Friday 8th February 2013

Jaguar Factory Production Tour

As part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) project at All Hallows Catholic College, a group of our year 12 Physics students and year 7 and 8 Science club members had the opportunity to visit the Jaguar factory in Halewood. The manufacturing space at the Jaguar factory covers 300 acres and em-ploys approximately 2,000 employees. The visit to the Jaguar factory was an exciting experience for our students. They took part in a tour of the production factory to see the advanced design and technology of the as-sembly line of robots and employees used to build a Land Rover from the very beginning of blocks of steel to the final prestigious product.

The lady from Jaguar commented to staff on how well behaved and well mannered our young people were and they have been welcomed back anytime. The trip was a great success and has inspired our pupils to seek the possible career prospects that they can aspire to be apart of.

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Advance Notices

A neurobiological discussion of ASD - 12th February 2013,

5.30 - 6.30, delivered by Dr Andrew Curran

www.andrewcurran.net. Please click here to read more information on Dr Andrew Curran

If you would like to attend either event, please email Julie Moorhouse at j.moorhouse@allhallows.org.uk specifying which event you would like to attend.

At All Hallows in our Romero Centre Conference Room.

THESE INFORMATION EVENINGS ARE OPEN TO ALL PARENTS ATTENDING ALL HALLOWS PARTNER SCHOOLS - OR ATTENDING OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IF THE CHILD IS TRANSFERING TO PARTNER SCHOOLS

Yr8 German taster sessions - Every Monday, 13.00-13:30, C9, with Miss Rafferty. Students may not have experienced German as part of their language modules and so the taster sessions will enable them to make an informed choice as to which language they may want to study at KS4.

Parents Consultation Evenings

Yr 8 Pathways Evening - 7th March, 7-9:30pm

Yr 12 Parents Evening - 14th March, 5-7:30pm

Yr 10 Parents’ Evening - 25 April, 5-7:30pm

Prayer As part of our celebrations of Chinese culture through our curriculum, the prayer this week celebrates Chinese New Year and our hopes for the people of China.

May God guard us and keep us in safety and comfort and in health and strength, sending us nothing but good. May God send down so many blessings that the day is not long enough for them all. Amen.

Intermediate Maths Challenge

On Thursday 7th February almost 100 of our students from years 9, 10 and 11 took part in the

Intermediate Maths Challenge. This is a one-hour multiple choice maths paper which encourages students

to think creatively and has a focus on developing problem-solving activities.

The competition is a national endeavour run by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust based in the

University of Leeds.

Catenian Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to Year 12 Student Ben Mock who scooped 2nd Place and a prize of £75 for his entertaining speech 'Eccentricity is a quality to be Valued'. Our thanks and congratulations also goes to Year 13 student Kester Leek who spoke on 'The Innocent and the Beautiful have no enemy but time'.

Mrs M Garvey Assistant Principal

Parents as partners

As the weather continues to be changeable, here is a reminder of our uniform policy with regards to footwear. Footwear should be black shoes, not trainers. Female students should not wear any heels greater than one inch. The ballet style shoes some of our female students are wearing are not suitable for all-day wear and are certainly not robust enough for the weather we experience at this time of year. We welcome the support of our parents in ensuring our students are dressed correctly.

Attendance Matters at All Hallows

This week college attendance has been 90.9% which is the lowest it has been all year - largely due to illness. Since September 2012 our college attendance is 94.0%

Year 7 - 93.6%

Year 8 - 92.8%

Year 9 - 90.2%

Year 10 - 91.1%

Year 11 - 86.6%

We ask that year 11 parents should discuss this with their year 11 child at this vital stage of their

studies.

Sport As part of All Hallows' Core PE Options Programme, PE students were in involved in a number of different cultural activities. Year 10 students trying American Football for the first time.

Exam Dates and Results

Spring & Summer Exam Dates

Last GCE Exam - 24th June 2013

Last GCSE Exam - 26th June 2013

Y10 Mock Exams - week commencing 11th March 2013

Y12/13 Mock Exams - 21st to 27th March 2013

Y7,8,9 Mock Exams - week commencing 17th June 2013

Draft March & Summer timetables on College Website

24th May 2013 (Inset Day) Public Exams

EXAMS WILL TAKE PLACE AS NORMAL AND CANNOT BE

RE-SCHEDULED

GCE: ENGB1 - English Language; MM1B & MD01 - Mathe-

matics.

GCSE: A293 - Business Studies; 5MU03 - Music.

Results Days

A-level (8:30am) & AS-Level (11am): Thursday 15th August

2013

GCSE (10:00am): Thursday 22nd August 2013

Rotary Youth Speaks Competition

The team of Year 9 students: Thomas

Hammon, Jacob Kalnins and Year 8

student Donald Kennon, performed

exceptionally well against others from

Cheshire and Greater Manchester.

Jacob presented a fascinating speech,

entitled ‘Fear’, which delved into

analysing the logic of human nature.

Donald held the audience in the palm of

his hand as quick humoured Chairman

and Thomas impressed the judges with

his sincere manner, seeing him walk

away with the award for the best vote of

thanks. The team was awarded second

place overall

Team coach; Miss Taylor said, “I am

very proud of them. They worked hard

for the competition and have done

incredibly well for their first time in a

competition such as this. I am hoping

that their success will encourage others

to take part.

(Public speaking and debating club is

held on Monday lunchtimes in C3)