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Year 11 Mock Exam Reports will be published today, Friday 6 December 2024, and will be available to view on My School Portal.

The Year 11 Subject Progress Evening will take place online on Wednesday 11 December 2024 from 5.00pm to 8.30pm. Appointments are now available to book on SchoolCloud.

The December Challenge Calendar is now live for pupils to access on the Whole School Team - Challenge Curriculum Channel, or can be accessed here. I hope pupils enjoy the Christmas themed activities available to them!

On Wednesday 11 December we will be holding our Princethorpe Science Christmas Lecture - please see our separate article regarding this in the Flagpole, if you wish to obtain tickets.  

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas Season!

Please find below details regarding homework expectations over the Christmas break. Christmas is a very important family time, and it follows a long and demanding term. All pupils should make time to rest and recuperate with their family but be prepared for the new year.

Years 7, 8 and 9
No formal homework will be set for completion over the holiday.

Year 10
Homework may be set for all subjects if needed. Pupils may catch up on any missed or incomplete work and sort any files or folders if desired.

Year 11
As pupils have just taken their mock exams, it is important that they have some time to recover and reset. Suggested revision may be set by teachers to support those pupils who wish to undertake some revision. Pupils may catch up on any missed or incomplete work and sort any files or folders if desired. 

Sixth Form - Lower Sixth
Homework may be set for all subjects if needed. Students may catch up on any missed or incomplete work and sort any files or folders if desired.

Sixth Form - Upper Sixth
As students have just taken their mock exams, it is important that they have some time to recover and reset. Suggested revision may be set by teachers to support those students who wish to undertake some revision. Pupils may catch up on any missed or incomplete work and sort any files or folders if desired. 

Wishing you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and a healthy and successful 2025.

Thursday 9 January 2025

We warmly invite all parents of Year 9 pupils to join us at Princethorpe for our GCSE Options Evening on Thursday 9 January 2025. This event will be held in person in the main College building and will run from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Further details will be emailed out just before the start of the Lent Term.

There will be a presentation to explain the options process, in the Clarkson Theatre; this will run at 6.00pm and again at 7.00pm and will last approximately 25 minutes, with time for questions. We request that all parents attend one of these presentations. Please book onto one of these talks using the following links:

● 6.00pm Presentation

● 7.00pm Presentation

Optional subjects will be based in nearby classrooms and will deliver short presentations and answer questions throughout the evening. Parents and pupils are advised to visit as many departments as possible in order to explore the available options. Senior staff will also be on hand in the Sixth Form Centre to answer any queries, alongside refreshments.

Three exciting essay competitions are open and links are available to pupils on the Challenge Curriculum Team. The Year 9 Competition is run by the Perse school, Cambridge, and is open to any student in Year 9. The Aristotelian Award is open to pupils to submit an essay of 1500 words on one of the 10 essay titles; Five are science based and five are humanities  questions. The deadline for submissions is 5.00pm on Monday 13 January. Entries should be submitted on their website which can be accessed by pupils via the links below.

The Young Minds competitions are open to anyone. The Under 14 competition has three possible questions: Should technology have limits? What role should young people play in shaping the future of climate action? Is a world without borders possible, and should it be pursued?

The Senior competition is aimed at Lower Sixth students, but they will accept submissions from other year groups. There are 17 different subjects and each has a choice of three questions. These are particularly good for students who want to pursue one or more of these subjects at university. The deadline for entries in these competitions is 3 March 2025.

Pupils wishing to enter these competitions can see Mrs Lindsay for more details, or the competition websites, also in the links below.

Year 9 Competition

Lower School Competition (Years 7-9)

Senior Competition (Years 10-12)