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• Friday 25 November 2022 Reading Women's Football The PE team and girls football teams had a great evening watching Reading FC Women last night! They got to see an entertaining 3-3 draw, with lots of singing, and got to catch up with former student Emma Harries after the game!
• Thursday 24 November 2022 The GHC Reverse Advent Calendar Alongside our Employability schemes of work for KS3 and KS4 pupils at RISE@GHC and Citizenship for GHC main site pupils, we are once again launching The Reverse Advent Calendar in partnership with Kerith Community Church and the Trussell Trust. This charitable fundraiser is a fantastic opportunity for pupils to learn, appreciate and understand the importance of community, especially in terms of supporting individuals in our local Bracknell area who have fallen into hardship as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis. This fundraiser will also allow pupils to build their empathy skills for others as well as to learn the practicalities of savings and budgeting. Last year, the donations from our RISE@GHC community were able to feed hundreds of families across Bracknell, this year we want to support even more families.
• Thursday 24 November 2022 Curriculum Development - Vision and Intent Like other schools, Garth Hill College follows the National Curriculum, which forms part of our overall curriculum, and provides pupils with all of the essential core knowledge in every subject. A curriculum is not just about the subjects that pupils study, but also about the wider opportunities that students experience to help them develop personally and prepare for life in the future.
• Thursday 10 November 2022 STEVENSONS Temporary Store Closure
• Wednesday 9 November 2022 ClassCharts Application for Parents/Carers As a college, we use a platform called ClassCharts to reward, track and monitor pupil behaviour. We now intend to launch this application to parents/carers to enable you to monitor your child’s performance in college. Pupils will also have access to this and have been issued with their log in details in their planners.
• Monday 17 October 2022 Year 13 Review 1 Reports Review 1 reports for year 13 students will be sent to parents/carers via our Schoolcomms system on Friday 21st October 2022.
• Monday 17 October 2022 Year 7 School Admissions 2023 To remind you, the application process for admission to Year 7, September 2023 will close on 31 October 2022.
• Wednesday 21 September 2022 Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 13 October 2022 We are delighted to announce that we shall be holding a Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 13 October, 6 - 8.00pm. More details coming soon.
• Thursday 15 September 2022 Morning Parent Tours - October 2022 We are delighted to announce that we shall be holding Morning Parent Tours for Year 6 parents/carers and pupils from Monday 10 October - Friday 14 October 2022 and Monday 17 October - Friday 21 October 2022.
• Thursday 15 September 2022 Open Evening Wednesday 5 October 2022 We are delighted to announce that we are holding an Open Evening on Wednesday 5 October 2022, 6 - 8.00pm.
• Friday 9 September 2022 Microsoft Office 365 at GHC At GHC, we use Microsoft Office 365 as a platform for all of our communication, applications and in particular home learning on Microsoft Teams. Please find attached some guidance on how to use Microsoft Teams and Office 365 to facilitate completion of all home learning.
• Friday 2 September 2022 Standards and Expectations As we look ahead to the start of the new term, and for the benefit of our new year 7 parents/carers joining the College community, we would like reiterate our expectations of all pupils in meeting our standards of behaviour and dress. We would very much appreciate parental support in helping us to uphold this.
• Thursday 1 September 2022 Back to School
• Thursday 25 August 2022 GCSE Results 2022 These figures relate to the first grade attained by students by the end of Year 11
• Thursday 18 August 2022 A Level Results 2022 Garth Hill College Level 3 Results 2022
• Friday 22 July 2022 Tara Cunningham Harris is fundraising for Thames Hospice
• Monday 18 July 2022 Sandy Lane Sports Day Leaders Massive thank you to the leaders who supported at Sandy Lane’s Sports Days last week. The pupils did a fantastic job running activities, encouraging the youngsters and helping with the general organisation in some very hot conditions. Sandy Lane staff, pupils and parents were very grateful for your help.
• Monday 18 July 2022 Eco Rewards: End of Term Report The Eco Rewards scheme is continuing through to 2023 and expanding with the backing of Bracknell Forest Council (BFC) and Bracknell Public Health team. Crown Wood Primary School are to join the scheme and there is a plan to add 2-3 more schools in September 2022.
• Friday 15 July 2022 Menu Changes 18-20 July Due to the expected high temperatures and end of term please note the following menu changes.
• Friday 15 July 2022 Extreme Weather Warning As you are aware, there has been an extreme heat alert warning issued for next week. As a result, pupils will be allowed to continue to attend College without their blazers until the end of term. Summer uniform is in place and allows the wearing of shorts. Further details can be found on the College’s website at the following link. Garth Hill College - Uniform and Presentation.
• Tuesday 12 July 2022 Timings of the College Day - Trial After the trial day, please share your thoughts using the linkbelow by Monday 18 July.
• Monday 11 July 2022 Year 11 Prom - Information Update We are looking forward to the year 11 Prom on 13 July at Trunkwell House, Beech Hill Road, Beech Hill, Reading, RG7 2AT. Please find below final arrangements and details of the evening.
• Thursday 7 July 2022 Year 10 Work Related Learning Between Friday 1 July and Tuesday 5 July, year 10 students attended a series of work related learning and work experience activities. There have been many highlights and most students engaged well with the programme. I would especially like to mention 10BR, #TeamTurtle, from Rise@GHC, who won the Learning to Work Entrepreneurial Challenge on Monday 4 July. The group’s presentation focused on conservation of turtle wildlife with their idea for ‘The Turtle-Tastic Show’, an eco-friendly and sustainable funfair and concert to raise support of turtle wildlife. Congratulations to Alex Conway, Matthew Rebbeck, Matthew Varela, Robert Townsend, Creed Moss and Alfie Bridger. Well done to all year 10 students involved in the programme.
• Thursday 7 July 2022 Learning to Work Entrepreneurial Challenge 10BR #TeamTurtles and "The Turtle-Tastic Show" in partnership with the National Turtle Sanctuary
• Wednesday 6 July 2022 Proposed changes to KS3 and 4 for September 2023 Proposed changes to the length of key stages 3 and 4 for September 2023
• Tuesday 5 July 2022 Art Exhibition 13-15th July We are very pleased to invite you to this years whole college Art Exhibition at Garth Hill College. This special event will take place across three evenings between 13-15th July (16.00-19.00) in the Sixth form building.The Art team at Garth are extremely proud of all of our students and are looking forward to exhibiting a wide range of Art or Photography from Years 7-13. GCSE and A level sketchbooks will be on display alongside canvases and selected works from all other year groups.Please join us in celebrating the talent and creativity of your son/daughter, or if you are not yet a member of the college then please come along and see what our students can do!Kind regards,The Garth Hill Art Team.
• Monday 4 July 2022 Upper School Production - Six Teen Edition
• Friday 24 June 2022 Year 11 Leavers - The Yearbook 2022 We are now in a position to begin taking orders for the Yearbook. They are available at a cost of £14.00 via Scopay. Payments can be made between now and 6 July. We will then provide the printing company exact numbers and we will take delivery of the Yearbooks before the end of term for students to collect.
• Friday 24 June 2022 Sports Day 2022 Parents, carers and guests are invited to attend theannual Garth Hill College sports afternoon. Fieldevents and heats will take place for pupils on
• Wednesday 22 June 2022 Royal Guard at Royal Ascot

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