Prayer for the good use of talents Lord, I ask that you inspire me always to do my best,

not comparing myself with others, but only with myself.

Lead me, Lord, to discover and use my own talents for the benefit of others and the greater good.

May I live such that I help others to experience their own success, as well as praising them for the good

use of their abilities. Help me not to judge others or jump to conclusions

about them, but lead me instead to respect and accept others for who they are, focussing on the positive rather than

the negative. Amen.

Friday 10 July 2015 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Whitsun Term

COLLEGE PRAYER SPECIALISM SUCCESS

Mrs Goodchild is pleased to report that students in our partner primary schools have enjoyed great success in the Mother Tongue Other Tongue competition, organised by Manchester Metropolitan University and Routes into Languages Northwest. This Laureate Education Project is a multilingual poetry competition that celebrates cultural diversity and the many languages spoken in schools in the UK. The winner was Abbie Hickson from St Benedict's (Year 6) and the Highly Commended was Hayden Ronan from St John's (Year 6). Both did poems in Spanish. There was also success for All Hallows. Amy Wild has Highly Commended for her German poetry.

STUDENT CONDUCT OUTSIDE OF THE COLLEGE

Parents Please Note: Student Conduct Outside of the College Following recent incidents outside College hours and in the local community, we would like to draw all parents attention to their role in ensuring children are properly supervised and behaving appropriately at ALL times. We define good behaviour as that which flows from our Christian values of honourable purpose, respect, compassion, co-operation and stewardship. Teachers have a statutory power to discipline students for misbehaving outside the school premises. Section 89(5) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 gives the Head/Principal a specific statutory power to regulate students’ behaviour in these circumstances "to such extent as is reasonable".

This college’s behaviour policy allows us to discipline a student for any misbehaviour when the child is: - Taking part in a school/college organised or school related activity - Travelling to or from school/college - Wearing school/college uniform - In some other way identifiable as a student at the school/college

Or misbehaviour at any time, whether or not the conditions above apply, that: - Could have repercussions for the orderly running of the school/college - Or poses a threat to another student or member of the public - Or could adversely affect the reputation of the school/college

The college reserves the right to work with the police on such matters if necessary and sanction if required. This may include the use of detention, isolation, suspension to Cornerstone, fixed term exclusion and permanent exclusion

(Extract from All Hallows Behaviour Policy)

DEGREE SUCCESS

Congratulations to former students on their recent degree successes;

If you hear of any Degree successes of our former students please can you email m.garvey@allhallows.org.uk

James Weaver 2:1 in Broadcasting Journalism from Staffordshire University including a special subject award!

EXAM SUCCESS

Congratulations to the following Year 10 and Year 11 students who have recently passed Level 1 qualifications through The Cornerstone Unit. Jake Fethers Level 1 Certificate in Personal & Social Development and Level 1 Certificate in Employability

Skills Dominic Cook Level 1 Certificate in Personal & Social Development

Clare Mottram Level 1 Certificate in Personal & Social Development and Level 1 Certificate in Employability Skills

Oliver Franklin Level 1 Certificate in Employability Skills

Students are now able to use our fantastic new Fitness Suite. Those students who have completed a Fitness Suite Induction and wish to use the facilities must sign up on the day using the sign up sheet on the notice board in the Sports Hall. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, up to a maxi-mum of 28 students for each session. The following sessions are available: Monday - Y7/8 (mixed) until 4.30p.m. Tuesday - Y7/8 (girls only) until 4.30p.m. Wednesday - Y9/10/11 (girls only) until 4.00p.m. Thursday - Y11/Sixth form (mixed) until 4.30p.m. Friday - Y9/10 (mixed) until 4.30p.m.

FITNESS SUITE

The Fitness Suite is also open at lunch (second break).

Any queries please contact Mr Lawson or a member of

the PE staff for more information.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS: SOCIAL NETWORKING

Recently, a small minority of students at College have been involved in online bullying and misuse of the social networking site, Facebook. Problems created at home and elsewhere have a serious knock on effect and create unnecessary upset amongst our students when these problems are brought into College. It is impossible for All Hallows to monitor all aspects of student life, and as a result, we will be supporting parents in reporting any incidences of bullying to the appropriate authorities. The College also encourages Facebook users to take advantage of the "Report" link on the site. Our best piece of advice is that students do not use the site at all until they are mature enough to understand how to use it properly. It is vital that all parents and guardians understand the seriousness of online bullying and vigilance is encouraged at all times. Teenagers can be experts at hiding things! Thank you for your support in this matter. For more guidance, see: www.allhallows.org.uk/esafety

REMINDER TO ALL PARENTS

Please make sure students are bringing appropriate clothing to their PE lessons if they are on an outdoor lesson. During extreme weather parents are reminded that students can and are advised to wear the following:

All Hallows PE trousers (plain black joggers/tracksuit bottoms will also be allowed during the cold weather) All Hallows Black jacket (or a plain black sports jacket/waterproof)

All Hallows black fleece Hats (black/dark in colour/plain)

Gloves (black/dark in colour/plain) Under-armour/skins/undergarments - as long as red/black or white in colour

Also, a reminder that all girls should now own football boots/astro-turf trainers for use on the new 3G Astro-turf pitch.

If girls wish to represent college on the team in September they MUST attend these trials (in PE kit)

Monday 13 July 3.30pm - 4.30pm Current Year 7 Tuesday 14 July 3.30pm - 4.30pm Current Year 8

Wednesday 15 July 2.45pm - 4.00pm Current Year 9

NETBALL TRIALS

Congratulations to both the Table Tennis and Quad Kids (Athletics) teams who recently qualified to represent Macclesfield in the recent County Games festival at Macclesfield Leisure Centre on Wednesday 8 July. Both teams did extremely well. The Table Tennis team were victorious and also unbeaten and were crowned County Champions! Well done to:

Bianca Cisnero

Harrison Hudson Igor Morka

Olivia Prendergast The Quad Kids team also performed really well and finished 6th overall. They also won the award for 'Spirit of the Games' showing a great determination to succeed but also demonstrating their appreciation of the 'Games' Values. Well done, you should be very proud! The team was:

Hannah Booth Zac Box

Rocco Fregapane Sian Heslop

Aaliyah Johns Alistair Nickson Patrick Pardillo Millie Riseley Callum Speed

Sophia Zobolas-Barton

CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON SUMMER SCHOOL GAMES 2015

ROUNDERS TEAMS

Congratulations to all Girls' Rounders teams who played brilliantly against Tytherington High School on Tuesday night at home.

Results: Year 7 won 9 1/2 to 3 1/2 Player of Match Grace Dawson Year 8 won 10 1/2 to 5 1/2 Player of Match Becky Lodge

Year 9 Drew 8-8 Player of Match Emily Hutchinson

Well done to our Year 7 Rounders team who beat Macclesfield Academy 17 to 10 1/2 rounders this Wednesday, and well done to the combined

Year 8 & 9 team who also won 19 1/2 to 11 1/2 rounders. Player of Match Year 7 Maddie Bristow

Player of Match Year 9 Emily Hutchinson

KS3 Celebration Evening Wednesday 15 July 7.00.p.m.—8.30.p.m. Yr 6 Open Evening Monday 14 September, 7pm - 9.30pm Yr 6 Open Mornings Thursday 24 September, 9.30am - 11am Thursday 1 October, 9.30am - 11am Thursday 8 October, 9.30am - 11am 20 Year School Reunion (1995 GCSE & 1997 A-Level Leavers) Saturday 19th September at 7.00.p.m. Year 7 Parents’ Curriculum Evening, En/Ma/Sc/La Tuesday 24 September 6.00.p.m. - 7.30.p.m.

TRIPS AND UPCOMING EVENTS TRIP PAYMENTS

Please can we remind all parents that the College does not accept payments for trips by cash or cheque. All payments should be made using our online payment system, ParentPay. If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact the Finance office.

TRIPS IN 2015/2016

The College is already planning a number of foreign trips and other visits in the new academic year. The major ones are:

A letter containing details of these trips can be found on the College website

Date Details Year Group Estimated Cost

18 - 25 Oct, 2015 German exchange students vis-iting UK

Year 8 to Year 13

18 - 20 Nov, 2015 Retreat to The Briars, Derbyshire Year 12 £95.00

24 - 27 Nov, 2015 Retreat to Soli House, Alton Year 11 £130.00

07 - 11 Dec, 2015 Retreat to Castlerigg Manor, Kes-wick

Year 10 £180.00

10 - 20 Feb, 2016 Trip to India project Year 12 TBC

03 - 08 Feb, 2016 Spanish exchange to Barcelona Year 12 and Year 13 £200.00 for flights plus excursions

12 - 17 Feb, 2016 Language / culture visit to Paris Year 10 – Year 13 £500.00

12 - 19 Feb, 2016 German exchange – UK students visiting Germany

Year 8 to Year 13 £475.00

March, 2016 Spanish exchange students vis-iting UK

Year 12 and Year 13

04 - 06 May, 2016 Retreat to Alton Castle Year 8 £115.00

26 - 30 May, 2016 Andalucia Year 8 and Year 9 £575.00

Late June / early July 2016 CERN, Switzerland Year 12 - Physics £400.00

26 June – 03 July, 2016 Beijing and Xian Year 9 to Year 13 £1,050.00

July, 2016 Enrichment visit to either New York or Rome

Year 12 TBC

13 - 15 July, 2016 Malta – Performing Arts Mixed TBC

Early July, 2016 Belgian Battlefields Year 10 £500.00

20 YEAR SCHOOL REUNION

20 Year School Reunion (1995 GCSE & 1997 A-Level Leavers) Saturday 19th September at 7pm School leavers and teachers of All Hallows Catholic College (Macclesfield) 20 year celebration and get together with a 1990's feel. Tickets cost £20 (plus booking fee) and includes access to the school, welcome drink and refreshments are available. To purchase tickets via www.seetickets.com. There will also be music and a paying bar. Any profits to be gifted back to the school.

COLLEGE TERM DATES

Congratulations to those students who have made a commitment to work towards their Duke of Edinburgh award. Currently

we have 35 students working on their bronze award, 21 on silver and 5 on gold.

If any students are unsure, need help or want more detail please see Mrs Connor.

Well done to all those who are uploading their evidence for each of the areas on eDofE. If you have not started to do this yet can you please have a go. You will need to have completed two of the three sections before the expedition. Again if you need help with this come and see Mrs Connor.

Well done to students who completed their silver D of E practice expedition last weekend.

Silver DoE assessed expedition Friday 10 to Sunday 12 July 2015

Bronze DoE practice expedition Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2015

Bronze DoE assessed expedition Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2015

Gold DoE practice expedition Thursday 24 to Monday 28 September 2015

Gold DoE assessed expedition Thursday 22 to Monday 26 October 2015

DUKE OF EDINBURGH FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES

Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates Christmas Term Thursday 27 November 9am – 10am Tuesday 9 December 3.45pm – 4.45pm There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait.

PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES

Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students

Trinity Monday 1 June 2015 Tuesday 21 July 2015

Michaelmas Wednesday 2 September 2015 (Year

7, 12 and 13 in only) Thursday 3 September 2015 (All students in)

Friday 23 October 2015

Christmas Tuesday 3 November 2015 Friday 18 December 2015

Epiphany Monday 4 January 2016 Thursday 11 February 2016

Easter Monday 22 February 2016 Thursday 24 March 2016

Whitsun Monday 11 April 2016 Thursday 26 May 2016

Trinity Monday 6 June 2016 Tuesday 19 July 2016

KS4/5 students 3:30p.m.- 4:30p.m.

DAY SUBJECT

Monday Science/History/Languages/Hospitality

Tuesday Maths

Thursday Music/Geography

Other ICT any break/lunch Business – by arrangement Art – by arrangement

DROP IN SESSIONS

Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence , College policy now requires that any student who accumulates 7 or more days of absence during the course of the academic year will be asked to provide medical confirmation of the need to be absent before any further absences are authorised for medical reasons. This is a necessary measure as we closely monitor absence due to illness / medical reasons in order that we can ensure students are supported where needed. For your information medical confirmation does not have to be a doctor's note but can also take the form of a medical appointment card, a copy of a relevant dated prescription or evidence of medication being taken. If no medical evidence is provided then the absence will be coded as unauthorised. Ten or more unauthorised absences may result in you receiving a Fixed Penalty Notice. This incurs a penalty of £60 per parent / carer to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty. The link between attendance and achievement is well researched and documented and students should be aiming for an attendance rate of no less than 97% over the year. Thank you for your continued support with this importance issue.

MEDICAL ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Holidays have not been authorised since 1st September 2013 under new legislation on all English schools. Requests for holidays must still be made in writing to the appropriate Key Stage leader (Mrs Garvey KS5, Mr Blades KS4/KS3), but in the vast majority of cases they will be unauthorised. A Fixed Penalty Notice may be issued of £60 per parent / carer per student, to be paid within 21 days, otherwise the penalty will rise to £120 per parent / carer to be paid within 28 days. If the penalty remains unpaid then the matter will proceed to the Magistrates Court where you will receive a criminal record if you are found guilty. Please can all holiday requests be made well in advance of the holiday being taken if not before the holiday is booked.

HOLIDAY ABSENCE FROM COLLEGE

Over the last week of College attendance was as follows:

Year 7 - 95.7% (up 0.5% from last week, well done Year 7)

Year 8 - 95.7% (down 1.8%)

Year 9 - 93.9% (down 0.4%)

Year 10 - 93.4% (up 0.1%, well done Year 10)

Year 12 - 91% (up 2.2%, well done Year 12)

CHANGES TO ATTENDANCE POLICY

From September 2015 the College will change its definition of “persistent absence” to include those students who are under 90% attendance. This is in line with national guidelines and increases the threshold from 85% at present.

Attendance between Year 7 and Year 10 last week was 94.7% (down 0.4%

on the previous week and 1.0% lower than the same week last year). Our

overall attendance since 2 September remains at 95.2%.We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-10) was 94.6% (up 0.6% on the previous week), BOYS attendance (Year 7-10) was

94.8% (down 1.4%).The overall girls attendance since 2 September is 95.0% whilst boys is 95.5%.

Most students appreciate the importance of being in College on time. Children who are regularly late do miss out on their education and form bad habits that will not be tolerated in the workplace. As a result of the change to the College day we need to inform parents that students must be in the registration form class for the register to be taken at 8.45a.m. This means students should arrive 5-10 minutes earlier in College to be on time. Any student who arrives after 8.45a.m. will receive a L code. Two L codes within a week will result in a whole college detention (which started on Thursday 6 November). This is a recent change in procedures and moves the detention away from the form tutor and it will now be seen as a whole college issue. Any student who arrives after 9.05a.m. will receive a U code. This means they will be classed as absent for the whole morning and this may have consequences for overall attendance. We are aware that College buses are sometimes late and we can confirm these students are not negatively marked in the register when this happens. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. From 20 April - gates will be manned and students names will be taken if they are late.

CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS

BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS

Year 7: all surgeries have been held this year, thanks for all your support Year 8: all surgeries have been held this year, thanks for all your support Year 9: held on 13 July (9.00a.m. – 9.45a.m.) Year 10: held on 17 July (1.15p.m. – 2.00p.m)

These are for parents who would like to discuss any concerns relating to their child. No appointment is necessary but please be prepared to wait. Please contact our Pastoral Assistant (Pastoral@allhallows.org.uk 01625 410285 x215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”

NAME JOB MON TUES WED THUR FRI VENUE

Mrs J Pilling Careers Advisor Student Support Office

Mrs L Nolan Visyon Counsellor Student Support Office

Mrs J Jones College Nurse Student Support Office

Mrs P Shatwell Family Support Office next to rooms A9 and A10

Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince Education Welfare

Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)

bullying@allhallowslearning.org.uk emails will be read by a Senior Teacher beingme@allhallowslearning.org.uk

esafety@allhallowslearning.org.uk

= Staff Present

Students must sign out at the Attendance Office before leaving College to attend a medical appointment. When they return to College the student must sign back in. This ensures registers will be accurate and we know the student is off site should we have a fire alarm. The Attendance Office is located in the office along the RE corridor. We thank parents for making medical appointments, where possible, that do not take up a whole day of schooling. This often allows a student to have their legal registration mark for both morning and afternoon sessions and so their overall attendance does not fall.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS DURING THE COLLEGE DAY

STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE Friday 10 July 2015

If any parent would like their son or daughter to have a careers interview with Mrs Pilling, our Careers Advisor, this year then please notify the relevant Year Learning Leader who can ensure names are added to the list. Mrs Pilling has seen 545 students this year for impartial careers advice. Priority is now with any remaining Year 10 students as well as Year 9. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 are welcome to attend her lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

SUMMER READING

Friday 10 July 2015

CHARLIE FLETCHER SIGNED BOOK COMPETITION

We have a signed copy of 'Dragon Shield' to give away. To enter, email your answer to the question, 'Which city is the story set in?' to library @allhallows.org.uk by Monday 13th July. The winner will be chosen at random and notified in tutor time.

BOOK AMNESTY

It would be much appreciated if students can have a look at home for any school or Education Library Service, however long overdue to bring back in September.

We would recommend that our students organise themselves to join a local library, if not already a member to keep up with their reading for pleasure over the long break. This year's summer reading challenge is all about Record Breakers - to find out more log onto the website for more details http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/. Students are also able to take out school library books to read over the break.

We have a selection of discounted language dictionaries (Chinese, French, German, Latin and Spanish) as well as English dictionaries and thesaurus'. There is also a small selection of fiction available too. Students have been given details through their form tutor. The sale ends on Monday 13th July.

DICTIONARIES FOR SALE

JACQUELINE WILSON EVENT

The award winning author is coming to Stockport Plaza on Sunday July 26th to talk about her new book, 'Katy' which is a re-imagining of the Victorian classic, 'What Katy Did'. Tickets include a copy of the book and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. The event is being run and organised by Simply Books of Bramhall, so log onto their website for more information about the timing, prices and booking tickets. http://www.simplybooks.info/