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Dear Parents and Carers, This half term has gone incredibly quickly but HIGHLIGHTS smoothly and all our pupils p2 Collective worship have settled back into good learning habits and roup3 Sports champions tines. I hope the contents of this newsletter will give you a flavour of life at St p4 The pupils write Michael’s and the extensive about Christmas range of wider curricular p5 E-Silence and Alice and enrichment activities happening on a regular basis. p6 Handball help p7 Jack jumps ahead p8 Curriculum Enrichment p9 Christmas cakes p10 Delicious desserts
Year 11 This is a crucial time for our Year 11 pupils. Following their mock examinations and their reports, these young people now have a clear idea of their strengths and areas for improvement. Pupils have received a detailed revision planner and examination timetable. There is no substitute for hard work and I thank parents and carers for their fantastic support in ensuring full attendance, that deadlines are met and that pupils attend the many and varied after school activities designed to support learning and revision. It is quite possible for pupils to improve by one or two grades from this stage through sustained effort and commitment.
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porting their year group charities, donations to our Christmas ‘Send a Cow’ appeal will help make a real difference to people in the world that are less fortunate than ourselves. Similarly we thank you for your kind donations of food for the Living Waters Church food bank and we were also delighted to hear that we have been awarded a certificate in recognition of the work our Year 9 pupils have done with Chorley in Bloom as part of the Curriculum Enrichment programme. Thank you for your encouragement, prayers and practical support.
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Parental Support Thank you to all parents for the vital role you play in ‘Team St Michael’s’ and in supporting your child’s eduStaff cation. I enjoyed meeting We are delighted to welparents and carers at both come Mrs Louise Richardthe Year 7 and Year 10 Conson who has taken up the sultation Evenings this half role of Personal Assistant to term. Parents of Year 8 pupils the Headteacher and Depu- are invited to Options Eventy Headteachers, and Mrs ing on Thursday 12 March. Ruth Hinck who has been The information explained on appointed as our new Scithis evening allows parents ence Technician. Our conand carers to help their sons gratulations also go to Mr and daughters make inStephen Holden and his formed choices of the Key family on the birth of their Stage 4 courses. Year 11 punew baby son Jack William. pils and their parents are We also send our very best warmly invited to attend Rewishes to Mrs Elisabeth vision Evening at 6.30 pm on Lever, our Data Manager, Thursday 5 March where rewho has begun her mater- vision strategies and technity leave and thank both niques will be shared. Mrs Nicola Melling and Mrs Charitable Giving Kath Holding who are step- School Synergy As a Christian school where ping in to assist with data We are presently in the prothe Christian values of com- and the school timetable in cess of introducing a new passion, service and thank- her absence. Similarly we communication system, fulness are part of our daily welcome Miss Eleanor School Synergy. Parents and life, I continue to be humPalmer to the English decarers in Year 7 have already bled by the generosity of partment who is covering used School Synergy to book our pupils in their charitable the maternity leave for Mrs appointments with members giving. In addition to supSmith. of staff for Consultation