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Baskerville School Newsletter

Student Council Election

The Student Council will be holding

their annual election this half term.

We are looking for 3 students from

Key Stage 3, 2 from Key Stage 4, 1 from Post 16,

1 from Bournville College and 1 from Residential to

form a new Student Council for this year.

Each class is encouraged to nominate 2 students by

Thursday 11 October to stand for election.

These students can then start canvassing for votes

from Friday 12 October.

Voting will take place during the afternoon of

Wednesday 24 October and the results will be

announced on Friday 26 October.

Watch this space for more information!

TERM

DATES

2018/2019

Autumn Term

Tuesday 4.9.18 to

Friday 26.10.18

HALF TERM

Monday 5.11.18

to Friday 21.12.18

* Staff training

day on Friday

23.11.18.

Spring Term

Monday 7.1.19 to

Friday 15.2.19

HALF TERM

Tuesday 26.2.19*

to Friday 12.4.19

* Staff training

day on Monday

25.2.19.

Summer Term

Monday 29.4.19

to Friday 24.5.19

HALF TERM

Monday 3.6.19 to

Monday 22.7.19

(School will be

closed to

students on all

staff training

days. Students

will go home at

2:30pm on the

last day of term.)

Breast Cancer Now’s

wear it pink day is one of

the biggest fundraising

events in the UK, and

our school has been

supporting the good

cause for many years.

This year, it will take

place on Friday 19

October. All students

and staff are encouraged

to donate £2 to Breast

Cancer Now and wear

something pink to

school on that day.

Samosas for Macmillan

A big WELL DONE to students and

staff of 5A who sold 210 samosas

in support of the Macmillan

Cancer Support last Friday (28

September) as part of their RE

module ‘Helping Others’.

Thank you to parents and staff

who made the day such a

success!

3D Having Fun This week, students of Class 3D had introductory training on CPR as part of their PSHE curriculum. Everyone was engaged and took turns to try out their CPR skills.

They also took a trip to Harborne High Street as part of their Social Communication lesson. They looked at local businesses and particularly enjoyed using their own money to buy items from Greggs and The Works!

Eco buzz with

Guest Editor Tristan Hello I am Tristan. I am a new

student and I wanted to join the

Eco Committee because I want to save the

earth. I enjoyed my first meeting. I was surprised at how

many people there are in the Committee. It is good to know

so many people.

We worked in small groups of 4 to do a review of 10 areas to

show how the school is doing. Hopefully next time we will

have our action plan!

Wanted: New Governors The Governing Body of Baskerville School is composed of representa-

tives from all the key groups involved in our school – parents, staff,

the Local Authority and co-opted members from the local community.

Some Governors are appointed and some are elected. All serve the

school on a voluntary basis.

The governors are the strategic leaders of our school and have a vital

role to play in making sure every student gets the best possible educa-

tion. In Baskerville School, the Governing Body places a strong focus on the following functions:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

Holding the Head Teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils,

and the performance management of staff;

Monitoring the performance and progress of our students;

Working with the staff to ensure a high standard in the teaching and care of our students;

Planning ahead so that the performance of our students and our school continues to improve; and

Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The full Governing Body meets together at least once a term. There are governors who undertake specific

areas of responsibility such as safeguarding, curriculum, behaviour. School Governors also regularly carry

out unannounced inspection of the school’s residential units.

The school is currently looking for new governors to fill a couple of vacancies. Please contact Jackie if

you are interested!

The following lunchtime clubs

are running this term:

Monday and Tuesday

- Boccia (12.40-1.10)

Wednesday

- Football (12.40-1.25)

Thursday

- Dodgeball (12.40-1.10)

Friday

- Dance Club (12.40-1.10)

All students who would like to

join the clubs please contact

Edyta, our PE teacher for

further information.