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ARGOED
News
Rhif / Number 7 - 14
Thursday 21st February 2014
3rd March – 7th March 2014
Digwyddiadau / Events
Lunchtime / Amser Cinio
MONDAY
DYDD LLUN
TUESDAY
DYDD MAWRTH
WEDNESDAY
DYDD MERCHER
THURSDAY
DYDD IAU
FRIDAY
DYDD GWENER
Afterschool / Ar ol Ysgol
Spanish Club
Room 5
12.30pm – 1.00pm
Book club Yr 7
3.15pm – 4.00pm
Boys Dodgeball
(Sports Hall)
12.30pm – 1.00pm
5 x 60 Club
Rugby (Year 7 & 8 )
3.15pm – 4.15pm
Room 9b
12.30pm – 1.00pm
Book Club Yr 8
3.15pm – 4.00pm
All years
Basketball
12.30pm – 1.00pm
5 x 60 Club
Athletics / Basketball
All Years
3.15pm – 4.15pm
Flintshire Elite Handball Club
4.45pm – 5.45pm
Duke Of Edinburgh
Bronze Award – Room 13
3.20pm – 4.30pm
Glee Club
3.10pm – 4.00pm
Book club Yr 9 and above
3.15pm – 4.00pm
5 x 60 Club
Handball and/or
Hand-Dodge
All Years
3.15pm - 4.15pm
5 x 60 Breakfast club
Multi Sports
Sports Hall
5 x 60 Club
Yr 9 Girls Inter
form Netball
8.15am – 8.45am
12.30pm – 1.00pm
Girls Dodgeball (Sports Hall) 12.30pm – 1.00pm
5 x 60 Breakfast club
Multi Sports
Sports Hall
5 x 60 Club
Yr 9 Boys Interform Tennis
Classics Book Club
(Yr 10 & 11 – fluent readers only)
3.15pm – 4.00pm
Band
3.10pm – 4.00pm
Trampoline
Yr 7 only
3.10pm – 4.15pm
Yr 7, 8 and 9 Climbing
3.15pm – 4.15pm
8.15am – 8.45am
12.30pm – 1.00pm
Reminder: If you are participating in an after school club
please remember to inform your parents. Thank you.
Dear Parents and Friends
I am delighted to inform you that for a third year running, our Young
Consumers Team has reached the Welsh Finals in Cardiff. This
competition is designed to make young people aware of their rights and
responsibilities and gives them essential life skills as they prepare for the
world of work. Congratulations must also go to the Key Stage Four
Gymnastics team who won the Urdd Welsh National Finals this week,
an excellent effort. I would like to wish our Debate Team the very best
of luck as they are travelling to Cardiff on the 3rd March to compete in
the Welsh Finals of the English Speaking Union Competition. Thank you
to all staff for supporting a great range of extra-curricular activities.
On Thursday, Careers Wales joined Year 11 in a presentation on the
common application process that Flintshire are piloting. This allows
pupils to apply online, through the Careers Wales website, to any sixth
form or college. If pupils have already submitted their applications they
do not need to complete the online version too. It was good to see that
so many of our Year 11s have offers already. If there are any pupils who
are still unsure about their post-16 options, please contact Mr Shaw
(Learning Manager). I also introduced the Year 11 revision programme, I
have sent a letter to all Year 11 parents/carers with details of the
programme and a list of the documents and information Year 11 pupils
have been given. With only eight school weeks left, our Year 11 pupils
need to be fully engaged with their studies and the mentoring
programme.
Mrs D Spence
Headteacher
Thought for the week:
‘There is little you can learn from doing nothing.’
Zig Ziglar
Spring Term
03.03.14
07.03.14
11.03.14
18.03.14
25.03.14
26.03.14
01.04.14
04.04.14
07-11.04.14
This Half Term
14-25 Apr
14-18.04.14
22-25.04.14
School Opens - Pupils
Non-Uniform – No Behaviour Logs
Yr 9 Options Book Issued
Yr 8 Parents Evening
Yr 9 Options Evening
Yr 9 Exam Period
Yr 9 Parents Evening
Yr 9 Options Return Deadline
Yr 10 Work Experience
Yr 7 Subject Reports
School Closed
Yr 11 Poland Trip
Yr 10/11 Revision
(Please note these dates are provisional and may be subject to change
Dear Parents / Guardians & Pupils
Please note that as part of our positive behaviour reward system (merit
system), every first Friday back from half-term or end-of-term breaks, pupils
who have not received any behaviour points for their behaviour, effort or
attitude are permitted to wear their own clothes instead of their uniform.
NEXT NON-UNIFORM DAY – FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2014
Thank you
Heads of Houses
Argoeds trip to Daresbury Laboratory
On February 13th, year 10 pupils studying single sciences were
privileged to experience a school trip to one of the four UK
Science
Technology Facilities Council sites: Daresbury
Laboratory.
Our day began with an hour long lecture on ‘The Strange Case of
the Universe’ from one of the laboratories scientist’s.His aim was
to open our minds to the world of science; and educate us of the
endless possibilities that science entails in terms of career choice
and our future. The talk focused on three theory’s about how the
world evolved; the big bang theory; the big bounce theory; and
the lecturer’s own theory. We then had an opportunity to ask any
questions; whether it be about the talk itself, or more direct
questions about him, i.e. How and why he became a scientist. We
left the lecture fascinated and truly inspired. We were then
introduced to a team from Techniquest, who educated us on the
relationship between electricity and magnets. As to investigate
this topic further, we dispersed into small groups and completed
three experiments. We enjoyed doing the hands-on activities as it
helped us understand the theory’s techniquest were explaining to
us!After a short lunch break, we had a tour of the LHC exhibit- this
was a chance to see a life size cross section of the LHC tunnel
together, and the scientist who gave us the lecture earlier talked
to us about the latest discoveries and where the LHC will take us
next. We were eager to ask many questions and again, he was
happy to answer them. The final part of our day included the
opportunity to look at astrophysical models, and learn astonishing
facts about physics’ huge affect on modern day life; many of us
were particularly surprised to learn that wifi was found whilst
astrologists were exploring black holes! Regrettably, this was the
last stop of our enthralling tour around Daresbury Laboratory. We
left with newly-opened minds and broadened knowledge of the
sciences, and agreed that another trip to the laboratory would be
highly favourable by us all.
By Jessica Louw 10AeNS
Advance Notice
Wales and the World of Books: Library Mystery
Here Be Dragons!
Thursday 6th March 2014
Lunchtime in the Library
Free entry
Prizes and Eisteddfod points for the winners!
HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTICE
All visitors and parents/carers must sign in at reception
before they enter any part of the building, thank you.
ABSENCE NOTIFICATION
If your child is absent from school for any reason, please remember to contact
the school reception on 01352 756414 on the morning of their absence.
This number does not have the facility to accept SMS text messages, and it is
the schools preference that parents do call the school as we are unable to
determine whether a text is genuine.
SPORTS SUCCESSES OF THE TERM!
Football
Well done to the year 7 football team who have been
training hard all term and won their tournament recently.
Year 11 boys drew a difficult first round game away to Bryn
Alyn in the Welsh cup, however they played an outstanding
game and came away with a 5 – 2 victory! Well done and
good luck for the next round!
Welsh Call up!!
A special well done and good luck to Owen Roberts in 7JKe. Owen has been
selected to play in goal for Wales over the half term. We are extremely proud
of you! Good Luck.
Netball
Big congratulations to Elen Williams (9HG) for recently
representing Flintshire in the Triangular tournament.
Flintshire won every game and Elen played brilliantly in
defence preventing the opposition from scoring any
goals in one match and very few in another! Well done
Elen.
Cross country
With this week came the annual Flintshire cross country
tournament. Argoed, as always performed exceptionally well as a
team. The top 10 runners in every age category are then selected
to represent Flintshire in future. This year’s selections were:
Yr 7 – Ellie Mchugh and Dylan Catherall
Yr 8 – Emily Jones and Thalia McGrail
Yr 10&11 – Chris Hird
LEADING PARENT PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Argoed High School is currently in the early stages of starting a new scheme
called 'Leading Parent Partnership Award'. This scheme is aimed at
improving our home-school contact, but also by working more closely together
(parents, carers and guardians and the school), we are hoping to offer a range
of activities or information sessions that you as parents, carers or guardians
would either find enjoyable, informative or both.
We would appreciate you taking the time to complete a small questionnaire
that can be found on our website and returning it to the
e-mail: [email protected].
If you have deleted the original questionnaire then another copy can be found
on our website.
Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing your ideas and
thoughts. For further details, please contact Mrs Mel Kincaid on the school
number.
GCSE Art Exam
Wk beginning 10/3/14
Student Name + Exam time list
Groups
A
Jay Cornes
Lewis Johnston
Ellen Lovelock
Claire Loxton
Jack Owen
Natasha Rogers
Emma Taylor
Charlotte Whitehead
Bethan Williams
Emma Winterbottom
B
Steven Adams
Molly Allen-Mead
Rachael Butler
Joannah Contento
Shane Evans
James Hill
Chantal Hopkins
Olivia Piano
Bethan Ratcliffe
Zoe Samuels-McKay
Joe Symonds
Lewys Taylor
Eleanor Williams
Group A (11-3)
Group B (11-2)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
P3, 4, 5
P1, 2, 3
P4, 5
P1, 2
P4, 5
P1, 2, 3
P3, 4, 5
P1, 2
Notice to Parents / Guardians
If your child is feeling unwell during the school day please ask
them to see a member of staff, if possible their form tutor to ask
permission to go home.
Please ask pupils NOT to use their mobile phones to call home,
the office staff will contact Parents/Guardians should any pupil
need to go home due to illness.
If a pupil is absent from school please contact the school daily to
inform us. We are legally required to record reasons for absence
from school.
Thank you for your support.
DT Donations
We are always grateful of any materials donated such as plastic,
vinyl or timber. If you have any you do not need or know of any
companies who would be willing to donate any off cuts please
contact Mrs Griffin in the DT Department.
Thank you
Pupils leaving the School Site
Please note, in the event a pupil leaves the school site
during the school day without permission and we are
unable to contact Parents/Guardians, the school has a
legal obligation to notify the Police.
The school will make every effort to contact
Parents/Guardians first, therefore it is essential that we
have up to date contact details.
LOST PROPERTY
A Blackberry went missing at school on 20 February 2014, if
anyone knows of its whereabouts please contact Reception.
Please be aware that the school cannot take responsibility for
mobile phones or expensive personal items. Please do not bring
them to school.
Please remember, you are responsible for your
property whilst on school grounds.
Severe Weather and School Closures
We try to keep the school open at all times, however
in periods of severe weather the school may be
closed for health and safety reasons.
In the event of the school being closed due to severe
weather, information will be available from the
school website www.argoed-hs.flintshire.sch.uk or
Flintshire County Council website
www.flintshire.gov.uk.
If there is no message, please assume the school is
open as normal.
Please only ring the school for information if you are
unable to check the websites.