Today's assembly was taken by Mrs Bourner and some of her Community Service Captains. They gave a talk about the presentation of the rucksacks to the migrant workers, which was a communuty service project the whole school were involved in last term.
Thank you to all of you wonderful Year 7 students (and parents!) who contributed to this appeal. As you can see, your contributions have made a big difference to those who really don't have a lot.
In this week's assembly we talked about what the remainder of the year holds in store for Year 7. With exams now out of the way, some students may think that the hard work is done. As these slides used in assembly show there are still plenty of important dates and events coming up that require students to ensure they maintain regular attendance and continue to put in maximum effort at all times.
In the slides you will find important dates of Year 7 events and activities that take place between now and the end of the year.
We have an exam briefing this morning during registration in the Drama Hall. Please go straight there rather than to your form room. This is to address some issues with behaviour in the exams yesterday.
First of all, I wish you great success in your first formal examination period at the Senior School next week. I have been impressed by how you have prepared and conducted yourselves in the lead up to this important time of year.
Some reminders:
Please bring the correct revision materials you need each day. Think about what you are revising for - whether it is examinations later that day or examinations the next day and pack your bag accordingly.
In some examinations it is permissable to read at the end of the test should you finish early. Please bring a reading book each day and listen carefully to instructions for each exam to find out if you should bring this in with you.
Lessons next week are set aside for revision, use this time wisely.
Also, remember what we have spoken about in terms of preparation: a good night's sleep, no late night 'cramming', eating breakfast and making sure you are here on time and prepared is as important as anything else.
Should you be late or absent, please let us know at your earliest convenience and attempts will be made to allow you take the exam on your return.
Finally, stay relaxed and calm. You have already proven yourselves as a confident and mature year group. You simply need to apply yourself in the same way you have done all year and you will continue to make us all very proud of you no matter what.
Students from 7D gave a superb reading from Harry Potter at today's Pizza and Poetry and Prose event.
The weekly reading session usually sees staff read excerpts of their favourite texts to a small but loyal group of students in the library each Thursday afternoon with a hot slice of pizza served part way through the session to the hungry crowd!
However, today's session was led by Thalia, Emma, Saije and Ruby who held the audience's attention for twenty minutes with a shared reading of some early chapters from the first Harry Potter book.
Mrs Holland organises Pizza Poetry and Prose with support form the library team and the activity is very popular among our Year 7 students. It was great to see so many staff and students turn out to support the girls today and hopefully this is the first of many student takeovers of Pizza, Poetry and Prose.
