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DARTON COLLEGE

22nd May 2015

Issue 6

Unlocking potential .Changing lives Principals News

This half term has flown by! It

has been incredib ly busy

around school!

Year 11 are now fully in the

midst of the exam season and

we are all delighted with their

continued focus. Year 10 are

also preparing for Mock Exams

and are increasingly aware

their time is coming!

O u r p l a n s f o r t h e n e w

timetable and the new Year 7

transition are well underway

and I was delighted to meet

with heads from our feeder

primaries. Our current Year 7s

are an exceptional bunch!

When leaners come and ask

you if you are squeamish you

always wonder whats coming

next! On this occasion it was

the Science Club who were

doing some dissection of a rat -

it was fascinating and it was

g reat t o see lea rn er s s o

absorbed in their learning.

Lets all hope that we see some

sunshine next week! Have a

great half term break!

Ms Davies Principal

Geography Field Trip On Wednesday 20th May, Year

10 geographers completed

their data collection for their

controlled assessment.

The aim of the day was to

col lect as much data and

evidence as possible for their

investigation about beaches

and coastal processes. To do

this we visited Flamborough

Head and Mappleton on the

East Yorkshi re coast . These

locations allowed the learners

to compare the hard chalk

headland of Flamborough, with

t he bou lder c lay c l i f f s o f

Mappleton.

Our day involved completing

b e a c h t r a n s e c t s , b e a c h

p r o f i l e s , s k e t ch i ng , w a v e

counting and observing the

many different coastal features

that show how the sea i s

shaping the coast at both

locations.

The day was a massive success,

w i t h a l l l e a r n e r s s e e i n g

geography happening in the

real world!

In this issue

Page 1: Principals News

Page 2: Year 11 Revision for Half-Term

Page 2: Snippets...

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Important Dates

Half Term Holiday - begins Monday 25th May - staff and learners return on Monday 1st June.

Year 11 GCSE Exams week beginning 01.06.15

1st June 9.00am History (Medicine)

1st June 1.15pm Chinese Unit 2

2nd June 9.00am English Language P1

3rd June 9.00am Computer Science

3rd June 9.00am German

3rd June 1.15pm Geography

4th June 9.00am Maths Non-calculator

5th June 9.00am Music Unit 1

5th June 1.15pm Chemistry

5th June 1.15pm Science Unit 2

Year 11 Prom (3rd July @ 7pm)

Tickets are now on sale @ 25 from the Admin/Finance Office.

School Blogs This week the spotlight is on the -Creative Blog

http://dartoncollege.co.uk/category/students/student-dept-blogs/creative-student-blog/

Wednesday 27th May Maths 1:00pm 4:00pm with Miss Twigg Maths 1:00pm 4:00pm Mrs Stephenson Thursday 28th May Geography 9:00am 12.00noon Maths 2:00pm 4:00pm with Miss Tomkinson Friday 29th May English 10:00am 1:30pm Saturday 30thMay Maths 10:00am 1:00pm with Miss Twigg

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Nurture

Snippets...

Nurture were very excited to go on a trip to Eyam as part of the medieval England topic. The trip spanned two days (Thursday and Friday) to accommodate both nurture groups. The idea of the trip was to visit the Derbyshire village that was struck by the bubonic plague in 1665. The trip included a tour of the museum and the surrounding area.

Student Voice learners took part in a community litter pick on Thursday with members of the Environmental Enforcement Team, Councillor Linda Burgess and staff from the college - great team work everyone!

Shaimerden Abekov (10YA) produced an excellent piece of written work in French - good work!

Thank you to Mason Holmes (8PD) and his Grandad for sharing interesting artefacts in History - Thank You.

Year 11 Revision Sessions for the Half-Term Holiday

Revision sessions will be taking place for Year 11 Learners over the Half-term holiday -

Tuesday 26th May ICT (Level 2) 10:00am 2:00pm Maths 10:00am 12:00noon with Mrs Fyfe-Jones Maths 10:00am 1:00pm with Mr Woodcock Maths 10:00am 12.00noon with Mrs Whitfield Wednesday 27th May Combination Science 9:00am 1:00pm with Mr Clee Maths 1:00pm 4:00pm with Mr Slinn