Hilbre High School Humanities College Parents Newsletter

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1 Hilbre High School Humanities College Parents Newsletter 15 th January 2018 Week A Date Monday 15 th January 2018 Tuesday 16 th January 2018 Wednesday 17 th January 2018 Thursday 18 th January 2018 Friday 19 th January 2018 Event Year 11 interviews for students not applying to 6 th Form Welcome to the first newsletter of 2018 and Happy New Year! This week, all assemblies have focused on new beginnings with students encouraged to stop, think and decide upon the things that really matter to them as they move forward in their lives. They have been encouraged to reflect on who they are as people and how well they can relate to others; how well they can ensure they have the most rewarding time ahead of them. Of course, to encourage this thinking is relatively easy, whilst putting it into practice is much harder. As we enter the second term of the year, I expect all our students to grip their learning and drive it forward independently. At the end of the first term, the Progress Reports went out as the Monitoring came in. Despite positive Monitoring, it is clear that our students must continue to engage with the academic requirements of their education. Valuing hard work and doing hard work are central to the way we all must all be thinking this Spring Term. It is a short term. For Year 11s there will be a second Mock Examination Week in March. For students in every other year, making good progress must be the aim; proving it through the work completed must be the aim! We must all be in this together: student, teacher, school, home, parent, carer! Let 2018 be a year of success for each and every student at Hilbre High! Mark Bellamy Headteacher

2 TERM DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR Thursday 18 th January 2018 Year 11 6 th Form interviews & progress interviews for students not applying to 6 th Form Thursday 25 th January 2018 Apprenticeship Evening, 6-8pm Monday 29 th January Friday 2 nd February th Form mocks Tuesday 30 th January 2018 Year 8 Options Evening, 6-8pm (time change) Thursday 8 th February 2018 Year 8 Parents Evening, 5-8pm Thursday 15 th February 2018 Boys Interhouse Rugby, Years 7 13 Thursday 15 th February 2018 Year 12 and 13 Parents Evening and 6 th Form Concerns Evening, 5-8pm Friday 16 th Saturday 24 th February 2018 Ski trip to Kitzbuhel Monday 19 th Friday 23 rd February 2018 February half term school closed Monday 26 th February 2018 School opens to staff and students SISTER ACT We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for our fabulous upcoming, whole school production of Sister Act, featuring original music, dazzling dance routines and songs inspired by Motown, soul and disco. The production is running from Tuesday 27 th February Thursday 1 st March 2018; tickets are 6 each and the show starts at 7pm. Letters have been sent home with students and the reply slip, along with payment in an envelope with your child/ward s name and form written on, should be returned to the Finance Office. Your child/ward will then be issued with tickets to bring home. A copy of the letter is also available to download from the school website. ENGLISH REVISION English GCSE revision continues in G3 every Tuesday, pm. BUSINESS STUDIES Year 12 Business Studies exam booster sessions will run Monday lunchtimes in G16. GEOGRAPHY REVISION GCSE Geography revision sessions will run Wednesday, pm in F8 and are open to all GCSE Geography students. CAREERS TTE have been invited into school on Monday 15 th January to talk to interested Year 11 and Sixth Form students about their award winning apprenticeship training for careers related to the chemical industry. The talk will take place at 8.45am in G19; any students interested in attending should arrive promptly and forward their names in advance to Fran Trought, the schools Careers Development and Guidance Co-ordinator or via troughtf@hilbre.wirral.sch.uk. Training offered includes electrical, mechanical, process engineering, instrumentation and lab work for many large multi-national companies like Shell, BP, Tata and Capenhurst Nuclear. Below is a list of the most in demand job areas for 2018: 1. IT security architects 2. Data analysts 3. Risk analysts 4. Part-qualified accountants 5. Civil engineers 6. Payroll team leaders 7. Java developers

3 8. Safety case engineers (system safety engineering) 9. Building surveyors 10. Project managers It is clear from the list that professionals in digital technology, finance and construction have a particularly positive outlook for This information and links to more labour market information can be found on the school VLE under subjects/careers/'useful Careers Website Links'/Predicted growth areas across Merseyside and the UK. EXAMS Please see timetable for external January exams. Timetables have been ed home but we prefer that you access the examination timetable through Moodle as this is "real time" and any changes that are made to rooms, etc. will automatically update on the timetable as opposed to a hard copy. Please ensure that if an exam is scheduled over lunch time that students make alternative arrangements to eat lunch. Sixth Form mocks will run from 29 th January to 2 nd February 2018 and timetables will be available in due course. Date Start Time Subject Year Group 08/01/2018 8:45AM OCR Cambridge Technical Sport - Unit 1 6th Form 09/01/2018 8:45AM OCR Cambridge National ICT Year 11 09/01/2018 8:45AM BTEC Health & Social Care Year 10 09/01/ :30PM GCSE Resit Biology - Paper 1 6th Form 11/01/2018 8:45AM OCR Cambridge Technical Sport - Unit 3 6th Form 11/01/2018 9:00AM Certificate in Digital Applications Year 10 11/01/ :30PM GCSE Resit Physics - Paper 1 6th Form 15/01/ :30PM GCSE Resit Biology - Paper 2 6th Form 15/01/2018 2:00PM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 1 Foundation 6th Form 15/01/2018 2:00PM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 1 Higher 6th Form 16/01/ :30AM Applied Science Unit 3 - Part A 6th Form 17/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 2 Foundation 6th Form 17/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 2 Higher 6th Form 17/01/ :05AM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 3 Foundation 6th Form 17/01/ :05AM GCSE Resit Biology Unit 3 Higher 6th Form 17/01/ :30am Applied General Business Unit 1 Financial planning analysis 6th Form 18/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Chemistry Unit 1 Foundation 6th Form 18/01/ :30PM GCSE Resit Physics - Paper 2 6th Form 19/01/ :30AM Applied Science Unit 3 - Part B 6th Form 22/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Chemistry Unit 2 Foundation 6th Form 22/01/ :30am Applied General Business Unit 4 Managing and leading people 6th Form 23/01/2018 8:45AM Applied Science 6th Form 24/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Physics Unit 1 Foundation 6th Form 25/01/ :30PM ICT 6th Form 26/01/2018 8:45AM GCSE Resit Physics Unit 2 Foundation 6th Form

4 FRIENDS OF HILBRE Friends of Hilbre Christmas Raffle raised just over 500. Thank you to all students, parent/carers and staff for all of your support Cash Kristy Lee Message Left 2 Case of Prosecco and chocolates Anna Roland Claimed meat voucher Sonia Davies Collected Harmony Holistic voucher Pauline Hughes Send home with Hannah Burford 5 Namaste Healing Treatment session Deryn Thompson Mia Ellis Year tickets to Chester FC Sam Fletcher Max Fletcher 7KHO 7 Break Out Chester for 5 people Phillip Burchall Sent home with Annie Burchall 8 2 tickets to Gullivers World L Bradbury Claimed 9 Next gift set and 20 Next gift card Sam Norman Claimed 10 Green Onion Café Breakfast Voucher for 2 people Debbie Harris Claimed 11 Christmas Cake E Leitch Claimed 12 1 month membership at Gravity Club Julia Davies Luke Davies 8LMC 13 3 Signed Everton Photo s J Taylor Sent home with J Taylor 11TBA Debenhams voucher Zak Hayes Sent home with Zak Hayes Marks and Spencer Gift card J Billingham Claimed 15a 10 Farmers Market Josh Behn Sent Home 16 Sweet Hamper Oliver Gallager Claimed 17 Unilever Hamper G Jennifer Sent home with Jenon George RUGBY Training is on every Tuesday after school, between 3.20 and 4.20pm. We expect every player to make an effort to train every week, so that our school rugby can become ever more successful. The coaches are: 1st XV - Mr Hodson (Head Rugby coach) Year 10 - Mr Hodson Year 9 - Mr Lomax/Mr Ellis Year 8 - Mrs Myers/Mr Evans Year 7 - Mr Garrett/Mr Bannon FOOTBALL TRAINING Girls football training is on every Monday in the Sports Hall, pm. Boys football is on every Thursday, pm but due to muddy football pitches, training will not take place until the end of January.

5 YEAR 12 VISIT EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY This week all of our Year 12 students attended a Study Skills day at Edge Hill University. On arrival they went to a presentation regarding Higher Education and the opportunities available for them after Sixth Form. Following this, students had a full campus tour, which included a look at the Sports facilities, such as the gym and football courts, student accommodation and study areas. After a complimentary lunch, the students took part in study skills workshops and presentations, which were run by current undergraduate students. Our students commented that the experience had given them a positive insight into University life.

6 SCHOOL TERM DATES Spring term 2018 Close Friday 16 th February 2018 HALF TERM Monday 19 th February Friday 23 rd February 2018 Open Monday 26 th February 2018 Close Thursday 29 th March 2018 EASTER BANK HOLIDAYS Friday 30 th March & Monday 2 nd April 2018 SPRING BREAK Friday 30 th March Friday 13 th April 2018 Summer term 2018 Open Monday 16 th April 2018 Close Friday 25 th May 2018 MAY DAYS Monday 7 th May & Monday 28 th May 2018 HALF TERM Monday 28 th May Friday 1 st June 2018 Open Monday 4 th June 2018 Close Friday 20 th July 2018 Closed Monday 23 rd & Tuesday 24 th July 2018 INSET Days (School closed students) HILBRE INSET DAYS AND SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS Monday 23 rd and Tuesday 24 th July 2018

7 Autumn term 2018 Monday 3 rd September 2018 staff development training INSET Day (School closed students) Open Tuesday 4 th September 2018 school open for Years 7 and 12 only Open Wednesday 5 th September 2018 full school return Closed Friday 28 th September 2018 INSET Day (School closed students) Close Friday 19 th October 2018 HALF TERM - Monday 22 nd October Friday 26 th October 2018 Open Monday 29 th October 2018 Close Friday 21 st December 2018 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Monday 24 th December 2018 Friday 4 th January 2019 Spring term 2019 Open Monday 7 th January 2019 Close Friday 15 th February 2019 HALF TERM Monday 18 th February Friday 22 nd February 2019 Open Monday 25 th February 2019 Close Friday 29 th March 2019 SPRING BREAK Monday 1 st Friday 12 th April 2019 Summer term 2019 Open Monday 15 th April 2019 Close Friday 24 th May 2019 BANK HOLIDAYS Friday 19 th April, Monday 22 nd April and Monday 6 th May 2019 School closed HALF TERM Monday 27 th May Friday 31 st May 2019 Open Monday 3 rd June 2019 Close Friday 19 th July 2019 Closed Monday 22 nd, Tuesday 23 rd and Wednesday 24 th July 2019 INSET Days (School closed students) Autumn term 2019 School opens Monday 2 nd September 2019 to be confirmed HILBRE INSET DAYS AND SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS Monday 3 rd September 2018, Friday 28 th September 2018, Monday 22 nd July 2019, Tuesday 23 rd July 2019 and Wednesday 24 th July 2019

8 MEAL DEAL Available from the canteen every day and includes: Main meal and cake/cookie/fruit/pudding for 2.43

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