This will be quick to complete, we promise. We need to gather data on our staff’s mode of travel using this survey. Any questions or issues with the form, just ask Jeni. Thank you.
The interhouse dates are:
Year 10 – Friday 19th May Complete the quiz in coaching time or individually to earn points for your house! |
|
Football Interhouse Quiz | |
This is the last interhouse quiz of the year. Take the quiz to earn points for your house! | |
|
Please find enclosed the DRAFT Timetable for Y12 UCAS Prediction Assessments – June 2023
If there are any issues, please email OSH/JHE/DGE before the end of the day Wednesday, 3rd May.
Thank you.
Please could all members of staff fill in the JCQ Declaration of Interest Form 2022/23 (EXAMS) – it only takes 30 seconds.
As a registered exam centre we are required to take all reasonable steps to ensure that any conflicts of interest (COI) in relation to the delivery and awarding of examinations/assessments is identified, recorded and managed effectively.
A Conflict of Interest occurs where any member of staff who has access to privileged information, or is responsible for making decisions about assessment outcomes, could, potentially, use that information, or their position, to give an unfair advantage to students with whom they have a relationship and who are entered for an examination/assessment at the centre itself or any other centre.
Such a relationship may exist with members of their family (which includes stepfamily, foster family and similar close relationships), or close friends and their immediate family (e.g. son/daughter).
A COI also occurs if any member of centre staff is entered for an examination/assessment.
Any questions, please contact OSH.
Priya Thakrar
A note about Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) ….
Each term the Principal, DFO and Corporate Services and Brand Identity Manager meet to discuss H&S topics affecting the Academy. This month we celebrated the Academy’s recertification as being compliant with ISO 45001:2018, the international standard for health and safety at work. Thank you to all our staff members whose hard work made this possible.
The PE, Science and Technology curriculum Teams and the Site Team have now written risk assessments for all the significant risks they have identified associated with their activities. These can be found on The Calc here. Please do let Jeni Cousans or Sara Hopkins know if there is a significant activity or area of the Academy which you feel should have a risk assessment which is not on this list. We will look to support you in putting one in place.
We also reviewed progress to achieving our other key OH&S objectives for this academic year, which are:
- To have good employee awareness of OH&S issues;
- For all plant and equipment is maintained properly in line with legislation; and
- For the Incident Management Evacuation and Continuation Plan (IMEC) to be up to date and communicated to Academy staff.
We are on track to achieve these objectives by the aim of the academic year. For more details about these objectives please see the OH&S Policy and Management Manual on The Calc.
We continue to review recent first aid reports and incidents. Thank you to all of you for ensuring that you report any accidents or incidents or near misses. This helps us to identify any common causes or trends, enabling us to prevent more accidents in the future.
Please contact Jeni Cousans or Sara Hopkins with any comments or questions concerning OH&S.
Please let me know if you (or any students from your coaching group) need a lift to the church service on Friday 31st of March. If so, I’ll add the names you will provide to my list and I’ll have a member of staff who will meet the group at student services at 8.35 am on the day and drive them to the church in the minibus. Please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll be glad to help.
How can you encourage 100% participation during think pair share?
Slide found here
-
Give students individual thinking time first
-
Ask students to write down their answer or their key points
-
Use MWB to support partner talk
-
State who talks in advance e.g. person sitting on the left starts
-
Give conversation prompts e.g.I think the answer is… because…
-
Announce when it’s time to switch speaker
-
Reinforce the importance of listening
-
Reinforce the importance of rehearsal
-
Circulate to check for understanding
-
Combine partner talk with cold call
Emma Rickford
I have attached a link to all the coaching notes for our themes of the week here. The spreadsheet can also be found on the CALC, under the ‘academy drive’, then the ‘chaplaincy’ tab. In this week’s coaching notes, I have also attached our two hymns for the Easter end-of-term service, so please practice them with your coaching groups so that you’re ready for the 31st of March!
Dwight