Bishop Thomas Grant School
Year 9
Essential Information
and Dates for 2013-2014
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Key Dates
Autumn Term 2013
Term Begins:
Wednesday 4th September 2013
Term Ends:
Friday 20th December 2013
Half Term:
Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November 2013
Prizegiving Ceremony:
Wednesday 19th November 2013
Whole School Carol Service:
Monday 16th December 2013 – 7pm,
at St George’s Cathedral
INSET Days:
Monday 2nd September 2013
Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Spring Term 2014
Term Begins:
Tuesday 7th January 2014
Term Ends:
Friday 11th April 2014
Half Term:
Monday 17th – Friday 21st February 2014
INSET Day:
Monday 6th January 2014
Year 9 Options Evening:
Monday 27th January 2014
Year 9 Parents’ Evening:
Monday 3rd February 2014
Year 9 Options Day:
Tuesday 25th February 2014
Summer Term 2014
Term Begins:
Monday 28th April 2014
Term Ends:
Friday 18th July 2014
Half Term:
Monday 26th – Friday 30th May 2014
May Bank Holiday:
Monday 5th May 2014
Year 9 Internal Examinations:
Monday 16th June – Friday 20th June 2014
Sports Day:
Thursday 26th June 2014
INSET Day:
Thursday 19th June 2014
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CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS / KEY
STAFF
If you have any queries regarding a subject please contact your son/daughter’s teacher
or the Head of Department.
Mrs Y Connolly
Deputy Headteacher (with
overall responsibility for the
curriculum)
[email protected]
Miss M Murray
[email protected]
Ms R Partleton
Deputy Headteacher
(Pastoral)
Art and Design Technology
Mr D Parchot
English
[email protected]
Miss R Wells
Geography
[email protected]
Mrs S Poole
Gifted and Talented
[email protected]
Mr J Croucher
History
[email protected]
Ms L Odewale
ICT
[email protected]
Ms P John
Maths
[email protected]
Mr S Lindsey-Noble
Modern Foreign
Languages
[email protected]
Mrs V Love-Davies
Music
[email protected]
Mr R Shedwick
PE
[email protected]
Mr D O’Donovan
RE
[email protected]
Ms R King
Science
[email protected]
Mr P Porter
Special Educational Needs
[email protected]
Miss S Tesfageorgis
Careers Advisor
[email protected]
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[email protected]
YEAR 9 TUTOR TEAM
Form Tutor
Mrs J Pagnier – Head of Year
Ms A Amedume
Mr P Ghumra
Ms J Walburn
Ms C Harvey
Mr A Ajose
Ms P John
Ms N Wheeler
Ms S Bhugalee
Tutor Email address:
Group
[email protected]
9AP
[email protected]
9BD
[email protected]
9BE
[email protected]
9BR
[email protected]
9JF
[email protected]
9MC
[email protected]
9MP
[email protected]
9RL
[email protected]
HOMEWORK
Students in Year 9 are expected to spend approximately one hour and fifteen minutes
on each homework task set and on average, students will be set 2 homeworks per
night. In the Arts subjects, students work towards a project in each unit and so
homework here may be preparation or practice towards this, and will not necessarily be
written homework.
Teachers will always seek to give students the appropriate amount of time in order to
complete work to the highest quality. Homework set in one week may be due to be
handed in the following week, and there are occasions in the two week timetable where
larger pieces are set fortnightly. All students were issued with homework timetables at
the beginning of term.
Pupils and parents can check the homework set by teachers on our online homework
calendar: https://btg.showmyhomework.co.uk.
Alternatively, if you log on to the school website www.btg.ac and click on the
showmyhomework logo, this will also take you to the calendar.
To check the homework set, please select the year group, subject and class. The online
calendar will also give you access to documents that may have been issued in class or
weblinks.
If your son/daughter is struggling to keep up with homework or you think that they are
not receiving enough, please contact Mrs Connolly, the Deputy Headteacher or the
relevant Head of Department.
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Homework Timetable – 9X Band
Number of homeworks/subject:
3 x English (x1/x2/x3/x4)
3 x Maths (x1/x2/x3/x4)
3 x Science (x1/x2/x3/x4)
2 x RE (x1/x2/x3/x4)
2 x ICT (x1/x2/x3/x4)
2 x Geography (x1/x2/x3/x4)
2 x History (x1/x2/x3/x4)
2 x MFL1 (9A Latin/9A French1/ 9AFrench2/ 9AGerman1/ 9ASpanish1/ 9ASpanish2)
2x MFL2 (9B French1/ 9BFrench2/ 9BFrench3/ 9BGerman1/ 9BSpanish1)
2 Technology/Art Carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
Please note: Where a subject says “English X” or “Science X” all sets will have
homework. In some subjects, x1 and x2 may have homework on a different day to x3.
In this situation, the class code (x1/x2/x3) is stated.
The homework will be set on a particular day but since every child’s timetable will be
slightly different, staff will try to ensure that students have more than one night in which
to complete work so that the amount of homework completed each night is balanced
across the week.
1Mon
TA
1Tues
Geography
X
1Thurs
Maths X
1Fri
9A
Spanish
2
2Mon
TA
2Tues
9A
Spanish
1
History X
1Wed
All 9B
Languages:
French,
German &
Spanish
9x1 English
Science
X
9A Latin
Geography
X
9A
Latin1
ICT X
RE X
9x3 English
Maths X
9x1
English
9x2 English
9x4 English
9A
Spanish
1
9A
German
1
9A
French
2
9x2
English
9A French 1
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9x3
English
9x4
English
2Wed
All 9B
Languages:
French,
German &
Spanish
9x1 History
2Thurs
9x3
History
2Fri
9A
Spanish
2
9x4
History
9A
German
1
Science
X
9x2 History
ICT X
Re X
Maths
X
9A
French
1
9A
French
2
Science
X
9x1
English
9x2
English
9x3 English
9x4 English
Homework Timetable – 9Y Band
Number of homeworks/subject:
4 x English (y1/y2/y3)
4 x Maths (y1/y2/y3)
3 x Science (y1/y2/y3)
2 x RE (y1/y2/y3)
3 x ICT (y1/y2/y3)
2 x Geography (9yGg1) and 2 x History (9yHi1) or 4 x Humanities (9y Hu1 and 9yHu2)
– (Hums)
2 x Technology/Art carousel (TA)
Music – no homework set
Please note: Where a subject says “English Y” or “Science Y” all sets will have
homework. In some subjects, y1 and y2 may have homework on a different day to y3.
In this situation, the class code (y1/y2/y3) is stated.
The homework will be set on a particular day but since every child’s timetable will be
slightly different, staff will try to ensure that students have more than one night in which
to complete work so that the amount of homework completed each night is balanced
across the week.
1Mon
9y1
History
9y1
Geography
1Tues
TA
1Wed
1Thurs
9yHums 9y1 RE
9y
Maths
9y
English
9y Hums
9y
English
9y ICT
9y1 & 9y2
RE
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1Fri
9y
ICT
9y
9y
Science Maths
2Mon
9yRE
2Wed
9y1
History
9y
9y1
9y
English Geography Hums
9y
Maths
2Tues
TA
9y Science
9y1
Maths
2Thurs
9y
Science
9y2 &
9y3
Maths
2Fri
9y ICT
9y
English
9y
Hums
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