Weekly Bulletin 8th February 2018 AWS
Weekly Bulletin 8th February 2018 To access the online payments system please click on the “Please Pay Here” logo on the front of the school website
2017—2018 Term Dates th
Monday 19 February Start of Term 4 Tuesday 27th February Year 9 Options Evening 6.00 pm Wednesday 28th End of Term 4 March th Thursday 29 March Inset Day 4 Easter Holiday – Friday 30th March – Friday 13th April 2018 Langtree School PTA NEWS Our next event is a Race Night ‘Langtree Gold Cup’ on Friday 16th March - put it in your diaries – it will be another fantastic evening of entertainment. Poster on page 3. If you are interested in joining the PTA and having your say about how we spend funds raised please come along to the next meeting on 20th Feb - 7.30pm at The Highwayman.
YEAR 9 OPTIONS EVENING TUESDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2018—6.00 pm Students in Year 9 will soon be asked to make their option choices of GCSE courses for 20182020. In order to launch this process, we will be running an Options Evening for all parents of Year 9 students to provide information and guidance about the process. The Options evening will take place on Tuesday 27th February at 6.00pm. we are keen to ensure that all parents have the date firmly fixed in their diaries. On the evening, Mr Bamford will explain the options process and present the choices in the options booklet. This will be available on the school website, from Monday 26th February, your son / daughter will have been given a hard copy of the booklet prior to the options evening. Although this is an event ostensibly for parents, please feel free to bring your sons and daughters along, as we are sure that they too will find the evening to be very useful. Year 10 Mock Exams: Y ear 10 students w ill have received their statem ent of entry for the Year 10 mocks exams today which start w/c 5th March 2018. Please ask to see it. Year 10 Mocks provisional timetable attached. An assembly will be held on Thursday 1th March (tbc) during which final details will be covered and students will receive a package with all relevant documents. Year 11 Statement of Entries for Summer 2018 GCSE Exams: Year 11 students received their Statement of Entry recently for this summer’s GCSE exams. If reply slips have not been returned and you do have data changes or queries, please return by Tuesday next week 13th February latest as entry submissions will be made during that week. Any queries should be addressed to the relevant subject teacher in the first instance, otherwise, please contact me via email. Amendments can still be made until early March (OCR) and early April (AQA/Pearson) but penalties will occur after those dates. Year 11 GCSE English—details of the revision sessions are attached. UNIFORM: There is a large am ount of 2nd Hand Uniform available for sale in the front office, please call in and have a look. We cannot accept any more uniform to sell currently (unless it is PE kit) as we have no where to store it. BUS PASSES: P lease rem ind all students that they need to remem ber their bus passes every day. NETBALL FIXTURES 2018 TUES 20th FEB –YEAR 10 AREA WED 21st FEB – YEAR 7A&B v WALLINGFORD(H) THU 22nd FEB – YEAR 9&10 V CRANFORD(H) TUES 27th FEB– YEAR 9 AREA WED 28th FEB – YEAR 7A&B V CE(A) THU 1st MARCH – YEAR 8&9 v CE (H) TUES 6th MARCH – YEAR 8 AREA THU 8th MARCH – YEAR 10&11 v CE(H) th TUES 13 MARCH – YEAR 7 AREA THU 22nd MARCH – YEAR 8&9 v GILLOTS(A) NETBALL PRACTICE Year 7 – WEDNESDAY 3.30-4.30 Year 8&9 – THURSDAY 1.15- 1.45 Year 10& 11 – FRIDAY 1.15-1.45
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a Chinese themed lunch from the canteen on Mon 26th February 2018
Wallingford Children's Film Festival
Would your children like a Half-term project or challenge? How about making a film for the Film Festival? Entries can be made by individuals or groups of friends. All films must be less than 4 minutes in length and can be in any format and on any subject. Completed films need to be sent either on DVD to The Treehouse School, 37 Walingford Rd, Cholsey or email: [email protected] by the end of Half Term. Please include name, age and contact details. If you have any questions please email Paul. The film festival will then take place on Saturday 10th March at 4pm in the Great Hall, Cholsey Meadows where the audience will vote for their favourite film.
Lots of resources for parents and carers can be found on this website: https://www.annafreud.org/
TERM 4 CLUBS CLUB
YEAR
DAY
TIME
ROOM
STAFF
Year 9 Football
9
Monday
1.15—1.45
Astro
PE
Maths Clinic / Drop in
ALL
Monday
1.15 – 1.45
Maths
Maths
Badminton
All
Monday
1.15 – 1.45
PE
PE
Homework
ALL
Monday
1.00 – 1.50
IT 1
Mrs Gerrard-Carr
Homework
ALL
Tuesday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
GCSE Design and Technology Catch Up
10, 11
Tuesday
3.30—5.00
11
Miss Allen
GCSE Art
10, 11
Tuesday
3.30 – 5.00
10
Mr Rye
Maths Gifted &Talented
7
Tuesday
3.30—4.15
62
Miss Clark
Year 9 Choir
9
Wednesday
1.15—1.45
Music
Mr Henderson
Wednesday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
Homework GCSE Food Catch up
10, 11
Wednesday
3.30—5.00
Food
Mrs Mote
Year 10 Football
10
Wednesday
1.15 – 1.45
Astro
PE
Senior Orchestra
10 and 11
Wednesday
3.30 – 5.00
Music
Mr Henderson
Thursday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
Homework Year 8/9 Netball
8, 9
Thursday
1.15—1.45
Sports Hall
PE
Year 8 Football
8
Thursday
1.15—1.45
Astro
PE
Christian Union
ALL
Thursday
1.15—1.50
34
Paul Sparrey
GCSE Design and Technology Catch Up
10, 11
Thursday
3.30—5.00
11
Miss Allen
GCSE Food Catch up
10, 11
Thursday
3.30—5.00
Food
Mrs Mote
Junior Choir
7, 8 and 9
Thursday
1.15 – 1.45
Music
Mr Henderson
Junior Orchestra
7, 8 and 9
Thursday
3.30 – 5.00
Music
Mr Henderson
GCSE Art
10, 11
Thursday
3.30 – 5.00
10
Mr Rye
Young Carers Drop In
ALL
Thursday
10.40 – 11.20
Lions Den
Mrs Temple
STEM Club
8, 9
Thursday
3.30—4.15
62
Miss Darkins and Miss Clark
Year 7 Football
7
Thursday
3.30—4.30
Astro
PE
Year 10 / 11 Netball
10, 11
Friday
1.15—1.45
Sports Hall
PE
Lego
ALL
Friday
1.15 – 1.45
33
Mr Money
Gym
ALL
Friday
3.30 – 4.30
PE
PE
Homework
ALL
Friday
1.00 – 1.50
IT 1
Mrs Gerrard-Carr
2017—2018 Term Dates th
Monday 19 February Start of Term 4 Tuesday 27th February Year 9 Options Evening 6.00 pm Wednesday 28th End of Term 4 March th Thursday 29 March Inset Day 4 Easter Holiday – Friday 30th March – Friday 13th April 2018 Langtree School PTA NEWS Our next event is a Race Night ‘Langtree Gold Cup’ on Friday 16th March - put it in your diaries – it will be another fantastic evening of entertainment. Poster on page 3. If you are interested in joining the PTA and having your say about how we spend funds raised please come along to the next meeting on 20th Feb - 7.30pm at The Highwayman.
YEAR 9 OPTIONS EVENING TUESDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2018—6.00 pm Students in Year 9 will soon be asked to make their option choices of GCSE courses for 20182020. In order to launch this process, we will be running an Options Evening for all parents of Year 9 students to provide information and guidance about the process. The Options evening will take place on Tuesday 27th February at 6.00pm. we are keen to ensure that all parents have the date firmly fixed in their diaries. On the evening, Mr Bamford will explain the options process and present the choices in the options booklet. This will be available on the school website, from Monday 26th February, your son / daughter will have been given a hard copy of the booklet prior to the options evening. Although this is an event ostensibly for parents, please feel free to bring your sons and daughters along, as we are sure that they too will find the evening to be very useful. Year 10 Mock Exams: Y ear 10 students w ill have received their statem ent of entry for the Year 10 mocks exams today which start w/c 5th March 2018. Please ask to see it. Year 10 Mocks provisional timetable attached. An assembly will be held on Thursday 1th March (tbc) during which final details will be covered and students will receive a package with all relevant documents. Year 11 Statement of Entries for Summer 2018 GCSE Exams: Year 11 students received their Statement of Entry recently for this summer’s GCSE exams. If reply slips have not been returned and you do have data changes or queries, please return by Tuesday next week 13th February latest as entry submissions will be made during that week. Any queries should be addressed to the relevant subject teacher in the first instance, otherwise, please contact me via email. Amendments can still be made until early March (OCR) and early April (AQA/Pearson) but penalties will occur after those dates. Year 11 GCSE English—details of the revision sessions are attached. UNIFORM: There is a large am ount of 2nd Hand Uniform available for sale in the front office, please call in and have a look. We cannot accept any more uniform to sell currently (unless it is PE kit) as we have no where to store it. BUS PASSES: P lease rem ind all students that they need to remem ber their bus passes every day. NETBALL FIXTURES 2018 TUES 20th FEB –YEAR 10 AREA WED 21st FEB – YEAR 7A&B v WALLINGFORD(H) THU 22nd FEB – YEAR 9&10 V CRANFORD(H) TUES 27th FEB– YEAR 9 AREA WED 28th FEB – YEAR 7A&B V CE(A) THU 1st MARCH – YEAR 8&9 v CE (H) TUES 6th MARCH – YEAR 8 AREA THU 8th MARCH – YEAR 10&11 v CE(H) th TUES 13 MARCH – YEAR 7 AREA THU 22nd MARCH – YEAR 8&9 v GILLOTS(A) NETBALL PRACTICE Year 7 – WEDNESDAY 3.30-4.30 Year 8&9 – THURSDAY 1.15- 1.45 Year 10& 11 – FRIDAY 1.15-1.45
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a Chinese themed lunch from the canteen on Mon 26th February 2018
Wallingford Children's Film Festival
Would your children like a Half-term project or challenge? How about making a film for the Film Festival? Entries can be made by individuals or groups of friends. All films must be less than 4 minutes in length and can be in any format and on any subject. Completed films need to be sent either on DVD to The Treehouse School, 37 Walingford Rd, Cholsey or email: [email protected] by the end of Half Term. Please include name, age and contact details. If you have any questions please email Paul. The film festival will then take place on Saturday 10th March at 4pm in the Great Hall, Cholsey Meadows where the audience will vote for their favourite film.
Lots of resources for parents and carers can be found on this website: https://www.annafreud.org/
TERM 4 CLUBS CLUB
YEAR
DAY
TIME
ROOM
STAFF
Year 9 Football
9
Monday
1.15—1.45
Astro
PE
Maths Clinic / Drop in
ALL
Monday
1.15 – 1.45
Maths
Maths
Badminton
All
Monday
1.15 – 1.45
PE
PE
Homework
ALL
Monday
1.00 – 1.50
IT 1
Mrs Gerrard-Carr
Homework
ALL
Tuesday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
GCSE Design and Technology Catch Up
10, 11
Tuesday
3.30—5.00
11
Miss Allen
GCSE Art
10, 11
Tuesday
3.30 – 5.00
10
Mr Rye
Maths Gifted &Talented
7
Tuesday
3.30—4.15
62
Miss Clark
Year 9 Choir
9
Wednesday
1.15—1.45
Music
Mr Henderson
Wednesday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
Homework GCSE Food Catch up
10, 11
Wednesday
3.30—5.00
Food
Mrs Mote
Year 10 Football
10
Wednesday
1.15 – 1.45
Astro
PE
Senior Orchestra
10 and 11
Wednesday
3.30 – 5.00
Music
Mr Henderson
Thursday
1.15—1.45
IT 1
Mrs Parker
Homework Year 8/9 Netball
8, 9
Thursday
1.15—1.45
Sports Hall
PE
Year 8 Football
8
Thursday
1.15—1.45
Astro
PE
Christian Union
ALL
Thursday
1.15—1.50
34
Paul Sparrey
GCSE Design and Technology Catch Up
10, 11
Thursday
3.30—5.00
11
Miss Allen
GCSE Food Catch up
10, 11
Thursday
3.30—5.00
Food
Mrs Mote
Junior Choir
7, 8 and 9
Thursday
1.15 – 1.45
Music
Mr Henderson
Junior Orchestra
7, 8 and 9
Thursday
3.30 – 5.00
Music
Mr Henderson
GCSE Art
10, 11
Thursday
3.30 – 5.00
10
Mr Rye
Young Carers Drop In
ALL
Thursday
10.40 – 11.20
Lions Den
Mrs Temple
STEM Club
8, 9
Thursday
3.30—4.15
62
Miss Darkins and Miss Clark
Year 7 Football
7
Thursday
3.30—4.30
Astro
PE
Year 10 / 11 Netball
10, 11
Friday
1.15—1.45
Sports Hall
PE
Lego
ALL
Friday
1.15 – 1.45
33
Mr Money
Gym
ALL
Friday
3.30 – 4.30
PE
PE
Homework
ALL
Friday
1.00 – 1.50
IT 1
Mrs Gerrard-Carr
