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DARTON COLLEGE

15th May 2015

Issue 5

Unlocking potential .Changing lives Principals News It has been another jam

packed week at Darton

College!

I have had a great week

and had the opportunity on

Monday to spend the day

working with Mrs Ellis and

spending time in our Nurture

provision. It was an absolute

joy! There was some

amazing learning taking

place brilliantly supported

by Mrs Ellis, Mrs Cobley and

the team of support staff -

do have a look at their blog!

We have also been involved

in key discussions this week

about how we can begin to

shape the future of ICT at

Darton, exploring all sorts of

options including the use of

1:1 devices and future

proofing the infrastructure -

exciting times!

G C S E e x a m s h a v e

continued to be ticked off

and I am sure if you have

children in Year 6, or teach

them you will be glad to see

the back of SATs week!

I cannot believe that next

week is our final week

before the half term break.

On a final note, as a huge

Liverpool supporter Mr Javid

has made my week by

selling me tickets for Steven

Gerrard's final game at

Anfield tomorrow - I just hope

he doesn't get sent off after

the first 5 minutes!

I hope you all have a great

weekend.

Kate Davies, Principal

Would you l i ke to be a

champion of your child's

school community or other

p l a c e s w i t h i n t h e

community? Lynn Brown of

Homestart is keen to hear

from you if you have time to

be a champion volunteer.

The 2 day training prior to the

placement is on the 4th&11th

June at the Metrodome

9.30am - 2.30pm with lunch

and refreshments included.

P l e a s e p h o n e p r i o r t o

attending 01226 245985.

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: Year 11 Study Leave

Page 2: Snippets...

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Important Dates

Half Term Holiday - begins Monday 25th May - staff and learners return on Monday 1st June.

Year 11 GCSE Exams for this week

18th May 09.00am English Literature 19th May 09.00am Drama Unit 1 19th May 13.15pm Geography 20th May 09.00am Business 20th May 13.15pm Science/Core unit 1 20th May 13.15pm Biology Unit 1 22nd May 13.15pm Btec Scientific Skills Year 10 Field Trip to Flamborough 20th May Please ensure paperwork/payment is returned as soon as possible.

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.

School Blogs This week the spotlight is on the MFL blogTake a look!

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

Learners are aware of the planned revision classes that will be taking place right up until the end of their examinations and we ask that parents encourage them to attend these and to use their time whilst on study leave productively. Year 11 learners can also make use of the revision software 'GCSEpod' which they have been given information on that provides high quality, focused revision material across 20 popular GCSE subjects. We wish our Year 11 learners the very best in the examinations and their future education. We look forward to meeting with them on exam results day which will take place on Thursday 20th August between the hours of 10:00am 2.00pm.

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Nurture

Snippets...

Nurture continues to forge links with the charity Support Dogs. This charity

links to our Nurture provision as Support Dogs train dogs to assist people with

autism. Staff from Support dogs visited the school to give a talk about the

charity and attended the recent teaching and learning carnival. Future

fundraising events at the school will see a portion of the donated monies

given to Support Dogs. Watch this space!

Georgina Eyre (7BE) produced an excellent piece of work in history, she gives 100% every day and in every subject - keep it up Georgina!

Joseph Wike (7BE) produced some fantastic work in Geography - his use of high level vocabulary and connectives was really impressive - What a great learner!

Hannah McMullan (8PC) created an amazing wire cat sculpture good work! Archie Whitehead (7Nu) produced a great piece of art work, demonstrating great

noticing skills brilliant work!

Year 11 Study Leave

On Monday 8th June Year 11 learn-ers will officially commence their Study Leave. As there is a maths exam taking place in the morning we have planned a revision session for all Year 11 learners in their maths classrooms to begin at 8.45am. An assembly will take place imme-diately after the exam and will finish at approximately 12.15pm. Learners will then be allowed to make their way home or if they have a further exam remain in school. A dedicated space will be made available for those learners remain-ing in school to enable them to reflect on the morning and help focus and prepare for the after-noon exam.