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DARTON COLLEGE
4th December 2015
Issue 13
Unlocking potential ….Changing lives Principal’s News When you are as disorganised as
me with Christmas shopping it is
slightly disconcerting that the
weeks are flying by so rapidly!
This week has been especially
busy and it has been wonderful
to hear so many positive things
from parents and the local
community about our learners.
Our school choir performed on
Wednesday as part of a Barnsley
Music Hub performance and
received high praise; huge
thanks to all the learners involved
a n d t o M r s C o e n f o r h e r
unrelenting commitment and
drive - the choir are going from
a stark reminder that we still
have much to do to ensure that
all learners make the progress
that they are capable of. There
is and will be no complacency
from any member of the senior
and wider staff team in ensuring
that we achieve this and
maintain our positive and rapid
trajectory of improvement.
As part of my wider National
Leader of Education role (NLE)
and work with teaching schools I
am privileged to facilitate on a
number of national leadership
courses, this week I had a great
final day with 20 senior leaders
developing the leadership of
teaching and learning - a real
joy!
Have a great weekend!
Kate Davies
Principal
In this issue…
Page 1: Principal’s News
Page 2: Up-coming events / procedures for winter weather
Page 2: Snippets
Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk
strength to strength! Our second
Year 8 Parent’s Evening took
place this Thursday and as ever I
was delighted to be able to
meet so many of you, it was also
heartening to receive some
positive feedback about the
improvements that you feel we
are making - thank you!
Every year all schools receive a
data summary of their perfor-
mance in the previous academic
year. This was published on
Tuesday, whilst there was some
positive progress made and a
notable reversal of the school’s 2
year downward data trend it was
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Important Dates
Year 11 Mock Exams Results Day
Monday 14th December
Christmas Lunch (Learners & Staff)
Tuesday 15th December
Winter Showcase
Wednesday 16th (see poster)
Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 14th January 2016
Follow us on twitter: @darton_college
Snippets...
Here are just a few snippets from the great learning this week…
Wonderful work from Year 10 learners Isabelle, Lucas, Brandon and Katie in
producing their own WAGGOL to support their learning in French - brilliant
work!
Great home learning from Ash in Year 10 on population density
- great work!
Please visit our website http://dartoncollege.co.uk to check out an
array of articles or scan the code here to visit the school blogs.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow …
It’s that time of year again when
we can expect frost, snow and
ice. Last year over the winter
months the college remained
open every day, even when we
had snow.
The Principal has the difficult
decision of keeping the college
open whilst keeping in mind the
safety of learners and staff.
Barnsley MBC has a web page
that shows al l of the school
closures throughout the borough
h t t p : / / b a r n s l e y . g o v . u k /
schoolclosures
This web page is up-dated early in
the morning so that the information is
available for viewing before the
school day begins. The college
website also has information when
the college is closed -
www.dartoncollege.co.uk
Dearne FM is another media outlet
you can gather information from
about school closures. All schools in
the area contact Dearne FM early in
the morning with details of school
closures and delayed openings.
They will broadcast this information
on - FM 102 & 97.1
The Dearne FM website also lists all
the school closures: -
www.dearnefm.co.uk
Should the decision be made to
close during the school day, a text
message will be sent to parents and
staff will remain in college until all
learners have been allowed to leave
or have been collected by a parent.