Weekly information - 23rd October 2019

You are warmly invited to our annual Open Evening (for current Year 6 pupils going into Year 7 in September 2020). 

Our Head of School, Mrs Cochrane, will deliver a welcome talk at 6:30pm and repeated at 7:15pm. Following each welcome talk, children and parents/carers will also be able to take a tour of the school to see some of the staff and pupils who will be showcasing all that our school has to offer. The school site will be open between 6:15pm and 9:00pm. Parking is available on site with additional parking in the main village car park.

To book tickets for these presentations, please visit our Eventbrite site: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/john-taylor-high-school-26999989121

We are an outstanding school where students make exceptional progress and are well prepared for the next stage of their lives.

Open Week - Monday 21st to Friday 25th October

In addition to the Open Evening, we provide the opportunity for guided tours during the school day in the week of Open Evening. Places are limited to three per family and by prior arrangement only. If you would like to book one of these tours, please contact main reception on 01283 247800.

Early Closure for Open Evening – Thursday 24^th October.   School will close at 1.10 pm

Friday 25^th October is a normal school day.

The half term break is Monday, 28^th October – Friday 1^st November.

We are holding our Open Evening for parents of Year 6 children on Thursday 24^th October – 6.30 pm-9.00 pm.

The school will close at 1.10 pm in order to provide time for staff to prepare rooms, displays and experiments.  Bus companies have been notified and buses will be departing from school shortly after 1.10pm.  At the end of lesson 4 all pupils catching buses should go straight to the bus queues.

Pupils receiving free school meals may, if they wish, get their food from the canteen, at morning break.  A reminder will be in the daily pupil bulletin.

If your son or daughter has volunteered to help out on this evening, please ensure she/he has returned the appropriate permission slip (supplied by the teacher) and turns up in full school uniform. They should check with the teacher they are helping what times they are needed for.

You may find it useful to check the school website regularly for details of special events and consultations www.jths.co.uk

Pupils who are currently in Y12 and who sat their GCSEs here at John Taylor in the summer, will have received a letter, via their form tutor, with details of our GCSE Presentation Evening. 

This will take place on WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER at 7pm.  

Parents are also invited to attend to help celebrate the achievements of the year group which was particularly successful at GCSE.  

Please encourage your son/daughter to reply to the invitation promptly either by handing in their reply slip or by email [email protected]

There will be a seating plan for pupils, who will then be called up in groups to collect their certificates.  Therefore, it's important that we know whether or not they are attending.  Seating for parents/guests is unallocated.

There will be a Parents Evening on Wednesday 13th November from 4.30-7.30pm.  This will be an opportunity for parents and Y12 students to meet with subject teachers. Please ask your son/daughter to start making appointments on your behalf directly with their subject teachers. Students have been issued with cards for recording their appointment times.

The Year 11 Trial Examination timetable is available to view on the JTHS website. 

https://johntaylorhigh.schoolzineplus.co.uk/exam-timetables

Individual timetables showing rooms and seats will be issued to pupils week commencing 11^th November 2019

There will also be an exam assembly on Wednesday 27^th November 2019 to explain rules and expectations for these and the upcoming external exams

Year 11 Geography lunchtime revision sessions will commence this week. These sessions will provide the opportunity for pupils to supplement their revision for their upcoming mock examinations in December by covering some elements of the topics that they will be examined upon. The sessions will run for 4 weeks on a Thursday lunchtime in U4, from 1.15pm to 1.45pm. The sessions will be as follows:

Thursday 7th November - Tectonics.

Thursday 14th November - Coasts

Thursday 21st November - Fieldwork

Thursday 28th November - Urban Issues and Challenges in Lagos and Birmingham

GCSE FOOD PREPARATION & NUTRITION

**Upcoming information & deadlines**

 NEA 1

15% of the GCSE

Theme: Raising Agents

How it's assessed.

Electronic report (1,500–2,000 words) including photographic evidence of the practical investigation.

DEADLINES.

(Section B: Investigations (15 marks) was on 18.10.2019 by 3:40pm)

Section C: Analysis & Evaluation (9 marks) 25.10.2019 by 3:40pm

Would parents/carers please read IMPORTANT INFORMATION in this letter regarding the Y11 Prom and our expectations.  

Year 10 students will have a non-calculator test in their Maths lesson on Thursday 7th November, based on the work they have covered this half term. Students will be given a copy of the revision lists by their teachers, along with suggestions on how to prepare for the test.

Your child in Y7 will be coming home with a book over the next few days which is theirs to keep, paid for by the school through the BookBuzz scheme.  BookBuzz aims to encourage reading by providing students with a book of their choice, which they read and keep.  This obviously fits in with our DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) scheme, which we've been operating in school since September.  Please encourage your child to read their BookBuzz book and complete an Accelerated Reader quiz if applicable.  We look forward to hearing the thoughts of our Y7s on their books after half term.  The full selection of books available through the BookBuzz scheme are available to borrow from the LRC.

Please encourage your child to continue reading and quizzing over half term.  We've had a great start to the year with seven Accelerated Reader Word Millionaires and no doubt there are more to come!  Happy half-term reading.

Y7 pupils will have a Maths test on Monday 11th November.  The test will cover this half term's work.  The revision list is below.