Chris Jupp, Headteacher

11th May 2018

14th May - GCSE and A-Level exams start28th May - Half term

25th June - Teacher Training Day

HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to congratulate our year 10 students Isla Fotheringham, Megan Kangethe, Nicole McKenzie, Acacia Williams and Lukasz Wisniwski for succesfully receiving a place at the Warwick University: Experience Warwick Summer School. This is a great programme to be part of and there is a lot to learn from the experience.

Public examinations have now began, Year 11 and 13 students are focused on their revision and examination practice. I would like to thank staff for going the extra mile to supporting our students with their revision and exam preparation.

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When revising for your exams, please make sure you take breaks, exercise well and plan accordingly. Also make sure you have plenty of sleep before the day of your exam to reduce fatigue/tiredness.

Good luck to students who are competing in the Athletics every Wednesday between 3-6.30pm at the Warwick Track. I would like to remind you that the Year 9 boys football team will play in the West Midlands Football Final on Saturday 19th May at Cryfield, Warwick University. Kick-off is at 10am and students welcome support from parents and carers, so please do join us there.

I wish you an enjoyable weekend.

Preferred payment service - ParentPay We would like to encourage parents to use our online payment service. Using a secure website called ParentPay you are able to pay online using your credit or debit card. ParentPay is our preferred method of making payments to school for trips, books, resources. This will save your son or daughter carrying money on them.

To get started, visit www.parentpay.com. Enter your Activation username and password in the Account Login section of the homepage. If you do not have an activation username, you can get one from Finance in school. Provide all the necessary information and choose your new username and password for your account – registering your email address will enable us to send you receipts and reminders.

Once activation is complete you can go to straight to Items for payment, select which item(s) you want to add to your basket and proceed to complete your payment.

For more information, please visit the school website.

Congratulations to year 10 students Isla Fotheringham, Megan Kangethe, Nicole McKenzie, Acacia Williams and Lukasz Wisniwski for succesfully receiving a place at the Warwick University's Experience Warwick Summer School.

Students will participate in the exciting programme during the summer holidays this year. The programme is designed to give pupils a taste of student life and a real insight into what it might be like to study at different universities: University of Warwick and Queen Mary's University London. The summer school aims to provide an insight into a range of professions and life at Warwick University through a variety of taster sessions.

Year 10 students secure places on prestigious Warwick University Summer School

Barr's Hill School have a fantastic enrichment programme, where students can take part in competitive sports and activities both inside and outside of school.

Our successful enrichment programme promotes the life-skills needed for everyday life, develop “soft skills” that employers and universities look for, whilealso giving students the opportunity to find out more about their

interests and passions.

Not only can an enrichment programme look great on a CV when students apply for higher education, jobs or training schemes, but the transferable skills learnt throughout the programme are significant.

Enrichment

Well done to the following students for receiving their Student of the Week certificates.

Leoni Perkins, Namo Saffar, Callum Wozencroft, Daniel Boateng, Jamie Banow, Gabriella Pletea, Ali Azhar, Isha Ali, Robinah Dawari, Emily Nagyova, Kaci Drummond and Izabella Cazan.

"At Barr’s Hill, PRIDE is at the heart of everything we do. These students have shown qualities this week where they have stood out and made a positive impact. Everyone in the Key Stage 3 HUB is very proud and hopes the hard work continues as we get closer to the end of the year."

– Darren Griffiths & the Key Stage 3 HUB team.

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