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Eid 2010

Eid Celebrations – September 2010

If your son/daughter will be absent from school to celebrate Eid please make sure you inform the school, by letter, in order that the correct absence mark can be entered into our registers. Thank you

E=Magazine

The second edition of the new Science College Periodical is available to download here

House Flashes

We are proud of our House system and want to indicate House identity in our uniform from September 2010. To facilitate this, all KS3 and 4 students will be issued with three 'House flashes' coloured according to which house they are in. More information here

Staying Safe Online

Information about staying safe online can be found here

Term Dates 2010-2012

Below are term dates for 2010 to 2011 and provisional dates for 2011 to 2012

Term Dates for 2010/11
Autumn 2010

Wed 1 Sept - Fri 22 Oct
Mon 1 Nov - Fri 17 Dec

Spring 2011
Tues 4 Jan - Fri 18 Feb
Mon 28 Feb -Fri 8 April

Summer 2011
Wed 27 April - Fri 27 May
Mon 6 June - Mon 25 July

Term Dates for 2011/12
Autumn 2011

Mon 5 Sept - Fri 21 Oct
Mon 31 Oct - Fri 16 Dec

Spring 2012

Tue 3 Jan - Fri 10 Feb
Mon 20 Feb - Fri 30 March

Summer 2013

Mon 16 April - Fri 1 June
Mon 11 June - Mon 23 July

House Championship

Barr House

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Daniels House

Barr House

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Linley House

Barr House

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Scott House

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Diary - September 2010

1st September	Staff Training day
2nd September	School opens for students Year 7 - 8:30 am Year 12 - 9:45am Year 13 - 11:00 am Years 8, 9, 10 , 11, - 12:00 pm Year 7 School Photographs
3rd September	Year 7 Learning Performance
6th September	Prize Award Evening - 7.30 pm Whitman Hall
8th September	Years 8 - 13 School Photographs Whitman Hall
9th September	1st HPV Year 8 inoculations Years 12 and 13 Peer Mentor training (Room 76)
10th September	So you want to be a doctor? Whitman Hall – selected Year 12 and 13 students
13th September	Army Day – All Year 12 Stafford
14th September	School closes at 2.45 Open Evening
15th September	School Closed to Students Staff in school 1.30 pm (PM for staff/NQT training) First Aid training Open Evening
16th September	School Opens Period 2 for Students
20th - 24th September	Year 12 ALIS Tests
21st September	Team and Club Photographs – Whitman Hall Full Governors Meeting - 6:00 pm
23rd September	Inter House Senior and Intermediate Netball 3:15 pm Inter House and Intermediate Football - 3:15 pm UCAS training for parents - 5:00 pm - Room 31 Italy Ski trip parents meeting Whitman Hall - 7:30 pm
27th September	Periods 3 & 4 English Mock Exam - Year 11
28th September	Periods 1 & 2 English Mock Exam - Year 11 Personnel Governors - 6:00 pm
29th September - 1st October	Geography residential to Dorset
30th September	E-Safety Sessions for Parents 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm APCC - 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Whitman Hall

October 2010

4th October	School Council Meeting - 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
5th - 8th October	Dunfield Residential
5th October	Governors Curriculum - 6:00 pm
12th - 13th October	East Collaborative Arts Event - Selected Year 9 Students
12th October	Governors Property & Service - 6:00 pm
13th October	Birmingham University - Aim Higher Years 12 and 13 (AM) Year 10 (PM) (selected students)
14th October	Inter House Junior and Senior Girls Football - 3:15 pm Year 12 Parents meeting Tutors/House staff 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Goodsell Hall
15th October	Year 8 P5 theatre group – Whitman Hall Music 24 Hour event Fuller Hall (moving to Whitman after school)
18th - 22nd October	Book Week
18th - 19th October	Year 12 Geography residential – Shrewsbury
18th October	Period 3 & 5 Author performance Whitman Hall Year 7 & 8
19th October	Year 11 Study Skills Day Governors Finance - 6:00 pm
20th October	Autumn Term Concert - 7:30 pm Whitman Hall
21st October	English Year 10 controlled assessment Periods 1 & 2 (Lister) 3 & 4 (Curie) – Goodsell Gym
22nd October	Book week Prize Giving Period 4 Year 7 - Whitman English Year 10 controlled assessment Periods 1 & 2 (Lister) 3 & 4 (Curie) – Goodsell Gym
25th - 29th October	Half Term

November 2010

1st November - 5th November	TSIA visitors
1st November	Staff training Day - TEEP
3rd November	Inter House Rugby Competition - 1:00 pm and 3:15 pm A Level Drama workshop Birmingham University - Aim Higher Year 10 and 11 (selected students) PM
4th November	Second Year 8 HPV inoculations Maths challenge – Years 12 and 13 Sixth Form Open Evening - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Goodsell Hall
5th November	Year 5 Primary Day
8th - 19th November	Year 11 Mocks
8th November	Year 11 English Exam (Not Mock) School Council Drop in - 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Meeting Room
9th November	Senior Sports Council – 1.10 pm - Conference Room Governors Personnel - 6:00 pm
10th November	Anti Bullying Performance – 9.40 – 11.00 - Goodsell Hall Year 11 English Exam Paper 2 (AM) Whitman School Council Meeting - 1:00 pm - 2:05 pm Period 5 – Year 10 Lister Pathway Mock Exam Whitman Year 7 Parents meeting Tutors/House Staff only - Goodsell E safety for parents 2 slots 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Whitman
12th November	Visit from Royal Society of Chemistry - Katie Dryden Halt
13th November	Lichfield Music Festival – selected ensembles and solos from Aldridge musicians
15th November	Year 10 Work related learning / Enterprise Day Whitman Hall
16th November	Governors Curriculum - 6:00 pm
17th November	Year 10 Enterprise Challenge
21st November	Forest Arts Centre holding two "Walsall Stars" concerts at Symphony Hall Birmingham
22nd November - 3rd December	Year 11 Health and Social care placements
22nd November	Mr Fendek's 30th Birthday Inter House Basketball (Senior) B Team - 3:15 pm
23rd November	Inter House Basketball A Team - 3:15 pm Governors Property & Services - 6:00 pm
24th - 25th November	Year 13 Biology Investigations
24th November	Gap Year talk Y12 – Whitman Hall. 2:00 pm -3:00 pm Birmingham University - Aim Higher Year 12 and 13 Selected students
25th November	APCC - 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Whitman Hall
26th November	Forest Arts World Music Day - Selected students
30th November	Governors Finance - 6:00 pm

December 2010

1st December	Army Career Assembly Year 12 - Period 5 - Whitman Hall CBSO linked concert (selected students)
2nd December	Full Governors
3rd December	Inter House Dance Competition - Period 3 Whitman Hal
6th December	Inter House Junior Basketball - 3:15 pm
8th December	Year 12 Birmingham University - Aim Higher - selected students
9th December	Year 11 Birmingham University - Aim Higher - selected students Year 10 Progress Evening
13th December	Christmas Concert – Whitman Hall - 7:30 pm Deadline for applications to Sixth Form
14th December	Y11 Reports issued Arts Festival Evening
15th December	Arts Festival Evening Year 12 Progress Evening
16th December	Carol Service – St Mary of the Angels - 7:30 pm
17th December	Y13 Reports issued
20th December - 3rd January	Christmas Holiday

Students
Parents
Holiday Forms
Extra Curriculum Activities
Homework
Attendance

	Coaching Your Teenager Helping them get the best out of school and college A publication from the DCSF
Aldridge Parents Consultation Committee
	Notes from June Meeting June 2010
	Notes from March Meeting March 2010
	Notes from December Meeting December 2009
	Notes from first Meeting October 2009
	KR Survey Data - Parent Results October 2009
	KR Survey Data - Pupil Results October 2009
	KR Survey Data - Parent Comments October 2009

Term Dates for 2010/11

Autumn 2010
Wed 1 Sept - Fri 22 Oct
Mon 1 Nov - Fri 17 Dec

Spring 2011
Tues 4 Jan - Fri 18 Feb
Mon 28 Feb -Fri 8 April

Summer 2011
Wed 27 April - Fri 27 May
Mon 6 June - Mon 25 July

Term Dates for 2011/12 (Provisional)

Autumn 2011
Mon 5 Sept - Fri 21 Oct
Mon 31 Oct - Fri 16 Dec

Spring 2012

Tue 3 Jan - Fri 10 Feb
Mon 20 Feb - Fri 30 March

Summer 2013

Mon 16 April - Fri 1 June
Mon 11 June - Mon 23 July

Holiday Policy

A holiday is generally defined as an absence from school for the purpose of
recreation, leisure and tourism. The Headteacher can authorise up to 10 days for a family holiday if this has been requested and agreed to before the holiday begins. This is not an entitlement and holidays taken in term time will adversely affect the child’s attendance record. At our school, the governors have resolved that the Headteacher will not authorise a holiday
unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Revised October 2007

Download Holiday Form

School Sports Clubs
September 2009	Morning (7.30 – 8.30)	Lunchtime (1.00 – 1.55)	After School (3.00 – 4.15)
Monday		Sixth Form Dance Table Tennis (KS 4& 5) Football (Yr 9) Swimming (All Yrs) Cross Country (KS 3) Sixth Form Badminton	Y7 Dance Yr 10 Dance Rugby (Yr 7 -10) Trampolining (KS 3) Coursework Club (Yr 11)
Tuesday		Y8 Dance Frisbee (All Yrs) Basketball (KS 3) Weights (KS 4) Kayaking (GCSE Pupils)	Girls Rugby (All Yrs) Y8 Dance Y9 Dance
Wednesday		Y9 Dance Girls Swimming (All Yrs) Gymnastics (KS 3) Rugby (6th Form)	All Matches
Thursday	Trampolining (Yr 7)	Girls Dodgeball (All Yrs) Y10 Dance Football (Yr 8) Girls Tournament Day	Basketball (Yr 8) Y11 Dance Group/solo dance
Friday	Trampolining (Yr 7 - 9)	Y7 Dance Y11 Dance Badminton (All Yrs)	Badminton (Team)
		All pupils to change at Sports Hall unless stated.
Boys Activities in Blue
Girls Activities in Red
Mixed Activities in Green
More Extra Curriculum Activities
Tuesday Mixed Race Identity Room 21 Form Time (1:00 - 2:00) All Years - EMAG Tutor available Wednesday Aldridge Buzz Room 7 Lunchtime (1:00 – 2:00) All Years Wednesday Drama Club Drama Studio After School (3:15 - 4:30) All Years Thursday Chess Club Room 26 Lunch Time (1:00 - 2:00) All Years Friday Reading Club Room 17 Lunchtime (1:00 - 2:00) All Years
Extra Curricular activities can be subject to change.

	Homework Timetable 2009-2010 Homework timetable for 2009-2010, find out when homework will be set for each year group.

	Homework Policy Homework should have a purpose and be appropriate to the needs of pupils. Purpose in this context means: to supplement classwork and consolidate learning; to test comprehension and develop and practise skills appropriate to the subject concerned; to develop an ability to organise private, unsupervised study/research; to develop the habit of private study.

Attendance Matters Regular school attendance is an important part of giving you the best possible start in life. Pupils who miss school frequently can fall behind with their work and do less well in exams. Good attendance shows potential employers that you are reliable. Research suggests that pupils who attend school regularly could also be at less risk of getting involved in antisocial behavior or crime. Below is a table showing how your percentage attendance equates to the amount of school time missed.
Attendance during one school year	Equivalent Days	Equivalent Sessions	Equivalent Weeks	Equivalent Lessons Missed
95%	9 Days	18 Sessions	2 Weeks	50 Lessons
90%	19 Days	38 Sessions	4 Weeks	100 Lessons
85%	29 Days	58 Sessions	6 Weeks	150 Lessons
80%	38 Days	72 Sessions	8 Weeks	200 Lessons
75%	48 Days	96 Sessions	10 Weeks	250 Lessons
70%	57 Days	114 Sessions	11.5 Weeks	290 Lessons
65%	67 Days	134 Sessions	13.5 Weeks	340 Lessons
Every Minute Counts If you arrive late to school everyday your learning begins to suffer. Below is a graph showing how being late to school everyday over a school year adds up to lost learning time.
				19 Days Lost

			13 Days Lost

		10 Days Lost


	6.5 Days Lost



3 Days Lost
5 Minutes Late	10 Minutes Late	15 Minutes Late	20 Minutes Late	30 Minutes Late
(Over one accademic year)

We are delighted to announce our best ever GCSE results, with over 81% of this years students gaining five or more good GCSE grades, and over 64% gaining five good grades including English and Maths. This builds on three years of improving performance and rewards the hard work of our students, their parents and our staff.

Within these excellent results were the individual successes of Lucy Walters, Sam Holmes, Andrew Lloyd, who got straight A and A* grades in ten or more subjects the overall success is a real delight; with no student leaving without GCSE success.

“We are proud of all our students, and especially those who have worked so hard to achieve the exam success they deserved, at GCSE, Btec and A level. We will remember their achievements with real pride and make sure you build on their success.” said Mr Mountney, Headteacher.

Aldridge Parents Consultation Committee

Term Dates for 2010/11

Term Dates for 2011/12 (Provisional)

Holiday Policy

School Sports Clubs

More Extra Curriculum Activities

Attendance Matters

Every Minute Counts

Aldridge Parents
Consultation Committee