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DARTON COLLEGE

5th February 2016

Issue 19

Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News

b een invited t o attend t he

break to recharge my batteries,

What a week! It was brilliant to

awards ceremony at the Town

ready to press on again once

see so many parents and Y11

Hall on the 4th March - watch

were back. It is great to be

learners at last nights Revision

this space!

able to see the green shoots of

Evening! All departments had

Our staff training day today has

put in a tremendous effort to

focused on connectivity and

create bespoke revision guides

pulling together key pieces of

and booklets relevant to their

work that have been

subject areas and the

taken over the course of last

feedback has b een real l y

year and since September,

positive - thank you as ever for

these include our Assessment

your support.

matrices, departmental subject

We have received some well

plans and bespoke subject spe-

deserved nominations in school

cific scaffolds for planning se-

this week for the St ars of

quences of learning.

Darton West. A number of

learners

have received

nominations for

their

community work and have

under-

improvement occurring across

the

College,

although

we

recognise we still have much to

do.

Huge

thanks

for

your

support and feedback - good

and bad - it all helps us to
improve.
Have a great weekend and/or
half term break if you are also
off!

Despite being a ridiculously short

Kate Davies

half term, I, like most of my staff

Principal

am on my knees and ready for a

In this issue
Page 1: Principals News
Page 2: Up-coming events / Sporting News

Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk

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Important Dates

Under 13s Football South Yorkshire Schools Cup Quarter Final Victory

February Half-Term Holiday

Monday 8th February - Friday 12th
February. All learners will return on
Monday 15th February.
Year 10 Parents Evening
Thursday 3rd March 4.30pm - 7.30pm
Year 7 Parents Evening (1)
Th u r s d a y 1 0 t h M a r c h 4 .3 0 p m 7.30pm
(Forms 7ABA, 7CLU, 7BDE, 7JSH)
Year 7 Parents Evening (2)
Th u r s d a y 1 7 t h M a r c h 4 .3 0 p m 7.30pm
(Forms 7STH, 7VB A, 7DSH, 7KT A,
7RCO)
Essential Equipment
Pencil cases (available in 3 colours)
c o n tai ni n g e s s en ti a l pi e c e s of
equipment are now on sale in school
Admin/Finance Office @ 1.50 each.

Amazing quarter final win against Aston 3-2 after extra time on Tuesday
of this week. They now go forward for the next round which is the Semi
Final of the South Yorkshire Schools Cup. Great attitude, great
commitment and a great win! Goals from Josh Batley, Tom Woodhouse
& Sam Gillott. Team line up consists of: Elliott Green, Harry Bentley,
Spencer Worsley, Harry Braithwaite, Josh Batley, Joe Hall, Callum Brook,
Alex Fox, Joe Griggs, Alex Netherwood, Thomas Woodhouse, Sam
Gillott, Elliott Jones, Ben Senior and Kody Hall.

ATTENDANCE 01.09.2015 to 29.01.16

Whole School
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

Target
95.50%
96.50%
96.00%
95.50%
95.00%
94.50%

Yearly

Weekly

94.90%

94.10%

96.80%

96.40%

95.80%

96.10%

93.50%

92.40%

94.30%

92.80%

92.90%

91.40%

Whole School Target

95.50%

Whole School Actual

94.90%

Forms with the highest attendance for the week ending

29.01.16 - 7VBA, 8NTO, 8JEL, 9LBR, 9HCO, 10HCA,

Snippets...
Here are just a few snippets from the great learning this week
Great poem presentations from Harry and Adam in Year 7 - brilliant
work boys!
Year 11s have been working really hard on their preparations for the
mock examinations this week - keep up the good work !
Lucy and Charlotte in Year 10 produced some amazing piece
of art - brilliant work!
Ethic of Excellence - Please visit our website http://
dartoncollege.co.uk to check out an array of articles or scan the
code here to visit the school blogs.

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