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DARTON COLLEGE

8th May 2015

Issue 4

Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News It has felt like a long week even

though it has only been four

days!

It was great to start working

with our newly appointed

Pedagogy Leaders! These staff

members will be working

alongside Mr Portman and I to

continue to develop the

quality of teaching across the

school. Our first breakfast

meeting focused on the

importance of developing

school cultures that were firmly

based on sound and shared

values - they are a great

bunch!

Mr Woodcock our newly

appointed Vice Principal also

spent a full day in school on

Thursday. Together with myself

and Mr Portman we started to

develop our structure and

identify the key priorities for

September. It was a really

productive day and I am

confident that Mr Woodcock

will be a real asset to the

Leadership Team, he will be

joining us in school for two days

a week after Spring Bank and

will take up his full time post in

September.

It was great to get out into the

community this week visiting a

number of parents and

discussing the issue of litter. Our

Student Voice Learners have

planned and organised a

community litter pick for

Wednesday 20th May. I am also

looking forward to being able

to visit our feeder Primary

Schools as we begin our

transition work - good luck to all

of the Year 6 Learners who sit

their SATs tests next week!

Year 11s have started their

GCSEs in earnest with Art and

Graphics exams this week - they

continue to impress us all with

their focus and commitment!

Brilliant!

Thank you to all the parents that

attended the meeting for the

forthcoming Year 9 trip to

Belgium - not long now!

Kate Davies, Principal

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: School Gateway App - Have you downloaded yet???

Page 2: Snippets...

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

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Important Dates Year 11 GCSE Exams for this week

11 May 09.00am RE Rel/Life/Christianity 11 May 13.15pm ART 12 May 09.00am French Listening 12 May 10.00am French Reading 12 May 09.00am Applied Art & Graphics 12 May 13.15pm ART 13 May 09.00am Applied Art & Graphics 13 May 13.15pm RE Rel/Society 15 May 09.00am Btec Principals of Science 15 May 13.15pm Physical Education

Year 9 Vaccinations - Please ensure your childs consent form for the DTP/MEN C vaccination is returned by 22.05.15.

Year 11 Prom (3rd July @ 7pm) - Tickets are now on sale @ 25 from the Admin/Finance Office.

Year 11 Alton Towers visit 20th June - Deadline for payment/paperwork is Monday 11th May. Year 10 Field Trip to Flamborough 20th May Please ensure paperwork/payment is returned as soon as possible.

School Blogs

This weeks focus blog is English!

http://dartoncollege.co.uk/

category/students/student-dept-

blogs/english-student-blog/

Follow us on twitter: @darton_college

Snippets...

Nurture

Brilliant work from Miss Vickers Year 11 Geography group. Great show of wood working skills from Molly Jarratt 7BL. Ms Davies was impressed by a group of Year 8 girls who produced hand-

made paper bags (see photo above) - Good work girls!

Check out the art work from a selection of our Year 7 learners by visiting http://wp.me/p4JOnm-1g3

Nurture have completed their English topic on the book by David

Walliams, Mr Stink. The learners used adjective and similes to describe

the character Mr Stink and have tweeted David and uploaded a clip to

YouTube which you can view at http://wp.me/p4JOnm-1fJ. Well done !

School Gateway App - Have you downloaded yet???

Many thanks to all the parents/

carers that have downloaded

the school gateway app - 47%

of you. If you have not yet

downloaded the app please

follow the steps below -

Step 1 - Download the School Gateway app from Google Play or the Apple App Store.

Step 2 - Select the Im a new user option, enter your email and mobile number your PIN number will then be sent to your phone.

Step 3 - Enter your PIN and log-in. If you have any difficulties please do not hesitate to con-tact us for assistance.