Microsoft Disks

More Microsoft disks are available at a cost of 50p from the Finance Office

Puzzle Club – Code Breaking Course for Year 7

Are you interested in Code Breaking? Do you want to learn how to write incode? Then this course is for you. This is a two hour course and will teachyou basic skills and the foundation of code breaking. To enrol you need tobe a Year 7 student with enthusiasm for learning new things. This coursewill be spread into two weeks during puzzle club sessions. The first courseon offer will take place on Thursday 30th April and Thursday 7th May from3.00pm-4.00pm in A1H. It is important that you are able to attend bothsessions as they complement each other. For more information pleasecontact Joana Rabumba in the Maths department.

Head Boy/Head Girl Applications

Applications are now invited, from Year 12 students only, for the positionof Head Boy and Head Girl. These roles are vital to the running of theschool and to the profile of the Sixth Form. The roles require dedication,commitment and flexibility. You will be expected to give up a largeproportion of your spare time in order to fulfil these roles properly. If youbelieve that you have the necessary skills to take on these roles, we wouldlike to hear from you.

Deadline: Friday 1st May at 4.00pm

Requirements: A letter, addressed to the Headteacher, outlining yourexperience and skills which you believe make you an ideal candidate forthe post. Your letter should also outline any changes you would make ornew ideas that you would bring to the job. Letters should be given to MissMoss prior to the published deadline. Applicants will be contacted duringthe week beginning 4th May 2009.

Floodlights for All-Weather Courts

We are pleased to confirm that we have received planning consent toinstall floodlights to our all-weather sports courts. We have top qualitycoaches that coach and train our students after School, and the installationof these floodlights will allow us to continue this coaching on the outsidecourts during the winter months, rather than finishing at 3.30 p.m. Furtherinformation on all the after-school clubs and training sessions is availableon the School’s website.

Overdue Library Books

Please return all overdue library books to the Study Centre by the beginning of next term, Monday 20th April.

Ms J Guiver, Study Centre Manager

Year 10 Science Exams

Year 10 Triple Scientists
Biology - Wednesday 20th May PM
(covering modules B1, B2, B3)
Chemistry - Thursday 4th June AM
(covering modules C1, C2, C3)
Physics - Wednesday 10th June PM
(covering modules P1, P2, P3)
Any other students in Year 10 will be sitting the following examination:
Science - Friday 12th June AM
(covering modules B2, C2, P2)

Year 7 Visit to Greenwich Observatory

On 26 March Year 7uv population visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich as part of their Year 7 Science course.

Katherine Roberts 7DRT summarised the whole day as follows:
“We did lots of activities like seeing a model of the Earth and the Sun. It showed how we get night and day as well as seasons in a year. Inside the Planetarium, we saw a projection which showed why the Sun is high in the sky during summer than in winter which affects how much light there is. In the galleries there were lots of activities to see and do.”

Jordan Eels 7SEM said “The science trip was very informative and I learnt a lot about space and stars. It was very amazing with a lot of technology inside the planetarium.”

Victoria Hesketh 7PK commented “I think the trip was fun and I also learnt a lot.”

Sophie Drew 7HMS “I thought the trip was really good especially the planetarium because you could see what the planets look like. It was really interesting as well to learn about stars.”