Year 11 Travel to Learn
There has been a change of finish times for BTEC Engineering, Young Apprenticeship - Engineering and ABC Motor Vehicle at TCAT and I was notified of this during the holidays, these courses will now finish at 4pm.
The start date for Travel 2 Learn is Tuesday 7th September and students will need to see their Head of House on Wednesday 8th September (Thursday 9th September for YA – Engineering) to collect timetables and start of school information. However, just to confuse things, Walford College starts on Tuesday 14th September so students at this provider will need to come into school in full uniform on Tuesday 7th September and go to their tutor groups for P1-2 and work in the LRC for P3-5.
T2L Transport arrangements are as follows:
The PTA will be relaunching its 100 Club in September.
The next meeting of the PTA will be on Wednesday 15th September in the Simonie Fowler Conference Room at 7.30 p.m.
The AGM of the PTA will be held on Wednesday 29th September.
Do you recognise your belongings amongst the pictures below? If so, please come and collect it from the lost property bins at the Sports Hall as soon as possible.
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Severe Weather/Unforeseen Circumstances
In the event of severe weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances that could result in school closures, announcements will be made on:
| BBC Radio Shropshire | 96FM |
| Beacon Radio | 103.1FM |
Please listen to one of the local radio stations in the event of severe weather, for confirmation of school closures and for the announcement of the helpline numbers.
School E-mail Distribution Lists
If you wish to join the BBS email distribution list and receive news & information direct to your mailbox, please contact us at news.bbs@taw.org.uk
To help us to send relevant information to you please include the name and form of your child.
Free school meals are available at school for children whose parent(s) satisfy certain criteria in respect of their income or benefits.
You can obtain an application form by telephoning 01952 383983. Full details are available on the Telford & Wrekin website. Please click on the link below:
New laws around nutrient based standards for school lunches
Below is a link to the Information about the new laws and guidelines around school dinners.
Year 11 students and parents: Downloading past papers
Many Year 11 students and their parents attended the recent Revision Preparation Evening. One useful tip that was shared was to download past examination papers from the OCR and AQA websites. These comes as pdf files and can easily be printed off as 2 pages to one sheet (saving your printer ink!).
Markschemes can be found too! The papers can be used in a variety of ways for instance as 'open book' exams, using their revision guides to help out when they become stuck; or they can be used as timed examination practice. It is important that the student downloads papers of the correct tier and from the correct specification - this information can be found from the 'candidate statements of entry' which student were given some time ago.
These are the links to the websites:
•OCR: http://www.ocr.org.uk/pastpapermaterials/
•AQA: http://www.aqa.org.uk/admin/qp-ms_library.php
•Edexcel: Not available
Unfortunately Edexcel do not allow access to their library of past papers. For some people, working through past papers is the best way to revise and what is sure is that over a relatively short period of time (e.g. every 3-4 years) questions 'come up' again and again and so familiarity breeds confidence!
Below is a link to a copy of the leaflet that our Lunchtime Supervisors Team has developed. You will see that it builds on and supports the aims of the school and our 'Respect All' focus, and it sets out the Lunchtime Team's Mission Statement. It has been read and approved by the SLT and will be distributed to all our staff, parents, Governors and students. We would like to thank the Lunch Team and John Dooner, the consultant who helped in it's creation.