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Week 2 - Key Student Messages

Please read through the following key messages for Week 2: 

A message from Mrs Clare

A huge welcome to our new Year 12 cohort who are joining us in the Sixth Form. All of you are most welcome here at St Bart’s and we look forward to working with you over the next two years. Equally welcome back to our fantastic Year 13 students who are going into their all important final year of Sixth Form. We wish all of our students every success and we are here to support you every step of the way.

Mr Wilder’s Quote of the Week

“If you see someone without a smile, give them yours” - Dolly Parton

Year 12 Parent Information Evening

Monday 7th September is the Student and Parents’ Information Evening in the hall from 6-7pm. We will start in the hall for an address from the Head of 6th Form, Deputy Head of 6th Form and the Head of Y12 for key information and expectations. We will then move to tutor groups so there is a chance to meet the tutors and learn more about the tutor time programme. 

The Sixth Form Team

Head of Sixth Form: Mrs Clare

Deputy Head of Sixth Form: Mr Wilder

Head of Year 12: Mr Langton

Head of Year 13: Mis Bilcliff

Sixth Form Administrator: Mrs Martin

School Careers Adviser: Mrs Garrety

Head of Early Entrant Applicants: Mr Castel

KS5 Teaching and Learning Lead: Mr Galbraith

Head of Curnock House: Mr Bandy

Head of Davis House: Miss Suggitt

Head of Evers House: Mr Edens

Head of Patterson House: Mr Rabin

Year 12/13 Absences 

If you are absent your parent should ring the attendance hotline to notify the school: 01635576372. If you have any particular issues or concerns please email attendanceofficer@stbarts.co.uk.

Year 12 Timetables

Accessing timetables. These can be accessed via Arbor. For students new to St.Barts, here is what you need to do to access Arbor:

1. Go to RM Unify, find the Arbor Tile, and click on it.

2. click on First Time logging in

3. They will be prompted to enter an email address - they should enter their school email address. Hopefully this is provided in other documentation by IT, but it should be of the form 26pbell@stbarts.co.uk.  The ending @stbarts.co.uk is required.

    a. If you have a student struggling with their email address, you can look this up in Arbor on the student profile to be certain:

4. Once they have successfully entered their email address, they will be sent an email by Arbor.

5. To find the email, they should return to RM Unify and click the Outlook tile.

6. They should find an email waiting for them.  This will contain a link to click on for the student to set a password.

7. The password rules are:

1. 8 characters minimum

2. At least one capital letter must be used

3. At least one lower case letter must be used

4. At least one number must be used.

For the problems that we know about with the timetables published this weekend, we will sort these out first thing on Monday morning. If you have any problems with your timetable and we do not catch up with you in AM tutor time, please see a member of the Sixth Form Team at break. 

Year 12 Subject Changes

From this point, you will be locked into your subject choices. We want you to have a proper try with these subjects. There will be a swapping window in week 5 where you will have the opportunity to explore making changes to your subject programme. Teachers will need to approve any subject changes and entry requirements for those subjects must still be adhered to. 

Year 12/13 Signing in and out

All students must sign in and out of the building with the ID cards issued on Friday P3. This is vitally important for us to know who is on school premises especially if there is an emergency. 

For the students who did not receive their ID card, these will be given out on Monday as far as possible. You will be registered during tutor time and in lessons but you must come to the 6th Form office to sign out if you are leaving school before 3.10pm. 

Year 12 Parent Pay

Parents of external Y12 students should have received a ParentPay activation letter. The letter will have come from platform@parentpay.com and may have gone into your junk folder.

If you have not received your letter or have any issues activating your account, please email finance@stbarts.co.uk

 stating pupil name and tutor group.

Y12/13 Punctuality & Attendance

Attendance is the greatest indicator of A-level success. Please ensure you attend all your lessons, tutor times and enrichment sessions. AM tutor time starts at 8:30am. Friday P5s will be issued for frequent tutor absences or lateness. Get in on time and start your day positively. If you have any major logistical issues with this please do inform your tutor. 

Y12/13 Clubs & Societies

As promised, please find the full list of Sixth Form Clubs & Societies 26-27 for this year. We have so many opportunities coming up this year and I encourage everyone to get involved in your hobbies and passions, or try something new completely. Joining a club/society is a great way to meet new people and be part of the community. If you have any questions about any of the opportunities, please contact the organiser of that club/society as listed.

Pride Club 

St Bart's Pride Club is officially being relaunched! A space like this can have a brilliant impact - students who may otherwise feel like they don't quite fit in are given an opportunity to meet for chats and games with people who accept and support them just as they are. We will be needing some committed Y12s to help us run this important project long-term (and carry it on after we're gone). If you'd like to get involved, come to C215 this Friday lunchtime for the first session, or if you can't be there email the Diversity and Campaigns team through 20TCook@stbarts.co.uk to let us know! And even if you're a Y13, or just want to find out a bit more, we'd still love to meet you. See you on Friday! Best wishes, The Diversity & Campaigns team.

Senior Football Squad

If you would like to be part of the Senior Football Squad this season, please complete the following google form asap: Football Squad Google Form. Trials are on Tuesday 8th September 3:30-4:30pm on Browns Meadow. Friendly match vs Reading School is on Wednesday 9th September 3:15pm KO on Browns Meadow. We need to know position preferences so we can set up the trial match in advance of Tuesday. Any questions speak with Mr Wilder and Mr Langton. 

Year 13 Early Entrants

All early entrants (Oxbridge, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary) have met with Mr Castel and Mrs Garrety during Thurs and Fri.  

If your name was not on this list and you intend to apply for early entry, please let Mr Castel (ecastel@stbarts.co.uk) know asap.

Y12/13 Sixth Form Games/Sixth Form Cup - Wednesday P5 

A great opportunity for sixth form students to use the St Bart’s facilities and meet new people. 

Date

Activity Type

Where?

Autumn Term 1

E - 10th September

Sixth Form Games

Sports Hall

O - 17th September

House Dodgeball

Sports Hall

E - 24th September

Primary School Sports Day

Sports Hall

O - 1st October

Sixth Form Games

Sports Hall

E - 8th October

Sixth Form Games

Sixth Form Common Room

O - 15th October

Sixth Form Games

Sports Hall

E - 22nd October

Spelling Bee

Sixth Form Common Room

Year 12 & 13 PDP (Personal Development Programme) - 12:10-12:40

All students will attend PSHE (Personal, Social, Health & Economic education) in their tutor bases every Tuesday PM tutor time. This week we begin the Health and Wellbeing programme.

Year 13- Monday Period 3 Enrichment

All Year 13 students attend the Welcome Back Assembly where we will be making important announcements and expectations about this academic year. 

Year 12 Assembly - Monday 12:10 

All Year 12 students please go to your tutor base before coming down to the main hall for assembly. Mr Langton will be leading his first assembly as Head of Year 12. 

Year 12&13 Reading books

As part of the tutor time programme on a Wednesday morning, we will be promoting reading your own book. Preferably we would like this to be a paper back book or on a Kindle. The book can be fiction or non-fiction but just reading through your homework on Arbor or on Google Classroom is not classed as reading!

16-19 Bursary 

Please check if you are eligible for our Sixth Form Bursary on the website: 16-19 Bursary St Bart's School The Bursary is there to offer financial support for educational purposes such as equipment, trips and books. If you have any questions with this please email Mrs Clare directly: sclare@stbarts.co.uk 

Exam Access Arrangements

If you have a diagnosis or any access arrangements that we need to be aware of, please complete the survey that was sent out to all year 12 students on Friday P3. If you are in year 12 or year 13 and would like to discuss SEND access arrangements or any further support with CAHMS please email Mrs Hastings jhastings@stbarts.co.uk.

Don’t forget about our wider reading initiative- Five to Thrive- where you get rewarded for reading, whether it is for your A level subjects or reading for pleasure. Collect one of our Five to Thrive cards in the Library and when you have read/listened to five things (fiction or non-fiction books, newspaper articles, JSTOR articles/ journals, NEA research, even a Podcast eg PoliTips), get them signed off by a teacher or the Librarians. Then put them in the box on the Library desk and be in with a chance of winning some Amazon gift cards! 

We also wanted to remind you about the research resources available to you through RMUnify and in the Library- apart from all the fiction and non fiction books we have. Here is a brief guide about what is available at your fingertips and login details where necessary. Please remember to use your school login credentials where possible when accessing these resources/databases to ensure full access, even when working at home. 

Need help with tech? There are some very helpful student videos on RMUnify - click on this tile:

The Purple Press - first issue

More information here: MASSOLIT video essay competition