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NEWBRIDGE SCHOOL / YSGOL TRECELYN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE / CANOLFAN RAGORIAETH

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Newsletter / Cylchlythyr November 2015

Dear Parents and Carers

I am pleased to say our pupils are well underway with their studies this half term and as expected, are

working hard. As ever we have much to celebrate at Newbridge School.

Year 11 sat their GCSE mathematics examinations on November 4th and 10th. I am very proud of how

well they prepared for and approached the examinations. All pupils came out of the examinations feeling

positive and we look forward now to their results in January. This week Year 11 engineering students sat

an on-line examination for their course and again are very positive about it. These are good signs for our

pupils’ results in 2016.

Year 7 is settling very well and we were delighted to see so many Year 7 parents and carers at our Year 7

‘Settling-In Evening’ just before half term. Mr. Bool and his team of tutors were pleased to meet and talk

with you. I am sure parents were as proud as we were with the performances given by Year 7 pupils on

the evening, whether singing, music or a presentation. All were superb.

PRIZE EVENING – WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

Our guest speakers this year were our senior prefects, Nicole Woodward and Iwan Burgwin, Head Boy and Girl, deputies Sam Kerr, Ellis Potter, Finley Hazell, Emily Powell, Mollie Jones and Bethany Coles.

At our Prize Evening before half term, we welcomed over 500 parents and families to celebrate the

success of 250 prize winners. Governors, staff and I were very proud of our pupils, including our Senior

Prefects who were our guest speakers. They spoke eloquently about their school careers and their future

plans.


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PRIZE EVENING AWARDS

Headteacher's Award Jago Lewis and Emma Davies

Deputy Headteacher Award

Thomas Burgess, Daniel Lougher, Ieuan Thomas, Ffion Hale, Paige Lowe and Menna Morgan

Chairman of Governors Award for Excellence Natalie Channer Abercarn and Newbridge Rotary Award for Artistic Achievement Natalie Channer Abercarn and Newbridge Rotary Award for English Charlotte Lewis Abercarn and Newbridge Rotary Awards for Languages Lauren Griffiths Abercarn and Newbridge Rotary Award for Mathematics Emma Davies Newbridge School Award for Biology Emma Davies Newbridge School Award for Chemistry Carys Hanson Newbridge School Award for Catering Samantha Blanchard Newbridge School Award for Endeavour Ieuan Thomas Newbridge School Award for Geography Charlotte Lewis Newbridge School Award for History Daniel Lougher Newbridge School Award for Information Technology Charlotte Lewis Newbridge School Award for Literature Daniel Lougher Newbridge School Award for Music Natalie Channer Newbridge School Award for PE Paige Lowe Newbridge School Award for Physics Daniel Lougher Newbridge School Award for RE Katie Lewis Newbridge School Award for Technology / Engineering Kieran Taylor Newbridge School Award for Welsh Chelsea Parry Dr. B. L. Reece Award for Drama Brandon McCarthy Bleddyn Rogerson Award for Most Promising Pupil in Biology Charlotte Lewis Jen Morgan Award for Netball Chloe Solari Coleg Gwent Award for Personal Achievement Jago Lewis Chris and Shirley Turner Charity Award Rebecca Powell Award for Perseverance, Courage & Endurance

Macie Dawkins Matthew Wright

Newbridge School Recognition for Music School Band :Jennifer Baker, Dylan Bevan,

Andrew Burgess, Natalie Channer, Mina Cho, Millie Davies, Elosie Evans, Matthew Evans, Ffion Hale, Carys Hanson, Aneurin Hulme, Emily Jayne, Macey Jayne, Annabel Johnson, Jay Lloyd, Kirsty Love, Ellie-May Miles, Chelsea Parry, Katie-Anne Read, Seren Rudge, Lucy Tarr, Ieuan Thomas, Eve Tranter, Jack Tranter, Jessica Williams


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NEWBRIDGE SCHOOL AWARDS for EXCELLENCE, PROGRESS & 100% ATTENDANCE

YEAR 7 EXCELLENCE PROGRESS

Noah Abraham Crystal Adams

Caitlin Brill Eden Brookes

Madeline Greaves Dale Davies

Louisha-Dee Hughes Evan Penny

Thomas Llewellyn Luke Porter Seren Thomas Samuel Slatter

Jack Tranter Alisha Wortley

Olivia Williams

100% ATTENDANCE

Ethan Allaway Liam Belt

Kieran Boulton Owen Brill Aylah Clark Hannah Davies

Jacob Davies Nicole Fitzgerald

Rhys Griffiths Hannah Lewis

Thomas Llewellyn Evan Penny

Dafydd Peters Connor Porter

Luke Porter Courtney Preece

Ellie-Louise Roche Declan Self

Ella Spate Seren Thomas


Emily Ball William Bright

Grace Bayton Eloise Evans

Dylan Bevan Kallum Jones

Connor Chapman Luke Jones

Joel Chick Ash Roberts

Dylan Key Skye Roberts

Luke Korczynski Tia Rogers

Ben Tavener

100% ATTENDANCE

Emily Ball Samuel Baskerville

India Beveridge Oliver Brain

William Bright Connor Chapman

Ellis Cleland Joseph Davies

Aaron Drake Brandon Frayne Esme Jones Marnie Jones

Luke Korczynski Darcie Lowe

Daniel McAtee Joshua Neal

Georgia Parker Sadie Poole

Owen Sanders


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Georgia Barrett-Wyatt Eliza Bingham

Andrew Burgess Liam Brewster Mina Cho Evan Cooper

Joseph Nash Maisie Davies

Ryan Jewell Taylor Marsh

Seren Rudge Lewis Ryan

Alex Simmonds Finlay Taylor

Eve Tranter

100% ATTENDANCE

Kelsey Allen Eliza Bingham

Jack Bingham Andrew Burgess

Rhys Burt Mina Cho

Evan Davies Logan Davies

Millie Davies Ryan Jewell

Thomas Meredith Sam Newell Evan O’Connell Morgan O’Connell

Taryn Passmore Callum Peters

Tori Pontin Jamie-Marie Powell

Samuel Preece Seren Rudge

Lewis Ryan Alex Simmonds

Tomos Thorne Jack Tudor-Webley

Kayla Wathen Abbie Williams


Iwan Burgwin Bethan Bowles

Ellie Inch Megan Bowles

Mollie Jones Jodie Docherty

Samuel Kerr Logan Flook

Callum Logan Joshua Wakefield

Rhiannon Morgan Cole Watts

Ellis Potter

Emily Powell

Bethan Self

100% ATTENDANCE

Atlanta Alexander Daniel Cleland

Bethany Cole Brett Davies Joseph Derrick Ellis Fowler

Finley Hazell Mollie Jones

Ellis Potter Emily Powell

Aurora-Leigh Preece Britney Shallish

Kaitlin Stocker

Year 11 pupils were also awarded their GCSE examination certificates. The full programme is available on our website.


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100% ATTENDANCE THIS TERM

In school assemblies this half term many pupils in each year group have been rewarded for their excellent 100% attendance. This is a superb beginning to the school year. Well done to these pupils.

Year 7I1

Callum Blethyn Joshua Cheng Ellie-May Davies Heidi Davies

Rhodri Eynon Mackenzie Griffiths Kian Hamer Charlotte Harris

Amy Heard Ioan James Nicole Jones Kieran Kinsey

Naomi Miller-Seabourne Jensen Noone Morgan Shemwell Ellie Warrick

Evan Watkins Ellie Young

Year 7I2

Catlin Carter Charlie Lloyd Natalia Barnes Ethan Carpenter

Dafydd Challenger Maddison Coles Olivia Dugmore Daniel Goodwin

Brandon Gravenor-Davey Owen Hale Larissa Hollings Evan Miles

Ethan Murphy Dylan Price Ben Pullinger Milly-May Shepherd

Caitlin Thomas Alys Williams

Year 7I3

Trent Adams Olivia Bowyer Morgan Cashell Darcey Cheshire

Cerys Clement Lillian Cory Chloe Evans

Mia Hale Phoenix James Kian Jeremiah Ellie Jewell

Lily Jewell Cameron Jones Kirsten Larsen Rhys McNutty

Taya Padfield Keisha Price Morgan Pritchard Finlay Way

Danielle Williams Lois Wixey

Year 7I4

Kasey Allen-Ridge Chelsea Assirati Thomas Cayford Jakson Dodds

Demi Harrison Ieuan Hurley Erika Jarrett Jay Jones

Beth Morgan Alison Rosser Raegan Tedstone Jay Vaughan

Dominic Wilcox Ioan Williams Connor Young

Year 7M1

Connor Charles Ffion Burton Gruffydd Davies William Davies

Ella Deverell Rebecca Edwards Aaron Flook Tia Goulding

Jake Joll Daniel Howells Charlie Jones Efan Jones

Evan Jones Katelyn Knight Millie Lewis Ayesha Mirza

Ffion Owen Corey Pagett Harry Porthouse Oliver Price

Zak Thomas

Year 7M2

Hezekiah Corpuz Hope Davies Megan Davies Casey Evans

Brooklyn Frayne Ella Heron-Jenkins Lauren Holtham-Morgan Callum Howells

Jakub Jarosz Conor Jones Keith Laing Rosie-Mae Moody

Lloyd Parker Samuel Phillips Toni-Ann Powell Seren Price

Cameron Trig Sophie Vokes

Year 7M3

Carys burns Ethan Davies Rebecca Derrick Cerys Griffiths

Zander Hall Milly Hewlett Kira Jasons Ieuan Johnson

Kelysee Mansell Ethan Marsh Emily Parker Alfie Sanderson-Jones

Evan Tetley Emily Thomas George Thomas Molly Watkins

Evan Williams Kate Williams Jacob Workman


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Year 8I1

Cameron Bowyer Jackson Bowyer Owen Brill Alexandra Carter

Drew Davies Jacob Davies Matthew Evans Evan Harris

Shanice Hart-Hickman Aaron Hunt Olivia Jenkins Hannah Lewis

Iwan Meredith Kian O’Brien Kian Parsons Madeline Phillips

Celine Rideout Lloyd Suter Daniel Watkins Kaya Williams

Year 8I2

Spencer Calverley Kenzie Clarke Ethan Davies Hannah Davies

Thomas Edwards Bailey Elsley Ethan Hopkins Louisha-Dee Hughes

Charlotte Johnstone Katie Livings Thomas Llewellyn Jack Tranter

Thomas Tyler

Year 8I3

Ethan Allaway Caitlin Brill Lisa Darlington Laura Davies

Anastasia Gill Rhys Griffiths Ethan Hardwick Che Hughes

Bobbi Jones Kian Jones Faith Nash Joshua Peake

Ellie-Mae Perry Luke Porter Georgia Ryan Seren Thomas

Holly-Marie Watkins Olivia Williams Year 8I4

Lois Alexander Ethan Barnes Frederick Bingham Aylah Clark

Charlotte Davies Chloe Davies Benjamin Hayward Caleb Hewitt

Ethan Hudson Chloe johns Owain Price Ellie-Louise Roche

Nia Roles Pacey Smith Ella Spate Harrison Taylor

Keira Woodyatt

Year 8M1

Jack Baker Shannon Belthyn Caitlyn Finn Nicole Fitzgerald

Harriet Orrill Conner Owens Year 8M2

Daniel Apoussidis Kayleigh Cake Danielle Charles Kian Dugmore

Bradley Frampton Ellis Hodge Luke Howells Ethan Key

Olivia Nash Evan Penny Courtney Preece

Year 8M3

Kieran Boulton Ellie Brimfield Kelsey Fowler Charlie Hulme

Iestyn James Ewan Jones Harrison Jones Jack Kinsey

Shelby Laffan Jay Lloyd Connor Porter Declan Self

Tyla Williams


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Year 9I1

Eirinn Atkins Oliver Brain Joe Card Joseph Davies

Piper Gilbert Ava Haigh Ebony Hayward Zara Jenkins

Marnie Jones Evie Pincott Rhys Pullinger Troy Watkins

Georgia Williams

Year 9I2

Emily Ball Isaac Bishop Alisha Breeze William Bright

Mark Catulinan Connor Chapman Tomas Dickens Lui Hewlett

Daniel McAtee Stacie Oliver Casey Taylor Ben Waite Year 9I3

Libby Annetts Coady Brookes Edward Davies Elise Davies

Aaron Drake Jack Griffiths Molly Jenkins Darcie Lowe

Aimee McIntyre Cerys Mills Ben Nicholas Liam Nicholas

Sadie Poole Katie Prosser Toby Robinson Connor Vaughan Year 9I4

Charley Bodman Abigail Evans Maximillian Evans Brennan Gait

Ellie Haines Ben Jarrett Anna Kerr Connor Laing

Georgia Parker Mason Parker Cara Pearce Benjamin Phillips

Lori Samuel Ben Tavener Mia Trigg Year 9M1

Mollie Baker Rebecca Baker Dylan Bevan Dylan Bull

Cole Clarke Liam Crozier Aaron Davies Brandon Frayne

Kira Gibbs Curtis Greenslade Lewis Hayward Molly James

Morgan Mathias Joel Peachey Tira Pontin

Year 9M2

Blythe Beddoe India Beveridge Tyler Brimfield Ellis Cleland

Emily Criddle Connor Fry Lewis Griffiths Jakob Heel

Liam Jarrett Luke Korczynski Alexandra Skoczek Alexander Wilkins

Chloe Williams

Year 9M3

Nia Abraham Grace Bayton Luke Booth Esme Jones

Kallum Jones Georgia Maddox Carrick McDonough Ben Meredith

Joshua Neal Dafydd Owens Amber Price Jordan Rees

Samuel Thomas


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Year 10I1

Eliza Bingham James Davies Seren Draper Bethany Edwards

Sara Evans Grace Long Brooke-Louise Lowman Alex Simmonds

Alexandra Tate Samuel Taylor Year 10I2

Chloe Badham Evan Davies Shauna Dobbs Alexander Evans

Drew Gill Sophie Neal Nia Parry Samuel Preece

Seren Rudge Carl Smith Jade Smith Tomos Thorne

Eve Tranter Abbie Williams Harri Woodland Year 10I3

Cain Burge Jake Butcher Millie Davies Jake Fletcher

Sarah Lawrence Joseph Nash Lewis Ryan Onyekachi Uwandulu

Georgia Watkins Taylor Williams Caitlin Woolnough

Year 10I4

Emily Cross Zowie Davies Lewis Farrington-Cox Anais Hale

Joseph Lane Evan O’Connell Morgan O’Connell Taryn Passmore

Leon Smith

Year 10M1

Jack Bingham Cain Catley Corey Donovan Dylan Evans

Lydia Hyde Ryan Jewell Megan Orrill Jack Tudor-Webley

Year 10M2

Kelsey Allen Jessie Annetts Simran Boyal Amy Bryan

Logan Candler Amber Davies Logan Davies Maisie Davies

Rhys Davies-Thomas Damion Frampton Adam Greenslade Ethan Jeremiah

Lewis Johnstone Joshua Meacham Sam Newell Lewin Thomas

Jessica Williams Richard Williams

Year 10M3

Rhia Aldridge Andrew Burgess Natasha Davies-Kelso Bethan Evans

Ethan Fleet Sophie Gaccon Joel Gilbert Caleb Griffiths

Matthew Jones Taylor Marsh Jake Matthews Thomas Meredith

Tori Pontin Emily Richards Dylan Roche-Dugmore Ewan Tapper

William Tyler


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Year 11I1

Atlanta Alexander Iwan Burgwin Lucy Card Leah Davies

Olivia Evans Ellis Fowler Peter Hadigate Mollie Jones

Zara Lane Carwyn Marshallsea Abbey Morris Cae Richings

Aaron Thomas Joshua Wakefield Jack Wallace Cole Watts

Year 11I2

Chloe Boyle Dai Crockett Joseph Derrick Corbin Gilbert

Taylor Hansen Bradley Hollings Samuel Kerr Callum Logan

Cameron Wallace Year 11I3

William Bishop Bethan Bowles Megan Bowles Robyn Gilson

Maddison Heath Ellie Inch Macauly Matthews Georgia Phillips

Kaitlin Stocker Lucy Tarr Callum Tetley Jack Waite

Kelsey Williams Lia Williams Year 11I4

Simon Beynon Nansie Bowden Dylan Carter Daniel Cleland

Katelin Darlington Daniel Hammett Joshua Hatfield Hannah Johnston

Joshua Oliver Carly-Ann Phillips Ellis Potter Cerys Smith

Jessica Taw Olivia Thomas Year 11M1

Megan Beddoe Macie Dawkins Megan Jenkins Ryan Stapleton

Ross Wall Gaby Woodhouse Joseph Woodward

Year 11M2

Connor Bevan Cai Churcher Bethany Cole Coby Davies

Shannon Farr Callum Gibbs William Griffiths Finley Hazell

Lewis Jones Bethan Self Caitlin Williams Evan Winnett

David Young

Year 11M3

Brett Davies Zach Evans Devon George Joseph Hacker

Lucy-Annabel Hopkins Elise Jenkins Tia Lassman Emily Powell

Shea Stroud-Davies Will Styles Ethan Tovey Alex Vaughan


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ANTI-BULLYING WEEK

Anti-bullying week is held at this time of year nationally. We do not tolerate bullying in any form in our

school. We reinforce this message in school, this year through anti-bullying week assemblies. Above all

our pupils are encouraged to think about the kind of people they should be: kind, caring and thoughtful

towards each other. They are reminded of the words of Jesus in the Bible – ‘Love One Another’ and

‘Blessed are the Peacemakers’.

Pupils are reminded of helplines they can access should they ever wish to talk confidentially. The 2 we

have shared with pupils are ‘Meic’ (Welsh Helpline) and ‘ChildLine’ (England and Wales). These are

enclosed here.

We have offered our pupils the opportunity to take part in a national anti-bullying competition, called ‘Make

a Noise about Bullying’, encouraging the idea that no-one should ever suffer in silence or allow anyone

else to do so. Pupils can produce a poster, poem, story, artwork or short 2 minute film. The deadline is

December 4th and we look forward to entries. These will be judged by myself and Governors.

In our assemblies pupils were reminded of the worst type of bullying in our world today, terrorism. A minute silence has been held in all assemblies for the victims of terrorist attacks in Paris.

KEEPING SAFE – ANTI BULLYING

We have a ‘Keeping Safe’ box in the library and every classroom where pupil concerns may be posted anonymously. These are checked by two members of the School Council

Above are examples of past competition entries


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Call free on 0800 1111. Speak to a Counsellor online or visit the ‘Explore’ section for information and advice on a range of topics. Calls are confidential and won’t appear on your home phone bill. You can also use mobiles. Calls from 3 (Three), BT Mobile, EE, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin or Vodafone won’t show up on the phone bill either.

MEIC – Someone On Your Side

Freephone – 0808 80 23456 or Text – 84001 IM / On-line Chat – www.meiccymru.org

http://www.meiccymru.org/


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OBSERVING LESSONS IN SCHOOL

Senior staff and I visit lessons regularly to see how our pupils are progressing. Since the start of the half

term we have visited English, Mathematics, Science, Welsh, French, Design Technology, Art, PE, Music

and Drama and all year groups. We also visit registration to see how pupils are getting on with their

registration literacy and numeracy sessions.

As expected, we have seen varied and interesting learning taking place. In French Year 7 were learning

the words for relatives and families. In Welsh pupils were working together to hold conversations in the

language. GCSE geography pupils were finding out about flooding, its causes and how to address it.

GCSE Biology students were revising respiration and in physics, were learning about forces and how they

work. In music pupils are preparing their own compositions and in drama, Year 10 are working on

devising their own performances for their examination. As always there is a lot of excellent learning going

on in our busy and thriving school and I am very proud of this.

CAREERS FAIR COMPETITION WINNER

Jacques Doyle-Pearce entered and won a competition when he attended our Year 10 Careers Fair in Cardiff. Jacques won a £10 Amazon voucher. Well done!

CHARITY ACTIVITIES

Charity Concert

To support our charity work we run a series of non-uniform days where pupils and staff bring £1.00 to wear non-uniform. We thank parents and carers for your support in our fund-raising activities.

Mr. Carey, our Head of Music, organised a charity concert during school time to raise funds and awareness of the refugee crisis in war-torn Syria. Some of the distressing TV images affected staff and pupils alike. A number of pupils and staff worked very hard to organise a concert in aid of this crisis and raised £400 through our non-uniform. Funds are also used to buy Christmas chocolates for the elderly in our community.

We would like to thank all performers for such a good entertaining event. Most pupils sang a song of their choice, some modern music, some songs from musicals.

Performers: Jessica Taw (11I4) and Megan Jenkins (11M1) Sledgehammer Eloise Evans (9I2) Clarinet Piece Harriet Smith (11M2) I See Fine Jack Tranter (8I2) Piano Medley Nia Roles (8I4) God on High Darcey George (7I4) Wishing You Were Here Harry Porthouse (7M1) Blues For Big Ears Year 7 Group Ensemble Passenger Grace Bayton (9M3) In The shed Hannah Johnstone (11I4) I’m not That Girl Jodie Docherty (11I2) Feelin’ Good Alice Mee-Bishop (11M3) Time to Say Goodbye


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MacMillan Cake Sale

We hold this event every year, kindly organised by Mrs Davies, Head of Art.

The Macmillan cake sale was a huge success. Canteen staff were involved with baking cakes early on that morning and helped support the sale during the break time for all pupils. Pupils in Year 11 helped serve staff during the lunchtime cake and coffee experience. We raised £210!

Samaritan Purse Shoebox Appeal Samaritan’s Purse UK is an international relief and development organisation that works through local churches. This charity activity invited pupils to take part in their ‘shoebox appeal’ and organise a shoebox of small gifts that will become a Christmas gift for a child in a developing part of the world, particularly Africa and parts of Asia and particularly in an area suffering from war, famine or natural disaster. This charity is Christian based and emphasises the Christian belief to ‘love one another’, based on the command of Jesus in the New Testament. Ms. Fitzgerald, one of our excellent science teachers, has organised this activity. Newbridge School made 168 shoeboxes!

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Well Done to All Pupils – We are very proud of you!

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ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS

Governors and I would like to remind you of the importance of your child attending school regularly. All learners should be aiming for a 100% attendance. As a school we adhere to the Caerphilly Borough Council attendance guidelines which can be found at the following web address: ‘www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Services/Schools-and-learning/Attendance-and-inclusion/Attendance-at-school ‘ When learners are not in school, they miss not only valuable classwork but also the actual teaching and learning experiences as given by our staff. Simply copying up after an absence does not mean that tasks will be understood. If a child’s absences increase, the amount of learning missed increases too and this puts added pressure on learners and makes reaching their target levels and grades more difficult. In order to understand the impact of attendance I have included the following table which shows how many days are lost with different attendance rates:

Percentage Attendance Number of days missed Number of lessons missed

100 0 0

95 10 50

90 19 95

85 28 140

80 38 190

70 57 285

60 76 380

50 95 475

40 114 570

In Key Stage Four, which we now start in Year 9, in core subjects, GCSE and Btec option subjects, vital information and skills are covered in every lesson, whether this be course content, examination, controlled assessment or assignment preparation or practicing examination techniques. These are all part of ensuring success in the final assessment of courses taken. Attendance is an important aspect of reference requests from colleges and employers so it has far reaching effects, even after learners have left Newbridge School. All parents and carers are asked to work with us to ensure your child attends school every day. As the Caerphilly Borough guidelines state, all medical appointments, dental appointments etc. should be taken outside of school hours wherever possible and holidays should not be taken in term time. All requests for holidays in term time will be reviewed before permission may be granted. Holidays for learners with less than 95% attendance will not be authorised. The school’s absence number is 01495 241891 and it is extremely important that messages are sent to school if your child really has to be absent. If a child is absent without a message received from you, you will receive a text message asking you to give the reason for absence. Attendance is reviewed on a daily basis and should we be concerned about absences then you will be contacted by your child’s Progress Leader. When learners are absent through illness we do not employ a set number of days for recovery (as is done in some primary schools). We expect learners to return as soon as possible.


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If a learner feels unwell we would prefer they still come into school. Very often once leaners are in school and engaged in their learning they feel better. We will of course send your child home if they really are poorly. The school also employs a system whereby you will be asked to explain any unauthorised attendances by completing an ‘attendance sticker’ in your child’s planner. It is vital these are completed, so that your child does not have an attendance record that includes unauthorised absence. Punctuality is also extremely important. School starts at 8.30 and all pupils must be on site before this time for a prompt start to registration. Evidence provided by Caerphilly Borough Council shows that a leaner who is five minutes late on a daily basis loses almost four days of teaching a year. This rises to almost 14 days a year for a learner who is 20 minutes late. During registration periods there are sessions taking place to improve the literacy and numeracy of some learners as well as assemblies where important information is disseminated to pupils. Being in school on time in the morning means a good foundation for the learning that takes place throughout the rest of the school day. If you would like to discuss your child’s attendance please do not hesitate to contact your Progress Leader. Should a child’s attendance be of concern to us, you will be required to attend a meeting in school. Should attendance be of significant concern, the Education Welfare Officer will visit your home. This may lead to a fixed penalty fine or even prosecution. We do not want to see this happen we want every child in school, learning, every day. Our aim is that each child attends school every day – 100% attendance. Many children achieve this, as you can see in our current list of pupils with 100% attendance so far this term.


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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday 15th December Christmas Concert Parents Evenings: Thursday 10th December Year 10 Parents’ evening Tuesday 2nd February Year 8 Options Presentation to Parents Thursday 4th February Year 7 Parents’ Evening Thursday 11th February Year 11 Parents’ Evening Tuesday 8th March Year 8 Parents’ Evening Thursday 17th March Year 9 Parents’ Evening Examinations:

Monday 26th January Year 11 Mock Examinations Wednesday 20th January Year 10 Examinations Monday 11th April Year 9 Examinations Monday 17th April Year 7 Examinations Monday 24th April Year 8 Examinations School Reports Home: Tuesday 22nd March Year 11 Reports Home Friday 22nd April Year 10 Reports Home Tuesday 19th July Year 9 Reports Home Tuesday 28th June Year 8 Reports Home Friday 24th June Year 7 Reports Home

Yours sincerely

LJ Perry Headteacher

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