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Weekly Newsletter

27 April 2012

PARKING INFORMATION

This Saturday, 28th April is OPEN MORNING and consequently all playground parking is restricted to OPEN MORNING visitors only. If you usually travel to school by car, particularly at lunchtime, please use the neighbouring public car parks.

DRAMA PERFORMANCES

College One Drama and Theatre Studies students will be performing their practical exam pieces next week - and all family, friends, pupils and staff are invited to the performances. In the first half of the programme, the students will perform a selection of monologues - in the second half they will perform Polly Teale's After Mrs Rochester (a play that explores the life of the writer Jean Rhys). In addition to the two acting candidates, two students are being entered as designers - and they will be introducing their design work both for the monologues and the play. There are two performances which will take place in the main hall on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th May. (Please note that the start time is 7pm).

TWO SUCCESSFUL DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER PRACTICE EXPEDITIONS WENT OUT OVER THE EASTER HOLIDAYS

RENTAL PROPERTY SOUGHT

The family of a new student (joining us in September) are looking to rent a property from this summer – at least 2 bedrooms and preferably within walking distance of the school. They have two very well behaved dogs. Does anyone know of a property? If you can help, please contact Jenny Daly in the Admissions Office and she will put you in touch with the family – email: jenny.daly@boothamschool.com

ICELAND 2012

After the near miss last time we visited Iceland in 2010 were glad that no eruptions interfered with the trip over Easter. Our group of 23 students from Upper and Lower Seniors enjoyed wall to wall sunshine throughout their stay and made the most of the natural wonders Iceland has to offer. Pictured above is the group in between two glaciers in the Skaftafell National Park.

ACTIVITIES

Activities have begun. Please could the home permission emails or letters be sent to Sarah Allen (allens@boothamschool.com) as soon as possible.

QUAKERS IN EDUCATION – A DIALOGUE

Your attention is drawn to a one day conference in Birmingham on 28th June on Quaker involvement in education. Jonathan has helped to organise this in partnership with the other Quaker independent schools in the UK. The interactive conference will seek to answer the following questions: What is the particular contribution that Quaker values make to education? How can we support Friends working in maintained schools? How can our values more effectively challenge current ways of thinking about education? The conference is aimed at teachers from all sectors, school governors, academics and anyone else interested in education. Full details and application form are available on this link.

FURNITURE DESIGNED BY YEAR 4

For their DT project, the children in Year 4 have been designing and making furniture for “Lizzy” and “Hugo”. Each child has had the opportunity to explain which materials they used and how they made the piece of furniture. Lizzy and Hugo's newly furnished home will soon be available for viewing at Bootham Junior School!

SCHOOLROOMS ENJOY FRENCH GASTRONOMY!

PUBLIC EXAM INFORMATION

All of the students in Lower & Upper Senior and College have now been given their timetables for the summer exams. Individual exam timetables are also available to view on the parent portal. A whole school timetable for GCSE and AS/A2 exams is available on the website.  Our Exams Officer, Debbie Sturdy, has compiled a booklet with answers to frequently asked questions about public exams – please click here to view.
Results Days 2012 - Please note that GCE A2/AS results day this year is Thursday 16 August and that GCSE results day is Thursday 23 August. Further information regarding collecting results will be given next term.