Here are the arrangements for Year 11 pupils to collect their GCSE results on Tuesday, 24 August.

Results will be available from 9.30 am to 11.00 am in the canteen. Please do not arrive earlier.

Teaching staff and Jo Holmes from Connexions will be available to give advice if needed during this period.  After this time, results can be collected from reception.  Please note that the reception is only open between 9am and 11.00 am on weekdays between 24 August and 3 September.

If you are unable to collect your results yourself, you can either:

• Leave a stamped addressed envelope at reception for posting or
• Nominate someone to collect them on your behalf, they must have a signed permission from you and personal identification.

Results will not be given over the phone.

GCSE results for Years 9 Science and Year 10 Maths, Science, Geography and Health & Social Care will be available on 6 September from subject teachers.

Pupils from each year group participated in two science-themed curriculum enrichment activities.  Working in teams they had to solve challenges, find solutions to problems, cooperate and negotiate, and assign roles to each other within the team.

The first challenge was to design and build a bridge and remote control vehicle to cover the longest possible distance.  Pupils were given a selection of building materials to use, and produced some exciting and original designs covering some very impressive distances. The results of this activity were varied, including a very thoroughly designed and engineered suspension bridge, a number of single-span bridges using materials to provide strength for the structure, and a cable-car solution, which the vehicle could drive onto and be transported across a gap.  The winning teams produced a sturdy bridge which had an even surface for the vehicles to travel across, and covered distances up to 2 metres.

The second task was for pupils to design and build a track structure to carry a marble for the longest possible time.  Again, strict rules were enforced limiting the materials available and the timing criteria.  The groups soon realised that this was a more challenging task than it initially appeared and many different ideas were used, from long narrow channels to compact zig-zag tracks, to those spiralling around the desks to make maximum use of the available space.  The winning teams used a combination of these techniques, and repeated trials and improvements to finalise their designs, with the best recorded time being 22 seconds.

The school reception will open at the following times:

From 21 July to 30 July and from 23 August to 3 September the school reception and switchboard will open from 9 AM to 11AM. At other times the school reception and switchboard will be closed.

When the school reopens for pupils on 6 September normal opening hours will resume.

Year books will be available for collection from school reception on Monday 19 July between 10 AM and 12 PM.  You will also receive a DVD with photos from the Year 11 Leavers' Ball.

A DVD is available for everyone who attended the Leavers' Ball even if you did not order a year book.  It can be collected when the year books are issued.