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Choosing the right subjects for GCSE House Life

MONEY AND HOUSE BANK

Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in February so that next year’s timetable can be blocked We are cashless. Any money for tuck or events can be added to the school bill or money can be and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at transferred to the House account. Please ask your Houseparent for the House Bank details. the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add any supporting comments on both initial and final NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly Newspapers and magazines are delivered regularly—they are for everyone to enjoy. Please do not about the choices that have been made. Once the final remove them from the main foyer or Common Room or cut bits out of them! options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on OCCASIONAL BOARDING • the form.If you are a day pupil and you need to stay overnight, your parents/guardian should ask us if it is ok to do so at least 24hrs in advance. • Once choices have been made, the College reserves You need to bring your own duvet or sleeping bag, pillows and sheets. • the right to withdraw any courses for which there is If you are a day pupil and there are some spare beds in the house then you may find that you are insufficient demand. lucky enough to keep the same bed each time you stay. However, day pupils are not entitled to

We try to accommodate all subject choices within their own bed and you may have to use any bed which is available. • the prescribed framework. However, subjects are You should not leave your bedding on the bed on nights when you are not staying as the bed may sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing be needed by someone else. prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will contact you to discuss alternatives. PHONES On the following pages, you will find more information Mobiles about each subject, as well as some useful advice from You are generally allowed to have your mobile phone with you in school, (3rd Form only after the the Head of Careers and Higher Education, Sharon Autumn half term), but it must be on ’silent’ during the school day. If it does ring, your mobile will be Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the confiscated for a period of time. Sometimes you will be allowed to use your phone to record prep or various factors involved in making the most use during lessons, but only if the teacher says you can. appropriate choices. Phones can be kept on a student’s person during the day but should be invisible unless in the boarding houses or the Sixth Form Centre where they can be used; this also includes not listening to music anywhere other than those locations. This would apply for the duration of each week Monday to Friday, regardless of the time of day.

Stephen Badger Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning) The weekends would be exempt from this; students could use phones in all areas of the campus at any time, although phones must not be used at a meal table. Phones can be accessed during offsite trips (e.g. on a bus during an away sports fixture during the week). Students can still use phones in a lesson when researching something that the teacher has asked them to.