Term Dates And Key Dates 2018-19 And 2019-20 - Reminder
Please click on the links below to access the Term Dates and Key Dates documents:
2018-19 (Two-page document)
2019-20 (Two-page document)
The Flagpole
07 December 2018
Please click on the links below to access the Term Dates and Key Dates documents:
2018-19 (Two-page document)
2019-20 (Two-page document)
With the cold weather setting in, just a reminder that school jumpers are available from the School Shop. The school jumper for girls is red in Years 7 and 8 and green for Years 9 to 11. The boys' school jumper is black. Sixth Form students wear a plain dark coloured jumper.
All of the above are readily available at between £25 and £33 dependent on size. Written permission from home is needed to add items to the school fee account. Cash, cheque or card payments are of course welcome.
Nicola Browne
Shop Manager
Coats worn by pupils should be of a plain and dark, preferably black, material.
Coats are not permitted to be worn inside any school building and we recommend wearing a school jumper instead.
Nicola Browne
Shop Manager
Please note that the School Shop will close from 4.30pm on Tuesday 18 December 2018 and reopen at the beginning of the Lent term on Monday 7 January 2019.
Shop opening hours during term time are Monday to Friday during the following times:
For pupils - break and lunch break
For parents - 3.30pm until 4.30pm
Remember you can email orders for uniform and bus tickets to nicolabrowne@princethorpe.co.uk or call direct on 01926 634272.
If your child would like to try on any uniform before purchasing, then please contact the school shop to give permission for them to do so. Items can be paid for in cash, by cheque, card or added to the school bill.
Nicola Browne
Shop Manager
As the days get shorter parents are asked to consider the safety of their children as they travel to and from school.
The College has updated its risk assessment on the bus service to and from school which you will find here. It now includes a section on safety to and from the bus stop. Parents are asked to review this document and to discuss with their children, how to keep safe.
Eddie Tolcher
The Foundation Bursar
As it is the time of year when there is the threat of snow, it might be helpful for everyone to be familiar with the arrangements should there be significant snowfall. Where possible and if it’s safe to do so, we always remain open, even if we have to end the school day earlier than usual.
Should there be bad weather overnight, we talk to the bus companies a little before 6.00am and they brief us about their ability to operate our services. The Headmaster then makes a decision about whether the school will open.
Information will be available via the channels detailed below:
If you want to look online at reliable weather forecasting, then www.weather.co.uk and www.metcheck.com are both sites which we use. In the case of flooding, then www.environment-agency.gov.uk is also useful. If you look under Flood and then use the river search word Leam, that will give you a good idea of the conditions around Princethorpe and the surrounding villages.
Usually, website updates are made in the course of the day, but if the school is likely to remain closed for a further day the same process will take place on the second and subsequent days. Should we have to close in the course of the day we will send text messages to let you know arrangements.
Where possible, we will make sure that our main number 01926 634200 is staffed or carries a recorded message.
Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Staff and pupils in the main refectory and Sixth Form dining room will be able to enjoy a festive Christmas lunch on the last day of term, Tuesday 18 December.
Tickets go on sale from Monday 10 December and are available until Friday 14 December. Tickets cost £5.30 and can be purchased at all till points during this period.
Maureen Kennedy
Catering Manager
Our catering team's new menus have proved popular this term, with a range of healthy meal options served in both the main dining room and Sixth Form on a three-week rotation. Each term the menus will be reviewed and updated. Our Lent Term Menu will be made available in the New Year.
If you have any questions regarding the selection of food we have on offer here at Princethorpe College, especially if related to any allergies or specific food requirements, please feel free to email maureenkennedy@princethorpe.co.uk as we aim to cater for all needs.
Maureen Kennedy
Catering Manager
