NEWSLETTER Issue 7 Wednesday 17th December 2014 Message from Adrian Price, Principal - ‘It always seems impossible until it is done’ (Nelson Mandela) A year on from the passing of Nelson Mandela and these wise words still resonate. This has been a hugely important term in the life of Tenbury High. We have welcomed new staff, embarked upon a new partnership with Ormiston and continued our journey to outstanding and beyond. The achievement of our pupils is now above the national average, the quality of teaching is very good and I have utmost confidence that pupils are benefitting from all our efforts. The staff at THOA work incredibly hard and it is wonderful to see their work being rewarded and the school full of confidence. Well done everyone. At the same time as securing rapid school improvement we have remained the small, personable, inclusive and unique school of old. This has been so evident recently with our involvement in the Remembrance Day services and Mistletoe Festival. I was particularly pleased that so many pupils took part in the Christmas Truce performance and to see that every pupil in year 9 had a piece of Mistletoe art work on display in the town. I was delighted with the Mistletoe jewellery partnership work led by Miss Cartwright which involved some of our pupils working with St Michael’s pupils. A fabulous cross-curricular community project which ended with some fantastic jewellery which will be displayed in town. Well done to all those involved! I love Christmas in Tenbury. Thanks to everyone for the fantastic Christmas hampers. Thank you to the Tenbury Town Band for a wonderful Christmas performance last Saturday night! We have our Talent Show on Thursday and our superb THOA Carol Service is at St Mary’s Church on Friday at 2pm; please come and join us. I also hope to see some of you on Sunday evening at the St Mary’s Church Carol service. th Pupils start back to school on Tuesday 6 January which will be a normal school day. Thank you for your support. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope that 2015 is good to us all! Fabulous memories made at the Mistletoe Festival held on 6th December 2014 We are very grateful to the following organisations for sponsoring the Buzz - thank you G H BOWKETT LTD Supermarket & Catering Butchers Market Street, Tenbury Wells T: 01584 810351 DH COMMERCIALS (LEASING) LTD Specialist in quality used commercial vehicles Station Park, Station Road, Hartlebury, DY11 7YJ T: 01299 251087 M: 07831 570117 E: [email protected] www.dhcommercials.co.uk MR PAUL HARRIS Local Locksmith in Tenbury Wells No call out charge – free quotes and estimates T: 01584 819963 M : 07805 233196 IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY th Thursday 18 December Friday 19th December Monday 5th January 2015 Tuesday 6th January 2015 Friday 23rd January 2015 Tuesday 27th January 2015 Tuesday 3rd February 2015 Tuesday 28th April 2015 Tuesday 5th May 2015 School Talent Show Church Carol Service – 2.00 pm (families welcome to join the service) **Break up for Christmas** Teacher Training Day – no pupils in school **Pupils return to school** Non-school uniform for the best attending Learning Mentor Group Year 9 Parents’ Evening Year 11 Parents’ Evening Year 8 Parents’ Evening Year 7 Parents’ Evening PTFA Christmas Hampers – amazing! 1st - JKL 3rd - GVSJ 2nd - BSM Making hampers is something that we take great pride in at THOA! This year the competition amongst Learning Mentor groups was extremely fierce. Sixteen fabulous hampers were presented which were judged on content and style. All the th hampers were prizes at the successful PTFA Christmas Bingo held at school on 4 December. Thank you very much for all your generous donations. We are proud to present the final pieces of jewellery produced by THOA pupils and St Michael's College students who have worked together over the last few weeks to develop and make jewellery with an international theme suitable for sale at events such as the recent Mistletoe Festival. Instrumental lessons are on offer in a variety of instruments at THOA: clarinet, flute, saxophone, voice, piano, guitar and drums. Beginners welcome. Try something new in the New Year; ask Mrs Nolan for a letter to begin lessons. PTFA dates for your diary: Thursday 8th January – 7.30 pm PTFA AGM Minibus Lottery- There are balls still available - £4 per month. All proceeds to towards running and maintaining the minibuses. For information please contact: Katie Powis 07711 388831 or Lisa Whitney 07805 375677 Happy Christmas and thank you for your continued support. Confidential Advice from your School Nurse Drop in and see the school nurse every other Wednesday lunch time in the Apex or Conference Room T: Text: E: Congratulations to Hannah Evans who has recently passed her Grade 5 Saxophone Exam. Well done! Sweet/Cake Containers Childline Contact Numbers T: 0800 1111 Text: 0800 400222 Local Police: 101 www.tenburype.blogspot.co.uk Poppy Appeal 2014 We would be very grateful in the Food Department for your post-Christmas used sweet/cake/icecream containers. They are extremely useful for our pupils to transport their cooking safely home. Thank you – Mrs Sedge-Jones. NSPCC Contact Numbers 0800 800500 0800 056056 [email protected] THOA - PE Fixtures Up-to-date information can be found on the PE Blog: Thank you – THOA raised an amazing £239.05 for the Royal British Legion. Safeguarding (Child Protection Information) Designated member of staff responsible for safeguarding: Mrs J Herschy Deputy: Mr A Price T: 01584 810304 Governor: Mrs C Wallace - 07867468908
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