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all-day Year 8 Exams (Monday 18 June to ...
Year 8 Exams (Monday 18 June to ...
Jun 18 – Jun 29 all-day

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

Jul

2

Mon

8:50 am Year 6 Transition Day
Year 6 Transition Day
Jul 2 @ 8:50 am – 3:30 pm

Jul

5

Thu

6:30 pm Year 9/10 Drama Performance
Year 9/10 Drama Performance
Jul 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Jul

6

Fri

7:00 pm Year 13 Formal at The Crown and ...
Year 13 Formal at The Crown and ...
Jul 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Jul

9

Mon

6:00 pm Summer Concert
Summer Concert
Jul 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Jul

10

Tue

6:00 pm Summer Concert
Summer Concert
Jul 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Jul

11

Wed

all-day Year 7 Enterprise Challenge
Year 7 Enterprise Challenge
Jul 11 all-day

Jul

13

Fri

1:00 pm Sports Day
Sports Day
Jul 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:10 pm

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

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Parent Carer Forum

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Safeguarding Newsletter

Please click here to view our safeguarding newsletter.

Open Evening

The Year 6 Open Evening for students looking to join the school in September 2019 takes place on Thursday 27 September 2018 from 6.30pm. Come along and chat to our fantastic students, our staff and the Headteacher.
A prospectus will automatically be sent out to all of our catchment schools in early September. If your child is not in a catchment school please call the school office on (01228) 710044 and we will post a copy out to you.

Caldew School Dalston, Carlisle.
12th June 2018
Photograph Jonathan Becker
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Caldew School is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals in accordance with its legal obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which come into force on 25 May 2018. Our GDPR Policy and ICT Acceptable Use Policy are available on the Governors page, and our Privacy Notice is available on the Parents page.

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Twitter Profile

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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, Harley, Emma, Isla, Eleanor, Sophie, Erin, Bella, Meredith, William, Sadie, Ingrid, Anastasia, Eve, Katie, Daisy, Charlotte, Izzy, Kerrianne, Imogen, Caroline, Emma, Paige and Oriana.

A big well done to Emily who performed her first solo (flute) and achieved a ‘highly commended’. Congratulations to Olivia who came 2nd in her class (clarinet) and to William (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 and Jack for coming 2nd in their class and Ellie and Nathan (photo below) for coming 1st in their class. Also a big congratulations to Oriana , Mark , Harrison and Isla 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.

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 - Grace O’Hara. Grace was nominated by Ms Brownlee for working really hard to learn her key words for the Music exam and achieving her target grade.

Year 8 - Eve Potter. Eve was nominated in English by Misss Archer. She produced a fantastically detailed rainbow word analysis of a speech from Romeo and Juliet, presenting the work beautifully in her book. She always works hard and takes a thoughtful approach to whatever we're doing, sharing her ideas with her classmates.

Year 9 - Joe Haugh. Joe was nominated for his sportsmanship during the Year 9 cricket match against Newman. The other team were far less experienced than our own lads and Joe took it upon himself to coach them and make them feel really welcome. It was fantastic to watch.

Year 10 - Ross Westgate. Ross was nominated by Miss Archer in English for great effort in his speaking assessment. Ross had researched well and confidently delivered his speech.

Year 12 - Hannah Wildgoose. Hannah was nominated by Mrs Wragg for an outstanding performance as an advocate in the Law murder moot.

Headteacher's Learner of the Week

Eve Potter

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 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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