ghs news october 2009

GHS NEWS GLENTHORNE HIGH SCHOOL:

S P E C I A L I S T A R T S C O L L E G E

Exam Results 2009 GCSE Results Congratulations to all Year 11 students who took GCSE ex-ams this summer. We were thrilled with their outstanding re-sults as they achieved beyond our highest expectations. 5 A*- C – 78% 5 A* - C including English and Maths – 63% The A*-C including English and Maths percentage is the highest the school has ever achieved and a reflection of the huge amount of hard work on the part of the students and their teachers.

Congratulations to all our students who really ex-celled themselves. There were outstanding results from many students, but particularly worthy of mention are Jamie Miles (11A*s, 1A, and 1B), Greg Rowley (10A*s, 2As and 1B), Nishit Goel (7A*s, 2As and 1B), Seher Bellikli (6A*s, 4As) and Annabelle Spooner (4A*s, 8As and 1B).

We wish all our students well for the future and continued success in the Sixth Form.

A Level Results Congratulations to all our Year 12 and Year 13 students who took AS and A2 exams this summer. Thank you to the teachers who worked so hard to make these outstanding achievements possible. The Year 13 A2 results were outstanding with 100% pass rate and 76% of grades at A – C. There were excellent results from many stu-dents, but particularly worthy of mention are Hannah Jeffries (4 As), Shawney Murphey (3As and 1B), Hayley Rutter (3As), Anthony Fagan (2As, 1B and Distinction in BTEC National Award) and Ren-

uka Kunasekaram (3As). Many of our students have taken up places at university to follow courses such as Pharmacy, Politics, Business Management, and Acting at Drama School. We wish them well in their university careers. Our Year 12 results were also excellent with 94% pass rate and 67% of grades A – C. Once again, we were proud of the achievements of all our students, but particularly worthy of mention are the following: Alex Dennehy (4As), Terry Dale (4As), Lauretta Molica-Franco (4As), Ali Mir-hashem (3As and 1 B) Andrew Bragg (3As), Rebecca Perrin (3As and 1B) Adrienne Santos (3As) and Kyle Palmer (3As and 1C). We look forward to further outstanding achievements from our Year 12 as they continue their courses into Year 13.

October 2009

Inside this issue:

Peru 2009 Pages 2 & 3

Prospective Parents Evening Page 4

Bodiam Castle Trip Page 5

Jack Petchey Award Page 6

The LRC, Musical Instru-ments & Safegurding Page 7

ParentPay Page 8

Sports Page 9-11

During the summer twelve pupils from Year 11 to Year 13 took part in a month long World Challenge Expedition to Peru. This was the first of its kind for the school, and the team all agree that this has proved to be one of, if not the most exciting and amazing, events we have ever experi-enced and one we will never forget.

We started planning well in advance as we had to fund the expedition ourselves; we organised a variety of fund raising events; the most suc-cessful was the Peruvian Curry Night we organised at school. As part of the prepara-tion we travelled to Buxton and spent a long weekend in the wind and rain trekking through the hills and country-side with 65 litre hiking bags on our backs. This was tough, but we all survived and felt a real sense of achievement by the end of it. Whilst in northern Peru we had many different experi-ences and challenges, visiting a number of places: Lima After our 18 hour flight, we, arrived in Lima, the capital city of Peru and the place

where our expedition began. The work started from the moment we arrived, having to organise many things, such as changing money, booking hostels, finding a phone, or-ganising transport back to the airport the following day and all in Spanish! At this point we had only just started working together as a group and were realising what a big challenge we had ahead of ourselves. We spent one afternoon and night in Lima and headed back to the airport in the morning to get a flight to Iq-uitos – the most isolated town in the world. Iquitos can only be reached via canoe or plane as there are no roads leading into or coming out of the town. Iquitos We arrived in Iquitos the fol-lowing day and were amazed at the culture difference be-tween Peru and England. The town was full of life and en-ergy with what seemed like millions of tuc-tucs (motor vehicles with three wheels) racing around the roads speeding in every direction. There were many local people trying their hardest to sell a n y t h i n g t h e y h a d (sunglasses, souvenirs, etc). The weather was bright sun-shine with intense heat and humidity. However, there were also many jobs that needed to be done within a certain budget, the main ones were getting mosquito nets, provisions (food and drink) and organising transport for our upcoming boat trip across the Amazon.

Amazon Basin After spending almost two days in Iquitos we left to get aboard a 3-deck boat, on which we would spend two nights, floating across the Amazon Basin. This was one of the highlights of the trip. Sleeping on hammocks which were under cover but still out-side. Living with and experi-encing the culture of hun-dreds of Peruvians, luckily we were on the top deck which had the most space however on the two decks below peo-ple were crammed in like sar-dines, with about 300 Peruvi-ans sleeping and living in a tiny space. As the trip pro-gressed, we saw that there were many small villages built on the side of the river made by the indigenous people. Everything was made out of wood, however they were very impressive.

PERU 2009

Everything was built about 2ft above the ground on stilts. There were numerous stops on the trip where the boat would literally bump up on to the bank of the enormous river and people would jump on, some coming from the villages to sell whatever they could, such as fruit, local drinks and ice and would then jump back off at the next village and walk back. We had 3 meals a day provided on the boat which mainly con-sisted of rice, chicken and ba-nana plantains and would eat it on the second deck which would enable us to experience the other way of life where people were living in or just above poverty. The weather was extremely hot in the Ama-zon, reaching 40 degrees dur-ing the day. After spending two nights on the boat we then went to the Pacaya Samirar Reserve, the most bio-diverse reserve in the world.

Pacaya Samirar Reserve Into the jungle! - During this part of the trip we paddled down the Pacaya river in ca-noes, this took about 5 hours and we saw a great deal of rare and exotic wildlife, the most popular being multi-coloured birds and sloths. That night we went out again in the canoes for crocodile hunting! We stayed here for one night, although the accommodation was not a hostel, instead we slept on wooden platforms raised 10ft above the ground which were separated into

small rooms. After this part of the expedition we got back on a boat and travelled further down the Amazon. After this

we then travelled across the country to the other side of Peru. We arrived first in a town called Tarapoto and then trav-elled onto Huaraz. Huaraz and the Community Project Into the second half of the trip, we had experienced many dif-ferent things so far and were fully immersed into the culture of Peru. We now were in Huaraz – a town where we would stay for most of the re-maining trip. The first thing we did was begin our community project. This was a 5-day pro-ject which included camping and cooking our own food which also marked the begin-ning of working at altitude; the entire project took place at 3000m which made breathing difficult and the work really ex-hausting. However the main point of the project was to help the community. The jobs were split between the group, which included: shifting 40 KG mud bricks and digging two, 1.5m holes into the ground with pick axes and a bar, painting two rooms in a community centre which would be turned into classrooms for young children and building a number of shelves from scratch which would go into the classrooms. Main Trek The other main highlight of the expedition was trekking through the amazing Andean

mountains, where we enjoyed the snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Blanca and the ice-turquoise lakes. We trekked through the mountains for 5 days reaching a peak of 4750m called the Punta Union. This was a very challenging part of the expedition, mentally and physically, and one which the group did well to come through, feeling a great sense of achievement after it was fin-ished. The completion of the trek marked the end of the trip and the next day we travelled back to Lima by coach and then picked up a flight the fol-lowing day taking us back to Sao-Paulo and then on to Eng-land! Conclusion Peru is truly an incredibly fan-tastic country with a diverse range of beautiful landscapes and a mass of exceptionally friendly people; they were very generous and considerate ex-cusing our poor Spanish and went out of their way to do more than help. An educational trip like this is a once in a life-time opportunity, and one in which we did not only experi-ence a wonderful country, but also learned and demonstrated an array of skills such as or-ganisation, co-operation, plan-ning and hard work. It was both challenging and extremely rewarding and we would strongly recommend it to any-one with a sense of adventure!

Prospective Parents’ Evening

October 8th 2009

Our annual open evening was again a huge success this year. Well over a thousand visitors toured though the school and over 250 pupils supported the staff to present the school to prospective parents. Two of our Head Students, Lorna Gleeson and Ali Mirhashem, welcomed the families and described their experiences of the school over the last six years, Lewis Blewitt and Bethany Connor (Yr7) told parents about their first weeks at the school and the Jazz Band entertained parents throughout the evening. Subject areas put on great activities, inviting both parents and prospective pupils to take part. For example, a number of parents and pupils explored the interactive whiteboards, watched pupils performing role-play in History and a Drama performance based on Black History Month, badges were produced scientifically and laptops for learning were demonstrated. The PE department put on a number of activities in the Sports Hall which captured visitors’ attention. Our gym squad demonstrated floor skills, trampette work and the famous ‘Gold’ routine from last year’s Gym Display. It was a great way to give parents an insight onto the work and ethos of the school and demonstrated the tremendous spirit within the school. We look forward to getting to know our new cohort of pupils and parents much better next September.

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Bodiam Castle Trip On Wednesday 30th September half of Year 7 went on a fun filled trip to Bodiam Castle, the other half went on Thursday 1st October. When we got there we split up into 4 groups to do our activities. First, my tutor group listened to two people talking about life in the middle ages. After a quick talk about food and marriage and other interesting things about medieval ages we had to choose be-tween learning about surgery and medieval medicine or arms and armour. Most of my tutor group chose arms and armour especially the boys but about eight girls chose to lis-ten to surgery and medicine including me. We learnt about amputation and using leaches to suck bad blood out of the body. After that, we then had Art with Miss Buchanan. We had to draw an interesting part of the castle that we could add tone to which was really fun. Then we had lunch, which was good fun as we had all worked up an appetite. Then we went with Ms Prosbik to explore around the castle. We looked all around the castle including these really high spiral staircases which led up to the top of the same tower. The view from the top was beautiful and really peaceful, however going up those stair-cases was a massive workout, I think everybody would agree! Finally to finish up the day we went on a tour around the castle, which was filled with facts about medieval times and about the castle itself as well. The man who gave us the tour did activities for us which helped us learn and kept us all awake after all that climbing! After a very tiring but eventful day at Bodiam Castle we set off for home. Everybody was still very chatty on the way home, which I was very surprised at. This was one of the best trips I have ever been on and it has made me feel much more positive about Glen-thorne High School. I think I am going to enjoy my time here very much. By Heather Philips 7G

Year 7

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Jack Petchey Award Celebration At Glenthorne, we want to recognise young people who are achieving great things, de-spite facing challenges and adversity in their lives.

The Jack Petchey Foundation is a grant giving charity that funds programmes and projects benefiting young people aged 11-25, in London. Who is Jack Petchey? Jack Petchey is one of the UK's most successful businessmen. Born in East London in July 1925, Jack came from a working class background with very few advantages. From an early age he showed the entrepreneurial skills that have aided his success. Having left school at 14, Jack worked as an office boy before joining the Fleet Air Arm in 1943. At the end of the Second World War, with £60 to his name, he bought a motor car and founded his first Car Hire business. From there a thriving Car Sales business was formed. In 1999, he set up the Jack Petchey Foundation as he wanted to give opportunities to young people in London. Over the last nine years he has donated over £50 million to schools, clubs and projects which benefit young people in London. In 2004 Jack was awarded an OBE at Buckingham Palace, by Her Majesty The Queen.

“Winners of the Jack Petchey Awards do not need to be the cleverest, the fastest or the best looking! But they need to be excep-tionally hard working or have done something really positive for other people".

Glenthorne Students Recognised for their Achievements On Tuesday 29th September, two of Glenthorne’s deserving pupils, Lewis An-drews and Amelia Barfoot, were recognised for their achievements and con-tributions the local community. Glenthorne’s Dance teacher, Ms Ring, was also recognised for her leadership and contribution to Dance in the local area. The Jack Petchey Awards Presentation took place at the Secombe Theatre in Sutton. The evening was lively and very entertaining, showcasing the talents and achievements of young people in Sutton schools. Other students from Glenthorne to receive a ‘Jack Petchey Award’ for their efforts and achievement in 2008-09 were: Stacey Proud, Louise Matthews,

Charlotte Hannah and Zoe Thaxter Congratulations to all six award winners, and to Ms Ring. Winners were presented by the School Council with a cheque for £200. This money, donated by the Jack Petchey charity, will be used to fund a range of ‘Community Projects’ which benefit young people and the community. The ‘Jack Petchey’ Awards programme continues throughout this academic year. Nine students from Glen-thorne will be recognised throughout 2009-10. These students will be nominated in Year Council Meetings and selected by the School Council. Winners will receive a certificate in recognition of their achievements, and be presented with a cheque for £200, which they will then use to fund a ‘Community Project’ of their choice.

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THE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

Please note that we will not be having a Book Fair this year as you can now order online at www.clubs.scholastic.co.uk/shop. This enables you to pay by credit card. You need to log on and follow the instructions. In order for the school to benefit you need to elect the commission to come to us by giving part of the postcode or school name (but not both). Orders over £25 can be delivered direct to your home. This year Usborne Books will be coming to school on Thursday and Friday, 3rd and 4th December. Come and see the books they have on display in the LRC and place your ORDER. You can pay by cheque, cash or credit/debit card. Books will be delivered to school within 10 days, so plenty of time to get them before school fin-

ishes for the holidays and a perfect way of buying Christmas gifts. You can see the catalogue on line to help you decide before you buy by visiting www.usbornebooksathome.co.uk. Please do your best to support the school and the Library through buying books from Usborne. Many thanks, Mrs. Wooldridge, LRC Manager

At Glenthorne, we have signed up for a great new collection scheme that could provide the school with hundreds of new books for our Learning Resources Centre and we would like your help! Books for Schools tokens are appearing every day in The Times and The Sunday Times; the school can exchange these tokens for free books of our choice from a catalogue of 170 titles. Please collect as many tokens as you can and give to your child to bring into school. With your help, the school can make a real difference to our library, ensuring that we have access to some of the very best titles available to encourage pupils to read and improve their literacy.

We received £165 worth of free books last year, lets beat it and do better this year!!!!

Unwanted Musical Instrument & Vinyl Appeal Do you have a dusty clarinet in the loft?......or a sad trombone in the shed?........or maybe some bits from a depressed drum kit down-stairs?........or perhaps some old vinyl LPs you would love to clear to make space?...... The Music Department can offer a loving home to any of these instruments. Please contact Mr Cleverdon, Music Subject Leader, if you can help [email protected]

SAFEGUARDING As a school, the safety and wellbeing of all the children in our care is paramount. Our Child Protection Policy is available on our web-site for all parents to view. If you have any questions or concerns about safeguarding or if you or your child has concerns about the safety or wellbeing of any pupil at the school, please contact Mrs Bayles (ex 239).

http://www.clubs.scholastic.co.uk/shop

http://www.usbornebooksathome.co.uk

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Glenthorne High School

An introduction to our On-line payment service What does ParentPay do? Enables you to pay for school meals, trips and other items such as school uniform Offers a highly secure payment site. Gives you a history of all the payments you have made. Allows the merging of accounts if you have more than one child at school. Shows you all items available for payment relevant to each of your children. E-mails a receipt of your payment to the e-mail address you register. How does ParentPay help you? Gives you the freedom to make payments to school whenever and wherever you like. Stops you having to write cheques or search for cash to send to school. Gives you peace of mind that your payment has been made safely and securely. Helps with budgeting; payments are immediate, there is no waiting for cheques to clear. Payments for many of the larger trips can be made by instalments up to the due date. ParentPay is quick and easy to use. How does ParentPay help our school? Reduces the administrative time spent on banking procedures. Keeps accurate records of payments made to every service for every student. Reduces paper ‘waste’. Allows for easy and quick refunds to be made back to the payment card. Improves communication between the school and parents concerning payments. Offers a more efficient payment collection proves, reducing the amount of money held on school premises. How do I get started? We will send you an activation letter to enable you to set up your ParentPay account. The activation letter will contain a personal activation username and password to enable you to login to ParentPay. During the activation process you will be guided through changing your username and password to something more memorable; you can also merge your accounts if you have more than one child at Glenthorne High School. More information More information can be found on the ParentPay website, alternatively contact the Fi-nance Office on 020 8410 2304/3.

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Rugby

Year 7 boys won the year 7 Blitz Rugby Tournament, beating Cheam and Ernest Bevin, drawing with Carshalton Boys. Rugby (Blitz Tournament) We finally reached Mitcham Bulls in the pouring rain and it continued to rain heavily for the whole tournament. Our first match was against Cheam High School whom we beat 19 – 0. The try scorers were Anwar Ellis, Charlie Ho-gan (2) and Ciaran Mohr made 2 conversions. Our second match was against Carshalton Boys and we drew 0 – 0, it was a good game and we battled hard, both sides had plenty of opportunity to score but our de-fence could not be beaten. In our third and final game we played Ernest Bevin who had a hard stoney de-fence, until Santino Bucknall scored the opening try. This was closely followed by a great off-load by Charlie Hogan to Anwar Ellis who made a charging run to score. Ciaran Mohr made one conversion to make the final score 12 – 0. It was a close competition but we came out on top due to points difference thanks to Ciaran Mohr and Charlie Hogan. Congratulations to all the boys who played really well and showed great spirit de-spite the inclement weather, special mention to Riccardo Ferrier and Charlie Hogan who were forward and back of the tournament.

Football Year 7 Year 7 Football lost to Greenshaw 7 – 6. The match kicked off at 3.15pm , we took an early lead, Greenshaw hit back with two quick goals and at half time the score was 4-2 to Greenshaw. As soon as the second half started we got two quick goals to make it 4-4, however we then conceded a goal to make it 5-4, the goals continued to flow until the final few minutes when with the score at 6–6, Greenshaw had a last attack and scored to make it 6 – 7 to Greenshaw. The goal scorers were Nathan Jux (3), Santino (2), Ciaran Mohr (1). Year 7 Football v Stanley Park (league) won 7 – 4

Year 7 5-A-side Tournament - Well done to the boys as they came third overall.

Team Team

Glenthorne (0) Cheam (1)

Glenthorne (1) CSBC A (0)

Glenthorne (0) CSBC B (0)

Glenthorne (2) Overton (0)

Glenthorne (1) Greenshaw (2)

Glenthorne (3) Stanley Park (0)


Team Team


Glenthorne (1) CSBC A (0)






Year 8 Boys’ Football Well done to the Year 8s who came second overall.

Team Team




Glenthorne (2) Overton B (1)

Glenthorne (2) CSBC (0)



Team Team




Glenthorne (2) Overton B (1)

Glenthorne (2) CSBC (0)



GHS NEWS

DateDate OppositionOpposition ResultResult ScorersScorers CompComp Man of Man of MatchMatch

1717--0909--0909 Stanley ParkStanley Park 77--00 Cusack, Nazareth, Young, Wilson, Cusack, Nazareth, Young, Wilson, Newman, O’Dwyer (2)Newman, O’Dwyer (2)

LeagueLeague S. S. KeenKeen

2222--0909--0909 WoodcoteWoodcote 11--88 CusackCusack SurreySurrey P. P. InglisInglis

2828--0909--0909 DurringtonDurrington 44--33 O’Dwyer (2) Wilson, InglisO’Dwyer (2) Wilson, Inglis NationalNational T. T. YoungYoung

2929--0909--0909

WON 5 LOST 3WON 5 LOST 3

O’Dwyer (4) Wilson (3) Cusack O’Dwyer (4) Wilson (3) Cusack

(3) Marshall, West(3) Marshall, West

RunnersRunners--upup

55--aa--sideside

0707--1010--0909 Bay HouseBay House 22--33 Cusack, KeenCusack, Keen NationalNational C. C. WilsonWilson

Y10 Boys’ Football Results 2009/10

Date Opposition Competition Res Scorers/mom

22 Sep

Coombe (h) Friendly 7-0 Diggins 3, Young 2, Hills, Craig,

Mom-Aitken Simon

1 Oct Royal Liberty (a) (Essex)

National Cup 3-0 Diggins, Young, Hinchcliffe

Mom Cridlin 6 Oct Ashcombe (a) County Cup 0-2 Mom Craig

Girls’ Football; Y7/8 fixture against Cheam: GHS won 3-2. Lucy King 1 goal, Jess Burke 2 goals. Melissa Lang. Player of the match- excellent first match. Y9/10 vs Cheam: GHS lost 10-1. However, congratulations to the Y7/8/9 girls. Yvonne Miller 1 goal. Jade Kirby Player of the match- excellent in goal. Netball Year 7 girls won a friendly match against Greenshaw. ‘A’ team 10-5 and ‘B’ team 9-1. The girls lost 7-3 to Overton Grange in a close, tough match.

Day

Lunchtime 1.25 – 2.00

After School 3.30 – 4.45

Monday

Trampolining SH KS3 Fitness Suite

KS4 Table Tennis SH Y7 Basketball Gym

Gym Squad Gym Y7 & 8 Netball SH

Tuesday

KS4 Fitness Suite Y7/8 Football Club SH

Gym Club Gym

Y7-10 Rugby Field Y9 & 10 Netball SH

Y7 & 8 Girls Football Field

Wednesday

Badminton SH KS3 Table Tennis SH

KS4 Fitness Suite Y7/8 girls football Gym

MEETING NIGHT

Thursday Y7 Gym Club Gym KS3 Netball SH Fitness Suite

Y9 & 10 Girls Football Field KS3 Basketball SH

Y7 Netball Gym/Courts

Friday

KS3 Basketball SH KS4 & KS5 Basketball SH

KS4 Fitness Suite

Year 8 Mini Tournament – 7 October 2009 Glenthorne Joint first with Cheam. Beat Cheam 3-0, lost to Cheam 5-3 Beat Car girls 7-0 beat Car Girls 4-0 Mini Tournament 12 October 2009 Glenthorne Winners with 12 points Beat Greensahw 5-0 & 2-0 Beat Car Girls 7-0 & 6-0 Yr 8 V Overton Grange (15 October 2009) won 4-2 Year 9 Mini Netball Tournament 12th October 2009 Glenthorne vs Carshalton Drew 2-2 Lost 4-3 Glenthorne vs Greenshaw Won 2-0 Won 5-2 Overall Glenthorne Came second with 9 points overall. 13th October 2009 Glenthorne vs Overton Lost 5-4 Mixed Year 9 and 10 team Won 7-4 Year 10s won against Overton 7-4. Other News Cheer leading club has started every Tuesday lunchtime!

PE Kit! Blue Glenthorne Polo, Plain Black Shorts (KS4 can wear plain black leggings), Black or White sports socks/laced trainers (not plimsolls or velcro) Optional extras for outside are plain black fitted tracksuit bottoms and the blue Glenthorne PE sweatshirt. The PE department strongly advise that football boots and shin pads are worn, as appro-priate. If any parents/companies are interested in sponsoring a sports team, please email Mr Summers on [email protected] The company name can be displayed on foot-ball/rugby/netball/basketball/gym squad jerseys or warm up tops. Kits normally cost in the region of £200 but any donations would be welcome. Thanks P. Summers

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

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ADVANCE NOTICE: Could parents please note the dates for the academic year 2008/9. Please avoid booking holidays in term time. All holidays taken in term time will be classed as unauthorised absence.

TERM DATES 2009/2010

AUTUMN TERM : Thursday 3rd September 2009 to Friday 18th December 2009 Half Term : Monday 26th to Friday 30th October 2009

SPRING TERM : Monday 5th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010 Half Term: Monday 15th to Friday 19th February 2010

SUMMER TERM : Monday 19th April 2010 to Thursday 22nd July 2010 Half Term : Monday 31st May 2010 to Friday 4th June 2010

STAFF PROFESSIONAL DAYS Monday 2nd November 2009 Monday 4th January 2010 Friday 25th June 2010

Glenthorne High School Sutton Common Road

Sutton Surrey SM3 9PS

Phone: 020 8644 6307 Fax: 020 8641 8725

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Key Dates: 2nd November 2009: INSET Day (Pupils not required to attend) 12th November 2009: Parents’ Workshop on Teenage Drinking, 7.00-8.30pm 23-24th November 2009: Dance Show 25th November 2009: Year 9 Parents’ & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 2nd December 2009: Year 7 Academic Review Evening 4.30-7.30pm 8th December 2009: KS4 Parents’ Workshop on Teenage Smoking 7.00-8.30pm 9th December 2009: Year 12 Parents’ & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 9-17th December 2009: Year 11 Mock Exams 15-16th December 2009: Creative Arts Evening 18th December 2009: Last Day of Term: Pupils finish at 1.15pm 4th January 2010: INSET Day (Pupils not required to attend) 5th January 2010: First day of Spring Term for all pupils: 8.30am start 27th January 2010: Year 11 Parents’ & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 3rd February 2010: Year 7 Parents’ & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 8th-10th February 2010: Whole School Production of Joseph 24th February 2010: Year 11 Revision Evening 6.00-7.00pm 10-11th March 2010: Gym Show 17th March 2010: Year 9 Choices Evening 6.00-8.00pm 25th March 2010: Spring Concert 31st March 2010: Year 10 Parents & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 1st April 2010: Last Day of Term: Pupils finish at 3.10pm 12-16th April 2010: Easter Revision Sessions 19th April 2010: First Day of Summer Term for all pupils: 8.30am start 19-20th April 2010: Year 12/13 Mock Exams 22nd April 2010: Media Showcase 28th April 2010: Year 8 Parents’ & Subject Staff 4.30-7.30pm 3rd May 2010: May Bank Holiday 4-21st May 2010: KS3 Exams 1-4th June 2010: June Half Term Revision Days 11th June 2010: Sports Day 15th June 2010: Year 10 GCSE Science Revision Day 17-22nd June 2010: Year 10 Exams 22nd June 2010: Year 11 Leavers Assembly 23rd June 2010: Awards Evening 7.30pm 25th June 2010: INSET Day (Pupils not required to attend) 28th June - 2nd July 2010: Year 10 Exams 1st July 2010: New Year 7 Induction Day 7th July 2010: Summer Concert 7-9th July 2010: Year 10 Aspirations 12-16th July 2010: Year 7, 8 and 9 Challenge Week Year 10 Work Experience Year 12 Careers and Higher Preparation Week 16th July 2010: Year 9 End of KS3 Celebration 22nd July 2010: Last Day of Term: Pupils finish at 1.15pm

ADVANCE NOTICE: Could parents please note the dates for the academic year 2009/10. Please avoid booking holidays in term time. All holidays taken in term time will be classed as unauthorised absence.

TERM DATES 2009/2010

AUTUMN TERM : Thursday 3rd September 2009 to Friday 18th December 2009 Half Term : Monday 26th to Friday 30th October 2009

SPRING TERM : Monday 4th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010 Half Term: Monday 15th to Friday 19th February 2010

SUMMER TERM : Monday 19th April 2010 to Friday 23rd July 2010 Half Term : Monday 31st May 2010 to Friday 4th June 2010 INSET Days: Monday 2nd November 2009 Monday 4th January 2010 Friday 25th June 2010

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