Dear Parent/Carer
It is now approaching the time when your child will begin their final GCSE and other examinations. This is a vital time for them. Often this can have a life enhancing impact if they do well.
Year 11 appear to have responded to my concerns voiced earlier this year. Their attendance and punctuality have improved. They are making coursework deadlines. All of this bodes well for adult life.
There are still places for our forthcoming Community events in June. An adult workshop titled ‘Creative Approaches to Photoshop’ takes place on Tuesday 12th June from 5pm until 7pm whilst a ‘Storage Box Making’ workshop takes place on Saturday 16th June from 9am until 12 noon. Please contact Mr. DeCourcey at school directly to book a place or for more details.
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Pupils from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 made the journey to London to visit the Making of Harry Potter Exhibition. The exhibition took over two and a half hours to get round and featured most of the sets, props, costumes and artefacts from all eight of the Harry Potter films.
More images from the visit can be viewed by visiting the London Visit 2012 Photo Gallery
Year 4 and 5 learners from Meanwood Primary School and Spotland Primary School joined us to enjoy a special learning workshop titled 'Get Ready For Roald Dahl!' The thirty children designed their own sweets as part of a 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' activity and every child left with a special pack including a badge, bookmark and fun games too. Jessica Doherty from Meanwood Primary said "One thing that I will remember about this session is that I made new friends." Mahla Rezaei from Spotland said "I will remember that you have to use a good vocabulary when describing sweets." Thanks to all the children and staff who came along to take part in the fun!
Congratulations to the six winners of the Great CEPA Wordsearch Competition which was drawn on Friday 27th of April. We were so inundated with entries that we doubled the number of prizes awarded! The six winners are Katie Zobenica, Samuel Rao, Naqi Shah, Harry Page, Mohammed Hamaad Zahid and Aamnah Hanif. Pictured here are Katie, Samuel, Naqi and Hamaad. Well done to everyone who took part!
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Congratulations to Year 11 BTEC students who successfully created a vibrant Dance show entitled 'Collision!' on Wednesday 25th April 2012. The sell-out show featured a wide range of dance styles, from tango to street and contemporary and a performance crew of approximately 40. The show took place from 6pm until 8pm and the room was on fire with talent. All the pieces were of a highly quality but notable highlights included the contemporary Tango inspired piece and Sunni and Crystal's contemporary piece with live vocal accompaniment by Cara McGlinchey. Well done to all the students involved and thanks to all the parents and friends that supported the event! Thanks to Ms Wystawnoha for all her hard work.
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Year 7 CALL learners are currently working with four professional artists from Cartwheel Arts on a literacy project titled 'New Ghosts'. In class, learners have been looking at local history from the archives of Touchstones Museum and working with artefacts of interest to create new ghost myths. The project will culminate in an exhbition and the creation of several different professionally made books. We look forward to seeing the work produced as a variety of poems, short stories and 3D artefacts as part of a sculpture trail around school next half term.
This year's Drama Summer School takes place in the first week of the Summer holidays and has a 'Seaside Showtime' feel about it. The week long project will feature a wide range of making activities and creative games. The Summer School is for Year 6 learners joining us in September and there are places for up to 40 learners. The project will also feature some great visits to places of interest and the chance to work with professional artists. Invitations to be part of the Summer School will be sent to learners and parents at primary schools shortly.
See Mr De Courcey in the CEPA Faculty for more details.
Primary School Staff attended an INSET at FPHS on Thursday 19th of April titled 'Reliving History: Using Drama Approaches to the Key Stage 2 History Curriculum'. The primary teachers participated in a two hour session, taking part in a mock archaeological dig and adopting the roles of key figures of Lindisfarne Priory when it was ransacked by Viking Raiders in AD 793. Staff left with a substantial resource pack and exciting ideas to try out in their classrooms. Thanks to all staff who took part and Mr De Courcey and Ms Keighley for their contributions.
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WELCOME BACK
Welcome back to all of our students, but in particular to our Year 11 students for their last term of compulsory state education.
From today all students can wear summer uniform. This means that during the course of the term they wear a badged white shirt and their school tie and dispense with the blazer. Currently these shirts are available from the two uniform suppliers in Rochdale, i.e. Moses and Top Form/Monkhouse. These are only available as a short sleeved option at the moment. Long sleeved versions can be ordered for those who prefer.
Dear Parent/Carer
We always ask that parents contact school as early as possible to inform us of their child’s absence from school and the reason for the absence.
If a message is not received to explain the absence we will always attempt to contact parents on the telephone numbers we hold on our school system. If we are unable to speak to parents we will send out a text message. It is therefore very important that parents keep us updated with their contact details. There is also a slip to complete in the pupil planner for reporting pupil absences.
For requests for term time absence or holidays please see details below.
If you do decide to take your child on holiday/extended visit during term time their absences will be coded as unauthorised and the Education Welfare Service informed. Be aware that any pupils who have over ten days of unauthorised absence in any one term will be categorised as a “persistent absentee” and will be treated accordingly by the school and Education Welfare Service.