| Dates for your Diary
To go to the full school calendar for 2007 - 2008, click
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Dates for Your Diary: September
- October 2007
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Monday 17th September
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Year 10 Cashpoint Business Simulation |
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Tuesday 18th September
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Year 10 Cashpoint Business Simulation |
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Wednesday 19th September
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Years 7 and 10 Photographs |
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Wednesday 19th September
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EARLY CLOSURE - school finishes
at 2.10pm |
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Thursday 20th September
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TRAINING DAY - no pupils in school |
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Wednesday 26th September
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BSF Public Meeting |
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Wednesday 10th October
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Open Evening |
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Tuesday 16th October
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Year 10 Parents' Evening |
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Friday 19th October
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End of Half Term |
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| Training Days Explained |
The Government sets the school year as 195 days equivalent,
of which 190 are ‘pupil days’. This means that all
state schools have 5 ‘closure days’, using the time
for training. (Although we understand that there is to be
an extra training day this year, because of new performance
management systems in schools).
Priesthorpe School is therefore closed on 5 occasions —
on four of these training takes place on that day. The fifth
day is used to add time to our early closures to provide 6
training sessions spread throughout the year. I know many
parents ask why schools do not have common training days.
Sometimes they are the same, but it is not possible to do
this on all occasions because of the different needs of schools. |
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| New School Day |
All pupils and staff get 40 minutes for lunch, spread over
1 hour, to ease congestion. Each lesson is now 1 hour in length,
so the school week is slightly longer than last year, even
accounting for our occasional ‘early closures’.
Pupils should not arrive on site before
8.00am — after this time there are supervised
areas (the canteen and the OLC), which can be used. All pupils
should be on site by 8.40 am, as
registration is at 8.45am. |
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| BSF - Public Consultation |
Pupils and parents will probably be aware of the £15m
rebuild of Priesthorpe School. Work is due to start in the
New Year, with completion by August 2009.
As part of the planning procedures, a Public Consultation
event is scheduled for Wednesday 26th September
in the Main Hall. We expect the event to commence at 6.00pm,
but further details will be available shortly. |
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| New Absence Procedures |
| All parents should now have received a letter explaining
the new electronic system which we are implementing this term.
This will automatically contact a nominated number in the
event that a student is absent and request a reason for the
absence.
The system may also be used to send messages regarding
school closure, Parents’ Evenings, events etc. and
to remind students of important deadlines.
We’re aiming to go live by the end of September and
are busy making sure that all students’ contact details
are up to date. Don’t forget to return your green slip
to school as soon as possible so that we can send messages
to the right number!
For further information please call Catherine Walters or
Colwyn Toner on the school
number.
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