Newsletter 3102014

Friday 3 October 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas Term COLLEGE PRAYER ST. TERESA OF AVILIA SPECIALISM SUCCESS Congratulations to ten Y12 BTEC Business and A Level Economics and Business students who have been recruited to The Career Academy UK (CAUK). These students will be formally inducted into the programme during a visit to London on 1 December 2014. Once inducted they will have the opportunity of having a business mentor and later on in the year the year they will participate in a paid internship with a local company. The new CAUK students for 2014 are Oliver Bowden, James Bradley, Heather Fantham, Jack Hutchinson, George Jackson, Harry Jacques, Matthew McKernan, Megan Royle, Libby Riddell and Hannah Swindells.

Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours.

Yours are the eyes with which He looks compassion on this world.

Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good.

Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.

Amen.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS Parents and students are reminded that all students’ mobile ‘phones must be switched off between 8:45am and 3:30pm and not be used for any reason during the day. Failure to comply with this rule may result in items being confiscated which will then have to be collected from the College by a parent. If a student is ill and uses the ‘sick room’, then the office staff must contact home, not the student on their mobile ‘phone. Thank you for your on-going support wit this matter

YEAR 11 MOCK EXAMS There are 39 days left until the start of the Year 11 Mock exams

ECO FACT The average UK office worker prints 38 pages per day, which at 232 working days per annum is 8,816.

A CHARITABLE SUCCESS We raised £350.38 (including Gift Aid) at our Macmillan Coffee morning on Friday 26 September.

Associate Staff and the Leadership team supplied a delicious selection of cakes and a team of enthusiastic Sixth Form volunteers served teas & coffees (even to staff on duty), collected Gift Aid signatures and blew up the balloons!

A fine time was enjoyed by all. Thanks to everyone who supported this event.

TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS Geography drop-in session KS4/5 students every Thursday 3:30pm-4:30pm. The session will provide assistance on case studies, exam questions and key terms.

Target Setting Information Evening 9 October. 7pm - 8pm AHLC Football Tournament 15 October. 1pm-3pm Fair trade Coffee morning at St Alban's Parish Centre 19 October Peace and Remembrance Day 10 November Year 11 Mock Exam Starts 12 November Year 7 and 9 Parent Consultation Day 20 November. 9am – 7pm Celebration Assemblies Week Year 7-13 24 November SRE Parents’ Information Evening 27 November. 7pm-8pm AHLC Rugby Tournament 3 December. 1pm-3pm Carol Service St. Alban’s Church 11 December. 7pm All Hallows Has Talent December 19

Friday 3 October 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE Careers Support – Mrs J Pilling – Monday and Thursday Visyon Counsellor – Mrs L Nolan – Tuesday

based in the Student Support Office

College Nurse – Mrs J Jones – Wednesday Family Support – Mrs P Shatwell – Monday to Friday

based in office next to Rooms A9/A10

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

emails will be read by a Senior Teacher

esafety@allhallowslearning.org.uk

PROCEDURES FOR A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT 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 currently located along the Science corridor, but will shortly be moving to a new space 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 a.m and p.m sessions and so their overall attendance does not fall.

CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS 1 in 4 of our students has now had a careers interview since Mrs Pilling arrived last Christmas. If any parents 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 Leader who can ensure names are added to the list. Priority is now with Year 11 students and sixth formers, but other students in Year 9 and Year 10 may also have careers interviews appointments over the next few months. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 are welcome to attend her 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.

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 students arriving after 8.45a.m will receive a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a form tutor detention.

Any student arriving 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.

Thank you for your co-operation and support with this matter.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES” Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

12 November (11.00a.m-12.30p.m) 14 October and 16 December (11.45a.m-1.15p.m) 6 October and 1 December (9.00a.m-10.00a.m) 17 October and 5 December (1.15p.m-2.00p.m) 8 December (2.30p.m-3.30p.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, Mrs C Jepson (C.Jepson@allhallows.org.uk 01625 426138 ext 215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

Friday 3 October 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas STUDENT SUCCESS IN THE CORNERSTONE WELL DONE to 6 Learners who achieved Nationally Recognised Qualifications in The Cornerstone Support Unit during 2013/2014 Jake Whalley gained a Level 1 Award in Basic Cooking Skills and a Level 1 Award in Personal and Social Development Charlie Devlin gained a Level 1 Award in Personal and Social Development Aidean Spink gained a Level 1 Award in Personal and Social Development Ciaran Fielden gained a Level 1 Certificate in Personal and Social Development Oliver Franklin gained a Level 1 Certificate in Personal and Social Developent Joseph Johnston gained a Level 1 Certificate in Personal and Social Development

NEW COURSES BEING DELIVERED I 2014/2015 Level 1 Award and Certificate in Employability Skills Level 1 Award and Certificate in Countryside Skills Many thanks to all who helped and supported this new initiative in 2013/2014 and who have pledged their help and support for the new developments in 2014/2015.

Mr J Bullock (The Cornerstone)

YEAR 11 SPORT LEADERS Congratulations to the following Year 11 students who completed their Sports Leaders UK Level 1 Award in Sports Leadership through the Skill Force project late last term. They should be proud of their achievements.

Aron Reed (also awarded the Spirit of Leadership Award) Lewis Chalcroft Chloe Bullen Emily Coram Jason Coyne Jake Fethers Jamie Hurst Lauren Jones Theo Shufflebotham Jake Whalley (Mr Blades)

EXAM TIP Why is presentation so important? Easy to read handwriting, clear organisation and presentation and clearly drawn and labelled diagram's make it easy for the examiner to spot every mark you have earned.

Friday 26 September 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas

CALENDAR Term

College Opens to Students

College Closes to Students

Michaelmas

Tuesday 2 September 2014 (Year 7, 12 and 13) Wednesday 3 September 2014 (All Students)

Friday 24 October 2014

Christmas

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Friday 19 December 2014

Epiphany

Monday 5 January 2015

Thursday 12 February 2015

Easter

Monday 23 February 2015

Thursday 2 April 2015

Whitsun

Monday 20 April 2015

Thurdays 21 May 2015

Trinity

Monday 6 July 2015

Tuesday 21 July 2015

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

Monday 3 November 2014 Friday 13 February 2015 Friday 22 May 2015

Over the last week of College attendance was as follows:

ATTENDANCE MATTERS AT ALL HALLOWS 98.00%

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Year 7 - 97.2% (up 0.5% on last week, well done Year 7) Year 8 - 96.1% (no change from last week) Year 9 - 97.2% (down 0.3%) Year 10 - 94.5% (down 0.6%) Year 11 - 93.9% (down 1.5%) Year 12 - 96.9% Year 13 - 94.6%

97.00% 96.00% 95.00% 94.00% 93.00% 92.00% 91.00% YEAR 7

YEAR 8

YEAR 9

YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 YEAR 13

Attendance last week was 95.8% (a decrease from 96.1% in the previous week) which is disappointing but was still higher than the same time in the last 6 years. Since 2 September we have aimed for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance was 95.2% (down 0.5%), BOYS attendance was 96.4% (down 0.1%).

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.

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.

Friday 26 September 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas

ALL HALLOWS FITNESS SUITE NOW UP AND RUNNING

All Hallows Fitness Suite now up and running!

Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite as long as they have been inducted (the majority of students have now completed an induction in their PE lesson). Students who have been absent for this lesson will not be able to use the Fitness Suite until their induction is complete.

Due to popular demand we have allocated different slots for different year groups. Students must sign up on the day - there will be a sign up sheet on the notice board in the Sports Hall.

This will be on a first come first served basis. We can not accommodate more than 28 students in the fitness suite due to space/health and safety. Therefore the first 28 names on the sheet will be able to stay but unfortunately we won't be able to let more than this stay. Clubs are as follows: Monday - Y7/8 (mixed) until 4.30pm Tuesday - Y7/8 (girls only) until 4.30pm Wednesday - Y9/10/11 (girls only) until 4.00pm Thursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30pm Friday - Y9/10 (mixed) until 4.30pm The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second break). See PE club timetable for year group slots. Students MUST wear full PE kit to use the Fitness Suite and follow all safety guidelines and the code of conduct.

Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a member of the PE staff for more information.

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