27 may 2016

SPECIALISM SUCCESS

Congratulations to Patrick Jennings in Y12. Patrick has been successful in securing a six week paid internship with The Bank of New York Mellon at its offices based in Manchester. He applied for the position through the Career Ready Programme which forms part of the enrichment curriculum offered by the BITE Faculty when students opt to study either Level 3 BTEC Business or A Level Economics and Business. Further to this he was shortlisted for interview and then selected for the post amongst a strong field of students from other schools across The NorthWest of England.

COLLEGE PRAYER

Prayer for Stewardship Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation

with splendour and beauty, and you fashion human lives in your image and likeness.

Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands,

and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain

your precious gift of life. Grant this through our Lord

Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in

the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Amen. Pray for : Seafarers

Friday 27 May 2016 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Whitsun Term

Parents we ask for your support with ensuring students understand about respecting the personal space of others. At College we have a 'no touch rule'. We emphasise to students that over enthusiastic or overly boisterous 'play' can sadly spiral too quickly into more dangerous or more provocative behaviour which needs to be sanctioned. We ask your support in making sure that students understand the purpose of this and the reasons it is in place.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS:

On Wednesday 8 June all Year 11 students are invited to a special leavers’ assembly in the main hall at 9am to celebrate the end of their time with us as they move to the next chapter in their lives. Over the course of this time we expect the behaviour and attitude of the Year 11 students to remain as high as ever and in line with College policies. Full uniform must be worn at all times in lessons and in exams. Students who choose not to wear full uniform in exams may be refused entry to the exam hall. The College will still have high expectations regarding punctuality and attendance and may still refer students to our Educational Welfare Officers if necessary up to the 8 June. We do not expect any students to sign each other’s shirts, unless these are spare shirts that are brought in and not worn at the time. Students are positively encouraged to have a leaver’s notebook that they can sign instead. The Year 11 students have made excellent progress this year and we look forward to this continuing. We wish every Year 11 student good luck over the exam period and hope they achieve the grades that they deserve.

YEAR 11 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY

PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES

Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates: Tuesday 21 June 2016, 9am - 10am Friday 1 July 2016, 9am - 10am There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait.

Year 7: Tuesday 7th June 11.45am-12.30pm Year 8: Tuesday 28th June 2pm – 3pm Year 9: Friday 24th June 2pm-2.45pm Year 10: Monday 13th June 9am -10am 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 x215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”

DofE Update: Silver Expedition is on Friday 10th-Sunday 12th of June. There will be a meeting in F12 on Monday 6th June to discuss equipment list. Please contact Miss Mellor or Miss Clark if you need to borrow a rucksack or walking boots.


Term College Opens to

Students College Closes to

Students

Trinity Monday 6 June

2016 Tuesday 19 July

2016

COLLEGE TERM DATES 2015/2016

UPCOMING EVENTS

June

Y8 Vocation’s Day Friday 10 June Y6 Parents’ Coffee Morning Friday 10 June 10-11am Y6 Parents’ Afternoon tea (SEN) Monday 13 June 2-3pm Y5 All Hallows Experience Monday 13—Friday 17 June Y7,8,9 Exams Start Monday 13 June Y10 Assessment Weeks Monday 13—Friday 24 June Y5 Introduction Evening Thursday 16 June 6-8pm Y5 Open Morning Friday 17 June 9.30-11am

July

Y12 UCAS Day Friday 1 July Arts Festival Evening Monday 4—Tuesday 5 July 6pm-7.30pm Year 6 University Experience Monday 4—Wednesday 6 July Year 3 Retreat Thursday 7 July 9am-2.30pm Choir Tour UK Adiemus Friday 8—Sunday 10 July Year 6 Induction Day Friday 8 July 9am-3.30pm Y13 Leavers’ Dinner Friday 8 July

HPV Vaccinations Y8 girls Wednesday 22 June Y6 Parents’ Afternoon Tea Thursday 23 June 2-23pm China Trip Friday 24 June— Friday 1 July Y11 Prom Friday 24 June PTA Blackpool Pleasure Beach Saturday 25 June The Lion King Production Wednesday 29—Saturday 2 July Y4 All Hallows Experience Thursday 30 June 10—2:30pm Y12 Parents Higher Education Evening Thursday 30 June 7pm

Year 6 Parents’ Evening Monday 11 July 7-8.30pm History Trip London Monday 11 July—Tuesday 12 July KS3 Celebration Evening Wednesday 13 July 7-8.30pm Year 7, 8, 9 reports issued Year 10 Academic Reviews Issued Wednesday 13 July Choir Tour Malta Adiemus Wednesday 14—Saturday 16 July History Trip Belgium Thursday 14 July—Sunday 17 July Year 6 and 7 Disco Friday 15 July 6.30-8.30pm

UPCOMING TRIPS/DATES /EVENTS

Date Exam/Test

4 May – 29 Jun 2016 GCE/GCSE Public Exams

13 Jun – 17 Jun 2016 Y7,8 & 9 Mock Exams

13 Jun – 24 Jun 2016 Y10 Assessments

IMPORTANT EXAM/TEST DATES

GCE Results Day: Thursday 18 August 2016 GCSE Results Day: Thursday 25 August 2016

Term College Open to Student College Closes to Student

Michaelmas

Tuesday 6 September 2016 (Year 7, 12 and 13 in only)

Wednesday 7 September 2016 (All students in)

Friday 28 October 2016

Christmas Monday 7 November 2016 Friday 16 December 2016

Epiphany Tuesday 3 January 2017 Friday 17 February 2017

Easter Monday 27 February 2017 Friday 31 March 2017

Whitsun Tuesday 18 April 2017 Friday 26 May 2017

Trinity Monday 5 June 2017 Friday 21 July 2017

TERM DATES 2016/2017

MAY/ JUNE

English History Maths Science

Tuesday 31st May 10:00 – 2:00 Saturday 4th June 9:00am – 12:00 Saturday 11th June 9:00am – 12:00 Thursday 2nd June 10:00 – 1:00 Friday 3rd June: 9:00-10:00am - Additional Biology 10.15 - 11.15am - Additional Chemistry 11.30 - 12.30pm - Additional Physics 9 - 11am - Year 12 Biology

English Dept. Mr McCaul Mr McCaul Maths Dept. Mr Nickson Miss McVeigh Mr Aspinall Miss Kelly

REVISION

Cheshire show trip organised for 21st June, places are limited so please see Mrs Needham for a letter so names can be added to Parent pay.

CHESHIRE SHOW

DUKE OF EDINBURGH


Holiday absence from College - please see our website for an update on holidays regarding the recent High Court ruling. Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under legislation on all English schools. Requests for holidays must still be made in writing to the appropriate Key Stage leader (Mrs Garvey KS5, Mr Diamond/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.

HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE

Students across Years 7 to 11 will be challenged to have 100% attendance once again as part of an attendance competition. This helped attendance to be raised last year and the prizes proved popular amongst students. Students will enter a prize draw for Amazon gift vouchers if they have 100% attendance for the 2 weeks leading up to a specific holiday. Years 9 to 11 - 100% attendance for 2 weeks leading up to May half term (£25 voucher) won by Phoebe Lennon Yr10. Years 7 to 10 - 100% attendance for 2 weeks leading up to the end of the summer term in July (£50 voucher) Attendance matters at All Hallows and the link between attendance and achievement is well known and shared with our students. Mr Blades, Assistant Principal

ATTENDANCE MATTERS AT ALL HALLOWS - 100% ATTENDANCE COMPETITION

Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence, school policy now requires that any student who accumu-lates 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 Magis-trates 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 importance issue.

MEDICAL ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Over the last week of College attendance was as follows: Year 7 - 96.3% (up 1.7%, well done Year 7) Year 8 - 94.6% (down 1.8%) Year 9 - 94.5% (up 0.1%, well done Year 9) Year 10 - 95.4% (down 0.4%) Year 11 - 89.2% (down 5.0% - Year 11 are reminded full attendance is expected until June 7th) Attendance between Year 7 and Year 11 last week was 94.0% (down 1.1% on last week but still 1.2% higher than the same time last year). Our overall attendance since 2 September 2015 remains at 95.2%. We aim for 97%. Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-11) was 93.3% (down 1.4% on last week), BOYS attendance (Years 7-11) was 94.8% (down 0.7% on last week). Since 2 September 2015 boys attendance between Years 7-11 is 95.5% and girls attendance between Years 7-11 is 94.9%.

CHANGES TO ATTENDANCE POLICY

From September 2015 the College has changed the definition of “persistent absence” we use to include those students who are under 90% attendance. This is in line with national guidelines and increases the threshold from 85% at present.

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 located in an office 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.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY

STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE 2015/16

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

[email protected] = Staff Present

NAME JOB MON TUES WED THUR FRI VENUE

Mrs J Pilling Careers Advisor Student Support Office

Mrs L Nolan Visyon Counsellor Student Support Office

Mrs R Czerwinski College Nurse Student Support Office

Mrs P Shatwell Family Support Office between rooms A9 and A10

Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince Education Welfare

Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)

CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS

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. Mrs Pilling will prioritise Year 10-13, but students in Years 7-9 are welcome to attend her Thursday lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

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.

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 a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention to be held each Thursday. Any student who arrives after 9.05a.m. will receive a U code. This means they will be classed as absent for the whole morning and this may have consequences for overall attendance. We are aware that College buses are sometimes late and we can confirm these students are not negatively marked in the register when this happens. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. Gates are manned by members of staff and names will be taken of those students who are late.

BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS


DURING COLLEGE DROP IN SESSIONS 2015/16

SUBJECT TIME

MONDAY GCSE ICT RE Intervention Geography Intervention

Break 1 &Break 2 Break 2 Break 2

TUESDAY Art Drop in Science Drop-in

Break 2 Break 2

WEDNESDAY Art Drop in Break 2

THURSDAY Art Drop in Science Drop-in

Break 2 Break 2

FRIDAY Health and Social Care Business Studies

Break 1 Break 1

KS 4/5 AFTER COLLEGE DROP IN SESSIONS 2015/16

DAY SUBJECT TIME

Monday Science/Languages 3:30 – 4:30

Tuesday Maths 3:30 - 4:30

Wednesday Art 2:45 – 4:00

Thursday Product Design – D3 Hospitality and Catering – F21 Music – E1 History F13 Business Studies (GCSE) F15 English (see revision timetable for break-down) http://smartfuse.s3.amazonaws.com/2b494380ca1f7fa63086fca40b33b30e/uploads/2014/02/English.pdf

3:30 – 4:30 3:30 – 4:30 3:30 – 4:30 3:30 – 4:30 3:30 – 4:30 3:30 – 4:30

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Year 7 were involved in the minor athletics on Thursday 19th May in which there were many great results. The boys came 4th and the girls came 6th out of the 10 schools on the day. A special well done to the following pupils that have been chose to represent Macclesfield and District in the county championships on Wednesday 22nd June. Adam Hurst (Long jump or hurdles), Jacob Towse (Discus), Tom Mason (Javelin), Ruby Hamilton (100m), Maddie Whitehurst (high jump) and Olivia Delany (Discus). Congratulations and good luck. Year 9 football played against Wilmslow in the Macclesfield and District cup final. After beating Fallibroome and Eaton Bank in the previous rounds the team unfortunately couldn't beat a very good Wilmslow side. The team should be very proud of their achievements this year and have played some excellent football at times during the season. Well done to the following players Jack Marshall Clack, James Taylor, Lucas Tomlinson, Callum Berry, James Lisle, Hugh Bentley, Liam Bennett, Adam Robinson, Oscar Trueman, Tyler Beck, Kanta Sibbett, Fin Hughes, Harry Payne, Harrison Waddington and Ed Vitta.

MACCLESFIELD AND DISTRICT COMPETITION

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Overdue Library Books A polite reminder that library books are issued for two weeks to KS3/4 students and three weeks to those in KS5, but can be renewed up to three times. Students who want to renew their books can just stop by the library and let Ms Sinclair know.

OVERDUE BOOKS

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AUTHOR OF THE MONTH: RECOMMENDED READ

We now have multiple copies of all the books on the Carnegie Medal shortlist. For more information about this most prestigious of children's book awards, log onto: www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.

NEW IN - CARNEGIE SHORTLISTED BOOKS

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY

Revision Resource for 6th Form Students - available until May 31st. To support students as they revise for their A Level exams, we have a month's access to the Philip Allan Magazines Online Archive. The magazines on this database cover a wide range of A Level subjects with relevant articles and exam support. Please note the access is only for one student at a time, so if you can not get into it, please be patient. The access details are: Philip Allan Magazines Online Archive Login URL: http://my.dynamic-learning.co.uk/ JCS Username: [email protected] JCS Password: JCShallows

REVISION RESOURCE FOR 6TH FORM STUDENTS

Support the Summer Reading Challenge Cheshire East Libraries are looking for young people between the ages of 13 and 24 to help out with the annual Summer Reading Challenge in local libraries. The closing date for applications is May 28th.

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All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Whitsun Term

Parents, carers and education professionals; do you have any questions or concerns about the well-being,

behaviour, learning or development of your child or a child that you work with? (Parental consent required

for staff). ‘Drop in’ and speak to an Educational Psychologist. We will be holding free 45 minutes sessions for parents/carers and

educational professionals in Children’s Centres in June 2016; booking is recommended. Conversations tend to be more open and

productive without the focus child present; please do not feel you need to bring your child out of school. Pre-school children MAY be

able to join a session on a one-off basis if no alternative child care facilities are available. Please enquire with the individual centre when

booking. If you have any questions please contact The Educational Psychology Team, Macclesfield Town Hall (Floor 1) SK10 1EA Tel:

01625 374794 [email protected] Please telephone the host Children’s Centre to book an appointment and

please let them know if you cannot attend.

The Brooks (01270 371200) 15th June 9.15-12.15

Educational Psychology Team Drop-in Sessions 2015/16

Nantwich (01270 375 390) 8th June 9.15-12.15

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