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The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA
Tel: 01429 273790 Fax: 01429 273998
e-mail: [email protected] www.ems.hartlepool.sch.uk
Contact Details Please will parents / guardians nofy the school oce immediately if there are any changes to names,addresses, telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers or the named contact persons of students.
It is very important that contact informaon is kept up to date.
Thursday 11th February Year 12 Parents Evening Friday 11th March School Council
Monday 15th February Sixth Form Easter Service
(to 19th) Half Term Monday 14th March
Tuesday 16th February HCFE Apprenceship Event (to 15th) GCSE Music Composion
(to 19th) ICT Paris Trip Tuesday 15th March
Monday 22nd February Hitler on Trial Play (to 16th) GCSE Art Texles Exam
w/c Monday 22nd February Year 11 Mock Exams Wednesday 16th March Y12 / Y13 Music Composion
Tuesday 23rd February CP Bake O Thursday 17th March Beth Shalom
Wednesday 24th February Year 8 ASBAD Oxbridge Trip
Thursday 25th February Emma Walsh (Speaker) Friday 18th March St Margaret Clitherow Mass
Friday 26th February CAT Presentaon Monday 21st March CP World Poetry Day
Monday 29th February
Sixth Form Drama (Play)
(to 22nd)
GCSE Photography Exam
EMA Meeng Tuesday 22nd March CP Maths Challenge
Tuesday 1st March Y9 Enterprise Day (to 24th) Y10 Shine Residenal
CP Netball Wednesday 23rd March GCSE Showcase
Wednesday 2nd March Y9 Opons Evening (to 24th) GCSE Photography Exam
Thursday 3rd March John Bell Lecture (TBC) Cambridge Residenal
World Book Day House Sports
(to 4th) GCSE Ceramics Exam Friday 25th March Good Friday
(to 6th) Berlin Trip (to 8th April) Easter Holiday
Friday 4th March Y10 Music Performance Exam Saturday 2nd April
(to 9th) Ski Trip
Monday 7th March Wednesday 6th April
(to 8th) Y12 Geography Field Trip (7th April) Y12 EDF
(to 9th) Dip / Tet / Polio vaccinaons Thursday 7th April MFL GCSE Revision
Tuesday 8th March Tuesday 12th April Y7 Shine
(to 9th)
GCSE Art & Design Exam
Wednesday 13th April
Vindolanda
Thursday 10th March Y8 Parents Evening Y10 Maths Feast
(to 11th) GCSE Art & Design Exam
CALENDAR
School nishes on Friday 12th February at 3.10 pm for half term.
School re-opens Monday 22nd February at 8.50 am.
Student SafetyWould parents please avoid dropping o or picking up their children in any of the sta car parks at any
me. It is in the best interests of all students safety if the number of vehicles entering the site is kept to a
minimum.
Please ensure that you remind y our children that they must only cross Catcote Road via the pedestrian
crossings. We have had a number of reports of students running across the road in front of cars. This is very
dangerous and could lead to an accident.
The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
Parents Bulletin No 3December 2015
Following consultaon with senior sta, the Directors of The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College have
agreed to a proposal from the Senior Leadership Team to a restructure of the school day from September 2016.
I would like to inform you of these changes and consult with you on a proposed change to the ming of the school
day.
We believe the revised structure will result in a more eecve working day and beer enable us to meet theneeds of our students. Essenally we want to condense the formal school day and lunch break to allow students
greater access to curriculum enrichment and sports acvi es while also creang me for sta to engage in
professional development to enhance teaching and learning. This will be done without reducing the teaching
me we currently give to s tudents. We will move from 9 periods per day to 5 x 60 minutes. We believe that thi s
will greatly enhance the quality of learning across the school. There will be 5 minutes travelling me between
lessons in order to facilitate the movement of students in crowded and narrow corridors.
The majority of our teaching me with the new model takes place earlier in th e day at a me when we believe our
students are most recepve to learning. We have retained a formal form period which will secure our students
entlement to a daily act of worship. The lunch break has been shortened to t hirty minutes and will be delivered
in three separate sings. We believe that this will reduce the me when students can feel unseled and make for
a more pleasant dining experience; producing a calmer, safer environment for all of our students.
The structure of the new school day from September 2016 is:
The specic aspect of this restructure that I would like to consult you on is the proposed mingof the school day.
The Governors are proposing a start me of 08:40, which would lead to a 14:55 end to the formal school day.
It is important to point out that our expectaon is that enrichment opportunies, sporng acvies, homework
clubs etc. will be run as an extension to the school day. There is no expectaon that students will need to leave
the school this early. The earlier nish will reduce the number of days when students have to travel home in t he
dark. It will help with aer school sports xtures which will have more daylight me. It will also improve our
collaboraon with other schools, parcularly our partner primary schools.
The Directors would like to hear your views on the proposed ming of the school day before they make a decision.
They would welcome all comments be t hey supporve or expressing concerns / reservaons about the
beginning or end mes of the school day. All wrien responses can be handed in either directly or via your child t o
the recepon desk between 08:00 and 16:00.
The Governors will meet to discuss your responses on 23rd March 2016. In order to allow for responses to be
collated, may I ask that they are handed in by 16th
March 2016.
Stephen Hammond
Headteacher
Registraon / worship 15 minutes
Period 1
60 minutes
Period 2 60 minutes
Break 15 minutes
Period 3 60 minutes
Period 4 90 minutes (including 30 minutes lunch)
Either: 30 minutes lunch then 60 minutes lesson
Or: 60 minutes lesson then 30 minutes lunch
Or:
30 minutes lesson then 30 minutes lunch then 30 minutes lesson
Period 5 60 minutes
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Lent MessagePope Francis has declared this year to be a Year of Mercy but what does that actually mean? Well, this is what Pope
Francis has to say, not only to young peo ple but to us all:My Dear Young People, seeing the great need for mercy and healing in the world, I have called for a Year of Mercy to take
place across our world, our Diocese and within our schools. This is special period, also known as a Holy Year or Jubilee Year,for the Catholic Church. It is a me for the Church across the world to take a year to focus on forgiveness and healing in aspecial way. The Year of Mercy is an invitaon to show love, kindness, and unbounded generosity. I am oering all of us theopportunity to encounter the incredible mercy of God. Encountering mercy means encountering God. It can transform our life,our relaonships, our work, and our ability to embrace and experience all of life. I am asking all of us as individuals and as aChurch to be a witness of mercy by reecng on and pracsing the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. Beginning onDecember 8 2015, the Holy Year of Mercy will focus on studying and reecng on mercy, receiving mercy, and being mercifultowards others.Dear Friends, a lile bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just. Will you be the face of mercy for others thisyear?How will you respond to Pope Francis call for mercy this year? Why not use this me of Lent to make that extra eort to
make the world less cold and more just?
Diocesan Youth Friday CelebraonOn Wednesday 3
rdFebruary, Shaniz Charakupa and Maddison Smith from 8TM2 represented the whole
school community at a celebraon at St Marys Cathedral. This great celebraon of faith was in support
of our Diocesan Youth Ministry Team (YMT) and the work that they do for us and in partnership with us.
There were representaves from 159 schools in the diocese and the aernoon included a lot of
excing live music, inspiraonal faith stories shared by young people and a powerful dramac
adaptaon of the parable of the Good Samaritan. The service was led by YMT but also had input from
Bishop Seamus Cunningham, who stopped to have his picture taken with Shaniz and Maddison at the
end, aer receiving their goodie bags. The day was nished with a well deserved trip to Starbucks for
hot chocolate before returning back to school for our train . . . before Lent starts!
Upcoming Chaplaincy Events
24th
Feb Elma Walsh will be coming in to speak to some Y10 students about her powerful and emoonal story of
losing her teenage son Donal to cancer, but how his faith kept them strong and has given them the
courage to keep his memory alive.
26th-28th
Feb Lent Retreat to Ampleforth Abbey.
11th
March Sixth Form Lent Liturgy / Holy Week Assemblies
22nd
March St Margaret Clitherow House Mass
23rd
March Sta Staons of the Cross
Holocaust Memorial DayOn Tuesday 26
thJanuary the History and Art Departments hosted an exhibion
commemorang Holocaust Memorial Day.
As part of this exhibion there was a display of work by pupils in Year 7, 8 and 9. These
pupils had taken part in a whole day workshop, creang informaon boards and art work
to educate people about the four subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Darfur, Bosnia and
Rwanda, as well as the persecuon of other minories by the Nazis.
On the evening of the exhibion we were privileged to hear Gabriele Keeneghan speak
about her experiences during the Holocaust and on the Kinder Transport. Her message
was truly upliing and it was an honour to hear her story.
Finally...the wait is over!
Let bale commence!
EMS CHESS TOURNAMENT 2016
Thursday, March 10th
-All day in St Annes Hall
Qualifying matches all morningfor all competors.
Final matches and knock-out rounds in the aernoon
Prizes, trophies and medals for winners and nalists including Best of Year/
House and School Champion 2016
OPEN TO ALLCHESS PLAYERS FREE ENTRY!
Whatever your experience or ability give it go and have fun!
Contact MR EDWARDS with your name / tutor form now!
Dont delay book your place now! Places are limited.
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: Friday, March 4th
Online e-payments for school meals and other school purchasesThe school is now using iPayimpact online payments to help reduce administraon and cash handling in
schools and also to allow pupils to reduce the amount of cash they carry to school.
You can log into Ipay at hp://www.ipayimpact.co.uk/IPI using your unique login and password. If you
have any problems with Ipay, please contact Mrs Wright at [email protected] for help
making sure you include your childs name, D.O.B and form group in the email.
FREE SCHOOL MEALSChildren whose parents are in receipt of one of the following are entled to receive free school meals (FSM)
:
Income Support (IS) or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA)
An income related employment and support allowance
Support under part VI of the Immigraon and Asylum Act 1999
Child Tax credit (provided they are not entled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income which from 6thApril 2013 does not exceed 16190 a s assessed by HMRC
If you are in any doubt whether your son / daughter is eligible for Free School Meals (and the associated Pupil Premium
payment) contact Hartlepool Civic Centre on 266522. You will need to supply your Naonal Insurance number before they
carry out a simple eligibility test via their Eligibility Checking Service.
Remember School can provide packed lunches or a hot meal as part o f the Free School Meals service.
If you have any items of school uniform or PE kit that your
child no longer needs (which are sll in good condion) we
would be grateful if you would send them to school. We willthen keep a supply of uniform and PE kit in school which can
be loaned to students in an emergency. Thank you
The English Martyrs AssociaonThe next EMA meeng will be held on Monday 29th February at
6.00 pm in the Conference Room (St Annes Building, opposite the
main school oce). They normally last for
approximately 1 hour.
All parents / friends of the school are most welcome
to aend.
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Hartlepool Museum ProjectMrs Crank and 5 budding KS3 Historians are current-
ly working on a joint venture with Hartlepool
Museum. The students visited the museum on
Thursday 21st January and were shown around the
newest exhibion which focuses on the Hartlepool Bombardment of
December 1914. The students were able to handle and inspect WW1
artefacts, whilst quizzing the museum sta. The students are now
working on the producon of educaonal resources which will be used
by the museum with local primary schools and the general public. It
wont be long before these resources will be available, and we wouldencourage you to visit the museum to try out at the acvies.
Year 9 TechnologyOn Wednesday 3
rdFebruary the Technology Department ran an acvies day for all students in year 9. The day was split
into half Year groups with 9X aending in the morning and 9U in the aernoon. All students had the opportunity to aend
workshop sessions in ready steady cook, fashion a t-shirt and egg drop challenge. The sessions were designed to give
students a taste of what Technology can oer at GCSE level in Year 10.
Teesside University VisitOur Y13 Students enjoyed an aernoon at the S port
and Exercise Science labs at Teesside University just
before Christmas. Students were involved in a
variety of experiments including RT tesng,
experiencing dierent extreme temperatures in the
climate room and looking at the eect of
temperature on performance. The students also
conducted a VO2max test, with Jacob Vayro as the
subject. Next month the students will be vising
the university again, but this me we are having a
look at the Biomechanics labs and involving
ourselves in some of the acvies there
Cross Country
3 EMS students qualied through previous rounds to compete at the
regional cross country championships. They raced in very dicult and
muddy condions!
Outstanding individual
performances led to all 3
students qualifying to compete
at the English Schools Cross
Country Championships in March
at Nongham.
Well done for such a great
achievement.
Ellie Waddup -Year 9
Sam Tyers-Year 9
Nathan Cross -Year 10
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Antarcca Exhibion On Wednesday the 27thJanuary, 57 year 12 and 1 3 Geography students were able to visit theAntarcca: Explorers Heroes Sciensts Exhibion. This exhibion considered the Polar Regions, focusing parcularly on the
discovery, exploraon and ongoing climate change work taking place in Antarcca today. This included two spectacular
exhibions on loan from the Royal Geographical Society, alongside displays exploring how men and women from the North
East of England have contributed to our understanding of this most recently discovered connent.
The visit entailed a full day in Durham with the arfacts being exhibited at the Palace Green Library. Students also had the
opportunity to visit the Geography Department at Durham University before lunch, which is the largest department in the
country, founded in 1928. The Department of Geography at Durham is one of the leading centres of geographical research
and educaon in the world. There was a short lecture delivered by one of the researchers and a tour around the
department. Students were able to gain an insight into university life and broaden their knowledge about what courses are
available at the University. A great me was had by all!
Year 13 University OersOers can be:
Condional-you will have certain grades/points that you must achieve in order to gain a place at the instuon.
Uncondional -no specic condions need to be met.
Unsuccessful -the university has decided not to oer you a place.
When students have decisions from all of their choices they will be given a date by which they are expected to reply to theiroers. The FIRMchoice should be the place where they want to go above all of the others. The INSURANCEchoice should
be considered a back up; lower grades than their rst (rm) choice but somewhere they would be happy to study if they did
not meet the required grades for their rm. When they opt for their rm and insurance oers they are entering into a
contract with the university. If they achieve the required grades for the rm choice UCAS automacally removes the
insurance oer. So choose wisely!
The deadline for replying to university
oers depends on
when students hear
from their universi-
es, check Track to
see
personal deadlines:
In the event that a student does not receive any oers or changes their mind about their universies or courses, there is a
system called UCAS Extra where they can add addional opons.
Year 12 UCAs Convenon-27th April
Each year as part of the ongoing support package we oer, we take Year 12 students to a UCAS Convenon; this is an
essenal part of the decision making process they will be facing in Year 13.
The Tees Valley event will take place at Teesside University on Wednesday 27 April. We will leave college at 9.15am and
return for period 5 lunch. Please note that this is a compulsory part of your son/daughters educaon and aendance will
be monitored. There is no cost involved in this trip.
The convenon brings together a signicant number of Higher Educaon providers from across the country, students will be
able to speak to specialist admissions sta and pick up a variety of resources from prospectuses to informaon on individual
courses.
Year 12 Open DaysYear 12 students should now be considering their university opons and thinking about booking themselves onto summer
open days. Vising the university is the best way to get a feel for if it is the kind of instuon they want to spend 3 o r more
years at. Researching on websites such as www.opendays.com and individual instuon website will enable students to
plan their days eecvely and make any necessary bookings. Places do ll up fast so please encourage your son / daughter
to start their research early.
Last decision received on or before... Means your reply date is...
31 March 2016 4 May 2016
5 May 2016 8 June 2016
8 June 2016 23 June 2016
14 July 2016 22 July 2016
Year 11 Art examsCan we please encourage you to check that your son / daughter will be
working diligently over the half term and aer to prepare for their
imminent art exams? This exam will be worth 40% of the overall GCSE and
it is fundamental in the nal assessments. The students will only get one
aempt at this and their eorts, determinaon and focus is crucial at this
late stage. The exam metable is below so you will know when your son /
daughter will be sing their exam. We truly appreciate the support that
you will give us to make sure that everyone can perform to the best of their
ability.
Date Subject Room Teacher
Thursday 3rd
March GCSE Ceramics AR4 Mr Gribben
Friday 4th
March GCSE Ceramics AR4 Mr Gribben
Tuesday 8th March GCSE Art and Design AR1 Mrs Hasan
Wednesday 9th March GCSE Art and Design AR1 Mrs Hasan
Thursday 10th March GCSE Art and Design AR8 Mrs Pearson
Friday 11th March GCSE Art and Design AR8 Mrs Pearson
Tuesday 15th March GCSE Texles AR2 Mrs Stoker
Wednesday 16th March GCSE Texles AR2 Mrs Stoker
Monday 21st
March GCSE Photography AR5 Mrs Hasan
Tuesday 22nd
March GCSE Photography AR5 Mrs Hasan
Wednesday 23rd
March GCSE Photography AR5 Mr Meynell
Thursday 24th
March GCSE Photography AR5 Mr Meynell
Catholic Partnership Art Exhibion at Durham Cathedral.
Each year our school gets involved with all of the Catholic Partnership schools in the
North East and we choose a religious theme to create various types of arsc work.
This work when completed is publicly shown in Durham Cathedral as a major
exhibion of work. This year the theme was: Mercy.
This year we chose to produce 3D sculptural bowls and iPad digital painngs, printed
on A2 canvas.
A group of Year 9 pupils were given the opportunity of working on these and we
spent 7 weeks planning and creang the wonderful pieces of artwork. It was the rst
me that many of the students worked in this way but their outcomes have drawn
many complimentary comments from the Catholic Partnership and the wider public.
The pupils were asked to write up evaluaons and I want to include one as I feel that
it encapsulates the true meaning of creang this fantasc set of work:
I chose to complete a 3D sculptural bowl because because I feel in 3D you can really
show Mercy and you can really see the details. I wanted to focus on Mercy as I
wanted to give the message of Jesus Christ suering on the cross and thats what the
crown of thorns stands for, and people showed no mercy to him when he was being
crucied. I believe that my nal piece answers what I had originally set out to do
because it shows the s uering that Jesus had to go through because people didnt
show him any mercy and it is important to show mercy and forgive.
We are very proud of our students. They represented the school wonderfully and
they produced work of great depth and skill. Well done to them. The work will be
displayed in school when the exhibion ends on 12th February.
John Bell Lecture -Thursday 3rd March
This year we host the Thirty-sixth Annual John
Bell Lecture. This Lecture is now an established
tradion of the school and is given as a tribute
to the schools rst Headteacher, the late
Canon John Bell. The lecture this year is being
delivered by our former Headteacher,
Michael Lee.
Tickets are free and are available from the
School Oce.
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