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Friday 22nd September 2017

We were really pleased to welcome so many Year 11 parents at the Information Evening on Monday. The Presentation slides for the evening can be found here and those parents unable to attend will receive the information via their child.

Keeping standards high
Students have made a great first impression in the first two weeks of the school year. They all listened carefully to the first assemblies of the year where we reminded them of our values and expectations, how to look after themselves and others and what our basic safety expectations are. If they (or you) have any questions about school rules or expectations please contact their tutor in the first instance.

As has been the case for a number of years now, if a student loses focus in a lesson and this causes disruption to other students' learning, we have a clear procedure in place for dealing with this. All students know and understand this and respond really positively. When we talk to students and ask for feedback, they consistently tell us this helps to keep a great learning atmosphere and ethos in classes.

Assemblies
Assemblies this week were taken by Year Leaders who have asked for student applications to join the School Council. Students were also given a refresher on our Anti-bullying Charter and who to speak to in school to report any unkindness. You can read our Anti-bullying Charter here.

Communication reminder
I would just like to remind you of the different ways you can keep in regular contact with us:

• Weekly ENews
• Website – This is updated on a regular basis
• E-mail alerts – If you are not receiving these, please send in your email address to add to the system.
• Twitter Feed – follow @harrowway
• Staff Contacts – On the Contact tab of the website, parents can email individual staff by selecting the envelope icon next to their name.
• Tucasi Online Payment System – view your child's purchase history from the canteen.

Year 7 settling in meeting arrangements
Year 7 parents should have received an e-mail giving details on how to sign in and use the the Parents Evening Booking website, to make a 5 minute appointment with their child's Tutor to discuss settling in.

School photographer
Year 7, Year 10 and new students have had photographs taken this week. Proof copies will be given to your child next week. As usual, there will be a very short deadline to order copies.

Curriculum
You can view our curriculum content on our website here and link to each Department's content.

Open Evening - 26th September
We will be holding our Open Evening at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 26th September. This event is primarily for Year 6 pupils and their parents. Unless current students have been asked to assist during the evening, they should not attend. In order to prepare for this event we will be closing the school to students at 12.45pm and have requested buses for this time.

These visits for 2017/18 have currently been agreed by the Headteacher. Others will be added throughout the year. There is no guarantee that they will all go ahead as this depends on student uptake. Further details on each visit will be given out to the year group/classes involved by the member of staff organising the visit.

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