This week's assembly: 24 April, 2017 *EXAM BRIEFING*

Good morning Students and Parents

I hope you all had a wonderful spring break and have returned to school refreshed and energized for the important term ahead.

In today's assembly I will be presenting an important exam briefing that contains lots of important information (the Mr Bean video is just for fun and an example of how NOT to behave!) and advice about the upcoming examination period.

As this is your first set of exams here at the Senior School it is important you are fully aware of how formal exams operate. Please review the information on the slides and speak to your class teacher, tutor or myself if you have any questions.

I have every faith in you all. We are right behind you.

Mr O'Dowd

Have a great Easter/Spring break!

Dear Students and Parents

I would like to wish you all a wonderful Easter/Spring break.

Wherever you are I hope the time away from school is enjoyable, restful and calm.

See you all for the final term of the year on Sunday 23rd April.

Kind regards

Mr O'Dowd

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This week's Enrichment. W/C 09/04/17 '2017 Reading Skills'

In this week's Enrichment sessions we returned our focus to the importance of reading.

Students took some time to consider their own reading habits before they completed this year's 'St Chris Big Reading Survey'.

The results of this survey will help the English Department, the Library, Heads of Year and other teaching staff better understanding the reading habits of our students to enable us to create events and interventions suited to their needs.

The results of the survey will be discussed in future Enrichment sessions.

This week's assembly: 10 March, 2017

In this week's assembly we recognised the students who achieved incredible results in the recent Interim 2 reports.

We award certificates in the following categories:

• Outstanding effort: all 1 grades 
• Outstanding attainment: all A grades
• Effort commendation: 12/13 1 grades
• Attainment commendation: 12/13 A grades

We also have a progress award and the winners from that category will be announced at the start of the Summer Term.

Well done to all winners. I am really proud of you and you are an inspiration to us all.

Mr O'Dowd

Outstanding effort

Outstanding attainment

Attainment commendation

Effort commendation

This week's Enrichment. W/C 06/04/17 'Study Skills'

Today is a very important Enrichment lesson as tutors and students will be discussing the exam timetable and going through the revision booklet that has been uploaded to portal but can also be accessed here.

As well as going through the exam documents, students will be looking at a revision resource called 'Quizlet'. This free, simple and effective resource is a flashcard and quiz making app that is great for learning vocabulary, new terms, concepts and ideas.

This is a great app to use with your children if you are looking for ways to help them with revision.

Year 7 revision timetable and booklet

Dear Students and Parents

The Year 7 Exam Timetable and Revision Booklet is now available. You can access these resources here.

As part of our efforts to become a more environmentally friendly school, we do not print full copies of these resources off for each student, but this can be arranged should you have a particular need for a hard copy.

If you have any questions about the timetable of the examination period, please contact your child's tutor.

Kind regards

Jamie O'Dowd