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DARTON COLLEGE

6th May 2016

Issue 29

Unlocking potential ….Changing lives Principal’s News What an end to the week - not

just because of Liverpool’s win

last night! Year 11 Interview

day took place today, huge

t h a n k s t o M r B o n d f o r

organising. As ever we were

incredibly well supported by

m e m b e r s f r o m t h e l o c a l

community and businesses and

are hugely grateful to all those

individuals who gave up their

time.

I am delighted that we have

s u c c e s s f u l l y r e c r u i t e d

Miss Wilkinson to the Head of

Performance on a temporary

basis - Mrs Powell is staying with

us but is going to spend next

smart and ready to learn. New

ties will be funded by the

College for years 8, 9, 10 and

11. Please also look out for

additional uniform guidance

that will be issued before we

break for the Summer,

regarding skirt length and

suitability of trousers. We try

really hard to get the balance

r ight w i th our un i form

expectations and are grateful

for your support with this.

Hopefully we will continue to

see more warm weather and

sunshine over the weekend!

Kate Davies :)

Principal

In this issue…

Page 1: Principal’s News

Page 2: Up-coming events / Attendance

Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk

year in a different role working

as a Primary Link so that we can

start to get to know learners in

Year 3/4/5 and 6 and strengthen

our relat ionships with local

schools. Thank you to parents

and carers who have contacted

us this week regarding the intro-

duction of a school PE kit. Like

our general school uniform we

believe this will help instil a sense

of p r ide and belonging in

learners, and pulls in line with

o t h e r s c h o o l s a c r o s s t h e

borough who already have

established PE kits. We will also

be introducing ’clip on’ ties from

September, which again will

help ensure that learners look

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Important Dates

Monday 9th May Vaccination catch-

up for any learners who were absent

on the day -

Year 8 (Girls only) HPV

Year 9 (Girls only) HPV

Year 9 DTP/Men C ACWY

2016 GCSE Examination season starts -

Monday 16th May

The full timetable can be viewed on

the college website -

http://wp.me/p4JOnm-2aX

Follow us on twitter: @darton_college

Year 11 Interview Day

Attendance for the week ending 29/04/2016

Whole School TARGET 95.50%

Whole School ACTUAL 94.70%

Whole School Attendance

Target Yearly Weekly

95.50% 94.70% 94.90%

Year 7 96.50% 96.60% 96.70%

Year 8 96.00% 95.80% 97.70%

Year 9 95.50% 93.50% 94.50%

Year 10 95.00% 93.90% 92.10%

Year 11 94.50% 92.40% 91.50%

Drone Activity at Darton College

On Thursday of this week

the college was buzzing

with Drone activity - staff

and learners watched

excitedly as Deadline

Digi tal data took

footage of the college

with their imaging

equipment - footage will

be available to view

over the next few weeks

- watch this space for

more details.

On Friday 6th May Year 11 learners

took part in an Interview Day. All

learners were given a 20 minute

interview by an employer or

provider from Barnsley and the

surrounding area. These employers

and providers included seasoned

interviewers from companies such

as Berneslai Homes, BMBC,

Barclays Bank, MKB Solicitors, C & K

Recruitment to name a few.

All of the interviewers and providers

who took part in the event were very

impressed with the Darton Learners

and many expressed the thought

that we must be very proud of them,

which we are. It was a very

enjoyable day for all who took part

and provided an excellent showcase

for Darton College. We would like to

thank all of the interviewers for giving

up their valuable time for this event.