Friday 17th May 2013
Prayer Pentecost Prayer
Year 10 Update – Attendance focus
Lord Jesus, we thank you for the gift of Pentecost and for new life in the Holy Spirit. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and set ours hearts ablaze with the fire of your love, that we may serve you in joy and freedom, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Year 11 News Exam season is upon us and it is essential that Year 11 students make thorough use of all revision resources available to them, including their teachers, exercise books, revision books, our college VLE (Realsmart) and the Internet. There is an exam timetable on the college website and individual exam timetables have been given to all students. Leavers Hoodies - Just a reminder that orders and payments are due into the finance office.
College Feast Day As last year we are adopting Pentecost, the birth of the Church, as the opportunity in which to celebrate the foundation of All Hallows Catholic College. On Monday May 20 (the day after Pentecost Sunday),Years 7 and 8 will be escorted by their teachers down to St. Albans Church, Macclesfield, for the celebration of a special All Hallows Feast Day Mass at 10.00 am. Later in the day, Mass will be celebrated in the College Hall for years 9 & 10. Students going to St Albans, will be back to the College in time for an extended mid-morning break. Following the downpour two years ago, we strongly recommend that all students bring with them some form of coat, rainwear or umbrella for the walk to and from the church.
Over the past half two terms, students in Year 10 are to breaking from the norm in relation to attendance at All Hallows. In some schools, research shows how attendance can tail off as students move higher up in a school through Key Stages 3 and 4, but current Year 10 students are now second on average out of the 5 years in key stage 3 and 4 with Year 7 (who are top) firmly in their sights. This has been down to the students and Form Tutors working with each other to be in college everyday. In fact one student in Year 10 has not missed a day at college for 3 years. This improved attendance is leading to better performance and engagement at College, making Year 10 an enjoyable year to be part of. Special mention should go to 10 Newman who have won the Form award at the previous three celebration assemblies. This award is based on attendance, punctuality, Merit + and behaviour. Apparently the chocolates have gone down a treat.
117 This is the number of parents who have very kindly completed the Parent View questionnaire so far. The previous data was erased when we became an academy and we would be very grateful if as many parents as possible could fill in this on-line form, so we can use the information in our college self evaluation and action planning. www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/. This is a key document for Ofted and we really need your help. Its fantastic news we have reached our target of 100. We are now aiming for 200 before the next half term.
Parents as Partners: STUDENT PLANNERS Parents are requested to check student planners regularly and sign them weekly. Student planners are used to record homework but also as a means of communicating between college and home. We would ask parents to support us in checking that homework is being recorded and checking for any messages from College staff.
Calendar Term
College Opens to Students
College Closes to Students
Whitsun
Monday 15 April 2013
Thursday 23 May 2013
Trinity
Monday 3 June 2013
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Reminder INSET Days: Tuesday 7 May 2013 following May Day is an INSET day. Please note that Friday 24 May and Wednesday 24 July are also INSET days and that students finish for Whitsun Half term on Thursday 23 May and for Summer on Tuesday 23 July.
To View the 2013 — 2014 Term dates, please click on the link
Exam Dates and Results
24th May 2013 (Inset Day) Public Exams
Spring & Summer Exam Dates
EXAMS WILL TAKE PLACE AS NORMAL AND CANNOT BE RE-SCHEDULED
Y7,8,9 Mock Exams - week commencing 17th June 2013
Last GCE Exam - 24th June 2013
GCE: ENGB1 - English Language; MM1B & MD01 Mathematics.
Last GCSE Exam - 26th June 2013
Draft March & Summer timetables on College Website
GCSE: A293 - Business Studies; 5MU03 - Music.
Transport arrangements will be made to ensure all students concerned arrive in time for their exam and buses will leave at 11:30
RESULTS MUST BE COLLECTED BY EACH STUDENT IN PERSON.
Results Days
IF STUDENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO COLLECT THEIR OWN RESULTS, THEN THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS:
LEAVE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WITH THE EXAMS OFFICE AND RESULTS WILL BE POSTED TO THE STUDENT. STUDENT WRITES A LETTER OF AUTHORITY TO GIVE A RESPONSIBLE
A-level (8:30am) & AS-Level (11am): Thursday 15th August 2013
GCSE (10:00am): Thursday 22nd August 2013
ADULT PERMISSION TO COLLECT RESULTS ON THEIR BEHALF.
Attendance matters at All Hallows During the last week college attendance was as follows:
97.00%
Year 7 - 96.7% DOWN BY 1.2% on the previous week
96.50%
Year 8 - 95.7% UP BY 1.9%
95.50%
96.00%
95.00%
Year 9 - 94.7% DOWN BY 0.1% Year 10 - 96.7% UP BY 0.5% Year 11 - 93.9% DOWN BY 0.9%
94.50% 94.00%
93.50% 93.00% 92.50% YEAR 7
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11
Overall weekly attendance has stayed at 95.5%. The total since September has increased to 94.3%. WE AIM FOR 97% Please can parents keep discussing attendance with their children? Please contact the college on the first day of absence and keep us updated daily. Try to avoid whole day absence unless it is absolutely necessary and remember the college day starts at 8.55 a.m with students with persistent poor punctuality risking being sanctioned. Requests for holiday absence should be directed towards Mrs Garvey (Key Stage 5) and Mr Blades (Key Stage 3 and 4) via letter or email in advance.