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Start Of Term Arrangements

The official start date to the Autumn Term will be Friday 3 rd September ; there will be the usual staggered start:

Year 7, 10 and Year 11 Mentors are expected in school at 8.45 a.m.

The rest of the school will start at 10.00 a.m . reporting to their tutor bases.

GCSE Results

Results for Year 11 will be available on Tuesday 24th August . Students can come into school to collect them between 10:00 and 12:00 midday . They will be given out in the Atrium – students should enter through the door from the small dining hall.

Results will not be issued over the telephone, nor will individual results be published to local newspapers.

Provisional results slips from the examining boards will be sent out to students at the end of the week (Friday 27th August). Unfortunately students will not be able to collect them in person.

Students in Year 9 and Year 10 who have taken GCSE units will receive their results for their subjects on return to school in September.

Year 9 and 10 RE June Exam Results

Your exam results will be given to you by your RE teacher in September! Good luck everyone!

IMPORTANT FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!

Launched on 12th July, all young users of Facebook – and their parents – are invited to add the new ClickCEOP ‘app’ to their profile. Through this app, they will be able to access advice, help and support from the CEOP Centre. Crucially, young people will be able to report instances of suspected grooming or inappropriate sexual behaviour directly from their profile to specially trained investigators.

The ‘app’ is the outcome of collaboration between CEOP and Facebook who have combined Facebook’s expertise in connecting and communicating online with CEOP’s expertise in helping young people stay safe.

Once added to their profiles, young users will receive regular messages from CEOP and its partner organisations who operate ‘behind the button’ to make children safer. CEOP’s new Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ClickCEOP) will also contain polls, news alerts and status updates. The page will look at topics that teenagers care about, such as celebrities, music and exams and will link these subjects to questions about online safety.

Users can either add or bookmark the ‘app’ so it appears on their profile, as not only a constant source of help and reassurance for them but also as a strong visual signal to their friends, family and others that they are in control online.

Cycle Shelter

Work will begin on July 23 to replace the existing cycle shelter. The small car park adjacent the shelter will be off limits to staff/public parking from this date until September 10. Temporary railings will be installed in this car park area for the first week of term, where students may lock their bikes during the day. The new shelter should be open from Monday, September 13.

Johnstones Football Kits for Schools Vouchers

We are now collecting Johnstones Football Kits for Schools Vouchers. One token will be given for every £10 spent up until 30th April 2011. The Johnstones Decorating Centre is based at Cowdray Avenue in Colchester. Please pass tokens to Student Reception.

What will you discover this summer?

To find out what events will be taking place this summer at the Colchester and Ipswich museums please follow this link

http://www.colchestermuseums.org.uk/infodesk/info_whatson_colchester.html

Free School Meals For Students

The Free School Meal Award is due to expire on 31st July 2010. If you would like to renew your application or would like more information please see the attached document: