1 July 2016

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Trinity Term

COLLEGE PRAYER

SPECIALISM SUCCESS

An Irish Prayer for troubled times May God give you...

For every storm, a rainbow, For every tear, a smile, For every care, a promise, And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends, A faithful friend to share, For every sigh, a sweet song, And an answer for each prayer.

Amen.

Y12 Career Ready students Patrick Bescoby (studying A Level Economics) and Meghan Iveson (studying The BTEC Diploma in Business) have both been interviewed for four week paid internships with Astra Zeneca and both have been successful in gaining placements in a very competitive field of applicants. Meghan will work as a HR Intern at Alderley Park and Patrick will work for The UK Benefits Team which is part of the UK Centre of Expertise in Global Human Resources based at Macclesfield. Meghan's duties will include working with the Lead for The Opportunities Centre to design and deliver workshops alongside working on the Reception desk and helping co-ordinate meetings and Patrick's duties will be multi disciplinary focusing on supporting the UK team, capturing key data and communicating the output via different media channels.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS As a Business and Enterprise College we encourage our students to dress in a business like fashion – ‘Dress for Success’. For this reason extremes of hair styles and hair colouring are not acceptable. If in doubt about which styles and colours are not acceptable please speak to your child’s Year Learning Leader.

DURING COLLEGE DROP IN SESSIONS 2015/16 SUBJECT

Year 7: New dates arriving soon Year 8: New dates arriving soon Year 9: New dates arriving soon Year 10: New dates arriving soon 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.

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 YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”

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THURSDAY FRIDAY

PERFORMING ARTS Tickets now on sale for ADIEMUS the beautiful musical score

by Karl Jenkins brought to life by the Inspire Choir and Dance Company. Please purchase tickets from reception.

Macbeth will be performed at All Hallows Catholic College on Friday 28th October 2016. Tickets available from reception after July 1st. Follow all events and Performing Arts productions on twitter @ahccperfarts.

IMPORTANT EXAM/TEST DATES GCE Results Day: Thursday 18 August 2016 GCSE Results Day: Thursday 25 August 2016

WEDDING AT ST ALBAN’S CHURCH Former students Djamila Dalibey and Matthew Lea (1998 - 2005) Matthew and Djamila were married at St Alban's Catholic Church last Saturday. We wish them Gods blessing on their marriage and for their future together.

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UPCOMING TRIPS/DATES /EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS June

TERM DATES 2015/2016 Term

College Open to Students

College Closes to Students

Trinity

Monday 6 June 2016

Tuesday 19 July 2016

The Lion King Production Wednesday 29—Saturday 2 July July Y12 UCAS Day Friday 1 July

TERM DATES 2016/2017

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

Term

College Open to Students

College Closes to Students

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

Y13 Leavers’ Dinner Friday 8 July

Trinity

Monday 5 June 2017

Friday 21 July 2017

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

Year 6 University Experience Monday 4—Wednesday 6 July Year 3 Retreat Thursday 7 July 9am-2.30pm

DEGREE SUCCESS Congratulations to Vicky Whelton who received a First in Pharmacy at Cardiff University.

Charlotte Johnstone who received First t in Psychology and Marketing Sheffield Hallam University.

Tom Burden who received First in Sports conditioning, rehabilitation and massage Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Samantha Clayton achieved a 2:1 in Law and Criminology at Sheffield University.

Beth Clayton achieved a 2:1 in Biomedical Science at Newcastle University and has been accepted to study medicine.

Niamh Columb who received a First in History at John Moores University.

Choir Tour UK Adiemus Friday 8—Sunday 10 July Year 6 Induction Day Friday 8 July 9am-3.30pm

History Trip London Monday 11 July—Tuesday 12 July KS3 Celebration Evening Wednesday 13 July 7-8.30pm Year 7, 8, 9 reports issued Year 10 Academic Reviews Issued Wednesday 13 July Choir Tour Malta Adiemus Thursday 14—Saturday 16 July History Trip Belgium Thursday 14 July—Sunday 17 July Year 6 and 7 Disco Friday 15 July 6.30-8.30pm

MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS Congratulations to all students who took part in the Maths Challenge this year. As a college we achieved 11 gold, 15 silver and 39 bronze certificates!

These students were the best in their year: Year 7 – Sam Job Year 8 – Jacob Brown Year 9 – Jack Croker Year 10 – James Westwood Year 12 – Aidan Hughes Year 13 – Thomas Bowers The following students also qualified for the next round of the Maths Challenge, a fantastic achievement, well done!

Year 7 Sam Job Year 8 Jacob Brown and Isaac Kennedy Year 9 Jack Croker, Conor More O’Ferrall, Aidan Arch, Charlie Marshall and Joseph France Year 13 Thomas Bowers

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ATTENDANCE MATTERS Year 7 - 94.9% (down 3.2% from last week) Year 8 - 92.8% (down 3.1%) Year 9 - 95.2% (down 1.2%) Year 10 - 95.4% (down 0.7%) Year 12 - 83.2% (down 6.3% due to authorised student study leave) Attendance between Year 7 and Year 10 last week was 94.5% (down 2.1% on last week and also 0.6% lower than the same time last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September 2015 remains at 95.6%. We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-10) was 94.8% (down 2.4% on last week), BOYS attendance (Years 7-10) was 94.2% (down 1.8% on last week). Since 2 September 2015 boys attendance between Years 7-11 is 95.7% and girls attendance between Years 7-11 is 95.4%

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

TUES

WED

FRI

VENUE Student Support Office Student Support Office Student Support Office Office between rooms A9 and A10

Education Welfare

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

THUR

Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building) emails will be read by a Senior Teacher

= Staff Present

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS U13 Table Tennis (2B 2G)

TBC

Year 7/8 Tennis(2B 2G)

8,15,22,29 June3pm – 5pmWilmslow HS

OrienteeringYear 7 BoysYear 7 Girls

18th JuneFallibroome1pm – 4pm

Yr 9 Rounders

17th June4pmWilmslow HS

Year 7 Quad Kids (Team of 10 5 b and 5 G)

25 June 4-6pmKnutsford Ac

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RECOMMENDED CARNEGIE READ

Recommended Read from 2016 Carnegie Nominated Books: The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by Patrick Ness 'Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend might just be the God of mountain lions...'

An interesting read, like all Patrick Ness' books. Full of unusual characters and happenings! Suitable for students in year 8 and above.

This month I will be recommending the best of the Carnegie Shortlist for 2016 and a previous winner.

Previous winner: Tamar by Mal Peet. Winner in 2005 'When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century earlier. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War. Unravelling it will transform the younger Tamar's life... ' Mal Peet is consider one the finest writers for young people and this book is beautifully written with a breath taking ending. Suitable for confident year 8 students upwards.

LIBRARY DISPLAYS Don't forget we now have multiple copies of all the books on the Carnegie Medal shortlist, as well as a selection of previous winners.

For more information about this most prestigious of children's book awards, log onto: www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk

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

For a topical read why not log on to: http:// www.literacytrust.org.uk/resources/ practical_resources_info/7175_over_the_line_2016 where author Tom Palmer will be publishing a daily chapter of 'Over the Line' a Euro and WW1 inspired story. Copies are available in the library to read.

There is also a display of books related to two of the summer's other great sporting events: Wimbledon and the Rio Olympics.

OVERDUE BOOKS Overdue Library Books As the end of the school year fast approaches we will be starting to check the library stock and therefore, would appreciate any overdue books returning as soon as possible.

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.

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