Falinge Park High School

Falinge Park High School

Pupils who auditioned for our school pantomime, ‘Cinderella:A Circus Caper!’ need
to attend an important meeting in the Hall on the first day back after half term. The
meeting will last approximately one hour after school and scripts and rehearsal
timetables will be issued to everyone. It is important everyone attends, including
technical crew. See Mr. Mvula to discuss this further if needed.

Tickets for the pantomime are now available, priced at £3.00 per person or £10.00 for a family ticket of four. They are available from the Cepa Office. The pantomime will take
place on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th December at 7.00pm.

Well done to all the pupils who attended the ‘Horrible Science; Theatre visit this week. Mr DeCourcey and Ms. Kowalski took pupils from Science Club to see the production at the Palace Theatre on Friday evening. A pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.

Tickets for our Abba Tribute Evening are currently on sale. The event takes place on Friday 12th November from 7.00pm until 10.00pm, and is strictly adult only. Tickets are £10.00 per person including a ‘pie and pea’ supper, entry to our 70’s/80’s music quiz and performances by the professional tribute band, ‘The Right Stuff;. Tickets are limited and are selling fast.

Please contact school or send completed forms with money to Mr. DeCourcey or Mr. Sapsford in the CEPA office to ensure your seats.

Girl’s choir takes place every Friday lunchtime in F8 for all years. We currently welcome new members and the repertoire is varied. See Ms. Williams if you would like to know more or join up.

Mr. Dalby and Mr. Jackson are currently looking to create a Boys’ Vocal Group. If you think you might be interested then please contact either teacher in the next few weeks. The group will comprise boys from across all years and several special projects are planned.

Letters have been issued to all primary schools to invite them to participate in an INSET titled ‘Raising Literacy Using the Arts’ on Thursday 17th Feb 2011 from 2.00pm until 4.00pm. There are limited places so please contact Mr. DeCourcey in the CEPA Office.

The New Communities and Community Tutor Groups are working well and all pupils seem to be fitting into their groups easily, and are beginning to make new friends. The way pupils from each year are helping those in another year is very pleasing so well done to everyone.

The Academic Reviews are progressing well. Up to now, Years 11, 10, 9 and 7 have completed Reviews and Year 8 reviews start in the week we come back after half term, beginning 1st November. All pupils receive letters to take home for parents so please keep checking with your child. If anyone wants to discuss the Academic Reviews they should make arrangements to discuss them with their child’s community form tutor.

On Tuesday 2nd November The theatre company ‘2 Tour Theatre’ will be in school to demonstrate physical theatre methods and hold workshops with Year 10 Drama students.

The PTA will be held in the library on Tuesday 2nd November from 6.15pm. Everyone is very welcome and we hope to see you there.

The school was inspected on 6th and 7th October by Ofsted Inspectors and we expect the full report shortly. We are delighted that we achieved an outstanding grade in 5 areas, which are; the extent to which pupils feel safe; pupils’ behavior; the effectiveness of care, guidance and support given by the school; the effectiveness with which school promotes community cohesion and the extent of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. As you can imagine, we are very proud of our school and as soon as the full report is released, we will let you know.

Finally, we hope that everyone has a pleasant and restful half term and come back refreshed on Monday November 1st.