6 march 2015

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term Friday 6 March 2015 COLLEGE PRAYER A prayer for Lent Jesus I pray that you will walk with me Along my Pilgrim journey.

When I grow weary Lord Comfort me with your Holy Spirit.

In my trials Lord, walk with me When the shades of life are falling.

In my sorrows and joys, Lord walk with me As I place my soul in your hands.

Give me grace to serve you Jesus As I walk towards eternity.

In your name Jesus.

Amen.

SPECIALISM SUCCESS

Congratulations to Y12 BTEC Business Event Organisers who have successfully organised The Time to Change Final Celebration to be held at All Hallows on 11 March 2015. In their role as event organisers they have organised a venue, catering, resources and a programme for the day whilst at the same time considering health and safety issues, legal matters and event evaluation. KS2 students from 7 local primary school will compete to be The Winning School of The Time to Change Competition 2015 by responding to a challenge set by students based on a Fair Trade theme which will require them to demonstrate both enterprise and foreign language skills. The winners will be announced in this Newsletter in 2 weeks time.

TIME 2 CHANGE We look forward to welcoming participating winning teams to The Romero Centre of All Hallows Catholic College on 11 March 2015. The Programme and timings for drop off and pick up of students at Reception is in the link below. Students do not need to be accompanied by teachers. Lunch is provided for students at no charge. Headteachers/Teachers delivering The Project are invited to attend to see the final presentations. If any staff arrive before the presentations start, light refreshment will be provided.

For more information please visit: http://www.allhallows.org.uk/about-us/college-news-2/press-releases/t2c-final-celebration-2015/ PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates Wednesday 11 March '15, 9a.m. - 10a.m.

Tuesday 24 March '15, 3.45pm - 4.45pm There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENT CONSULATION 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 for at home

CATHOLIC WEEKEND CONFERENCE

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term COLLEGE INTERNAL EXAMS / ASSESSMENTS

Year Group

Dates

Type

12&13

Friday 6 March 2015—Friday 13 March 2015

Mock Exam

10

Monday 16 March 2015—Friday 20 March 2015

Mock Exam

7,8,9,11

Monday 16 March 2015—Friday 27 March 2015

Assessment

7,8,9

Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 19 June 2015

End of Year Exam

10

Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 26 June 2015

Assessment EXAM COUNTDOWN

There are 55 days left until the start of the Year 11, 12 & 13 exams. On the resit day 7 February, student attended across Maths, English and Science. There will be further resits in other subjects on Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 of March for students for one or more grade below flight paths in their mock exams. For all Year 11 students a revision booklet is available on the College website under “student revision” further details will be sent shortly to parents of those students required to resit.

EXAM TIP

Can’t cope with lists of language vocab and verbs? Break the list into groups of 5 & 8 words and meaning and revise one group a day. Every four days, test yourself by reciting and writing all the words and meanings you have learned.

Any incorrect ones should be added to the next group.

PARENT AS PARTNERS - HAIRSTYLE Parents are reminded that the College has a strict policy on hair styles and colour. Extremes of hair style and unnatural colours are not allowed and students will be asked to conform to the policy. To avoid unnecessary expense and disagreements, please can parents ensure their children do not push the boundaries. Back-combing/untidy hair is not allowed as it presents a danger to health and safety in science laboratories and practical workshops. Long hair should be capable of being tied back when necessary. Close-shaved hair styles and 'carved' hair styles are not allowed. The overriding principle is that we all 'dress for success', that is in a smart fashion, which reflects our ethos as a Catholic Business and Enterprise College

PARENTAL GATEWAY

Reports for Years 7 to 13 are now available to view on the Parental Gateway. Reports will all be issued in this electronic format unless a paper copy is requested. Tasc Software, the makers of the software we use, are now offering access to the Parent Gateway using an app for iPhones, iPads (iOS 8.1 minimum) and also most Android devices. The app can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store by searching ‘Tasc Insight’ and costs £2.49. The Parental Gateway is also accessible for free from any internet enabled device through common web browsers using your user name and password.

PARENT PAY When topping up your child’s school meals account with ParentPay, please can we ask that you are extra vigilant that you top up the School Meals account and not the College Shop account? We have had a few instances of this and unfortunately, we cannot transfer the money on the College Shop account to the School Meals account because the canteen is managed by a third party.

The account for the Pod in the Quad is called “College Shop”.

The account for the canteen is called “School Meals for All Hallows Catholic College” Many thanks, Finance.

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term Drop-in session KS4/5 students 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.

TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS Year 7, 9 and 11 Assessment Week Monday 16 March 2015

DAY

SUBJECT

Monday Tuesday

Science/History/Languages/ Hospitality Maths

Thursday

Music/Geography

Year 7 Manchester University Trip Wednesday 23 March 2015

Other

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

Year 8 Retreat Wednesday 6 May - Friday 8 May 2015

The bbg Fairtrade bake-off Thursday 5 - Friday 6 March 2015 Year 12 and 13 Mock Exam Week Friday 6 March - Friday 13 March

Year 10 Maths Fest Wednesday 18 March 2015

Italy Trip Saturday 23 May 2015 Normandy Trip Friday 12 June 2015

Year 11 photos Tuesday 10 March 2015 Year 12 Higher Education Conference + Buddhist Centre Friday 13 March 2015

ECO FACT

A report on the production of carrier bags made from recycled rather than virgin polythene concluded that the use of recycled plastic resulted in the following environmental benefits: - reduction of energy consumption by two-thirds - production of only a third of the sulphur dioxide and half of the nitrous oxide - reduction of water usage by nearly 90% - reduction of carbon dioxide generation by two-and-a-half times

FAIRTRADE FACT

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More than 1.4 million farmers and workers in Fairtrade Over 1,140 producer organisations worldwide 23% of Fairtrade farmers and workers are women Over 23 million is generated from Fairtrade sales in the UK

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term 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 11 march (11.00a.m. – 11.45a.m.)

Year 8: held on 25 March (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.)

Year 9: held on 16 March (9.00a.m. – 10.00a.m.)

Year 10: held on 27 March (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m.)

Year 11: held on 24 March (9.45a.m. – 10.45a.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 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.

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

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 - 97.2% (down 0.4%, on our previous week) Year 8 - 96.4% (up 0.9%, well done Year 8) Year 9 - 95.2% (down 3.2%) Year 10 - 92.8% (down 1.9%) Year 11 - 94.5% (up 1.9%, well done Year 11) Year 12 - 92.3% (down 3.1%) Year 13 - 93.9% (down 0.4%)

98.00% 97.00% 96.00% 95.00% 94.00% 93.00% 92.00% 91.00% 90.00%

89.00% YEAR 7

YEAR 8

YEAR 9

YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 YEAR 13

Attendance last week was 95.3% (a decrease from 95.8% during the previous week and 0.1% lower than the same week last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September is at 95.1%.We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance was 94.7% (down from 95.6% during the previous week), BOYS attendancewas 95.8% (down from 96.0%) The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 94.6% whilst boys is 95.5%.

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 LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK AMNESTY AND OVERDUE BOOKS

A big thank you to those students who have searched high and low, returning their books. There are still many outstanding, particularly popular fiction titles, so if students could look again that would be much appreciated! Also, if students have borrowed books recently, they should be checking the date label to make sure their book is back on time. Students in Years 7 -11 can have two books out over two weeks, while 6th form students can have 3 over 3 weeks. Books are renewable, providing another reader doesn't want the book. Students should come to the library and renew the book with Ms Sinclair.

GAMES CLUBS AND LEGO CLUBS

Thanks to a generous grant from the PTA we have purchased a range of board games that will be available to students over the coming weeks at lunchtimes. We also have some Lego and K'nex to support a Lego Club open to students who are interested in model making. More details to follow through tutor groups.

CHESHIRE SCHOOLS’ BOOK AWARD PICK OF THE WEEK

Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman.

Current Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman has combined a fast paced adventure with a dramatic picture of a dystopian society in her latest novel, 'Noble Conflict'. Hero, Kaspar Wilding, is a Guardian - a peacekeeper and is forced has to question everything he has ever been told about the world he lives in. Why? The Insurgets living in the Badlands are the enemies he is sworn to defeat but what if they are all they seem? Recommended for confident year 8 readers upwards. Log onto Malorie Balckman's website for more details: http:// www.malorieblackman.co.uk/index.php/noble-conflict-2/

WORLD BOOK TOKENS

All students will receive a £1 book token that they can use to buy one of the special £1 books produced for World Book Day. More details can be found on www.worldbookday.com, where there is also lots of other book related information.

The tokens can also be used towards payment of a book costing £2.99 or more, including books from the Teen Bookclub leaflets distributed to tutor groups during the week. To order, you will need to click on the link below, put your purchases in a basket and pay securely. Books will then be delivered to school and students notified. All books are discounted and every purchase allows the library to collect commission to choose new stock for the students to borrow.

Teen Bookclub order login: http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/all-hallows-catholic

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

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 member Thursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30p.m. of the PE staff for more information.

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

UPCOMING SPORTS FIXTURES GIRLS NETBALL WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH

Fallibroome Academy

3:30pm

Away

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

Eaton Bank Academy

3:30pm

Away

PE NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS

Please make sure students are bringing appropriate clothing to their PE lessons if they are on an outdoor lesson. During extreme weather (and extreme cold conditions as it has been recently) parents are reminded that students can and are advised to wear the following: All Hallows PE trousers (plain black joggers/tracksuit bottoms will also be allowed during the cold weather) All Hallows Black jacket (or a plain black sports jacket/waterproof) All Hallows black fleece Hats (black/dark in colour/plain) Gloves (black/dark in colour/plain) Under-armour/skins/undergarments - as long as red/black or white in colour Also, a reminder that all girls should now own football boots/astro-turf trainers for use on the new 3G Astro-turf pitch.

Many thanks, PE department

NETBALL RESULTS

Year 7 A Won - 8 - 5 : Player of the match Millie Risely Year 8 Won - 13 -0 : Player of the match Hollie Gillespie Year 9 Drew - 15 - 15 : Player of the match Cara Jackson Year 11 won 14 - 10 : Player of the match Olivia Dodd

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

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 19 March 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 and Saturday 27 June 2015

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Silver DoE assessed expedition Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July 2015

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Bronze DoE practice expedition Saturday12 and Sunday13 September 2015

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Bronze DoE assessed expedition Saturday10 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.

PERFORMING ARTS

The Performing Arts department are preparing for their Key Stage Three production of 'Ravana's Revenge'The ten headed devil God Ravana creates chaos in an Indian Kingdom which pushes the forces of good and evil to a final showdown. Tickets are available from Ms Mellor and Ms Pridding and are priced at £5. Show dates will be March 26th and 27th.

The Performing Arts departments are also preparing for their A Level Performance showcase evening- taking place on March 11th in F20. The evening will showcase the creative talents of our AS and A2 students in Drama, Dance and Music. From Berkovian Theatre to choreography inspired by Akram Khan to classical flutists the evening promises to inspire, impress and remind us all why The Arts are an integral part of life here at the College.