Attendance

Attendance in the Sixth Form

from the start of September

until Thursday 12th of

December was 96% for year 12

and 94% for year 13.

UCAS update

Year 13 have been receiving

offers over the last half term

and most students are holding

at least 4 offers. Students

applying on courses relating to

Art, Photography and Medicine

are, as usual, still waiting to hear

from their choices. Manchester

and Newcastle are once again

the most popular destinations

for our students. Great

institutions of learning; their

popularity has nothing to do

with the celebrated student

nightlife in these cities of course.

High performing

GCSE students

Mrs Myers has started working

with our top performing GCSE

students in year 12 as she closes

the cycle on the current year

13. Most of the group already

had a clear idea of where they

wanted to study post 18 when

we met in November.

University of Kasetart, Bangkok, Thailand

Mock Examinations January 2014- AS & A2

Although our 6th Form students feel a bit gloomy about starting

2014 at Holy Family 6th with their mock examinations on the first

Tuesday back, many have also expressed their heartfelt thanks

that we will not be implementing the anti-cheating head gear

that is enforced at the University of Kasetart in Bangkok, Thailand.

After careful discussion with Mrs Ridehalgh our Examination

Officer we have decided that it is not appropriate for all students

to don this attire. The three students who are to wear this new-

fangled garment have already been informed of our ruling.

KEY DATES for MOCK EXAMINATIONS

AS examinations will begin on Tuesday 7 January 2014 and will take

place until Friday10 January 2014. A2 examinations will start the

following week finishing on Friday 17 January 2014.

All students must be in lessons when not in an examination.

Anti- cheating head gear must not be worn

Issue number December 2013-2014

We asked students to

tweet us pictures of

their independent

learning days. Here are

just a few of them. The

vast majority of

students approached

the days with great

seriousness and

feedback has been very

positive.

Students in years 12 and 13

volunteered to bake cakes for staff

at the start of our ‘Sixth Former for

a Day’ week. This was two days

when we sent the real sixth formers

home for two days and got some

pretend ones instead. We’re still

not sure why we baked cakes.

Tweets from Indie

Learning Days

Since the end of October preparations for the annual Cafod concert have been taking place. Below we have

pictures of the auditions taking place in the studio over several lunchtimes and the first full rehearsal last

night with Liv in full flow. Let’s hope it’s a good one. We have a suprise celebrity guest act this year!

Dodge ball has been our strong focus on Thursday mornings. Some tutors, such as Mrs Gordon – Jarrett and her

GJ Army, took it very seriously indeed. They were however beaten convincingly in the student final by Morrell’s

Monsters who had been calm and reserved in their approach throughout the tournament. Morrell’s Monsters went

on to play the staff Dodgefathers in the final who, with a combined age of 599 years, took them apart!

Year 11 Information

Evening

Following on from our ‘Sixth

Former for a Day’ event parents

and students in year 11 were

invited to an evening that was

largely led by current students

and alumni.

Louise Tiler, Rosie Hellawell,

Dani Laughlin and Daniel

Foster all contributed to the

evening alongside our 6th form

student leadership team.

All spoke with great fondness

and warmth about their 6th

form days and particularly their

teachers.

Louise is now an international

award winning pattern

designer and last year the

Mother’s Day card she

designed for Marks & Spencer

was their best- selling card!

You really should check out her

website! Louisetiler.com

@HolyFamilySixth All our films are on YouTube on Sally Layas

DC1 was quite good; lots of #PPP, bubbles and

bendy yellow men. Will you be next at DC2???

Prefects for lunchtime duties! There are vacancies.

Please collect an application form from Mrs

Laughlin & bring back after the holiday. Open to

all year 12 and 13.

Oh

yeah….and

we had an

alright

Christmas

Party

Merry

Christmas 6th

Formers

Years 12 and

13 and a

wonderful

and Peaceful

New Year