Thought for the Week
Dates for your diary
28th Sept Year 10 English information evening for parents
4th October 6.30pm Year 9 Open Evening TAHS
10th October Year 12 Open Evening TAHS
17th October Year 5 Open Evening Ryecroft Middle School
18th October Year 5 Open Evening Windsor Park Middle School
19th October Year 5 Open Evening Oldfields Middle School
19th October TAHS SEN parents evening
Head Teacher’s Blog
Our Head Girl and Head Boy, Iona and Ryan spoke some wise words on Friday as they led our Year 9 service at St Mary’s Church. Our thanks to Reverend Margaret Sherwin for hosting Year 9 and sharing her thoughts with us. Thanks also to our Year 10 and 11 girls who led the singing – we couldn’t have done it without you!
By lunchtime on Friday, our sixth formers had raised over £500 pounds on their ‘bring a pound’ day for Douglas MacMillan, their chosen charity. Not satisfied with this, they then went on to run a cake sale. The final total raised was over £600. Sixth form prefects have also been out supporting the school by taking on duties at lunchtime and break time. Thank you for your generosity.
We have now been back three weeks and it is fantastic to see that so many students are fully engaged with all that they do at our school. On Friday evening, students were still working on their art coursework and Year 9s were preparing for their football match against Moorside – we hope they have a great game. The cast for our school show ‘Woman in Black’ has now been set and the first rehearsal took place this week. We can’t wait to see the production. A ghost story just before Christmas – it couldn’t be better timed!
Our PTA met on Monday finalising the arrangements for the Quiz. It is an evening for adults and students alike and there are always a few family tables. If you would like tickets, please speak to a member of the PTA or contact our reception.
Finally, I would like to mention the first meeting of our School Council. We had over 34 students attend and are looking forward to seeing how they will be supporting the school.
The GCSEpod link is below – we have paid a subscription for every student in the school. Please take a look with your son or daughter and if you have any problems logging on, please speak to the ICT team or your child’s form tutor. Accounts for Year 9 are now live.
Year 9 Welcome Service
It was wonderful to see our y9 students take part in this formal welcome to life at Thomas Alleyne’s.
Extra Curricula
The school year is well underway and extra curricular support is available to all pupils. Please see the link below to see what is on offer this half term.
These two letters have also been sent home with pupils today, Friday, regarding after school activities. Just in case you did not get them simply follow these links and print them off as required.
English Evening
There will a presentation on the new GCSE and what you can do to support your child at home. This will be followed by a presentation on literacy.
Raising funds for our chosen charity
Great work from our sixth form today raising £652.00 for Douglas MacMillan.
We would like to shine the light this week on a student who has had incredible success gaining a Higher Apprenticeship. We are thrilled that Sam our previous Headboy was successful in competing against 21,000 candidates to secure one of just 340 apprenticeships at Ernst & Young.
To find out more about Sam’s Apprenticeship visit the Ernst & Young website for further details.
Do you have the skills for the future?
Disruptive technologies are turning the world of work on its head – which means the skills you need for future success are changing fast.
Using the World Economic Forum as our guide, we have defined the five key skills you’ll need to succeed in the workplace of the future – cognitive flexibility, collaboration, creativity, emotional intelligence and complex problem solving. And we’re here to help you develop them. Take a look at our website now to see how we’re helping you get ready for the world of work.
#EYFutureSkills
Disruptive technologies are turning the world of work on its head – which means the skills you need for future success are changing fast.
Using the World Economic Forum as our guide, we have defined the five key skills you’ll need to succeed in the workplace of the future – cognitive flexibility, collaboration, creativity, emotional intelligence and complex problem solving. And we’re here to help you develop them. Take a look at our website now to see
how we’re helping you get ready for the world of work.
http://careers- mail.co.uk/_act/link.php?mId=C9382724018841293935434036353610&tI d=259159770
High Flying Kristi
Not only do our students thrive academically and socially at TAHS they also go that extra mile to find new experiences to enrich their lives, and that of others. One of our Year 13 students, Kristi Epple has recently completed a Skydive for World Challenge: this is her account.
In Summer 2018 I am participating in the national program ‘World Challenge’ travelling to Vietnam and Laos. In July this year I organised to participate in a SkyDiving event to help raise funds for this wonderful life- changing trip. On Wednesday, 20 September at the North London SkyDiving School I made my tandem jump with my instructor, Kevin. As flying and para-gliding are family pursuits I’ve been fortunate to try these out in the past. But …. SkyDiving was just that one step further and, I have to say, it’s THE best crazy experience I’ve ever had! This experience would not have been the same without my amazing instructor, who let me take control and fly the parachute down because of my enthusiasm and previous experience. It was wicked!!
I am incredibly grateful for all the sponsorship I’ve received so far and am working hard at Tescos to fund as much of the trip as I can. But if anyone would like to make a donation to help me along then my JustGiving page is still active, many thanks.
We are all so very proud of her.
Revision
All 6th formers are reminded to check with their subject teachers when revision sessions are available.
Mr Wright and Mrs Lindsay will be running weekly revision sessions to support students in preparation for the A Level RE exams; it is essential that we offer this support from the start of the year in order to revise as much as possible with students prior to the mock and summer exams.
Currently, we are running a session on Tuesdays after school – students are told in advance what the session will entail so that they can re-read their notes from last year as preparation. Sessions will run from 3.15 until 4.15.
We would be very grateful if you could support us by encouraging your daughter / son to attend, especially if they did not achieve their target grade in the Y12 Mock Exam. It is likely that we will change the revision to Thursday after Christmas as we are trying to accommodate students who have Senior Prefect responsibilities and who are committed to the school production.
Equipment for Maths Lessons
Literacy
Join us in our drive to improve literacy!
Mrs Fisher and Mrs Bell from the English department have introduced two key spellings each week to be practised during registration. These are from a list of the 30 most commonly misspelled words. Please encourage students to learn these spellings using the ‘look, cover, write, check’ method at home. Now that vspag (vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar) is so important across the curriculum, we feel it is ever more important for students to brush up on their spellings.
This week’s words are: ‘beginning’ and ‘business’. There are some great tips under the link below that you can print off and refer back to at any time….
Hints & Tips for this weeks words
Science News
This week our Year 10 Biology students have been studying the rate of oxygen formation during photosynthesis using Elodea pondweed. The students investigated the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis by varying the distance of a lamp to the pondweed. The rate can be measured by counting the oxygen bubbles rising in water from the cut end of a piece of pondweed. Increasing the light intensity by moving a lamp closer to the pondweed produced an increase in oxygen bubble formation; indicating an increased rate of photosynthesis.
This week’s Science Students of the Week selected By Mr Beech are:
Year 9
Trinity Green and George Foster for their hard work at the start of the term
Year 10
Neve Hall and Isaac Pattinson-Lycett for continued hard work in their Biology studies
Year 11
Amelia Murray and Harry Broome who are also selected for continued hard work in their Biology studies
Well done!
House Cross Country
In great conditions for cross country the races were conducted in a fantastic spirit.
Results below.
Year 9 Boys
1 Whitmore
2 Torrance
3 Orme
4 Elkes
Winner Ed Smith
Year 9 Girls
1Whitmore
2 Elkes
3 Torrance
4 Orme
Winner Liv Gregory
Year 10/11 boys
1 Whitmore
2 Orme
3 Torrance
4 Elkes
Winner Kieran Coates
Year 10/11 girls
1 Torrance
2 Elkes
3 Orme
4 Whitmore
Winner Josie Nelson
Don’t miss our school quiz night
6th October. £20 for a table – up to 6 people on a table.
Tickets from school reception or a member of the PTA team or simply contact Ella at halle@thomasalleynes.uk.
Tickets selling fast!
Free Support with Food Lessons
A food magazine recommendation – and it’s free!
Some of Y9 have been starting to make their swiss rolls this week with some good results. During my weekly shop, I noticed Tesco have a recipe for a patterned swiss roll in this month’s issue to have a go at.
Their magazines are free every month to pick up from the store and contain a range of recipes, information on ingredients and monthly vouchers. This is an excellent resource for students to practise their cooking at home and develop their food knowledge outside lessons. Please pick one up or the online magazine can be found at:
https://www.tesco.com/tesco-magazine/
Art News
Old Art/Photo Work Collection Date
Old year 13 Fine Art/Photography/Applied Art and year 11 GCSE work can be collected on Wednesday 11th October 2017 between 3:30-5:30pm as previously noted. Mr Robinson and Mrs Derby will be around to help
However, Old Y11 Art GCSE work can now ALSO be collected on TUEDAY 17th October 2017 3:30-5:30pm Mrs Cornell will be available.
If you cannot come in person to collect your work, please send a note with a family member or friend to collect on your behalf.
Please note that some work will be retained by the Art Department for the impressive displays in the art rooms and around school. Also the AQA exam board may have requested examples too.
Any work NOT collected or on display will be disposed of- Don’t miss out!
Careers
Don’t forget to check out the new careers page on tahsroundup.wordpress.com
New this week a link to a fantastic website all about the apprenticeship program.
MFL News
MFL Linguist of the week
Year 9 Jess Price/ Harrier Bebbington
Year 10 Callum ward/ Katie Hartley
European Day of Languages Tuesdays – look out for J’ai un rêve in lessons
Interventions have started for year 11. Don’t forget Tuesday lunchtimes room 25 and Friday after school for writing and speaking skills.
Sets 9U4 and 9H5 French celebrated the Day of Peace on Thursday with some vocabulary revision based around the letters of the words “le jour de la paix”. They used words from our most recent lessons on family, numbers and descriptions.
Year 9 Photographs
The Woman in Black
Links
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