Friday 28th June 2013

Prayer Help me, Lord, to discover the talents I have been given and to not let them lie unused. May I make the best use of them both for my-self and for others. May sport help to bring out the best in people, teaching us the lessons of commitment and co-operation, of fairness and appreciation. May sports and hobbies and interests help me to develop my personality that I may be renewed and re-created in your image and likeness. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ParentView

122 responses to ParentView - can we reach 150 by the end of the academic year.

We really would appreciate parents responses to the OfSTED survey.

The link is www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk It's online and very quick and easy to complete.

Thankyou to the parents who have already responded.

Specialism Success

From Friday 21 June until Monday 24 June 50

students from year 7 and 8 will be travelling to

the village of Rue in Northern France to

experience a "Taste of France". Students will

be reinforcing the links between Languages

and BITE within a European context! The

group will be visiting a snail farm and a

chocolate factory and will have the chance to

try out their language skills at a traditional

French market.

Trinity Term

Former Students

St Hilda's College, Oxford

Isabel Devaney - Leys Exhibition in Biochemistry

Isabel, a former student of All Hallows has recently been awarded the above by the College's Tutorial Committee in recognition of excellent work in the subject.

All Hallows in the top 20% of non-selective schools

All Hallows has been congratulated by the SSAT for high attainment and success in adding value.

Student performance in the 2012 Key Stage 4 examinations places the college in the top 20% of non-selective schools and academies nationally.

The letter congratulates All Hallows on providing a well rounded education with 'Best 8 average point scores for GCSE' and for Key Stage 4 value-added score.

Parents as Parents: HAIRSTYLES

As a Business and Enterprise College we en-courage our students to dress in a business like fashion - "Dress for Success". For this reason extremes of hairstyles and hair colouring are not acceptable. If in doubt about what styles and colours are not acceptable speak to your child's Year Learning Leader.

Enterprise Success Jacob Cotterill, Year 12 Business student, has spent this week on a work placement with Mrs Lynch in the BITE Faculty. During the week he assisted in making an application to seek funding from the Community Investment Grant offered by Peaks and Plains Housing Trust. If successful it will allow for the expansion of The Go Shop brand giving students across The College opportunity to manage four market stalls alongside ‘Go Shop’in The Pod. This will be branded The ‘Go Stalls’ Project. Taking this idea further, there are also plans to introduce trade in good quality second-hand clothes and uniform in the future. This will ultimately constitute a further development of social enterprise in The College and a continued demonstration of the inspiring entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills of our students both in leading on projects and in making their visions a reality.

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining - Deep Values Learning for Year 7

The North West teachers strike day was put to great use for Year 7 who enjoyed a special day of reflection on the college values with Mr Billings (Principal) and Mrs Connor (Deputy Principal), who were expertly assisted by the college teaching assistants, cover supervisors and the Chaplin (Rev Harrison). The day began with a Year Mass celebrated with Fr Francis (Parish Priest at St Gregory's, Bollington) who used the story of the Centurian's Servant to illustrate how life changing belief in Jesus can be - and to say how we are all loved by God. The students singing was fantastic during Mass and was followed by some community gospel singing led by Mr Gordan. The values reflection used parts of the film 'Evan Almighty' with students encouraged to reflect on their first year at All Hallows - and see if they could identify the college values (or new ones) in the film. Mrs Connor's brain gym activity was great fun and will be very memorable - parents should ask sons/daughters about the 'Hippo'. Well done Year 7 - it has been a pleasure to work with you on this special day of reflection. Mr Billings and Mrs Connor would like to recognise the following students for their work in terms of effort and/or originality:

Commendation Original Idea

5 Merit + 10 Merit+

Natasha Harper Tom Kerr Jordan Poolford Danny Sherratt Danny Sherratt Katie Millward Tom Kerr Amy Broadhurst Lily Kennedy Christoph Langer Mollie Easterby Teresa Joseph

Alyana Rosete Katie Millward Christopher Langer Emily Hutchinson Jake Davies Amy Broadhurst Teresa Joseph Luisa Ventisei George Parry Patrick Penny Liam Hinsley Thomas Davis Isobel Bailey Emma Tapp

Sport

Rounder's results

All Hallows v Tytherington

Year 7- lost 15-13.5 (Player of the match- Alyana Rosete)

Year 8- lost 9-7.5 (Player of the match Calista Charlesworth-Simpson)

Year 9/10-lost14-13.5 (Player of the match Megan Royle)

Exam Dates and Results

Y7,8 & 9 Summer 2013 Exam Timetable Week Commencing 17th June 2013 Please Click here to view the schedule

Results Days

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

2013

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

RESULTS MUST BE COLLECTED BY EACH STUDENT IN

PERSON.

IF STUDENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO COLLECT THEIR OWN RE-SULTS, THEN THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS:

LEAVE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE WITH THE EXAMS OFFICE AND RESULTS WILL BE POSTED TO THE STUDENT.

STUDENT WRITES A LETTER OF AUTHORITY TO GIVE A RESPON-SIBLE ADULT PERMISSION TO COLLECT RESULTS ON THEIR

BEHALF.

Attendance matters at All Hallows

Over the last week of college attendance was as follows:

Year 7 - 97.8% (up 0.2% on last week)

Year 8 - 94.7% (up 0.5%)

Year 9 - 97.1% (up 0.7%)

Year 10 - 93.8% (down 0.3% on last week)

The average for the week was up to 95.6% and the total since September remains at 94.7%.

We aim for 97%.

Please can parents keep discussing attendance with their children? Please contact the college on the first day of ab-sence and keep us updated daily. Try to avoid whole day absence unless it is absolutely necessary and remember the college day starts at 8.55 a.m with students with persistent poor punctuality risking being sanctioned. Requests for holiday absence should be directed towards Mrs Garvey (Key Stage 5) and Mr Blades (Key Stage 3 and 4) via letter or email in advance

Calendar

Reminder INSET Days: Wednesday 24 July is a INSET day and that students finish for Summer on Tuesday 23 July.

To View the 2013 — 2014 Term dates, please click on the link

Term College Opens to Students College Closes to Students

Trinity Monday 3 June 2013 Tuesday 23 July 2013

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Free school meals - do you qualify? Around 1.8 million UK children are entitled to free school meals but more than 330,000 pupils don't get their entitlement. For some children, the social stigma or even teasing attached to 'being on free dinners' puts them off. Often parents don't realise they're entitled or are discouraged by the likely bureaucracy. Does it matter? YES! CHILDREN WHO EAT WELL DURING THE DAY CONCENTRATE BETTER IN LESSONS. SITTING DOWN TO A MEAL TOGETHER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF CHILDREN'S SOCIAL EDUCATION. ALSO, ONE CHILD IN FOUR DOESN'T GET A HOT DINNER IN THE EVENING. Who qualifies? IN ENGLAND, 21% OF PUPILS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS. PARENTS OR GUARDIANS IN ENGLAND DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SCHOOL MEALS IF THEY RECEIVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: Income Support Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance An income - related employment and support allowance (this benefit was introduced 27 October 2008) The guarantee element of State Pension Credit Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Children who receive Income Support or Income-Based Job Seekers Allowance in their own right are also eligible to receive free school meals Child Tax Credit (but are not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and from 6 April 2012 your annual income does not exceed £16,190. (as assessed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) Working Tax Credit Run On the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit From 6 April 2012, Working Tax Credit rules for couples have changed and because of the increase in the number of hours a couple has to work in order to qualify, some families may have lost their entitlement to Working Tax Credit. Those families may be entitled to free school meals if they now satisfy any of the above criteria. However, as soon as you stop claiming any of the qualifying benefits listed above, your entitlement to claim free school meals also ends.

X Cell event

X.Cell Youth Group - and all Ex. X.Cell up to 16 years. Trip to Alton Towers. Sat 20th July. Discounted ticket cost of £22. Meet in St Albans Parish Centre carpark at 8.30am. Return approx 7.30 pm.

Please confirm your attendance by Sunday July 7th. The youth group will prebuy your ticket. If you confirm, but can-not go and we cannot resell your ticket, then you will need to still pay for it. We will operate a buddy group for around the park. Confirm attendance or queries to Brigid@Shanahan.demon.co.uk

A parental consent form will be required.