TAHS Weekly Newsletter. 

Examinations

Please see the timetable below for examinations that are taking place after half term. We hope that all students manage to recharge over the break and return after half term ready for the next challenges.

Date	Morning Examination (9.15am)	Afternoon Examination (1.15pm)
Monday 6th June		Year 13-Health and Social Year 13-English Language
Tuesday 7th June	Year 11-Maths Year 13-English Literature	Year 13-Maths Year 11-Geograghy
Wednesday 8th June	Year 11-English Literature Year 13-Psychology	Year 11-Further Maths Year 13-Geography Year 13 Further Maths (core 2) Year 13 AS Maths
Thursday 9th June	Year 13-Business Year 13-RE Year 13 D & T Year 13 Biology Year 11 History	Year 13-Biology and AS Biology Year 13-D & T Year 11-Physics
Friday 10th June	Year 11-English Language Year 13-History	Year 13-Physics

Exam Conduct

As a reminder, please can all students ensure they are in normal full uniform for all exams and arrive fully equipped. Mobile phones and smart devices must not enter the exam room.

Although we have a number of weeks of exams ahead, we are looking forward to celebrating the end of exams with the year 11 prom. Please remember, that in order to attend this event, students conduct in exams will be taken into consideration.

For the latest revision timetable covering Saturdays and the upcoming half term please see this file:

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Congratulations to Sadie B in Year 13 who was nominated by Mrs Hunt and Mrs Bell to receive a head start with her university reading as recognition of her extremely hard work and amazing progress in both English’s.  Many thanks to The Reading List Foundation for funding the award.

TUTOR TIME ACTIVITIES W/C 6^th June 2022

Year 12

Understanding exam question. Work sheets from the student room to help with revision tactics.

School Walk – Year 12 Marshals

Any Year 12 student who does not want to walk could help and be marshal. If you are interested in helping, please see Mrs Ibbs. Any student not walking or marshalling will be expected to come into school.

Year 12 students GCSE certificates

Year 12 students can collect their GCSE certificates from the Sixth Form office.  Please collect them at break and lunch time only.

Sixth Form Finance:

The school has been allocated a Discretional Bursary Fund (DBF) which students are able bid into throughout the academic year providing they meet the financial criteria set by the school and outlined in our DBF policy.

For the academic year 2021-2022 students are eligible for funding of up to £400 if their parental income is below £27,000 (proof required) or if they were designated as pupil premium. If a student is a looked after child (LAC) they may be entitled to up to £1,200 of financial support. Students must use this funding to support their Post-16 education.  For example, Sixth Form uniform, transport costs to and from school, textbooks, revision guides, course materials, IT equipment (up to £150), educational visits, UCAS application Fee, University entrance tests etc.

More detailed information will be available in the DBF booklet which students can be obtain from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office or by emailing sixthform@tahs.org.uk

Signing in and out

Students need to be on site from 8.40-3.05pm and if they leave site briefly for food etc they MUST sign out and back in. This is both a legal and safeguarding requirement. No one should leave site to go to the gym or similar during the school day.

English Students of the Week

Well done to all of the students who were nominated by your teachers for this week’s student of the week award in English:

Y9 Louie R, Evie B, Bethany S, Lola T, Billie O, Emma-Louise O, Kieren C

Y10 Sam L, Finn P, Izzie H, Sophia A

Y11 Eloise P, Harry F, Xanthe S, Thomas L, Joe H, Lochlann H, Mya

Y12 Philippa B

There are only 2 weeks to go until the deadline (June 10th).

This week’s tip is to really think about your ending.Have you fully resolved your story, with a clear resolution? If you’re writing an essay, has your thesis statement (your “golden thread” of argument) led to a clear end point? 

Work of the Week

Year 12 Literature students have this week been given the opportunity to “turn teacher,” presenting a lesson to their class on one of their set poems. Phillipa taught the class about Christina Rossetti’s poem “Remember,” which features in their “Love through the Ages” anthology of poetry. Here is a slide from the powerpoint she produced to support her brilliant presentation:

Book recommendation

We asked 9UL to recommend books this week – and they couldn’t decide. So here is a bumper crop of half term reading suggestions:

“a good girl’s guide to murder” by Holly Jackson – recommended by Colette – is a fantastic “whodunnit” that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Billie recommends “It’s Behind You” by Kathryn Foxfield – a mix of reality TV show and horror/thriller. Finally, Theo recommends Peter’s Crouch’s autobiography, for those of you pining the end of the football season.

GCSE Maths – Breakfast Revision

We were very happy to see over 100 Y11 students attend the breakfast revision session this morning before the GCSE maths exam.  The students who attended have commented how useful they thought it was.

The next maths exams are on Tuesday 7th June and Monday 13th June.

Before each of these the maths department will be running breakfast revision sessions from 8-8.30am.

This will give students the opportunity to get their brains into ‘maths mode’, ask any last minute questions and complete some focussed revision based on the advanced exam information for each paper.

Students will need the following equipment for their maths exams: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compass and scientific calculator 

 Calculators can be purchased through the online shop, everything else can be purchased from the maths department.

Free Latin session for KS3 online learning in the summer.

Please see the link below if you are interested in finding out more about the Latin Summer School. No prior knowledge is required but there will be a mixture of activities about one of the oldest languages in the world.

Summer School 2022 — The Latin Programme – Via Facilis

This week’s Science News

This week’s Science Students of the Week

Mr Melland would like to nominate Libby H (Year 10) for outstanding results on her recent Physics assessment.

Miss Wainwright would like to nominate Emma-Louise O (Year 9) for excellent attitude and commitment to science lessons.

And also, Isabelle E (Year 9) and George R (Year 9) for their enthusiasm and effort to present to the whole class. 

Miss Thorley would like to nominate David B (Year 10) for impressive problem-solving skills.

Well done!

Year 9 ICT

Check you Talaxy year 9 for your home learning project that is to be handed in on Teams by the 1st July.

Full details are on the assignment and we want to see some creative and informative work discussing the following hypothesis:

Children under the age of 16 should not be allowed by law to have social media accounts!

News from PE

Congratulations to the Athletes below for a fantastic team performance at Shobnall in the District Athletics championships!  Results will be out after half term.

Year 9

Will G, Lewis A, Jonte H, Sam M, Rhys M

Year 10

Dan B, Joel M, Ethan D, Ben P, Tom L, Tommy R

Year 9

Katie F, Guna G, Chloe B, Daisie J, Ebony F

Year 10

Lizzie W, Rosanna H, Olivia Y, Martha B, Susie C, Calli H, Sophie H

Music News

Year 11 GCSE Music Revision Class: Tuesday 7th June 3.15pm until 4pm

Year 13 A Level Music Revision Class: Wednesday 8th June and Monday 13th June

Band  rehearsals are on a Tuesday lunchtime

Choir rehearsals are every Thursday after school at 3.30pm

Thank you to choir and band members for their hard work and dedication. Audiences will be able to hear them at the Summer Concert on Wednesday 13th July.

This years’ House Music Competition is on Friday 8th July. Meetings for House Music will be the first week back after the half term holiday. Please see Mrs Todd for further details. Your House Music captains will be formally announced in that week. 

Calling Year 11 Uniform Recycle

The pastoral team are wanting to recycle school uniform, if you would like to donate your uniform can this be taken to the Reception Office.  We will accept blazers, shirts, trousers, skirts, tie’s and PE kit.

Yr 8 into Yr9 Send Evening

Thank you to all the parents and carers  who attended our SEND evening on Thursday.  It was lovely to meet so many young people who are looking forward to starting Alleynes in September. The evening gave an opportunity for parents and pupils to tour the school and ask questions about how their child can be supported here.  We look forward to meeting more parents on the next  YR 8 into Yr9 SEND evening on Thursday 30th June from 4.00pm.

MFL Musings

FINAL GCSE exam writing, 16th June PM.

Mr Noon will be going through how and what to revise for the writing exam Monday P2 and Wednesday P4 for the first 2 weeks back.

Thank you to every student who took part in the Spring student voice, it’s very useful to know that you enjoy Gimkit, Sentences of Doom, Tick Me Quick so much, and we’re delighted to find that so many of you appreciate the Sentence Builders we have introduced this year.

Job of the week 

This week’s job of the week is a Life Coach. The Mypath video on youtube tells you about this as a role:

JOB OF THE WEEK EPISODE #037 – LIFE COACH – YouTube

 If you would like to find out more information and how to get into this role then click via this link: 

Life coach | Explore careers | National Careers Service

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Examinations

It has been another successful week of examinations, with student’s conduct being exemplary. Please see the timetable below for examinations that are taking place next week. Good luck to all students for the forthcoming week.

Date	Morning Examination (9.15am)	Afternoon Examination (1.15pm)
Monday 23rd May	Year 11-Geography Year 13-BTEC Health and Social	Year 13-Further Maths
Tuesday 24th May	Year 11-French-Listening and reading Year 13-Psychology Year 12-BTEC Biology	Year 12-BTEC Chemistry
Wednesday 25th May	Year 11-English Literature Year 13-English Language	Year 13 Business Year 12 BTEC Physics
Thursday 26th May	Year 13-History Year 11 Spanish	Year 11-R.E
Friday 27th May	Year 11-Chemistry Year 13-Geography	Year 11-Computer Science

Exam Conduct

As a reminder, please can all students ensure they are in normal full uniform for all exams and arrive fully equipped. Mobile phones and smart devices must not enter the exam room.

Although we have a number of weeks of exams ahead, we are looking forward to celebrating the end of exams with the year 11 prom. Please remember, that in order to attend this event, students conduct in exams will be taken into consideration.

For the latest revision timetable covering Saturdays and the upcoming half term please see this file:

Friday 27th May – Year 11

Friday 27^th May will be the last day that Year 11 students are required to be in school. In the morning all students will be completing their GCSE Chemistry exam. This exam is due to end at 10.15am where students will have their usual break time and attend their period two lesson. Students that are entitled to extra time will be given a short break and then will also return to their period two lesson.

At 11.30am students will be invited to the canteen to enjoy a final complimentary brunch with their peers and staff. Students are then requested to make their way to the field where they can enjoy some time with their friends and take part in signing each other’s shirts. We would request that students bring a spare shirt to be written on.  We want students to really enjoy this final day but we must insist that students are considerate of what they write on the shirts and if we feel that a student has not complied with this we will contact family and request that the student is collected from school or asked to leave the site.

Students will be able to remain on the school field until 12.50pm at which time we will be asking students to make their way off site.

Computer Science Students – For students that are completing their GCSE Computer Science exam, we have arranged for Mr Cartwright to be available from 11.30am in room 43 for students that would like the opportunity to take part in final revision before the examination in the afternoon.

TUTOR TIME ACTIVITIES W/C 23^rd May 2022

Year 12 & Year 13

Try out a range of different revision activities as shown on the revision wheel.  Please the link below informing students about the Forest app:  BEST PRODUCTIVITY APP!? – FOREST APP REVIEW – Bing video.

Students will also be given a copy of the attached revision wheel.

Year 12 – ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD (RYLA)

INTERESTED IN A FREE YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD?

Funded by our local Rotary group, this is an amazing opportunity over Summer 2022.  You need to be aged 16-17 between Saturday 6^th August 2022 to Friday 12^th August 2022.  You will take part in a mixture of physical and mental challenges to help you develop leadership experience, confidence through achievement, health, fitness, character and tolerance as building blocks to the quality of life.  You will also be assigned a personal mentor during the week.  Applicants will need to attend an interview before being accepted.  If you are interested, please see Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office for an application form.  Deadline to apply for this is Thursday 26^th May, 2022.

School Walk – Year 12 Marshals

Any Year 12 student who does not want to walk could help and be marshal. If you are interested in helping, please see Mrs Ibbs. Any student not walking or marshalling will be expected to come into school.

Year 12 students GCSE certificates

Year 12 students can collect their GCSE certificates from the Sixth Form office.  Please collect them at break and lunch time only.

Sixth Form Finance:

The school has been allocated a Discretional Bursary Fund (DBF) which students are able bid into throughout the academic year providing they meet the financial criteria set by the school and outlined in our DBF policy.

For the academic year 2021-2022 students are eligible for funding of up to £400 if their parental income is below £27,000 (proof required) or if they were designated as pupil premium. If a student is a looked after child (LAC) they may be entitled to up to £1,200 of financial support. Students must use this funding to support their Post-16 education.  For example, Sixth Form uniform, transport costs to and from school, textbooks, revision guides, course materials, IT equipment (up to £150), educational visits, UCAS application Fee, University entrance tests etc.

More detailed information will be available in the DBF booklet which students can be obtain from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office or by emailing sixthform@tahs.org.uk

Signing in and out

Students need to be on site from 8.40-3.05pm and if they leave site briefly for food etc they MUST sign out and back in. This is both a legal and safeguarding requirement. No one should leave site to go to the gym or similar during the school day.

School Walk 2022

The school walk will take place on Friday 15th July.  This is an important tradition of Thomas Alleyne’s High School that has taken place regularly since 1968 and forms an important part of the school’s social and educational life. 

Students from Years 9, 10 and 12 will all participate in the walk which is 12 miles through rural Derbyshire. The route will be carefully marshalled by the staff of the School. We are asking for a contribution of £8 per student to help towards the cost of the coach travel.Students attended an assembly last week giving them details about the school walk and a letter has been given out today which includes a permission slip and payment details.  The deadline for both of these is Tuesday 24th May.  Please return the permission slip to your child’s form tutor.
We know that there are many parents and even grandparents of our students who will have taken part in the school walk in the past.  If you would like to share any memories please email these to the school office office@tahs.org.uk.

We are launching a new team of students who take an active and important role in our school and school life – the student leadership group.

Starting with two students from each house from year 9 and two from each house in year 10 and will meet once each half term.

Student leaders will:

• suggest improvements for our school environment, our school day, our facilities, our school rules etc.
• organise student events – these may be social events or charity fundraising events or collections
• review and give feedback on school policies
• come up with solutions for problems that arise in school
• take an active role in school events such as the school walk and open evenings

To be involved in this brand new and exciting team, to make a difference and to make our school better YOU need to:

Write a brief letter/email to your Head of House/ Pupil Welfare Officer:

• why you want to be part of the student leadership group
• what skills or qualities you can bring to the group

The deadline for handing in your letters to your Head of House/ Pupil Welfare Officer: Wednesday 25^th May. If you have any questions please see Mrs George in room 62.

French Warm Up

Warm up for GCSE French listening and reading exam Tuesday 24th May in room 11 from 8.05.

English Students of the Week

Y 9 Alex, Lola T, Isabell D, Callum H, Zac A, Harry G, Bethany S

Y 10 Sam L, Lyla K, Catherine M, Millie WB, Maddi H, Macie C

Y 11 Katie S, Liam A, Molly H, Xanthe S, Gemma B, Molly D (and everyone in year 11 who prepared so well for their first exam and is still working hard to prepare for their upcoming GCSEs!)

Y 12 Liliana K

Y 13 Katie G

There are 3 weeks to go until the deadline (June 10th).

This week’s tip is to really think about any characters you’re including.Can you make them speak, and use interesting verbs and adverbs to help convey their feelings? Make sure any speech / dialogue drives your story forward.

Y11 exams – revision

It’s the final Y11 Wednesday revision slot next week, focusing on Romeo and Juliet. Miss Beevor will work with levels 5-7. whilst Mrs Brooks will work with levels 2-4. Work of the Week

Year 10 have been working on poetry, learning their GCSE set poems. This week’s work comes from Logan and Katherine in 10U1, where they’ve been listening to class discussions and making really detailed notes. Well done to you both!

Book recommendation

Lottie in Y13 recommends “Carry On” by Rainbow Rowell. She’s been revisiting this book as part of her Year 13 English Language coursework, exploring how the writer accommodates to the reading ages of her audience (and comparing it to older texts with similar reading ages). Her investigation was really interesting, and the text is too!

GCSE Maths – Breakfast Revision

We were very happy to see over 100 Y11 students attend the breakfast revision session this morning before the GCSE maths exam.  The students who attended have commented how useful they thought it was.

The next maths exams are on Tuesday 7th June and Monday 13th June.

Before each of these the maths department will be running breakfast revision sessions from 8-8.30am.

This will give students the opportunity to get their brains into ‘maths mode’, ask any last minute questions and complete some focussed revision based on the advanced exam information for each paper.

Students will need the following equipment for their maths exams: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compass and scientific calculator 

 Calculators can be purchased through the online shop, everything else can be purchased from the maths department.

This week’s Science News

This week’s Science Students of the Week

Miss Wainwright would like to nominate Bethany S (9H1) and Matthew L-B (9H1) – both of these pupils have displayed a superb attitude in their Biology lessons and contributed fully to class discussion. 

Mrs lambert would like to nominate Katie S (10H5 Science) for improved performance on our most recent assessment.

And also, Rebecca W (12C Biology) for excellent performance on the Transport assessment.

Well done!

News from PE

Badminton

Due to the rising temperatures in the Sports Hall badminton on a Friday afternoon has now finished for this academic year. Thank you to all students that have been attending throughout the year, it has been a fantastic opportunity to get some exercise and make new friendships and I hope you have all enjoyed it. See you again next year! – Mrs Simpson

Anyone for Cricket?

Checkley Cricket Club outdoor training for junior cricketers is on Friday evenings, 6-8pm and run teams at all age groups- under 8, 10,12, 14 and 16. Checkley are recruiting “junior” coaches suitable for boys and girls in Yr 10- 13, with full training and support available.  Please contact Alan Woods (Junior Co-ordinator)   aj.woods63@googlemail.com if you are interested.

Year 9 Cricket

In the first match of the season we travelled to St Josephs College and after a brave performance we unfortunately lost the game. It was a great experience and one for the team to build on.

Team: Lexi C, Issy G, Corey B, Mathew J, Matthew F, Oliver B, Max G, Toby R, Ben W, Josh B, Kai B

Music News

Year 11 GCSE Music Revision is after school on Tuesday 24th May 3.15 until 4pm.

Year 13 A Level Music Revision will be on Wednesday every week until the exam on 14th June.

Band will be every Tuesday lunch in room 67. Please bring your packed lunch with you at the start of lunch. All are welcome.

Choir is after school every Thursday 3.30 until 4.15. All are welcome. No audition needed.

Future dates for your diary; 

Friday 8th July House Music Competition 

Wednesday 13th July, 6.30pm;

Music Summer Concert. 

Performing Arts News 

Kathryn Whetter who played Frenchy in our fantastic production of Grease earlier this year has won a prestigious place with the National Youth Theatre Summer programme. 

Alumni from the National Youth Theatre includes Dame Helen Mirren, Daniel Craig, Sir Daniel Day -Lewis, Catherine Tate, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Derek Jacobi,  

Timothy Dalton and Matt Lucas. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for Kathryn and will stand her in excellent stead in the future.  

Year 11 Prom

I am pleased to provide further details regarding the Year 11 Prom. This year’s Prom will take place on Friday 8th July at Uttoxeter Racecourse. The event will run from 7.30pm – 11pm and the evening will include a buffet style dinner of sandwiches, snacks and desserts, a DJ, photobooth and a bar serving non alcoholic drinks. The price of the ticket is £25. Students can purchase tickets from Monday 9th May and the deadline will be Friday 27th May. 

This week’s job of the week is a Kitchen Fitter. The Mypath video on youtube tells you about this as a role:

JOB OF THE WEEK EPISODE #036 – KITCHEN FITTER – YouTube

 If you would like to find out more information and how to get into this role then click via this link: 

Kitchen and bathroom fitter | Explore careers | National Careers Service

Dr Yacoobali here, Chief Dental Mentor!

Now that we’re right in the thick of UCAS season, I’m delighted to announce that I’m hosting Dental Mentor’s free, live, virtual Get into Dentistry Conference on: 

Sunday 29th May, 2:00pm – 5:30pm

At this stage of your journey to Dentistry, you need to be going a lot further than nailing your exams. You need to know your UCAS Application inside out. 

That includes writing the best possible personal statement and participating in extra-curricular activities that make your application to Dentistry stand out. 

And the sooner you start writing this winning application, the better!

To help you with this, I’ll be hosting a free Virtual Get into Dentistry Conference on Sunday 29th May. I will be providing a comprehensive guide to getting into Dentistry, including: 

• Application timelines 
   
• UCAS and CV Building
   
• Awards and Scholarships 
   
• Getting Dentistry Work Experience 
   
• Dental Leadership Programmes
• Personal Statements 
   
• Dentistry School Interviews

We’ll also be joined by a recently successful applicant to Dentistry who will share their insight into what it takes to get accepted. 

Attendees who stay for the entire conference will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance: a fantastic addition to your UCAS Application!

Click the link below to book your place on the next Get into Dentistry Conference on:

Sunday 29th May, from 2:00pm – 5:30pm

BOOK YOUR PLACE https://airtable.com/shr7JL0vaCAzEYUo1

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Exams w/c 16th May

This week has seen the start of the Year 11 and 13 examinations, and we are very impressed with the way in which all students have conducted themselves both before and during the examinations. Please see the examination timetable below for examinations that are taking place next week. We would like to wish all of our student’s good luck – we know they will do themselves proud.

Date	Morning Examination (9.15am)	Afternoon Examination (1.15pm)
Monday 16th May	Year 11-RE Year 13-BTEC H&S Human lifespan	Year 11-Computer Science Year 13-Further Maths Year 13-BTEC Sport
Tuesday 17th May	Year 11-Biology	Year 11-IT
Wednesday 18th May	Year 11-English Language Year 13-BTEC Forensic
Thursday 19th May	Year 11-History	Year 11-Drama Year 13-AS Maths
Friday 20th May	Year 11- Maths Year 11-Animal care	Year 11-Business Year 13-Biology Year 13-H&S

Exam Conduct

As a reminder, please can all students ensure they are in normal full uniform for all exams and arrive fully equipped. Mobile phones and smart devices must not enter the exam room.

Although we have a number of weeks of exams ahead, we are looking forward to celebrating the end of exams with the year 11 prom. Please remember, that in order to attend this event, students conduct in exams will be taken into consideration.

For the latest revision timetable covering Saturdays and the upcoming half term please see this file:

Year 12

To access Unifrog and complete the competencies. Use Unifrog to research options after Sixth Form.

Year 13

Revision time.

Year 12 – ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD (RYLA)

INTERESTED IN A FREE YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD?

Funded by our local Rotary group, this is an amazing opportunity over Summer 2022.  You need to be aged 16-17 between Saturday 6^th August 2022 to Friday 12^th August 2022.  You will take part in a mixture of physical and mental challenges to help you develop leadership experience, confidence through achievement, health, fitness, character and tolerance as building blocks to the quality of life.  You will also be assigned a personal mentor during the week.  Applicants will need to attend an interview before being accepted.  If you are interested, please see Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office for an application form.

Year 12 students GCSE certificates

Year 12 students can collect their GCSE certificates from the Sixth Form office.  Please collect them at break and lunch time only.

Sixth Form Finance:

The school has been allocated a Discretional Bursary Fund (DBF) which students are able bid into throughout the academic year providing they meet the financial criteria set by the school and outlined in our DBF policy.

For the academic year 2021-2022 students are eligible for funding of up to £400 if their parental income is below £27,000 (proof required) or if they were designated as pupil premium. If a student is a looked after child (LAC) they may be entitled to up to £1,200 of financial support. Students must use this funding to support their Post-16 education.  For example, Sixth Form uniform, transport costs to and from school, textbooks, revision guides, course materials, IT equipment (up to £150), educational visits, UCAS application Fee, University entrance tests etc.

More detailed information will be available in the DBF booklet which students can be obtain from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office or by emailing sixthform@tahs.org.uk

Signing in and out

Students need to be on site from 8.40-3.05pm and if they leave site briefly for food etc they MUST sign out and back in. This is both a legal and safeguarding requirement. No one should leave site to go to the gym or similar during the school day.

School Walk 2022

The school walk will take place on Friday 15th July.  This is an important tradition of Thomas Alleyne’s High School that has taken place regularly since 1968 and forms an important part of the school’s social and educational life. 

Students from Years 9, 10 and 12 will all participate in the walk which is 12 miles through rural Derbyshire. The route will be carefully marshalled by the staff of the School. We are asking for a contribution of £8 per student to help towards the cost of the coach travel.Students attended an assembly last week giving them details about the school walk and a letter has been given out today which includes a permission slip and payment details.  The deadline for both of these is Tuesday 24th May.  Please return the permission slip to your child’s form tutor.
We know that there are many parents and even grandparents of our students who will have taken part in the school walk in the past.  If you would like to share any memories please email these to the school office office@tahs.org.uk.

Reports

Years 9, 10 & 12 reports are now available on Talaxy for students and parents.

https://idp.tascsoftware.co.uk/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FOpenId%2FAskUser

English Students of the Week

Y 9 Guna G, Ellie C, Sophie B, Emily L, Harry O, Maddie E, Ethan S, Bailey W

Y 10 Jack G, Lily U, Amy S, Layla M, Aileen L, Amy S

Y 11 Lewis M, Eva G, Sylvia S, Livvy E, Jack W, Josh W, Alfie H, Daisy C, Tasha M, Lucy M, Jasmin W, Sadie O’B, Emma W, Katie D, Joe Ha, Thomas L, Alex B, Charlotte J, Beth J, Ella R

Y 12 Tess S

Y 13 Imogen N, Eve B

There are 4 weeks to go until the deadline (June 10th).

This week’s tip is to really build a sense of place, or mood. Try to use adjectives and verbs which are ambitious, but more importantly, that are clear and precise. Try analysing your own choices – if someone else were to read them, would they convey the message you think they do? Look at our work of the week for more inspiration.

Y11 exams – revision

Keeping on the theme of writing, Year 11 have their Paper 1 exam next week. For last minute creative writing inspiration, try https://randomwordgenerator.com/. You can choose by word class (“write a story entitled <random word>”), or even find random images. Thanks to Harriet G for the tip.

Mr Hulme is running “An Inspector Calls” revision on Wednesday 18th, which is also the day of Language Paper 1. 

Members of the English team will be in the English rooms from 7:45 on the morning of the exam, for drop in reassurance / last minute clarifications.

Work of the Week

Elisha in 9UD has been working on analysis of writers’ choices/methods. Here you can see her using the what – how – why frame to develop her thinking.

Billy in Y11 has been honing his genre writing skills – we think this is a brilliant opening paragraph… and the rest of his narrative is a very thrilling read. We particularly like the personification of dawn, which nods nicely to Greek epics like the Odyssey.

Swathes of green and blue gently rocked the longship as she sliced swiftly through the swirling sea. Her prow cut the waves like the swords at the belts of her sleeping crew. Dawn was thrusting its bright head above the horizon to the east and the faint outline of friendly Viking lands could be seen ahead. The only one awake was the helmsman. He held his steering board firmly in his hands as he guided the ship skillfully on his own towards the distant hulk of land. Fingers of blue were ripping apart the woven purple fabric of the sky and blissful light streamed down on the muscular, sleeping bodies on the deck.

Well done to Elisha and Billy!

Book recommendation

Mrs Hunt wants to make a recommendation this week: “Humble Pi” by Matt Parker. It’s a non-fiction book exploring what can go wrong when people don’t get their maths right. Whilst it’s been a little tricky to understand in parts, it’s a fascinating read and definitely one for (aspiring) A Level mathematicians, engineers, or chemists. There are four ‘deliberate’ mistakes in the book, and Mrs Hunt has spotted two. If anyone can enlighten her as to the last two, she’ll be eternally grateful…

Computer Science Paper 1

Make sure you are ready by using all the revision resources provided in you pack. On this link here there are last minute tips, and quick fire online revision to sharpen your brain prior to the exam.

Good luck to all and remember write nothing you get nothing – give every question a go!

https://sway.office.com/9BOfO21Mk3JJWDSQ?ref=Link

GCSE Maths – Breakfast Revision

Before each of the GCSE maths exams the maths department will be running breakfast revision sessions from 8-8.30am.

This will give students the opportunity to get their brains into ‘maths mode’, ask any last minute questions and complete some focussed revision based on the advanced exam information for each paper.

The maths exams are on: Friday 20th May, Tuesday 7th June and Monday 13th June.

Students will need the following equipment for their maths exams: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compass and scientific calculator (for paper 2 and 3).  Calculators can be purchased through the online shop, everything else can be purchased from the maths department.

This week’s Science News

This week’s Science Students of the Week:

Mrs North would like to nominate Emily T in Year 12 for superb performance in her Applied Science unit 1 mock exams.

Mr Crum would also like to nominate Emily T and also Elizabeth C (12D) and Adam D (12C) for excellent performance in the Applied Science mocks.

Mr Melland would like to nominate the following Year 12 students – Harry S, Izzy R, Lydia M and Finn McC for consistently making excellent effort on their Physics Homework.

Mrs Simpson would like to nominate the following Year 11 students – Molly D, Evie A G, Max D and Maddie H for huge improvements in quantitative chemistry, it is lovely to watch your confidence grow!

And also, Charlotte J, Tom L and Joe H for unwavering dedication in Chemistry, you are going to smash this!

Well done!

News from PE

BTEC Sport

Year 12 Unit 1 A&P resit exam Monday 16th May – Use Active Learn to revise

Year 10 – All should be working on Unit 1 Coursework on body systems for homework.

Extra Curricular

Athletics Practice Tuesday

Cricket Practice Wednesday

Year 9 Cricket Thursday 19th May away v St Josephs

Rounders Practice Thursday

Badminton Friday

Fitness Friday

Year 9 County Rugby 7’s

On Thursday our U14 rugby team travelled to Stafford Rugby for the County Rugby 7’s Finals.  Playing on fantastic facilities the tournament was very well organised and all games played in a great spirit.  Unfortunately we didn’t perform to our best and made a number of uncharacteristic errors. We battled hard in all 6 games winning 2 and losing 4.  Player of the tournament was Corey, Try of the tournament went to Jonte with a length of the field special.  Tackle of the tournament went to Adam F. 

Team – Toby (captain), Oliver, Max, Corey, Tom, Henry , Sam M, Sam F, Adam F, Adam R

Athletics club

All years athletics after school on Wednesday – everybody welcome

Rounders Club

Thursday after school – all years welcome 

Under 15 County Cricket

On Thursday evening the U15 Cricket team travelled to Newcastle and Hartshill Cricket Club to play Clayton Hall.  Alleyne’s won the toss and elected to field. After the second over the decision to bowl by captain Minshall proved to be a good as Griffiths took the wicket over their opening batsman and in the fifth over Ashton took the second wicket with only 17 runs being added.  Unfortunately despite some imaginative fielding positions and strong bowling Alleyn’es were unable to make inroads into the middle order.  Minshall called upon a variety of bowlers but Clayton started to get into the match, their opening batsman hitting an unbeaten 54.  With plenty of wickets in hand Clayton accelerated the scoring in the middle overs.  With 3 overs to go Bulmer and Higgs were able to pull the rate back to 16 runs off 3 overs.  Clayton’s innings closed at 143 for 4 of 16 overs.  This left Alleyne’s with plenty to do.  Captain Minshall and Cantrill opened the batting with an explosive start, scoring 25 runs off the first three overs.  Both Cantrill and Minshall regularly hitting the boundary in their inning.  Unfortunately, Cantrill fell to the last ball of the third over and Alleyen’s couldn’t quite gain the same momentum that the openrs had set. They lost 2 quick wickets to some fast, accurate bowling from the home side. There was some resistance offered from Layton, Higgs and MInshall but the match was getting away from the visitors. Alleyne’s were reduced to 41 for 6 off 8 overs.  In the closing overs Minshall started to accelerate the run rate with an excellent unbeaten 57 but time and strong bowling was against him. Clayton eventually won the game by 48 runs.

Geography

Year 13 revision on Wednesday 18th will be the final Edexcel workshop on exam technique. All year 13 should attend. Room 7 at 3:05pm. 

Year 11 revision will be on Wednesdays right up until the exams. 3:10pm in room 6a. 

Y12:

You will be receiving a letter in your geography lessons about the upcoming residential trip to Liverpool in July. Please could you ensure that you complete and return the reply slips by Friday 20th May and make your payments via ParentPay by Friday 27th May.

Any questions or queries, please contact/see Mr Harris.

Year 11 Prom

I am pleased to provide further details regarding the Year 11 Prom. This year’s Prom will take place on Friday 8th July at Uttoxeter Racecourse. The event will run from 7.30pm – 11pm and the evening will include a buffet style dinner of sandwiches, snacks and desserts, a DJ, photobooth and a bar serving non alcoholic drinks. The price of the ticket is £25. Students can purchase tickets from Monday 9th May and the deadline will be Friday 27th May. 

This week’s job of the week is a Jewellery Designer! The Mypath video on youtube tells you about this as a role:

JOB OF THE WEEK EPISODE #035 – JEWELLERY DESIGNER – YouTube

 If you would like to find out more information and how to get into this role then click via this link: 

Jewellery designer job profile | Prospects.ac.uk

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Year 13 Leavers Prom

Year 13 leavers prom is fast approaching. Friday 27^th May at the Uttoxeter Racecourse.

Tickets are available to purchase via ParentPay at a cost of £35.00. Ticket price includes food and DJ.

Deadline for purchasing tickets is Friday 13^th May.

Don’t miss out on a great evening of food, music and “awards”

TUTOR TIME ACTIVITIES W/C 9^th May 2022

Year 12

Barclays life skills:  what are the current skills shortages and how can you develop these to make you stand out in the job market? 

Barclays life skills

Year 13

Revision time.

Year 12 students GCSE certificates

Year 12 students can collect their GCSE certificates from the Sixth Form office.  Please collect them at break and lunch time only.

Sixth Form Finance:

The school has been allocated a Discretional Bursary Fund (DBF) which students are able bid into throughout the academic year providing they meet the financial criteria set by the school and outlined in our DBF policy.

For the academic year 2021-2022 students are eligible for funding of up to £400 if their parental income is below £27,000 (proof required) or if they were designated as pupil premium. If a student is a looked after child (LAC) they may be entitled to up to £1,200 of financial support. Students must use this funding to support their Post-16 education.  For example, Sixth Form uniform, transport costs to and from school, textbooks, revision guides, course materials, IT equipment (up to £150), educational visits, UCAS application Fee, University entrance tests etc.

More detailed information will be available in the DBF booklet which students can be obtain from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office or by emailing sixthform@tahs.org.uk

Signing in and out

Students need to be on site from 8.40-3.05pm and if they leave site briefly for food etc they MUST sign out and back in. This is both a legal and safeguarding requirement. No one should leave site to go to the gym or similar during the school day.

RS Revision

Saturday 14th May 10am – 12pm. – there will be an optional revision session in room 2 to support students with the Religion Paper which will be on 16th May. All welcome. Please bring your revision guide with you if you attend. There will be a session on parts of Christianity and Buddhism relating to the Advanced Information and a chance to talk through practice questions.

English

There are 5 weeks to go until the deadline (June 10th).

This week’s tip is to think about your starting, and ending, points. It can be easy to write a story (or an essay) which essentially says “and then… and then… and then…” but it’s not very interesting to read. Why not start in media res (in the middle of the action)? Similarly, make sure you know where you’re heading. We like our analogies in English, so think of it like a journey. Are you aimlessly driving around the local roads (storylines) until you run out of fuel (words)? Or do you have a set destination in mind, and enough fuel to get there?Work of the Week

We love it when a teacher from another subject sends us something “Englishy” their students have done. This week, Y9 have been working on raps in Music. Mrs Todd was so impressed with Teigan’s, she just had to tell us all about it. We were impressed too! Here’s some of Teigan’s rap, entitled You No Longer Know Me.

You don’t know her favourite song anymore.

She changed it.

It was Pompeii, but that’s the same as yours,
and now it’s new rules.

Got a new haircut – it’s quite short and it’s blonde, too.

Not like her long brown hair you used to put behind her ear.

Well done, Teigan!

Book recommendation

Imogen in Year 13 thinks everyone should read “Emma” by Jane Austen. She thinks it’s a great explanation of life as a woman in Regency England, but it’s also a really engaging storyline. Luckily, it’s out of copyright, so you can even read it online! Emma, By Jane Austen

New Life on the Farm

Geography 

– Reminder to all year 13 students that after school revision for the next 2 weeks will involve watching webinars put together by Edexcel examiners. These include exam skills and content which will be useful to support your revision. Please attend on Wednesday 3:05pm in room 7. 

– Reminder also to year 11s to attend after school revision on wednesday and fridays with Miss Robinson in 6a. 

GCSE Maths – Breakfast Revision

Before each of the GCSE maths exams the maths department will be running breakfast revision sessions from 8-8.30am.

This will give students the opportunity to get their brains into ‘maths mode’, ask any last minute questions and complete some focussed revision based on the advanced exam information for each paper.

The maths exams are on: Friday 20th May, Tuesday 7th June and Monday 13th June.

Students will need the following equipment for their maths exams: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compass and scientific calculator (for paper 2 and 3).  Calculators can be purchased through the online shop, everything else can be purchased from the maths department.

 Exam Stress: Tips and techniques for keeping last-minute nerves at bay and performing at your best!

Free webinar aimed at GCSE students – we will discuss do’s and don’ts for last minute revision, tips for keeping your cool during the exam and ways to kickstart your motivation in this final stretch.

The free webinar takes place on Wednesday 11th May at 7:30pm.

Sign up at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FAWlM49wToSOilPz59tdOw

This week’s Science News

This week’s Science Students of the Week are:

Mrs North would like to nominate Alistair D in Year 11 for excellent engagement in GCSE+.

Mrs Lambert would link to nominate – Will P and Joel B in Year 12 Biology for excellent verbal contributions to lesson this week, particularly regarding data handling questions. 

Well done!

Art Winners

News from PE

BTEC Sport

Year 10- Exam 9am Monday 9th May. Good luck to all!  Revision materials are available to all on Active Learn.

Year 11- All Assignments should be completed. Please ensure everything has been uploaded to Teams.

Year 12- Re-sit Exam 16th May. Ensure you are using practice papers, revision materials on Active Learn and folders.

Year 13- Unit 2 Resit Monday 9th May. Make sure you review examiners reports and read through your January exam.

PE

Tuesday – Athletics practice

Wednesday – Cricket practice all years

Thursday – Year 10 Cricket v Clayton Away.  Rounders Practice. Year 9 County Rugby Tournament.

Friday – Badminton practice.  Fitness Club

Music News 

Thank you to Year 11 Music Students for working incredibly hard on their music course work and supporting each other in performance recordings. 

Well done to all. 

Year 11 Prom

I am pleased to provide further details regarding the Year 11 Prom. This year’s Prom will take place on Friday 8th July at Uttoxeter Racecourse. The event will run from 7.30pm – 11pm and the evening will include a buffet style dinner of sandwiches, snacks and desserts, a DJ, photobooth and a bar serving non alcoholic drinks. The price of the ticket is £25. Students can purchase tickets from Monday 9th May and the deadline will be Friday 27th May. 

This week’s job of the week is a drama therapist! The Mypath video on youtube tells you about this as a role:

JOB OF THE WEEK EPISODE #034 – INTERPRETER – YouTube

 If you would like to find out more information and how to get into this role then click via this link: 

Interpreter job profile | Prospects.ac.uk

Get onto Medicine Conferences

While students are very busy with exams, this is the best time for them to start their UCAS Applications. One of the best ways for students to save time during this is to attend one of our free Get into Medicine Conferences.

Dr Kennedy and myself host The Get into Medicine Conference to give students a comprehensive overview of UCAS and everything they need to know about the Medical Application process.
I highly recommend students interested in Medicine attend one of our Get into Medicine Conference running on:

Sunday 8th May: 9.00am – 1.30pm.
Saturday 14th May: 9.30am – 1.30pm.

We’ll provide support, training, and guidance in:
UCAS & CV building

Personal Statements

Entrance Exams: UCAT and BMAT

Medical School Interviews

Accessing Medical Awards, Prizes, Leadership Programmes, and Scholarships to study Medicine at University
Attendees who stay for the entire conference will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance – a fantastic addition to their UCAS application.

Spaces are very competitive this time of year, so please encourage your students to secure their place as soon as they can by clicking the link below:
https://airtable.com/shr66li3bqG3ZpkPM
We’re here to support teachers and students every step of the way to make this period as stress-free as possible.

I hope to see your students this weekend!

Best wishes,
Dr Siva
Your Medic Family

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