An Irish Prayer

May God give you...

For every storm, a rainbow,

For every tear, a smile,

For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh, a sweet song,

And an answer for each prayer.

Amen.

Friday 3 July 2015 All Hallows Catholic College Newsletter Whitsun Term

COLLEGE PRAYER SPECIALISM SUCCESS

Congratulations to the following Y12 Economics and Business students who have all successfully gained paid internships and are due to start in the next few weeks. Harry Jaques has a six week paid internship with The Lloyds Bank Group (Halifax) based in Crewe. He starts on 6 July. The remainder of The CAUK students are due to start their placements on 13 July. Libby Riddell and Megan Royle have successfully gained placements with Chrome based in Macclesfield where they will be working on a variety of projects linked to Marketing, Event Organisation and Finance. Finally, 3 students have been offered internships with Peaks and Plains Housing Trust. James Bradbury will work in Peak Property, George Jackson in Housing and Matthew McKernan in Contracts Maintenance.

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)

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

DEGREE SUCCESS

Keshia Broughton First with distinction in teaching practice from Liverpool Hope University

Jenny Roberts First in Nutrition from Liverpool University

Ross Kane First Msc Maths from Lancaster University

Katherine Byrne Fletcher First class degree in Business and Management form Leeds Met University

Matt Hulme First Class Honours in Forensic Science with Chemistry from Manchester Metropolitan University

Arthur Nye First in Sheffield Clinical Psychology from Sheffield University

Charlotte Cork 2.1 in Criminology and Psychology from Liverpool University

Andy McCelland 2.2 Accounting & Finance from Salford University

Brittany McGeady First in BA English from Lancaster University

James Weaver 2.1 in Broadcasting Journalism from Staffordshire University

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 maximum 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: COLLEGE SKIRTS

Dress for success: dress to impress A reminder that when wearing the black College skirt (Years 8-11), the College Badge at the waist should be visible and the skirt should not be rolled at the waist band. We would welcome support from parents in ensuring our female students are all wearing their skirts correctly.

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.

Congratulations to the Year 8 Girls Lacrosse Team who won the All Hallows Lacrosse Tournament last Wednesday. They finished the tournament

unbeaten after playing 4 games.

Lacrosse Tournament: (Year 8-Winners)

Eve Smith Alannah Howells

Katie Whyatt Hollie Gillespie

Rosa Hart Pippa Scott

Molly Whittingham Player of the match-Alannah Howells

A Special mention to the Year 7 team who played

very well too.

(Year 7 team) Emily Dixon

Ellie Chadwick Charlotte Edwards

Ellie Hales Millie Risely

Izzie Reid Aaliyah Johns

Player of the match-Izzie Reid

LACROSSE TOURNAMENT ROUNDERS TOURNAMENT

Year 9 girls rounder's team came joint 3rd in the Macclesfield School Sports Partnership Tournament on Tuesday 30 June, Well Done.

Rounders team: Lucy O'Donovan Holly Robinson

Georgia Hall Emily Hutchinson

Sophie Clowes Phoebe Stock Alyana Rosete

Emma Tapp Abby Barnard

Mollie Easterby Player of the match: Emily Hutchinson

Rome Trip Sunday 5 July - Wednesday 8 July 2015

College Production - Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wednesday 1 July 2015 - Saturday 4 July

Citizen trip to London Tuesday 7 July - Wednesday 8 July 2015

PTA Year 6 and Year 7 Disco Friday 10 July

KS3 Celebration Evening Wednesday 15 July 7.00.p.m.—8.30.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 visiting UK

Year 8 to Year 13

18 - 20 Nov, 2015 Retreat to The Briars, Derby-shire

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, Keswick

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 Par-is

Year 10 – Year 13 £500.00

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

Year 8 to Year 13 £475.00

March, 2016 Spanish exchange students visiting 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

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 Tuesday 7 July ’15, 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 - 95.2% (down 1.2% from last week)

Year 8 - 97.5% (down 0.1% but still the highest in College

and over 97%)

Year 9 - 94.3% (down 1.5%)

Year 10 - 93.3% (down 0.9%)

Year 12 - 89.8% (up 2.7%, well done Year 12 on the

increase, but it is still low)

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 95.1% (down 0.9% on the previous week and 0.3% 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 94.0% (down 1.5% on the previous week and in need of improvement), BOYS attendance (Year 7-10) was 96.2% (down 0.3%).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: held on 8 July (1.15p.m. – 2.15p.m.) 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 3 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 527 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.

TEEN BOOK CLUB— Deadline Extended

Friday 3 July 2015

CHESHIRE SCHOOLS’ BOOK AWARD

Half Bad by Sally Green This is the ninth book awarded Cheshire Schools' favourite book! The award is unique because all secondary schools in the county are able to nominate books for the shortlist and then vote for their favourites. The awards ceremony was held at Winsford Academy and featured the winning author, Sally Green and Curtis Jobling, whose book Haunt Dead Scared came third. Both authors talked about what influenced their writing and took questions from the audience. The book awarded second place was 'A Boy Called Hope' by Lara Williamson.

BOOK AMNESTY

A big thank you to all those students who have returned their long overdue books. We still have many missing books, so if you do find any AHCC or Education Library Service books at home, please send them in!

Just a reminder that Friday 3rd July is the new deadline for all orders from the Teen Bookclub leaflet. There are lots of great discounted books ideal for relieving the boredom of the long summer holidays! We recommend that our students keep up their good reading habits over the coming break. Order securely online at: http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/all-hallows-catholic

There will be a book stall selling English dictionaries and thesaurus, as well as French, Spanish, Latin, German and Chinese dictionaries at the Year 6 Parents Evening. Whatever stock is left after the event, will be available for our students to buy from the library at break times during that week. More details to follow through tutors.

DICTIONARY EVENING - 6TH JULY

AUTHOR VISIT - DATE CHANGED

Please note, Bryony Pearce will now be visiting school on Thursday 9th July. If any year 8 or 9 students want to attend, they should sign up with their English teacher or see Ms Sinclair in the library.