As I am sure you are all aware, Niamh Dickinson, a Year 7 pupil at Brockington passed away suddenly just prior to the half-term holiday. I would like to offer, on behalf of the college, our sincere condolences to all the family and we pray that God will give them the strength to work through this awful period in their life.

Niamh was a lovely girl and had made a fantastic start at Brockington College. She was popular with countless pupils and staff across the college and a pupil of whom we were very proud, as indeed were Pastures Primary School, Niamh’s previous school.

The last Friday of the half-term was a distressing day for everyone at Brockington, but pupils and staff were wonderful in their care for one another and I would like to record my thanks to everyone at the college, as well as Reverend Taylor, who supported us on the day and hosted our Harvest Festival, held in Niamh’s memory.

I would urge all parents to attend the Parents’ Forum event on Wednesday 23rd November from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm. There will be a presentation on Academy Trust Status which will include information about what differences this status brings to schools and the process involved in conversion. As you may be aware, many schools across Leicestershire have already converted to Academy Trust Status and it is something that the remaining schools must and will seriously consider. The Governors of the college have made a commitment to considering the implications of remaining as part of the Local Authority or to converting to Academy Trust Status, but will not make a decision on which path to choose without full consultation with staff and parents. However, they feel that at this stage it is important for staff and parents to have full access to all facts, hence the meeting on Wednesday 23rd November.

As you will be aware from the letter issued prior to the half-term holiday and from the information on page 2 of this bulletin, we are introducing a new punctuality policy from 24th October. It is an essential part of our role to encourage and insist upon high standards of punctuality, to prepare pupils for their future. We do appreciate that this is more of a challenge for some pupils than others, but other than in exceptional circumstances, all pupils must arrive by 8.35 am at the start of the school day.

Dear Parents/Carers and Friends of the College,

Dates for Your Diary Year 9 Options: Parent Pathway Meeting at Brockington College Wednesday 11 January 2012 Year 9 Consultation Evenings Band 1: Monday 16 January 2012 (BROCT) Band 2: Wednesday 18 January 2012 (KINGL) Year 9 Options Evening and Introduction to Lutterworth College Tuesday 24 January 2012 (at Lutterworth College) Year 8 Consultation Evenings Band 1: Monday 19 March 2012 (BROCT) Band 2: Wednesday 21 March 2012 (KINGL) Year 7: Consultation Evenings Band 1: Monday 30 April 2012 (BROCT) Band 2: Wednesday 2 May 2012 (KINGL) Year 9: Commemoration Evening: July 2011

October 2011 Bulletin 1

Name: _____________________________________________ Form: _______________________

BROCKINGTON MATTERS

HOLIDAY DATES FOR 2011-2012 Autumn Term 2011 School closes: 22 December 2011

Spring Term 2012 School opens: 9 January 2012 Mid-term break: 13 to 17 February 2012 School closes: 30 March 2012

Summer Term 2012 School opens: 16 April 2012 May Day: 7 May 2012 Mid-term break: 1 June to 8 June 2012

(Note change of half-term date) School closes: 13 July 2012

October 2011 Bulletin 2

Punctuality At Brockington College we are proud of our high levels of attendance and punctuality. Please remember the school day starts at 8.35 am when all pupils need to be at their lockers. There are a very small number of pupils who are regularly arriving to school after 8.35 am. As a result, from 24th October we are introducing a new punctuality system in the mornings. At 8.35 am the Green Lane gate is automatically locked to prevent intruders from entering the grounds. Any pupil who is late to school will need to come on to the grounds via the Mill Lane gate (opposite the Leisure Centre) or down the main drive. They must then enter the building through the main doors and register at reception. The following process will then begin: 1. The pupil will be issued with a late slip informing them that they have a detention at break time on that day. The detention will be for the amount of time that the pupil was late that morning. They will be informed where to go to complete the detention. 2. The pupil must arrive at the detention promptly at the start of break time. 3. If the pupil is late to school on more than three occasions in a week, they will receive an after school

detention on Friday afternoon. If the third occasion of lateness is on a Thursday, the detention will be the following week to allow sufficient notice to be given to parents.

The existing arrangement of sending parents/carers an SMS text message to notify them of lateness will continue. We do understand that on occasions a pupil may reasonably be late for acceptable and unavoidable reasons (an appointment, unexpected traffic, etc). Under these circumstances please note the circumstances in your child’s Student Planner. In the case of changes to service bus (Arriva, Centrebus, etc) timetables, we must ask that pupils take a bus to school that allows them sufficient time to alight from the bus and make their way to school in good time, allowing them to be ready at their lockers for 8.35 am. Thank you in anticipation of your support.

The Pastoral Team.

Need advice – Speak

to your Connexions

Personal Advisor Connexions Leicester Shire is commissioned by Leicester

City and Leicestershire County Council to deliver the

Connexions Service across the city and county. They deliver

information, advice and impartial guidance to young people

aged between 13 and 19 (and up to 25 for young people with

learning difficulties and disabilities).

James will be in every Wednesday, in Room 112.

Please let your form tutor or Mrs Thorpe (Head of Careers)

know if you would like an appointment

to talk to James, or alternatively you

can email James at:

connexions@brockington.leics.sch.uk

with any questions or concerns you

might have.

October 2011 Bulletin 3

Do I Qualify To Claim Free School Meals? Even if you do not wish your child to take a free school meal, a successful application entitles you to claim £200 towards school trips. The current criteria to qualify for free school meals are:

A parent or guardian claiming Income Support (IS)

A parent or guardian claiming Income Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA)

A parent or guardian claiming Employment and Support Allowance Income Based

A parent or guardian claiming Child Tax Credit, provided the annual taxable income, as assessed by

the Inland Revenue is not in excess of £16,190. Families who also receive an award of Working Tax Credit do not qualify to claim for free school meals.

A parent or guardian claiming The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.

A parent or guardian claiming support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Children who receive Income Support (IS) or Income Based Jobseekers Allowance in their own right

are also entitled to receive free school meals.

If you think that your child may be entitled to Free School Meals, please contact the ‘School Food Support Service’. They will be able to tell you immediately if you are entitled to claim and will register your child immediately. Please note that information about pupils claiming free school meals will remain confidential.

Email: freeschoolmeals@leics.gov.uk

Download the free school meals application form from www.schoolfoodsupportservice.co.uk

Request an application form on 0116 305 6588 or 0116 305 7093

Apply via telephone on 0116 305 7093

Fax 0116 305 5785

Apply in writing to: School Food Support Service

Unit 14, The Courtyard

Whitwick Business Park

Stenson Road

Coalville

Leicestershire LE67 4JP

October 2011 Bulletin 4

BROCKINGTON NEWS

International Year of the Forest 2011

Brockington College was very

honoured to be chosen, along

with 20 other schools in the

country, to take part in

celebrating the International

Year of the Forest 2011 on

Friday 30 September.

Pupils were chosen to take part in planting 11 pine and

spruce seedlings from the Forest Stewardship Council

(FSC) certificated Forests in Sweden, in the school

grounds.

A member of SCA – Timber Supply, along with with a

representative from E H Smith Builders Merchants,

visited the College and delivered a presentation to the

group on sustainable and renewable wood and the role

that the forests play in the

environment.

The pupils enjoyed taking part

in the event and photographs

are available to view on the

Brockington website.

October 2011 Bulletin 5

Merit Draw Congratulations to all the pupils who were successful in the Merit Draw this term

Year 7

Bethany Herbert 7T

Maigan Kirk 7O

Daniel Thomas 7T

Lucy Snow 7R

Harri Jones 7L

Maddi Pipes 7L

Henry Sharman Lowe 7K

Kiara Widdowson 7C

Year 9

Jamie Fleming 9C

Harry Walton 9T

Mia Horne 9B

Jordan Woodhouse 9R

Daniel Briers 9L

Cameron Plant 9O

Sophie Morey 9L

Hannah Austin 9G

Year 8

Millie Atkins 8O

Kieren Beasley 8O

Lewis Read 8R

Lara Henry 8T

Abigail Harris 8N

Nathan Hall 8N

Jharna Mehta 8K

Grace Barrington 8K

ECO – Schools

Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life. There are 46 countries around the world that run the Eco-Schools programme, linking more than 40,000 schools – from the UK to France, from Morocco to South Africa. Eco-Schools is administered in England by Keep Britain Tidy. Pupils at Brockington are the driving force behind Eco-Schools – they lead the Eco-committee and help carry out an audit to assess the environmental performance of their school. Through consultation with the rest of the school and the wider community, it is our pupils that decide which environmental themes they want to address and how they are going to do it. Brockington College has already received two prestigious Green Flag awards in July 2007 and in January 2010, which symbolises excellence in the field of environmental activity. We are now working hard towards our third renewal and are positive that we will again be successful. Our main environmental themes concentrate on waste reduction, developing biodiversity around the college, healthy eating and recycling of paper, plastic and cans. Each form has one or two Eco – warriors who are responsible for monitoring of the form’s recycling of paper and plastic bottles. They also attend regular meetings and feedback to their form about all Eco-schools projects, activities and achievements. Those pupils and staff who are even more interested in our Eco – schools programme have the opportunity to be part of the Eco – committee that is the driving force behind our exciting eco – schools programme. We would love to meet our new Year 7’s on the team!

Here are the Star Achievers and Rising Stars for this half term in English

There were many worthy nominees

STAR ACHIEVERS Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Band 1 Ellie Francis Simran Gill Benjamin Walters

Band 2 Stephanie Colderick Karina Shah Lydia Straw

RISING STAR Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Band 1 Katie Dawson Kariss Rodd Jordan Woodhouse

Band 2 Lucy Smith Hannah Franks Cameron Williams

Keep up the hard work, it could be you next time! The English Department

October 2011 Bulletin 6

Drama and Music News

Well done to Isabel Eastwood (9L) for passing both Grade 5 Keyboard and Grade 5 Music Theory with distinction, the equivalent of GCSE Music! Great news Isabel!

Musical Instrument Lessons

We offer lessons on a wide variety of musical instruments at Brockington College. If your child would like to start playing a musical instrument, then please telephone the Leicester-shire Schools Music Service on (0116) 270 0850 and ask to speak to Gemma White. Brockington College cannot make instrumental lesson bookings for your child due to lessons being paid for directly to the County Council. The charges for instrumental lessons through Arts in Education for the year 2011/12 are detailed below:

Lessons are available in the following instruments. There are special offer prices for the instruments in bold type:

If you’d like to order classical guitar, electric guitar or bass guitar lessons, then please call Mr Dave Jobson directly on 0116 292 0622 or 07948 402728.

Music Extra-curricular Activities

Individual lessons Group lessons

20 minutes £11.40 3/4 Pupils – 30 minutes £5.95 per child

30 minutes £16.70 2 Pupils – 20 minutes £5.95 per child

2 Pupils – 30 minutes £8.65 per child

Strings Woodwind Brass Percussion Other

Violin Flute Cornet Percussion – Orchestral

Sitar

Viola Oboe Trumpet Drum kit Tabla

Cello Clarinet French horn Steel pans Voice

Double bass Bassoon Trombone Keyboard

Harp Recorder Tenor horn

Euphonium

Tuba

Time/Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1.00 pm - 1.30 pm

GCSE & Music Theory

Carol Service/

Christmas Show

Musicians

Carol Service/

Christmas Show

Musicians

Carol Service/

Christmas Show

Musicians

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Brockington Orchestra

Rock Groups

Rock Groups

October 2011 Bulletin 7

Life in WWII

Creative

Curriculum

Activity Days

On 10th and 11

th November 2011, Brockington College will be

living as people would have lived during World War II. Pupils will be taking part in many different activities over the two days in order to learn firsthand about what it was like to live during wartime and learn about the history of World War II.

Activities to be included are:

Code breaking Shopping and cooking using only items available in their ration books Creating mine maps using metal detectors Paintballing Working as a land girl Experiencing being an evacuee and being taken to live in the countryside Interviewing people who lived during WWII Assault courses Ballroom Dancing Making air raid shelters

And much much more!! How can you help? We need all families to be collecting the following items:

shoe boxes to act as gas mask holders lots of recyclable items such as empty plastic bottles, cardboard boxes (not nutty cereal boxes though, thanks) bubble wrap any old pictures of family in the times of WWII for us to scan and use as resources

With your help, our World War II days will be a real

success.

Please bring all collected items to Mrs Shaw in 024.

October 2011 Bulletin 8

A Place to Grow

Brockington are collecting the

Morrisons ’Lets Grow Vouchers’ for

their allotments on a Place to Grow. The scheme runs

from 5 September to 30 October 2011 so please collect

as many as you can and place them in the box at reception.

We have been very successful in previous years and have

purchased seeds, plant food and various pieces of

equipment to help us with our gardening.

Thank you in anticipation of your help in collecting these

vouchers and could you let family and friends know of our

appeal. Any queries please contact Miss Reynolds.

Latest School Catering News

All identity cards must show a photograph and name. Any defaced cards must be replaced and staff will not return them if used.

School Christmas Lunch Cost - £2.50

Tuesday 13 December and Wednesday 14 December

Reminder In the interests of other children with nut allergies, please do not include nuts in your child’s packed lunch. Thank you.

LOST PROPERTY Lost property is now displayed outside the main college reception at lunch times giving pupils a daily chance to reclaim any missing items. Parents/carers who wish to come and view lost property should telephone reception (0116 2863722) to make arrangements to come and do so after school.

Due to the volume of lost property, anything remaining after 2 weeks

will be donated to charity.

Brockington College

Christmas Fayre

Friday 2 December 2011

4.00 pm to 7.00 pm

(more details to follow

later)

Locker Keys and Identity Cards – Hints and Tips for Pupils

Have a check list of things to remember in an obvious place. Pack your school bag the night before. Have a key ring on your locker key (easy to identify if lost/found). Have a secure place for your identity card. Remember to take found cards and keys immediately to Reception. If you lose your identity card and then find it, it will have been ‘blocked’. Please hand the card into Reception. Remember to check the balance on your card before selecting food.

Macmillan Cancer Support Over £100.00 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support. Staff paid £1.00 for a slice of cake and a cup of coffee.

Thank you and well done to all staff who made and contributed the cakes.

October 2011 Bulletin 9

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Enrichment Day October 2011

As part of the whole school enrichment day, the Design Department invited pupils from each

house to take part in a cooking challenge. Based on the Olympic theme, the pupils had to

prepare and cook a meal for an athlete of their choice. They had to research and justify the

reasons for their choice of meals and how it would benefit the athlete; the food was then judged

and scores given. The groups were competing for their houses and did an excellent job.

Well done to:

(The winning team) Tudor – Alice Smith, Kaya Ulasli, Lucy Hibbitt, Phoebe Lewis

Windsor —Joel Boulter, Erin Hall, Megan Fletcher, Ellie Marfleet

Stuart —Riyaz Islam, Charlotte Christie-Smith, Naomi Patel, Lydia Straw

Plantagenet — Sophie Harris-Brotherwood, Martha Causier, Alicia Clegg, Orla Canavan

October 2011 Bulletin 10

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Year 9 pupils have started their GCSE coursework this term. The design department are extremely impressed by the commitment and standard of work being produced by the pupils. The majority of pupils have made an excellent start and are well on the way to achieving great things with their GSCE in Design. We would like to stress the importance of parental support and pupils ensuring that they meet the deadlines set. ALL pupils are welcome to attend after school and lunchtime catch up sessions to improve/complete their work.

Examples of the great work so far:

Lauren Harriman 9O

Tom Marlow 9B

GCSE PRODUCT DESIGN

Movember 2011 Brockington College

November is fast approaching and this year a number of male staff are renaming the month Movember. Movember is a charity initiative to grow a moustache in the month of November, the aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically

prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. A number of male staff are signed up already and will shave their top lips for the last time on 31 October, then they will groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Details of how to support this charity initiative will be available on the Brockington website, please support us if you can, it’s for a great cause. If you as a parent want to join us in growing a moustache in November then please contact me for details and join in the fun. dp@brockington.leics.sch.uk for details of Movember or inspiring moustache styles please visit http://uk.movember.com/

October 2011 Bulletin 11

BROCKINGTON CURRICULUM

Leicestershire Schools

Cross-Country Results

Race 1

Groby (17th September )

Alice Porter 6th

Race 2

Longfield High School, Melton (8th October)

Alice Porter 5th

Lucy Griffith 33rd

George Heath 45th

Football Results

South Leicestershire League

Versus Leysland

Year 7

Won 6 -0

Player of the match: Jack Davey

Year 8

Lost 1 -0

Player of the match: Jariah Carter

Year 9

Drew 1 – 1

Player of the match: Luke Johnson

ESFA Cup Year 8

1st Round beat Caludon Castle (Coventry)

5 -0 (Callum Franks 3 goals)

2nd Round beat Guisborough School

(Northampton) 4 -1 (Callum Franks 3 goals)

Leicestershire County Cup

Year 7

First Round Beat Newbridge 3 - 1

South Leicestershire League

Year 7 Beat Bushloe 2 – 0

Year 8 Lost to Bushloe 4 – 2

Year 9 Lost to Bushloe 6 - 1

Rugby Results

County Cup Mini-Tournament

at Market Bosworth

Year 9

Beat Market Bosworth 25 – 7

Beat Ashby 21 – 0

Year 9 have progressed through to the County

Cup competition after Christmas.

Year 8

Lost to Market Bosworth 19 – 5

Beat Ashby 17 – 0

Year 8 have progressed through to the County

Bowl Competition.

October 2011 Bulletin 12

Science Rewards The Science Department is focussing this year on “Doing the Basics Well”. We want all of our students to help us improve the quality of their learning and development of their skills by ensuring four simple things happen every lesson:

They arrive on time

They arrive equipped for the lesson

They arrive to ready to work – resulting in not being given more than one consequence in the lesson (C1)

They arrive having completed homework

All students who manage to do these four things for every Science lesson in a half term will receive a small token of thanks and praise – a congratulations fridge magnet, colour coded to match the colours of the spectrum. We will write to parents, however, if students have persistently failed to meet these basic expectations.

I hope you all find a nice, red fridge magnet in your kitchen very shortly!

Mr D Fenney, Curriculum Team Leader for Science

Congratulations to Phoebe Lewis (8T) GKR Karate World Cup Journey On Sunday 10 April Phoebe entered the World Cup Selection Tournament at Cocksmoor Wood in

Birmingham, where she won two gold medals and was selected for the World Cup Squad. The

GKR Tournament took place on the 9 & 10 July 2011 at the NIA Birmingham. The event showcased GKR’s

best competitors from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the USA who were all vying for the title of

‘World Champion’ in their respective divisions. Phoebe had some hard rounds and suffered a few knocks,

bumps and bruises but took the top points on the day and is now GKR World Champion (12-13 years). The

event was spectacular and the atmosphere was electric. Another former Brockington pupil also won

Gold. Kieran Gohil took the gold in his division which was a brilliant achievement as he has only recently

started his Karate journey.

There was no rest for Phoebe as training continued because on Saturday 17 September the GKR British

Champion Qualifiers were held, where Phoebe once again took double Gold. She is now training hard and

is hoping to compete and hopefully add British Champion to her World Champion title. The event takes

place on Saturday 19 November at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Her success so

far has seen Phoebe picked for the GKR British National Squad, which will give her the opportunity to

travel all over the world competing in many tournaments.

Everyone at Brockington College would like to offer Phoebe congratulations and their support for her

upcoming events. We hope you win Phoebe and do us, your parents and yourself proud!!

Brockington Bake Off Are you in Year 8 or 9? Do you have a parent or an adult that is a superb baker?

We are looking for 8 pairs to compete for the Brockington Bake Off trophy on 2 December.

If you are interested please put your name forward to Mrs F Clarke by email. You will need to be available from 4.00 pm for a 4.15 pm start.

You will need to bring your own ingredients and the brief can be obtained from Mrs Clarke. Selected pairs will be notified as soon as possible.

October 2011 Bulletin 13

Forest of Dean

Study Visit

Just before half term, forty five of our year 8 pupils took part in the Forest of Dean Study Visit. The combined History and Geography trip has taken place for a number of years and has always been popular with the pupils, and this year was no exception. The group stayed in St Briavels Castle YHA, the former hunting lodge of King John, and visited a variety of attractions within the Forest of Dean, including Chepstow Castle, Clearwell Caves, Symonds Yat and the Dean Heritage Centre. The visit builds on topics studied in History including castles and the Industrial Revolution and those studied in Geography such as the study of river processes. This year’s trip proved extremely successful, with the pupils being praised for their attitude and behaviour by the staff at various attractions. Throughout the trip, the pupils displayed a great enthusiasm for all the activities and put a lot of great effort into their costumes for the traditional medieval banquet held on the Thursday evening. The medieval murder mystery was done exceptionally well; those playing key roles did so with lots of enthusiasm. Well done to all who went!

October 2011 Bulletin 14

Kenya 2012

With less than 5 months till departure, the Kenya Team are busy fundraising to ensure that they reach their £40,000 target. Over the half term week the Team went to Asda at Fosse Park and

did some bag packing. It was another successful weekend, totals for the event are yet to be confirmed, but all signs are looking good. Thank you to everyone who supported them and donated to the cause.

The Kenya staff team also completed a walk up Mount Snowdon. What started out as a fun activity in an effort to fundraise and team build,

quickly turned into an Epic Adventure. The adults involved were warned on arrival at the Pyg Path, that conditions were poor at the top and that it would be advisable not to complete the walk. Never ones to let the Kenya Team down, they continued on with no idea of what they were about to face. After an hour of walking and ascending the mountain, the fog dropped which made visibility very poor; the winds picked up to 80 mph; the temperatures dropped to minus figures and the hail showers began. After a long and gruelling 3 hour trek, the team finally made it to the top, relatively unscathed and proud of their achievements in such adverse conditions. The winds continued to cause issues on the descent, but eventually they made it safely back to ground level, all in one piece! Thank you to everyone that supported the Small Change Challenge. We raised £350.05 in total. The winning forms were: 8R - £42.44 8C - £38.86 8K – £29.29 7O – £29.11

Their prizes will follow shortly, but congratulations to those forms for a fantastic fundraising effort. Remember to shop using www.easyfundraising.org.uk. This website allows online shoppers to access hundreds of top name company sites e.g. Asda, Boots and Easyjet. If these websites are accessed through easyfundraising and purchases are made they donate a percentage of what is spent directly to Kash4Kenya, without any additional cost to the consumer. It’s simple and easy to use and for every pound spent money is donated to charity! For more information, or to find out how you can help visit our website at www.kash4kenya.com or contact us at Kenya@brockington.leics.sch.uk

Meal Aid

The Meal Aid programme is still going well. Staff and students have the opportunity to donate each time they use the canteen at break and lunch time. They can donate anything from 2p upwards. This money is then used to fund a lunch programme in Sagail Nursery School in Kenya. This feeds15 needy young students who would not eat during the day without the programme. Please continue to support Meal Aid, every penny counts! 38p will pay for one meal for one child, this is less than a flapjack or a pizza from the school canteen. We also sell our Alternative Gifts Vouchers. These make an excellent alternative to birthday, Christmas and Easter gifts and every pound spent is donated to the Meal Aid Fund. As well as the vouchers, a certificate is provided explaining where the money will be spent. Please contact the school office for more details.

October 2011 Bulletin 15

WWII

Charity Tea

Dance

Thursday

10th November 2011

7.00 pm—9.30 pm

Brockington College Main

Hall

Ticket Price £10.00

Price Includes:

Wartime Buffet!

Ballroom Dancing!

Live Dance Band!

Loads of fun!

Dress:

1940’s attire

All proceeds go to kash4kenya

BROCKINGTON COMMUNITY

October 2011 Bulletin 16

Even though it is getting much darker earlier in the evenings we still want you to use your bikes as a way of getting to and from school. Here is your chance to win some lights for your bike, so you can ride safely in the dark conditions. All you need to do is design a poster on one of the following topics:

Tips for safe cycling Tips to keep your bike in good condition

Hand your posters into the cabin by Wednesday 16

November 2011

October 2011 Bulletin 17

Brockington College’s Artificial Grass Pitch

Our full size 3G pitch can be used for football and training for a range of sports and is fully floodlit

and covered by CCTV. The rubber crumb pitch is available to hire any evening of the week, (where

spaces in the timetable permit) for casual pay and play use, as well as weekly team training. The pitch

can be hired by the third or in its entirety, (our thirds are approximately three times the size of

some operators’ small sided pitches). We also hire out the facility on Saturday and Sunday too if you

need a surface that won’t get muddy in winter! Whether you want a pitch for a one off football game

or need a pitch to train on a weekly basis, we offer competitive prices and a state of the art playing

surface to suit your sporting needs.

For more information, please contact Steve Buck (lettings@brockington.leics.sch.uk) or 0116 286 3722 for availability and prices.

Artificial Grass Pitch Sponsors are:-

Narborough & Littlethorpe Action Group Parents and Friends of Brockington College

Adult Learning at Brockington

We offer a variety of daytime and evening

classes for adults in the following curriculum areas: Arts, Care

& Vocational, Sports, Languages, Skills for Life and IT. Courses

we are offering include Digital Cameras, ITQ, Level 2 (ECDL

Extra), First aid and Paediatric, Mosaic Workshop.

If you are interested in joining a course, or would like some

more information or advice on courses throughout the county,

please do not hesitate to contact the Central Enrolment Team:

Freephone 0800 988 0308

Have a look at the Leicestershire Adult Learning Website:

www.leics.gov.uk/golearn

Up to 100% discount for those in receipt of benefits – please

ring for further information.

HOLIDAY DATES FOR 2012-2013

Autumn Term 2012 School opens: 30 August 2012 Mid-term break: 22 to 26 October 2012 School closes: 21 December 2012

Spring Term 2013 School opens: 8 January 2013 Mid-term break: 11 to 15 February 2013 School closes: 22 March 2013

Summer Term 2013 School opens: 8 April 2013 May Day: 6 May 2013 Mid-term break: 27 May to 31 May 2013 School closes: 12 July 2013

October 2011 Bulletin 18

FA Mars Just Play is for everyone regardless of experience and ability. Equally, it is an option for an individual or group of friends to just turn up and play football. Organisers will help facilitate games to make it easy for those turning up at an FA Mars Just Play centre. All players are encouraged to register in advance of each session. Please visit www.justplay.thefa.com and search for Brockington College to find more details and register.

Centre: Brockington College Address: Blaby Road, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 4AQ Time: Every Friday, 7.45—8.45 pm (starting 11th November 2011) Who: Males, 16+, all abilities Cost: £2.00 per session Telephone contact: (0116) 2863722 Ext: 144 Email contact: jrd@brockington.leics.sch.uk

October 2011 Bulletin 19

October 2011 Bulletin 19

1. Regularly check that you do not have any images of yourself showing on Google images.

NB: Most likely to appear are profile pictures used on facebook.

2. If you find a picture that you don’t want to appear on Google images then click on the image in Google and Full –size image.

3. Copy the URL of the picture that you would

like removed. 4. Go onto Google using this link: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals. 5. You will need to create a Google Account if you don’t have one as you need to login. 6. Click New removal request and paste the URL of the image that you want removing and click Continue. You will need to give a reason for the removal request. 7. Google can take several weeks to process a request so keep checking Google images or login to your Google account to check progress. For more information about keeping your children safe on-line: www.thinkuknow.co.uk or www.brockington.leics.sch.uk and click For Parents and E-Safety.

Requesting a picture to be taken off Google images