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DARTON COLLEGE

4th December 2015

Issue 13

Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News

strength to strength! Our second

a stark reminder that we still

When you are as disorganised as

Year 8 Parents Evening took

have much to do to ensure that

me with Christmas shopping it is

place this Thursday and as ever I

all learners make the progress

slightly disconcerting that the

was delighted to be able to

that they are capable of. There

weeks are flying by so rapidly!

meet so many of you, it was also

is and will be no complacency

This week has been especially

heartening to receive some

from any member of the senior

busy and it has been wonderful

positive feedback about the

and wider staff team in ensuring

to hear so many positive things

improvements that you feel we

that

from pa rents a nd the local

are making - thank you!

maintain our positive and rapid

we

achieve

this

and

trajectory of improvement.

community about our learners.

Our school choir performed on

Every year all schools receive a

Wednesday as part of a Barnsley

data summary of their perfor-

As part of my wider National

Music Hub performance and

mance in the previous academic

Leader of Education role (NLE)

r ecei v ed hi g h p r a i s e; hu ge

year . This was published on

and work with teaching schools I

thanks to all the learners involved

Tuesday, whilst there was some

am privileged to facilitate on a

and to Mrs Coen for her

positive progress made and a

number of national leadership

unrelenting commitment and

notable reversal of the schools 2

courses, this week I had a great

drive - the choir are going from

year downward data trend it was

final day with 20 senior leaders

developing the leadership of

In this issue

teaching and learning - a real

Page 1: Principals News

joy!

Page 2: Up-coming events / procedures for winter weather

Have a great weekend!

Page 2: Snippets

Kate Davies
Principal

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

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Important Dates
Year 11 Mock Exams Results Day
Monday 14th December
Christmas Lunch (Learners & Staff)
Tuesday 15th December
Winter Showcase
Wednesday 16th (see poster)
Year 11 Parents Evening
Thursday 14th January 2016

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

This web page is up-dated early in
the morning so that the information is
available for viewing before the
school day begins. The college
website also has information when
the college is closed www.dartoncollege.co.uk

Its that time of year again when

we can expect frost, snow and
ice. Last year over the winter
months the college remained
open every day, even when we
had snow.
The Principal has the difficult
decision of keeping the college
open whilst keeping in mind the
safety of learners and staff.
Barnsley MBC has a web page
t h a t s h o w s a l l of th e s c h oo l
closures throughout the borough
http://barnsley.gov.uk/
schoolclosures

Dearne FM is another media outlet

you can gather information from
about school closures. All schools in
the area contact Dearne FM early in
the morning with details of school
closures and delayed openings.
They will broadcast this information
on - FM 102 & 97.1
The Dearne FM website also lists all
the school closures: www.dearnefm.co.uk
Should the decision be made to
close during the school day, a text
message will be sent to parents and
staff will remain in college until all
learners have been allowed to leave
or have been collected by a parent.

Snippets...
Here are just a few snippets from the great learning this week

Wonderful work from Year 10 learners Isabelle, Lucas, Brandon and Katie in
producing their own WAGGOL to support their learning in French - brilliant
work!
Great home learning from Ash in Year 10 on population density
- great work!

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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