Welcome to Mulliner (2022)

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WELCOME TO MULLINER

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Welcome to Mulliner We are thrilled to have you here with us in Mulliner and we really hope you will be happy here.

Your final year is something very special. It’s something that you have been working towards throughout your time at Sherborne Girls. Moving from your old house to Mulliner is a step towards your life beyond school but is also an important rite of passage in itself. A successful year will see you become the person you really want to be when you leave us.

You will want to exercise independence, take personal responsibility for decisions and reflect on your academic and personal ambitions. Supporting and respecting each other as a strong family unit will be just as important; it’s also your chance to further solidify friendships that you’ll have for life. Our aim is for you to leave here confident, open-minded, considerate, and aware of your future capabilities.

This booklet is a guide to living in Mulliner. We rely a great deal on trust in this House. In return for the trust we place in you and freedom we give you, we expect certain standards of behavior and maturity. This is all part of the process of learning good habits for life.

We hope you enjoy your time here, and that your last year at Sherborne Girls will be the more memorable for it. This year is what you make of it and the whole Mulliner team is behind you!

Mrs Cole Housemistress

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Contents The House staff 1 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

House Ethos 4 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Bedtimes 7 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Birthdays 7 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Boys visiting Mulliner 8 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Communication 8 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Day Girls and Day Boarders 8 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Dress code 11 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Weekends 12 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Exeats 12 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Fire alarms 14 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Gap Years 15 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Going out 16 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Goodnight 20 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Health Centre 20 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Health and Safety 21 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Who can I talk to?

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Laundry 24 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Meals 24 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Campus map 26 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Prefects 28 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Prep 29 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

UCAS and other applications 30 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

Medication

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The House staff Mrs Cole (Housemistress) 01935 818218 • k.cole@sherborne.com Miss Erica Sutherland (Assistant Housemistress) e.sutherland@sherborne.com House office number: 01935 818219 House mobile: 07808 775580 Resident Tutor: Miss Katie Tavener • k.tavener@sherborne.com Mr Ben Cole • b.cole@sherborne.com Day Matron: Mrs Caroline Lloyd • mulliner@sherborne.com Friday/Saturday Matron: Mrs Gemma Hill • mulliner@sherborne.com Sunday Matron: Mrs Maggie Barlow • mulliner@sherborne.com School Mrs Briggs (Deputy Head, Pastoral & Designated Safeguarding Lead) 01935 818338 General SG Emergency Number 01935 818333 Please add these details to your phone. It is important that you can get in touch with your House at all times. The House phone is answered by the Matron during the day and the Tutor on duty in the evening.

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Miss Sutherland, Mrs Cole, Mrs Taverner

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Ethos of the House In Mulliner, we are here to encourage you to exercise independence but also give you any support you need as you navigate your A Level year. You will have different challenges to the other year groups in the school and Mulliner is a place where you can get specialist advice, concentrate on your goals, be surrounded by friends experiencing the same things and enjoy the privileges of being an Upper Sixth Former.

We treat each other like family and celebrate each other’s talents and interests. Each year group has a different feel

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to it and we are keen that you all contribute to making this a successful and enjoyable final year at Sherborne Girls. The Mulliner Prefects (selected by the first Exeat) play a vital role in this, running socials, organising mid-week activities and leading meetings or prayers. Mrs Cole and the team want you to feel at home enough to take risks and develop into the person you want to be when you leave Sherborne Girls. Mulliner is a stepping-stone to life beyond school – we know that you will want to make the most of it!

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Mulliner is a unique house because you will live with the rest of your year group. Those who get the most out of Mulliner socially enter their Upper Sixth year with an open mind – they are ready to work hard, embrace new challenges, and make the most of social opportunities and the chance to expand friendship groups.

We are not a cliquey house. We adopt a ‘University Halls’ approach to rooming, where you are all mixed up at random.

Some people admit to finding this a little nerve-wracking at the start but you are never more than two minutes from good friends from your previous house no matter which floor you are on; and all girls agree, after the first week, that they are glad the floors are so mixed, as it makes for a truly united house and gives you the opportunity to get to know more people.

Our Mulliner community is strong because we are considerate and look out for one another. The Upper Sixth year is a chance to adopt a mature approach to communal living. You will work hard but also have a lot of fun. There are midweek optional socials to break up the working week such as DIY facemask sessions, relaxation colouring, craft nights and Wii/baking/board games competitions; and there are also bigger events that the whole house comes together to enjoy. In the past, Prefects have also organised house trips to Flip Out to go trampolining and to a pottery-making workshop.

You can bring your ideas to the House Prefects and they will help make it happen, whether that is an in-house student cookery course, a Come Dine with Me series of suppers in the Snug or a Karaoke night.

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Bedtimes

Birthdays

There are no official ‘lights out’, but we do expect everyone to be in their own room doing something quiet by 10.30pm so that those who want to sleep can without being disturbed.

For this reason, we also ask that you do your laundry before 10.00pm.

Many of you will be turning 18 during your time in Mulliner, which is an exciting milestone.

To mark the day we like to ensure you get a card, birthday banner and home-made cake by our wonderful pastry chef, Paula.

For practical and environmental reasons, it is a good idea to team up with a neighbour to do laundry where possible, as the machines are big.

You or your parents are also welcome to bring in your own cake to share with friends. You may opt to celebrate in house (we will sing, just to warn you!), or you may prefer to go out for supper in town with up to 6 friends at a local restaurant.

We just ask that you let us know of the arrangement at least 24hrs before the event.

Larger parties are to be saved for Exeats and Holidays.

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Boys visiting from Sherborne School All boys must enter the House by the front door, introduce themselves to the member of staff on duty and be signed in.

They should be tidily dressed and behave appropriately.

NO BOYS ARE ALLOWED UPSTAIRS. Boys are allowed to visit at the following times: • Mon-Fri – 5.00pm-6.00pm • Saturday – 2.30pm-5.30pm and 7.30pm-10.00pm • Sunday – 2.30pm-4.30pm • In Trinity Term Mon-Fri times may include a 9.00pm-9.30pm visit as well.

All visitors to Mulliner should be acknowledged and made to feel welcome.

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Communication In a large and busy house, it is essential that you are on top of your emails and also that you check the ‘What’s On’ whiteboard at the entrance daily for up-to-date notices. We also have a House WhatsApp group which both the girls and staff can use for important messages.

House meetings, sometimes led

by Mrs Cole and sometimes the House Prefects, are an important time when the house comes together to discuss events that are happening that week and to organise the running of the house. As well as a place for hearing important notices, this is a forum for every member of the house to contribute their thoughts and ideas for Mulliner.

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Day girls and day boarders You will have a place to call your own in Mulliner. There is a brand new dedicated study space with full showering and tea-making facilities – a place where you can base yourself during the school day, relax and work.

You are expected to be at school and sign in at 8am, ready to attend assembly, prayers or other morning commitments which start at 8.10am. You may leave school after lessons providing you have fulfilled all your school commitments, and you must sign out.

If you are attending the Saturday evening social, you must leave from Mulliner at the start of the evening and return to Mulliner before going home.

Please do not arrange to be collected from town. If you would like wristbands for ‘Stick’ (the joint social with Sherborne School), then you must eat 10

supper in Mulliner beforehand on the Saturday. If you stay overnight after ‘Stick’, you are expected to attend Abbey the next morning.

If you are a day boarder, it is really helpful for us to have an idea of your weekly routine so we can book meals accordingly.

There is a charge for the nights you stay over so please remember to sign your overnight sheets with Matron.

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Dress code During the School Day: • School suits are to be worn with jackets and black tights.

In hot weather, summer uniform may be declared, in which case jackets can be left off • Shoes should be black and preferably leather (so they can be cleaned), with a sensible heel. Platform, backless shoes, stilettos, trainers or trainer-like shoes are totally unacceptable • Hair should be brushed, tidy and off the face • Jewellery is to be discreet and appropriate. There should be only one pair of earrings worn, one earring per ear lobe. No studs or other piercings are to be worn on any other part of the body

• The top worn under your School suit should be a collared shirt; no logos or hoodies. In winter a polo neck may be worn • You will need to wear your School shirt for formal occasions such as Abbey Services When going offsite: • You must look acceptable tidy and presentable • Tracksuits are not to be worn into town or over to School for normal lessons – this includes the Art Block

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Weekends

Exeats

Going home at the weekends is flexible and at the discretion of the Housemistress.

Exeats work the same as in other Houses. You are expected to wait until the end of the school day to go home at an exeat, even if you do not have timetabled lessons, as this is valuable study time.

In considering such requests, it is expected that you show a mature attitude to your studies, as you will not benefit from being away for the majority of weekends. You may not miss Sunday at School if there is an Abbey service. If you are going to be away at the weekend, you must ask permission from Mrs Cole by Wednesday evening. Parental permission should accompany this request, by email. It is your responsibility to check that permission has been received.

On a Monday we place a weekend book in the dining hall. By Wednesday evening you need to have filled this in stating your weekend plans and which meals you are staying in for. You are expected to eat a minimum of two meals a day in House on a weekend.

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The one difference is that in Trinity Term, Mulliner remains open for the first exeat, while all other Houses close. This is to allow you to stay in and study, should you wish.

The exeat book is put out during the week prior to an exeat or end of term/half-term. You will need to fill in your plans. Permission will also need to be received from your parents and the parents you are staying with.

Please be aware that Mulliner is often used over exeats, half terms and holidays and therefore you will be asked for permission for your room to be used by other SG pupils.

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Fire alarms • You must leave the House by the nearest door and make your way to the grass outside Old Mulliner • You should gather in floor groups (i.e. with people on the same floor as you) and in room number order • Try to grab a pair of shoes and a jumper before leaving your room

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• Remain silent so registers can be taken quickly • You should not re-enter the building until told it is safe to do so. Please remain in your group and refrain from wandering off while waiting

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Gap Years If you think a gap year is the first thing you would like to embark on as you leave Sherborne Girls, the Upper Sixth year is an exciting time to plan one. The earlier you begin your planning, the better.

Here are some useful websites and books for planning your Gap Year: • www.yearoutgroup.com (umbrella organisation that includes more than 35 organisations that are highly regarded and well regulated) • www.gap-year.com (also publishes a book called ‘The Gap-Year Guidebook’, which is very informative) • www.statravel.co.uk • www.cesalanguages.com • www.inter-rail.co.uk • www.challengeuk.com • www.ef.com • www.wwv.org.uk

• www.theleap.co.uk • www.i-to-i.com • www.aventure.co.uk • www.gapguru.com • www.gadventures.com • www.gapforce.org • www.raleighinternational.org We have more information in the Sixth Form Centre. Mrs Mac (based by the library) is another fantastic source of information.

There are many websites and companies – just make sure you check out the validity and safety of each organisation.

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Going out Always remember to sign in/out and to have your access lanyard with you. You should never give your lanyard to someone else.

1 During the day (and for wholeSchool events in the evenings or at weekends such as services/ lectures) you may slide your magnet in/out 2 After each school day you need to sign in/out in the books by the office and state where you are going – even if you are going somewhere on campus 3 If you need to go off site during the day, you will need to both move your magnet and sign the book. In the books there is also a column headed ‘MoS’, in which you will need to place the initials of the member of staff who has given you permission to go

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On weekdays you may go into town in the afternoon after lessons (after 5.00pm) if you have no other commitments, but please exercise some selfdiscipline. Meeting your

deadlines and producing work of a high quality should be your priority. If you need to go to town during lesson time, please see Matron for an Exit Chit.

On weekdays you should be back on the School site by 6.00pm ready for supper at 6.10pm.

On weeknights you must be back in House after prep by 9.30pm, and on Saturdays by 10.30pm.

Exceptions may be given if requested beforehand.

The first Saturday you are allowed to visit local public houses is in the Lent Term and at the discretion of the Headmistress; visits will only be in the evening after 7.30pm. No one may visit a pub during the week or on a Sunday at any time.

Pupils will be breathalysed before and after a School event where alcohol is served. The expectation is that no student should drink anything other than soft drinks, cider, beer or table wine. When drinking alcohol, two units should be the maximum.

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School rules with regard to smoking/vaping apply at all times. All students are expected to carry their School ID cards, but those visiting public houses will also need their passport or driving licence as proof of age. Good sense and moderation will ensure that all is well.

Yeovil, Bath, Salisbury and Exeter: You are allowed to go to the above places on a Saturday or Sunday, but you should ask permission from the member of staff on duty. You may not miss any school commitments or services. While there, bars and public houses are out of bounds.

Getting there: • YEOVIL Buses (No.s 57/58) leave every half hour from Green Hill and the bus stop by the Astro. A student return costs about £6.00. Taxis to Yeovil cost around £10

• BATH The quickest route to Bath is via bus. You can also take a taxi to Yeovil Pen Mill station and a direct train from there to Bath Spa. The journey takes about an hour and ten minutes and return tickets are about £12 • SALISBURY Take a train from Sherborne station to Salisbury. This takes about 40 minutes and costs about £10 for a return ticket • EXETER Take a train from Sherborne station to Exeter Central. The journey takes just under one hour and a return trip is about £15 All train costs quoted are for an off-peak day return with a 1625 Railcard. Prices can change, so please check before you book.

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Goodnight

Health Centre

You must come down to the office to say goodnight to the member of staff on duty between 9.00pm and 10.00pm.

Once you have said goodnight, you cannot leave the building.

You must come to say goodnight in person. If you wish to go to bed early, you still need to come and say goodnight.

If you feel unwell, please let the member of staff on duty know or go to the Health Centre. You may not absent yourself from lessons or school commitments for health reasons; this must go through matron and the health centre.

Duty staff will then go around checking on the girls, turning off lights and ensuring all is quiet on the corridors by 10.30.

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In Mulliner you are responsible for arranging and cancelling appointments, organising vaccinations and collecting some medications. The email address you should use to contact the Health Centre is: health@sherborne.com. Your link nurse from your mixed age house stays with you as you enter the upper sixth.

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Health and Safety No personal kettles, toasters, coffee machines, microwaves, fridges, cookers, rice cookers, electric fans, heaters, candles, joss/incense sticks or electronic diffusers are allowed.

Please use the refrigerator or freezer provided in the snug.

We have a lovely newly renovated snug kitchen, where you can cook and socialise.

Please ensure all food is properly wrapped and labelled with your name and an expiry date.

Do not overload sockets. These are checked regularly, and items will be removed if deemed dangerous. If you have fairy lights for your room these need to be battery operated.

Do not leave baths or showers to overflow, as you will be accountable for damage. This also applies to any damage in your room, so please take care not to mark painted walls, especially with Blu Tack. There are pinboards available to decorate to make your room cosy and personal.

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Who can I talk to?

Everybody has worries or problems at some time in their lives. Although there may be times when you do not want to talk about worries, it is usually sensible and helpful to talk to someone else about them and to try and sort them out. You could talk to one of the other girls in your year group or the older girls in house – your Head of House or a Prefect. However, there are occasions when an adult may be a more appropriate person to talk to and there are a very large number to choose from at school, as well as your parents and relations.

Childline* 0800 1111

Teachers

Matrons

Tutors

Safeguarding Hotline 01935 818324

Safeguarding Officers Lead: Mrs Briggs 01935 818342 07711 002937 Deputies: Mr McClary, Mrs Orton, Mr Matthews, Mrs Corran, Mrs Allen

Children’s Commissioner for England 0800 5280731 www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk

Counsellors Mrs Heddy Smith 07970 843359 h.smith@sherborne.com Mrs Charlotte Graham Mrs Veronica Rosello 22

Chaplain Revd. Katie Windle chaplain@sherborne.com

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House parents

Learning Support v.collyer@sherborne.com

Friends

Aroundthe-clock support Senior Staff

Tootoot

Doctors Dr Charlie Middle Dr Katie Thomas

Samaritans 116 123 jo@samaritans.org

Independent Listener Mrs Ann Simon 07890 549135

Nurses health@sherborne.com 07977 469663

All members of staff would be pleased to talk to you and try to help. This includes Dr Sullivan and Mrs Briggs. If you need to see the Head quickly, see her Personal Assistant, Mrs Horton. They will listen to you in confidence, but there may be times when they have to ask your permission to tell someone what you have told them, if they think you or others are at serious risk of harm 23

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Laundry

Meals

On Friday, please strip your bed before school starts and place your linen outside your room.

This will be collected and sent to the launderers.

Breakfast is always compulsory.

Just like in the Junior houses, in Mulliner, you are expected to do your own washing. The washing machines contain detergent, but you may choose to use your own. You should also have a named laundry basket. We use a queuing system in the laundry room, so if the machines are busy, leave your basket in the queue and when the next person enters they can move the queue along.

There is an iron and ironing board located in the laundry room.

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• Sat-Sun we must see you eat two meals. You may opt out of either lunch or supper to cook for yourself, order a takeaway, or go out if it is an occasion. If you are attending the stick, we must see you eat supper on Saturday. You must have signed up for the appropriate meals in the weekend book and given details of what you will be doing, if you are not eating in House. Takeaways may only be ordered on a Saturday and Sunday, and again you should inform us in advance You must be dressed for all meals apart from Brunch on a Saturday/Sunday, when you may wear pyjamas if you wish.

Shoes must always be worn in the dining room.

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Weekdays Breakfast: 7.15-7.45am Lunch: 12.30-1.45pm Supper: 6.15-6.50pm Saturday Breakfast: 7.15-7.45am Lunch: 11.00am-12.10pm (this may change depending on sports fixtures) Supper: 5.45-6.15pm Sunday (morning service) Breakfast: 9.30-10am Lunch: 1.00-1.30pm Supper: 6.00-6.30pm (this may change depending on choir commitments) Sunday (evening service) Brunch: 11.00-11.30am Tea: 3.00-3.30pm (this is not compulsory) Supper: 6.00-6.30pm (this may change depending on choir commitments) Please inform staff if you need an early or late supper for any reason as soon as possible and check the whiteboards for changes to standard meal times.

Bowls, plates, blue mugs and cutlery should not be taken out of the dining room.

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Campus Campus

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Admissions, Library & Home Economics

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Sherborne Girls Bradford Road Sherborne DT9 3QN 01935 812245 office@sherborne.com

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Prefects House Prefects and Heads of House are selected before the first exeat. The Mulliner Prefects play a key role in the running of the house and contribute a great deal to the atmosphere, representing your year group and determining what you all want your final year to be. The roles are selected by a panel of staff after an interview process.

The process begins with a House meeting, where Mrs Cole explains the system of appointing prefects and Heads of House.

You will have a chance to consider what skills you have that would be of value to the house

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and you may suggest a role if it is not already on the list, if you think it would enhance the boarding experience for everyone. House Prefect duties include helping the house staff with goodnights, creating a yearbook and hoodies if you want them, organising key house events (such as the Christmas Dinner), putting together a socials calendar and meeting regularly with Mrs Cole.

They act as the voice of the pupils and raise ideas with staff.

House Prefects are instrumental in the day-to-day running of Mulliner.

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Prep

Snug Duty

Prep time is 7.00pm to 9.00pm each day. It is up to you to use this time wisely but you must respect it as a quiet time. You should be doing something productive, not watching TV.

Two people are on Snug Duty every day. This means you’ll only do duty once or twice per term.

You also have study periods.

These are for working in. If you treat the school day like a working day and only break in the break times, you will be amazed at how much you can achieve.

When on duty, you should ensure the snug is clean and tidy at the end of the night. On a weekday or Sunday this should be completed at 10.00pm. It involves closing windows, tidying cushions and throws, wiping down the sides and washing up any cups, plates and cutlery. It shouldn’t take too long, as it is everyone’s responsibility to tidy up after themselves.

On a Saturday, the last few people to say goodnight complete the duty.

You can choose to leave Snug Duty until Sunday morning but it must be completed by noon. The duty rota can be found on the noticeboard in the snug and in the matrons’ office, and will be updated daily.

If you are going to be away on the day that you are on duty, you must agree a swap with somebody and alter the rota.

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UCAS and other applications Applying to UCAS will be an important part of your Michaelmas term in the Upper Sixth. The early you begin your applications, the better.

Your Tutor will write your school reference and will help you write a personal statement.

Make sure your Tutor knows all of the fabulous things you do but cannot fit in your personal statement. That way, they can refer to them in their reference.

Do not expect your first draft to be your last. A few edits will be needed. Try not to show your personal statement to too many people at the same time, as everyone will have a different opinion and it could be confusing.

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applications, HK university applications, apprenticeships or job applications. We really do want to help you get to your next step in life, whatever route you choose to follow.

We are also keen to know how your application is getting on, so when you hear back from universities, share the news!

If you need to miss lessons for a university visit, it is important that you communicate this to your teachers by picking up a ‘Sixth Form University/College Request Form’ from the Sixth Form centre and ask Mrs Corran to sign it at least a week beforehand. It then needs to be given to Mrs Cole and permission needs to have been emailed in by your parents confirming travel arrangements and timings to mulliner@sherborne.com.

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Medication You are not allowed to have your own paracetamol, ibuprofen and cold/flu remedies in your room.

Please hand these in and we will dispense when you need them.

We have paracetamol we can give out, but for ibuprofen you will need to go to the Health Centre.

All other medications should be handed in.

If you need to take medication every morning, please come to the office between 8.00am and 8.15am.

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House contact details: Mrs Katherine Cole: 01935 818218 House landline: 01935 818219 E: mulliner@sherborne.com E: k.cole@sherborne.com mulliner@sherborne.com https://twitter.com/SG_Mulliner www.sherborne.com