END OF TERM MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

PHEW! WOT A SCORCHER!

To paraphrase 'The Sun' newspaper from way back whenever, we have just experienced the hottest and driest summer term any of us can remember at George Spencer Academy. Well done to all of us, as we maintained our focus on learning, and many students sat their GCSE and A-Level examinations (thankfully in the air conditioned environment of the Sports Hall). Hopefully, when students receive their results in mid-August, we will all be very satisfied and regard the summer of 2018 as a successful one, as well as a hot one on many occasions.

The school was recently represented at the 100th Anniversary events for the Chilwell Explosion of 1918, an event unparalleled in the country's history, and a fitting tribute to those people who lost their lives and loved ones a century ago in the community. The centenary of the Armistice, in November, will also receive special focus in school next term.

GSA has also held a range of calendared extra-curricular events since Easter, including the New Intake Day and Parents' Evening; the Year 8 Graduation and Evening disco; the Year 9 trip to Club Correze in France; the Year 8 climb of Snowdon; the Year 7 Camp; the Skegness football tour; the Summer Concert; and Sports Day, back once again at the revamped Harvey Hadden stadium.

Students have been to Normandy, Ypres, Cern (Geneva) and Barcelona this term, and right now we have 22 students and 3 staff on the Tanzania 2018 expedition, working on the school project for orphan children in Moshi, close to Kilimanjaro, before going on safari and to the island of Zanzibar. George Spencer Academy is certainly a busy environment, with many opportunities for those who wish to see the world!

As we break for our summer holidays, we ask that all families take particular care near to/in water and ensure that all adequate safety is uppermost in mind. Students riding cycles without helmets also worries us greatly, and next term we will be banning any student who refuses to wear a helmet when cycling to and from GSA.

As always, there is a turnover of staff at any school at the end of the academic cycle. The following staff will be leaving us for new adventures, having served GSA for five or more years.:

• Mr Copeman – taking on a senior role at Loughborough Grammar School
• Ms Bailey and Mr Ryan – both moving to our Trust partner school at Heanor Gate
• Mrs Snow, retiring after 19 years at George Spencer (and our queen of the 'Strictly' ballroom)
• Ms Gormley, moving to a promotion at a school in Burton-on-Trent
• Mr Hallam, moving to a promotion in Castle Donington

Other staff departing are: Ms Greenwood, Ms Hinojosa, Ms Oladeji, Mr King, Ms McKenzie-Scott, Ms Clow, Ms Hart, Ms McCalla, Ms Singh and Ms Seymour-Smith.

To all of them, we wish them well on whatever road they take, and we look forward to hearing of their future successes.

Please make sure that all newly purchased uniform items adhere to our specific policy statement, which can be found in Student Planners as well as the Spencer Academies and GSA websites. Parents are reminded that, by choosing to send your daughter/son to George Spencer Academy, you are agreeing that they will wear appropriate uniform consistently.

The Autumn Term resumes for students on Wednesday 5th September.

Have a relaxing summer holiday period and we will see you next term!

Mr Field

LAST & FIRST DAY OF TERM DETAILS

End of term - Students finish at 12.15pm on Wednesday 25th July

INSET Day (Tuesday 4th September)

Wednesday 5th September - All students start back to school. It is a Week 1. 

Year 7 begin at normal time, ready to meet Learning Managers in the tennis courts at 8.45. Year 8 will line up in the tennis courts at 9.30 where Learning managers will meet them. Years 9, 10, 11 go to their form room for 9.30am.

All students will go to normal lessons P2.

SPORTS DAY EVENTS

Field - Order of Events

Track - Order of Events

N.B – ALL OTHER EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SCHOOL PRIOR TO SPORTS DAY

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

As the new academic year begins, on Monday 2 July, we look forward to welcoming our students into their new year groups. With the hot weather looking to prevail until next weekend we will continue to ask students to leave their blazers at home until Monday 9 July. With this in mind, all other aspects of uniform will need to be to our usual high expectation. Please ensure your child is in correct school uniform ready for their new timetable. A reference copy of this can be found on the website and in the new planners that will be issued on Monday (can also be accessed here). If this could pose a problem over the remainder of the term, please contact your child's pastoral team.

All students in Years 8-11 start school at normal time, 8.45am. They will spend period 1 with their learning managers and in assembly. Normal lessons will begin period 2.

GET YOUR BARGAIN READS FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND BE BEACH BOOK READY!

From Wednesday 4th until Tuesday 10th July we will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair in the Library during break, lunch time and after school until 4pm. Every item on sale at the fair will be half the marked price! There are over 100 titles for students to browse through, and with fantasy, thrillers, chick-lit, non-fiction, comedy and lots more, there's sure to be a book for everyone to enjoy. If you'd like to take a look at a selection of the books that will be on offer there are some leaflets available in the Library that students can collect, or you can find them listed on the Scholastic website: https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/bookcases/tt and https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/bookcases/ro 

Every book sold will help to get FREE BOOKS for the School Library. There will also be a range of stationery available, again this will be half price.

We will be taking cash only at the Book Fair. Alternatively you can visit https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to find out about Book Fair Gift Vouchers. These offer a 20% discount when you buy online meaning a £12 voucher costs only £10, a £6 voucher costs only £5 and so on. Vouchers can be purchased up until midnight on the last day of the book fair.

SECONDARY SUCCESS FOR GSA

George Spencer Academy (GSA) has been recognised as the ‘second’ best state-funded secondary school in the region.

In the Real Schools Guide 2018 rankings, compiled by Reach, George Spencer was scored just behind the prosperous West Bridgford School. A total of sixty-three schools were scored in the rankings, which covered both Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

The rankings were based on an aggregate score derived from 51 separate assessment categories, including GCSE results, Attainment 8 scores, Progress 8 scores, pupil-teacher ratio and absence rates.

Detailed scores for the schools assessed can be found here.

The scoring pushed George Spencer Academy into the top ten percent of secondary schools nationwide. Ofsted rated as ‘Outstanding,’ GSA was given the highest possible score for attainment and for pupil progress during their time in school.

In 2017 77% of pupils at GSA achieved at least 5 A* to C or 9 to 4 grade GCSES including English and Maths at 9 to 4. Nationally 61% of pupils achieved comparable grades. 

Principal Andrew Field said that the rankings recognised the hard work of GSA staff and of students, who have sat over 3,300 exams in recent weeks.

Mr Field said, “We have fantastic staff at George Spencer – many of whom started their careers in our teacher training institute and will spend a significant part of their career with us.

“Since 2015 teachers from GSA have played a huge role in establishing The Spencer Academies Trust; supporting primary and secondary schools across the East Midlands to improve their attainment in turn.

“To be able to share the model that has worked so well at George Spencer while only becoming stronger here is a testament to how hard GSA staff and students have worked. I sincerely hope both students and colleagues will now be able to get a good break over the summer, returning refreshed and ready to learn.”

CHALLENGE DAYS - W/C 25/06/18

27th & 28th June - 8.50am - 2.55pm 

Break - 10.30 - 10.45   |   Lunch - 11.30 - 12.30

The 27th and the 28th are set to be very hot days! Students must arrive in appropriate dress and bring water/sun cream/hats, prepared to be outdoors!

Shaded areas and water stations will be available on the field.

• Year 7 – Takeshi's Eggs. (Non-uniform and bring a change of clothes/towel)
• Year 7 – PHEW Activities (Sports Clothing)
• Year 7 STEM – (Thurs) (Comfortable clothes and trainers, change of clothes and towel)
• Year 8 – Twycross Zoo (School UNIFORM and sensible shoes for walking), Non-attenders – School uniform
• Year 8 - PHEW Activities – (Sports Clothing)
• Year 8 - Normandy Trip
• Year 9 - PHEW Activities – (Sports Clothing)
• Year 10 – Work Experience
• Year 12 – Uni Day (Wed), Employer Day (Thurs), Tutor Review (Thurs), CERN Trip

YEAR 11 STUDENTS - DONATE YOUR OLD UNIFORM TO SCHOOL!

We are in desperate need of ties, trainers, blazers, trousers and shirts!

We are also looking for any revision guides, calculators and any equipment you don’t need anymore.

Please donate them to reception or Miss Gooderham’s office over the next few weeks. Alternatively, there will be bins at the back of the hall on the day of the Leavers Assembly for you to drop any unwanted items.

Thank you for your support J

EXCITING NEWS!!!

 We are delighted to be informed that GSA's project: Delivering Dreams and Aspirations has been awarded FIRST prize following the Tesco Bags of Help vote in your local Tesco stores. 

Voting was held at Tesco stores between Thursday 1st March to Monday 30th April and proved to be very successful with millions of votes being cast by Tesco Customers across England, Scotland and Wales. 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! We could not have done it without you!!!

THANK YOU!

MAY BULLETIN

I am writing to inform you that over the coming days each of our students will be given an update in relation to the changes to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Following the assembly, we will be distributing during tutor time a form for them to complete which gives them the option to consent / decline consent for the use of information we possess about them.

This process applies to all students who are currently aged 12 or above. Mr Wright and Mr Kerry will deal with the students in Year 7 who are under 12 separately.

Please click here to see a copy of the form they will be asked to complete.

For students in years 7-11 only

One of the reasons you have chosen to send your child to George Spencer Academy is for the high expectations we have of our young people, as well as our academic prowess. The introduction of the blazer six years ago has increased how smart our students look.

It is important that we maintain these high standards and it is only through positive relationships with yourselves that we achieve this. We wanted to make you aware as early as possible to some alterations, as we are mindful that you maybe updating your child's uniform before the end of term.

The changes that will be in place from the beginning of the new academic year in September will be:

• Students are not allowed to wear 'skinny' or 'cropped' trousers,
• Students are no longer allowed to wear the 'Bootleg air Suffolk' trainer style shoe from Clarks, or any other 'trainer' style. All shoes should be formal style shoes.

The planner and uniform guide for the new academic year will be updated to indicate these changes. Students wearing inappropriate uniform in September will be removed from circulation until the situation is resolved.

The high expectation with regard to student's attire will remain in place throughout the year. Please ensure that you child continues to wear the correct uniform for the remainder of the academic year.

Thank you in advance for your support and co-operation.

Mr A Field

Principal

YEAR GCSE SCIENCE & UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS

Many thanks to everyone for all of the positive comments and interest shown in student progress in Science at the recent progress evening. We had some excellent questions about the content studied so far in the GCSE science courses as well as the upcoming end of year assessments.

For Year 10, this will be W/C 9th July 2018 

You will be able to access the specification for GCSE Trilogy (combined) Science here.

For the Separate Science course, you will be able to access the specification for... 

• GCSE Physics here 
• GCSE Chemistry here 
• GCSE Biology here

Topics studied: All year 10 pupils will have completed the following topics (during the course of Year 9 and Year 10)

The Physics equations sheets (GCSE Physics & Combined Science) – all students in combined Science will need to be able to recall 21 Physics equations, and 23 equations on the GCSE Physics course. Please be aware that not all of the equations have been taught to pupils yet – as there are still topics to teachin year 11.

Revision Resources

BBC Bitesize (You need to select either, Biology, Chemistry, Physics for the separate courses, or Combined Science and then AQA for the correct exam board – this can also be downloaded as an app.)

Specimen Papers & Mark Schemes

• Combined Science Trilogy AQA
• GCSE Physics
• GCSE Chemistry
• GCSE Biology

Revision guides can be purchased on Squid portal– they are CGP and can be purchased for Separate Science (all three books) or for combined (one book) – students can collect these from us in the Science office when they have purchased them.

Kerboodle

Al of our GCSE Science textbooks are available on Kerboodle – which all students have now used, a guide for accessing Kerboodle can be found here.

For further enquiries you can also email Miss K. Hancock at khancock@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk or Mr N. Baker (Curriculum Leader for Science) at nbaker@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk

A MESSAGE FROM THE (NEWISH) PRINCIPAL

End of Spring Term 2018

During this Spring Term of 2018 we have experienced some most unorthodox events:

• the closure of the school for two days due to the extreme weather conditions (for only the second time in 15 years) as even George Spencer succumbed to the ‘Beast from the East’, not before stout resistance from our heroic caretaking team
• sporting successes, particularly in Table Tennis and Netball , with national and county finals reached
• a team of sports leaders ‘stepping’ their way up and down Kilimanjaro, and still having the energy to also ‘reach’ Paris!
• two exhilarating overseas school trips, to countries previously not on the GSA ‘empire map’ – Morocco, to conquer the highest peak in North Africa, and to Lithuania to study the geography of one of the Baltic states; as well as our two regular German exchanges taking place
• Lots of other events for students, including STEM Week, Maths Challenges, Valentine’s disco, Fix Up for Year 11, and theatre trips

All the while, we constantly strive to do all that we can to help every student progress and attain to the best of their ability, and we continue to professionally develop our staff through innovative CPD. The efforts and dedication of all our colleagues continues to make GSA.

We will be sorry to see the departure of Mr Paul Hynes (Vice Principal) at Easter, after 7 years as a member of the Core Leadership team of George Spencer. Paul has been our timetabler in recent years, and brought considerable knowledge of curriculum design and assessment to the table in leading many aspects of GSA’s transition during the introduction of new specifications across Key Stages 4 and 5.  He has also taught many subjects, most notably Business Studies, to great effect and has always been most willing to ‘fill the gaps’ in any teaching need – most recently the ECDL qualification last summer. However, we have never actually utilised Paul for his original teaching subject (which can now be revealed as ….Chemistry)!

We wish Paul all the best in his new position as Deputy Principal at Woodbrook Vale School in Loughborough, and appreciate that he will be coming back to GSA twice a week during the next half term in order to fulfill his Year 11 teaching commitment and guide his successor with the new timetable, Mr Allen.

We are also saying goodbye to Ms Hymke Moens, as she emigrates to the Netherlands with her partner. She has been a fabulous Science teacher in her 3 years here, and even had time to coach some of our Chinese speakers with one of her many languages. She also holds the distinction of being the only GSA member of staff to lift the ‘glitter-ball trophy’ of Strictly Spencer (after fierce competition from Mr Titley) and her grace and poise on the dance floor exemplified her approach to life and teaching in general.

Also leaving us will be Ms Alice Ryrie, our specialist teacher who handles the transition for certain Year 7 students. She is taking up a new post at Longdon park School, Eggington, and we wish them all the very best in their future careers.

It has been a short and intense term at the school, and we now break for Easter before the examination season gets underway. There are lots of Revision Sessions being run in school during the holiday (timetables have been issued to relevant students) and we urge parents to encourage their children to take up all the opportunities for additional support that we offer. In this day and age, qualifications from school are still the ticket to having a range of career options, amid increasing competition in the job market. Whilst we do all that we can to inspire and focus young minds, there are so many distractions in the world today that sometimes it needs all the adults in a young person’s life to be saying the same thing together….the effort you put in today will pay dividends tomorrow!

GSA intends to switch to its ‘Summer Routine’ from the end of April, so after the first two weeks of the new term we will open up the fields for student access at Lunch. This year, public examinations for GCSEs will be sat in the Sports Hall as we have invested in new carpet matting in order to protect the flooring, so this will be a new experience for us all.

Happy Easter, and let’s hope warmer weather beckons.

YEAR 11 ENGLISH REVISION MATERIAL

There are revision materials available on the English section of the student hub in addition to the screen casts. Students are encouraged to watch all the screencast videos and to look at the separate pages for Romeo and Juliet, the poetry

Anthology (Love and Relationships), unseen poetry, An Inspector Calls and A Christmas Carol. Students have also been issued with revision booklets for each of these Literature topics.

• Click here for more information...

YEAR 7 & 8 ENGLISH & MATHEMATICS MOCKS

Year 7 and Year 8 will be sitting an English Language mock and a Mathematics mock in the forthcoming weeks.

• Year 8 will sit their mock in the week beginning 29th January.
• Year 7 will sit their mock in the week beginning the 5th February.

The exact times and details will be given to the students by both their subject teachers and Learning Managers. These mocks will take place in the classroom.

Click here for more information. 

Year 9 progress evening

S Half (JGW, JT, OS, RLH, TW) – Thursday 18th January

P Half (CSP, CRM, AME, EMR) – Thursday 25th January

You are warmly invited to the above event, which will be held in the Maths block on the Lower Site. The evening will run between 4.30pm and 7pm, you only need to attend the evening for the half year group your child is in. Students are welcome to attend and are required to wear full Academy uniform. Students are asked to make their own appointments for you to see members of staff.

The aim of the evening is for you to meet with your child's teachers and discuss their progress and achievement, it is also a good time to clarify any queries regarding subject selection for options. The deadline for the Guided Pathway Options form is Friday 2nd February.

Parking is available on Lower Site only.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME BACK!

I hope you have all had restful and restorative breaks and enjoyed the holiday period. The new year always brings about new resolutions and is a time of new starts for all of us. For our students in examination years, it is the chance to either build on successes already accrued or to use the new year to really push on. In this email there are details for Year 11 of the support and intervention in place to help make that difference in this key term. Please also note the dates for mock and public exams. It's also a time of new starts here too and I wanted to take this opportunity to write and inform you about them:

Change in role for Mr Mitchell - Mr Field now leading the Academy:
From this term, I will become full-time Director of Secondary Education for The Spencer Academies Trust. Many of you will know that I have been supporting our other schools as well as George Spencer for a couple of years now. However, from February we will have a total of five secondary schools in the Trust across the East Midlands with about 5,000 secondary pupils in total. This is now obviously a full-time job and I am sure you understand that I am excited to take on this new opportunity.

I am enormously proud of what's been achieved at George Spencer in the last four and a half years – we have recorded our best ever GCSE and A-level results; been named as one of the top ten teacher trainers nationally; become 'World Class' and a Maths Hub as well as retaining 'outstanding' status. More importantly, I have loved working closely with wonderful children, supportive parents, a phenomenal staff and great governors. It has been a privilege to be part of this team effort. Thank you to all of you who have been part of it. My heart will remain here and I will continue to work with George Spencer as I will with the other secondaries in our Trust in an Executive capacity – so you may still see me around.

I will be handing over the leadership of the academy to Mr Field who has been 'Head of School'. He brings a wealth of experience, a commitment to high standards and passion for the best for George Spencer that I will be proud to support. I know you will give him the same backing. As with all heads, he will put his own stamp on the Academy, so please look forward to more communication from him.

I look forward to seeing George Spencer move onto even greater success and celebrating this with all of you.

With best wishes and sincere thanks.

Year 11 Key Dates

• Early January - Sixth Form Interviews for Year 11 students
• Thursday 11 January at 9am - Travel and Tourism exam (top tips at 8.40am)
• From Friday 19 January - Year 11 Languages mock examinations
• Monday 5 February - Year 11 photographs
• February - Year 11 AP 3 and reports
• Tuesday 6 March - Challenge Day 4
• W/b 5 and 12 March - Year 11 Mocks all GCSE subjects

Year 11 Intervention Sessions

• Monday after School - Photography / Graphics / Food / GCSE PE / ICT-Computing-iMedia / Textiles / Music / Electronics
• Tuesday Tutor time - Maths
• Tuesday lunch - GCSE PE / Music
• Tuesday after School - Science Tassomi / Graphics / Food / Resistant Materials / ICT-Computing-iMedia / Art / Music / Electronics / Textiles / Drama / Music
• Wednesday after school - Art / Spanish week 2 only / Art
• Thursday tutor time - English
• Thursday after school - Art / Drama / Maths / Resistant materials / Electronics / Graphics / ICT-Computing-iMedia

Year 11 Faculty 'Drop In' Sessions

**Students will need to speak to the teacher of the specific discipline for Technology**

GCSE FRENCH/SPANISH/GERMAN MOCK EXAMS

January 2018

There will be four GCSE French/Spanish/German mock examinations in January. They are:

• Friday 19th January – GCSE French/German Speaking examinations for students of Ms MacKenzie-Scott, Miss Rowlands and Mr Wright.
• Monday 22nd January – GCSE Speaking examinations for students of Miss George, Mr Hallam and Miss Arnold.
• Wednesday 24th January pm – GCSE French/Spanish/German – Writing paper.
• Thursday 25th January am – GCSE French/Spanish/German – Reading paper.

Students will also complete a mock GCSE Listening examination which will take place during lesson time. Their individual teacher will advise the date.

It is important that students take these mocks seriously and prepare accordingly. In order to revise, students should look over all of the topics that they have covered in lessons alongside the grammar that they have learnt. They should use  their Speaking booklets and folder full of resources, paying particular attention to verb tenses and knowing a wide variety of vocabulary. Students who have purchased revision guides will also find the books useful to help with preparation. These are still available for purchase on SQUID by logging on to portal.squidcard.

Students are aware of the examinations and are preparing with their teachers. Thank you for your help and support. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Miss L George.

scholastic book fair

From Tuesday 12th until Tuesday 19th December we will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair in the Library during break, lunch time and after school until 4pm. There are over 200 titles for students to browse through, and with fantasy, thrillers, chick-lit, non-fiction, comedy and lots more, there's sure to be a book for everyone to enjoy. If you'd like to take a look at the range of books available there is a leaflet that can be downloaded from the Book Fair page on the Library website: https://sites.google.com/george-spencer.notts.sch.uk/library/clubs-events/book-fair-2017 

Every book sold will help to get FREE BOOKS for the School Library. There will also be a range of stationery and posters available. We will be taking cash at the Book Fair. Alternatively you can visit https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to find out about Book Fair Gift Vouchers. These offer a 20% discount when you buy online meaning a £12 voucher costs only £10, a £6 voucher costs only £5 and so on. Vouchers can be purchased up until midnight on the last day of the book fair.

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY/CHRISTMAS DINNER

Friday 15th December is Christmas Jumper Day/Christmas Dinner.

• Students should wear normal uniform and wear a Christmas Jumper instead of their blazer/jumper. They pay £1 at the gate and the money goes to Save the Children. 

We will also have Christmas Dinner on that day.

• Christmas dinner will be £3.00 per student.
• Christmas dinner will be paid for via sQuid in the normal way (sQuid accounts need to be topped up in advance to have available funds).
• There will be no other food available on Christmas dinner day and no tuck at morning break.
• There will be no food available in the vendors.
• Only those students who have said they want Christmas dinner will receive it.
• Any student not requiring Christmas dinner will need to bring a packed lunch (students with packed lunches will be invited to eat with those having Christmas dinner).

parents forum

The next parents Forum takes place on Wednesday 8th November at 6pm in the Conference Centre. The Parents Forum takes place each half term, usually on a Wednesday evening from 6pm. It is a chance to meet other parents, chat to some of our staff and ask questions about the way the school works, give feedback and influence policy making in the school. Over recent years the Parents Forum have instigated the change in uniform suppliers, changes in reporting, improvements in the website, changes in communication to parents and helped with the development of the the PARS rewards system.

All parents are welcome to attend, there is no commitment to attend all of the meetings and the agenda will change each half term - this will be decided by the group. If you can't make it, but would like to attend future forums, the dates are below:

•  31st January 2018
•  28th March 2018
•  6th June 2018

Year 11 MOCK EXAMINATIONS

November 2017

GSA October Bulletin

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to our pre-half term bulletin.  We’ve enjoyed an excellent start to the half term and I wanted to thank all of you and your children for your support in this.  We hope all our new Year 7 and Year 12s have settled in well and have their feet firmly under the table (or classroom desks!) now.

GCSE Progres

I’m proud to let you know that provisional Progress 8 figures are out for GCSE performance and we have done very well.  George Spencer students, on average, make a third of a grade progress better than similar students nationally.  We’re also proud to have the highest Ebacc score in the county.  A huge well done to all of our Year 11 students and staff!

Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 19th October

A reminder that this is on Thursday next week starting at 6pm – we’d love to see lots of you there to show you what’s so fantastic about our sixth form.  As you will know, we enjoyed some of our best A-level results ever this summer.  More details are on the website.

Stay Safe Procedures

Just to give you a ‘heads up’ we will be doing a very gentle practice across the site on Tuesday morning about what we would do to stay safe if an event occurred that would compromise the safety of students around the site.  This will be a very low-key walk-through of our routines so students and staff would know what to do in the unlikely event of this happening.  We do not want any students or parents/carers to be worried by this and I want to reassure you that it will be done sensitively.  You will know that keeping children safe is always at the top of our minds.

Extra-Curricular Sports and Activities - Autumn 2017-2018

A schedule of the sports and activities which are currently running can be downloaded here.

• If students wish to attend a lunchtime club they MUST have their lunch at break time as they only have 30 minutes, including changing and therefore are very limited on time.
• PE kit is required for all clubs except table tennis club.
• Most clubs are free, with the exception of the badminton clubs, volleyball and dodgeball which are led by outside coaches. (Letters are required for these from Mrs Walker – Swalker@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk).

Message from the FrOGS

Thank you to everyone who came to our sell-out Cheese and Wine Evening.  It was a great success and a lot of fun was had.

Please find the downloadable poster containing details of our forthcoming Bonfire Extravaganza and our Christmas Craft Fayre events. Tickets for events can be obtained at Reception on Upper Site, SQuid or PayPal: friendsofgeorgespencer@gmail.com
and also at the following places:

• Toton Tesco (Customer Service Desk)
• Chetwynd Primary Academy
• Bramcote Farm Shop

We also have spaces available for stalls at our Christmas Fayre, so please get in touch if you'd like to book one.

More information on all of our FrOGS events are available on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GSA Website or please contact Mr Turner - rturner@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk  (our teacher representative).

We are always looking for any company services/parents who may be able to help with sponsorship, advertising and raffle gifts - please get in touch with Mr Turner if you can help.

Thank you for your continued support.

Events this Term...

See the below links for more information.

•  Social Media Awareness Evening
•  L2L Evening

PARKING

For all events can you please park in the dedicated spaces on lower site (Toton). It makes life really difficult for our neighbouring residents on Arthur Mee Road, Wellspring Dale and other nearby streets when people park on them – especially when pavements are mounted or driveways are blocked. If you need to visit upper site reception during the school day, either for a meeting with a teacher, or to collect an ill child, then please press the buzzer on the gate and we can allow you access, again, please do not park on Arthur Mee Road or Wellspring Dale.

share your views

Through the Parents' Forum & Parent View

Parents and carers are invited to our Parents' Forum meetings. The meetings takes place at 6pm in the Conference centre. Parents and carers can also give their views of our school at any time of the school year and at the time of a school inspection using an online questionnaire called Parent View. When our school is notified of its next Ofsted inspection, parents will be invited to give their views about the school to inspectors using the Parent View online facility as this has replaced Ofsted's paper questionnaire. Please make sure we have your most up-to-date contact details.

Please register with an email address and a password here . Once your login has been activated, it only takes a few minutes to complete answers to 12 short questions about aspects such as bullying, the quality of teaching, level of homework, etc. Your views are important in helping inspectors make a decision about our school, and to help us know what is going well and what could be improved. If you do not have a computer or an email address or if you would like help to use Parent View, please come into school and ask at reception.

A MESSAGE FROM THE (NEWISH) PRINCIPAL – end of Spring Term 2018