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Choosing the right subjects for GCSE House Life

OCCASIONAL BOARDING Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in If you are a day pupil and you need to stay overnight, your parents/guardian should ask us if it is ok to February so that next year’s timetable can be blocked do so at least 24hrs in advance. and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at You need to bring your own duvet or sleeping bag, pillows and sheets. the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add Day pupils are not entitled to their own bed and you may have to use any bed which is available. any supporting comments on both initial and final You should not leave your bedding on the bed on nights when you are not staying as the bed may be option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly needed by someone else. about the choices that have been made. Once the final options form is submitted, the allocation of options will be made based on the information supplied on MOBILE PHONES the form. Mobiles Once choices have been made, the College reserves You are generally allowed to have your mobile phone with you in school, (3rd Form only after the the right to withdraw any courses for which there is Autumn half term), but it must be on ’silent’ during the school day. If it does, your mobile will be insufficient demand. confiscated for a period of time. Sometimes you will be allowed to use your phone to record prep or We try to accommodate all subject choices within use during lessons, but only if the teacher says you can. the prescribed framework. However, subjects are sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing Phones can be kept on a student’s person during the day but should be invisible unless in the boarding prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will houses or the Sixth Form Centre where they can be used; this also includes not listening to music contact you to discuss alternatives. anywhere other than those locations. This would apply for the duration of each week Monday to Friday, regardless of the time of day.

On the following pages, you will find more information about each subject, as well as some useful advice from The weekends would be exempt from this; students could use phones in all areas of the campus at any the Head of Careers and Higher Education, Sharon time, although phones must not be used at a meal table. Phones can be accessed during offsite trips Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the (e.g. on a bus during an away sports fixture during the week). various factors involved in making the most Students can still use phones in a lesson when researching something that the teacher has asked them appropriate choices.to. Should a student wish to contact their parents using their own phone during the school day they can do this at main school reception (with permission from the receptionist), their boarding house or the Sixth Form Centre.

Stephen Badger Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning) Watches that connect to the internet can be worn but notifications must be turned off unless in the boarding house or Sixth Form Centre. Mobiles should not be used after ‘lights out’. 3rd Formers are initially not allowed ‘mobiles in school, but thereafter they have to hand their mobile phones and other devices to the staff member on duty before lights out. 4th and 5th Form girls should hand their mobiles in to Matrons’ room before prep