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Top 3

Top 3 things we have asked the students to reflect on this week:

1. Make a plan to continue to read this summer – use the suggested summer reads detailed within the bulletin to select a book or two!

2. Take pride in how far you have come this year, and have faith in how far you can go next year!

3. Enjoy your summer break and stay safe whilst away from school.

Dates for Your Diary

This week: • Year 7 French Trip – Monday 15 July to Wednesday 17 July • Year 8 PGL Caythorpe Court residential – Monday 15 July to Wednesday 17 July • Year 12 Work Experience w/c 15 July

• End of Term, Friday 19 July 2:30pm Non Uniform Day £2 donation to the school charity

Important Dates:

• A Level Results Day – Thursday 15 August, 9am (Forum)

• GCSE Results Day – Thursday 22 August, 9am (Forum) • Staff Training Days – Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 September – school closed • Students back in school – Wednesday 4 September • Year 12 photographs – Friday 6 September • Year 7 and 10 photographs – Monday 9 September

All upcoming events, term dates and holidays:

• Link to school web calendar

Bank holiday change May 2020

Please note that there has been a change to the 2019-20 school calendar following the recent Government announcement that the Early May Bank Holiday will be moved back by four days to Friday 8 May 2020 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day. A copy of the amended school calendar can be found on our website via the link below:

Term dates and holidays

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Information

HGS Parent Handbook We would like to point you in the direction of the HGS Parent Handbook which can be found at: https://www.harrogategrammar.co.uk/parents/daily-life/parent-handbook/

The Handbook contains all pertinent information for your child starting back at school and we would like to draw particular attention to the sections on uniform and attendance. In the section on uniform you will find a comprehensive list of our expectations, which may help when purchasing new uniform for the start of term.

The section on attendance clearly explains the procedure for reporting absence, as well as the importance of maintaining high levels of attendance and punctuality. Whilst there are many other things contained within the HGS Parent Handbook, we would ask that you give these sections particular attention to ensure your child makes a great start in September.

Many thanks

Mr Milburn

Lockers

Students have been asked to empty their locker by Friday 12 July and removed their padlock. Any belongings left in lockers will be removed by site staff from Monday 15 July. These items will be placed in lost property and can be collected from main reception.

Please can we ask that all lost property is claimed by Friday 19 July as

there will be no access to lockers or lost property during the summer break. New lockers will be allocated at the start of the academic year during the first week of September. (Mr Milburn and Mr Mungovin)

Nike ‘Air Force’ Footwear

We have made the decision that from September 2019, this particular item of

footwear will not be permitted to wear as part of our school uniform. Although Nike market these as school appropriate footwear, we are wanting students to wear more traditional school shoes. To ensure clarity and consistency for all, our uniform policy has been updated to state that no trainer brands are

permitted as school shoes. Your support is much appreciated with this matter. (Mr Brown and Mr Mason)

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Encore! Music Lessons 2019-20

Booking is now open for Encore! music lessons and LAMDA speech and

drama lessons that will start in September 2019. For more information please click here.

Yorkshire Water Safety Message

In hot weather people are often tempted to cool down by taking a swim in our reservoirs. However, cold water can be a killer and we'd like to raise awareness of these risks amongst young people. Cold water shock can lead to hyperventilation,

increased blood pressure, breathing difficulties and heart attacks plus water temperatures remain just as cold in summer as in winter.

We are promoting the ‘Float to Live’ safety message from the Royal National Life Saving Institute (RNLI). In their hard-hitting video, they deliver advice on how to react should you become stricken in cold water. Everyone who falls unexpectedly into cold water wants to follow the same instinct, to swim hard and to fight the cold water. But when people fight it, chances are, they lose. Cold water shock makes you gasp

uncontrollably and breathe in water, which can quickly lead to drowning. If students find themselves unexpectedly in the water, the message is to float until the cold water shock has passed and they will be able to control their breathing and have a far better chance of staying alive. It is important that we share water safety advice with our young people to prevent further incidents

occurring and we would be grateful if you could share this advice with your students.

I have attached below advice from the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and links to two youtube videos which might be of use for assemblies and for sharing in newsletters. • #coldwaterkills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ile-FwNEafk

• #FloatToLive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OBCFEEZe1U

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

HGS Summer Reads

YEAR

7

‘The Midnight Gang’ David Walliams; ‘Midnight: Skulduggery Pleasant’ Derek Landy; ‘The Secret Lake’ Karen Inglis; ‘The Frozen Telescope’ Jennifer Bell

YEAR 8

‘Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different’ Ben Brooks; ‘The Scratchling Trinity’ Boyd Brent’; ‘Medieval Madness’ Paul Johnson-Jovanovic; ‘Bad Hair Days’ JM Forster

YEAR 9

‘Feels Like Magic’ Paul Johnson-Jovanovic; ‘The Golden Sword’ Rosie Morgan; ‘The Pumpkin Code’ Martin Smith; ‘The Devil’s Footsteps EE Richardson

YEAR

10

‘Killer T’ Robert Muchamore; ‘Eve of Man’ Giovanna and Tom Fletcher; ‘The Hazel Wood’ Melissa Albert; ‘The Go-Between’ LP Hartley

YEAR

11

‘The Mill on the Floss’ George Eliot; ‘Atonement’ Ian McEwan; ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ trilogy Kira Breed-Wrisley; ‘Where the World Ends’ Geraldine McCaughrean

6TH FORM, PARENTS

AND STAFF

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’ Gail Honeyman; ‘I Am Pilgrim’ Terry Hayes; ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ Arundhati Roy; ‘The Whistler’ John Grisham; ‘Never Greener’ Ruth Jones; ‘A Room with a View’ EM Forster; ‘Holy Island’ LJ Ross; ‘Can You Hear Me?’ Elenor Varvello; ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ AJ Pearce; ‘Cartes Postales from Greece’ Victoria Hislop.

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Letter Communications

Following the publication of a revised timetable detailing road closures for the event the school will close early at 2:35pm on Friday 27 September. An updated copy of the letter detailing information about the UCI Road World Championships. Click here to access the letter. Year 8 residential trip to PGL Caythorpe Court – letter from Mrs Ellenthorpe including kit list and daily itinerary. Click here to access the letter.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Please click on the following link to access the extra-curricular timetable for the Summer term. Extra-Curricular Summer Term The Learning Resource Centre will be open until 6pm on a Monday to Thursday and 5pm on a Friday.

Languages – Word a Day

Help your child learn a word a day! Quizlet words for weeks 37,38,39 (KS3 & Y10) and cumulative set covering Yr11 academic year. Please use these to practice the “word a day” for each language studied. A copy of the links will be included within the student bulletin every Monday morning.

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Sporting Events w/c 15 July 2019

Maths – Puzzler

Last week’s puzzle solution:

On the TV weather forecast today, the presenter said that tomorrow it is going to be twice as hot as it is today. Today, the temperature was 20

degrees Celsius, could the presenter be correct? How hot would it be?

Take a look at the chart below. 20 degrees Celsius (and it’s Kelvin equivalent) are in blue, 40 degrees Celsius (and it’s Kelvin equivalent) are in orange. Kelvin has it’s zero at a point where there is absolutely no heat, so it is a better unit of

measurement to use for this question. So if you double 293.15 degrees Kelvin (20 degrees Celsius) you get 586.3 degrees Kelvin, which is 313.15 degrees Celsius. Short answer: 313.15 degrees Celsius

This week’s puzzle:

Imagine a city is built with 16 skyscrapers in a 4x4 block. Each skyscraper has height of 1, 2, 3 or 4. There is one skyscraper of each height in each row. Can you work out how tall each skyscraper is? The view from the bottom and from the left is shown to help you work it out. An example of a solved block

is provided.

Date Sport Opposition Age Group

Venue Home/Away

Meet/Depart Time

Start/KO Return to HGS

(approx.)

Fri 19 July Cricket U12 Away Harrogate CC

10.30am 1.30pm

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

Current Vacancies

Vacancies

Current vacancies within Red Kite Learning Trust can be found at: www.rklt.co.uk/vacancies/

• Caretaker (Part Time/Full Time) at Rossett Acre Primary and/or Western Primary School, closing

date Monday 15 July • General Teaching Assistant SEN at Rossett Acre Primary, closing date Monday 22 July 2019

• Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant at Whitkirk Primary School, Leeds, closing date Tuesday 16

July

• Teaching Assistant in Reception at Templenewsam Halton Primary School, closing date Monday

15 July 2019 • Teaching Assistant to support pupils with additional needs at Colton Primary School, Leeds

closing date Thursday 25 July 2019

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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 15 July 2019 Week A

PTA

The PTA has had lots of fun organising and delivering a range of fundraising activities and events over

the past year. We wanted to finish by saying a massive THANK YOU to everybody who has supported

us and helped us raise a grand total of £11,442. Our fundraising has covered;

• The Christmas Dinner dance at the Masonic Hall £1018 • The Christmas shopping evening and raffle combined £1826 • The infamous HGS Old Skool Quiz hosted by our talented quiz master Mr Milburn (and his gold

jacket) £5245 from both quizzes • Gin Festival £858 • 50:50 Club £186 • School uniform Sales £606 • Musical evenings in total raised £1703

The highlight for many of you was the return of Burns Night organised by

the PE department and a willing band of parent helpers which made an additional £2691, which was an amazing amount and is being put towards the purchase of portable flood lights.

There are some PTA funded activities that have become part of the school

tradition, and that hopefully students remember fondly about their school days. The PTA funds the reading book that each year 7 student receives and

the bird of prey experience. We work closely with all the teaching departments, but particularly music and sport and we are delighted that we have been able to pay for football jerseys for both the girls and boys teams. We have also promised a contribution towards a set of new SLR cameras for the photography department. We have paid for a heat press, new Duke of Edinburgh tents and equipment, and new resources for Learning Support. This has come to £4,270.

At our very last meeting we had a presentation from Charlie Gregory who is the new programme leader for Music. She outlined her plans to encourage more students to participate in music in order to have a bigger impact at GCSE and A level/BTEC. We are pleased to say that the PTA agreed to support the music department’s £5000 bid to pay for new musical equipment. We are already planning for the autumn term and have some dates for your diaries.

Tuesday 17 September 6.30pm in sixth form block PTA (and welcome) meeting. This is an opportunity for you to meet the rest of the PTA members, find out what we do and perhaps volunteer to get involved. We always need people to help serve refreshments, clear up after events, secure raffle prizes, come up with great fundraising ideas, help with social media and other promotional work and be part of organising / planning groups.

Friday 18 October Main Hall PTA Old Skool Quiz

If you only come to one event, this has to be the one to choose! Over 280 parents and teachers took part earlier this year and it was a fantastic night, including a fantastic curry from the school catering team. The PTA runs a cash bar on the night selling beer, wine, prosecco and soft drinks.

Tuesday 5 November 6.30pm in sixth form block PTA AGM A look back on a successful year, voting in PTA officers and a chance to hear about future plans.

Thursday 21 November Main Hall Christmas Shopping evening Come and browse a carefully curated, eclectic mix of stallholders selling Christmas gifts, food and drink, clothing and jewellery. A chance to buy family and friends their Christmas presents and stocking fillers before the rush.

Friday 29 November at the Masonic Hall, Harrogate, Christmas Dinner Dance A special Christmas event to look forward to. Get your glad rags on for a night that includes a fizz reception, 3 course dinner and dancing til late. Built by the Masons for the Right Honorable, Earl of Harewood KC, this beautiful building is ours for the evening. Taking place in the atmospheric ballroom, there will be a limited number of tickets, so keep your eye on the school bulletin and Facebook group for further details.

Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you all again in September. If you are not already

part of the group please join Facebook at HGS PTA. You can also follow the school on Twitter @HarrogateGS. Happy holidays! from the PTA - Kirsty, Becky, Margaret and Tracey.

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Life @ HGS

Getting ready to fire up the Green Power Car for the race!

A huge well done to all students involved in the Matilda production. An amazing show!

Year 7 students visiting Bolton Abbey

Summer Tea Party for our local community. Tea, coffee, cake, entertainment and the legendary raffle!

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An amazing two transition days with our new Year 7 students. Teamwork and Collaboration were l’ordre du jour as they

created this bike – great preparation for when the UCI cycling road work championships pass by the school in September. Click here to access further photos and videos from the transition days.

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This information sheet forms part of the Sixth Form Bulletin which students received every Monday morning

University Taster Events and Open Days

For more information please click the following links:

University Taster Events Open Days London University Taster Days

Sixth Form Progression Information

Pathways to Property Summer School

A four day fully funded residential course held at the University of Reading. Apply here: here

Arts and Humanities Outreach Team Find out more about our programme and the activities we offer here: https://artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/ STEM Summer Schools Alternative routes to Medicine Webinar https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3480641895062958850 Social and Health Science Events https://socialsciencesoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/events/ https://www.healthsciences.leeds.ac.uk/events/

St Catharine’s College Open Day

Sat 7th September Sat 14th September Register Here

Manchester University Discovery Days https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/aspiring-students/discover-days/

Undergraduate Open Days

• Saturday 14 September Register here

Job Opportuinities

Junior bookkeeper with Howard Conrad, Apple computer repair centre on Leeds Road, Harrogate. Ideal for current Year 11.

More information : https://vimeo.com/345703134 Clad Safety Ltd Accounts Administration and Customer Service. Requirements for the role:

• Outgoing and cheerful disposition

• Aptitude for dealing with numbers

• Very good IT skills

• Ability to get on well with colleagues and customers

• Good disciplines, must be punctual and reliable

Please apply in writing to jobs@cladsafety.co.uk