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Calendar

Apr

19

Thu

5:30 pm Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Apr 19 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Apr

26

Thu

5:30 pm Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Apr

28

Sat

10:00 am DofE Practice Morning
DofE Practice Morning
Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Apr

30

Mon

all-day Year 10 Exam Week (weeks beginni...
Year 10 Exam Week (weeks beginni...
Apr 30 – May 11 all-day

May

14

Mon

all-day A/AS/GCSE Exams (Monday 14 May t...
A/AS/GCSE Exams (Monday 14 May t...
May 14 – Jun 29 all-day

Jun

8

Fri

8:40 am Year 8 Options Assembly
Year 8 Options Assembly
Jun 8 @ 8:40 am – 9:00 am

Jun

21

Thu

5:30 pm Year 8 Parents’ Evening
Year 8 Parents’ Evening
Jun 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Jun

22

Fri

6:00 pm Year 11 Prom at The Greenhill Hotel
Year 11 Prom at The Greenhill Hotel
Jun 22 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Jun

25

Mon

all-day Attendance Review Week
Attendance Review Week
Jun 25 – Jun 29 all-day

all-day Year 11 Work Experience Week
Year 11 Work Experience Week
Jun 25 – Jun 29 all-day

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Learners of the Week
Revision
6th Form
Learning Gateway
Special Educational Needs

View the latest Headteacher's Bulletin.

Carlisle Music and Drama Festival

Well done to all the students who took part in the Carlisle Music and Drama Festival last week. We are all very proud of you! The students represented the school so well and are a great credit to us all. This success would not be possible without the dedication of staff so thank you to Mrs Cooper, Ms Brownlee, Mrs Openshaw and Miss Howie for all their hard work and support for our students.

A huge congratulations to all 34 musicians who took part in this year’s festival. A highlight of the week was the Caldew School Choir, who won their class. The choir are:

Ellie Blackadder, Harley Cleminson, Emma Dobson, Isla Doyle, Eleanor Elliot, Sophie Forster, Erin Johnston, Bella Kerr, Meredith Kerr, William Langley, Sadie Little, Ingrid Messenger, Anastasia Mullins, Eve Phinn, Katie Richardson, Daisy Robert, Charlotte Thomson, Izzy Walker , Kerrianne Wallace, Imogen Watson, Caroline Wiles, Emma Wiles, Paige Wood and Oriana Young.

A big well done to Emily Scott who performed her first solo (flute) and achieved a ‘highly commended’. Congratulations to Olivia Seal who came 2nd in her class (clarinet) and to William Nixon (photo below) who came 1st in both Pianoforte Open Class and Pianoforte 15-18 Class. The woodwind instrumental ensemble came 2nd and also deserve a huge well done.

Congratulations and thanks to all 21 students who performed so well in the Drama classes. A special mention goes to Emma Dobson and Jack Utting-McBride for coming 2nd in their class and Ellie Blackadder and Nathan Coulson (photo below) for coming 1st in their class. Also a big congratulations to Oriana Young, Mark Musgrave, Harrison Fell and Isla Doyle who came 2nd in the Spoken Word Challenge!

Uniform Review

Following the uniform review over the past few months, letters have been posted home to parents/carers to let them know the changes that have been agreed by Governors and will be introduced in September 2018. These changes will be for the current Years 7, 8 and 9 and students currently in Year 6 who will be joining us in September. Please click here for further details.

6th Form

View our updated 6th Form prospectus here. Option forms are on the 6th Form page.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

A huge congratulations to all the DofE Bronze Award achievers. This week Lisa Hignett, who co-ordinates the Duke of Edinburgh Award for Cumbria County Council, visited us in school to present the awards to the 45 students who have completed the award and will now move on to the Silver. A special thank you to Mr Sharpe and Mr Thomas for their continued commitment to this fantastic extra-curricular activity. Each student that received their Bronze Award participated in three months volunteering, three months physical activity and three months skills activity as well as a 2 day/1 night expedition.

Newsletter

Click here to view our latest newsletter.

Twitter Profile

Click here to see our twitter profile.

Online Reading Lists

Click below to go to our online reading lists.

Sports

Upcoming Fixtures
Link to the sports and clubs page
Caldew School Track and Field Records

Pupil Premium

Read our Pupil Premium Page to see how we used the Pupil Premium Grant last year and how we plan to use it again to further raise the achievement of our students in 2017/18.

Year 7 Catch Up

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen by Heads of Year to receive the Learner of the Week award:

Year 7 - Abbie Lawson. Abbie was nominated for demonstrating impressive community spirit and going the extra mile to support the Year 7 hockey team.

Year 8 - Kelly Cochrane. Kelly was nominated for PE, who say 'She is an absolute pleasure to teach – always smiling and working hard to improve her skills.' Kelly also has 128 achievement points and 0 behaviour logs. She is moving away at Easter and we’re all going to miss her smile and enthusiasm.

Year 9 - Louis Hammond. Louis was nominated by Miss Capstick – in his interim report which we reviewed last week, his mock exam results showed he was above target in: RPE, PE, Music, French, Food, Drama, Science, Maths, English and in History he was 5 above his target grade! He also has 99 achievement logs and 0 behaviour logs.

Year 10 - Alisha Harris. Alisha was nominated for Geography - she has shown a huge improvement in her focus and concentration during our recent topic of Urban Issues.

Year 11 - Gemma Harris. Gemma was nominated by Mr McArdle for producing an amazing piece of research homework on genetics disorders and the ethics of genetic screening.

Year 12 - The final showcase event for Dream Placement has been won by Dan Betts. Not only did Dan complete a very successful placement with Carlisle City Council in February half term but he attended the showcase event and made a presentation to inform others of his placement.

Year 13 - Patrick Moore. Patrick was nominated for an excellent, comprehensive, sharp presentation to his class which was well conceived, formulated and explained.

Headteacher's Learner of the Week

Kelly Cochrane

Details of the GCSE/A level revision/support sessions can be found here. Students who attend the after school revision sessions are required to sign in at Student Services.

GCSE English Language and Literature revision sessions timetable

GCSE AQA Science Trilogy Required Practical Investigations

Click here to head to the Year 11 Revision area

Study Leave

Information about Year 12 study leave can be found here.

Dress Code

Information on the Sixth Form dress code can be found here.

Year 13 Progression

This term is a vital one for Year 13 students who are either applying to university or looking to apply for jobs and apprenticeships to start when A Levels are complete. Students will be working with tutors on developing their applications this term and if you have any queries on any aspect of this please contact your child’s Form Tutor.

Year 12

Year 12 will be developing their study skills with a course of lessons delivered by Mrs Bell in the library over the coming weeks. These lessons should help them to develop the skills needed to be an independent sixth form student and are a major part of helping Year 12 adjust to the demands of sixth form studies. If any parents have any queries about how you can help to support this please contact Mr James at the school.

To find out more about the exciting opportunities available at Caldew Sixth Form visit the Sixth Form page in the Students Section.

The SIMs Learning Gateway (SLG) is a way for parents to keep track of how their children are doing at school. It is a web based secure portal that gives parents direct access to the information that is held about their children on the school’s management system (SIMs). In order to view the information fully you will need to be using Internet Explorer 11 or a similar up to date web browser. We hope that providing you with access to this information will enable you to give more support to your children so that together we can ensure that they achieve their potential.

All parents will have access to the information held on SIMs about their children. This includes LIVE register data, interim and written reports, achievement and behaviour logs and contact information.

NEW: Updates to the Learning Gateway now mean that you can view the details from any mobile device such as an iPad, iPhone or Android phone.

To access the Learning Gateway please click here.

If you don’t already have a login and would like one please email: office@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk

We have a resourced provision for Autistic Spectrum Condition students here at Caldew School. Support and intervention is provided in mainstream lessons and within the provision for students with Autism. Social, communication and life skills groups are also provided for these students.

To view our Student Needs Policy, please click here.

Students’ achievement is improving rapidly.

Ofsted 2013

Students enjoy learning and want to do well.

Ofsted 2013

Achievement in the sixth form is good.

Ofsted 2013

Students are good role models for younger students.

Ofsted 2013

Tasks are challenging and students rise to teachers high expectations of purposeful activity and good progress.

Ofsted 2013

The range of subjects and courses is well planned to provide for students individual needs and needs within the local community.

Ofsted 2013

Attainment across subjects, particularly in English and Maths, is rising and students make good progress from their starting points.

Ofsted 2013

Students appreciate the many additional opportunities provided in music, sport and a wide range of other activities.

Ofsted 2013

The School Council is active in making improvements to school life.

Ofsted 2013

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