Co-Curricular

Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award 2023-24 – New Starters

Online eDofE accounts are currently being created. Please keep an eye on emails as pupils will receive a message regarding their updated eDofE account. Once you have logged in the DofE will send the participant handbook directly to your home address.

Further course materials will be distributed at the DofE Start Up Meetings. Attendance at these sessions in mandatory for pupils as the next steps will be discussed.

  • Silver - Wednesday 22 November – Tutor Time – Clarkson theatre

  • Bronze – Wednesday 29 November – Tutor Time – Clarkson theatre

I will email Lower Sixth Gold students directly regarding the re-arranged meeting time.

Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education - DofE Manager

Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award 2022-23 – Complete your Award

Whilst the enrolment deadline for new starters has passed, there is still time to complete your award.

Please continue to prioritise signing off your volunteering, physical and skill sections. Many have already completed their award in full. Guidance can be found on a DofE Completion email sent to you and your parents and the advice documents are available on MySchoolPortal.

Lunchtime drop-in clinics continue this week on a Tuesday at 1.10pm in LG02.

I am delighted to announce the Certificate Presentation Evening will take take place in February 2023. More information to follow

Will Bower
Head of Outdoor Education - DofE Manager

 

Michaelmas Term Celebration Of Achievement Lunch - Reminder

It is always great to hear about our pupils' successes that take place outside of school; please do keep us updated if your son or daughter has won a competition, is performing in a show or competing at a high level with a sporting team outside of school, we would love to hear more. 

We would like to invite parents to submit this information to us via a nomination form by clicking here so we can celebrate these achievements on Monday 20 November.  This form will be closing on Sunday 12 November.

Neil McCollin
Assistant Head - Co-Curricular

Library

Library Opening Times
A reminder that the Library is open from 8.00am in the morning until 4.00pm in the afternoon. All pupils are welcome.

Hodder Educational Magazines
All pupils in Year 10 and 11 pupils and Sixth Form students should have received an activation email to activate their account to access the Hodder Review Magazines. This is an excellent resource to support with their learning and further reading around subjects. Hard copies of the Review magazines are located in the Sixth Form Resource Centre and copies of GCSE Hindsight (History) and Wideworld (Geography) can be found in the main Library. For any log in issues, pupils should speak to Mrs Treadwell in the Library.
 
Remembrance Display
We have a wonderful display in the Library to commemorate Remembrance Day and there are some excellent books, both fiction and non fiction, linked to it. All the books on the display are available to borrow from the library, a reading list of some of our fabulous books can be found on the Oliver Library System in the Reading Lists section. This can be accessed via the My School Portal.

Book Club and Book Craft Club
Book (and biscuit) club continues on a Tuesday breaktime and book crafts on a Thursday break and lunchtime. All pupils are welcome.

Library Instagram
The Library has it’s own Instagram page @Princethorpelibrary. Please follow us for all the exciting events that we do.
  
Nicola Treadwell 
Head Librarian