10 january 2015

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All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Epiphany Term Friday 9 January 2015 COLLEGE PRAYER

The Baptism of the Lord Almighty ever-living God, when Christ was baptised in the River Jordan and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him, You declared him your beloved Son. Grant that we, your children, reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, may always be pleasing to you. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

SPECIALISM SUCCESS All Hallows was pleased to welcome languages experts locally and from across the country for the second meeting of the group working on the DFE funded Ensemble project. We welcomed: Elaine Taylor, former Ofsted National Lead for languages; Therese Comfort, former head of primary at CILT, the National Centre for Languages Bridget; Smith, Subject Expert for Modern Foreign Languages for the Welsh Government; Sacha Humphreys, Headteacher, St Mary's Congleton; Amanda Murphy, Languages Lead Park Royal, Macclesfield Hannah McGuire, languages specialist, St Benedict's, Wilmslow; Mia Goodchild, Primary Language Specialist, All Hallows Learning Community; Alice Harrison, Director of Language Specialism, All Hallows Catholic College. The group are working on materials to support primary colleagues with ensuring progression and effective assessment in languages. Work is greatly enhanced by having a combination of national experts working alongside classroom practitioners.

LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY AMNESTY

Having recently swapped library management systems, the College librarian needs to make sure that our library stock is up to date. Therefore, if all overdue library books can all students and staff return as soon as possible, it doesn't matter how long ago they were taken out! There is a returns box on the desk in the top library where they can be left or they can be handed in to Ms Sinclair. Your support in this matter is much appreciated. BOOK GROUPS

I have set up two groups: the Text Factor book group for Year 7 students and Page Turners for Year 8 & 9 students. If any students are interested in joining they should see Ms Sinclair in the Library. COMPETITIONS

I am currently running two competitions open to Year 7 & 8 students with prizes of Wimpy Kid and Dork diaries to be won. All details are available from form tutors, English teachers or the Library. The deadline is Friday 16th January.

AWARDS EVENING Our Annual certificates and Awards evening was held in College on Thursday 18 December, with guest speaker former Student and First Head Boy Mr John Smith. As a College we joined parents in recognising with pride the achievements of our students in external examinations in June 2014. The College also awarded subject prizes to students in recognition of their outstanding achievement. The winners of the awards were as follows

Fine Art: S. Threlfall Art Textiles: E. Auty Biology: S. White Business Studies: K. Wright and J. Cotterill Business and Economics: W. Burgess and T. Llewellyn Chemistry: M. Elkommos Dance: S. Rutter Design and Technology: S. Lomas Drama & Theatre Studies: C. Levett– Smith English Language: N. Brazier English Literature: J. Taylor EPQ: M. McFahn General Studies: R. Horner Geography: C. Shasby

History: K. O’Gara ICT BTEC: M. Ford Level 2 Vocational Award: L. Riddell Maths: M. McFahn Further Maths: M. McFahn MFL—French: S. White MFL—Spanish: F. Slater Music: E. Auty Music Technology: N. Rodgers Physics: J. Harper Philosophy and Ethics: J. Bailey Psychology: K. O’Gara Sociology: C. Levett Smith

Sports and Exercise Science: K. Wright Sportsman of the Year: T. Priest Sportswoman of the Year: O. Howland Social Enterprise Award: C. Shasby The William Blackledge Award for Endeavour: A. Loxham The Award for Vocational Achievement: J Tomko and J. Cotterill The Canon Dwyer Award for Academic Excellence: S. White The Millennium House Cup: More


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