October 24 2014

Friday 24 October 2014

All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Michaelmas Term

Congratulations to the September and October students who have been named linguist of the month. We celebrate linguists of the month who are students who seize the opportunity to use the language they are learn-ing as the natural means of communication. They are not afraid of making mistakes and use all the resources available to them to express themselves in the foreign language. September: KS3 Alistair Nickson KS4 Emma Nay October :KS3 Ryan Martin KS4 Charlie Fox

PARENTS AS PARTNERS—STUDENT ABSENCE

Parents are reminded to contact the College on the first and every day of a student's absence. If no explanation is

received by 11a.m. the College will contact parents in the first instance by mean of mobile 'phone text message or

voicemail broadcast.

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BUS TIMETABLES

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With effect from 4 November 2014 there will be changes to some of the bus routes to College, following feedback during the first half term of the year. This will mean changes to timings on some pick up points (in particular on AH2) as well as more detailed changes on AH5, AH6 & AH7, which include route changes to redistribute the stops between each of those routes. Where stops have been assigned to a new route, new passes will be issued for that route and students should use the new route from 4 November. Bostock’s will liaise directly with any families that need a new pass as a result of the changes. Full details of the chang-es and new timetables are on the College’s website.

SPECIALISM SUCCESS

COLLEGE PRAYER FOR UNITY

There are 18 days left until the start of the Year 11 Mock exams. Students more than one grade below flight path in their mock exams will be required to resit. These resits will take place on a Saturday.

YEAR 11 MOCK EXAMS

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit,

That my thoughts may all be holy.

Act in me, O Holy Spirit,

That my work, too, may be holy.

Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit,

That I love but what is holy.

Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit,

To defend all that is holy.

Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit,

That I always may be holy.

Amen.

Third diocesan symposium 1 NOVEMBER 2014

Context: Centenary of 1914

Year of Reconciliation, Shrewsbury Diocese

Title: The Human Person and Reconciliation: What does Reconciliation mean in practice?

Margaret and Barry Mizen, parents of murdered teenager, Jimmy Mizen

Damien Prescott, Co-founder and Director of The Olive Branch for recovering addicts

Members of Cenacolo Kendal will also be present

----------------------------------------------- Ellesmere Port High School, CH65 7AQ TIME: 10am-4pm

Concluding with the Mass of Reconciliation

Lunch will be provided Cost:

Contributions welcomed

DEPARTMENT OF EVANGELISATION

Meeting Thursday 13 November, 7:00pm—8:00pm for students and parents interested in finding out more about this scheme

at All Hallows Catholic College.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD

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Geography drop-in session

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

The session will provide assistance on case studies,

exam questions and key terms.

Peace and Remembrance Day

Monday 10 November

Year 11 Mock Exam Starts

Wednesday 12 November

Year 7 and 9 Parent

Consultation Day

Thursday 20 November. 9a.m.

Celebration Assemblies Week Year 7-13

Monday 24 November

Year 7&9 Consultation day

Thursday 20 November

Duke of Edinburgh award meeting

Thursday 13 November 7p.m.-8p.m.

Year 11 Retreat

Tuesday 25 Friday 28 November

SRE Parents’ Information Evening

Thursday 27 November. 7p.m.-8p.m.

AHLC Rugby Tournament

Wednesday 3 December. 1p.m.-3p.m.

Carol Service St. Alban’s Church

Thursday 11 December. 7p.m.

GCSE & A Level Awards Evening

Thursday 18 December. 7p.m.-9.pm. (College Hall)

All Hallows Has Talent

Friday 19 December

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'

Monday 5 January 2015. For letters see Mrs Michaels in Drama.

First come first served to open to all Years 9-13.

TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

In order to support the college values on stewardship and care of the environment, the College will issue all students reports on line

through the Parental Gateway. This brings to an end the issuing of paper reports, unless specifically requested through the Data and

Examinations Office: Mrs Hulme on [email protected]. (A small charge may be made for this request).

PARENTAL GATEWAY AND STUDENT REPORTS

ARRANGEMENTS ON PARENTS CONSULATION DAYS



STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE

Careers Support:-Mrs J Pilling – Monday and Thursday

Visyon Counsellor: Mrs L Nolan – Tuesday based in the Student Support Office

College Nurse: Mrs J Jones – Wednesday

Family Support: Mrs P Shatwell – Monday to Friday based in office next to rooms A9/A10

Educational Welfare: Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince—Tuesday and Thursday based in the Pastoral Office

[email protected]

[email protected] emails will be read by a Senior Teacher

[email protected]

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 the remaining 21 students in Year 11 and also with sixth form students, but other students in Year 9 and Year 10 may also have careers interviews appointments over the next few months. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 are welcome to attend her lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS

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 currently located along the Science corridor, but will shortly be moving to a new space 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.

BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS

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 an L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention to start 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.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY

Year 7 : held on Wednesday 12 November (11.00a.m.-12.30p.m.)

Year 8: held on Tuesday 16 December (11.45a.m.-1.15p.m.)

Year 9: held on Monday1 December (9.00a.m.-10.00a.m.)

Year 10: held on Friday 5 December (1.15p.m.-2.00p.m.)

Year 11: held on Monday 8 December (2.30p.m.-3.30p.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), should you require an ap-pointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”

mailto:[email protected]



Can’t remember anything after reading it? Reading isn't enough. Reinforce what you’re reading by reading it out loud, writing notes in the margins and highlighting important sections. Follow up with notes in your own words and self-testing.

EXAM TIP

Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable 11-21 November 2014

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The following are the dates for training days in 2014-15. Students are not required to attend on these days unless taking an external exam.

Monday 3 November 2014

Friday 13 February 2015

Friday 22 May 2015

Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students

Michaelmas Tuesday 2 September 2014 (Year 7, 12 and 13)

Wednesday 3 September 2014 (All Students) Friday 24 October 2014

Christmas Tuesday 4 November 2014 Friday 19 December 2014

Epiphany Monday 5 January 2015 Thursday 12 February 2015

Easter Monday 23 February 2015 Thursday 2 April 2015

Whitsun Monday 20 April 2015 Thursday 21 May 2015

Trinity Monday 6 July 2015 Tuesday 21 July 2015

CALENDAR

Over the last week of College attendance was as follows:

Year 7—97.40% (Up 0.3% on last week, well done Year 7) Year 8—97.40% (Up 0.2%, well done Year 8) Year 9—96.80% (down 1.0%) Year 10—94.90% (Up 0.7%, well done Year 10) Year 11—94.00% (down 0.2% and a second consecutive fall for Year 11) Year 12—95.03% (down 0.37% on last week) Year 13—94.46% (down 0.75% on last week)

Attendance last week was 96.2% (an increase from 96.1% in the previous week) but 0.4% down on the same time last year. Our over-all attendance since 2 September is 96.2% We aim for 97%. Last week GIRLS attendance was 95.4% (down 0.3% on the previous week), BOYS attendance was 96.9% (up 0.4%, well done boys once again). The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 95.7% whilst boys is 96.7%.

Holiday absence from College 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. Medical absence from 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.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS AT ALL HALLOWS

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

students who have completed 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 maxi-

mum 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.

The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second break).

Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a member of the PE staff for more

information.

ALL HALLOWS FITNESS SUITE NOW UP AND RUNNING

On average, 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish.

ECO FACT

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