Cutting edge The college newsletter

Date: Saturday 25th February 2017

     

 

PRAYER!MEETING!

AWARENESS MORNING

FOR PARENTS!

9am – 10:30am on Saturday 4th March 2017 at the Sixth Form Centre

8am – 9am on Saturday 4th March 2017 at the Sixth Form Centre

Let’s pray and learn together…

 

 

Mock Checkpoint Examinations (year 9)

Monday 27th February 2017 (8am – 11am): English Language Tuesday 28th February 2017 (8am – 11am): Mathematics

Wednesday 1st March 2017 (8am – 11am): Science

Prayer Meeting and Awareness Morning for Parents

Topic: Multiple Intelligences Venue: Sixth Form Centre

Saturday 4th March 2017 (9am 8am – 10:30am)

Assessment Week 2 (Years 7 - 10)

Monday 6th – Friday 10th March 2017

International Women’s Day Wednesday 8th March 2017

Mock IGCSE Examinations (year 11)

Thursday 9th – Friday 17th March 2017

 

 

Saint Patrick’s Day Friday 17th March 2017

International Day of Happiness Monday 20th March 2017

World Poetry Day Tuesday 21st March 2017

Term 2 Examinations Friday 24th to Thursday 30th March 2017

End of Term 2 Assemblies Friday 31st March 2017

Shouts of Praise

Friday 31st March 2017

Shop 4 FREE! Saturday 1st April 2017 (9am - 11am)

 

 

Mock Checkpoint Examinations (Year 9 students) Students in Year 9 will sit the Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint Examinations in April 2017. The examinations are designed to provide valuable feedback on students’ strengths and weaknesses. Three subjects – English, mathematics and science - are assessed. To prepare our Year 9 students for the examinations, they will sit mock checkpoint papers on the following days:

• Monday 27th February 2017 (two English language papers) • Tuesday 28th February 2017 (two mathematics papers) • Wednesday 1st March 2017 (two science papers)

Students should bring their calculators and geometry sets on Tuesday 28th February 2017. Prayer Meeting and Parents’ Awareness Morning (8am on Saturday 4th March 2017) Please note that the Parents’ Awareness Morning will now commence at 8am on Saturday 4th March 2017. We will spend the first hour (8am till 9am) praying for our children. From 9am, we will have a discussion about multiple intelligences. The event should end by 10:30am. The starter activity is key to the discussion, so please arrive on time.

The Prayer Meeting and Parents’ Awareness Morning will take place at: Edgewood College (Sixth Form College) Plot 3, Block 14, Kayode Otitoju Street (Road 38) Off Admiralty Road Lekki Phase 1 Entrance tests The final date for entrance tests for admission into the college in September 2017 is Saturday 18th March 2017. Please tell your family and friends.

 

 

International Mother Language Day Tuesday 21st February 2017 was International Mother Language Day. We thank Mrs Ayoola-Johnson for teaching our Year 7 students. They learnt many Yoruba words and discovered how traditional marriages are conducted in Yorubaland. It was great fun!

 

 

Parents’ Evenings We discussed the outcomes of Assessment Week 1, our children’s progress and other matters during the Parents’ Evenings (Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd February 2017). Thank you for taking part in your child’s development.

 

 

Shouts of Praise This month’s Shouts of Praise was awesome! We sang and danced joyfully together, giving praises to God for his goodness to our college. We thank the parents who attended the event. We look forward to next month’s event.

 

 

 

 

Assessment Week 2 (Years 7 to 10) Please note that the next set of assessments will take place between Monday 6th and Friday 10th March 2017. The assessments (tests, quizzes, presentations etc) will form 20% of your child’s result for the term. Preparations should never be left until the week of the assessments.

Mock IGCSE Examinations (Year 11 students) The Cambridge IGCSE examinations will commence on Thursday 6th April 2017. Year 11 students will sit mock IGCSE examinations between Thursday 9th and Friday 17th March 2017. SAT assessments Secondary school students who plan to study at a university in the United States are advised to take the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) assessments. The PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10 assessments are taken during the secondary school years (from Year 8). They test the same skills and knowledge as the SAT. They are therefore useful diagnostic tools. Information can be obtained from https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org. For advice regarding preparation, email principal@edgewoodcollege.org.ng. Keep your gadgets at home…no excuses Please ensure that your child does not bring any gadget (e.g. mobile phone, tablet PC, laptop, camera or video game) into the college or bus. Such items will be confiscated and donated to charity. Edgewood College and its buses are gadget-free zones.

 

 

Shop 4 FREE!

Shop 4 FREE! is our Easter community support programme. We want to give the less privileged in our community the opportunity to shop for free on Saturday 1st April 2017 (9am to 11am). Giving is a key part of our school tradition. We seek voluntary donations of the following items:

• New or fairly new clothes, shoes and accessories • Books • Writing materials • Non-perishable food items (e.g. noodles, rice and powdered milk,

canned food) • Drinks • Other essentials • Cash for the purchase of stands, displays and banners • Cash for dry-cleaning and cleaning of materials

God bless you. The Team at Edgewood College