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• Monday 2 October 2023 European Day of Languages at Sandy Lane Primary School On Wednesday 27th September 2023, Stephen, Arina, Iola, Daisy, Cassandra, Mikey, Harry, Harry, Isak, Ansel, Miya, Grace, Angel, Ketija, & Jack from Year 11B German, celebrated European Day of Languages at Sandy Lane Primary School. Frau Marshall very kindly agreed to it this year and we are extremely grateful for this opportunity.
• Wednesday 27 September 2023 GH6 Open Evening 2023 We are having our annual Sixth Form Open Evening on Wednesday 18 October, 6-8.00pm.
• Monday 18 September 2023 MS Teams and Class Charts
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Young Carers in Schools Award
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Open Evening & Parent Tours 2023 We hope that you got the chance to come to our Open Evening on Wednesday 5 October, 6-8.30pm and will book onto one of our Parent Tours starting 9-13 and 16-20 October, booking to open soon.
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Applying for a Secondary School place - September 2024 Parent/ carers of Year 6 children will now be able to apply for a secondary school place (for Year 7, September 2024) via their home local authority.
• Friday 25 August 2023 Arrival Times - Tuesday 5 September 2023
• Monday 10 July 2023 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.
• Friday 7 July 2023 Year 11 Prom We are looking forward to the year 11 Prom on Wednesday 13 July at Trunkwell House, Beech Hill Road, Beech Hill, Reading, RG7 2AT. Please find below final arrangements and details of the evening.
• Thursday 8 June 2023 Year 11 Information Update As you are aware, Prom is booked for Wednesday 12 July at Trunkwell House Hotel at a cost of £35.00 per head. Full payment is due by Friday 9 June and can be made using the Prom payment on Scopay. Full details of the arrangements will be shared in due course once final payments have been made.
• Thursday 8 June 2023 GHC Summer Concert - Wednesday 21 June
• Thursday 8 June 2023 Year 11 Information Update As you are aware, Prom is booked for Wednesday 12 July at Trunkwell House Hotel at a cost of £35.00 per head. Full payment is due by Friday 9 June and can be made using the Prom payment on Scopay. Full details of the arrangements will be shared in due course once final payments have been made.
• Monday 5 June 2023 SCOPAY Issue
• Thursday 11 May 2023 Visit by Local Authority Officers to Citizenship and PSHE On Thursday 20 April, at our request, Mrs Zoe Livingstone (Head of Standards) and Mrs Sharna Denver (Education Safeguarding Team Manager), both from the ‘Learning and Achievement’ education team at Bracknell Forest Council, visited the College to look closely at Citizenship and PSHE education in the school. The visit was a ‘deep dive’ focussing on how Citizenship and PSHE contribute to students’ personal development. They visited lessons and spoke with key stage 3 and 4 students. The visit highlighted many positives including:
• Tuesday 9 May 2023 Fundraising for Duchenne UK Congratulations to Mr Worsell for an incredible effort in attempting the Thames Path 100 last Saturday 6th May. Mr Worsell had been suffering from an injury in the run up to this event, but still managed to run over 50km before having to retire injured. Whilst we appreciate his disappointment, I am sure that everyone will join with me in applauding his achievement - an incredible effort. So far over £1000 has been raised thanks to the generosity and support of our community. On behalf of Mr Worsell, thank you so much for all your donations. The link to the Just Giving Page is below:
• Friday 5 May 2023 Stevensons Spring Promotion Stevensons, our uniform provider, are offering you 15% of all items online and instore.
• Thursday 4 May 2023 Allergies Over the past couple of weeks we have been speaking to the pupils in assemblies and in tutor time to highlight the issue of personal allergies within our College community. We have done this to remind all members of our college community of their individual roles and responsibilities in protecting each other.
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 The Biology Olympiad 2023 Congratulations to all the sixth form students who took part in the Biology Olympiads this year. Some of the students are pictured below. The students were awarded certificates in recognition of their achievement by Mrs Zullo, Head of Biology.
• Thursday 27 April 2023 Key Stage 3 Revision Sessions Across the Summer Term 1, the College’s Teaching and Learning team will be delivering a series of study skills/revision seminars to our Key Stage 3 (Year 7 and Year 8) to support preparations for exam week.
• Monday 24 April 2023 INDUSTRIAL ACTION - Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 02 May As you may be aware, further industrial action by teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) is planned on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 02 May.
• Monday 27 March 2023 GH6 Taster Day - Friday 31 March On Friday 31 March the sixth form are hosting the Year 11’s for a GH6 taster day.
• Friday 17 March 2023 Key Stage 3 Disco The Year 7/8 Disco will be held on Thursday 23 March from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
• Friday 17 March 2023 PTFA Second Hand UNIFORM DROP OFF
• Thursday 16 March 2023 Lost Property We currently have lots of lost property in our Pupil Reception
• Wednesday 15 March 2023 Rise@GHC visit Bickerton House Care Home To celebrate a snowy International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8 March, Olly, Zac and Reece spent time with the residents creating greeting cards. Cake, hot chocolate and giggles were enjoyed by all and everyone felt upbeat by the activities offered. We are very much looking forward to our next visit.
• Monday 6 March 2023 National Careers Week This week (w/c 6 March 2023) is National Careers Week. It follows on from National Apprenticeship Week last month. In school, our assemblies are based on careers education, different careers pathways open to pupils and local labour market information. The main message is about believing in yourself and taking the opportunity to be the best you can be.
• Tuesday 28 February 2023 Remote Learning - Thursday 02 March 2023 For pupils in Year 7, 8, 9 or Year 10 and learning remotely from home on Thursday 2 March. (some pupils will be in College by prior arrangement)
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Industrial Action - Thursday 02 March As you will know from previous correspondence, further industrial action by teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) is planned in our region on the following dates:
• Tuesday 21 February 2023 ADHD and Autism Support Group Session Do you require support around a recent diagnosis, understanding your child's needs or navigating all aspects surrounding ADHD and Autism If so, please join the Sikh Neurodiversity Networks FREE parent and carer support group session at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Slough on Friday the 24th of February 2023 from 13:30 to 14:30.
• Tuesday 21 February 2023 Pride Of Bracknell Forest Awards

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