13 march 20151

PRAYER FOR MOTHERS DAY

God our Creator, we pray:

for new mothers, coming to terms with new

responsibility;

for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting;

for those who are tired, stressed or depressed;

for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work

and family;

for those who are unable to feed their children due to

poverty;

for those whose children have physical, mental or

emotional disabilities;

for those who raise children on their own;

for those who have lost a child;

for those who care for the children of others;

for those whose children have left home;

and for those whose desire to be a mother has not

been fulfilled.

Bless all mothers, that their love may be deep and

tender,

and that they may lead their children to know and do

what is good,

living not for themselves alone, but for God and for

others.

Amen.

Friday 13 March 2015 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

All Hallows celebrated Chinese New Year in

style in February. Students performed a fashion

show which celebrated the diverse ethnic groups

which make up the population of China. The

video is available to view on the school

website. Café Bernard served a range of

delicious Chinese food for the week. We are

thrilled this year to be able to offer Mandarin in

the 6th form from September 2015.

Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to

discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates

Tuesday 24 March '15, 3.45pm - 4.45pm

There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait—

more dates to be confirmed

PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES

ECO FACTS

Each year, more than 350 million inkjet and laser cartridges are thrown away.

Each year, 35 million cell phones are disposed of around the world.

Paper can account for as much as 60% of school waste in the UK in 2014

Preventing one ton of paper waste saves between 15 and 17 trees

Plastic requires 100 to 400 years to break down in a landfill

Recycling one aluminum beverage can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 20 hours, a computer for three

hours, or a TV for two hours.

COLLEGE PRAYER

SPECIALISM OF SUCCESS

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

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENTS CONSULTATION DAY

CATHOLIC WEEKEND CONFERENCE

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Term

There are 48 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

Supporting your child through their GCSE's can be difficult. One top tip is how to cope when your child falls behind with work. The solution

would be to help them prioritise their work load and create a plan that helps get the balance right with college work and social time. To

help with this all Year 11 students have been given a revision pack, that includes a revision timetable, which students are completing this

week. Please ask to see the revision timetable your child will bring home and have a conversation around it. Future Link Publishing have

also produced a useful guide for parents that contains 101 top tips to help. This can be accessed using the following link: http://

www.futurelinkpublishing.co.uk/publish/publications/GCSE.html.

PARENT AS PARTNERS - SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD IN EXAMS

What should you do when the exam invigilator says commence? - Give yourself a couple of minutes to read through

the paper to allocate time for each question or section and to mark options you want to attempt.

EXAM TIP

Friday 13 March 2015

YEAR 10 MOCK EXAMINATION

Ravana’s Revenge

27 March 2015

Year 8 Retreat

Wednesday 6 May - Friday 8 May 2015

Italy Trip

Saturday 23 May 2015

Normandy Trip

Friday 12 June 2015

Drop-in session

KS4/5 students 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.

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

TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

DAY SUBJECT

Monday Science/History/Languages/Hospitality

Tuesday Maths

Thursday Music/Geography

Other ICT any break/lunch Business – by arrangement Art – by arrangement

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Easter Friday 13 March 2015

DUKE OF ENDINBURGH AWARD

Congratulations to those students who have made a

commitment to work towards their Duke of

Edinburgh award. Currently we have

35 students working on their bronze award, 21 on

silver and 5 on gold. Thank you to those who

attended the drop in last week with Steve Wilson

and Nicky Young who are supporting the College with DofE.

The next official drop in will be on Thursday 19 March at 1:15 - 2:00. More details to follow

If in the meantime any students are unsure, need help or want more detail please see Mrs Connor.

Well done to all those who are uploading their evidence for each of the areas on eDofE. If you have not started

to do this yet can you please have a go.You will need to have completed two of the three sections before the

expedition. Again if you need help with this come and see Mrs Connor

Silver DoE practice expedition Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2015

Silver DoE assessed expedition Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July 2015

Bronze DoE practice expedition Saturday12 and Sunday13 September 2015

Bronze DoE assessed expedition Saturday10 and Sunday 11 October 2015

Gold DoE practice expedition Thursday 24 to Monday 28 September 2015

Gold DoE assessed expedition Thursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2015

Good luck and well done so far.

DUKE OF ENDINBURGH FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES


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 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 require 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]

[email protected]

= Staff Present

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY

STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE



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

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 - 96.1% (down 1.1% on our previous week ) Year 8 - 96.1% (down 0.3%) Year 9 - 96.0% (up 0.8%, well done Year 9) Year 10 - 93.7% (up 0.9%, well done Year 10) Year 11 - 95.7%% (up 1.2%, well done Year 11) Year 12 - 94.4% (up 2.2%, well done Year 12)

Year 13 - 95.5% (up 1.7%, well done Year 13)

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.

Please note the College will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2015 COLLEGE TERM DATES

Attendance last week was 95.5% (an increase from 95.3% during the previous week but 0.2% lower than the same week last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September is still at 95.1%.We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance was 94.9% (up 0.2% on the previous week so well done girls), BOYS attendance was 96.1% (up 0.3% so well done boys). The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 94.7% whilst boys is 95.5%.

ATTENDANCE COMPETITION

All students in Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 are challenged to full 100% attendance between Monday 23 March and Thursday 2 April. Those students who achieve this will entered into a prize draw for £25 worth of Amazon vouchers. The same competition was run for Year 7 and Year 8 last half term with Courtney-Paige Beeston in Year 8 winning the prize. This competition is a challenge to Key Stage 4 students to not let their attendance slip at the end of a term.



LIBRARY NEWS

Again, a thank you to those students who have returned (long) overdue books - please keep searching!

Once again, overdue notes have gone to tutors and I would ask that students continue to look for these books as

we still have a large number of outstanding items, particularly popular fiction books that other students want to

borrow. Students that have borrowed books more recently need to make sure that they return their loans on

time for the same reason. Your support in this matter is much appreciated.

Year 7 - 12 books overdue





6th form - 8 books overdue

BOOK AMNESTY AND OVERDUE BOOKS

Games Club - including a mini chess tournament starts Friday Break 2 in the library - more details to follow.

GAMES CLUBS AND LEGO CLUB

Cheshire Schools' Book Award Pick of the Week - Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne.

This is how the story is described on the author's website:

'The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield’s father promised he wouldn’t go away to fight – but

he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn’t know where his father might be, other

than that he’s away on a special, secret mission.

Then, while shining shoes at King’s Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father’s name – on a sheaf of

papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by –

a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange,

unnerving place . . .'

Find out more at: www.johnboyne.com

CHESHIRE SCHOOLS’ BOOK AWARD PICK OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to the Year 10 students below who have recently completed an ASDAN Level 1 qualification in

Sports Leadership in college through the Skill Force project. Students also gained a first aid certificate

LAUREN OLDFIELD ELISHA HEAVENS

SHANNON HOUGHTON SHANNON HALLWORTH

JAZZMIN PEEL GRACE GLASER

MAISIE GOODIER GABBI O'DONOVAN

KYLE FROST-MORGAN NATHAN RUTTER

YEAR 10 SUCCESS


A big thank you to all the students involved in celebrating World Book Day with our week of events, including a

very successful visit from author Jon Mayhew which you can read more about in the upcoming Aspire Magazine!

WORLD BOOK DAY


Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite.

If you have finished 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.

FITNESS SUITE

The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second

break).

Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a mem-

ber of the PE staff for more information.

PE NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS

UPCOMING SPORTS FIXTURES

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

Netball Results

Year 7 A - Lost 22 - 8 Player of the match Millie Risely

Year 7 B - Lost 5 - 1 Player of the match Lilliana Carey

Year 8 - Lost 16 - 3 Player of the match Katie Whyatt

Year 9 - Lost 16 - 13 Player of the match Emily Hutchinson and Brooke Hadfield

Year 10 - Lost 24 - 4 Player of the match Grace Whalley

Year 11 - Lost 34 - 1 Player of the match Sarah Duffy

The next match will conclude the netball season and will be player away at Eaton bank on Thursday 26th March

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13 march 20151