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DARTON COLLEGE

1st May 2015

Issue 3

Unlocking potential .Changing lives Principals News Im not sure if its just my age

but every week seems to be

passing quicker here at DC, I

cannot believe that we are

already half way through the

f i r s t S u m m e r h a l f - t e r m .

We have been busy reviewing

t h e f e e d b a c k f r o m t h e

parental quest ionnaire this

w e e k a n d h o p e t o

communicate some of our

responses before the half-term

break. Communication has

been a key issue and as some

of you may have already seen

from the emails sent we have

purchased the schoolcomms

on l i ne repor t ing fe at u re .

This is already in use for paying

for t r ips but we hope to

c e n t r a l i s e a l l p a y m e n t s

through this onl ine service

soon. The App also allows you

to access learner information

s u c h a s b e h a v i o u r ,

ach iev eme nt po in t s and

attendance. You will also be

able to notify us of when your

child is absent from school or if

t h e y h a v e a m e d i c a l

appointment. We have also

encouraged learners, starting

with Year 10 to download the

App as they are also able to

access their timetable. This is

b y n o m e a n s t h e w h o l e

solution but it is a positive start.

There has been some fantastic

learning in school this week and

I have been busy put t ing

learners and their work on our

ethic of excellence blog - the

standard of work that some of

our Year 7 and 8 learners are

routinely producing is fantastic -

if you havent seen it take a

look!

http://dartoncollege.co.uk/

category/excellence/

Have a lovely Bank Holiday

weekend!

Kate Davies, Principal

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: GCSEpod / Message from Maths & Drama

Page 2: Snippets...

Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk

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Important Dates

May Bank Holiday - Monday 4th May (school closed all day to staff and

learners).

Year 11 GCSE Exams start

Tuesday 5th May

Belgium Battlefields Trip Meeting on 6th May @ 6pm

Please remember Passports and EHIC Cards for learners

BTEC Dance Group - please check notice boards and the Facebook

page for rehearsal news. Thanks for the commitment so far - keep up the

good work.

School Blogs This week the spotlight is on the Science blog! Take a look!

http://dartoncollege.co.uk/category/students/student-dept-blogs/science-student-blog/

them to watch offline on their

p h o n e , t a b l e t o r la p t o p ,

wherever, and whenever they

want. We are hopeful that the

final technical considerations

will be in place for Tuesday 5th

May. Stay tuned for updates on

our website!

Message from Maths

This is just a big thank you from

the maths depart ment to

learners and parents. We are

delighted with the effort and

commitment shown by our Y11

maths learners this week - keep

up the good work.

Follow us on twitter: @darton_college

Snippets...

Nurture

Great home learning from Charlotte Atkinson 9RR. Wonderful Science project from Dale Proud 7Nu. Great work Y11 in the Drama moderation - you were amazing, great result! Athletics: Year 7 & 8 relay teams came 1st. Luke Pollard 8PO and Ellie Sacre

8PN won the 100M sprint with Harriet Bould 8PD and Sam Gillott 7BL winning the 200M sprint. Well done everyone !

Our Year 7 Nurture group raised 249.32 for Help for Heroes by collecting at the Moto services as a thank you for the funding they

allocated to the group which enabled them to purchase books by

David Walliams, along with several DVDs - great work nurture!

GCSEpod - New software

In order to compliment final

preparations for the forthcom-

ing Y11 GCSE exams, we have

purchased 'GCSEpod' software

that provides high qual ity,

focused revision material across

20 popular GCSE subjects.

Learners can access highly con-

centrated, 3-5 minute burst of

audio-visual, teacher-written

learning. They will be able to

quickly and easily watch indi-

vidual pods online or download