27 march 2015

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

Friday 27 March 2015

COLLEGE PRAYER

SPECIALISM OF SUCCESS All Hallows is pleased to lead the northwest contribution to the Ensemble Languages Project. A project funded by the Department for Education to support languages teaching.

On 23 March All Hallows hosted training for teachers in primary. Delegates represented the following schools; Parkroyal, St Benedict's, St Paul's, St Alban's, Marlborough, Hollinhey, Gawsworth, Lords Indep School, Styal Primary, Bollinbrook, Adlington Primary, Wistaton Acdemy Trust, Astbury St Mary's, Old Moat Primary, Moston Lane Primary, Wimboldsley Community Primary, The King David Primary. Sessions were delivered by Hannah McGuire (St Benedict's) and Alice Harrison (All Hallows). Delegates responded well feeling well equipped to support language learning. "Excellent ideas! Easy to put into practice!"

PRAYER IN PREPARATION FOR EASTER Father God, as we enter this Holy Week, unite us to our sisters and brothers in need.

In the Cross of Jesus, help us to see that there is an end to suffering, that there is light in the darkness, and that there is always hope, even when things seem tough.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

YEAR 11 INTERVENTION PARENTS EVENING Wednesday 1 April 4:30 - 7:00. These parents who have received an invitation can now book appointments online via the Parental Gateway

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENTS CONSULTATION DAY Wednesday 13 May 2015 Year 7

Attend College Activity Day

Year 8

CONSULTATION DAY Reading Blog at home when not in for appointment

Year 9

Work Related Learning Reading Blog from home(Careers Theme)

Year 10

CONSULTATION DAY Reading Blog at home when not in for appointment

Year 11

Home Study—Science Revision Study in College/Exams

Sixth Form

Revision Day/ Private Study In College or at home

ECO FACTS 24 million tonnes of aluminium is produced annually, 51,000 tonnes of which ends up as packaging in the UK.

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

Friday 27 March 2015

FITNESS SUITE Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite.

Those students who have completed a Fitness Suite . Induction and wish to use the facilities must sign up on the day using the sign up sheet on the notice board in the Sports Hall. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, up to a maximum of 28 students for each session.

The following sessions are available: Monday - Y7/8 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.

The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second Tuesday - Y7/8 (girls only) until 4.30p.m. break).

Wednesday - Y9/10/11 (girls only) until 4.00p.m.

Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a memThursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30p.m. ber of the PE staff for more information.

Friday - Y9/10 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.

UPCOMING SPORTS FIXTURES MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 2015 Congratulations to our Year 7 football team on becoming 2015 Macclesfield and District Champions!

The team won 7-3 v Fallibroome Academy in the final.

Scorers: Zachary Box - 2, Liam Worthington - 3, Liam O'Connor - 1, Callum Speed- 1 Man of the Match: Zachary Box

YEAR 7 EMERGING SCHOOLS RUGBY

An inexperienced year 7 side competed well in the Emerging Schools tournament at Winnington Park Rugby Club. Many of the boys were playing in their first ever competitive rugby match and acquitted themselves well. The day ended on a real high with the boys scoring in the last minute of their last match to level the score and the game ended in a hard fought draw.

MVPs: Captain Adam Biddulph, Joe Millward and Robert Rowlinson Try scorers: Jacob Brown and Alex Puchalski EXCELLENT RESULTS FOR GIRLS UNDER 13 TRAMPOLINING

Congratulations to the Girls' Under 13 Trampolinists who won the Macclesfield District competition yesterday at Macclesfield Academy.

Overall individual 2nd place was awarded to Rebecca Mooney in Year 7 (captain).

Our Under 15 Girls also achieved 2nd place in their competition and did really well as a team.

Well done to all girls involved. They were an absolute credit to the PE Department and Mrs Ellicott was really proud of them all!

Under 13’s Under 15’s Rebecca Mooney Jess Earl Pippa Scott Sasha Forbes Lela Sky-Murphy Megan Morris Alena Poole Grace Whalley Anneka Forbes Hannah Potts

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Friday 27 March 2015

COLLEGE INTERNAL EXAMS / ASSESSMENTS

Year Group

Dates

Type

7,8,9

Monday 15 June 2015窶認riday 19 June 2015

End of Year Exam

10

Monday 15 June 2015窶認riday 26 June 2015

Assessment EXAM COUNTDOWN

There are 44 days left until the start of the Year 11, 12 & 13 exams.

SIXTH FORM MOCK EXAM RESITS

20 April option A 21 April option B 22 April option C

23 April option D 24 April option E Timetables will be issued on the 1 April

EXAM TIP

Do audio and video revision tapes work? - If used in combination with active learning techniques like note taking and self-testing, then tapes and videos are good revision aids PREPARATION EXAM WORK

Catering H&S

Tuesday 14th AM PM Y11 Y11

Dance

Y11 1:1 sign Y11 1:1 sign Y11 1:1 sign Y11 1:1 sign up up up up

Geography English Maths Science Languages Music English Literature Art and Textiles Product Design

Y11

Wednesday 15th AM PM Y11 Y11

Thursday 16th Friday 17th AM PM AM PM

Y12/Y13 Y11

Y11 Y11

Y11 ISA's Y11 ISA's Y11 Y11

Y11 Y12/13 Y11

Y11

Y11

Y11

Students are being offered the opportunity to improve/secure their knowledge in preparation of final examinations during the Easter Holidays.

Subject leaders will be writing to parents to provide further details. Year 8 interventions will be taking place on Tuesday 14 April and Wednesday 15 April

Y11 PARENT AS PARTNERS - SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD IN EXAMS

Supporting your child through their GCSE's can be difficult. One top tip is how to cope when your child falls behind with work. The solution would be to help them prioritise their work load and create a plan that helps get the balance right with college work and social time. To help with this all Year 11 students have been given a revision pack, that includes a revision timetable, which students are completing this week. Please ask to see the revision timetable your child will bring home and have a conversation around it. Future Link Publishing have also produced a useful guide for parents that contains 101 top tips to help. This can be accessed using the following link: http:// www.futurelinkpublishing.co.uk/publish/publications/GCSE.html.

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TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

DROP IN SESSIONS KS4/5 students 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.

Year 8 Retreat Wednesday 6 May - Friday 8 May 2015

DAY

SUBJECT

Italy Trip Saturday 23 May - 28 May 2015

Monday

Science/History/Languages/ Hospitality

Physics trip to CERN & Geneva Friday 5 June 2015 - 7 June 2015

Tuesday

Maths

History trip - London Sunday 7 June 2015 – 8 June 2015

Music/Geography

Normandy Trip Friday 12 June - 15 June 2015

Thursday

Other

ICT any break/lunch Business – by arrangement Art – by arrangement

Friday 27 March 2015

Rome Sunday 5 July - 8 July 2015

DUKE OF ENDINBURGH AWARD

Congratulations to those students who have made a commitment to work towards their Duke of Edinburgh award. Currently we have 35 students working on their bronze award, 21 on silver and 5 on gold. Thank you to those who attended the drop in last week with Steve Wilson and Nicky Young who are supporting the College with DofE. The next official drop in will be on Thursday 21 April at 1:15 - 2:00. More details to follow If in the meantime any students are unsure, need help or want more detail please see Mrs Connor.

Well done to all those who are uploading their evidence for each of the areas on eDofE. If you have not started to do this yet can you please have a go.You will need to have completed two of the three sections before the expedition. Again if you need help with this come and see Mrs Connor DUKE OF ENDINBURGH FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES 

Silver DoE practice expedition Friday 26 to Sunday 28 June 2015

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Silver DoE assessed expedition Friday 10 to Sunday 12 July 2015

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Bronze DoE practice expedition Saturday 12 and Sunday13 September 2015

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Bronze DoE assessed expedition Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2015

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Gold DoE practice expedition Thursday 24 to Monday 28 September 2015

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Gold DoE assessed expedition Thursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2015

Good luck and well done so far.

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Friday 27 March 2015

The following are the remaining dates for training days in 2014-15. Students are not required to attend on Friday 22 May 2015 unless taking an external exam.

Please note the College will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2015 COLLEGE TERM DATES Term

College Opens to Students

College Closes to Students

Easter

Monday 23 February 2015

Thursday 2 April 2015

Whitsun

Monday 20 April 2015

Thursday 21 May 2015

Trinity

Monday 1 June 2015

Tuesday 21 July 2015

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Year 7 - 97.4% (uo 0.4% on our previous week, well done Year 7 ) Year 8 - 96.1% (down 0.5%) Year 9 - 96.5% (no change) Year 10 - 93.3% (down 0.1%) Year 11 - 95.5% (down 0.7%) Year 12 - 95.8% (up 1.5%, well done Year 12) Year 13 - 93.3% (down 0.9%)

Attendance between Year 7 and Year 11 last week was 95.8% (a decrease from 95.9% during the previous week but the highest in the same week over the last 5 years). Our overall attendance since 2 September is still at 95.1%.We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance was 95.5% (down 0.2% on the previous week), BOYS attendance was 96.1% (down 0.1%). The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 94.7% whilst boys is 95.6%.

ATTENDANCE COMPETITION All students in Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 are challenged to full 100% attendance between Monday 23 March and Thursday 2 April. Those students who achieve this will entered into a prize draw for £25 worth of Amazon vouchers. The same competition was run for Year 7 and Year 8 last half term with Courtney-Paige Beeston in Year 8 winning the prize. This competition is a challenge to Key Stage 4 students to not let their attendance slip at the end of a term.

HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE

Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under new 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.

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 important issue.

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

Friday 27 March 2015

STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE NAME

JOB

Mrs J Pilling

Careers Advisor

Student Support Office

Mrs L Nolan

Visyon Counsellor

Student Support Office

Mrs J Jones

College Nurse

Student Support Office

Mrs P Shatwell

Family Support

Office next to rooms A9 and A10 Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)

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

MON

TUES

WED

Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince

THUR

FRI

VENUE

emails will be read by a Senior Teacher

= Staff Present 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 the 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.

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.

As a result of the change to the College day 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 (which started on Thursday 6 November). This is a recent change in procedures and moves the detention away from the form tutor and it will now be seen as a whole college issue.

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.

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. Priority is now with Year 10 students (now Year 11 have all been seen) and also with sixth form students. Students in Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 are welcome to attend her lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES” Year 7: held on 22 April (11.00.a.m.—11.45.a.m) and 3 June (11.00.a.m.—11.45.a.m) Year 8: held on 20 May (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.) and 8 July (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.)

Year 9: to be confirmed Year 10: held on 22 May (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m.) and 17 July (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m.)

Year 11: held on 27 April (2.15.p.m – 3.15.p.m) 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.

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

Friday 27 March 2015

LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK AMNESTY AND OVERDUE BOOKS

Once again, a polite reminder to students who have very overdue books. Please look for them and let Ms Sinclair know their whereabouts. All books returned are gratefully received!

Students who have borrowed books more recently should be noting the due date in their planners and/or on a calendar at home to make sure that all loans are returned on time.

Your support in this matter is much appreciated.

YEAR 7 GET BOOKBUZZ COMPETITION—DEADLINE EXTENDED

All year 7 students can enter our Bookbuzz competition by describing in no more than 100 words why books make them buzz! They should then hand their entries into the Library by Wednesday 1st April, making sure their name and tutor group is on the work. Winners will be able to choose one of the titles from this year's selection.

To look at the books in more detail, log onto: www.bookbuzz.org.uk. Good Luck!

CARNEGIE/KATE GREENAWAY SHADOWING GROUP

As a school we will be following the judging process of the UK's most prestigious children's book award by meeting as a group to discuss the shortlisted books. To find out more about the awards, log onto the main site: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/ There will be a meeting for any students (and staff) interested in joining the shadowing group Break 2 on Tuesday 31st of March in the library.

Our school shadowing site can be found if you click on this link: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ grouphomepages/index.php?GroupID=11283 Once our group gets started then the page will be regularly updated.

MARCH AUTHOR OF THE MONTH

Malorie Blackman is March Author of the Month in the library and there is a display of her novels available for loan. Why not read one over the Easter break?

Find out more about Malorie at http://www.malorieblackman.co.uk/ CHESHIRE SCHOOLS’ BOOK AWARD PICK OF THE WEEK

Half Bad by Sally Green (suitable for Year 9 readers upwards) Half Bad, Sally Green's debut novel, has been causing quite a stir and is on several book award shortlists. The plot centres round Nathan Byrne, who is half white witch and half black witch and has been kept caged since he was fourteen. In a society of hidden witches he is wanted by no one and hunted by everyone. It doesn't help that he has fallen for Annalise, a white witch and has to find Mercury, a black witch who eats boys, before he turns seventeen…

Ms Sinclair says, 'Half Bad is not your average romantic witchy novel, it is much more challenging and thought provoking. Would suit Twilight and John Green fans!'

Find out more at: http://www.halfbadworld.com/

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

Friday 27 March 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA

CATHOLIC WEEKEND CONFERENCE