WEEK COMMENCING 29/10/18 FOLLOWS THE WEEK B TIMETABLE

Friday 19th October 2018

Y13 LP1 (starts)

CONTENTS Off to University P2 Taste of Sixth Form P3

Golden Ticket P3

U19 LFC v Red Star Belgrade P4 Inter-House Humanities Competition P5

Geography Club P5 Royal Town Planning Competition P5

Arts Academy News P6

Mental Health Day P6

This Week’s Year Assemblies P7

Catering W/C 29/10/18 P7

Catering Instagram P7

Operation Encompass P7

Y13 LP1 Induction Assessment P8 Pupil Premium – Funding for Adopted Children

P9-10

Enrichment Timetable P11

Online Uniform Shop P12

Edulink One App P13

Updating Parent Details P13

Who to Contact P14 Show My Homework Support

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MONDAY 29th TUESDAY 30th WEDNESDAY 31ST THURSDAY 1st FRIDAY 2nd

NCFE Music Technology Exam (all day)

Y11 GCSE Music – recording Exam (all day)

Y11 Taste of Sixth Form

Sixth Form Open Evening 6:30pm start

If you have a concern, please click the link

below to use the form on our website to

contact the school.

https://rainhillhigh.fluencycms.co.uk/PP-Contact-Us

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YEAR 11 TASTE OF SIXTH FORM

A GOLDEN TICKET TO RAINHILL SIXTH FORM DEAF FELLOWSHIP It was great to welcome our Golden ticket winners this week to an afternoon of Sign

Language in the Sixth Form study room.

Anne from the Deaf Fellowship came to lead this ever popular session, teaching the

students about deaf culture alongside basic sign language.

Students spent two hours learning to finger spell and how to count from 1-20,

alongside the importance of facial expressions in signing and short sentences to

introduce themselves and their family. Students were fully engaged throughout the

session and learnt a lot in a short space of time.

Miss Morrell, Key Stage 5 Learning Mentor.

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INTERHOUSE HUMANITIES COMPETITION Quizzes were held across all three subjects at lunchtime on specific areas of

knowledge.

The History department had a quiz about “significant people”, “battles” and “castles”.

In Philosophy & Ethics, the focus was on “world religions” and “morality”. In Geography,

the “World Geography” quiz got students to name world currencies, flags, capitals

and identify obscure landmarks from around the world.

All three subject area quizzes were challenging and made students demonstrate

resilience and inference skills. What was impressive was how students had a strong

general knowledge that they applied to their answers. There was some fierce

competition too amongst students.

Well done to all those who took part to earn points for their house. The winners overall

were Sans Pareil who had an impressive turnout of 24 students across the subjects and

were highly competitive.

Overall points:

Sans Pareil - 850

Stephenson - 820

Rocket - 640

Perseverance - 190

Mrs Parkinson, Head of Humanities.

GEOGRAPHY CLUB Thursday lunchtimes in A205 for Year 7 and 8.

Year 7 and 8 pupils are invited to join Geography Club every

Thursday lunchtime to explore Geography in the wider-world.

We will look at Geography in the news, watch topical

documentaries and take part in competitions. Students will be able

to have their say in the topics that we cover and take ownership of

the Geography Club.

We look forward to seeing our young geographers there!

Mrs Parkinson, Head of Humanities.

WHAT SHOULD YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET LOOK LIKE IN 2030? YEAR 10 PUPILS The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a competition that we

would like Year 10 Rainhill geographers to be a part of! Students need

to use no more than 1000 words (as well as maps, images and drawings

to reimagine their local high street. Entries will then be judged by a

panel of professional town planners from across the North West, with a

1st prize of £250!

If any Year 10 geography students are interested in taking part then

please see your geography teacher to ask for further information.

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ARTS ACADEMY NEWS This week, the Rainhill Sixth Form Centre Theatre Studies students spent the afternoon

at a bespoke backstage tour of the Everyman Theatre with the amazing Allan Williams.

This was followed by a professional acting workshop at Rainhill Sixth Form led by the

Everyman and finished with the students returning to the Everyman Theatre to watch

the highly creative and delightful performance of "FUP" by Kneehigh Theatre

Company.

This was part of the Sixth Form’s creative partnership with the Liverpool Everyman

Theatre, which will give our Sixth Form students numerous opportunities and

experiences to connect with the creative arts and theatre industry.

The Creative Industry is a growth sector and made the UK 92 billion pounds last year.

With these experiences and networking opportunities, our Sixth Form students will be

well placed to gain entry to the most prestigious universities and conservatoires to

continue their training.

Mrs Renison & Mrs Speers, Performing Arts Team.

MENTAL HEALTH DAY - WEDNESDAY 10TH OCTOBER On Wednesday 10th October, pupils had the opportunity to discuss current issues

around mental health in the UK and globally with reference to Mind.org and the

Samaritans website.

Pupils explored the A to Z of difficulties within mental health and issues around

the increasing numbers of suicide. Pupils were also informed of recent news on this

topic in terms of government funding and recognition and how the very first official

Suicide Officer was appointed.

All Forms investigated Mental Health by #Handsup which gave advice on how to look

out for others who may be struggling. Many support groups were listed to help those in

need of emotional support.

Pupils were advised to listen to others, not to judge and

to always show compassion.

Mrs Whitehead, Head of Life Skills.

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THIS WEEK’S YEAR ASSEMBLIES The theme for this weeks Assemblies were: Year Achievers Assemblies and Anthony

Walker Assemblies.

CATERING WB 29/10/18 Please see below the list of practical lessons planned in Catering/Food Preparation

and Nutrition - week beginning Monday 29th October:

FOOD TECH INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT (KS4) The Food Tech department have set up a dedicated Instagram Account which

portrays pupils’ food products in the department and allows staff, parents and

students to find out what has been going on.

You can find the account with the username: RHS-FoodTech.

Mrs Bolland Head of Food.

OPERATION ENCOMPASS Dear Parent/Carer

I am writing to inform you of the school’s involvement in a long term Merseyside

project that runs jointly between local St. Helens schools and Merseyside Police, known

as Operation Encompass.

Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school

day, notifying them of when a child or young person has been exposed to, or involved

in, any domestic incident.

Operation Encompass Police work with a trained member of the school staff, known

as a Key Adult, sharing important information in order to help the school to support

affected children in their care. It is then the school’s responsibility to offer support and

make provision for any possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families,

following a domestic incident within the home.

We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and we know that this

project has been extremely beneficial for all those involved over the last few years

hence our reason to continue to be part of this project.

If you have any questions about the school’s involvement with this project please do

not hesitate to contact the school office.

Mr Pout, Executive Prinicpal.

9K/Cg1

Wednesday pd3 – pasta salad.

9M/Cg1

Tuesday pd5 – pasta salad.

10M/Cg1

No ingredients required. 10J/Cg1 Friday pd1 – tray bakes. 11K/Cg1 No ingredients required. 11M/Cg1 No ingredients required.

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YEAR 13 LEARNING PROGRAMME ASSESSMENT WEEK 1 - 29TH OCTOBER TO 2ND NOVEMBER (INCLUSIVE) From Monday 29th October until Friday 2nd November (inclusive), all students in Year 13

will be undertaking assessments in the subjects they are currently studying. For both

A-level and BTEC subjects, these assessments will be based on past paper questions

and indeed complete papers and will be taken under exam conditions to best

prepare your son/daughter for final examinations in May/June 2019.

Please see below the exam timetable so your son/daughter is aware of when their

examinations take place. All morning exams will start as soon as possible at 9:00am. It

is vital that your son/daughter is in school and registered at 8:50am with their tutor to

allow them to get to the Arts Theatre/Gym for a 9:00am start.

Afternoon examinations commence at 1:10pm. Your son/daughter should report to

the Arts Theatre/Gym immediately from lunch.

Please could you encourage and support your son/daughter to prepare thoroughly

for these exams as they will give them a good indication of the progress they have

made to date and what they need to do to improve in order that they can secure

fantastic exam results in the summer of 2019.

Mr Cunningham, Deputy Head Teacher - Director of Studies.

Monday 29th October Tuesday 30th October Wednesday 31st October Thursday 1st November

Friday 2nd November

Period 1

Y13 - Box L (subjects you take Monday Period 1) English Lang (1hr 20mins) Health & Social Care (1hr) History (2hrs 30mins) Physics (2 hours) Spanish (2hrs 30mins) S9 All students for above listed subjects to attend. All other students to attend lessons as normal.

Y13 - Box M (subjects you take Tuesday Periods 1&2) BTEC App Science (1hr 30mins) French (2hrs 30mins) S9 Maths (2 hours) Sociology (2 hours) Theatre Studies (1 hour) D107 All students for above listed subjects to attend. All other students to attend lessons as normal.

Y13 - Box J (subjects you take Wednesday Period 2) Biology (2 hours) Dance (1 hour) D109 Economics (2 hours) Further Maths (1hr 40mis) Law (1hr 30mins) Oxford/Cambridge Admissions Tests ATH All other students to attend lessons as normal

Y13 - Box L– Paper 2 English Lang (45mins) History (2hrs 30mins) Spanish (2 hours) All other students to attend lessons as normal

Y13 - Box M – Paper 2 French (2 hours) Maths (1hr 15mins) Sociology (1 hour) Theatre Studies (1 hour) D107 All students for above listed subjects to attend. All other students to attend lessons as normal.

Period 2

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B R E A K

Period 3

All students to attend lessons as normal.

All other students to attend lessons as normal.

All students to attend lessons as normal.

All students to attend lessons as normal.

All students to attend lessons as normal.

LUNCH

Period 4

Y13 - Box K (subjects you take Monday Period 4) Dance (1 hour) D109 English Lit (3 hours) Geography (2 hours) Psychology (2 hours) Sociology (2 hours) All other students to attend lessons as normal

Y13 - Box K paper 2(subjects you take Tuesday Period 5) Geography (1hr 30mins) Psychology (2 hours) Sociology (1 hour) All other pupils to attend lessons as normal

Y13 - Box N (subjects you take Wednesday Period 3) BTEC Business (3 hours) Chemistry (1hr 15mins) Computing (1hr 30mins) Core Maths (1 hour) German (2hrs 30mins) S9 Health & Social Care (2hrs) History (2hrs 30mins) Psychology (2 hours) All students for above listed subjects to attend. All other students to attend lessons as normal.

Y13 - Box J – Paper 2 Economics (2 hours) Law (1hr 30mins) All other students to attend lessons as normal

Y13 – Box N – Paper 2 Chemistry (1 hour) German (2 hours) History (2hrs 30mins) Psychology (2 hours) All students to attend lessons as normal.

Period 5

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PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is the Pupil Premium?

Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools in England to tackle disadvantage

and close the attainment gap between eligible pupils and their peers.

What are the eligibility criteria?

From academic year 2014/15, state maintained schools (funded by the local

education authority) and non-maintained special schools (not funded by the local

education authority) will attract the Pupil Premium for children:

that were adopted from care in England (including those adopted before

December 2005);

that left care under a Special Guardianship Order (under the Children Act 1989);

that left care under a Residential Order (under the Children Act 1989);

are in Reception to Year 11;

where the parent self-declares their child’s status to the school, providing

supporting evidence (e.g. Adoption Order); and

where the school records on the School Census that it has a child on roll who

meets the above criteria.

(Pupils will be referred to as children adopted from care and post-LAC (for SGO/RO)

throughout the remainder of this document.)

Why are children adopted from care and those who leave care under a Special

Guardianship or Residential Order eligible for Pupil Premium?

All adopted children have experienced loss and many experienced trauma in their

early lives. 70 per cent of those adopted in 2009-10 entered care due to abuse or

neglect. Adoption offers bright futures for children from care, but it does not erase

their past.

80 percent of adopters in our research said their child needs more support than their

peers and nearly two thirds of parents (59 percent) said their child is always trying to

catch up in school and make up for their early life experiences.

Adopted children's early experiences can have a lasting impact, particularly at

school. Therefore teachers and schools have a vital role to play in helping these

children emotionally, socially and educationally by providing specific support to raise

their attainment and address their wider needs.

How will children adopted from care and post-LAC access the pupil premium?

Funding is paid directly to schools for schools to use. Parents and guardians need to

self-declare their child’s status to the school where their child is on roll.

Parents and guardians are required to provide evidence to the school, for example

their Adoption Order or a letter from the local authority that originally looked after the

child. The school will use this evidence to record the child's status on the school census.

Once schools have declared a child's eligibility on the school census, they can access

Pupil Premium funding.

How do I present sensitive information when declaring to schools?

Information detailed on an Adoption Order is sensitive and includes information you

may not want to share with your child's school. Parents can photocopy the child's

Adoption Order and conceal information about birth parents before they present it to

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schools. The crucial information which needs to be visible is the child's name (since

they were adopted) and the name of the agency they were originally adopted from.

When is the self-declaration deadline?

In order for schools to receive funding children need to be recorded as eligible on the

school census. The next school census deadline is 9th November 2018.

Schools will not necessarily be aware that they have adopted children and post-LAC

on roll. We therefore encourage parents and guardians to present their child's

information, rather than rely on the school to approach them.

Will parents and guardians need to self-declare again? If so, when?

Parents and guardians will need to self-declare again if their child moves school. If the

child does not change schools they will continue to attract Pupil Premium funding.

Parents and guardians will need to ensure that they self-declare to their child's new

school by the January school census date prior to their child's move. This will ensure

schools are able to access funding from the child's start date.

How much funding will each school receive?

The Pupil Premium is £2,300 per eligible child, per year.

How is funding paid?

Funding is paid directly to schools.

When will schools receive the Pupil Premium funding?

Funding is paid to local authorities and or schools on a quarterly basis.

What school types attract the Pupil Premium for children adopted from care/post-LAC?

Mainstream schools and non-maintained special schools.

My child is in school post-16, will they receive Pupil Premium?

No. The Pupil Premium is additional funding for schools from reception to Year 11.

Funding for post-16 education is outside of the Pupil Premium.

Is the funding ring-fenced for each child?

No. Funding is not ring-fenced and schools can pool Pupil Premium money for

numerous children to pay for collective support to gain maximum impact from the

funding. The Pupil Premium is additional money for schools to improve the educational

and personal outcomes of disadvantaged pupils including those who have been

adopted from care. It is not intended that the additional funding should be used to

back-fill the general school budget nor that the funding should be used to support

other groups of pupils. Schools are inspected by Ofsted on their effective use of Pupil

Premium funding.

For advice and guidance on support for eligible children in school contact the Adoption UK

helpline between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday on: 0844 848 7900.

If your child is adopted and you would like the school to obtain pupil premium funding on

their behalf please contact Mr Owens via email (rob.owens@rainhillhigh.org.uk) or on the

main school number (01744 677 205) as soon as possible.

Please note that if you have registered you child for pupil premium funding at primary school

this information will NOT have been passed on (legislation prevents the sharing of this data)

and therefore you will need to re-register your son/daughter’s eligibility with us. Thank you.

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ENRICHMENT TIMETABLE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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E Foreign Language

Film Club All Years

D104 MFL Department

Table Tennis

Y7, Y8 PE Department

Coding Club

All Years IT Department

Badminton Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Department

Reading Club Library

All years

Maths Club Y7-Y8 B107

Table Tennis Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Dept

Reading Club Library

All years

Dance Club Y7

D109

Badminton Y7, Y8

PE Department

Sewing Club C103

All Years Miss Cook

Debate Club All Years

S9 Miss Goss

Maths Club Y7-Y8 B107

Table Tennis Y7, Y8

PE Dept

Badminton Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Department

Netball Y7

PE Department

Reading Club Library

All years

Dance All years

Arts Centre

Badminton Y7, Y8

PE Department

Reading Club Library

All years

Samba Club D106

Miss Devlin

Choir Y7 & Y8

D107 Miss Birmingham

Table Tennis Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Department

Coding Club All Years

IT Department

Reading Club Library

All years

Arts Academy D109

Y12 & Y13

Choir Y9, Y10, Y11, Y12,

Y13 D107

Miss Mellor

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Dance Company D109

Y9,Y10,Y11,Y12 & Y13

Tennis

All Year Groups Mr Owens

Reading Club

Library All years

Orchestra All years

D106 Miss Devlin

Homework Club

Y7 A104

Miss Pilkington

Duke Of Edinburgh

Y10 Miss Gordon

PE Department

Dance Company D109

Y9,Y10,Y11,Y12 & Y13

Girls Netball

Y7, Y8 PE Department

Boys Rugby

Y7, Y8 PE Department

Reading Club

Library All years

Homework Club

Y7 A104

Miss Pilkington

Arts Academy D109

Y12 & Y13

Duke Of Edinburgh Y10

Miss Gordon

Girls Netball Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Department

Boys Football Y7, Y8

PE Department

Reading Club Library

All years

Homework Club Y7

A104 Miss Pilkington

Trampolining Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11

PE Department

Girls Football Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 PE Department

Drama Club

Y7-Y11 D108

Boys Football

Y9, Y10 PE Department

Reading Club

Library All years

Boys Rugby

Y9 PE Department

Dance Club

Y8 D109

Homework Club

Y7 A104

Miss Pilkington

Chess Club B101

All years

Girls Rugby Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 PE Department

Reading Club Library

All years

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ONLINE UNIFORM SHOP All uniform must be ordered via our Online Uniform Shop. This can be accessed from our

home page on our website www.rainhillhighschool.org.uk

School ties will still be available to purchase from Student Services.

Please note that you will no longer be able to purchase any item of uniform using

cash/cheque through the school.

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UPDATING PARENT DETAILS A new feature is now available on the Edulink One App. All parents will have the ability

to update their own personal details using the icon below. The

submission will be verified, checked and updated on SIMS.

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WHO TO CONTACT 2018/19

Curriculum Queries

Stage 1 Subject Teachers

Stage 2 Head of Department

Stage 3 Deputy Head Mr. Cunningham

Stage 4 Head of School Mrs. Thorogood

Stage 5 Executive Principal Mr. Pout

Heads of Department

English Y7, Y8 & Y9 Mrs. Ball Sociology Mr. Jarvis

English Y10 & Y11 Mr. Crossley Computer Science Mrs. Jenner

Mathematics Y7, 8 & 9 Mr. Rimmer Business Studies Mr. Jarvis

Mathematics Y10 & 11 Mr. Roberts Art/CDT Mr. Bennett

Science Miss. Robinson Textiles Mrs. Cook

Biology Dr. Gordon Food Mrs. Bolland

Chemistry Dr. Beswick Dance Miss. Renison

Physics Mr. Hurst Drama/Music Miss. Renison

History Mr. Procter Media Studies Miss. Critchley

Geography Mrs. Parkinson PE Miss. Bakstad

Philosophy & Ethics

Languages

Miss. Evans

Mr. Herd

Life Skills

(PSHE/Citizenship)

Mrs. Whitehead

Pastoral Queries

Stage 1 Form Tutor

Stage 2 Year Student Manager

Stage 3 Year Progress Leader

Stage 4 Assistant Headteacher Mr. Lamb

Stage 5 Head of School Mrs. Thorogood

Stage 6 Executive Principal Mr. Pout

Pastoral Structure

Year 7 Student Manager Mrs. Martin Year 7 Progress Leader Ms. Booth

Year 8 Student Manager Miss. Gordon Year 8 Progress Leader Miss. Corless

Year 9 Student Manager Mrs. Quirk Year 9 Progress Leader Mr. Wood

Year 10 Student Manager Mrs. Foster Year 10 Progress Leader Miss. West

Year 11 Student Manager Miss. Seddon Year 11 Progress Leader Miss. Fryer

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