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School Bulletin

Bulletin No: 29 Week 1

Week Commencing: Monday 25th April 2016

Year 7 Parents’ Evening

Wednesday 27th April 2016

Canteen & Lower School Classrooms 3.30pm – 6.30 pm.

Cashless Catering Registration

Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th April 2016

See details attached

Summer Exams Timetable 2016

attached

PET-Xi Maths Course

25th – 29th April 2016

Library

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Thought for the Day

Thought for the day is ‘Music’

SEAL Target

‘Listen to a different genre of music’

Welsh Word of the Week

‘Cerddoriaeth’ which means ‘Music’

Year 9 Vaccinations

Thursday 28th

April 2016

6th

Form Area

Year 9 only – see details attached.

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Assembly Rota

Monday 25th April

PET-Xi Course – Library.

Year 11 Enterprise Skills – all day. SLT meeting – 8.10 am. E Nicolaou – ‘Leading Puberty, Sex and Relationships’ course – all morning. L Pollock – meeting – 9 am. H Coulson & D Cornes – meeting – 10 am. L Pollock – ALN Tour with R Seabourne – 10 am. G Dixon – meeting – Lesson 5. S Foster, A Jackson & N McDuff – meeting – 2.30 pm. L Pollock – meeting with parent – 2.30 pm. B Smith – Review meeting – 2.30 pm.

Week 1

Monday

25/4/16

Year 8

(8.35 am)

GDI

Hall M

us

ic

Tuesday 26/4/16

Year 9 (8.35 am)

GDI

Hall

Year 13 (8.35 am)

MCH

6th Form

Area

Wednesday

27/4/16

Year 11 (8.35 am)

GDI

Hall

Thursday

28/4/16

Year 10 (8.35 am)

GDI

Hall

Year 12 (8.35 am)

MCH

6th Form

Area

Friday

29/4/16

Year 7 (8.35 am)

CSI

Hall

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Monday 25th April (cont…) B Smith – Review meeting – 3.30 pm. SD & DC meeting – 4.30 pm.

Class Teacher & Deputy Head of Year (Level 1) Detention – 3 - 3.30 pm.

Tuesday 26th April

PET-Xi Course – Library.

Year 11 Enterprise Skills – all day. Cashless Catering Registration – see details attached. SLT meeting – 8.10 am. Staff Briefing – 8.20 am. E Nicolaou – ‘Challenges in the diagnosis of ASD’ course – all day.

SLT meeting – Lesson 1.

SW Fire Service – Speaking to students – Lesson 2. B Smith – Pregnant Teenagers Group – 10 am. L Pollock – meeting with E Cartlidge – 10 am. H Coulson – meeting with B Smith – Lesson 4. L Pollock – Transition meeting – 2 pm.

BTEC IT Exam – U42 – Lesson 5.

SLT meeting – 3 – 5 pm.

SP&IC (Governors) meeting – 5 pm.

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Wednesday 27th April

PSE Day. PET-Xi Course – Library.

Year 11 Enterprise Skills – all day.

Cashless Catering Registration – see details attached. SLT meeting – 8.10 am. K Parry – Numeracy Champions Network meeting – all day. G Brenton – Drama Exam – Lessons 1, 4 & 5. S Miller – Drama Exam – Lessons 1 & 3. Deaf Choir Visit & Performance – Cwm Glas Primary, Swansea – from 9.30 am. L Pollock – meeting 2 pm.

Head of Department/Head of Year (Level 2) Detention – 3 - 3.45 pm.

Year 7 Parents’ Evening – Lower School Classrooms & Canteen – 3.30 – 6.30 pm.

Thursday 28th April PET-Xi Course – Library. SLT meeting – 8.10 am. Staff Briefing – 8.20 am.

Pupil Vaccinations – Year 9 ONLY– 6th Form area – see attached details. C Ager – Numeracy Champions Training – all day. B Smith – meeting – 9.30 am. B Smith – Review meeting – 11 am. H Coulson – meeting with P Lloyd – Lesson 4. L Pollock – Transition meeting – 2 pm.

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Thursday 28th April (cont…)

B Smith & C Simms – meeting with parent – 2 pm. B Smith – meeting 3.30 pm.

SLT (Level 3) Detention – 3 - 4 pm.

Friday 29th April

PET-Xi Course – Library. C Ager – Literacy/Numeracy meeting – 11.30 am. L Pollock – Review meeting – 2 pm.

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Cashless Catering Registration

26th & 27th April 2016

Tuesday 26th April

Registration (8.35-8.55) HI Base pupils

Lesson 1 (8.55-9.55) Year 7

Lesson 2 (9.55-10.55) Year 8

Lesson 3 (11.20-12.20) Year 9

Lesson 4 (12.20-1.20) Year 12/13/ IRU /IE

Lesson 5 (2.00-3.00)

Wednesday 27th April (PSE DAY)

Registration (8.35-9.15) Pupils absence on Tuesday/ Missing consent forms

Lesson 1 (9.15-10.10)

Lesson 2 (10.10-11.05) Year 10

Lesson 3 (11.30-12.25) Year 11

STAFF TO REGISTER AT ANY TIME

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VACCINATIONS

Thursday 28th

April 2016 Please ask the following Form Groups go to the 6th Form Area at the times stated.

YEAR 9 (FORM GROUPS)

9.30 a m – 9RB1 9.30 a m – 9CH1 10.00 a m – 9CH2 10.30 a m – 9CH3 11.15 a m – 9CH4 11.45 am – 9CH5 12.15 p m – 9CH6

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Season : SUMMER EXAM TIMETABLE 2016

Date Range : 01/05/2016-31/07/2016

Export Date : 18/04/2016

Date Start Len Board Component Title Level

TBA TBA 00:0

0 EDEXL/GCE Spoken Expression [TE] GCE/B

TBA TBA 00:0

0 OCR Portuguese: Speaking GCSE/B

TBA TBA 00:0

0 OCR Turkish: Speaking GCSE/B

TBA TBA 00:1

2 AQA Polish Unit 3 GCSE/B

Fri 13 May 09:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Welsh Second L Reading & Writing-F GCSE/B

Fri 13 May 09:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Welsh Second L Reading & Writing-H GCSE/B

Mon 16 May

09:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

Religion & Lif Life Issues GCSE/B

Mon 16 May

13:00

01:30

AQA GCE Psychology A Unit 1 GCE/B

Tue 17 May

09:00

00:35

WJEC/GCSE

French Unit 3 Reading-Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

09:00

00:35

WJEC/GCSE

French Unit 1 Listening-Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

09:00

00:45

WJEC/GCSE

French Unit 1 Listening-Higher GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

09:00

00:30

AQA French Unit 2 Tier F GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

09:00

00:45

WJEC/GCSE

French Unit 3 Reading-Higher GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Biology 3 Biology 3 Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Biology 3 Biology 3 Higher GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Biology 2 Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Biology 2 Higher GCSE/B

Tue 17 May

13:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Geography G1: P G1 Physical Environ. GCE/B

Wed 18 May

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Core Mathematics C1 GCE/B

Wed 18 May

09:00

01:00

Edexcel/BTEC

Health and Social Care Human Lifespan Development

BTEC

Wed 18 May

13:00

01:40

WJEC/GCE History HY1: A HY1: Europe 1878-1989 GCE/B

Wed 18 May

13:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE AS History Political and Religio GCE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Chemistry 3 Chemistry 3 Found. GCSE/B

10

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Chemistry 3 Chemistry 3 Higher GCSE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Chemistry 2 Found. GCSE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Chemistry 2 Higher GCSE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

02:30

WJEC/GCE Media Studies MS1 GCE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:15

WJEC/GCE Religious Stud RS1/2: Eth GCE/B

Thu 19 May

09:00

01:15

WJEC/GCE Religious Stud RS1/2: ER GCE/B

Thu 19 May

00:00

03:36

EDEXL/BTEC

Hospitality - Introducing the Hospitality Ind. BTEC

Fri 20 May 09:0

0 02:3

0 WJEC/GCE English Litera LT1 GCE/B

Fri 20 May 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCE English Litera Prose and Drama GCE/B

Fri 20 May 09:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCE Further Pure FP1 GCE/B

Fri 20 May 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Geography G2: H G2: Human Environ. GCE/B

Fri 20 May 13:0

0 01:0

0 OCR Portuguese: Reading Written GCSE/B

Fri 20 May 13:0

0 01:0

0 OCR Turkish: Reading Written GCSE/B

Mon 23 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

English Litera Unit 1 Theory Found. GCSE/B

Mon 23 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

English Litera Unit 1 Theory Higher GCSE/B

Mon 23 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCE Design & Techn DT1-Product Design GCE/B

Mon 23 May

13:00

02:30

EDEXL/GCE Written Response GCE/B

Mon 23 May

13:00

01:30

AQA GCE Psychology A Unit 2 GCE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

D & T: Resistant Unit 1 Written Paper GCSE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCSE

Drama Unit 3 Written Paper GCSE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Physics Motion Energy and MA GCE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

01:00

OCR Physics: Mechanics Written Paper GCE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Physics PH1: MO PH1 GCE/B

Tue 24 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

D & T: Graphic PR Unit 1 Written Paper GCSE/B

Tue 24 May

13:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

Geography [A] Theory Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 24 May

13:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

Geography [A] Theory Higher GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Core Mathematics C2 GCE/B

11

Wed 25 May

09:00

00:50

OCR Portuguese: Listening Written GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

09:00

00:50

OCR Turkish: Listening Written GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Mathematics C2 C2 GCE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Physics 3 Physics 3 Foundation GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Physics 3 Physics 3 Higher GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Physics 2 Foundation GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Additional Sci Physics 2 Higher GCSE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:20

WJEC/GCE History HY2: A HY2: Reform & Protest GCE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:45

WJEC/GCE AS History Part 1: Pressure on T GCE/B

Wed 25 May

13:00

01:20

WJEC/GCE History HY2: A HY2: Rebellion & Rep. GCE/B

Thu 26 May

09:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

Mathematics-Paper 1 Foundation GCSE/F

C

Thu 26 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

Mathematics-Paper 1 Higher GCSE/F

C

Thu 26 May

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCE English Litera Poetry Post-1900 GCE/B

Thu 26 May

13:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Biology Basic Biochemistry an GCE/B

Thu 26 May

13:00

01:00

OCR Biology: Cells Exchng & Trnspt Wrtn GCE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E English Litera Unit 2A Theory Found. GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E English Litera Unit 2A Theory Higher GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E English Litera Unit 2B Theory Found. GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E English Litera Unit 2B Theory Higher

GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Chemistry the Lang of Chem Str GCE/B

Fri 27 May 09:0

0 01:0

0 OCR Chemistry: Atoms Bonds & Grps Wrttn GCE/B

Fri 27 May 13:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Welsh Second L Reading & Writing-F GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 13:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Welsh Second L Reading & Writing-H GCSE/B

Fri 27 May 13:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCE Welsh Second L CA3 GCE/B

Mon 06 Jun

09:00

01:15

WJEC/GCSE

History Unit 1 Usa 1910-1929 GCSE/B

Mon 06 Jun

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCE Computer Scien Fundamentals of Compu GCE/B

Mon 06 Jun

09:00

02:30

WJEC/GCE French FN2: LI FN2 GCE/B

12

Mon 06 Jun

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Applied Scienc Written Paper L1L2/B

Tue 07 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCS

E English Langua Unit 1 Foundation GCSE/B

Tue 07 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCS

E English Langua Unit 1 Higher GCSE/B

Tue 07 Jun 13:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCS

E Religion & Hum Human Experience GCSE/B

Tue 07 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Biology Biodiversity and Phys GCE/B

Tue 07 Jun 13:0

0 01:4

5 OCR Biology: Molcs Biod Food & Hlth Wrtn GCE/B

Wed 08 Jun

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCSE

Computer Scien Written Paper GCSE/B

Wed 08 Jun

09:00

02:30

WJEC/GCE Media ST.MS4: T MS4 GCE/B

Wed 08 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Further Pure FP2 GCE/B

Wed 08 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Mechanics M1 GCE/B

Wed 08 Jun

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Mathematics C3 C3 GCE/B

Wed 08 Jun

13:00

01:15

WJEC/GCSE

Geography [A] Theory Foundation GCSE/B

Wed 08 Jun

13:00

01:15

WJEC/GCSE

Geography [A] Theory Higher GCSE/B

Wed 08 Jun

13:00

01:30

AQA GCE Psychology A Unit 3 GCE/B

Thu 09 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCS

E Mathematics-Paper 2 Foundation

GCSE/FC

Thu 09 Jun 09:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Mathematics-Paper 2 Higher

GCSE/FC

Thu 09 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Geography G3: C G3: Section A GCE/B

Thu 09 Jun 13:0

0 00:4

5 WJEC/GCE Geography G3: C G3: Section B GCE/B

Thu 09 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Physics Electricity and Light GCE/B

Thu 09 Jun 13:0

0 01:4

5 OCR Physics: Elctrns Wves & Phtns Wrttn GCE/B

Thu 09 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Physics PH2: W PH2 GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 09:0

0 02:3

0 WJEC/GCE Design & Techn DT3-Product Design GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

0 WJEC/GCE History HY4 HY4: Europe 1878-1989 GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 09:0

0 00:5

0 WJEC/GCE History HY4 HY4: Ref. & Prot.W & E GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

0 WJEC/GCE History HY4 HY4: Europe 1515-1621 GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 09:0

0 00:5

0 WJEC/GCE History HY4 HY4: Great Rebellion GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCS

E Music Unit 3-Listening GCSE/B

13

Fri 10 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Chemistry Energy Rate and Chem GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 13:0

0 01:4

5 OCR Chemistry: Chns Enrgy & Rsrcs Wrttn GCE/B

Fri 10 Jun 13:0

0 01:0

0 OCR Portuguese: Writing Written Paper GCSE/B

Fri 10 Jun 13:0

0 01:0

0 OCR Turkish: Writing Written Paper GCSE/B

Mon 13 Jun

09:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

English Langua Unit 2 Foundation GCSE/B

Mon 13 Jun

09:00

01:45

WJEC/GCSE

English Langua Unit 2 Higher GCSE/B

Mon 13 Jun

13:00

01:30

WJEC/GCSE

Home Econ. [CH Written Paper GCSE/B

Mon 13 Jun

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Reducing Carbo Written Paper L1L2/B

Tue 14 Jun 09:0

0 02:0

0 AQA GCE Psychology A Unit 4 GCE/B

Tue 14 Jun 13:0

0 01:1

5 WJEC/GCS

E History Unit 2 Aust. Affl. & Discont. GCSE/B

Tue 14 Jun 13:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCE Computer Scien Practical Programming GCE/B

Tue 14 Jun 13:0

0 01:1

5 OCR Chemistry: Rngs Plymrs & Anlys Wrtn GCE/B

Wed 15 Jun

09:00

02:00

WJEC/GCSE

Computer Scien on-Screen Tasks GCSE/B

Wed 15 Jun

09:00

01:45

WJEC/GCE Religious Stud RS3: Ethics GCE/B

Wed 15 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Statistics S1 GCE/B

Wed 15 Jun

09:00

00:50

AQA Polish Unit 1 GCSE/B

Wed 15 Jun

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Science A: Bio Biology 1 Foundation GCSE/B

Wed 15 Jun

13:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Science A: Bio Biology 1 Higher GCSE/B

Thu 16 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCE Geography G4: S G4: Sustainability GCE/B

Thu 16 Jun 09:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCS

E Knowledge & Understanding GCSE/B

Thu 16 Jun 13:0

0 01:1

5 OCR Biology: Comnctn Hmsts & Enrgy Wrtn GCE/B

Fri 17 Jun 09:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Science A: Che Chemistry 1 Found. GCSE/B

Fri 17 Jun 09:0

0 01:0

0 WJEC/GCS

E Science A: Che Chemistry 1 Higher GCSE/B

Fri 17 Jun 09:0

0 02:3

0 WJEC/GCE English Litera LT4 GCE/B

Fri 17 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCE Mechanics M2 GCE/B

Fri 17 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCE Decision Mathematics D1 GCE/B

Fri 17 Jun 13:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Mathematics C4 C4 GCE/B

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Mon 20 Jun

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Science A: Phy Physics 1 Foundation GCSE/B

Mon 20 Jun

09:00

01:00

WJEC/GCSE

Science A: Phy Physics 1 Higher GCSE/B

Mon 20 Jun

09:00

01:15

OCR Physics: the Newtonian World Written GCE/B

Mon 20 Jun

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Physics PH4: OS PH4 GCE/B

Mon 20 Jun

09:00

01:30

WJEC/GCE Sociology SY3: SY3 GCE/B

Mon 20 Jun

13:00

01:45

WJEC/GCE Welsh Second L CA5 GCE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:1

5 WJEC/GCS

E History Unit 3 Germany 1919-1991 GCSE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCE Core Mathematics C3 GCE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:0

0 AQA Polish Unit 2 GCSE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:0

0 AQA Polish Unit 4

GCSE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:1

5 WJEC/GCS

E History Unit 3 Usa 1930-2000 GCSE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 02:3

0 WJEC/GCS

E Additional Mat Written Paper L1L2/L2

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Mathematics M1 M1 GCE/B

Tue 21 Jun 09:0

0 01:3

0 WJEC/GCE Mathematics M2 M2 GCE/B

Tue 21 Jun 13:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCE Religious Stud RS4: HE GCE/B

Wed 22 Jun

09:00

02:00

OCR Chemistry: Equlb Enrgs & Elmts Wrttn GCE/B

Thu 23 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCE Welsh Second L CA6 GCE/B

Thu 23 Jun 09:0

0 02:0

0 OCR Biology: Cntrl Genomes & Envmnt Wrtn GCE/B

Thu 23 Jun 13:0

0 02:0

0 WJEC/GCE Sociology SY4: SY4 GCE/B

Fri 24 Jun 09:0

0 01:3

0 EDEXL/GCE Core Mathematics C4 GCE/B

Mon 27 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Further Pure FP3 GCE/B

Mon 27 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Statistics S2 GCE/B

Tue 28 Jun 09:0

0 02:0

0 OCR Physics: Fields/Prtcls/Frntrs Wrttn GCE/B

Tue 28 Jun 09:0

0 01:4

5 WJEC/GCE Physics PH5: EL PH5 GCE/B

Wed 29 Jun

09:00

01:30

EDEXL/GCE Decision Mathematics D2 GCE/B