SEARCH DAY DATES

14th January 2015Ms A Farnum-Davies

Over the last term the school has been conducting a SEARCH day review, which involved staff,students and parent questionnaires.

The overwhelming results from all parties that SEARCH days had good learning outcomes and that the students valued and enjoyed them, but they were too frequent in the school calendar.

With this in mind we have decided to reduce the number of SEARCH days for the remainder of the academic year and the SEARCH days dates previously published have now been changed to the following below, which can be found on the school website.

SEARCH day 8 Wednesday 14th January

SEARCH day 9 Monday 9th February

SEARCH day 10 Wednesday 11th March

SEARCH day 11 Thursday 30th April

Year 9 Options Evening: 5.30-7.30pm, Thursday 8th January

12th January 2015Ms A Farnum-Davies

The Options event for Year 9 students will take place on Thursday 8th January.

There will be subject stalls to visit and an Options talk which will begin at 6pm promptly.

Please note that students will not be admitted without their parents/carers without prior arrangement. Please also ensure that students attend the event in full school uniform.

Entry to the event will be via the Community entrance (via the school’s car park).
Ms Clay
Deputy Headteacher

Year 10 Work Experience

8th January 2015Ms A Farnum-Davies

We wish our Year 10 students good luck with their work experience placements next week.

All students have been briefed and reminded to prepare for their work experience by ringing their placements to organise details of travel, expectations, lunch, working hours and clothing. Parents, please check these with them.

Any absence needs to be reported to the workplace and to the school. Students have been reminded about safe behaviour.

All students will be visited at the placement or telephoned during the week by a staff member. We look forward to hearing glowing reports about our students!

Best wishes.

Alice Clay
Deputy Headteacher

YEAR 1O WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS

6th January 2015Miss C Dee

Four days to go until work experience startsā€¦

We remind students to make calls to placements by the end of Wednesday to guarantee your place, make arrangements for interviews where needed, organise lunch, clothing and discuss tasks, etc;

Students will be given booklets on Thursday when I will also visit classes to give a final briefing.

YEAR 11 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ENTRIES

6th January 2015Miss C Dee

We advise students to work hard on school and college applications this month! Deadlines coming up include:

Highgate Wood: 14th January

Woodhouse and Fortismere: 19th January

APS: 30th January

City and Islington: 31st January

St Mary Magdalene: 13th February

 

Popular courses at COHNEL and Haringey Sixth Form are filling up, so get applications in fast. Talk to tutors and keep them updated with your applications.

YEAR 9 OPTIONS EVENT, 5.30-7.30pm, Thursday 8th January

6th January 2015Miss C Dee

This is a key event in which students and parents / carers will find out which pathway you are on, which options are available to you, and how the options process will work. There will be stalls to visit, teachers to talk to, and a big presentation to explain the process at 6pm.

 

Students must attend with parents / carers: if this is impossible they should obtain a note and get permission from their Head of House to attend alone BEFORE the event. Students need to attend in uniform and to bring a pen.

 

After the evening there will be a month to consider options. The deadline for forms will be February 5th.

100% attendance and 100% engagement with the process are essential! See you there.

Year 10 Work Experience in January

19th December 2014Ms A Farnum-Davies

Year 10s have now received details of their work experience placements for the week beginning 12th January 2014. They are now setting up interviews and telephone calls to arrange their first day.

Best wishes to them all.

Ms Clay
Deputy Headteacher