Newsletter 13 november 2015

Prayer for Prisons Week (Nov 15 - 21) Lord, you offer freedom to all people. We pray for

those in prison. Break the bonds of fear and isolation that exist. Support with your love, prisoners and their

families and friends, prison staff and all who care. Heal those who have been wounded by the activities of others, especially the victims of crime. Help us to

forgive one another, to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly together with Christ in His strength and in His

Spirit, now and every day. Amen. Prayer for Migrants and Refugees

COLLEGE PRAYER

The Spanish immersion tutor group is made up of students in years 11,12 and 13. Registration sessions are all conducted in Spanish. 5 students in year 10 have now been asked to join the group as they show the language learning skills which will allow them to benefit from this opportunity. Congratulations to, Alex Archer, Christoph Langer, Josh Mock, Jordan Simpson and Stephen Hughes.

SPECIALISM SUCCESS

Thursday 19 November 2015

Wednesday 27 January 2016 Tuesday 10

May 2016

Year 7 CONSULTATION DAY Reading blog at home on theme of Religious Education / Humanities when not in appointments (organised by RE and Humanities Faculties)

Attend College Work Related Learning Activity Day “My Dream Job” (organised by Busi-ness Studies)

Attend College Activity Day (organised by Mrs Marshall)

Year 8 Home Study – Languages work to be set by Languages Faculty

Reading blog at home on theme of Work Related Learning (organised by Business Studies)

CONSULTATION DAY Reading blog at home on theme of Languages when not in ap-pointments (organised by Lan-guages Faculty)

Year 9 CONSULTATION DAY Reading blog at home on theme of English when not in appointments (organised by English Faculty)

Home Study – Mathematics work set by Mathe-matics Faculty

Year 9 Higher Education visit organised by Miss Thomason and Mr Blades

Year 10 Children’s Takeover Day – work experience opportunity (organised by Mr Blades / Mrs Remfry)

Home Study – English work to be set by English Faculty

CONSULTATION DAY Reading blog at home on theme of Sport, Exercise and Diet when not in lessons (organised by PE and DT Faculties)

Year 11 Work Related Learning Activity Day (Post 16 choices, CV and letter writing workshops) to be organised by Mr Blades / Mrs Lynch

CONSULTATION DAY Reading blog at home on theme of Mathematics/Science when not in ap-pointments (organised by Mathe-matics / Science Faculties)

Home Study / Revision Study – Science work to be set (at home or in College – organised by Sci-ence Faculty)

Year 12/13

Year 12 Higher Education visit / Year 13 UCAS application / Home Study (organised by Mrs Garvey, Mr Parke and Mr Howells)

CONSULTATION DAY Home Study when not in appoint-ments (organised by Mrs Garvey)

Revision Day / Private Study in college or at home (organised by Mrs Garvey)

CONSULTATION DAY

Friday 13 Nov 2015 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Christmas Term

As the weather gets colder, we ask the support of parents in ensuring that College policy is carried out regarding outdoor wear - coats, scarves and jumpers. Coats: a black rain jacket that can be worn over the blazer in cold or wet weather. For Year 7-9 students this jacket must be embroidered with the College badge. Smaller jackets or hoodies are not allowed and will be confiscated. Scarves must be plain, dark, functional and not a fashion style scarf. Students should not wear scarves and coats in the main College buildings during the day. Jumpers must be V-necked black in Years 9-11, embroidered with the College badge and V-necked grey in Years 7-8 embroidered with the College badge. Cardigans or other style jumpers are not allowed. Thank you for your co-operation in these matters.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS — UNIFORM

COLLEGE TERM DATES

Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students

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

DROP IN SESSIONS 2015/16

Parents / Carers are invited to attend a Principal's Surgery to discuss any concerns or ask questions, on the following dates:

Monday 30 November 2015, 9.00.a.m. - 10.00.a.m. Tuesday 15 December 2015, 3.45.p.m. - 4.45.p.m.

There is no appointment system so please be prepared to wait

PRINCIPAL’S SURGERIES

DAY SUBJECT TIME

Monday Science/Languages

3:30 – 4:30

Tuesday Maths 3:30-4:30

Wednesday Art 2:45 – 4:00

Thursday Product Design 3:30 – 4:30

Friday

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. We will be recruiting new members for 2015/16 shortly

DUKE OF EDINBURGH FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES


UPCOMING EVENTS

November Events

Year 12 Retreat Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 November Year 7 and Year 9 Parent consultation day Thursday 19 November Year 11 Retreat Tuesday 24 - Friday 27 November SRE Parents Information Evening Thursday 26 November

December

Year 11 Mock results day Wednesday 2 December AHLC Sports Tournament Wednesday 2 December 1.30.p.m.– 3.00.p.m. Year 7 & 8 Disco Friday 4 December 6.30.p.m.- 8.30.p.m Year 10 Retreat Monday 7 December - Friday 11 December Carols in the market place Thursday 10 December 6.00.p.m. - 6.45.p.m. Carol Service St Albans Church Thursday 10 December 7.30.p.m. - 8.30.p.m Awards Evening SK4/5 Thursday 17 December 7.00.p.m.- 9.00.p.m.

GCE Results Day: Thursday 18 August 2016

GCSE Results Day: Thursday 25 August 2016

Date Exam/Test

9 Nov to 18 Nov 2015 Y11 Mock Exams

30 Nov – 11 Dec 2015 Y7-10 & Y12 Internal Assessments

1 Feb – 5 Feb 2016 Y13 Mock Exams

1 Feb – 5 Feb 2016 Y11 Internal Assessment

29 Feb – 4 Mar 2016 Y12 Mock Exams

29 Feb – 4 Mar 2016 Y11 & Y13 Walking Talking Mock Week

7 Mar – 18 Mar 2016 Y7-9 Internal Assessments

7 Mar – 11 Mar 2016 Y10 Mock Exams

Apr – May 2016 GCE/GCSE Languages, PE, Dance, Drama & Art Exams

4 May – 29 Jun 2016 GCE/GCSE Public Exams

13 Jun – 17 Jun 2016 Y7,8 & 9 Mock Exams

13 Jun – 24 Jun 2016 Y10 Assessments

IMPORTANT DATES


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 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

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 Diamond/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

Whilst the College requires parents to contact us on each day of absence, school 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

Over the last week of College attendance was as follows: Year 7 - 97.5% (up 0.5%, well done Year 7 on still being the best in College) Year 8 - 97.4% (up 2.9%, well done Year 8) Year 9 - 96.1% (up 0.7%, well done Year 9) Year 10 - 96.1% (up 0.6%, well done Year 10) Year 11 - 93.0% (up 0.6%, well done Year 11) Year 12 - 94.7% (down 1.4% and a second consecutive fall for Year 12) Year 13 - 95.3% (up 2.5%, well done Year 13)

This was a very good week for attendance with only Year 12 showing an decrease on the previous week. Year 7 still have over 97% attendance (they have only been under 97% on two occasions since the start of the academic year). Year 8 join them this week with high attendance over 97% (the second time they have achieved this). Attendance between Year 7 and Year 11 last week was 96.0% (up 1.6% from last week and our best at this time in the year for 6 years). Our overall attendance since 2 September 2015 remains at 95.9%. We aim for 97%.

Last week GIRLS attendance (Years 7-11) was 96.2% (up 1.5% on last week, well done girls), BOYS attendance (Year 7-11) was 95.8% (up 1.8%, well done boys).

CHANGES TO ATTENDANCE POLICY

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

STUDENT SUPPORT ACROSS THE COLLEGE 2015/16

[email protected] emails will be read by a Senior Teacher [email protected]

[email protected]

= Staff Present

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 and Mrs J Fox College Nurses Student Support Office

Mrs P Shatwell Family Support Office between rooms A9 and A10

Mrs J Beard and Mrs P Prince Education

Pastoral Office (ground floor of Fisher Building)

Welfare

CAREERS ADVICE FOR STUDENTS

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 will prioritise Year 10-13, but students in Years 7-9 are welcome to attend her Thursday lunch time drop in. She uses the Student Support Office based next door to Music.

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. 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 to be held each Thursday. 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. Gates are manned by members of staff and names will be taken of those students who are late.

BEING PUNCTUAL AT ALL HALLOWS

Year 8: will be held on Wednesday 2 December (9.15-10.00) Year 9: will be held on Friday 4 December (2.15-3.00) Year 10: will be held on Monday 14 December (9.00-9.45) Year 11: will be held on Friday 11 December (11.15-11.45) 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 ([email protected] 01625 410285 x215), should you require an appointment with a Year Learning Leader at any other time.

YEAR LEARNING LEADER “DROP IN SURGERIES”


Academy Overview

Combines football training with competitive match play at one of the region’s best educational

establishments. This programme allows players to study for their chosen subjects with All Hallows Catholic

College whilst training and playing with the Macclesfield Football Academy programme throughout the

academic year. The programme takes advantage of the excellent teaching staff and facilities on offer, including

a newly built full-size 3G pitch and gym.

Players may study any academic course of their choosing such as Science or Business, although you may see

the Sport route as the one for you. The sport and exercise sciences course offers students the chance to study

the different factors that affect participation in sport and exercise.

The Football Programme

Typically training will take place 2-3 afternoons per week after classroom studies, with Wednesday afternoons

a designated time for students to participate in competitive matches in the British Colleges League. Training

and matches will be taken by Macclesfield Town Football Club staff, all UEFA standard coaches.

Players on the MFA programme may also be available of selection for Macclesfield Town FC u18, u19 teams

including participation in the FA Youth Cup

How To Find Out More

Trial events take place throughout the next few months at All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield.

3G pitch; Please email, text or call Paul McGuire: [email protected] – 07753536787 to

find out dates of upcoming session.

If you would like more information please visit www.macclesfieldfootballacademy.com or get in

contact with Head of MFA, Paul McGuire: 07753536787

MACCLESFIELD FOOTBALL ACADEMY

Unfortunately the Y11 football team lost in the second round of the Cheshire Cup. They lost 1-0 to Hartford in a very close match. The boys were unlucky but performed well. Man of Match - George Greenwood

FOOTBALL RESULTS


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AUTHOR OF THE MONTH

RECOMMENDED READS

USEFUL INFORMATION

Welcome to the Library! Monday - Thursday 8.15.a.m. - 5.00.p.m. Friday 8.15.a.m. - 4.00.p.m. The library is open before school, during breaks and after school for students to research, complete homework, browse the shelves, read and return books.

If you have any old library books lurking at home, please return them - no questions asked! We still have a number of missing fiction items that are in demand by our readers. Please continue to encourage your son/daughter to return their books on time. Your support is greatly appreciated!

DICTIONARY SALE AND BOOK FAIR

BOOK AMNESTY

Book Fair and Dictionary Event - the ideal time to stock up on reference books and Christmas reads! During the week beginning 16th November we will be having a Scholastic Book Fair and Oxford Dictionary Event in the Library during breaks, as well as before and after school. The books will also be available to buy on the Parent Consultation Day on Thursday 19th November until 5pm.

The Scholastic Book Fair will contain a range of new and classic age related fiction, many books will be discounted. Prices range from 2.99 upwards.

The Oxford Dictionary Event will contain a range of language dictionaries: Chinese (£6), French (£5), German (£5), Latin (£8), Spanish (£5), English Dictionary and Thesaurus (£5 each), as well as an English Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Dictionary at £6. Also available are copies of the Oxford Student's Mathematics Dictionary and Oxford Student's Science Dictionary at £5 each. There will also be a small selection of age related fiction priced between £3 and £5. Please note: payment can only be taken in cash - receipts will be provided.


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Friday 27th Nov - Film Night - 7-9pm in St Alban’s Parish Centre (on Hall Street, opposite St Alban’s parish church

Chester Rd, Macclesfield).

Years 7–9 from any school.

Only £1 entry plus money for popcorn & tuck.

Come along, bring your friends, meet up with your old friends and make some new friends!

Questions to Anna & Greg Hughes [email protected] or 01625 614406.

X.Cell Youth Group Film Night

Are you struggling to rehome your pet?

All Hallows is looking to adopt a bearded dragon. If you are interested in allowing All Hallows to take on board your

bearded dragon, please contact us. Our College Farm has many animals which have been rehomed and we have a

cosy home already awaiting a bearded dragon.

If you would like to know any further information please do not hesitate to contact Miss J Needham at

[email protected] or call 01625 426138.

REHOMING ANIMALS

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Educational Psychology Team Drop-in Sessions 2015/16

Parents, carers and education professionals; do you have any questions or concerns about the well-being, behaviour,

learning or development of your child or a child that you work with? (Parental consent required for staff).

‘Drop in’ and speak to an Educational Psychologist. We will be holding free 45 minutes sessions for parents/carers and

educational professionals in Children’s Centres between October and December 2015, January and March 2016, April

and June 2016; booking is recommended.

Conversations tend to be more open and productive without the focus child present; please do not feel you need to

bring your child out of school. Pre-school children MAY be able to join a session on a one-off basis if no alternative child

care facilities are available. Please enquire with the individual centre when booking.

Please telephone the host Children’s Centre to book an appointment and please let them

know if you cannot attend.

Hurdsfield

(01625 378 081)

25th November

9.15-12.15

Monks Coppen-

hall (01270 371

240)

2nd December

9.15-12.15

Sandbach

(01270 371 235)

9th December

9.15-12.15

Nantwich

(01270 375 390)

13th January

9.15-12.15

Ash Grove

(01625 374 484)

27th January

9.15-12.15

Knutsford

(01625 374 904)

3rd February

9.15-12.15

Hurdsfield

(01625 378 081)

24th February

9.15-12.15

Broken Cross

(01625 374 470)

2nd March

9.15-12.15

The Brooks

(01270 371200)

9th March

9.15-12.15

Broken Cross

(01625 374 470)

27th April

9.15-12.15

Ash Grove

(01625 374 484)

4th May

9.15-12.15

Congleton &

Holmes Chapel

(01260 371 061)

11th May

9.15-12.15

Sandbach

(01270 371 235)

18th May

9.15-12.15

Nantwich

(01270 375 390)

8th June

9.15-12.15

The Brooks

(01270 371200)

15th June

9.15-12.15

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