Bulletin 25th June 2012
Bulletin 25th June 2012
Bulletin 25th June 2012
ASSEMBLY Tuesday 26th June 8:45am National Sports Week and Thursday 28th June 8:45am Higher Education Convention ART EXHIBITION Wednesday 27th June 6 8pm. I am delighted to invite you to the private viewing of our 2012 annual exhibition where we will be celebrating the hard work and success of our GCSE, AS and A2 art and photography students. Whilst enjoying our students artwork you will be entertained by the live background music provided by Simon Balle musicians. Drinks and nibbles will also be available. The event will take place this year in the school art rooms and it promises to be a very enjoyable evening. I do hope that you will take this opportunity to join us. J Mackervoy , Head of Art RETURN OF BOOKS Reminder to students - please return your text books to the department who issued them. REQUEST FOR ABSENCE We strongly recommend that you do not take time off over the next five weeks as the A2 courses will have started. For unavoidable circumstances please ensure that you complete a green form in advance. UCAS TRIP 4th July PLEASE RETURN YOUR REPLY SLIP AND PAYMENT URGENTLY IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY DONE SO JOB APPLICATIONS & INTERVIEW SKILLS WORKSHOP ONLY 8 PLACES LEFT SEE JULIE IF INTERESTED I am extremely pleased to be able to offer a workshop for any year 12/13 students who would like help with Job Applications/CV writing and Interview skills. Mr Roe who has kindly offered to run the workshop has extensive knowledge and experience in this field and has previously specialised in delivering seminars on this subject. If you would like to reserve a place on the workshop please confirm via email to calderj@simonballe.herts.sch.uk. A great opportunity to polish your skills if you are soon to be seeking employment. Date: Wednesday 27th June, Time: 9am. Venue to be advised. YEAR 12 WORK EXPERIENCE Any students who want help with finding a summer placement see Julie Calder next week. There is still time in summer to organise a second experience for any students keen to do so. LIBRARY NEWS If you have finished your exams why not call into our Library to choose some leisure reading? We have Books for Older Readers displayed on the red trolley in the Fiction Zone. If you would like some recommended reads please ask the Library staff. Happy Reading! SCHOOL LEAVER OPPORTUNITIES If you are looking for employment post exams and would like to find out more about school leaver programmes and apprenticeships see a list below of just some companies who are advertising to recruit A level students for their trainee programmes: Barclays, RBS, Aviva, Price Waterhouse Cooper, KPMG, Baker Tilly. Log on to their website and have a look at what they are offering. There are some fantastic schemes, most of them asking for a minimum of 260 UCAS points or BBC grades. Alternatively there are numerous apprenticeship schemes on offer, simply register via www.apprenticeships.org.uk , state your area of interests and search results lots of work/training schemes available. TFL OPPORTUNITIES Transport for London (TfL) is responsible for keeping seven million people moving across London, and it takes over 28,000 members of staff to make this happen. TfL would like to invite your students to apply to their apprenticeship programmes and join the expanding team of staff at their London office. They are looking for talented, enthusiastic students who are looking to bypass university and enter the world of work. As well as receiving excellent training from leading professionals, TfL will offer your students the chance to earn whilst they learn, and they will receive a number of staff benefits including free travel on tubes and buses. All students need to do is fill in their details and answer two questions. The deadlines for applications are fast-approaching, so please read their message below or visit the following page on their website for more information: www.tfl.gov.uk/apprenticeships.
Criminology Student Conference - 3rd December 2012 - London Places can now be booked for the above conference for any interested Sociology/Psychology students. The conference is designed to help students gain an insight into the academic study of Criminology and is chaired by one of the countries leading criminologists along with high profile speakers presenting throughout the day. To book a place or for more information phone 01869 336410 or emailconferences@philipallan.co.uk There is also a poster advertising the talk on the careers board. ARRIVING & LEAVING SITE On the rare occasion that you arrive late to school please ensure that you sign in at the main school reception. It is important that when leaving the school site all sixth form students sign in and out of school at the main reception. PARKING Can we remind students that parking is not permitted on the school site without authorisation. SIXTH FORM IMPORTANT DATES Fun Run Sports day Year 13 Leavers Assembly & Hoody Collection District Athletics champs Sixth Form Induction Year 12 UCAS Convention Summer Concert 25th June, periods 4 & 5 27th June 28th June, 2pm 29th June Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd July Wednesday 4th July Wednesday 4th July
Megadrive (Year 12) Thursday 5th July (All year 12 students will be off timetable for the day) Sixth Form Activity Day Thursday 19th July (All year 12 students will be off timetable for the day) Results Day A levels Thursday 16th August GCSEs Thursday 23rd August
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COMMON ROOM WILL BE CLOSED TO YEAR 12 STUDENTS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:- 28TH JUNE FROM 1:30, 2ND & 3RD JULY, 6TH JULY PERIODS 1-3.
CHARITY COLLECTION
Thank you to those people who have donated charity items for Mind. They will be coming in over the next couple of weeks. If you would like to donated any unwanted items such as clothing and accessories please leave them in the Sixth Form Area.
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