Pupil Bulletin

19th March 2018

IMPORTANT DATES

•22nd March: Year 7 parents’ evening 4pm to 7pm

•Friday 23rd March: Enrichment day for all year groups

•Thursday 19th April :Year 8 Parents’ evening 4pm to 7pm

•Year 7 and Year 8 internal exams :23rd April to 11th May

2018

•Friday 30th March : Easter holidays start

•Tuesday 17th April : school reopens for pupils

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ENTERED Y10 INTO THE STAFFORDSHIRE FUTURE JOURNALIST

COMPETITION.

OUT OF HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES FROM THROUGHOUT STAFFORDSHIRE TWO OF OUR STUDENTS

WERE SHORTLISTED. LYDIA TAGUE WON THE COMPETITION AND RAMAN DEO CAME SECOND!

THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. WELL DONE TO BOTH GIRLS!

Reminder

Phones and technological wrist devices are not allowed to be used in school .

Please note, if you are seen with headphones then it will be assumed you are

using your phone.

Please ensure that you leave them in your bag switched off or else a C5

detention will be issued and parents / carers will have to collect them from main

reception after school.

REMINDERAll food is to be eaten in the café area

at break time or lunch time unless you

have permission from a member of

staff to eat food in a classroom

Wolstanton High School Uniform Policy – from September 2017

It is our policy that all students wear school uniform when attending school, or

when participating in a school-organised event outside normal school hours. We

hope that parents and carers will support us in our high expectations for school

uniform.

Our policy has been established based on the following principles:

Students wearing uniform are dressed suitably for the work of the school day.

The uniform is practical and smart. It has been designed with Health and Safety

and value for money in mind.

The wearing of the school uniform promotes a sense of pride in the school and

engenders a sense of community, ‘team’ and belonging.

The uniform makes students feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance

and removes peer pressure to dress in ‘designer’ fashions;

Blazer Black with school badge – must be worn to and from school and throughout the

school day.

Shirt/Blouse Plain white (not patterned) with a stiffened collar, top button and capable of taking a

tie (polo shirts or fashion blouses are not acceptable).

Tie School tie which is available from school only.

Jumper

(optional)

A plain black ‘V’ neck jumper with full length sleeves may be worn under the blazer

for additional warmth. This is optional. It may not replace the blazer.

Skirt Grey, tailored, plain or pleated; knee-length. No ‘tube’, elastic or tight-fitting skirts.

Wolstanton High School official grey school skirts are available from school suppliers

but are not compulsory.

Trousers Tailored, grey with waistband and zip. The trousers must be of normal length, without

belt or decorations. Tight fitting, low cut, jeans or ‘jean style’ trousers are not

acceptable.

Footwear Black low heeled, enclosed at the heel and toe. Shoes must be able to be polished.

No boots, trainers, canvas pumps or logos.

Socks / tights Black, grey or white socks; black or neutral-coloured tights.

Outdoor

Wear

An outdoor coat to be worn in cold, wet weather over the blazer, and removed when

in school buildings. Zip up cardigans/sweatshirts with/without hoods are not

acceptable as outdoor wear.

Religious headwear must be plain black or plain white.

Just a reminder that you should now be in correct school

footwear. If you are not in correct footwear by Tuesday

20th March your parents will be contacted and you will

have to wear the school pumps until your shoes are in

compliance with the uniform rules.

Wear it well, wear it with pride!

Wear it with pride

There's so many privacy settings

out there, so do you really know

which ones can keep your

profile safe?

When on Facebook, to check your settings you must:

• Click on privacy shortcuts

• Go to who can see my stuff

• And change it to friends

• Then to who can contact me and set it to friends of friends

What happens if people can get into my profile

Well, all your information is now theirs's. They know as much as you put in to

it.

So probably where you live, where you studied, your friends and family.

These can be used against you in different situations,

• People could pretend to be you and say horrible things and its under

your name.

• Rude/ inappropriate things could be shared from this fake account

giving you a bad name.

These consequences could lead to serious harm like:

• Losing your job

• Getting robbed/mugged

• Losing friends

Enrichment Day

This Friday is Enrichment Day (Formerly known as Drop Down Day.)

There is some really exciting and useful stuff happening and full details will be

with you very soon:

Year 7 – Careers Day

Year 8 – Culture and Language

Year 9 – Relationships

Year 10 – Me and my future

Year 11 – GCSE extra input

Class Date of practical Recipes/ingredients needed Notes

Y11 BTEC HC Monday 19th March Thursday 22ndMarch

Own choice idea from coursework

Y11 GCSE FPN Tuesday 20th March Dish demonstrating high variety of skills

10 A Food Thursday 22nd March Showstopper: Decorated cake showing a variety of skills

10 B Food Tuesday 20th March

10 C Catering Wednesday 21st March Showstopper: Decorated cake showing a variety of skills

See Mr Jackson for the recipe if you need one

9 W2 Friday 23rd March No practical due to DDD

8 W2 Monday 19th March Curry/koftas

7 W2 Tuesday 20th March Chicken goujons/kebabs Plate or tray to bake your pizza and take it home

Remember it’s your responsibility to bring the ingredients to practical lessons, see Mr Jackson if you need advice or a new recipe

A massive well done to all the Year 9s

who took part in the Outward Bounds

activity course in Aberdovey last week.

They were a credit to the school and

all achieved great things.

28

school days before the GCSE exams start

on 14th May 2018

Make the days count rather than count the

days

YEAR 11: PREPARATION FOR THE SUMMER GCSE EXAMINATIONS

COUNTDOWN

Year 11

Top merit earners:Top attending form:

11ML= 92.4% attendance

Last week

YEAR 10 HIGHEST ACHIEVING MERITS

BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT

For achieving the highest number of merits in the year for the week. (38)

2nd: Jemma TrickettEllie Mae Vernall

3rd: Jordan Crowden

YEAR 10 FORM OF THE WEEK

BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT

For having the highest attendance for the week!

2nd – 10Dc

3rd – 10Kp

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Student Bulletin

Put detentions into

planner

Assembly

Form tutor mentoring

Put detentions into

planner

Quiz

Put detentions into

planner

ABC Success

Put detentions into

planner

Maths booklet

Put detentions into

planner

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Triple Science after

school

Maths after school

Spanish after school

Geography week a

lunch

English Afterschool

(Dw)

Room 1 – homework

club

Geography week b

lunch

Room 1 homework

club after school

English lunchtime (Am)

History after school

Room 1 homework

club after school

Room 1 homework

club after school

History after school

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Student Bulletin

Silent revision

PSHE Assembly Quiz Maths

Go to www.gcsepod.com and click login. Select pupil and enter

name, date of birth and type in Wolstanton High School. Click

on the school from a drop down list. Select a username,

password and a password hint to help remember your

password. Any problems with logins speak to Mr Orum .

Learn how to program

a mini-computer.

Every Monday

3-4pm

in room 29.

Table tennis in the quad at

breaktime and lunchtime

Equipment

available

from Mrs

Hobson’s

office

Thursday After

School

Starting 25th Jan in

the gym

£3 per week

Everyone Welcome

DANCE

CLASS

Each Half Term

We will focus on a different

style of dance