Diary
21st May - 27th May
Week B –No assemblies
Exam Desks in Hall all Week
Monday 21st May
Year 11 Biology (2 & 3) exam (am)
Year 10 Biology (2) exam (am)
Year 11 Spanish (Unit 1 F&H Listening) exam (pm)
Tuesday 22nd May
Year 11 English Literature (1F & 1H) exam (am)
Catering task 1 – period 5
Athletics at Gresham’s (Years 8, 9 and 10)
Wednesday 23rd May
Webster-Stratton Parenting Programme - AM
Year 9 P E (Unit 1 – Short Course) exam (pm)
Year 10 and 11 P E (Unit 1) exam (pm)
Thursday 24th May
Year 11 Chemistry (2 & 3) exam (am)
Year 10 Chemistry (2) exam (am)
Catering task 1 – periods 4 and 5
Year 11 English Literature (4 F&H) exam (pm)
Yr 8 Parents’ Evening (Dining Room & Classrooms) (4.00 – 6.30pm)
Kwik Cricket Girls at Cromer (Years 5 and 6)
Friday 25th May
Year 11 Spanish (Unit 3F &H: Reading) exam (pm)
Norfolk Schools Beach Volleyball Tournament – Great Yarmouth 10.00am – 2.30pm.
28th May - 3rd Jun
Week A –No assemblies
Exam Desks in Hall all Week
Monday 28th May
Year 11 Home Economics: Principles of Child Development exam (pm)
Mini-Tennis at Fakenham High School (Years 3 and 4)
Tuesday 29th May
Year 11 English (Unit 1F) exam (am)
Year 10 and 11 English Language (1F&H) exam (am)
Year 11 BAF (Unit 7) exam (pm)
Year 11 Design and Technology (Graphic Products Unit 1) exam (pm)
Catering task 1 – period 2 (JDA realises possible clash with English exam and can accommodate)
Finance & Premises Meeting 5.00pm
Wednesday 30th May
Webster-Stratton Parenting Programme - AM
French Trip
Catering task 1 – period 1 (possible clash with French trip JDA to see FLA)
Year 11 Physics (2&3) exam (pm)
Year 10 Physics (2) exam (pm)
Thursday 31st May
French Trip
Friday 1st Jun
French Trip
Non uniform day – Norman Lamb charities
Extended Reward Assembly - AOG
Saturday 2nd Jun
French Trip
Sunday 3rd Jun
French Trip
Headteacher Blog
Welcome to our school website, I hope it gives you a flavour of some of the wonderful accomplishments and successes of our students.
We have had a number of high profile visitors recently including two Olympic athletes! In the shape of Anthony Clarke who was a GB Badminton player and who we are pleased to announce has been appointed to the school as a Student Mentor. He is using his knowledge, skills and experience of sport to support students, particularly around the areas of perseverance, motivation and commitment to success.
Our Sports Awards Evening was a magnificent event and I must at this point thank all those staff, coaches and parents involved in all aspects of organising the evening. These stakeholders actively support all our students and allow them involvement in a huge range of sporting activities. Chris Cook our guest speaker has accomplished a great deal in the sport of swimming and topped off by competing in the last Olympics. As well as impressing and inspiring students, parents and staff in his presentation he also demonstrated his skills in our swimming pool and worked with our able and talented students.
The Sports Award Evening was a great success and was a fantastic showpiece for students who had committed themselves to participate in a wide range of activities including Table Tennis, Athletics, Cross Country, Archery, Fencing, Dodgeball, Equestrian, Football, Dance, Gymnastics, Netball, Rugby, Sailing, Swimming, Tennis, Trampolining and Volleyball. Well done to everybody who was nominated and / or accepted awards.
If you are a frequent reader of my blog you will know we are having a big push on further improving literacy across the school. Please find below details about apostrophes kindly prepared by our Head of English, Mrs Brits.
Alastair Ogle
Using Apostrophes
The poor old apostrophe is perhaps the most abused punctuation mark in the English language. Hopefully this will clarify the correct use!
There are two types of apostrophe – ones that show omission and ones that show possession.
Omission
This is when you use an apostrophe to show where letters have been missed out of a word.
For example: Do not = don’t
I will = I’ll
He is = he’s
The apostrophe is always placed where the missing letters would go.
Possession
This is when you use an apostrophe to show belonging. Look at these examples:
- The student’s book was left on the desk.
In this case, the book belongs to the student (singular – there is only one student), and so the apostrophe is needed before the s.
- The cows’ field was flooded.
In this case, the field belongs to the cows (plural – there is more than one cow), and so the apostrophe is needed after the s.
- The children’s hospital was opened in an official ceremony.
In this case, the hospital belongs to the children (singular – children is already a plural noun), and so the apostrophe is needed before the s.
- The girls’ netball team are the county champions.
In this case, the netball team belongs to the girls (plural), and so the apostrophe is needed after the s.
- The students were excited as it was the end of term.