NEWSLETTER - 17th March 2017 Thank you all for your support at the MacMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 2nd October. The children were fan- tascally behaved and really enjoyed sharing their new school with all of the parents. A special thank you to all that donated cakes and to all the secondary phase stu- dents who sold our treats. We raised an amazing £257 this year which will be matched by a generous company to take our total to £514! Well done every one at TGS for supporng Mac- Millan Cancer Support. The Gatwick School | 01293 538779 | www.thegatwickschool.org.uk Fri 24th Mar: 5-0 Project Movie Night Fri 24th Mar: Red Nose Day (details to follow) Wed 29th Mar: GCSE Trip to Tate Modern Fri 31st Mar: GCSE Trip to Victoria & Albert Museum Fri 31st Mar: 5-0 Project School Fair Fri 31st Mar: Year 2 Sleepover Mon 3rd Apr: Year 7 Trip Weald & Downland Museum Fri 7th Apr: Break up for Easter Head of School Update DATES FOR THE DIARY You may have heard from naonal news items that the pro- posed Naonal Schools Funding Formula, due to be introduced in 2018, is a reassessed fairer way of funding schools. West Sussex has been one of the lowest funded county authories and while the new funding formula will help address this differ- ence, many Heads believe the addional staffing cost will counteract many of the benefits. The Crawley Headteacher’s are meeng with Henry Smith MP to discuss the financial implicaons to schools from the fund- ing formula. I will report back any significant discussion points. . Mr Roessler Head of School Main Event The 5-O St Catherine’s charity disco we held with the Friends of the Gatwick School last week was a huge success. Around 35 students enjoyed their favourite pizza with unlimited drinks and danced the evening away to the playlist produced by our very own resident DJ, Tobi in year 9. What beer way to end the evening, than, a lile bit of Karaoke! Huge thanks to FOGS and the 5-0 team for their hard work and of course to Miss Gradziel and Mr Whiffin for supervising the evening. Thanks once again to Mr Shah.