Newsletter 12 - August 2007 (PDF) - Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

· Most fixtures recently have been cancelled due to the weather but the Year 10 girls enjoyed a funrounders match against the female staff to raise money for the minibus. It was played in excellentspirit and the result was not important!· The trip to Wimbledon was wet but about two hours of play was seen. All enjoyed a very long dayout!UniformHeadmasters’ Schoolwear of New Mills (0663­744254), Market Street, New Mills will be open asusual over the summer selling our uniform.FarewellsThe end of term is always a sad occasion as some pupils and colleagues leave us. We say goodbye toa number of staff, some temporary, who have been with us for a relatively short while: Mrs Hearsum,Mrs Catterall, Miss Keates, Miss Varnouse, Ms Munnich, Mr Townsend, Mr Martin,Mrs Featherstone, Mrs Keyes and Mrs Burgess. We also have another group who have had a largerimpact of the schooling of pupils here and are moving on to pastures new, some abroad: Mrs Moss,Mrs Haley, Mrs Goodall and Ms Griffiths. Five colleagues are retiring with over a century of serviceto the school: Mr Batowski, Mrs Dubaic, Miss Middleton, Mrs Alger and Mrs Bowers. We wishthem all a great future.Year 9 SAT results 2007We have recently received our 2007 SAT results for Maths and Sciences from the NationalAssessment Authority (NAA). Having set challenging targets for our pupils back in 2005, I ampleased to report that our pupils performed particularly well:­MathsScience82% achieved Level 5 and above86% achieved Level 5 and aboveThe results from the English papers will not arrive in school until late August. We will issue thelevels to Year 9 parents early in September, with a summary in the next newsletter.P.T.A.v Summer Raffle: The raffle has raised £704 (total at print) towards the minibus appeal. Manythanks to all of you who bought tickets. Raffle winners will be published in the SeptemberNewsletter.v PTA AGM: The PTA Annual General Meeting will be in school on Tuesday, 9 th October at7p.m., preceded by the committee meeting in school at 6.30 p.m.v 600 Club: The draw does not take place in July and August. There are spare numbers available ifanyone would like one ready for the September draw – please contact Ms Wyles in the schooloffice.v Fashion Show: The PTA will be holding a Fizz Fashion Show on Monday, 1 st October in theschool hall. Look out for more details next term.v Car Boot Sale: Coming soon next term another bumper car boot sale.Dinner CardsYour child should retain their “plastic” dinner card as new cards are not issued annually. There is acharge of £3 for replacement cards.Bus passesPlease note that new bus passes should be sent to current Years 7­10 pupils during the holiday by theCounty Council. Please do not destroy the current bus pass your child has been using this term untilyou receive a new one.Lunchtime passes ­ Chapel­en­le­Frith residents only