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NEXT WEEK FOLLOWS THE WEEK B TIMETABLE WB 09/07/18 Friday 6 th July 2018 Y10 Geography Field Trips (9 th , 11 th and 13th July) CONTENTS End of Term Arrangements P2 Merseytravel Notice P2 Prom Arrangements P3 Language Briefing for Y9 Parents P3 Student Assemblies P3 KS3 History Club P3 Y12 Work Experience P4 Y7 Warwick University Residential Trip P4 Taste of Sixth Form Day P5 Inter-House Business Quiz P5 Parents Listening Evening P6-9 Y9 Money Management Day P10 Y10 Enterprise Day P10 Arts Academy News P11 Catering Competition P12 Catering W/C 09/07/18 P13 Catering Instagram P13 Refillable Water Point P13 Hayfever Season P13 School Uniform Notice P13 School Locker Notice P13 Sports Summer School P14 NEW Online Uniform Shop P15 Edulink One App P16 Updating Parent Details P16 Who to Contact P17 Show My Homework Support P17 MONDAY 9 th TUESDAY 10 th WEDNESDAY 11 th THURSDAY 12 th FRIDAY 13 th Town Sports Day Y7 Warwick University residential (Day 1) Y9 Money Management (am) Final reports (LP3) Y7 and Y9 DofE Silver Qualifying Expedition (14-16th July) Y7 Warwick University residential (Day 2) Y11 Prom Y10 Enterprise (all day) If you have a concern, please click the link below to use the form on our website to contact the school. https://rainhillhigh.fluencycms.co.uk/PP-Contact-Us

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NEXT WEEK FOLLOWS THE WEEK B TIMETABLE

WB 09/07/18

Friday 6th July 2018

Y10 Geography Field Trips (9th, 11th and 13th July)

CONTENTS End of Term Arrangements P2

Merseytravel Notice P2

Prom Arrangements P3

Language Briefing for Y9 Parents

P3

Student Assemblies P3

KS3 History Club P3

Y12 Work Experience P4

Y7 Warwick University Residential Trip

P4

Taste of Sixth Form Day P5

Inter-House Business Quiz P5

Parents Listening Evening P6-9

Y9 Money Management Day

P10

Y10 Enterprise Day P10

Arts Academy News P11

Catering Competition P12

Catering W/C 09/07/18 P13

Catering Instagram P13

Refillable Water Point P13

Hayfever Season P13

School Uniform Notice P13

School Locker Notice P13

Sports Summer School P14

NEW Online Uniform Shop P15

Edulink One App P16

Updating Parent Details P16

Who to Contact P17

Show My Homework Support

P17

MONDAY 9th TUESDAY 10th WEDNESDAY 11th THURSDAY 12th FRIDAY 13th

Town Sports Day

Y7 Warwick University residential (Day 1) Y9 Money Management (am)

Final reports (LP3) Y7 and Y9 DofE Silver Qualifying Expedition (14-16th July)

Y7 Warwick University residential (Day 2) Y11 Prom Y10 Enterprise (all day)

If you have a concern, please click the link

below to use the form on our website to

contact the school.

https://rainhillhigh.fluencycms.co.uk/PP-Contact-Us

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END OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH - WEDNESDAY 18TH JULY Pupils need to be in school for 7:45am so that they can be registered and then get on

the coaches. The coaches will be leaving school at 8am sharp.

Pupils need to make sure that they are wearing suitable clothing and footwear as

they are outside for the majority of the day. It is advisable for them to bring a

waterproof if the weather is not looking good and sun cream and a hat should it be

sunny. Pupils can either bring a packed lunch or money to buy food from the Pleasure

Beach but this can be expensive.

The coaches will be back at school between 4:30pm and 5pm (depending on traffic).

For those students who did not achieve the rewards criteria, they are expected in

school as normal in full school uniform.

LAST DAY OF TERM – TUESDAY 24TH JULY Pupils must come to school in full school uniform. Periods 1 and 2 will run as normal

and therefore pupils must bring the correct equipment needed for their lessons. House

Assemblies will take place during Period 3. Pupils will then depart from school from

12:20pm.

ADVANCE NOTICE – LAST DAY OF TERM – 24TH JULY EARLY FINISH 12:20PM MERSEYTRAVEL NOTICE FOR PARENTS

Please note that if your child travels home at the end of the school day on the school

bus, they will need to make alternative arrangements as the buses will not be available

to collect pupils at the earlier finish time of 12:20pm.

“Merseytravel wishes to remind schools that these services exist as part of a wider

transport network and as such are timetabled to operate at the specified times within

the timetable. It is therefore not appropriate to make adjustments for individual

schools to accommodate early finishes at the end of term. It is therefore important to

remind schools that when there is an early finish, pupils will have to make alternative

arrangements for travel, this should be communicated to parents by the school.

Merseytravel will expect the services to operate to the planned schedule as part of

the wider bus network.”

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PROM ARRANGEMENTS All students must arrive at school no later than 6:00pm.

Coaches will arrive on site for 6:15pm and will be leaving at 6:30pm to arrive at

Haydock for 7:00pm. The coaches will not wait for any students who are late. We will

leave school at 6:30pm prompt.

The coaches will then leave Haydock at 11:15pm aiming to return to school for

11:45pm/12:00am at the latest.

No limousines will be allowed on site as they are not able to turn as the car park area

is too narrow. Limousines will be stopped at the gates, so please do not attempt to

come on site as this will cause congestion.

Any students who arrive and are deemed to be under the influence of alcohol will not

be permitted to get onto the coach and will be refused entry to Prom.

Thank you.

Miss Fryer, Year Progress Leader and Mrs Martin, Year Student Manager.

MESSAGE TO ALL PARENTS OF LANGUAGE STUDENTS IN YEAR 9 The Modern Foreign Languages faculty is hosting a briefing on 9th July from 5-5:30pm

in the Arts Theatre for all parents of all Year 9 Languages students.

Now armed with more knowledge from the first year of new specification exams, the

purpose of this briefing is to outline the course content and expectations for your child.

We will include information on what your child should be doing at home and how you

can support your child in this challenging but rewarding academic subject.

Mr Herd, Head of Modern Foreign Languages.

STUDENT ASSEMBLIES – RAINHILL VALUES This week the children have had assemblies which covered;

Showing resilience and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.

The Head Boy and Girl and Prefects were presented. Kieran and Libby outlined

their leadership and resilience they have shown. It was their track record that

helped them to be appointed.

PC Kindness, the new school based police officer, introduced herself to the

students.

KS3 HISTORY CLUB The last session of the year will be on Wednesday 11th July 2018. All Year 7 and 8 pupils

are welcome!

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YEAR 12 WORK EXPERIENCE Year 12 students will once again be given the opportunity to sample a taste of the

working world during the last week of term. We feel that it is hugely important that

students take part in work experience so they can get a sense of what their future

career may entail. Indeed certain university courses make work experience a pre-

requisite prior to applications. To this end, and to make their placements as worthwhile

as possible, we would recommend that work experience is targeted at careers that

students may want to pursue in the future rather than just anything they can find.

For some students, this experience will confirm their future plans whilst others may learn

that the reality of a job is different to what they had imagined. We ask students to

organise their own placements either using contacts of their own or through friends

and family. If anybody is struggling we have a record of companies and organisations

that have supported us previously. Students are welcome to access this and should

come to the Sixth Form office if they would like such assistance.

The time slot that we have assigned for students to take part in work experience is

Thursday 19th July - Wednesday 25th July, which means their final day in Sixth Form this

year is Wednesday 18th July. If students choose to complete their work experience at

a different point during their holidays that is fine - these five days are given as

recognition of the importance that we place on this activity.

Mr Edge, Director of Sixth Form.

YEAR 7 WARWICK UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL TRIP On the 12th and 13th July 2018, 28 Year 7s are embarking on the annual Warwick

Residential and our representatives from the PAIS department who have a packed

schedule for them. From planning political campaigns to treasure hunts, designing

academic posters to tea in the SU, the Year 7 pupils will get a real taste of university

life.

The 28 students will then join our Alumni group, along with our Year 8 and 9 students,

who get regular input from the PAIS department from Warwick throughout their school

life. This year, the Alumni group have had lectures and debates about Trump’s

America and some have taken part in the Shakespeare Awards with RADA.

It will be an early start for the parents and students involved, meeting at Rainhill Sixth

form at 6:30am but I am sure it will be worth it!

Miss Morrell, Key Stage 5 Learning Mentor.

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YEAR 10 TASTE OF SIXTH FORM Last week, Year 10 pupils took part in their first Taste of Sixth Form event. The day

comprised of an assembly from Mr Edge and students trying out new lessons. Mr Edge

spoke about the importance of students making a plan and getting as well informed

about progression beyond Year 11 from now onwards. The rest of the day then

allowed students to sample subjects which they may not have tried before so they

had an idea what they would be like. Wide varieties of subjects were on offer with

students able to choose from 33 different courses ahead of the day.

The Year 10 students engaged with the day really well and feedback from staff across

the school highlighted how interested they were in the day and how well they got

involved in the different sessions and activities on offer. Student response was also

overwhelmingly positive with 97% of students giving a positive response in their

evaluation as to whether they had enjoyed the day and as to whether they had

found the day worthwhile.

Some of the individual highlights from students were about being in a discrete building

with their own facilities, working in smaller groups, trying out new lessons, being treated

in a more adult way and having thought provoking discussions.

Students will have an opportunity to try some different subjects in a second Taste of

Sixth Form event in November. This will be preceded by a Sixth Form Open Evening

which it is really important that all students attend to discuss their post-16 options.

Further details about the Sixth Form will be available in the Rainhill Sixth Form Centre

Prospectus 2019 which will be published and issued to students when they return to

Year 11 in the Autumn Term.

Mr Edge, Director of Sixth Form.

INTER-HOUSE BUSINESS QUIZ RESULTS Congratulations to Thomas Bowes (7G, Sans Pareil) who got the most questions right in

last weeks business quiz - answers below. The next quiz will be launched in September.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part.

1. Clash Royale

2. China

3. Homer

4. 20%

5. $38m

6. Zurich

7. 3,109,050 electric cars

8. Vodafone

9. Google

10. Pret a Manger

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LISTENING EVENING WITH PARENTS Recently we hosted an evening at Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School to listen to the

views in detail of some of the parents about how we make the transition from primary

to high school even better.

The parents highlighted the following as strengths of this process:

What went well?

Before they start

Mr Pout/Ms Booth visits. Question and answers.

Information pack very good – both August pack and Y6 Starter pack.

Two day Induction, in particular;

o Activities were very good.

o With Form teachers

o Own Form room.

Parents Induction Evening.

Blazer Fitting night very good.

Allocation of children to forms - able to be in Form class with friends.

After they have started

Show My Homework works well – know what is going on.

Edulink – control over emails and attendance helps parents to be alerted to

problems.

Rewards for good work – Postcards of Praise.

After school activities.

Parent Pay works very well.

Get to know Form teacher meeting (Oct).

Our children settled in well and are happy.

Issues - when raised with school they were dealt with.

End of Year trip, R in the Park

Parent Newsletter

Colour Calendar

Then we went into detail on how we could improve things:

Even better if…

Some Eccleston Lane Ends parents said; We will:

Before the children start

1 Induction Days

1. Some parents were late – caught

out by the volume of traffic on

Warrington Road – Induction day

2. Two day Induction.

a. Make it longer – more time.

b. Extra day.

3. Less testing on Induction day – make

them more relaxed and fun.

4. Wearing school PE kit (by Y6, kit is

too small) but can they wear sports

kit (not football teams).

1. A reminder to be sent out in the letter to

parents inviting them to the induction day

regarding volume of traffic on Warrington Road

2. Unfortunately have little scope to go beyond

the 2 days.

3. The Arti tests will be used. They are not

something that the children need to worry

about. They are 20 minute online assessments

that allow us to cross reference in detail literacy

strengths and areas for development. By

completing this at this time of year, allows this

information to be used for setting in English, and

targeted help to be provided in September.

4. Letter to parents will say sports kit is fine.

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2 Induction Evening

Collection of uniform very chaotic.

The format will be changed, so School Uniform

can be collected from the Form Tutor. Any

queries can be dealt with separately in the

Arts Theatre.

3 Setting

SATs results have too much impact

on which set the children end up in,

too much emphasis on marks in SATs.

Intervention starts straight away if

below average deflates the children.

When she visits the primary schools Ms Booth

(Key Stage 3 Progress Leader) talks in detail

with the Y6 teacher about every child.

Therefore if there is a distinct difference

between SAT results and the Y6 teacher’s

opinions, we will build this into our decision

making.

Setting is separate for Maths and in English

and from other subjects. So, for example, if a

child is very good at Maths and less so in

English, they will be in different sets

accordingly.

Sets in all year groups are reviewed after each

internal assessment window (LP). If a child

needs to move up or down a set this happens

then.

It is important that every child is ‘high school

ready’ in terms of their literacy skills. A short

period of additional help in September is

often enough for many. The children do and

will receive additional help for as long as is

necessary.

4 Transition Work

MA - Problem solving – was too

challenging and had a negative

impact on motivation.

EN – the novel used ‘Tins’ – some

parents felt it did not engage the

interest of all pupils.

Transition work is reviewed annually. We ask

the opinion of the Headteacher’s of our 5

‘feeder’ primary schools for their opinion in the

autumn.

The Maths work in 2019 has been made more

accessible.

English has been refined, 2019 is the final year

of ‘Tins’, and in 2020 a new text will be used.

Tins forms part of the work in English lessons in

September.

English has been refined. We will rotate texts

over time to ensure that families see a variety

of texts. Each would form the first part of the

English curriculum upon arrival.

After they started

5 Lockers

Allocate a locker to each pupil.

Year 7 children will be offered first refusal on a

locker. They are free, but the child needs to

bring their own padlock and key.

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6 Timing of Parents Evening

Parents Evening far too late – was

held in June/July. After discussion it

was agreed that all parents would

prefer;

Tutors – mid November.

Subject – April.

After a careful review of the 2018/19 calendar

and the competing demands on time for

school events covering all seven year groups,

it has been decided to have the Y7 welcome

evening on 11th October 2018 and Y7 parents

evening 31st February 2019.

7 Uniform

a. Blazers – very poor quality.

b. PE Shorts – second order poorer

quality - original order far better

quality.

a. Blazer manufacturer has been changed so

this year’s blazers will be better quality

b. Issue will be reported, this is the first time

this has been mentioned.

8 Reports

a. LP reports can be difficult to

understand for parents with

children in high school for the first

time

b. What is national average – more

information?

c. Format, explain grades 9 to 1, no

connection to primary grades,

MFL.

d. Reports – comments would work

better rather than a numerical

grade.

a. A flier will be added to the August pack

for Parents that informs parents and

directs them to further detail on the

website.

b. The Assessment booklet produced and

sent out in August pack for new Y7 and

new Y8 parents. The only national data

available are the Y6 SATs. The national

average for attainment by the end of Y11

is a Grade 4. Comments will be added to

report indicating saying at/on/above

target could be added relatively easily.

c. 9-1 grades are explained in the reports. As

is true with every school in England there is

no connection between grades given in

primary school and Y7. Modern

languages is effectively new to every

child in Y7, therefore every child starts

from a low base in French in Y7, and

German or Spanish in Y8. However they

do accelerate through the grades in

Languages lessons more quickly.

d. Rainhill students get 3 reports per annum.

Under national teachers’ pay and

conditions, teachers are only obliged to

write a narrative comment once per year.

The compromise at Rainhill is teachers

write, annually a narrative as a form tutor,

in return for 3 reports on attainment via

grades per annum. In addition, any

parent can request further detail via a

parents evening or a one to one meeting

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Next school year we will hold similar events focussing on different groups of parents and

different areas of focus.

9 Teachers

a. More emphasis on highest

quality of teachers in Y7 & Y8.

There is a feeling that the best

teachers are weighted towards

later years.

b. Turnover of staff.

a. The school expects every class to be taught

to the highest standards every lesson. We

will prioritise Y7 in our quality assurance in

the 1st 2 weeks of September to ensure the

children have settled in well, and are setting

the high standards we expect.

b. This year, and last, only 9 permanently

contracted teachers are leaving. Some are

retiring, some have been promoted and

some are moving for family reasons. This is

less than 10% of the number of teachers at

the school. This is equivalent to less than one

in a one form entry primary school.

c. There is a teacher shortage at high school

level nationally. This centres on some

subjects areas. The national context is that

20% of all high school teachers are leaving

the profession within 5 years of starting.

Rainhill’s statistics are a lot more favourable

than that. This is because we are good

employers, who nurture, look after and

develop our staff.

10 Homework

Y7 Homework is consistent, but in Y8

Homework is sporadic, lots in some

subjects, none in others.

This is a personal view of some and does not

match the records of what is set on Show My

Homework for every child.

Some work is being done to ensure there is

more consistent of practice between teachers

in a subject area.

It is important to recognise the importance of

learning independently outside of school. This

could mean preparation for a lesson, revision or

consolidation of something already learned in

class. We will review the frequency to ensure

greater consistency across subjects and

communicate this out to parents.

11 Intervention letters after Parents

Evening

Need to send out before so can

discuss at Parents Evening.

This was a one off from Science, and will be not

happening again. See below.

12 Communication by post – more

digital options please.

The IT Technical team is working to develop

electronic response forms during 2018/19

academic year to enable electronic

communication ONLY by 2019/20 academic

year.

14 Bus route changes – put it in

Newsletter.

These routes were changed by Mersey Travel,

and we only knew this after the event. If we

hear anything we will put it into the parent

newsletter.

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YEAR 9 DEVELOPING MONEY MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

DAY - WEDNESDAY 11th JULY 2018 On Wednesday 11th July 2018, all Year 9 forms will participate in a day off timetable

that will focus on personal finance and thinking about future career choices. This is

part of their PSHE and supports their development in Economic Wellbeing and

Preparing for Employment.

What will students experience?

Students will work in teams to learn and practice budgeting skills. They will have

sessions from Barclays Bank who will be delivering part of their Life Skills Course with a

focus on how to open and use a bank account.

They will work with other banks such as Nationwide and business staff on managing

money.

The aim of these workshops is to encourage students to make informed choices about

consumer purchases and improve their consumer knowledge. They will also be

developing skills of team work, confidence and problem solving.

They will also participate in Connections Career’s Workshops that will start them

thinking about the links between future employment and earnings.

This should be a useful and valuable learning experience for all our pupils and help

equip them to deal with the 21st century.

YEAR 10 ENTERPRISE DAY - THURSDAY 12th JULY 2018 On the Year 10 Enterprise day on Thursday 12th July our Year 10 pupils will be taking

part in a series of stimulating workshops.

In an assembly, they will be listening to presentations from a range of business people.

This includes Hannah Morris, Managing Director from Vibe Tickets and Laurence

Allmark from McClaren.

They will also be hearing from a local family business, Sabroso, a Tex Mex restaurant

which has opened on George Street in St Helens. They will be describing their business

journey from take away to restaurant highlighting the key decisions and challenges.

Year 10 pupils will take part in a Careers Connect workshop, Science and Enterprise

workshop and a two hour business challenge. Here they will need to develop a

restaurant idea, devise a menu and work out a marketing strategy for their business.

This should prove to be a useful and interesting day for Year 10 and a chance for

them to practice their employability skills. We are hoping they can become more

skilled in working as a team, cooperating to develop a product, and communicating

in such a way that they can successfully pitch their product to an audience.

Pupils will be expected to wear full school uniform, engage fully with our business

mentors and participate in all workshops in a mature and positive way.

Mrs Ayre, Head of Life Skills.

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ARTS ACADEMY NEWS Rainhill Arts Faculty Widening Participation in Arts and Culture Last week, our Arts Staff and Youth Arts Leaders delivered a Dance workshop to Y5

students at St Ann’s Rainhill. The workshop is part of our widening participation

transition programme for Y5 students within our community.

We were joined by professional dancer and choreographer, Sam Broadbent, from

"Company Chameleon" who is the schools cultural partner this year. Rainhill High

School is the lead school in an Arts and Culture programme commissioned by the Arts

organisation Curious Minds. The programme aims to engage young people in arts and

culture through participation and exploration, raising levels of self confidence, well-being,

creativity, imagination, physical literacy and developing crucial skills of communication,

resilience, autonomy and team work.

During the workshop, the Y5 students explored the

theme of inclusion and created solo and ensemble

dance pieces to interpret what inclusion meant to them.

The workshop was supported by our Arts Academy

Youth Arts Leaders who supported the Y5 students in

exploring their ideas using movement language. It was

also a fantastic opportunity for the Y5 students to meet

their prospective Arts teachers. The students thoroughly

enjoyed themselves and created some very exciting

and unique pieces. It was wonderful to work with such

young creative minds and see our Arts Academy Youth

Arts Leaders inspire our next generation of students.

Mrs Aylward, Head of Performing Arts.

WAR HORSE PRODUCTION On Tuesday 26th of June, the drama students of Year 8, 9, 10 and 12 attended a

production of War Horse at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester. The piece is based on both

the novel and film of the same name, and explores the lives of farm-hand Albert Narricot

and his horse, Joey. Set during WWI, the play follows the pair as they set out to fight for

Great Britain, highlighting both the brutality of war and the importance of friendship (even

between man and animal) at such a time.

As drama students, we of course noted down the most significant design and acting

elements of the performance, to contribute towards the ‘live review’ section of our Drama

GCSE/A-level papers. One of the most memorable features recorded by the whole group

was the use of puppetry to portray the horses within the play. Two actors were concealed

within the framework of each puppet, using convincing physical and vocal techniques to

create the illusion of real horses travelling across the stage. This was highly impressive and

allowed the audience to truly connect with the non-human characters – Joey received a

bigger applause than the actor playing Albert!

The piece was highly emotive, with humorous

moments alleviating the tension and apprehension

generally felt throughout the audience. The group

definitely enjoyed the performance, and

personally, I would love to go and watch it again!

Catherine Brabin, Year 12 Drama student.

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CATERING WB 09/07/18 Please see below the list of practical lessons planned in Catering/Food Preparation

and Nutrition - week beginning Monday 9th July:

FOOD TECH INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT The Food Tech department have set up a dedicated Instagram Account which

portrays pupils’ food products in the department and allows staff, parents and

students to find out what has been going on.

You can find the account with the username: RHS-FoodTech.

REFILLABLE WATER POINT Drinking water is available for students from Student Services or in the C-Block toilets

at break time and lunchtime. Please ensure your child brings a water bottle into

school every day as plastic cups are not provided at the water point.

HAYFEVER SEASON Hayfever season is once again upon us. If your child suffers from hayfever, please

ensure that they take any medication before coming into school

and/or carry any necessary medication with them.

SCHOOL UNIFORM NOTICE – BLAZERS

Dear Parent

You will know that our uniform standards are very high, and whilst we expect students to

have their blazers with them at all times, we do not expect them to wear them during the

hot weather. They can either carry them or put them in their bags. Alternatively, they can

leave them in their lockers.

However, students must not have their blazers tied around their waists and shirts must

always remain tucked in.

Mr Lamb, Assistant Headteacher.

SCHOOL LOCKER NOTICE If your child has a locker in school, please ensure that it is cleared of its contents and the

lock removed before the end of the school year. Any locker that is not emptied by the

start of the summer holidays, will be cut open and its contents removed and destroyed.

At the start of the academic year 2018/19, Form Tutors will inform pupils where each year

group’s allocated lockers are.

9J/Cg1

Friday pd5 – making their own pasta.

9M/Cg1

Friday pd3 – making their own pasta.

10M/Cg1

Wednesday pd2 – Sponge fruit flan.

10K/Cg1 Tuesday pd4 – Chicken Korma or Chicken Tikka Masala.

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NEW ONLINE UNIFORM SHOP We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Online Uniform Shop.

From Monday 25th June, all uniform must be ordered via our new Online Uniform Shop. This

can be accessed from our home page on our website www.rainhillhighschool.org.uk

School ties will still be available to purchase from Student Services.

Please note that you will no longer be able to purchase any item of uniform using

cash/cheque through the school.

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UPDATING PARENT DETAILS A new feature is now available on the Edulink One App. All parents will have the ability

to update their own personal details using the icon below. The

submission will be verified, checked and updated on SIMS.

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WHO TO CONTACT 2017/18

Curriculum Queries

Stage 1 Subject Teachers

Stage 2 Head of Department

Stage 3 Deputy Head Mrs. Thorogood or Mr. Cunningham

Stage 4 Executive Principal Mr. Pout

Heads of Department

English Mr. Crossley Sociology Mr. Jarvis

Mathematics Y7, 8 & 9 Mr. Rimmer Computer Science Mrs. Jenner

Mathematics Y10 & 11 Mr. Roberts Business Studies Mr. Jarvis

Science Mrs. Robinson Art/CDT/Textiles Mr. Bennett

Biology Dr. Pugh Food Miss. Bolland

Chemistry Dr. Beswick Dance Mrs. Aylward

Physics Mr. Hurst Drama Miss. Renison

History Mr. Procter Music Mrs. Aylward

Geography Mrs. Parkinson Media Studies Mrs. Aylward

RE Miss. Evans PE Miss. Bakstad

Languages Mr Herd Life Skills

(PSHE/Citizenship)

Mrs. Ayre

Pastoral Queries

Stage 1 Form Tutor

Stage 2 Year Student Manager

Stage 3 Year Progress Leader

Stage 4 Senior Staff Mrs. Munro or Mr. Lamb

Stage 5 Executive Principal Mr. Pout

Pastoral Structure

Year 7 Student Manager Mr. Lankertis Year 7 Progress Leader Miss. Corless

Year 8 Student Manager Mrs. Quirk Year 8 Progress Leader Mr. Reilly

Year 9 Student Manager Mrs. Foster Year 9 Progress Leader Miss. West

Year 10 Student Manager Miss. Seddon Year 10 Progress Leader Miss. Fryer

If you wish to formally complain, please use the link below to find our complaints

procedure.

http://fluencycontent2-schoolwebsite.netdna-ssl.com/FileCluster/Rainhillhigh/MainFolder/-1-

new-17-18/Sitewide-Documents/COMPLAINTS-PROCEDURE-2017-for-GOV.pdf

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