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2021 - 2022

Mr W Bush (Headteacher) Mr J McNichol (Chair of Governors)

Care Aspire SucceedCastleford Academy LOPOSSUM SI VOLO

Reception Hours: Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Absence: If your child is going to be absent due to illness or has to go to a medical appointment in school hours, please ring our Attendance Officer, Miss Claire Rhodes on 01977 605063

Tel: 01977 605060 Email: [email protected] Website: www.castlefordacademy.com

With the exception of the holiday dates, the items on this calendar are all provisional in light of the current restrictions around the coronavirus. Each

item will be reviewed in advance and confirmation sent out.

HOLIDAY DATES:

October Half-Term School Closes Fri 22.10.21 School Opens Mon 01.11.21 Christmas Holiday School Closes Fri 17.12.21 School Opens Tue 04.01.22 INSET DAY School Closed Fri 28.01.22 February Half-Term School Closes Fri 18.02.22 School Opens Mon 28.02.22 Easter Holiday School Closes Fri 08.04.22 School Opens Mon 25.04.22

May Day Holiday School Closed Mon 02.05.22

Spring Bank Holiday School Closes Fri 27.05.22 School Opens Mon 06.06.22

Summer Holiday School Closes Fri 22.07.22

PARENT CALENDAR2021-2022

CASTLEFORD ACADEMY FORM TUTORS 2021-2022Head of Year 7 - Miss S Bowes Head of Year 8 - Mrs F Hawthorn

7AA Mrs A Asvadi 8CB Miss C Baxby7DXP Mr D Parkinson 8KCH Miss K Charters7MF Miss M Fitzgerald 8DPC Mr D Costello7JC Mr J Conway 8JG Mr J Gardham7JXM Mrs J Mountain 8PG Mr P Graham7LW Mrs L Wilman 8CH Mr C Horsfield7RW Mrs R Weatherly 8VL Mrs V Lambert7JS Mr J Seymour 8RN Mr R Nagy7SL Mrs S Law 8TS Mr T Sanigar7SM Mr S Munshi 8JW Mr J Walton

Head of Year 9 - Mrs F Holmes-Brown Head of Year 10 - Mr P Young9HC Mr H Coates 10AT Mrs A Tonks9DD Mrs D Davies 10GE Miss G Eastaugh9AD Mr A Denny 10TH Mr T Harding9CFL Miss C Lupton 10DM Mr D Mills9MM Mrs M Mountford 10TM Mrs T Muirhead9DN Mr D Newlove 10HP Miss H Paxton9LS Mrs O Stanley 10MT Mrs M Till9SLS Miss S Skinner 10RT Ms R Tolson9GS Mrs G Storr 10CIW Mr C Wales9CW Mr C Whitworth 10EOW Mrs E Wilson

Head of Year 11 - Miss K Garbett11CXB Mr C Betteridge 11TK Mr T King11LC Mrs L Cronshaw 11SR Mrs S Renton11NNH Mr N Hazelden 11SCR Mrs S Robinson11LJH Miss L Hiorns 11GV Mr G Vessey11JXH Mrs J Harrison 11DW Mr D Walker

SEPTEMBER 2021Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2On-Site Asympto-matic Testing LFTFor Yrs 7, 10, 12 & 13

3On-Site Asympto-matic Testing LFT For Yrs 8, 9 & 11

4 5

6STAFF ONLYOn-Site Asympto-matic Testing LFT For Yrs 7, 12 & 13

7Only Yr7 in schoolYr7 photographsOn-Site Asympto-matic Testing LFT For Yrs 10 & 11

8Only Yr7, 12 & 13 in schoolOn-Site Asympto-matic Testing LFT For Yrs 8 & 9

9All years in schoolYrs 8-11 photographs

10 11 12

13Y8 HPV Injections

14 15 16 17 18 19

20Democracy Week

21 22 23Y7 Parent Tours

KS3 & KS4 Presentation Evening

24 25 26

27 28 29 30Yrs 5 and 6 Open EveningPost 16 OpenEvening

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3

4Equality and Diversity week

5 6 7Yrs 5 and 6 ParentTours

8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15Yr8 Be Safe & Healthy Day

16 17

18Yr7 Performing Arts/ Interform GamesIndependence Week

19Yr8 Interform Games P4 & P5

20Yr9 Interform Games P4 and P5

21Yr7 Parents Evening

KS3 & KS4 Student Leadership Election Day

22INSET DAYSTAFF ONLY

23 24

25

OCTOBER HALF TERM

26

OCTOBERHALF TERM

27

OCTOBER HALF TERM

28

OCTOBER HALF TERM

29

OCTOBER HALF TERM

30 31

OCTOBER 2021


1English GCSE Resit

Parliament Week

2Maths GCSE Resit

3English GCSE Resit

4Maths GCSE Resit

5Y12 and Y13English Functional Skills

6 7

8Maths GCSE Resit

Anti-bullying Week

9Yr7 Be Safe and Healthy Day

10 11GCSE Presentation Evening

12 13 14

15 16 17 18Yr11 Parents Evening

19 20 21

22 23 24 25Yr9 Be Safe and Healthy DayYr12 & Yr13 Parents Evening

26INSET DAY STAFF ONLY

27 28

29Yr11 Mock Exams begin

30

NOVEMBER 2021


1Performing Arts Showcase

2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17

SCHOOL CLOSES

18 19

20

CHRISTMASHOLIDAYS

21

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

22

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

23

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

24

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

25 26

27

CHRISTMASHOLIDAYS

28

CHRISTMASHOLIDAYS

29

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

30

CHRISTMASHOLIDAYS

31

CHRISTMASHOLIDAYS

DECEMBER 2021


1 2

3BANK HOLIDAYSCHOOL CLOSED

4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13Yr11 Mock Results Day

14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21Yr10 Be Safe & Healthy Day

22 23

24Spelling Bee

25 26 27 28INSET DAY STAFF ONLY

29 30

31

JANUARY 2022


1 2 3 4 5 6

7Post 16 Work Experience Week

8Yr9 DTP/Meningitis Injections

9 10Yr7 Parents’ Evening

11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18Yr11 Xscape Rewards Trip

School Closes

19 20

21

SCHOOL CLOSED

22

SCHOOL CLOSED

23

SCHOOL CLOSED

24

SCHOOL CLOSED

25

SCHOOL CLOSED

26 27

28Careers WeekYr8 Options Afternoon

FEBRUARY 2022


1 2 3World Book Day

4 5 6

7British Science Week

8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17Yr8 Parents Evening

18 19 20

21Yr11 Mock Exams BeginMe and My Brain Week

22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30Performing Arts Showcase

31Yr11 Parents Evening

MARCH 2022


1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8Cross Curricular DayAlton Towers Trip for Yr11 and Post 16School Closes

9 10

11EASTER HOLIDAYS

12EASTER HOLIDAYS

13EASTER HOLIDAYS

14EASTER HOLIDAYS

15EASTER HOLIDAYS

16 17

18EASTER HOLIDAYS

19EASTER HOLIDAYS

20EASTER HOLIDAYS

21EASTER HOLIDAYS

22EASTER HOLIDAYS

23 24

25 26 27 28Yr10 Parents Evening & Careers Fair

29 30

APRIL 2022

MAY 2022* Shaded areas are the Yr10 and Yr11 exams


1

2BANK HOLIDAY - School ClosedAspirational Reading Week

3 4 5Yr9 Parents’ Evening

6 7 8

9Yr8 HPV Injections

10 11Yr10 Citizenship Day

12 13 14 15

16 Mental Health Awareness Week

Yr 11 Exams Begin

17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27

SCHOOL CLOSES

28 29


1SCHOOL CLOSED

2SCHOOL CLOSED

3SCHOOL CLOSED

4 5

6Deaf Awareness WeekYr8 Cross-Curricular Challenge Begins

7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16Yr5 & Yr6 Transition Tours

17Yr8 Cross-Curricular Challenge EndsYr9 Citizenship Day

18 19

20KS3 SummerExams BeginEnvironment Week

21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28Performing Arts Showcase

29 30Yr8 Citizenship DayYr11 Prom

JUNE 2022* Shaded areas are the Yr10 and Yr11 exams


1 2 3

4SCHOOL CLOSED IN LIEU OF QUEEN’S JUBILEEFundamental British Values Week

5 Yr6 Induction Day and Parents’Evening

6 7 Sports Presentation EveningPrimary SportsAwards

8 Yr10 New CollegeTaster Day Rugby National Finals

9 10

11 12 Yr7 Citizenship DayYr13 Leavers Event

13 14 15Sports DayYr10 Prinson! Me? No Way! Day

16 17

18Yr7 Residential

19Yr7 Residential

20 21 22School Closes

23 24

25SCHOOL CLOSED

26SCHOOL CLOSED

27SCHOOL CLOSED

28SCHOOL CLOSED

29SCHOOL CLOSED

30 31

JULY 2022 Glossary of abbreviated terms HPV Human Papillomavirus Vaccine DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio Vaccine

Uniform Requirements

It is important for the academy and pupils that the way pupils present themselves is positive and suitable for a school environment and creates the impressio of a disciplined and well-ordered establishment. It is expected that all pupils will come to school every day in a neat, clean uniform, giving the message that our pupils take pride in belonging to Castleford Academy. The support of parents is essential to this process. Years 7, 8 and 9• Plain white school shirt with pointed collars, top button fastened and long enough to

be tucked in. • Castleford Academy clip on tie.• Castleford Academy blazer.• Plain black tailored trousers or plain black tailored knee length skirt.• Plain black sensible shoes.• Optional plain black V neck long sleeved jumper or cardigan.• Visible socks should be black or white.• Tights should be plain black opaque.Please ensure all items of clothing are marked with your name.Outdoor coats must not be worn in school.Important notes for pupils in all year groups:• Any items described as plain must have no patterns, markings or logos

whatsoever.• Shirts MUST be school shirts, pointed collars not rounded and with the top button

fastened, not blouses or polo shirts. They must be long enough to stay tucked in and the sleeves should not be rolled up.

• Trousers should be tailored or boot cut. Jeans, skinny or tapered trousers, slim fit, narrow, cropped or cut off trousers, shorts, trousers with patch pockets on the outside, visible zips, studs or other decoritive embellishments are not allowed. No combat trousers or harem pants. No leggings or footless tights are allowed. Stretchy material or ‘t-shirt’material is not allowed.

• Skirts should be tailored and of a suitable length and style to be classed as business wear. Stretchy material or ‘t-shirt’ material is not allowed.

• Shoes should be low heeled, suitable for school and plain black. Coloured soles, studs, metallic bows or decorations are not allowed. Trainers or shoes that look like trainers, high fashion shoes, open toe, canvas footwear, Ugg style boots or ankle boots are not allowed.

• Jumpers or cardigans must be V neck, not round neck. See through jumpers, cut off jumpers, loose knit jumpers or fashion jumpers, hooded tops and vest tops over shirts are not allowed.

• Ties must not be defaced with writing or by pulling threads. Pupils will be asked to buy a new tie if they are damaged in this way.

• Any belts must be plain black and worn through belt loops.• Hair colour must be natural in colour, a colour the child could have been born with.

Silver, purple and deep red tones are not a natural colour. Please be aware semi-permanent dyes do not always wash out after a few washed. Any hair ornaments, including bobbles and scrunchies, must be black. Extreme differences in length of hair is not suitable. Overall, hair should be no shorter than a grade 2. A skin fade or bare scalp is not suitable. Pupils with an unsuitable haircut may be placed in Step up, Connect or IE.

• A little discreet make-up which would be deemed suitable for work is allowed. No false eyelashes, heavy black eyeliner, bright lipstick or eyebrow make-up is allowed. Pupils will be asked to remove all excessive make-up.

• Nails must be of a suitable length for a practical working environment.• One small stud earring with a ‘butterfly’ back may be worn in each ear. Multiple studs

and ‘stretchers’ or ‘retainers’ are not allowed. No other piercings are allowed at all, including ‘clear’ piercings. If your child asks for a piercing, please think carefully about the healing times as there will be no exceptions made to the rule. Responsibil-ity badges e.g. School Council may be worn, no other badges are allowed. No visible necklaces are allowed. No bracelets, unless it is a charity bracelet worn while the school is fundraising for a particular charity or a medical bracelet. No rings are al-lowed. A watch may be worn.

• The law says children should not have a tattoo. No visible tattoos are allowed in school, even in hot weather in summer.

The Academy will also not allow any item/fashion that the Governors believe would under-mine the ethos or discipline of the Academy. The final decision on what is allowed rests with the Academy.No pupils will be allowed in lessons with incorrect uniform. Uniform checks occur daily with Form Tutors and members of SLT. Form tutors are encouraged to send pupils with uniform to Step Up if an item of uniform is deemed unsuitable for lessons, pupils are able to borrow uniform. We allow one borrow per half term. Pupils will be asked to work from Step Up if they cannot borrow. If a pupil refuses, further sanctions will apply.

If your child has a temporary medical condition, for example a broken arm, and a risk assessment suggests it is safe for them to be around school, the Headteacher may agree to relax the uniform rules for an agreed amount of time. The academy will give due regard to protected characteristics. Thank you for your support.

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