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Parents / Carers are invited to attend a
Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following
dates
There is no appointment system so
please be prepared to wait
PRAYER FOR FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT
Lord, open our eyes so that we do not sit
indifferently in front of issues of injustice.
Lord, use our voices to give voice to those
who cannot be heard.
Lord, bless our campaigning and give us
courage when we feel we are working in
vain.
Let our skills and voices become a strength
for those whose skills and voices are trapped
by poverty or exploitation. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
COLLEGE PRAYER
Friday 27 February 2015
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
This year All Hallows was granted funding to send staff on
a French course. So in February half-term Mr Sweeney and
Miss Easter decided to immerse themselves in the French
language, food and culture during a 6-day course in Rouen,
Normandy. Alongside brushing up their French they also
developed their culinary skills making macaroons from
scratch.
SPECIALISM SUCCESS
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENT CONSULATION DAY
Wednesday 13 May 2015
Year 7 Attend College
Activity Day
Year 8 CONSULTATION DAY
Reading Blog at home when not in for
appointment
Year 9 Work Related Learning
Reading Blog from home(Careers
Theme)
Year 10 CONSULTATION DAY
Reading Blog at home when not in for
appointment
Year 11 Home Study—Science Revision Study in
College/Exams
Sixth
Form
Revision Day/ Private Study
In College for at home
PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES
Wednesday 11 March '15, 9a.m. - 10a.m.
Tuesday 24 March '15, 3.45pm - 4.45pm
CAN ANY FAMILIES HELP?
We received a request from a Spanish family looking for accommodation for their two daughters who hope to study for one term in autumn
2015 in our college. The girls are aged 14 and 13 and the family is willing to pay for board and lodgings.
If you are able to help and would like more details then please contact Mr Blades, Assistant Principal, at the College for more details
(01625 426138 [email protected]).
CATHOLIC WEEKEND CONFERENCE
TIME 2 CHANGE
We look forward to welcoming participating winning teams to The Romero Centre of All Hallows Catholic College on 11 March 2015. The
Programme and timings for drop off and pick up of students at Reception is in the link below. Students do not need to be accompanied by
teachers. Lunch is provided for students at no charge. Headteachers/Teachers delivering The Project are invited to attend to see the final
presentations. If any staff arrive before the presentations start, light refreshment will be provided.
For more information please visit:
http://www.allhallows.org.uk/about-us/college-news-2/press-releases/t2c-final-celebration-2015/
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
There are 62 days left until the start of the Year 11, 12 & 13 exams. On the
resit day 7 February, student attended across Maths, English and Science. There will be further resits in other
subjects on Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 of March for students for one or more grade below flight paths in their
mock exams. For all Year 11 students a revision booklet is available on the College website under “student revision”
further details will be sent shortly to parents of those students required to resit.
EXAM COUNTDOWN
Year Group Dates Type
12&13 Friday 6 March 2015—Friday 13 March 2015 Mock Exam
10 Monday 16 March 2015—Friday 20 March 2015 Mock Exam
7,8,9,11 Monday 16 March 2015—Friday 27 March 2015 Assessment
7,8,9 Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 19 June 2015 End of Year Exam
10 Monday 15 June 2015—Friday 26 June 2015 Assessment
COLLEGE INTERNAL EXAMS / ASSESSMENTS
Reports for Years 7 to 13 are now available to view on the Parental Gateway. Reports will all be issued in this
electronic format unless a paper copy is requested. Tasc Software, the makers of the software we use, are now
offering access to the Parent Gateway using an app for iPhones, iPads (iOS 8.1 minimum) and also most Android
devices. The app can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store by searching ‘Tasc Insight’ and costs
£2.49. The Parental Gateway is also accessible for free from any internet enabled device through common web
browsers using your user name and password.
PARENTAL GATEWAY
Parents are requested to ensure they are satisfied with the monitoring of the use of electronic devices for their child, with
particular reference to social media. There have been a number of incidents of late that have arisen because of the
inappropriate use of this. Any student found to be misusing social media in or out of College, which affects education, will
have their mobile phone confiscated and could face a permanent ban of it.
PARENT AS PARTNERS - ESAFETY
Revision notes threatening to take over your room? - When you start, your study notes will be hefty, but as you
start to revise each topic, keep shrinking your notes until they are just key words, charts and pictures prompts that
will fit on an index card.
EXAM TIP
When topping up your child’s school meals account with ParentPay, please can we ask that you are extra vigilant that you
top up the School Meals account and not the College Shop account? We have had a few instances of this and unfortunately,
we cannot transfer the money on the College Shop account to the School Meals account because the canteen is managed by
a third party.
The account for the Pod in the Quad is called “College Shop”.
The account for the canteen is called “School Meals for All Hallows Catholic College”
Many thanks, Finance.
PARENT PAY
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
Year 11 photos
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Year 12 Higher Education Conference + Buddhist Centre
Friday 13 March 2015
Year 7, 9 and 11 Assessment Week
Monday 16 March 2015
Year 10 Maths Fest
Wednesday 18 March 2015
Year 7 Manchester University Trip
Wednesday 23 March 2015
Year 8 Retreat
Wednesday 6 May - Friday 8 May 2015
Italy Trip
Saturday 23 May 2015
Normandy Trip
Friday 12 June 2015
Geography drop-in session
KS4/5 students every Thursday 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.
(unless stated otherwise)
Celebration Assemblies Week
Monday 2 March 2015
Year 8 Pathways Evening
Thursday 5 March 2015 —7p.m.-9.p.m.
World Book day
Thursday 5 March 2015
The bbg Fairtrade bake-off
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 March 2015
Year 12 and 13 Mock Exam Week
Friday 6 March - Friday 13 March
TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Applications are invited for new panel members to join independent education appeals panels in Cheshire East. If you
have an interest in education and feel able to offer some time, we would be most grateful to hear from you. Appeals are
heard Monday to Friday during normal office hours.
Each panel is made up of three members who are independent of the Local Authority. The panel hears
admission appeals against decisions not to admit children to particular schools.
Applications are invited from people of all backgrounds as the panel is made up of lay members and those with experience
in education. A lay member is a person without personal experience in the provision of education in any school
(disregarding experience as a school governor or in another voluntary capacity). A member with experience in education
is a person who has experience in education (such as a retired headteacher or
teacher); or has knowledge of educational conditions in the local area or is a parent of a registered pupil at a school.
Full training will be provided for new members and if you are successful you would be required to attend a training
day on Tuesday 21 April 2015.
The work is unpaid but panel members are eligible to receive travel allowances for all meetings they attend.
If you are interested in becoming a panel member, please contact Brett Dainty by email: [email protected]
or telephone 01270 686469 for an application form and more information.
SCHOOL APPLICATION PANEL
DAY SUBJECT
Monday Science/History/Languages/Hospitality
Tuesday Maths
Thursday Music/Geography
Other ICT any break/lunch Business – By Arrangement Art – By Arrangement
One tonne of paper from recycled pulp saves: - 17 trees - 3 cubic yards of landfill space - 7,000 gallons of water - 4,200 kWh of electricity - 390 gallons of oil - prevents pounds of air pollutants
ECO FACT
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
Students must sign out at the Attendance Office before leaving College to attend a medical appointment. When they return to College the student must sign back in. This ensures registers will be accurate and we know the student is off site should we have a fire alarm. The Attendance Office is located in the office along the RE corridor. We thank parents for making medical appointments, where possible, that do not take up a whole day of schooling. This often allows a student to have their legal registration mark for both morning and afternoon sessions and so their overall attendance does not fall.
Most students appreciate the importance of being in College on time. Children who are regularly late do miss out on their education and form bad habits that will not be tolerated in the workplace. As a result of the change to the College day we need to inform parents that students must be in the registration form class for the register to be taken at 8.45a.m. This means students should arrive 5-10 minutes earlier in College to be on time. Any student who arrives after 8.45a.m. will receive a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention (which started on Thursday 6 November). This is a recent change in procedures and moves the detention away from the form tutor and it will now be seen as a whole college issue. Any student who arrives after 9.05a.m. will receive a U code. This means they will be classed as absent for the whole morning and this may have consequences for overall attendance. We are aware that College buses are sometimes late and we can confirm these students are not negatively marked in the register when this happens. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
If any parent would like their son or daughter to have a careers interview with Mrs Pilling, our Careers Advisor, this year then please notify the relevant Year Learning Leader who can ensure names are added to the list. Priority is now with Year 10 students (now Year 11 have all been seen) and also with sixth form students. Students in Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 are welcome to attend her lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.
CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS
BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS
Year 7: Two surgeries have been held recently, more dates will be announced soon Year 8: held on 25 March (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.) Year 9: held on 16 March (9.00a.m. – 10.00a.m.) Year 10: held on 27 March (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m.) Year 11: held on 24 March (9.45a.m. – 10.45a.m.) These are for parents who would like to discuss any concerns relating to their child. No appointment is necessary but please be prepared to wait. Please contact our Pastoral Assistant ([email protected] 01625 410285 x215), should you re-quire an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.
YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”
NAME JOB MON TUES WED THUR FRI VENUE
Mrs J Pilling Careers Advisor Student Support Office
Mrs L Nolan Visyon Counsellor Student Support Office
Mrs J Jones College Nurse Student Support Office
Mrs P Shatwell Family Support Office next to rooms A9 and A10
Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince Education Welfare
Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)
[email protected] emails will be read by a Senior Teacher [email protected]
= Staff Present
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY
STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence , school policy now requires that any student who accumulates 7 or more days of absence during the course of the academic year will be asked to provide medical confirmation of the need to be absent before any further absences are authorised for medical reasons. This is a necessary measure as we closely monitor absence due to illness / medical reasons in order that we can ensure students are supported where needed. For your information medical confirmation does not have to be a doctor's note but can also take the form of a medical appointment card, a copy of a relevant dated prescription or evidence of medication being taken
If no medical evidence is provided then the absence will be coded as unauthorised. Ten or more unauthorised absences may result in you receiving a Fixed Penalty Notice. This incurs a penalty of £60 per parent / carer to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty.
The link between attendance and achievement is well researched and documented and students should be aiming for an attendance rate of no less than 97% over the year. Thank you for your continued support with this important issue.
MEDICAL ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE
Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students
Epiphany Monday 5 January 2015 Thursday 12 February 2015
Easter Monday 23 February 2015 Thursday 2 April 2015
Whitsun Monday 20 April 2015 Thursday 21 May 2015
Trinity Monday 1 June 2015 Tuesday 21 July 2015
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
Year 7 - 97.6% (up 2.0% on our previous week, well done Year 7) Year 8 - 95.5% (no change) Year 9 - 98.5% (up 2.7%, well done Year 9) Year 10 - 94.7% (up 1.9%, well done Year 10) Year 11 - 92.6% (down 1.0%) Year 12 - 95.3% (up 0.2%, well done Year 12)
Year 13 - 94.4% (no change)
Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under new legislation on all English schools. Requests for holidays must still
be made in writing to the appropriate Key Stage leader (Mrs Garvey KS5, Mr Blades KS4/KS3), but in the vast majority of cases they will
be unauthorised. A Fixed Penalty Notice may be issued of £60 per parent / carer per student, to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the
penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the
Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty. Please can all holiday requests be made well in advance
of the holiday being taken if not before the holiday is booked.
HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE
The following are the remaining dates for training days in 2014-15. Students are not required to attend on Friday 22
May 2015 unless taking an external exam. COLLEGE TERM DATES
Attendance last week was 95.8% (an increase from 94.7% during the previous week and 0.9% higher than the same week last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September is at 95.0%. We aim for 97%.
Last week GIRLS attendance was 95.6% (up from 94.8% during the previous week so well done girls), BOYS attendance was 96.0% (up from 94.8% so well done boys). The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 94.6% whilst boys is 95.5%.
ATTENDANCE COMPETITION
Congratulations to Courtney-Paige Beeston in Year 8 who won the 100% attendance competition recently. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 were challenged to full attendance in the last two weeks of term. Over 150 students achieved this which was fantastic. Courtney was
drawn by Mrs Connor, Deputy Principal, at random and wins a £25 Amazon gift voucher. Well done Courtney.
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YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 YEAR 13
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
LIBRARY NEWS
BOOK AMNESTY AND OVERDUE BOOKS
A big thank you to those students who have searched high and low, returning their books. There are still
many outstanding, particularly popular fiction titles, so if students could look again that would be much
appreciated! Also, if students have borrowed books recently, they should be checking the date label to make
sure their book is back on time. Students in Years 7 -11 can have two books out over two weeks, while 6th
form students can have 3 over 3 weeks. Books are renewable, providing another reader doesn't want the
book. Students should come to the library and renew the book with Ms Sinclair.
We will be celebrating World Book Day with events and activities that all students can get involved in! Events
include:
Tutor Mega Book Quiz - a literary quiz for tutor groups to be completed by Friday 5th March. There is a
prize for the winning tutor group in each year.
365 Words Short Story Writing - all details have been passed onto students through their tutor
Send us your 'Shelfie' - please send us a picture of your bookshelf for our display! Email:
Second Hand Book Sale in the library every lunch for the week. All books are 20 pence each or 6 for a
pound. Proceeds will be split between the library book fund and Bookaid International.
Author visit on Tuesday 3rd March. Jon Mayhew will be here workiing with Year 8 students and signing
books in the library at lunchtime.
World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. There will be a joint Fairtrade/WBD event involving cakes and
books at lunchtime in the library.
BOOKFEST
All students will receive a £1 book token that they can use to buy one of the special £1 books produced for World
Book Day. More details can be found on www.worldbookday.com, where there is also lots of other book related
information.
The tokens can also be used towards payment of a book costing £2.99 or more, including books from the Teen
Bookclub leaflets distributed to tutor groups during the week. To order, you will need to click on the link below,
put your purchases in a basket and pay securely. Books will then be delivered to school and students notified. All
books are discounted and every purchase allows the library to collect commission to choose new stock for the
students to borrow.
Teen Bookclub order login: http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/all-hallows-catholic
WORLD BOOK TOKENS
We will have a book stall on the Pathways Evening, which is being held on Thursday 5 March. Available to buy
will be a small selection of Oxford Dictionaries, including: French, Spanish, German, Latin and Mandarin. All will
be priced at £5. There will also be an English Dictionary and Thesaurus (£5) as well as a Spelling, Punctuation
and Grammar Dictionary available at £6.
Payments can only be taken in cash on the night.
DICTIONARIES FOR SALE ON PATHWAYS EVENING
FITNESS SUITE
All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term
Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite.
Those students who have completed a Fitness Suite .
Induction and wish to use the facilities must sign up on the day using the sign up sheet on the notice board in the Sports Hall.
Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, up to a maximum of 28 students for each session.
The following sessions are available:
Monday - Y7/8 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
Tuesday - Y7/8 (girls only) until 4.30p.m.
Wednesday - Y9/10/11 (girls only) until 4.00p.m.
Thursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
Friday - Y9/10 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.
The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second
break).
Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a member
of the PE staff for more information.
PE NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS
UPCOMING SPORTS FIXTURES
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH Wilmslow High School 3:30pm Away
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH Fallibroome Academy 3:30pm Away
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH Eaton Bank Academy 3:30pm Away
GIRLS NETBALL
Please make sure students are bringing appropriate clothing to their PE lessons if they are on an outdoor lesson. During extreme
weather (and extreme cold conditions as it has been recently) parents are reminded that students can and are advised to wear the
following:
All Hallows PE trousers (plain black joggers/tracksuit bottoms will also be allowed during the cold weather)
All Hallows Black jacket (or a plain black sports jacket/waterproof)
All Hallows black fleece
Hats (black/dark in colour/plain)
Gloves (black/dark in colour/plain)
Under-armour/skins/undergarments - as long as red/black or white in colour
Also, a reminder that all girls should now own football boots/astro-turf trainers for use on the new 3G Astro-turf pitch.
Many thanks,
PE department
FOOTBALL RESUTS
Macclesfield District Cup Round 1
Year 7 v Tytherington
Won 11-0
Scorers: Speed 4, Worthington 4, Fregapane 1, O'Connor 1, Box 1
Man of the Match: Liam Worthington