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CONYERS SCHOOL

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

It has been a hardworking term, particularly for those students who are taking their GCSE or A level examinations and we have been impressed by their conduct and hard work so far.

As half term approaches revision should continue to take place on a daily basis. If you have any concerns or queries about examination preparation please contact school and we will be delighted to help. Revision also takes place during the school day and there are period 3 and period 6 revision classes at GCSE and A level immediately prior to exams to ensure students are fully prepared and are able to ask any last minute questions.

There is a comprehensive revision programme taking place during the holiday week. Students have been encouraged to sign up via the school website and I would be grateful if you would check the programme and ensure that your child is accessing all of the sessions available to them. The programme is designed to ensure that the revision time is maximised and teachers will be able to provide targeted support. Alongside personal study we feel this is the best preparation for examinations and I am sure you will join me in thanking all staff who have given up their time to support our students.

However, we have found time to engage in topical issues of the day particularly the EU referendum. We have hosted a ‘Question Time’ type event for ITV News which will be broadcast Friday 27 May at 6 p.m. Campaigners for both ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ were grilled by Sixth Form students who impressed both journalists and panel members with their engagement and knowledge. Please tune into the programme and I am sure you will be proud of our young people.

The commitment to wider society exemplified by the Sixth Form in the TV debate begins much earlier in the school and this term a number of younger students have been showing their leadership skills and community spirit in ‘Learning to Lead’ events for Year 8 and Student Leadership presentations in Year 10. These events are the first steps on a journey which may culminate in appointment to the prestigious positions of Head Boy and Head Girl. This year the competition was particularly hard fought! Therefore, congratulations to our new Head Boy and Head Girl and their deputies. We look forward to working with them next year.

Head Boy

Scott Marshall

Head Girl

Emma Langley Deputy Head Boy

Elliot Johnson

Deputy Head Girl

Katie Williams

Have a lovely half term and we look forward to welcoming students back on Monday, 6 June, at 8.55 a.m.

Name:

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Celebrating Achievement Headteacher’s Commendations Were awarded to:

Connor Atkinson 7PY, Maisy Best 10AB, Isobelle Allen-Scarth 10GS and Edwardo Puente 11RB for being an excellent role model for present and future students in our new uniform.

Queen Uzomah 8SP, Rosie Adamson 8KG, Will French 8CR, Charlie Adamson 8KH, Isabelle Beauchamp 9CG, Fenella Coleman, Rachel Morris 9EB, Harry Harland 9AG, James Barker 9JW, Alick Brownlee 9JW, Scott Brownlee, Regan Corban, Kate Owen, Lewis Wormald 9PS, Nicole Bassett, Erin Bowkett, Lauren Hubbert, Eve Leach and Harriet Marshall 9KD, for representing the school exceptionally well during the recent ‘MFL’ visit. You were a great ambassador for Conyers.

James Douthwaite 7LO, Emily Brown, Caitlin Bell 7MN, Abbie Rowntree, Sadie Jemison, Isla Underwood, Charlotte Evans 8CR, Phoebe Todd 8SP, Emily Powell 8AH, Honor Ezard 8AH, Ellen Campbell and Josh Bailey 8AH, for assisting with the ‘Parent iPad’ session. You were an excellent ambassador for our school.

Sophie Leadbitter, Amritpal Singh, Renee Garbutt, Toni Sullivan, Hollie Nevitt 10AB, Aaron Rowlands, Zak Storey, Diana Couso Naranjo, Katie Gill, Mohammed Abid 10CB, Jacob Billing, Sam Easton, Tippi Shannon, Josie Clemenson 10BA, Charlotte Easton, Lauren Spence, Emily Ward, Chloe Louise Smith 10WA, Luke Pettit, Harry Grimes, Lewis Nixon, Jack Colley, Morgan Coates, Tom Magnone 10JT, Leah Robinson, Sam Raine, Abbie Nolan, Abbas Wajid 10GS, Josh Finegan, Courtney Cawalleder, Annabelle Kennaugh, Daniel Magnone, Wendel Baltazar 10JH, Oliver Bosomworth, Ethan Foulger, and Emily Brown 10GP, for reaching the ‘Student Leader’ final and demonstrating impressive organisation and communication skills.

Ellen Robson 9AF for your hard work and dedication on the Head Boy, Head Girl interview panel. You made a fantastic contribution.

Anna Thorp 10GP for a truly outstanding, almost faultless performance in your GCSE History end of unit assessment.

Charlie Smith 7MN for being a wonderful tour guide and ambassador for Conyers. You really impressed our visitors. Many thanks.

Year 8 Learning to Lead Training Conyers School hosted a Learning to Lead training session, which invited staff and students from Northfield Academy and Caedman College to develop future leaders. The training involved all participants, including an enthusiastic Mr Skerry and Mr Ahmed, demonstrate their creativity with a ‘Russian Dolls’ activity as well as learning about agenda setting and creating projects to benefit the school community. The Conyers students, Emily Powell, Jamaal Glanville, Amber Antonopolous, Simon Littlefair-Dryden and Daisy Mellis demonstrated their leadership skills as well as an infectious sense of humour and confidence. It was a great way to establish student leadership within the school and to brainstorm ideas of where student leadership will be headed.

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Conyers Governing Body I wish to introduce myself as the recently appointed Chair of Governors. I became a Parent Governor four years ago and last year was re- elected as a Community Governor. I have been Chairperson of the Care, Support and Guidance Committee for three years and, in this role, participated in the Leadership and Management group.

My professional background is 35 years within the Child Care sector. I have held Senior Management roles with responsibility for practice delivery, financial management and budget control, safeguarding and professional performance management.

My Colleague Governors are:

Name Designation Committee(s)

Philip Addison Community Governor Curriculum and Standards

Julia Ardley Community Governor Teaching and Learning

Chris Beaumont Community Governor Leadership and Management, Finance (Chair), Curriculum and Standards

Pamela Brooks Community Governor Leadership and Management, Finance, Teaching and Learning (Chair)

James Carter Co-opted Governor Finance, Care, Support and Guidance

Judith Coleman (Vice-Chair)

Local Authority Representative Leadership and Management, Finance, Curriculum and Standards

Ross Cousin Parent Governor Teaching and Learning

John Downs Staff Governor Finance, Curriculum and Standards

Stephanie Evans Parent Governor Teaching and Learning

John Ford Community Governor Care, Support and Guidance

Rachel Houchen Staff Governor Teaching and Learning

Karen Joyce Co-opted Governor Care, Support and Guidance

Shelagh Leonard Community Governor Care, Support and Guidance

Ian Livesey Staff Governor Care, Support and Guidance

John W Morgan Community Governor Finance, Curriculum and Standards

John O’Boyle Parent Governor Leadership and Management, Finance, Curriculum and Standards (Chair)

Janet Scott Community Governor Care, Support and Guidance

Anna Wilson Parent Governor Curriculum and Standards

All members have a range of professional experience spanning Education, Further Education, Business and Finance, Cross-Sector Governance and Children's Services.

We share a passionate belief in every child having access to high quality education provided within a safe learning environment.

We are committed to working alongside our Headteacher and Executive Team in ensuring Conyers School continues to provide a supportive, stimulating and challenging environment in which all students thrive in the achievement of their goals and ambitions.

Governing business is conducted through Full Governing Body and committee meetings held once every half term. The committees are

Curriculum and Standards

Teaching and Learning

Care, Support and Guidance

Leadership and Management

Finance

Recent discussions and decisions have included

School uniform

Changes to Ofsted inspection framework

Curriculum changes at Primary and Secondary school levels

Multi Academy Trust arrangements

Collaborative arrangements with feeder Primary Schools

I shall be providing regular updates within the newsletter. However if, in the meantime, you have any questions or are interested in being nominated as a governor please don't hesitate to contact me via school.

Enjoy the half term break

Fran Johnson, Chair of Governors

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Year 10 Student Leaders Presentations This term Conyers invited the Year 10 students to apply for a Student Leadership position. A Conyers Student Leader not only demonstrates good attitude and behaviour within the school but also contributes effectively both within and outside the school. As part of the leadership process the whole of Year 10 were involved in an activity in which they had to break off into groups within their forms, and produce a two-hour activity for Year 4 Primary School Children. Through a process of elimination eight groups made it to the finals and they had to pitch their innovative and creative ideas to Mr Ahmed, Mr Skerry and Mrs Adam. The commitment, organization and originality that the students showed towards the project were exemplary and both leadership and teamwork skills were demonstrated. In the end there were four groups that went through and will therefore be going to Primary Schools to conduct their activities with Year 4 students within Yarm. The successful groups were:

10AB Sophie Leadbitter, Amritpal Singh, Renee Garbutt, Toni Sullivan and Hollie Nevitt, whose activity is arranged around ‘a day at Conyers’ as an introduction to secondary school.

10BA Jacob Billing, Sam Easton, Tippi Shannon and Jose Clemenson will focus on ‘Art’ based activities to enhance student creativity.

10JT Luke Pettit, Harry Grimes, Lewis Nixon, Jack Colley, Morgan Coates and Tom Magnone have organised a ‘treasure hunt’ to promote team work skills.

10GS Leah Robinson, Sam Raine, Abbie Nolan and Abbas Wajid seek to introduce primary school students to ‘multiculturalism’ and how it impacts on our day-to-day lives.

All student s involved in the presentations have received a Headteacher’s Commendation. Well done to all those who participated! The student leadership process was very successful and resulted in 159 applications. An exciting year ahead awaits our Year 11 student leaders.

Year 10 Student Leaders Winners A special congratulation goes out to our overall student leader presentation winners (there can only be one!) from 10AB who will be treated to a day out at Hollywood Bowl and a meal at Pizza Hut. Well done Sophie, Amriptal, Toni, Hollie and Renee, you have done the school proud with your creativity, organisation and presentation skills.

Humanities Home Learning Options Success Across Humanities subjects student have been producing outstanding Home Learning Options (HLO) to further their learning outside of school. HLOs are an innovative way for students to gain extra knowledge and to present their ideas in a creative way. Recent examples in RE have been creating a representation of the Muslim holy structure, the Ka’aba complete with annotations; detailed illustrations of the problems of homelessness in Geography and a plethora of quizzes, board games and articles for History, which have been shared on the Humanities Twitter account @Conhumanities.

One of Conyers Humanities students, Ellen Robson, explains how HLOs has benefited her learning: ‘HLO's give us a feeling of independence and allow to extend our learning in a way that we feel can challenge us, interest us and benefit us. I think that the

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HLO's are very beneficial as they allow us to explore different topics we probably wouldn't cover in class. We can extend our knowledge to any extent and enjoy it at the same time! For my first HLO, I chose to do a collage on segregation in the Civil Rights Movement. I love the independence the HLO's give you as we get the opportunity to do homework with our own twist or style - surely that will make us perform better if we are given the freedom to pick our homework?’.

Year 9 Tudors History Lecture Recently 10 Year 9 Conyers History students attended a lecture hosted by Dr Emmett from the University of York on the Tudors. It was a rare opportunity for the students to learn in-depth about a topic they’ve studied previously as well as experience a university level education. Lewis Wormald relates how he benefited from the opportunity: ‘We learnt a lot about Queen Elizabeth and her heir James as well as beliefs and propaganda during that period, in particular the "Resurrection of the Phoenix" - this was used to promote King James to the English. This was very beneficial as we could extend our learning and gain a new interest in a different topic.’ Given the success of this venture we are looking at more opportunities to benefit our students from a university level education.

History Somme Poem Competition As part of ‘Reading for Pleasure’, we are taking part in a national competition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. This was a famous battle during WW1, during which over 1 million soldiers were killed, from a huge number of countries that were involved. By taking part in this competition, students will be helping keep the memory of servicemen, women and animals that died, not only in historical wars, but also those who continue to give their lives today.

They will have the chance to create a piece of poetry that is completely their own, in your own style and words, to enter under the theme of ‘The Surviving Tree’. This is a tree which has now been placed on the site of the Battle of the Somme and remembers the events which took place there. It can be any type of poem, of any length & accompanied by images or illustrations. Students can be as creative as they want to be – the sky is the limit! This is a great opportunity to showcase their creative and literary talents on a national stage, whilst also honouring a great number of brave individuals who have been involved in conflicts all over the world.

The deadline for entries in Friday 3 June 2016 – students should email or hand their entries to Mr Pickering, Miss Hugill or any other member of the Humanities team.

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Thank You The Geography Department would like to express their thanks for the generous donation received from Friends of Conyers. The money has been used to buy fieldwork equipment so that we can offer students a host of additional fieldwork opportunities. Such equipment is expensive and this money has allowed us to continue to provide an outstanding experience. On behalf of the students, thank you for your continued support in helping us provide our students with even more opportunities.

Help with School Meals and School Uniform Costs for Families on a Low Income

If parents living in Stockton-On-Tees are on a low income and qualify for Free School Meals (to apply for Free School Meals you can complete the form at https://www.stockton.gov.uk/schoolmeals ) for their child/children they can also apply annually for a School Clothing Grant of £30 for their children in secondary education. The form can be completed online at https://www.stockton.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/schools-and-campus-stockton/school-clothing-grant/ or to apply for either Free School Meals or a Clothing Grant you can contact Customer Services on Tel No 01642 526606 or email freeschoolmeals@stockton.gov.uk

If you live in Middlesbrough and are on a low income and have not applied for free school meals the form can be completed online at http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6909 or Tel No 01642 726541.

If you live in North Yorkshire you can apply for Free School Meals online at http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/25811/Free-school-meals or for help with clothing online at http://m.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=24282&p=0 or Tel No 01423 709048 or 01609 533405.

For further details if you live in Darlington you can contact Customer Services, Tel No 01325 405444 or online at http://www.darlington.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-years/school-meals/

Summer Concert

Wednesday 6 July

7.00 p.m.

Stockton Baptist Tabernacle

Tickets cost £5 Available from the Creative Arts Office or

contact the School Reception Tel. 01642 783253

Friends of Conyers

100 Club Winners

1st prize (£25) - No 15 - V Sykes

2nd prize (£15) - No 8 - C Thomas

3rd prize (£10) - No 21 - Janet Conway

Key Stage 3 Exams Key Stage 3 exams are taking place week beginning Monday 20 June. Students have been informed of when these exams are during the week and these should be recorded in their student planners.

There is an expectation that all students prepare for the exams thoroughly and do not leave revision to the night before.

Exam results will be issued on Wednesday 13 July.

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Smartphone App for Parents

Want to spend less on text messages?

The free School Gateway Smartphone App for parents is unique to Schoolcomms

Parents Receive instant notification of messages Receive messages using Wi-Fi even when there is no mobile signal No charge for sending replies back to the school Easy to download, use and send messages to school Secure and reliable Store and receive messages all in one place, even if children are at different schools (providing the

schools are using Schoolcomms) The App uses your mobile phone number and email address that we have on file for verification. Please email sims@conyers.org.uk if you have recently changed either of these, so that we can update our records.

Search for “School Gateway” in the Apple App Store/Google Play or on your phone go to www.schoolgateway.com/apple (Apple) or www.schoolgateway.com/android (Android).

Install the App and if you are asked then say “yes” to “Allow Push Notifications”.

School Payments

When you are making payments for school lunches, school visits, revision guide books etc please could you use our online payment system www.parentpay.com and if possible, use your debit card rather than a credit card as the charges for school are less if debit cards are used.

If you have misplaced your login details, passwords or have a problem paying by either of these methods, please contact Mrs Williams, Finance Office, on finance@conyers.org.uk or ring school on 01642 792418.

Alternatively make cheques payable to Conyers School.

Schoolcomms There may be times throughout the school year when we need to contact parents via Schoolcomms text messages. The Schoolcomms mobile text service only allows us to use 160 characters per text message, therefore some abbreviations such as ufn (until further notice) will be used. Please could parents save the school’s Schoolcomms telephone number to their phones, so when future messages are received from the school they know that the school has sent them. The Schoolcomms telephone number is 01642 688114.

If you wish to be sent messages, please ensure that we have your correct email and mobile telephone details.

Also, please add the Schoolcomms email address, SC8084023a@schoolcomms.com to your ‘safe senders’ list.

Medication

Please note that medication cannot under any circumstances be given to students without written permission from a parent, due to Health and Safety regulations. If you intend to send your child to school with medication, due to the Department for Education’s standard guidelines, all student medication must be in its original packaging bearing the prescribers instructions. This includes antihistamines, paracetamol and all generic painkillers.

Student and Parent Helpline

There is an option on the main telephone line and an email address helpline@conyers.org.uk for you to contact our Student and Parent helpline if you have any concerns.

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Calendar Dates Friday 27 May, 3.40 p.m. School closes for half term holidays

Monday 6 June, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Thursday 23 June, 6.00 p.m. Art and Technology Exhibition

Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 June Sixth Form Transition Conference

Wednesday 29 June Year 11 Prom

Friday 1 July Year 13 Ball

Wednesday 6 July, 7.00 p.m. Summer Concert, Stockton Baptist Tabernacle

Thursday 7 July, 7.00 p.m. New Year 7 parents’ meeting

Friday 8 July, 9.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. New Year 7 students’ Induction Day

Friday 15 July, 2.30 p.m. School closes for summer holidays, buses early

Thursday 18 August A Level results

Thursday 25 August GCSE results

Friday 26 August Sixth Form enrolment

Thursday 1 September Staff Preparation Day

Friday 2 September, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Tuesday 27 September, 6.00-8.00 p.m. Year 6 Open Evening

Wednesday 5 October, 7.30 p.m. Celebration of Achievement Evening at the Baptist Tabernacle, Stockton (Years 8-13 by invitation only)

Wednesday 19 October, 3.40 p.m. Students finish for half term holidays

Thursday 20 and Friday 21 October Staff Development Days

Monday 31 October, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Tuesday 13 December, 7.30 p.m. Carol Service, St Mary Magdalene Church, Yarm

Friday 16 December, 2.30 p.m. School closes for Christmas holidays, buses early

2017

Wednesday 4 January, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays (please note amended date)

Friday 10 February, 3.40 p.m. School closes for half term holidays

Monday 20 February, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Friday 7 April, 3.40 p.m. School closes for Easter holidays

Monday 24 April, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Monday 1 May Bank Holiday – school closed

Friday 26 May, 3.40 p.m. School closes for half term holidays

Monday 5 June, 8.55 a.m. Students return after the holidays

Thursday 20 July, 2.30 p.m. School closes for summer holidays, buses early (please note amended date)

Parents Collecting or Dropping off Children

This should be done within the bus bay only. However, the bus bay is closed to cars between 3.15 and 4.00 p.m. each evening to allow the buses to park ready for the journey home. Also, parents should not park blocking the school entrance roadway on the yellow lines when collecting their children on an afternoon. At no time before, during or after school should a vehicle enter the main drive to drop off or collect a student, unless in the case of a medical emergency. Only disabled students are dropped off and picked up from the disabled parking bays on the school site and children with temporary disabilities, ie broken legs, etc, likewise.

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PE Department Athletics

Stockton School Games Well done to all athletes that took part in this year’s games. The Year 7 dodgeball team saw a very close competition only losing two games against 10 teams but ended up finishing joint second with two other schools. The Year 7 frisbee team finished third, after playing ultimate Frisbee for the first time. Both the boys and girls cyclists performed well but did not manage to be on the medal podium. Year 9 girls futsal team put in some strong performances finishing fourth overall. Year 9 boys futsal team had a great tournament finishing second with a silver medal following some great performances from individuals including the 'sweeper keeper' Ben Cummings. Well done to Year 10 volleyball teams who both finished strongly in third and first place. Conyers A will now progress onto the next round and represent Stockton at the Tees Valley School Games.

English Schools Track and Field Cup This event was held at Middlesbrough Sports Village with Conyers entering over 50 students in Years 7 to 10. A good day out for all Conyers athletes competing against schools from all over Cleveland. Well done to the Under 15 girls relay winning the 4x100m in a time of 57.3secs. Well done to all other winners including Jasmine Clarke (hurdles, 300m), Matty Drake (100m), Emily McGee (200m), Miles Murray (300m), Dan Payne (1500m), Cameron Spence (800m). Well done to all those who participated.

Schools Athletics Conyers Athletics team took part in the Stockton Athletics finals at Middlesbrough Sports Village. Students from Year 7 to 10 took part. The Year 8 and 9 boys team finished 2nd and we had some exceptional individual performances with Kate Murphy, Sophie Wall, Cameron Spence, Jasmin Clarke, Dan Payne, Nathan Wood-Gordon, Finn Cousin-Dawson, Myles Murray and Luke Petit all qualifying to represent Stockton at the County Championships.

Cricket The cricket season, organised for Stockton schools by Maltby Cricket Club, is now underway.

Under 14 boys won away at Bedale in The Yorkshire County Cup and play away to High Tunstall in the next round. The Under 13 boys beat Acklam Grange by 80 runs in the first round of the Yorkshire Post Cup. Under 15 boys have only played one match so far due to bad weather at the start of term, unfortunately they lost to Huntcliff in an extraordinary game which saw Joe Clark hit his first ever 6 and Owen Huggins performing well with bat and ball. The game ended with Huntcliff needing 1 run from the last ball for a draw, which they achieved so the game was decided on a "super over", a first ever for the Conyers team.

We wish the boys and girls teams good luck in their matches.

Headingley Visit

Fifteen Conyers cricketers had the opportunity to see the first day of the England versus Sri Lanka test match at Headingley. They had a thoroughly good day, despite seeing Alistair Cook and Joe Root go out early, a strong batting partnership from Bairstow and Hales allowed England to reach a total which led to them winning the 1st Test. We arrived in time for the students to take in the atmosphere, purchase souvenirs and get an ice cream before the start of play, most students managed to get signatures from a number of ex-players including Andrew Strauss. Unfortunately despite good weather all day rain stopped play at tea time but this did not damped the spirits.

Tennis The tennis season is now underway. Unfortunately Under 13A and Under 15A girls were defeated against Yarm despite giving a good performance against a strong Yarm team. Both teams have fixtures against Stokesley and Egglescliffe in the league.

It was a tough start to the season for the boys teams as they played away to Egglescliffe. The Under 13A and B and Under 15B teams lost their games. The Under 15A team played an outstanding game, winning for the first time for a number of seasons against Egglescliffe. Well done to all.

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High attendance at Rounders and Cricket at lunchtime practice sessions has allowed the department to pick a wide variety of teams. There will be tournaments in both of these activities after half term.

Football Year 7 boys have capped off a fantastic season with yet another trophy winning the District Cup in dramatic fashion. With the final ending in a draw after full time it was Conyers who held their nerve to take a well-deserved victory. They were presented with the County Cup trophy at Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium on Thursday 26 May.

Year 11 boys went out on a high winning the District Cup; adding to their league title, we are proud to say they bounced back strongly having lost both narrowly in Year 10, a fitting end to a great 5 years of school football. We hope they continue to play into adulthood.

Some great football has been played by all teams this season and we have been unlucky not to win more trophies. Well done to you all. We will go again next season!

Sports Leaders

Conyers Sports Leaders have been fantastic this term running a number of sporting events for the local primary schools. Year 9 leaders ran a brilliant multi-sport event for over 100 Year 2 pupils and received praise from all staff involved. Students have also been involved in running athletics, tennis and cricket events with some being invited to help run and officiate competitions at Tees Valley level.

Loan Kit As we are moving towards the end of the academic year and with the Year 11 students moving on, we are asking for donations of outgrown PE kit. The department has a supply of clothing and trainers/football boots to loan out, to ensure students are included in lessons, in the event of kit being forgotten. All items are washed prior to being reissued. The PE department would be grateful for any contributions. Thank you.

Keep up to date with all of the teams’ fixtures and results via Twitter @ConyersPE.

Go Music continues to grow and develop both in Conyers School and the community. Not only do we have over 200 students having peripatetic lessons, but our staff are now teaching in several local Primary schools helping deliver their Music curriculum.

Please join us for the Summer Concert where Go Music students from all our schools will be showcasing their talents.

Dates for your Diary Music grade exams in Conyers Music Department

Rock and Pop exams – 2 and 3 July

Brass, woodwind and strings – 9 and 10 July

Summer Concert, Stockton Baptist Tabernacle

Wednesday 6 July, 7.00 p.m.

Tickets cost £5 and are available from the Creative Arts Office or contact the School Reception Tel. 01642 783253.

DF coaching Holiday Sports Clubs

Football and Multi-Sports 31 May, 1 June, 2 June, 3 June

9.30am – 3pm Age 4 – 13 years

£15 per day, £25 two days,

£35 three days, £40 four days, Discount for siblings

To book a place contact Dan Fowler –

07947740136 or

danny@dfcoaching.co.uk

Performing Arts Club With Chloe Bell

Wednesday 1 June 9.30am – 2.30pm

Age 6 – 16 years, Girls & Boys £15 (packed lunch required)

Dance, drama and singing

with costume design and creation leading to an end of day performance. Parents

welcome from 2pm to watch.

To book a place please contact Chloe 07815596399

Gymnastics Camp With Glenn Smith

Fun day of gymnastics for all abilities

Tuesday 31 May 9am – 2pm Age 5 years +

£15 per day (packed lunch required)

Booking essential To book a place please contact

Glenn Smith - 07988895618

FUN ACTIVITIES SUITABLE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGED 4-12 YEARS

Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 9am – 3pm

£10 per day / £15 for two days

Go Sport Conyers School Gym

Please text Suzanne on 07515681663 to book your place(s)

Telephone: 01642 790296

Mobile: 07779903215 (out of hours)

Email: gosport@conyers.org.uk

Web Site: gosport.conyers.org.uk

Follow us on twitter: @GoSportConyers

T’AI CHI For Health

Yarm T’ai Chi teaches traditional Yang Style T’ai Chi

Tuesday 7-8.30pm Conyers School Gym For further details please contact

Andrew Knox – 07867944110 Chris Scaife – 07990763529

FIRST CLASS FREE ON PRODUCTION OF THIS FLYER - LIMITED PERIOD

Saturday 11 June until Saturday 16 July 2016

(6 week course)

10 am to 11 am – Conyers School Gym

Ages 7 – 11 (Girls + Boys)

£4.00 on the day per child

Dancing to popular chart music and showcasing performances.

No previous dance experience necessary.

Dance fitness for fun!! Bring friends!!

Phone/Text Emma on 07790 850632 or by e-mail

emmagraham167@gmail.com to book place

Soccer Summer Special

From April to August 2016

£25 per third per hour £50 whole pitch per hour

(Price includes PLI)

Perfect for pre-match training

Pitches can be block booked for the summer

Limited availability – Last Few Slots

Booking essential through Go Sport Office 01642 790296