Middle School Newsletter

Date for the Diary
 

Monday 28th May - Friday 1st June Half Term
(School closed to all Students)

Thursday 7th & Friday 8th June Year 7 & 9 School Play - DNA 
(Get your free tickets from the Drama Dept.)

Saturday 23rd June - Pakrun 200

Tuesday 26th June - Literacy Festival Year 7

Thursday 28th June - Year 6 Transition Day

Monday 9th July - Summer Sports Day

Wednesday 11th July - Inset Day
(School closed to all students)

Thursday 12th July - Band Project Gala Concert
(See Poster Below)

Friday 13th July - Summer Fair

Monday 16th July - Oscars

Wednesday 18th July - Exhibition of Beautiful Work
(1:00pm finish)

Thursday 19th July - Last Day of Term
(1:00pm finish)

Summer Break - Friday 20th July - Friday 7th September 

Important Notices:

It is important for the safety of our students and local residents that all parents who drive to school in the mornings and afternoons are adhering to the road rules. 

We ask you all to consider the following: 

- Do not speed on our surrounding roads as many families walk to and from school and this compromises their safety.
- Do not park on the zig zag lines at the front of the school as this impacts on our students safely crossing the road. 
- Do not park across the driveways of our neighbours, as this will disrupt access to their private property.

As a school we suggest walking or catching public transport to school to where possible. If you have to drive, there is often ample parking spaces a little further away from the school, which may also alleviate the congestion and stress of the morning. 

We thank you for your cooperation on this matter and your consideration of our local community.  

Late arrival to school results in interruptions to the learning process. Parents are encouraged to have students to school on time. Parents who come to drop their child to school after 8:30am start must come in to the office to sign-in.  All children need to be signed in using our new electronic system, which will change the class register to show that they are on school premises.  
*Excessive tardiness to school may be referred to the Local Authority for action and possible court referral.

*School Uniform - Children must always come into school with correct full school uniform which includes tie and black shoes (black trainers are not acceptable). If your child comes to school in the incorrect uniform parents will be notified.  Please ensure that your child has the correct School21 PE Kit on PE days.

*Equipment - Parents please ensure your child comes into school with all the equipment and food they will need for the day.  The front office will not be responsible for taking things to classroom as this is disruptive to children's learning.

A ‘bot’ of problem solving.......

This week in the Year 5 project we stepped up the challenge by presenting the groups with 5 different design challenges. Using their knowledge of the WeDo robotics kits, the children worked in small teams to discuss the design brief then plan out what structure they would build and program to solve a set task. 

They created glowing, moving snails that raced, a cooling fan, an intruder detector, a football goal shooting robot and a rover-bot that moves. 

Check out a video of a successful design that was further innovated below, along with some other pictures of the day!  

Overdue Library Books

Please return your overdue library books! We currently have over 700 books overdue. This means that students are unable to borrow popular books. 

Students are allowed to borrow up to three books for a loan period of one month and can be renewed after this period should the need arise. Any books that are lost or damaged must be replaced. 

Mrs Fisher
Librarian

Dear Parents,

Please come down and support the Year 11 Bake Sale on the 24th May at 2:40pm outside the Primary school gates! All proceeds will go towards the Year 11 celebration. 

Thank you for your support,
Mr Bernard