Merit Roll of Honour Tutor Group Merit Table Week Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Wk 41 Wk 42 Wk 41 Wk 42 Wk 41 Wk 42 Wk 41 Wk 42 Wk 41 Wk 42 1st KPR ZWO ARE KNE SJO HBO FWA MGR 2nd ZWO LCE LCA CDO CGA RHO TGO FWA 3rd PBI CRI KHU LCA HBO SJO ETU JSL JSL TGO 4th LCE KPR CDO NPU JDD CON/SCA JDD PLA ETU HEADTEACHER’S BLOG Thursday 26 th June 6pm I’m about to attend the Year 7 Awards Evening, which is always a pleasure and a privilege. The whole of Year 7 has settled in very well, and there are reasons to recognise the achievements of every student in the Year. Given this, in some ways it seems wrong to single out around a third of them for special commendation at our evening ceremony, but after much debate we decided that children do understand that not everyone can win prizes every year, and that the fear of not recognising everyone who deserves it should not stop us from identifying and praising those who have particularly excelled this year. We also think it’s important that we invite parents to join us in recognising the child’s achievement, and this is the factor that limits the number of students we can recognise at the evening. The fire regulations for the hall specify its capacity. It’s a wonderful evening for those who are there, and I hope that those who are not don’t see not being present as a negative comment on them. It really isn’t. The end of term is rapidly approaching, and this will be our last Newsletter of the academic year. Thank you for your support for your children and for their school in 13-14. Everyone here is looking forward to working with you once again in September (after we’ve all had a bit of a rest!). Miles Bacon Head Teacher Week 41 Week 42 Yr 7 Charlotte Billimore Max Ward Thomas Williams Yr 8 Brandon Cook Victoria Culling Tabitha Hall Isabelle Main Marcus Young Amy Pascall Yr 9 Jodie Gosling Jodie Gosling Yr 10 Megan Davies Jordon Williams Jason Hargreaves Yr 11 Thurstable SCHOOL Newsletter 27th June 2014 Achieve More Belong More Be More Thurstable School PTFA Summer Draw Lots of prizes are to be won in the Summer Draw! Summer Draw tickets will be available on ParentPay from Thursday 5 th June 2014.Tickets are £1 each. A list of prizes can be found on the PTFA webpage on Thurstable Website. The draw will take place on Monday 30 th June.Winners will be notified and the winning numbers will also be posted on PTFA webpage on Thurstable website. STAFF EMAIL CONTACT On our school website, all staff email addresses can be found on the current staff page under the ‘About Us’ tab. If you need to email a member of staff please click on the email link and your email program will launch with that email address in the ‘To’ field. INTERFORM ATHLETICS On Wednesday 11th June students from Years 7-10 took part in the Interform Athletics day. One record was broken during the events - Jasmine Klimcke in Year 10 for the Girls 300m. Congratulations to all students who participated. The final results are below. More photos will be published in Touchline at the end of term. Miss Clark Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 1st KPR PBI LCA RHO MGR 2nd KHU SCA/CON ETU 3rd ZWO KNE TBO/MBR TGO ‘How to’ week Year 12 spent a week preparing for the future. Firstly, they learnt how to look after their money including tax, budgeting and the risks associated with borrowing. On the second day they took part in a Business Masterclass run by Young Enterprise and judged by members of Kelvedon Rotary Club. “How To Apply for a Job Day” included a talk on what employers are looking for given by Steve Ewers from TJ Evers, mock interviews conducted by representatives from Wilkins, Voice Communications, McDonalds, Quality Solicitors, and Kelvedon Rotary; and an explanation of Apprenticeships. Finally we looked at how to apply to university and enjoyed a Personal Statement workshop run by Anglia University. Ms Failey