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The New School Term
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Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd September are Training Days for staff.
Friday 3rd September - school re-opens to students in Years 7, 11 and 12 only.
Monday 6th September - school re-opens to the remaining students in Years 8, 9, 10 and 13.
Community Use of New School
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Now that our new build is completed, we can start looking forward to other aspects of the new school, such as community use, which is something we are extremely keen to promote.
Free School Meals
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If you are receiving certain benefits, your child will be entitled to receive free school meals. Our cashless catering system automatically credits the account of eligible students with £2 per day.
Cyber Bullying Information Evening
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Do you know what your child is doing on the computer? How can you check if your child is safe on the computer? We are holding a Cyber Bullying Information Evening on Tuesday 6th July from 18.00-19.30 in the new school building. Refreshments will be provided.
Corby Cross Town Orchestra
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Corby Cross Town Orchestra is a community project which joins musicians from across the town. At present we have members from Kingswood, Studfall Juniors, Our Lady's Primary and Corby Business Academy. Wednesday 30th June will be our third full rehearsal and performance.
Parent Forum
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The next Parent Forum meetings will take place on Monday 21st June from 10.00-11.00, Tuesday 22nd June from 14.00-15.00 and Wednesday 23rd June from 18.00-19.00. The topic of discussion at these meetings will be behaviour.
Fine Art/Textiles Exhibition
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On 16th June from 18.00-20.00, there will be an exhibition of AS and A2 students' Fine Art and Textiles work. Please come along and support our students by viewing their work. Refreshments will be available.
Houdini - World Premiere
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As part of being a specialist Performing Arts School, we have commissioned the world premiere of Houdini. This is a brand new musical written by the successful Musical Director and composer, David Tobin. There will be performances from May 24th-28th at 19.00. Tickets are on sale now priced at £3.
Vertical Tutoring
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Thank you to those parents who came along to the Vertical Tutoring Awareness Evening on Wednesday 5th May. We hope that it set people’s minds at rest and gave them a greater understanding of what the changes will actually mean. We are very confident that it is the right way for the school to be moving and that the move into the new building offers us a unique opportunity to ‘tweak’ some of our current practice to make the Kingswood School even better.
Day Trip To France
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There will be a meeting on Thursday 13th May at 15.15 in L3 for all students who are going on the day trip to France. Parents are welcome to attend.
CPD Mark Presentation - Notice for Schools
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We are pleased to be able to offer places to local school staff at a presentation by Graham Rollinson, director of CPD Mark. The presentation will take place on Monday 10th May from 15.30-17.30 at our Gainsborough Road site. Refreshments will be available from 15.00.
Home Access Grant
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Home Access is a government drive that helps low income families who currently lack access to a computer and/or internet to get online at home. The programme is aimed at those who need it most. If you are a low income family in receipt of certain benefits you could qualify for a grant to buy a computer and/or a minimum of one year of internet access.
Parent Forum
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This week saw the first of our Parent Forum meetings - on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We intend to make these a fixture in the school calendar - to give parents the opportunity to pass their views on particular items.
Parent Forum
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This week saw the first of our Parent Forum meetings - on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We intend to make these a fixture in the school calendar - to give parents the opportunity to pass on their views on particular items. This week's item was our reporting system and we picked up some very useful information about how we can improve this area of the school's home-school communication.
Parent Forum
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We propose to start a series of Parent Forum meetings to allow parents the opportunity to discuss with members of the school’s Leadership Group issues which are important to parents and carers. The aim for each meeting is to address a single item only – for example; reporting, uniform, homework or behaviour. Parents would, of course, have the opportunity to suggest an item for discussion at future meetings.
Ski Trip, St Michael 2010
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Reminder - Final balance due by 29th January.
There is an information evening for parents on Wednesday 27th January at 4.30 p.m. in room M1.
Exams Notice
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In the event of a school closure due to snow, please be advised that any GCSE and A Level exams will go ahead as scheduled on the Lower School Site.
Astro Turf Closed
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Due to Health and Safety reasons, the Astro Turf is now closed until Monday 11th January
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