WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - 6th May 2019 N°27

Dear Parent/Carer We wish all our students every success this term as the exam season begins in earnest. The students have worked incredibly hard and deserve to be rewarded for their endeavour. We keep all our students and those students in Year 6 in our neighbouring primary schools undertaking their SATS examinations, in our prayers during the next few weeks. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving,

Let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus”

Phil 4:6-7 Yours sincerely

Mrs Helen Gilroy

Headteacher B.A.(Hons) P.G.C.E. NPQH

Official School Trousers

Following on from information given to parents by the Headteacher (dated 11th April) regarding school trousers. From Monday 1st July 2019, the official school trousers with logo can only be purchased via the Trutex website which is linked to the school website. The deadline for purchasing trousers in time for September will be Sunday 4th August to guarantee delivery.

We advise parents to view the Trutex website and make yourselves familiar with the sizes etc. available. A brochure including prices will be available for you to make your selection.

School will be given a unique code which we shall share with you in order to purchase trousers etc. with our school logo. We will update the website as and when new uniform is provided.

Thank you for your continued support, working together we can encourage a professional environment preparing our young people for the world of work and employability.

Iain McCabe

Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion

School Attendance

School attendance is very important and over the past few weeks, we have been illustrating to families the impact of absence on a students overall attendance. The Government benchmark for persistent absence is 90% which equates to four full weeks missed from school each year. Every day at school is important and it is detrimental to the long term success of the student, if they experience absences from school. Please may I remind all parents that holidays in term time are not permitted unless there is a very serious extraordinary circumstance.

Thank you for working with the school to improve attendance.

Target for Whole school attendance is 98% .

This week whole school attendance is 95.8%

Year 7 - 96.8%

Year 8 - 95.8%

Year 9 - 95.5%

Year 10 - 95.6%

Year 11 - 95.2%

Every day of absence is 5 hours of missed learning and so creates additional work for students to catch up with. Please contact the attendance officer Mrs C Scaife on ext. 127 or a Director of Year to discuss any concerns on attendance or catching up on missed work.

Year 7 - Ms S Lawton- ext. 107 Year 8 - Ms E Jarosz - ext. 108

Year 9 - Mr R Tracey - ext. 109 Year 10 - Mr K Beck - ext. 110

Year 11 - Mr S Green- ext. 111

Chaplaincy News

On Thursday ten of our students attended Revelation at Hinsley Hall in Leeds.

Revelation is run by the Diocesan Youth Team, Jessica and Ryan. There was time for games, learning new skills and time for prayer and reflection in Adoration of the Blessed sacrament.

The theme was Eucharist which comes from the Greek Eukharistia meaning thanksgiving, Jessica reminded us that as Catholics we truly believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus broke the bread and said the words ‘Take this all of you and eat, this is my body’ and ‘Take this all of you and drink, this is my blood’ to his disciples at the last supper. Jesus was offering himself as the perfect sacrifice. During Mass the priest makes present again that same offering, in the Eucharist we are united to the unselfish love of Jesus in giving up his life for his friends and for us.

SIMS Parent App – easy access to important information We have a convenient way for you to access, review and request changes to the data held on you and your children direct from your phone as well as see key term dates., you’ll be able to access our parent app and website at your own convenience via smartphone, tablet or PC – anytime, anywhere.

What will you find in SIMS Parent:

School term, inset dates and contact details available at the click of a button

Access to update your contact details, so we always have the most up-to-date information in case of emergency

If you have more than one child at school, you’ll have access this information for all your children, from the same app

Receive messages and notifications to remind you about important information such as key dates for your diary

If you’ve not already signed up to the SIMS Parent app your son/daughter can collect a letter from the Main Office.

GCSE Revision guides

Norman, Health, America revision guides

£3.60 each

Pay at finance and show us your receipt

or pay your class teacher

1 - £3.60

2 - £7.20

3 - £10.80

Or buy them on

Amazon

Geography News

There are 3 spaces left of the Year 8 Geography trip to the Lake District. The trip will be from Friday 21st June- Sunday 23rd of June. We will be going for a walk in the local area to see some of the landscapes we have studied this year, going canoeing/scrambling, having a bonfire and exploring the local villages. If you’re interested, please see Mrs Messa for a letter. The total cost of the trip is £227. This includes transport, all activities and full board.

Sporting News

Fixtures

Girls

Date Thurs 16th May Wed15th May

Year group 7,8,9,10 7,8,9,10

Sport Athletics Rounders

Member of staff DHO, DHA, EJA, RTR

KBL, KDE, EJA, JHO

Where it is Thorns Park Hemsworth

KO time (approx.) 11:40 - 4:30pm 3:30pm

Boys

Date Thurs 16th May Tues 14th May

Year group 7,8,9,10 Y7

Sport Athletics Cricket

Member of staff DHO, DHA, EJA, IMC, ELG

Where it is Thorns Park Minsthorpe

KO time (approx.) 11:40 - 4:30pm 3:30pm

Headteacher Rewards

Each week students are selected and invited to join the headteacher for breakfast on Friday mornings.

KS3 RE Students to participate in this Friday’s breakfast are:

Marcus Etherington, Aimee Phillips, Caleb Anderson, Anna Pasek, Ben Daly-Hartshorne, Amelia Wan, Aiden Lamb, Sienna Tillotson, Ryden Brown, Joshua Lees, Oliver Litwin, Robbi-Ann Williams, Lauren Nicholson, Elisabeth Fake, Maddaline Wheeler, Rosie Hall, Jimmy Lavin, Boe Freeman, Skye Frost and Andrew Korcari.

If you are interested in joining any of these, or would like to set your own

club/band up, speak to Mr Clarke or Mr McCarthy-Bell!

Group Staff When? Where?

Keyboard Club

Mr Clarke Every break time N1P

Music Tech

Club

Mr Todd Tuesday break time N1Q

After school

Club/GCSE

catch up

Mr Clarke Tuesday after school N1P

Glee Club

Mr McCarthy-Bell Wednesday break

time

N1O

Liturgy Choir/

Cantors

Mr McCarthy-Bell Thursday break time N1M

Liturgy Band/

Orchestra

Mr Clarke

Thursday break time N1O

BK Youth Choir Miss Kitson

Thursday after

school

N1O

Production

Band

Mr McCarthy-Bell Friday after school N1O

Extra- Curricular Music at St Wilfrid’s