Reporting Absences

If your child is going to be absent from school, for any reason, it is imperative you let us know as soon as possible. You can do this by leaving a telephone message for our Attendance Officer, Mrs Berry. The number is 020 8462 2767, select option 1. You need to leave your child’s name, their tutor group and the reason for their absence. When your child is able to return to school, we would appreciate you giving them a note for the tutor/attendance officer to confirm their absence and the reason for it. A note in your child’s planner is not sufficient as they are not
seen by the Attendance Officer.

If you notify us your child is off sick one day and they do not appear the next, we will not assume they are still unwell. We kindly request you call us every day your child is going to be absent.
We run an automatic truancy call system on an ad hoc process so if your child is marked absent during morning registration it is possible you will receive one of these calls.

Errors do sometimes occur during registration when a child is marked absent by mistake so if you are contacted by the automated system and your child should be in school, please let us know and we will do a lesson check.

There are numerous activities which mean students miss registration such as assemblies, sports, educational visits or additional lessons. Unfortunately notification of these may not always find their way to the Attendance Officer so you may receive letters from us too.

We write to parents on a monthly basis if a student has any unexplained absences on their attendance record. We do not wish to offend any parent, or indeed any student, by appearing to accuse them of playing truant. We simply wish to ensure our students are safe and their whereabouts are known by you if we find they are not in school.

A quick telephone call and a letter from you could save us all time later on and will reduce the number of unexplained absences we have to resolve. Lastly, holidays during term time should not be taken. However, we do understand that sometimes they cannot be avoided and such instances will be acknowledged by the school but they will not be authorised.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Hayley J Berry, Attendance Officer

Congratulations

Congratulations to England Cricket Team on winning the world cup, of which ex Hayes student Lydia Greenway is a member of the team.

Easter Concert, 31st March at St Mark’s Church

Tickets are now available from the Music Department, priced £4 (£3 concessions). The concert starts at 7.00pm and features a superb array of items from Wind Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Keyboard Club, Samba Band, Choir and Chamber Choir. We would love to see you there!

Creative Writing Course

Two weeks ago a group of Year 12 and Year 13 English students visited The Wallace Collection on a Creative Writing Course led by author Bridget Crowley. The students were taken on a tour around the collection, focussing on eight particular paintings and objects. Bridget encouraged the students to observe and analyse each item, while also enjoying and appreciating the unique setting they were positioned in.

The students were then led through a series of creative writing tasks, inspired by what they had seen. Bridget’s expertise was invaluable and the students created some superb and original writing as a result. Many took the opportunity to ask Bridget her advice on becoming a published author. Judging by the impressive standard of writing delivered on the day, I am sure Hayes will indeed produce some very successful authors in the future.

Hayes Primary School

As part of our specialist programme, Year 4 from Hayes Primary School spent Wednesday 11th March in BGB creating posters for their project on the environment. Before they came, the pupils had either chosen or written poems for their posters about different types of regions: mountains, rainforests, meadows or rivers.

In the first part of their session, led by Mr Cooper, they had to search for different images on the Internet. When they had found several they opened these up in Photoshop and changed the sizes so they had a background image and some other smaller elements, plants, animals etc. that they then cut out and added on in layers. The final part was to add the text, choosing a line or two from their poems they learned how to change the font, size and colour and add effects.

Working in pairs they created more than fifty professional looking posters. They were understandably proud of their efforts and the amount that they had learned about Photoshop in such a short time. They particularly enjoyed working in the Mac suite with the new computers and working with the Sixth Form helpers.

Year 11 Maths Mock

As we get closer to the GCSE exam period, teachers and students of Year 11 will appreciate a clear picture of exactly where they stand in terms of their achievement in Maths. This will be best done by completing a fully fledged mock exam on the first day back.

There will be an exam briefing at 8:30am on 20th April followed by the calculator exam that encompasses the full content of GCSE Maths syllabus. Students will complete this under exam conditions and it is compulsory for them to attend. Please remind them to bring the appropriate equipment including a calculator on the first day back. The non-calculator exam will be
completed in lessons during the week. We strongly believe that this will result in improvement in achievement and would be grateful for your support.

UCAS Convention – Wednesday 1st April 2009

All Year 12s’ will be attending the annual UCAS Convention next Wednesday at Olympia. Letters and medical forms have gone home, please can I urge these are returned (if not already) on Monday morning without fail. All students are expected to attend this event where many Universities and other Higher Education institutions will be exhibiting and answering
questions. Students must attend registration as normal on Wednesday and we will depart together from tutor bases.

Mr R Dodson, Year 12 Achievement Co-ordinator

DNA Computer Asset Marking

We have recently upgraded our security marking on ICT components
within the school. Our assets are marked in 2 ways to identify them to the
police. 1st is a stencil which is “burnt” into the casing of the computers and
the 2nd is a “DNA” gel coating which has microscopic chips identifying
the property owners – and if removed – remains on the person unseen
but detectable by the police. The kit has been ‘tried and tested’ for over 20
years. Selectamark Property Marking kit is recommended by the Police,
Home Office and many Insurance Companies. In some areas its use has
reduced break-ins by 98%.

Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers

Please don’t forget to collect your Sainsbury’s vouchers. From the 11th
February to 3rd June you will be able to receive one Sainsbury’s voucher
for every £10 you spend at any Sainsbury’s stores. You can also earn
vouchers at any Sainsbury’s petrol stations and convert your Nectar points
into vouchers by visiting www.nectar.com. Vouchers should be placed in
the collection box at Student Reception or in the PE office.

Year 11 Maths Mock 20th April!

As we get closer to the GCSE exam period, teachers and pupils of year 11 will appreciate a clear picture of exactly where they stand in terms of their achievement in Maths. This will be best done by completing a full fledged mock exam on the first day back. There will be an exam briefing at 8:30 AM on 20th April followed by the calculator exam that encompasses the full content of GCSE Maths syllabus. Students will complete this under exam conditions and it is compulsory for them to attend. Students must bring the appropriate equipment including a calculator on the first day back. The non-calculator exam will be completed in lessons during the week.

24 Hour Volleyball

On 10th March, 20 Year 13 students took part in our third 24 hour volleyball marathon. After last year we said we would never do it again, but with the pressure from Neil and Mark we finally gave in and decided to take part in the volleyball marathon again for our last year at Hayes. With the help from the Year 9 parents at Parents Evening and our individual sponsor forms we managed to raise a substantial amount.

We would all like to thank, Lesley Farley, Mrs Boyden, Miss Allman and Miss Parsons for staying and supporting us through the night. We would also like to thank Mr Osborne for coming in at 5.30am to play and Mr Scott and Miss Moss for bringing us breakfast and all the support given over the 24 hours.

By Katie Wall

Change of Caterers

Regrettably our contract for the catering facilities with Aramark is being terminated with effect from next month. However, following a thorough and detailed tender process we have, with the assistance of a recommendation from an independent consultant, appointed a company Wilson Jones Ltd, to take over the catering facilities. This will happen over the Easter break, and they will be up and running when we return on the 20th April. This will have no effect on the students’ canteen ‘accounts’, and all credit accumulated will, of course, be retained in their accounts.

After Easter, cheques will need to be made payable to Wilson Jones. We will send a reminder about this requirement at the end of term and beginning of next term.

Easter Concert - Tuesday 31st March

The Easter Concert will take place on Tuesday 31st March at 7.00pm at St Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley (opposite the Churchill Insurance building near Bromley South station). It will include performances from all our larger music groups including the Jazz Band, Concert Band, Choir, Orchestra, Chamber Choir, Wind Band, Samba Group and Keyboard Club.

It is always a terrific event and we would love to see you there! Tickets are £4 (concessions £3) including refreshments, and are available from the Music Department.

New School Motto

You may recall we wrote to you last term concerning our School Motto. We conducted a vote amongst all staff, governors, students and parents to establish whether or not it was felt that the motto should be changed. The results showed that a majority of stakeholders at school felt that the motto should be changed.

At the same time we invited all parties to suggest new mottos to us. Over 120 were suggested. These were discussed by the School Council who reduced this list down to approximately 10. These were then discussed by the Senior Leadership Team and the list was reduced down to 5 possible new mottos for Hayes School.

The 5 suggested new mottos are:

• Learning today for a better tomorrow
• Our school, our learning, our future
• Living to learn, learning for life
• Excellence through endeavour
• Opportunity through education
  
  In recent weeks we have surveyed all staff and governors again to ask them to vote for their preferred new motto. Later this term we will be contacting all students (through the Student Council) to ask them to vote for one of these five alternatives, but now we would like to hear from you, our parents.
  
  I would be very grateful if you would let me have your vote on our new motto; which of these five do you prefer? Please either write to me at school or e-mail at l.preston@hayes.bromley.sch.uk and let me know your preference by Friday 27th March. I look forward to hearing from you.

Mr L Preston, Assistant Head KS4

Girls Football Weekend

We left school at 10:45am and walked to the station. Afterwards we battled with our suitcases getting them on and off tubes and trains. We finally got off the coach and arrived at Caythorpe PGL Centre about 3:30pm. We had a tour and saw our rooms (complete luxury compared to last year), unpacked and we played some team games. After dinner we played football and ambush. In the morning we had an early start, the teachers seemed happy with this. For the activities we did archery, abseiling, aeroball and the scary vertical challenge. In the evening we played football, it was a close game and the score ended 2-2. Another evening of games and fun, including some acting games and then finishing with a catwalk, showing our unique talents at making clothes out of paper.

On Sunday, yet more activities with the climbing wall, where most of us made it to the top and rang the bell, and the challenge course in the morning. Then the rain and hail arrived, but no sitting in our rooms for us, up on to the high ropes course, 30 feet in the air jumping from tyre to rope swing. Unfortunately we couldn’t do the giant swing as it was too windy, so instead we went on a sensory trail, where we were blindfolded and had to find our way round, through and over some obstacles. We were all a bit sad to leave as we had enjoyed ourselves so much. Having changed into dry clothes we were on our way home and after a coach, train, tube and train we were back at Hayes station.

Thank you to Mrs Parsons and Mrs Boyden for making the trip so enjoyable.

Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the Study Centre from Thursday 26th March – Thursday 2nd April. Books can be viewed at break, lunch and after school until 3.30pm.The books are mostly fiction and are aimed at younger readers (Years 7-9). As well as books to buy there will be a range of pens, pencils, notebooks for sale. £1 World Book Day tokens are accepted against a book purchase. There will be a display of books for older readers, but these will be for borrowing from the library.

Ms J Guiver, Study Centre Manager

The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus – Presented by Hayes School Productions 2009

Few schools would have the staff, students or ambition to stage a play as demanding as Dr. Faustus. Fewer still would be able to present it in a way that made it so enjoyable, exciting and accessible to people of all ages. Hayes Drama department and students took on this challenge and were triumphant in producing an outstanding play that impressed audiences on all three nights. Rarely have I ever received so many emails or contacts congratulating the school and students and recognising what an achievement this was.

There were outstanding performances from all of the cast, but special mention must be given to Henry Smith, who as Dr. Faustus, was on stage for almost the entire performance and he deserves immense praise for learning and delivering a really challenging role in such a dominating manner. This was also true of so many others in the cast, all of whom deserve to be extremely proud of their performances.

Praise and recognition is also due to the ‘crew’ for all their work on staging, costumes, lighting etc. It was an ambitious production delivered in the round with a cast of over 40, made successful by the creativity and hard work of the crew.

Finally thank you to all the staff involved. As with the students they have put in months of rehearsals and given up countless evenings and many weekends. The play reflected this dedication as well as the staffs’ teaching skills and their belief in the students.
Well done and congratulations to the Drama department and especially to the Director, Mr Eden and Miss Higgins the Assistant Director.

Mr Osborne, Headteacher

Hayes Graduate Plays for England

Sports enthusiasts may wish to look out for Lydia Greenway, a recent Hayes graduate, who is playing for England in the women’s cricket World Cup Final against New Zealand in Sydney on Sunday (Sky Sports 2/Radio Five Live Sports Extra).

Year 11 Hayes Students Visit Kent University

On Friday 27th February, 50 Year 11 students headed off to Kent University to see what university was all about. They were given a talk by a university representative outlining the reasons for studying and what student life was like. At the end of this they were guided around campus by existing students and shown the various facilities available on campus – such as the
huge library, sports complex, cinema end entertainment venues. We then had lunch in the stunning Rutherford dinning hall which overlooks Canterbury. In the afternoon the students had another talk about how students survive – especially the first few weeks away from home, looked into finances and how to organise their priorities. Just about every student said that the
day had inspired them to go to university.

Mr Veldtman, Year 11 Achievement Coordinator

Carbon Road Show

All Year 9 students took part in the BP Carbon Road Show event last week which was presented by BP. The Carbon Challenge is a high-impact Science, Maths and Enterprise road show for students. Students worked together to examine a school’s carbon footprint and learn about carbon reduction through a variety of activities using film, websites, interactive calculators, 3D-style mats and other visual material.

All students carried out a two-hour session which involved an introduction from BP. This was followed by an interactive voting session where students put their current view points on ‘carbon’ related challenges in their lives.

Students were then divided into three groups. The groups were:
• The Environmental group who looked at where carbon emissions come from in a school. Students worked in small groups and carried out presentations.
• The Economic group were given a budget and asked how the school could reduce carbon emissions.
• The Social group looked at how various people in a school could make a difference. The groups looked at were students, teachers, senior management and support staff. Students acted out small dramas to highlight how these people can influence a school’s carbon footprint.

Students then carried out a plenary session in which presentations from each of the groups were given to others. The interactive voting session was carried out again to see how student’s votes had changed over the session. In the future students will then carry out follow up sessions in school to see how Hayes and individuals working in the school can reduce the carbon footprint. Some suggestions made by the students were to include more recycling options e.g. for plastic rather than just for paper and cans, using energy saving light bulbs, not leaving appliances on standby and making sure double glazing is used. More information can be found on www.enterprisingscience.com where Hayes will have there own school page. All the results from the surveys and photographs of the event can be found on this website. An article highlighting the event will be in the local Newsshopper paper in the next couple of weeks.

Extra Curricular Clubs at Hayes School

As part of Hayes School’s commitment towards providing more opportunities for learning, better relationships and more self esteem amongst students, we have scheduled a list of over 60 extra curricular clubs! We are delighted that over 50% of Year 7s, 35% of Year 8s and nearly 38% of Year 9s have all tried at least one of these clubs this year. However, that still leaves a proportion of students yet to take advantage of the opportunity to really make the most of their time at Hayes School.

Find out for yourself why so many students have taken this chance… check out the latest clubs menu (displayed in all tutor rooms) for more details! The brand new Summer Term Clubs menu will be launched during the first week after the Easter holidays.

Mr D Hazlehurst

Hayes Prayer Group

We are a group of Christian parents who meet up every half term to pray for Hayes School children, families and staff. We meet on a Friday afternoon from 1.45-3.00pm. The next two dates will be 24th April and 5th June. New parents are always welcome. Please ring Jan on 07879425042 for more details or with any prayer requests.

Year 9 Options Deadline

The deadline for completing your options form is Wednesday 18th March. If you have already finalised your decision then please hand your form in. The collection box is based in the PE office.

Year 7 Girls Football

The Year 7 Girls football team won the Ravensboune 6-aside invitational football tournament. The girls put in another fantastic performance, scoring 28 goals and conceding only 1. Well
done to all the players and Ms Davis who coached the team at the tournament.

Lost Phone Thank you

We received the following email from a parent who wished to thank two 6th Formers who we found out to be Charlie Warr and Tristan Taylor Reid:

‘We just wanted to send a note to show a little appreciation to a Hayes Sixth Former. Our son lost his phone on the way home after school. A member of the Sixth Form heard it ringing in the street, answered my call and then told me not to worry they would hand it in at a shop so that I could collect it. Unfortunately we do not know the boy’s name, but we would like to pass on a general 'thank you' - it is lovely to know that our son is at a school which is obviously surrounded by great role models.’

Thank you to Charlie and Tristan for their kindness.

Well done to 1st Hayes Guides

Last Saturday night 4 students who are in 1st Hayes Guides: Ellie Ivy, Year 10; Charlotte Hughes-Broughton, Year 9; Sophie McIlmurray and Charlotte Manuel, Year 8, took part in an over night orienteering competition with other Guide groups from this area. 14 teams took
part overall and the girls from 1st Hayes Guides won!

Year 9 Council Reps

On 27th February the Year 9 School Council reps were invited to the Churchill Theatre to take part in the Bromley Youth Conference. This meant all the other schools in Bromley took part. The day started at 9:15 when all the schools were divided into groups. There were 3 workshops, alcohol & drugs, knife crime and road safety. It was very enjoyable as they interpreted drama, music and dance into the workshops. At the end of the day we had a question time we could
ask anything to a panel of councillors and police officers. Questions were asked about:

• Stop and search
• Bus drivers in Bromley/oyster cards
• What is being done about crime
• Plans for Bromley

The day was a success and the questions were very helpful as it was a chance for the youth of Bromley to have a say. It was a good learning experience. Thanks to Miss Harrison and Mr Loomes for taking us.

By Conor Thomson-Moore 9DC & Momint Rowe 9EKA

Tesco’s Vouchers for Schools

We are collecting these again. Last year we managed to buy 2 digital camera’s to support different curriculum areas. If you do get any vouchers please put them in the box in the LRC. Thank-you for your support last year.

D Veldtman

Hayes Sixth Form Alumnus to Climb Kilimanjaro

This September former student Joe Bado is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in aid of ChildReach International. If you would like to support his efforts you can do so by donating online at
www.justgiving.com/josephbado - thank you.

Mr R Dodson, Year 12 Achievement Co-ordinator

Mathematics Talk – Cryptography and de Da Vinci Code

On 4th March Professor Keith Martin visited Hayes School to give a lecture on Cryptography and Internet Security to Sixth Form students. The talk went well with a relaxed atmosphere which allowed the conversation to flow and opening the room to a dialogue instead of a lecture. Prof Keith Martin’s approach to the topic was interactive and didn’t alienate any of the students.

Starting from a quotation from ‘The Da Vinci Code’, he explained the relationship between cryptography and Internet security. He went on to explain how maths plays a part in making things safer in a very subtle way. The talk was inclusive for pupils of all abilities and clearly illustrated how things can be connected in a way that mathematics could be used to represent.

We would like to thank all those involved in this event and praise the students that attended. One of them left a mark a bit deeper than the others by the enthusiastic way he interacted and responded to the challenges presented. Professor Martin was impressed by the whole audience. He left Hayes with a fantastic impression of the high standards demanded by our teachers and the excellence of our students.

Netball at the O2

A group of Year 8 netballers experienced a fantastic game of international netball at the O2 Arena over half term. The players watched England beat Jamaica in an exciting match which saw England lead from the start and never look back, winning the match 67-54. It was a fantastic display of skill and athleticism which was fully appreciated by the huge audience. Indeed England’s goal-attack scored an amazing 32 goals from 34 attempts, a 94% success rate, an inspiring match for the students to experience!

Year 7 Girls Football Win

The Year 7 Girls football team won the Ravensboune 6-aside invitational football tournament. The girls put in another fantastic performance, scoring 28 goals and conceding only 1.

Well done to all the players and Ms Davis who coached the team at the tournament.

K Paterson

ParentMail

As we have indicated we are trying to reduce cost and decrease our negative impact on the environment by reducing the amount of paper we use. We hope therefore to use Parentmail more and more for our communication (faster, more reliable and environmentally friendly).

We are aware that not all parents have access to email/internet at home so we will continue to have the option of paper copies for those who request this. Our first step is to use Parentmail for the newsletter.

Already over half of our families receive the Newsletter electronically as well as receiving a paper copy via their son or daughter. From next week we will let each Tutor have copies of
the Newsletter for those parents who have not signed up to Parentmail. Students will need to tell their Tutor they need a paper copy. Hopefully all parents will sign up to Parentmail and we can cease issuing paper copies entirely.

Mr Osborne, Headteacher

Year 12 Higher Education Evening

Letters went home on Wednesday to all parents of Year 12 students inviting you to join us on 18th March at 7.00pm in the Main Hall for this year’s Higher Education Evening. The evening consists of a presentation and Q&A’s explaining the process of applying for University and other HE institutions for entry in 2010. If you do intend to come along please return the reply slip attached to the letter. I look forward to seeing as many of you on the 18th as possible.

Mr R Dodson, Year 12 Achievement Co-ordinator

‘Dr Faustus’ Play 12th – 14th March

This year Hayes School Productions proudly presents Christopher Marlowe’s classic play, ‘Dr Faustus’. Once again Hayes School Hall will be transformed into a highly innovative and unusual theatre space as we continue our mission to redefine audience expectations of “the school play”.
The show will start at 7.00pm on all 3 nights. Tickets for the show are £8.00 for adults and £5.00 for students and are on sale in The Street at lunchtimes.

Science and Engineering Week

This week is Science and Engineering Week, but various activities are being spread over a longer period as there is too much to pack into a single week. The activities include:

1) Carbon Roadshow – All Year 9 students took part in an activity on our use of energy and its implications on our planet. They will be putting together an action plan over the next few weeks to look at saving energy in the school. They also have a page in the BP website.

2) Assemblies – During the week of 2nd- 6th March, Mr Martin delivered an excellent series of assemblies on one of his heroes, Darwin.

3) Trip to Down House – Year 12 Biologists went to Down House for half a day to find out more about the work of Darwin.

4) Quiz – There will be quizzes for all KS3 and KS4 classes to complete during tutor time during the week starting 9th March.

5) Indoor fireworks – Demonstration for KS3 students will take place at lunchtime on 12th March in A1B.

6) Live webcast – Some Year 7 and 8 classes will be taking part in a live webcast with BP on 10th March.

7) Planetarium Trip – All Year 7 students have the opportunity to visit the Greenwich Planetarium on 26th March. A second trip is planned for May to give the opportunity to more students

8) Robots – Triple Science groups will have a workshop using robots in late March.

PTA Update

Thank you to all those who supported the Family Quiz Night which saw record numbers competing to be quiz champions in 2009. Congratulations to the winners “Kings College, Cambridge”. Over 20 teams filled the school hall for a fun evening. We are still counting the money raised – watch this space!

Couldn’t make the quiz night? Come and dance the night away to rock and pop band ‘ECHO’ on Saturday 21st March from 8pm. (Tickets cost £10). Details are available on the school website.

The next PTA meeting will be on Wednesday 18th March.

Thank you for your support.

S Whittle - Deputy Head

“Keeping up with the Children” Session

As part of our newly acquired Specialist Status in Maths and IT, we would like to extend the provision of Mathematics to the community by giving parents of Year 7 students the opportunity to attend support sessions during the year. The primary aim of the course is to equip parents with skills to help their children with work being set in class. The course is free and open to all parents with Year 7 children at the school. We will use Interactive Whiteboards to help bring ideas to life and enable you to see the technology in action.

The first of these sessions ran on 29th January 2009. We are running another session which will cover exactly the same content as the one on 29th January to support parents who missed out. Parents who attended the last session need not apply for this one. This session will take place on 24th March 2009 from 6:00pm until 7:30pm.

If this is of interest please fill in the reply slip already given to your child last week and return to his/her Maths teacher. The deadline for enrolment is Wednesday 18th March 2009. Places are limited and on a first come first served basis.

Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion

Congratulations to Daniel ‘Bond’ Thomas, Stephen ‘Stevie’ Gerred, George ‘G ‘ Cornell and Enrique ‘Torosa’ Barbosa-Allwood from 8w1.

On 12th February Daniel, Stephen, George and Enrique were the drivers selected to race against Langley Park School for Boys as part of the Jaguar Cars Club. Langley has run the club for the past 4 years and we started this year. In January we accepted their challenge to race against them and the chosen circuit was Albert Park in Melbourne Australia. The race was fantastic and really exciting. Daniel ‘Bond ‘ Thomas was first during most of the race, but was overtaken by ‘Apocolipse’ from Langley Park at the last minute. The gap between the two was 0.7
seconds!!!

The next race is on 25th March. This will be the first knockout round race for the National Final set by the organisers. The chosen track is Singapore. For more about Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion check out http://www.mathschallenge.co.uk/

Academic Tutoring Day - Wednesday 11th March

Our second Academic Tutoring Day is taking place on Wednesday 11th March 2009. During Academic Tutoring Day, the normal school timetable is suspended to allow us to conduct personal interviews with students across all year groups in the school. Students will only be required to attend school on this day for approximately 30 minutes.

Students will have received appointment details this week. These can also be accessed via the school website. The Study Centre will be available to students throughout the day and a limited lunch service will be offered by the canteen.

Students should come prepared to their interview having considered the following:

What are they proud of?

What have been their achievements this term?

What are their areas for development?

Which subjects are they projected to achieve well in (in relation to benchmarks)?

Are there subjects in which they are currently not projected to achieve their benchmark – WHY?

What progress have they made in meeting their action points as agreed in November at Academic Tutoring Day? [EVIDENCE]

Has their attendance been good so far this year?

Academic Tutoring Day is a part of our ongoing commitment to ensure that students achieve their potential and are happy at Hayes School.

Mr Whittle, Deputy Headteacher

Red Nose Day

Friday 13th March is Red Nose Day and we will be holding an ‘own clothes day’ for Comic Relief. Letters will be given out next week, however remember to wear something red and don’t forget to bring your pound!

A number of Year 13 students will be taking part in a 24hr sponsored volleyball event, in the multi purpose hall, on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th March in aid of Comic
Relief. Any donations would be gratefully received.

Year 12 Higher Education Evening – March 18 2009

Letters went home on Wednesday to all parents of Year 12 students inviting you to join us on 18 March at 7pm in the main hall for this year’s Higher Education Evening. The evening consists of a presentation and Q&A explaining the process of applying for University and other HE institutions for entry in 2010. If you do intend to come along please return the reply slip attached to the letter. I look forward to seeing as many of you on the 18th as possible.

Mr R Dodson, Year 12 Achievement Co-ordinator