Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to another edition of our weekly newsletter and I hope you all managed to enjoy some family time together during the half-term holiday.

Before the break we held our Presentation Evening for Years 8-11 and it was a great opportunity to celebrate our students’ many successes. Certificates and trophies were presented for academic, sporting and musical achievements as well as attendance and the keenly contested Athletics Day Trophy was also awarded. We listened to some fantastic performances from our Lower School Choir and we were also delighted to welcome our guest speaker Kara Foley, from the National Citizen Service, who talked about the role that volunteering had played in her life. Thankyou and well done to our Deputy Head Boy Febi and Deputy Head Girl Alyssa who gave the vote of thanks at the end of the evening. Thanks to all the parents, carers and families who came along on the night and it was lovely to see so many of you there to support your children.

We have an extremely busy term ahead of us and you can find out more about what’s going on in school through our newsletter, website and Twitter feed @StBenedictDerby. We also have a Facebook page now so please like and share the page if you can.

Among the events coming up is our Sixth Form Open Evening on November 9th from 6pm to 9pm. Our Sixth Form has been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and really is going from strength to strength. We were delighted to see the percentage of A/A* grades rise again this year up to 14.1 per cent. A total of 42 per cent of grades were A*-B and 69 per cent A*-C with an overall pass rage of 98 per cent. We had 100 per cent success rate with university applications and 20 per cent of our students achieved places at prestigious Russell Group universities. We were thrilled that two of our students, Joe Smith and George Lee, secured places at Cambridge University. Joe achieved three A* and a B and is studying Natural Science and George achieved three A* and is taking French and Russian.

Just one change to make you aware of which is that school bus services 234, 239, 240, 255, 261 and 433 will be arriving five minutes earlier at their stops in the morning so please make your children aware of this.

Enjoy the rest of your week,

THEWEEK@SAINTBENEDICTISSUE NO 38 OCTOBER 31 2017

Kevin GrittonHeadteacher

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK MON, OCTOBER 31 TO FRI, NOVEMBER 3 2017

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2017

Tutortime Romero Assembly (SBH) Kolbe Assembly (RLT) Bakhita House & Teresa House DEAR sessions in form P1—3 Year 11 RE trip to Synagogue (30 students) Mrs Groom & Mrs MolumbyLunchtime Boys football Year 7 & 8 on astro turf (Mr Robinson) Nurture Lunch Year 7 & 8 Acafellas in MU1 with Mrs Rowlands & Miss Gregson D of E route cards—Mr Robinson—Room 702.30 pm Year 10 Netball Tournament at Littleover School (14 students)3—4 pm John Paul detentions in Room 1 3pm—4.25 pm Homework Club in Library Annexe—all years (Mrs Wickens & Mrs Rigby) Netball in Sportshall3.05—4.25 pm Year 11 GCSE Construction in Room 58—Mr Williamson

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 2017

Tutor time Teresa Assembly (RLT) McAuley Assembly (SBH) John Paul House, Bakhita House & Romero House DEAR sessions in formP1—3 Year 11 RE trip to Synagogue (30 students) Mrs Groom & Mrs Molumby9 am Year 12 Level 2 GCSE Eng Lang Paper 1 in Room 30Lunchtime Teresa 3 strikes detentions in Room 5 (accessible via external door to the room). Romero 3 strikes detentions in Room 25 Kolbe 3 strikes detentions in Room 38 John Paul 3 strikes detentions in Room 1 Academy Choir in MU1 (Miss Gregson) Lower School Choir MU2 (Mrs Rowlands) GCSE PE and V-Cert Surgery in Room 29 Year 11 Badminton—Mr Hughes 3– 4 pm C3 detentions in OR with Mrs Oxtoby PE detentions Netball practice on courts (Mr Robinson & Mr S Hughes) C3 detentions in OR with Mrs Oxtoby Option C Interventions3.05—4.25 pm Year 10 Construction in Room 58—Mr Williamson 6.30-7.30 pm Year 11 Parents Information Evening—South Block Hall

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 2017 Tutor time John Paul Assembly in South Block Hall; Bakhita Assembly in RLT Kolbe House & McAuley House DEAR sessions in formP1—5 Rolls Royce Workshop in Room 50 (invited students) - Mrs King 25 students x 2 sessions9 am Year 12 resit GCSE Edexcel Maths Exam in Room 30Lunchtime Bakhita 3 strikes detentions in 22b McAuley 3 strikes detentions in VC Boys Basketball practice Year 7 & 8—Mr Robinson Nurture Lunch Year 9/10/11 Trampolining GCSE Intervention—Mr Robinson/Miss Pennington

Presentation Evening 2017Years 8 -11

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK TUES, OCT 31 TO FRI, NOVEMBER 3 2017

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 2017 CONTD...3—4 pm Year 7—9 Football practice on astro turf—Mr Robinson Basketball training (Sportshall) Option A Interventions RE Interventions3.10—4.10 pm Further Maths GCSE revision in Room 55 (Mr Buxton)3.10—4.25 pm Homework Club in Library Annexe—all years (Mrs Goss)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 2017

Formtime Year 11 Assembly in SBH (Mr Gritton ) 6th Form Assembly in RLT (Mrs Hall)P2 Gideons visit to 7RD3 and 7RD4 in ChapelP3—5 MFL Speaking Exams (Mr Orme)Lunchtime Boys Basketball practice—Years 9—11—Mr Robinson Year 11 Reading Club in Room 28 (Mrs McGuinness) Music Theory Club (MU3) Miss Gregson Nurture Lunch Year 9/10/11 Trampolining GCSE Intervention—Mr Robinson3—4 pm C3 detentions in OR with Mrs Oxtoby Big Band—Mr Jarvis—MU1 3.05—4.05pm Senior Staff Detentions in Dining Hall (Mr Fenn Griffin & Mrs Hall)3.10—4.10 pm Further Maths GCSE revision in Room 55 (Mr Buxton)3.30—4.45 pm Year 7—11 Hockey on astro turf

FORTHCOMING DATES9 Nov 6th Form Open Evening13 Nov Confirmation information drop-in for students—lunchtime in Chapel15 Nov Brighter Futures P522 Nov Year 9 Parents Evening23/24 Nov Hits from the Musicals5 Dec Year 13 Parents Evening Brighter Futures P315 Dec St Mary’s Church Carol Service19 Dec Last day of Autumn term3 Jan INSET Day4 Jan First day of Spring term for students Presentation Evening 10 Jan Brighter Futures P311 Jan Staff Meeting17 Jan Year 11 Parents Evening8 Feb Year 9 Steps to the Future (Options)

SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENINGNovember 9th, 2017 6pm to 9pm

“Students act as role models to other pupils. They are bright, articulate young people, who are passionate about their school.” - Ofsted

Ofsted rated

‘Good’

100%university

application success rate

42% of grades

A*-B

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