Weekly Update – 29 November 2024
Following our two INSET Days, school resumes as normal on Monday 2 December when all students should be in their form rooms by 8.40am.
After weeks of preparation, a team of our students will be competing in the Young Citizens UK National Bar Mock Trial Competition at Oxford Crown Court this weekend. We know them to be excellent legal eagles, and we are looking forward to watching them commence court battle! The competition aims to give young people an unparalleled insight into the judicial system, its venues and the work of senior legal professionals. Best of luck to our team – Charlotte, Lauren, Juliet, Andrew, Isabelle, Robert, Laith, Lawrie, Jasmine, Maya, Hannah, Ethan, Thomas, Amelie – at what will be an exciting and inspiring event!
We are excited to inform you that we will be holding a Year 7 Enrichment Day on Wednesday 4 December 2024. Year 7 students will be off timetable and will engage with a variety of workshops linked to Zones of Regulation, Resilience, Belonging and Executive Function Skills. Students will need to ensure they have their pencil case with them for this day. We are looking forward to working with all Year 7s throughout this day.
We welcomed the Scholastic Book Fair this week, and it will continue to run here in the library until Thursday 5 December. It’s been great to see so many students pop in to browse at breaktime and lunchtime. We have also had several classes of Year 7 and 8 visiting during their English lessons, with lots of interest and the hope of some Christmas book treats. It is certainly a great opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping, whilst encouraging reading for pleasure. Last year, our Calthorpe students and parents were fantastic at supporting the Fair, and we have been delighted with how much you have all done so again this year – students, parents and carers have already been amazing, and we still have another week left to browse and buy. Payments for books will need to be online, with students bringing home the details of the cost and a QR code to scan.
Payment can also be made directly via this link. Parents/carers may wish to purchase vouchers ahead of the fair, print them out at home and students use them as if they are cash. We will also have a few bits of fun stationery for the students, and this can be paid for with cash. The range of prices are usually from approximately 50p to £5. The wonderful thing about ordering from the Book Fair is that, due to Scholastic’s Reward scheme, a percentage of the money made can go back into our school – so that means lots of fantastic new books for the library that will be chosen by the students.
Our Christmas Concert will take place on Tuesday 17 December – please see this link to book tickets.
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