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Choosing the right subjects for GCSE House Life

Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in DURING THE NIGHT TIME: Knock on the Houseparent’s or resident tutor’s door …long

February so that next year’s timetable can be blocked enough to wake someone up! and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add Your parents will be contacted if you are ill and have to be confined to House for a number of days or any supporting comments on both initial and final need to spend time convalescing at home. option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly about the choices that have been made. Once the final Matrons can usually take you to medical appointments outside school if your parents are unable to. options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on the form. DENTAL APPOINTMENTS: These should be made during the school holidays whenever possible. Emergency treatment can be arranged via Matron.

Once choices have been made, the College reserves the right to withdraw any courses for which there is insufficient demand. We try to accommodate all subject choices within MINIBUS (Link with train station) the prescribed framework. However, subjects are sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing A minibus is available to take pupils to Hook Station on Saturdays at 12.00pm or at 4.30pm on Fridays prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will on exeat or half term weekends. A minibus also picks up from Hook Station at 7.25 pm on Sunday contact you to discuss alternatives. evenings. If you wish to use this service you need to sign up on the booking sheet in Reception by Friday lunchtime, or by Thursday lunchtime for an exeat/half term weekends. This service is also On the following pages, you will find more information available at the start and end of each term. about each subject, as well as some useful advice from the Head of Careers and Higher Education, Sharon Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the MONEY AND HOUSE BANK various factors involved in making the most appropriate choices. We are cashless. Any money for tuck or events can be added to the school bill or money can be transferred to the House account. Please ask your Houseparent for the House Bank details.

Stephen Badger

Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning)

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Newspapers and magazines are delivered regularly—they are for everyone to enjoy. Please do not remove them from the quiet room or cut bits out of them! The House council will decide which magazines they would like to subscribe to.