Information for Year 10 Parents
Curriculum Overview
Introduction Video and Core Subjects
Subject Videos
Important Dates
| 20th September 2022 | Open Evening |
| 21st September 2022 | Y7 & Y10 Photographs |
| 29th September 2022 | 1830 Y10 Parent Work Experience Launch |
| 25th October – 28th October 2022 | Autumn Half-Term |
| 8th November 2022 | INSET Day 2 |
| w/c 14th November 2022 | All Years Autumn Progress Reviews home this week |
| 24th November 2022 | 1230 finish in preparation for Y8-11 Meet the Tutor |
| 30th November 2022 | Dance Public Show |
| 1st December 2022 | Dance Public Show |
| 2nd December 2022 | Christmas Fair |
| w/c 5th December 2022 | All Years Maths Assessments |
| 8th December 2022 | Y10 Virtual Parents Evening |
| 12th December 2022 | INSET Day 3 |
| 14th December 2022 | 1800 Christmas Music Public Concert |
| 16th December 2022 | 1230 End of Autumn Term |
| 19th December – 2nd January inclusive | Christmas Holiday |
| 3rd January 2023 | Spring Term begins |
| w/c 6th February 2023 | Y7-10 Maths Assessments |
| 12th – 17th February Inclusive | Spring Half-Term |
| w/c 6th March 2023 | Y7-10 Spring Progress Reviews home this week |
| 17th March 2023 | INSET Day 4 |
| 31st March 2023 | 1500 End of Spring Term |
| 3rd April – 14th April inclusive | Easter Holiday |
| 17th April 2023 | Summer Term begins |
| 1st May 2023 | Bank Holiday |
| w/c 22nd May 2023 | Y7-10 Maths Assessments this week |
| 29th May – 2nd June Inclusive | Summer Half Term |
| w/c 19th June 2023 | Y7-10 End of Year exams (week 1). Y7-10 Progress Reviews published this week |
| w/c 26th June 2023 | Y7-10 End of Year exams (week 2) |
| 3rd July 2023 | INSET Day 5 |
| w/c 10th July 2023 | Y10 Work Experience Week |
| 13th July 2023 | Y10 Presentation Evening |
| 17th July 2023 | Sports Day |
| 21st July 2023 | 1230 End of Summer Term |
An up to date list of calendared events can be found here.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
Suggested Reading
At Harrow Way, we acknowledge the large body of research which indicates a correlation between reading and academic success and between reading and well-being and we encourage all our students to be readers. To this end, our Learning Resource Centre operates a library facility with thousands of fiction and non-fiction books supporting reading for pleasure and reading for purpose. Some audio fiction titles are available. There are also a wide variety of magazines.
We operate an E-book platform though Hampshire County Council and this now includes audio books too. Our Reading Cloud platform allows students to access the library catalogue, read and write book reviews, find out what new titles are available and more. Both can be accessed via the VLE. All of these are free to use. However, lost items will need to be replaced by the borrower. In addition, we run a student book group called NatterReads who meet informally most weeks over lunch to share what they are reading.
Our Learning Resource Centre Manager is able to provide recommended reading book lists for students who are reluctant or struggling readers as well as recommended book review and search websites.
Suggested Reading:
- Teri Terry – Contagion (post apocalyptic event)
- Marcus Sedgewick – Saint Death (Carnegie shortlisted 2018)
- Arwen Elys Dayton – The Seekers trilogy (action, adventure, romance. Game of thrones fans will like)
- E. Lockhart – Genuine Fraud (suspense)
- Karen M. McManus – One of us is Lying (murder, secrets)
- Rati Mehrotra – MarksWoman (post apocalyptic fantasy)
- Robert Muchamore – Killer T (gene editing technology, terrorists)
- Charles Dickens
- Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre
- Jandy Nelson – I’ll give you the Sun
- Lisa Williamson – All about Mia (teenage pregnancy, family dynamics)
- Harper Lee – To Kill a Mocking Bird (racism, legal system)
- Scott Westerfield
- Rick Yancey
- M Carey – The Girl with All the Gifts