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DARTON COLLEGE

10th July 2015

Issue 12

Unlocking potential .Changing lives Principals News

I am a very proud Principal and

Mum this week!

I t h a s b e e n wo n d e r f u l to

w e l c o m e o u r n e w Y e a r 7

learners into school this week.

T h e y h a v e s e t t l e d i n

exceptional ly wel l and are

already showing us what great

learners they are, their attitude is

fantastic! I also had the pleasure

of being at the Performance

Achievement Awards night on

Wednesday evening, again it

w a s a r e m i n d e r o f w h a t

incredible talent we have here

a t D a r t o n C o l l e g e a s w e

r e v i e w e d b o t h t e a m a n d

policy landscape. There will be

significant budgetary challenges

ahead and the need for al l

schools to consider how they will

work with others to address these

and secure improvement.

My week ended interviewing 17

Specialist Leaders of Education

and 4 School Direct students,

gruelling but great to meet so

much talent!

My proud mum moments sealed

my week with my eldest son

secur ing his medical school

elective in New Zealand and my

middle son achieving a first at the

end of h i s seco nd year a t

University! Meanwhile the baby of

the family (18) is currently on

hol iday wi th 8 other lads in

MaliaIm trying to blank that

out!

Have a good weekend!

Ms Davies, Principal

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: Performance Achievement Awards Evening

Page 2: Snippets...

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individual successes over the

course of the year. Darton learners

are a force to be reckoned with!

T h e l e v e l s o f c o m m i tm e n t ,

resilience and perseverance that

learners, staff and parents have

demo ns t r a ted th i s yea r a r e

exceptional.

I spent Wednesday of this week

facilitating an event for other

National Leaders of Education

from across Yorkshire and the

Humber. One of the key note

speakers was Michael Pain who is

a Director of Forum Education. His

ta lk wa s i ncr ed ib l y tho ught

provoking and he shared some

key messages about how schools

will need to adapt to the new

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Important Dates

Monday 13th July - Rewards Trip to

Parkway Cinema

Tuesday 14th July - New Year 7

Welcome Disco 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Learners can be collected from

7.00pm

Friday 17th July - Whole School Sports

Day

Friday 17th July 3.20pm - Break-up for

the Summer Holiday

INSET DAYS -

Tuesday 1st September

Wednesday 2nd September

College re-opens to all learners on

Thursday 3rd September

School Blogs This week the spotlight is on the Darton Voice Blog

http://wp.me/p4JOnm-1sZ

Follow us on twitter: @darton_college

Performance Achievement Awards Evening - 8th July

Congratulations to all winners of the Performance Faculty Achievement Awards - great work!

Brilliant work from learners who performed at the above event - epic!

Well done to all new Year 7 learners on completing the first week of their transition - keep up the good work !

A fantastic evening which involved many learners receiving awards for

sports, drama, dance and music achievements. Alishia Coles won the

award for Outstanding Commitment to Performance, Team of the year

went to Under 13s Rugby with Performance Personality of the year

being awarded to Jack Stainrod picture above - well done Jack !

New Year 7 Learners

The week has been a busy one

with over 230 New Year 7 learners

joining us for their two week

transition.

All new learners have settled in

well and have fully embraced

secondary school life with ease.

They have also adapted to

moving around the building to

their lessons and have enjoyed

interacting wi th our current

l e a r n e r s a n d en jo y i ng th e

excellent catering facilities which

are available 8.00am - 5.00pm

Snippets