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Top 3 things we have asked the students to reflect on this week:

1. “Respect people’s feelings. Even if doesn’t mean anything to you, it could mean

everything to them.” Choose respect #antibullying week

2. Use ‘World Kindness Day’ on the 13th November as an opportunity to be kind to yourself

and to do kind things for others, however small. Make kindness the norm.

3. Don’t forget the Careers Fair on Wednesday evening. There will be over 80 stands with

information about your future.

Dates for Your Diary

This week:

• Careers Fair – Wednesday 14 November 7pm to 8:30pm, Sixth Form

• Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 15 November 6:30pm • Staff Training Day – Friday 16 November – school closed to students • French Exchange Home (Year 10 to Year 13) – Saturday 17 November to Friday 23 November

This term:

• “It’s a Wonderful Life” school play – Wednesday 21 November to Friday 23 November, Forum

• PTA Christmas Shopping Evening – Thursday 29 November 7pm to 9pm, Hall • PTA Christmas Dinner Dance – Friday 30 November, Masonic Hall, Harrogate • Year 11 Mock Exams – week commencing 3 & 10 December • Christmas Concert – Thursday 13 December 7pm to 9:30pm, Hall • Celebration of Achievement Evening – Wednesday 19 December 7pm to 9:30pm, Royal Hall • End of Term – Friday 21 December, 2:30pm

All upcoming events, term dates and holidays: • Link to school web calendar

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Information

Assembly Download

The assemblies this week have been focussed on Remembrance, students were reminded about the symbolism and significance of the poppy, as well as the way we can all pay our

respect through the minute of silence, that was observed in school on Friday.

“Lest we forget” Centenary Remembrance Day Concert – Sunday 11 November

Remembrance Day concert in support of the Royal British Legion

and Harrogate International Partnerships. Contributions from some of Harrogate’s finest young musicians: Tewit Youth Band, St Aidan’s Swing Band and Harrogate

Grammar School Choir. For more information please click here Tickets include a glass of wine / soft drink, and are available via: ➢ Email: mail@harrogatetwinning.org ➢ Web: www.harrogatetwinning.org ➢ On the door

Introducing the Start Profile Careers Programme – NEW for 2018/2019

As part of our commitment to provide an outstanding careers programme

which prepares students for a rapidly changing world, we are delighted to

announce that we are going to be using an innovative resource called Start this year. For further information about how we will be using this in school, click here.

We are encouraging parents to use Start at home with students so please watch the video on the right which explains how Start

works, with information to help parents register so you are also able to use the online resource > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We hope that students and parents will enjoy using Start this year and that you will find it an interesting and valuable resource to use when discussing future career plans and options.

Mrs Hinkins

HGS Careers Fair – Wednesday 14 November, 7pm, Forum

We are holding our seventh annual Careers Fair in the Forum on Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 7pm. The aim of the event is to provide a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn more about a variety of careers and professions which they could consider for the future.

For more information click here, or please contact Jane Hinkins (jfh@harrogate.grammar.co.uk)

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 15 November, 6:30pm The Sixth Form Open Evening is on Thursday 15 November, from 6.30-9pm. All our year 11 students

and their parents/carers are warmly invited to experience subject presentations, talk to staff and students, tour the facilities as well as hear a talk from the Executive Headteacher and Head of Sixth

form. The Sixth Form is the first real opportunity for students to have free choice in what they study. We highly recommend attending the Open Evening, so students can receive the right support and guidance in making their informed decision. For further information, please contact (01423) 535 235 or email sixthform@harrogategrammar.co.uk

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

“It’s a Wonderful Life” – Tickets Still on Sale

A few tickets are still available for the school play “It’s a Wonderful Life”, on sale in the Main Hall during break and lunchtime (see poster at the end of this bulletin).

Letter Communications

Year 9 E-Safety assembly

As part of our e-safety programme we will be showing a short film produced by Leicestershire Police at the Year 9 assembly on Wednesday 14 November. Please click here for more information.

Positive Achievement System

We would like to enrich our rewards system to give students the opportunity to win an experience or prize. For further information please click here.

Languages – Word a Day

Help your child learn a word a day! Quizlet words for week 9 and 10, please use these to practice the “word a day” for each language studied. A copy of the links will be included within the student bulletin every Monday morning.

A copy of the “word a day” for the whole academic year can be located on the following links:

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Year 10 Year 11

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Maths – Puzzler

Last week’s puzzle solution:

Drawing 4 straight lines that go through all 9 points on the grid:

The original meaning to “thinking outside the box”!

This week’s puzzle:

Here’s an example of bus stop division. This shows that 48265 divided by 5 is 9653.

0 9 6 5 3 5 448322615 Here’s another bus stop problem. This time, all the digits have been swapped for letters. Can you work out which digits (0-9) the letters represent.

Clue: the A isn’t 2

𝐴 𝐷 𝐹 𝐺 𝐼 𝐽 𝐴 𝐵 𝐶𝐷𝐸 𝐸𝐸𝐻𝐸𝐷

Extra-Curricular Activities Please click on the following link to access the extra-curricular timetable for the Autumn term. Extra-curricular activities 2018/19

The Learning Resource Centre will be open until 6pm on a Monday to Thursday and 5pm on a Friday.

PTA News

PTA Raffle We need your help…..the annual PTA raffle is an important fundraiser for the school and we are very grateful to all the parents and carers who buy tickets and donate prizes. If you are able to donate a raffle prize, it would really help the PTA. We would be grateful if you could drop any donations at school reception. Keep an eye out for the raffle tickets coming home with your child. Thank you for continued support.

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Thursday 29 November - Christmas shopping evening (Main Hall) Come and browse a carefully curated, eclectic

mix of the finest Yorkshire traders. Shop for Christmas all under one roof from festive wreaths and Christmas trees, to gifts, craft, cards and wrapping paper. From Christmas cocktails to craft beers, artisan gin and festive food and

sweet treats. Choose from beautiful jewellery and ladies fashion to warm and cosy cashmere. Stallholders include Jarfull, &Jewellery works, Slingsby Gin, PURE Cashmere, Brewton Tours, Coin It In, Harrogate Bartender, Neal’s Yard, Wright and Green candles, Temple Spa, Life and

Soul Clothing, Regal Florists, Fit Harrogate and many more.

🎄🥂🎁 Tickets are £5 available from the PTA by emailing hgs.pta@hotmail.com or on the door. Tickets

include a festive tipple and a nibble. School students free of charge. 🎄🥂🎁

As part of the evening you can also attend

the Christmas Wreath Making workshop. Workshops will take place at 6pm and 7pm. To book your place please email Emma at info@regalflorists.co.uk or call 01423 507871

Friday 30 November - Christmas Dinner Dance

(Masonic Hall, Harrogate) A special Christmas event to look forward to. Get your glad rags on for a night that includes a fizz reception, 3 course dinner and dancing till late. Built by the Masons for the Right Honourable, Earl of Harewood KC, this beautiful building is ours for the evening. Taking place in the atmospheric ballroom, there are a limited number of tickets at £35 each. Buy your tickets here.

Saturday 2nd February – Burns Night

We are delighted to see the return of a favourite school social evening. Tickets will be available after half term. The evening promises to be an excellent occasion of fun, food and frolics. Supported by the PTA this is a special event for

the PE Dept to enable them to raise money to fund portable floodlights; this in turn will enable practices to continue outside in the dark nights and help ease the strain on overpopulated indoor facilities and the Astro.

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Current Vacancies Current vacancies within Red Kite Learning Trust can be found at: www.rklt.co.uk/vacancies/

• Headteacher at Harrogate Grammar School, closing date 4th December 2018

Sporting Events Diary w/c 12 November 2018

Date Sport Opposition Age Group Venue Home/Away

Meet/Depart Time

Start/KO Return to HGS

(approx.)

Mon 12 Nov Girls Rugby

Area tournament U12 Home 14.35 15.30 18.00

Wed 14 Nov Netball Woodhouse Grove

U16 Home 14.35 14.40 15.30

Wed 14 Nov Netball Woodhouse Grove

U19 Home 14.35 14.40 15.30

Wed 14 Nov Rugby Ripon GS U15 Away 13.35 15.00 17.00

Wed 14 Nov Table Tennis

Rossett ESTTA

championship

Away 9.00 9.30 13.30

Wed 14 Nov Tennis St Peters U12-15 Away 13.35 15.00 17.00

Fri 16 Nov Tennis Sunderland Regionals

U15 Away 7.15 9.00 17.30

Sat 17 Nov Rugby Crossley Heath U14 U15

Away 8.20 10.00 13.30

Sat 17 Nov Rugby Crossley Heath U12 U13

Home 9.00 10.00 11.30

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Life @ HGS

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the Remembrance Evening service that took place

on Thursday evening. It proved to be an emotional and moving event with many special presentations and performances from our students. Further photographs and video clips can be found on our twitter account @HarrogateGS

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HOPEWALK at Swinsty Reservoir in memory of Dom Sowa

More photos on Harrogate Informer https://www.harrogate-

news.co.uk/2018/10/27/hopewalk-at-swinsty-reservoir-in-memory-of-dom-sowa/

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 12 November 2018 Week B

Some excellent forced perspective photography homework from Year 8 students.