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DARTON COLLEGE

24th April 2015

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Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News

It has been another busy week

at Darton! I was fortunate

enough to meet with our

Student Voice learners this

week who brought with them a

number of issues that they

wanted to discuss. I never

cease to be amazed at how

perceptive our learners are

and how honest! Fortunately

they brought lots of positives to

my attention and we were

able to discuss and plan for

changes in some areas raised.

What a fantastic bunch!

Today we have welcomed Mel

Fisher from Worsbrough

Common into school. Mel is

working with Mrs Dickinson to

create a video to show a day

in a life of a Year 7 learner to

support our transition process.

I am delighted that we have

successfully recruited 3 new

teachers this week who will join

our English and Maths

departments from September.

Year 11 preparation for exams

c o n t i n u e s , m o d e r a t i o n

activities have successfully

taken place in Drama and PE

and it was wonderful to hear

of our learners preparation for

their speaking and listening

exam - check out our Ethic of

Excellence blog to hear a great

example!

Finally it was great to see so

many parents support the

creative department Year 8

exhibition - it was fantastic!

Huge thanks to all the staff who

worked so hard to pull it all

together.

I hope you all have a great

weekend and that the sunshine

doesnt completely disappear!

Kate Davies, Principal

PS Year 11 learners make sure

you revise and complete your

Closing the Gap work!

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: Communication News

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

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Important Dates

Reminder - all orders for Year

11 leavers photographs need

to be submitted no later than

30th April.

May Bank Holiday - Monday

4th May (school closed all day

to learners and staff).

Exams start 5th May - learners

have been given their time-

table, seating plans to be

handed out next week.

School Blogs Have you seen our school blogs? Since September we have been working hard with staff and learners to populate our departmental blogs! Have a look at what we have been doing this term!

Creative Blog Nurture Blog

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 login.

If you have any difficulties please do not hesitate to contact the college where a member of staff will be able to assist you.

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Snippets...

Nurture

Katie Senior (11GR) gave 100% in her French speak and listening work.

Wen Da Liu (11GN) nailed his Mandarin written work this week giving 110%

Sharleigh Osbourn (7BT), Sophie Willets (7BT) and Aaliyah Crowther (7BN) produced some wonderful pieces of work in Geography - well done!

Our Year 7 Nurture group have started work on the college garden

this week. The idea of their latest project is to work as a team to

cultivate the area to grow vegetables and plants. They have also

been researching the best ways to grow different types of plants

and are really looking forward to watching the area develop!

Communication - New on-line reporting feature

This week the college intro-duced a new feature within the schoolcomms system which when fully implemented will allow parents and learners to view information and receive notifications on attendance, behaviour and attainment. It will also allow parents and learners the ability to view their timetable, and inform us when contact information has changed e.g. mobile phone numbers. Please ensure you have downloaded the App by following the instructions here -