Glyn School
Newsletter Friday 21 October 2011
As the weather returns to its more normal late October frosts, so the balmy 28 degrees of Monday 3 October become a distant memory. The 35 school days since Monday 5 September 2011 have been packed with so many events and activities can we really be surprised that half term has arrived so quickly? Highlights from the year so far include:Our new Food Technology building is now up and running. This block has a real ‘wow’ factor and has already established a great reputation for learning and achievement. The students have a true sense of pride in this building and have taken the opportunities offered by this new purpose built facility to produce some excellent KS3 and KS4 work. For the first time Information Evenings for parents of Year 10, 11 and 12 students were supplemented by Year 8 and 9 parents’ meetings. We have been very pleased with the participation for these meetings and the very positive feedback received. Thursday 6 October was our Open Evening. This was a fantastic event with more than 400 students acting as tour guides. Many other students were involved in displays, model lessons and practical demonstrations. All were a great advertisement for Glyn. The PSA continue to work tirelessly for the school. Family Quiz Night, ‘Krispy Kreme’ doughnut sales, school mufti day and of course, Year 7 and 8 Disco (I’m slowly recovering thank you) have all taken place and continue to raise the profile of this valuable and much appreciated fund raising group of parents. At the beginning of this week Year 11 students attended Citizenship sessions. These events are run to expand on various issues covered in the Citizenship lessons and provide a valuable insight into some of the wider issues young men will face as they move from teenagers to adults. Our students have taken part in many educational visits. Science and Geography faculties have taken students on field trips which enhance their learning. Students in Years 9 and 10 have attended career fairs in both Epsom and at the O2 arena and, of course, the number and variety of sporting fixtures continues to grow. Today is our first ‘Mufti’ day for this school year. The items which you have kindly donated will be made into hampers which will either be in the raffle or on sale at the Craft Fair on Saturday 19 November. This is an opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping, so please come along and support this event. As always we are grateful to the PSA members who give up some much of their time to organise and run these events. I would like to thank all students and colleagues for the positive manner in which this term has begun. I am always amazed by how calm the school is considering we now have more students than ever before. Please have a happy and relaxing half term holiday and we look forward to welcoming students back to school at 8.40am on Monday 31 October. Mr Sullivan, Assistant Headteacher Learn • Achieve • Enjoy • Succeed
Glyn School, The Kingsway, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1NB T: 020 8716 4949 F: 020 8716 4999 E: glynmail@glyn.surrey.sch.uk W: www.glyn.surrey.sch.uk