2015 Tuesday 21 July 2015
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under new legislation on all English schools. Requests for holidays
must still be made in writing to the appropriate Key Stage leader (Mrs Garvey KS5, Mr Blades KS4/KS3), but in the vast majority
of cases they will be unauthorised. A Fixed Penalty Notice may be issued of £60 per parent / carer per student, to be paid within
21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then
the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty. Please can all
holiday requests be made well in advance of the holiday being taken if not before the holiday is booked.
HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE
COLLEGE TERM DATES
Over the last week of College attendance was as follows
Year 7 - 97.0% (up 2.2% from last week, well done Year 7) Year 8 - 95.9% (up 0.4%, well done Year 8) Year 9 - 94.4% (up 2.3%, well done Year 9) Year 10 - 92.6% (down 0.4%) Year 11 - on study leave Year 12 - on study leave last week, students returned this week Year 13 - on study leave
Last week was another good week with three year groups showing an increase on the previous week. Attendance between Year 7 and Year 11 last week was 95.0% (an increase from 94.5% during the previous week but 0.6% down on the same week last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September has increased from 95.1% to 95.2%.We aim for 97%. Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-11) was 94.8% (up 0.8% on the previous week, well done girls), BOYS attendance (Year 7-11) was 95.2% (down 0.1%).The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 95.0% whilst boys is 95.4% and the gap is closing.
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Please click here to view the 2015/2016 College term dates
Most students appreciate the importance of being in College on time. Children who are regularly late do miss out on their education and form bad habits that will not be tolerated in the workplace. As a result of the change to the College day we need to inform parents that students must be in the registration form class for the register to be taken at 8.45a.m. This means students should arrive 5-10 minutes earlier in College to be on time. Any student who arrives after 8.45a.m. will receive a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention (which started on Thursday 6 November). This is a recent change in procedures and moves the detention away from the form tutor and it will now be seen as a whole college issue. Any student who arrives after 9.05a.m. will receive a U code. This means they will be classed as absent for the whole morning and this may have consequences for overall attendance. We are aware that College buses are sometimes late and we can confirm these students are not negatively marked in the register when this happens. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. From 20 April - gates will be manned and students names will be taken if they are late.
CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS
BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS
Year 7: all surgeries have been held this year, thanks for all your support Year 8: held on 8 July (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.) Year 9: held on 13 July (9.00a.m. – 9.45a.m.)
Year 10: held on 17 July (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m)
These are for parents who would like to discuss any concerns relating to their child. No appointment is necessary but please be prepared to wait. Please contact our Pastoral Assistant ([email protected] 01625 410285 x215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.
YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”
NAME JOB MON TUES WED THUR FRI VENUE
Mrs J Pilling Careers Advisor Student Support Office
Mrs L Nolan Visyon Counsellor Student Support Office
Mrs J Jones College Nurse Student Support Office
Mrs P Shatwell Family Support Office next to rooms A9 and A10
Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince Education Welfare
Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)
[email protected] emails will be read by a Senior Teacher [email protected]
= Staff Present
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY
Students must sign out at the Attendance Office before leaving College to attend a medical appointment. When they return to College the student must sign back in. This ensures registers will be accurate and we know the student is off site should we have a fire alarm. The Attendance Office is located in the office along the RE corridor. We thank parents for making medical appointments, where possible, that do not take up a whole day of schooling. This often allows a student to have their legal registration mark for both morning and afternoon sessions and so their overall attendance does not fall.
STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE Friday 12 June 2015
If any parent would like their son or daughter to have a careers interview with Mrs Pilling, our Careers Advisor, this year then please notify the relevant Year Learning Leader who can ensure names are added to the list. Mrs Pilling has seen 461 stu-dents this year for impartial careers advice. Priority is now with any remaining Year 10 students as well as Year 9. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 are welcome to attend her lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.
LIBRARY NEWS
Log onto: http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/all-hallows-catholic to order books securely.
The deadline for orders is Friday 26th June, so that books can be delivered and collected in time for the Summer
holiday. All books are discounted and there is a huge range of popular titles to suit all reading tastes.
For every £10 order we will receive 20% back in commission to buy books for the library. Please contact the
library: [email protected] if you have any questions about ordering.Thanks you in advance for your
support!
TEEN BOOK CLUB—SUMMER EDITION
AUTHOR VISIT
Author Visit - Thursday July 2nd (Period 3 & 4)
Bryony Pearce, award winning local author, will be introducing Year 9 students to her new book, Phoenix Rising,
a dystopian adventure set in the junk filled seas of the far future. The Phoenix is home to Toby and his father,
who have been on the run from the Banshee, for as long as he can remember. However, as the Banshee begins
to close in on the Phoenix , is it time for an end to the feud and create an alliance?
Bryony has also written two other books for teenagers: Angel's Fury and The Weight of Souls, both highly
recommended. Copies of all three books are available in the AHCC library or from a local library.
If your son or daughter wants to attend the session which will be interactive with a Q & A, quiz and reading,
please ask them to speak to their English teacher or Ms Sinclair in the library. There will also be an opportunity
to purchase a copy of Bryony's books. More details to follow.
Log onto: http://www.bryonypearce.co.uk/ for more information, including a sneak peak at the prologue of
Phoenix Rising.
Friday 12 June 2015
CHESHIRE SCHOOLS’ BOOK AWARD PRESENTATION EVENING - WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE
Wednesday 24 June at Winsford Academy
The winner of the 2015 award will be announced at an award ceremony where two of the nominated writers:
Sally Green (Half Bad) and Curtis Jobling (Haunt Dead Scared) will be reading from their novels and answering
questions. There will also be an opportunity to buy a signed copy of their books and the sequels, just published.
Students are invited to attend and must sign up with Ms Sinclair in the Library by Friday 12 June.
REVIEW CREW
Students who would like to read and review any of our new books should sign up in the library with Ms
Sinclair. Advice will be provided and all reviews will earn rewards.
BOOK AMNESTY
A big thank you to all those students who have returned their overdue books. A polite request for you to
continue to search for any school library books and return them - no questions asked. The library catalogue
is slowly being updated but we still have a lot of missing stock that readers want to borrow. If you want to view
our library catalogue, click on the 'Library Search' tab under the 'For Students' tab on the AHCC website. That
takes you to the Eclipse homepage, click on the Search icon and enter the details of what you want to search for.