Choosing House Life the right subjects for GCSE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in Newspapers magazines are delivered regularly—they are for everyone to enjoy. Please do not February so and that next year’s timetable can be blocked remove them from the Well or cut bits out of them! and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add OCCASIONAL any supportingBOARDING comments on both initial and final option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly • about If you are a daythat pupil and you need to the stayfinal overnight, your parents/guardian should ask us if it is the choices have been made. Once ok to do so at least 24hrs in advance. options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on
• the If you form.are a day pupil and there are some spare beds in the house, then you may find that you are lucky enough to keep the same bed each time you stay. However, day pupils are not entitled to Once haveand beenyou made, thehave College theirchoices own bed may to reserves use any bed which is available. the right to withdraw any courses for which there is insufficient demand. • You need to bring your own duvet or sleeping bag, pillows and sheets. try to accommodate all subject choices within We • the You should not leave your bedding onare the bed on nights when you are not staying as the bed may prescribed framework. However, subjects be needed by someone else. sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will contact you to discuss alternatives. ‘PHONES On the following pages, you will find more information about each subject, as well as some useful advice from Mobiles the Head Careers and Higher Sharonrelevant to all pupils. There is a ban on mobile phones Please noteofthe college mobileEducation, phone policy Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the outside the boarding houses from 8.30am-6.30pm unless being used with permission of a member various factors involved in making the most of staff, (3rd Form only after the Autumn half term). A mobile must be on ’silent’ during the school appropriate choices. day and mustn’t disrupt lessons. If it does ring, your mobile will be confiscated and passed on to your houseparent. Sometimes you will be allowed to use your phone to record prep or use during lessons, but only if the teacher says you can. A simple way of noting the rule is that if a member of staff sees it or hears it, you’ll lose it for 24 hours. Stephen Badger should not be used after ‘lights out’. 3rd Formers are initially not allowed ‘mobiles in Mobiles/devices Deputy Head (Teachingthey & Learning) school, but thereafter have to hand their mobile phones and other devices to the staff member on duty before lights out. 4th & 5th Form boys will also have their mobile phones and devices collected before lights out. You can take your mobile on off-site trips and to away sports fixtures. 02 18
