23 March 2017 Dear Parents/Carers I write to you as we approach the Easter break. Red Nose Day: We ask pupils to support us this year with Red Nose Day by wearing an item of “red” on the non-uniform day Friday 24 March. Pupils are asked to donate £1 to the charity. Going The Extra Mile – Cake Sale: We will also have a cake sale on Friday which will raise monies for Autism Awareness and is being led by Daniel Giles in Year 8. Daniel has, over the last two years, raised over £2,400 and is attempting to achieve a total of £3,000 for this year. We ask if pupils and parents can support the cake sale on Friday then we are sure Daniel will be one step closer to his goal. Year 11 Mock Exams & Revision: Year 11 pupils are in the middle of their mock exams. Thank you to all the parents who joined us on Tuesday of this week for the Elevate Education evening session. The year 11 pupils will have a further session with Elevate when we return from the Easter break on Memory and Mnemonics, to further support revision closer to the exams. Further information and tips are available at https://ukstudent.elevateeducation.com/study-tips Next week is the start of week 8 of their 12 week revision plan. In addition we will share the revision sessions for the Easter break with pupils and parents next week. Please encourage / force your son or daughter to attend the relevant sessions for their exam course. Careers Fayre: Our annual Careers Fayre for pupils in Years 8 to 11 will take place on Thursday 30 March at school. Pupils will access the fayre during part of their lesson on Thursday as part of the schools’ careers advice and guidance element of the PSHCE curriculum. Year 9 Options: Year 9 Options Evening is on Thursday 27 April 4.30-7 p.m. Further education colleges will be present to also advise pupils in their choices on the next steps of their education. Open Evening: Thank you to all the pupils and parents who supported our Spring Open Evening last week. It was really well attended and many of our prospective parents will have had the opportunity to meet and listen to Miss Blakeley about her new role as Head of School from September. Art Exhibition: Last week many of our pupils were exhibited at the South Ribble Art Exhibition. We had 10 pupils awarded (K Walker, J Standring, B Robinson, H Brindle, N Andrews, Z Reeves, L Nicolls, S Ozola) with 2 receiving highly commended awards: P Shaw and Cawtherley. Well done to our talented, artistic superstars.
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London Trip: We hope our Year 10 and 11 pupils have a great Rewards Trip over the Easter break when they visit the sights and sounds of London. End of term: We finish at 12.30 p.m. next Friday for the Easter break and return to school at 8.55 a.m. on Tuesday 18 April. Thank you for your support and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the school. Yours sincerely
Mr P Tolson Headteacher
Dates for the diary: Year 11 Mock Exams
Monday 20 – Friday 24 March 2017
Year 7 Parents’ Evening
4.30-7.00 p.m., Thursday 23 March 2017
Easter Holiday – End of term
Friday 31 March 2017 – Early finish 12.30 p.m.
Year 10 & 11 London Reward Trip
Monday 10 – Wednesday 12 April 2017.
Return to School
8.55am Tuesday 18 April 2017
Year 9 Options Evening
4.30-7 p.m., Thursday 27 April 2017
School Closed - Bank Holiday
Monday 1 May 2017
Year 11 Written GCSE’s Start
Monday 15 May 2017
Summer Half-term break
Monday 29 May - Friday 2 June 2017
New Year 7 Welcome Evening
Monday 19 June 2017
Year 10 Runshaw - Sampling Day
Thursday 22 June 2017
Year 11 Valedictory Celebration
Friday 30 June 2017
Paris Trip
Monday 3 – Thursday 6 July 2017
School Closes for Summer
Friday 21 July 2017
For full list of Holiday dates and INSET days please see the Website
