10 June 2016

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Trinity Term

Friday 10 June 2016

COLLEGE PRAYER

SPECIALISM SUCCESS Thirty students from Years 8 and 9, who participated in the Spanish trip to Andalucía, were a credit to the College. Students spent 5 days immersed in Spanish language and culture, including attending Mass in Spanish. They stayed with families and really improved their language skills as well as deepening their understanding of Spanish culture. Students reported being so accustomed speaking Spanish that it would be strange to speak English again.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS: Parents, we ask for your support with ensuring students understand about respecting the personal space of others. At College we have a 'no touch rule'. We emphasise to students that over enthusiastic or overly boisterous 'play' can sadly spiral too quickly into more dangerous or more provocative behaviour which needs to be sanctioned. We ask your support in making sure that students understand the purpose of this and the reasons it is in place.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and light up in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer for Europe and for those recently Confirmed PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES” Year 7: New dates arriving soon Year 8: Tuesday 28th June 2pm – 3pm Year 9: Friday 24th June 2pm-2.45pm Year 10: Monday 13th June 9am -10am These are for parents who would like to discuss any concerns relating to their child. No appointment is necessary but please be prepared to wait. Please contact our Pastoral Assistant (Pastoral@allhallows.org.uk 01625 410285 x215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH DofE Update: Silver Expedition is on Friday 10th-Sunday 12th of June. Please contact Miss Mellor or Miss Clark for further information.

REVISION JUNE

History

Saturday 11th June 9:00am – 12:00

Mr McCaul

IMPORTANT EXAM/TEST DATES Date 4 May – 29 Jun 2016 13 Jun – 17 Jun 2016 13 Jun – 24 Jun 2016

Exam/Test GCE/GCSE Public Exams Y7,8 & 9 Mock Exams Y10 Assessments

GCE Results Day: Thursday 18 August 2016 GCSE Results Day: Thursday 25 August 2016 ENGLAND V WALES "The England v Wales game on Thursday 16th June will be screened in the Assembly Hall. Tickets are 50p in advance from form tutors. All proceeds will go to the India clinic.

Parents should note that this programme finishes at approximately 4.30pm ie after the end of the College day.

Please ensure that transport arrangements are in place for your child should you allow them to remain until the end of the fixture. It will not be possible to run extra late buses, families will be expected to make their own transport arrangements."

Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates: Tuesday 21 June 2016, 9am - 10am Friday 1 July 2016, 9am - 10am There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait.

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UPCOMING TRIPS/DATES /EVENTS TERM DATES 2016/2017 Term

College Open to Student

College Closes to Student

Trinity

Monday 6 June 2016

Tuesday 19 July 2016

Michaelmas

Tuesday 6 September 2016 (Year 7, 12 and 13 in only) Wednesday 7 September 2016 (All students in)

Friday 28 October 2016

Christmas

Monday 7 November 2016

Friday 16 December 2016

Epiphany

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Friday 17 February 2017

Easter

Monday 27 February 2017

Friday 31 March 2017

Whitsun

Tuesday 18 April 2017

Friday 26 May 2017

Trinity

Monday 5 June 2017

Friday 21 July 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS

June

July

Y6 Parents’ Afternoon tea (SEN) Monday 13 June 2-3pm

HPV Vaccinations Y8 girls Wednesday 22 June

Y12 UCAS Day Friday 1 July

Year 6 Parents’ Evening Monday 11 July 7-8.30pm

Y5 All Hallows Experience Monday 13—Friday 17 June

Y6 Parents’ Afternoon Tea Thursday 23 June 2-23pm

History Trip London Monday 11 July—Tuesday 12 July

Y7,8,9 Exams Start Monday 13 June

China Trip Friday 24 June— Friday 1 July

Arts Festival Evening Monday 4—Tuesday 5 July 6pm-7.30pm

Y10 Assessment Weeks Monday 13—Friday 24 June

Y11 Prom Friday 24 June

Y5 Introduction Evening Thursday 16 June 6-8pm

PTA Blackpool Pleasure Beach Saturday 25 June

Y5 Open Morning Friday 17 June 9.30-11am

The Lion King Production Wednesday 29—Saturday 2 July Y4 All Hallows Experience Thursday 30 June 10—2:30pm Y12 Parents Higher Education Evening Thursday 30 June 7pm

DURING COLLEGE DROP IN SESSIONS 2015/16 SUBJECT

TIME

MONDAY

GCSE ICT Break 1 &Break 2 RE Intervention Break 2 Geography Intervention Break 2

TUESDAY

Art Drop in Science Drop-in

Break 2 Break 2

Art Drop in

Break 2

Art Drop in Science Drop-in

Break 2 Break 2

Health and Social Care Business Studies

Break 1 Break 1

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Year 6 University Experience Monday 4—Wednesday 6 July

KS3 Celebration Evening Wednesday 13 July 7-8.30pm

Year 3 Retreat Thursday 7 July 9am-2.30pm

Year 7, 8, 9 reports issued Year 10 Academic Reviews Issued Wednesday 13 July

Choir Tour UK Adiemus Friday 8—Sunday 10 July

Choir Tour Malta Adiemus Wednesday 14—Saturday 16 July

Year 6 Induction Day Friday 8 July 9am-3.30pm

History Trip Belgium Thursday 14 July—Sunday 17 July

Y13 Leavers’ Dinner Friday 8 July

Year 6 and 7 Disco Friday 15 July 6.30-8.30pm

CHESHIRE SHOW On 21 June we will be leaving college at 9am and arrive back for 3:30pm. Places are limited, letters must be collected from Mrs Needham in order to get names put on to parent pay. The cost is £16 per student.

PERFORMING ARTS Keep up to date with the performing arts faculty's events, shows, news and reviews by following us on TWITTER @AHCCPERFARTS

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ATTENDANCE MATTERS Over the last week of College attendance was as follows: Year 7 - 95.1% (down 1.2%) Year 8 - 94.2% (down 0.4%) Year 9 - 93.6% (down 0.9%) Year 10 - 94.1% (down 1.4%) Year 11 - 91.5% (up 1.3%) Attendance between Year 7 and Year 11 last week was 93.7% (down 0.3% on last week and 1.3% lower than the same time last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September 2015 falls 0.1% to 95.1%. Our overall attendance across Years 7-11 to 31 May was 95.2%. We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-11) was 93.8% (up 0.5% on last week), BOYS attendance (Years 7-11) was 93.5% (down 1.3% on last week). Since 2 September 2015 boys attendance between Years 7-11 is 95.4% and girls attendance between Years 7-11 is 94.8% CHANGES TO ATTENDANCE POLICY From September 2015 the College has changed the definition of “persistent absence” we use to include those students who are under 90% attendance. This is in line with national guidelines and increases the threshold from 85% at present.

MEDICAL ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence, school policy now requires that any student who accumulates 7 or more days of absence during the course of the academic year will be asked to provide medical confirmation of the need to be absent before any further absences are authorised for medical reasons. This is a necessary measure as we closely monitor absence due to illness / medical reasons in order that we can ensure students are supported where needed.

For your information medical confirmation does not have to be a doctor's note but can also take the form of a medical appointment card, a copy of a relevant dated prescription or evidence of medication being taken.

If no medical evidence is provided then the absence will be coded as unauthorised. Ten or more unauthorised absences may result in you receiving a Fixed Penalty Notice. This incurs a penalty of £60 per parent / carer to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty.

The link between attendance and achievement is well researched and documented and students should be aiming for an attendance rate of no less than 97% over the year. Thank you for your continued support with this importance issue.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY Students must sign out at the Attendance Office before leaving College to attend a medical appointment. When they return to College the student must sign back in. This ensures registers will be accurate and we know the student is off site should we have a fire alarm.

The Attendance Office is located in an office along the RE corridor. We thank parents for making medical appointments, where possible, that do not take up a whole day of schooling. This often allows a student to have their legal registration mark for both morning and afternoon sessions and so their overall attendance does not fall.

HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE Holiday absence from College - please see our website for an update on holidays regarding the recent High Court ruling.

Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under legislation on all English schools. Requests for holidays must still be made in writing to the appropriate Key Stage leader (Mrs Garvey KS5, Mr Blades KS4/KS3), but in the vast majority of cases they will be unauthorised. A Fixed Penalty Notice may be issued of £60 per parent / carer per student, to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty. Please can all holiday requests be made well in advance of the holiday being taken if not before the holiday is booked.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS AT ALL HALLOWS - 100% ATTENDANCE COMPETITION Students across Years 7 to 11 will be challenged to have 100% attendance once again as part of an attendance competition. This helped attendance to be raised last year and the prizes proved popular amongst students.

Students will enter a prize draw for Amazon gift vouchers if they have 100% attendance for the 2 weeks leading up to a specific holiday.

Years 7 to 10 - 100% attendance for 2 weeks leading up to the end of the summer term in July (£50 voucher) Attendance matters at All Hallows and the link between attendance and achievement is well known and shared with our students. Mr Blades, Assistant Principal

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STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE 2015/16 NAME Mrs J Pilling Mrs L Nolan Mrs R Czerwinski

JOB MON Careers Advisor Visyon Counsellor College Nurse

Mrs P Shatwell

Family Support

Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince

Education Welfare

bullying@allhallowslearning.org.uk beingme@allhallowslearning.org.uk esafety@allhallowslearning.org.uk

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VENUE Student Support Office Student Support Office Student Support Office Office between rooms A9 and A10 Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)

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CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS If any parent would like their son or daughter to have a careers interview with Mrs Pilling, our Careers Advisor, this year then please notify the relevant Year Learning Leader who can ensure names are added to the list. Mrs Pilling will prioritise Year 10-13, but students in Years 7-9 are welcome to attend her Thursday lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS Most students appreciate the importance of being in College on time. Children who are regularly late do miss out on their education and form bad habits that will not be tolerated in the workplace.

We need to inform parents that students must be in the registration form class for the register to be taken at 8.45a.m. This means students should arrive 5-10 minutes earlier in College to be on time.

Any student who arrives after 8.45a.m. will receive a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention to be held each Thursday.

Any student who arrives after 9.05a.m. will receive a U code. This means they will be classed as absent for the whole morning and this may have consequences for overall attendance.

We are aware that College buses are sometimes late and we can confirm these students are not negatively marked in the register when this happens.

Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

Gates are manned by members of staff and names will be taken of those students who are late.

ROUNDERS RESULTS Year 7 v Tytherington Lost 8 1/2 - 12 Player of the Match Maddie Whitehurst Year 8 v Tytherington Lost 3 1/2 - 5 Player of the Match Grace Dawson Year 9/10 v Tytherington Lost 3 1/2 - 12 1/2 Player of the Match Katie Whyatt Year 7 v Knutsford Won 7 - 6 1/2 Player of the Match Ruby Hamilton Year 8 v Knutsford Lost 14 - 8 Player of the Match Millie Risely

Year 7 v Poynton Won 16 - 9 1/2 Player of the Match Ruby Hamilton Year 8 v Poynton Lost 9 - 16 1/2 Player of the Match Molly McNicholas Year 9 v Poynton Won 10 - 9 1/2 Player of the Match Nita Turner

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Friday 10 June 2016

RECOMMENDED READ

Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders.

'This book is an incredible, heart-wrenching sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It, set on the eve of the First World War. The five children have grown up - war will change their lives for ever. Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar and Jane is at high school. The Lamb is the grown up age of 11, and he has a little sister, Edith, in tow. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories...until he suddenly reappears. The siblings are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead is here for a reason, and his magic might have a more serious purpose. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed, and the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint - factory-workers, soldiers and sailors, nurses and the people left at home, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.'

This month I will be recommending the best of the Carnegie Shortlist for 2016

NEW IN - CARNEGIE SHORTLISTED BOOKS We now have multiple copies of all the books on the Carnegie Medal shortlist. For more information about this most prestigious of children's book awards, log onto: www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.

LIBRARY DISPLAYS New library displays: Euro 2016 - find out about all the countries playing in the tournament, as well as lots of football related facts.

If you want a topical read, log on to: http:// www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0003/2219/ Over_the_Line_2016_Chapter_1.pdf where author Tom Palmer has published the first chapter of his Euro and WW1 inspired football story. Each day during the tournament a new chapter will be published to reflect the action on the pitch.

OVERDUE BOOKS A polite reminder that library books are issued for two weeks to KS3/4 students and three weeks to those in KS5, but can be renewed up to three times. Students who want to renew their books can just stop by the library and let Ms Sinclair know.

College Advertisements Educational Psychology Team Drop-in Sessions 2015/16 Parents, carers and education professionals; do you have any questions or concerns about the well-being, behaviour, learning or development of your child or a child that you work with? (Parental consent required for staff). ‘Drop in’ and speak to an Educational Psychologist. We will be holding free 45 minutes sessions for parents/carers and educational professionals in Children’s Centres in June 2016; booking is recommended. Conversations tend to be more open and productive without the focus child present; please do not feel you need to bring your child out of school. Pre-school children MAY be able to join a session on a one-off basis if no alternative child care facilities are available. Please enquire with the individual centre when booking. If you have any questions please contact The Educational Psychology Team, Macclesfield Town Hall (Floor 1) SK10 1EA Tel: 01625 374794 educational.psychologists@cheshireeast.gov.uk Please telephone the host Children’s Centre to book an appointment and please let them know if you cannot attend.

The Brooks (01270 371200) 15th June 9.15-12.15

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